Comment Re:Funded by Exxon (Score 1) 504
If you've ever wondered why an organization like Greenpeace is so against nuclear power, this is why. They get big bucks from the oil companies.
Comment Re:Political Theory (Score 1) 94
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You should probably see a doctor about that cough. You're coughing up HTML.
Comment So what you're saying is... (Score 1) 134
Comment Re:DVR boxes are evil (Score 1) 324
There IS a light on the LCD panel that lights up when you push a button. It stays lit until whatever that press did is processed. (Of course, if it does buffer the presses, the light doesn't light up.)
I've found that rebooting the box (i.e. unplugging, plugging back in) fixes it immediately. But you have to wait for it, and you lose the guide information.
Comment Re:Remember Congress has a way (Score 1) 395
Democrats currently have the majority in the Senate. Since the Republicans have the majority in the House, this bill is highly unlikely to pass there.
Comment Re:Plaintext (Score 1) 136
There should be laws created to impose massive fines for sites storing plaintext passwords.
Be careful what you wish for--if that does happen, you should probably expect a whole lot of ROT13 implementations...
Comment Cool (Score 1) 36
Comment Re:Decora's editing on wikipedia (Score 1) 243
Thomas Drake will plead guilty to exceeding authorized use of a computer, a misdemeanor, and the government will drop 10 felony counts that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life, according to court documents. In return, prosecutors say they won't oppose a sentence that spares the 54-year-old Maryland man a prison term.
In summation:
- Exceeding authorized use of a computer: guilty.
- All other charges: dropped.
- Jail time: unlikely.
I'd find a
Comment Re:Stupid Decision. (Score 1) 393
Of course, I note you said "euros", so I assume you're in Europe. The general attitude may be different from here in the US.
Comment Re:0% (Score 1) 145
But seriously, the poll is about work life
Hahaha whoops. >_>
Yeah, I see the word "work" now. Not sure how I missed that.
But yeah, I guess NaN would be a more accurate response.
Comment 0% (Score 2) 145
I'm unemployed, you insensitive clod.
Comment Re:If you want Bill Gates to be Steve Jobs (Score 1) 337
Have they found some type of middle ground of the IT landscape that makes them immune to bubbles and fluctuations in the market?
Well, they're certainly immune to bubbles and fluctuations in the consumer market--IBM mostly sells to corporations now. Microsoft is doing its darndest to target the "hip" consumer crowd (think Zune, Kin).
Comment Obligatory QDB (Score 1) 176
<Arang> fax, have you heard about the whole brain size-herd size primate theory?
<Arang> basically, the size of primates' brains corresponds directly to the size of their social group
<Fax> yea
<Fax> don't humans come out to be 50ish?
<Gral_Work> Oh, the monkeysphere?
<Arang> the tiny little gibbons and whatever have like two friends
<Arang> I thought it was 150
<Fax> it's been a while since I saw that article
<Fax> so i dunno
<Arang> wiki says 150
<Gral_Work> 150!??! Well, you people are almost taking up a 3rd of it. I'll have to make some reductions.
<Gral_Work> Arang! You are no longer people.