Comment: Re:I can think of a few (Score 1) 496
Surely you jest.
Comment: Re:RT (Score 2, Informative) 321
I used RT at the last place I was a UNIX admin. It's not a terrible system, but writing extensions in perl/mason was not a simple task, do to what should have been simple reporting metrics.
Comment: Mormons... (Score 0, Troll) 138
are among the most gullible people on the planet. I have not ever met one that didn't take any anything anyone says as completely true.
Comment: Re:Don't want to pay (Score 5, Insightful) 538
What will your employers think about your pimp-slapping homepage link?
Comment: Re:Sad (Score 1) 295
Uh, have you used a DSLR? Been able to change the exposure for years. In fact, even some P&S digitals have the feature now. Plenty of people do time-lapse with digitals.
Comment: Re:I haven't even rtfa, but here goes (Score 1) 266
Correlation is a measure of the probability of causation.
Final Skynet Satellite Launched 39
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from the head-for-the-hills dept.
kamochan writes "If you are a fan of the Terminator series, this headline in BBC News sent shivers down your spine today. The idiots actually did it, the countdown has started! What the BBC claims the story is about: 'An advanced satellite that will improve greatly the ability of UK military forces to communicate around the globe has been launched into space.' Quite frankly, that sounds scary enough as it is, but why the heck did they have to name it Skynet?"
+ - Nerds for Sale->
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conlaw writes "As reported in today's Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/25/AR2007092501136.html), the members of the LUG group at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction." The idea is to trade their computer skills to sorority girls in exchange for a makeover and, possibly, a date.
The president of the LUG, Ben Ford, stated that "The problem is that we're all still nerds. Let's face it, guys. If anyone's going to bid on us, we'll need some spicing up," he wrote. "And who better to help with that than sorority girls who like nothing better than a makeover?""
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The president of the LUG, Ben Ford, stated that "The problem is that we're all still nerds. Let's face it, guys. If anyone's going to bid on us, we'll need some spicing up," he wrote. "And who better to help with that than sorority girls who like nothing better than a makeover?""
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