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Comment Re:This is terrible (Score 0) 907

by evalencia1 on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @10:27PM (#38824819) Attached to: Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post

The current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is an atheist, and it was pretty much a non-issue when the news came out. "Meh". Most of our former leaders were also not that religious. Aussies would rather here you swear and scull beer, than swear on the bible (Google on "Bob Hawke" and "Beer")

Also see: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/30/of-12-prime-ministers-before-this-atheist-only-rudd-got-on-his-knees/

Comment Re:This is terrible (Score 0) 907

by evalencia1 on Wednesday January 25, 2012 @10:22PM (#38824793) Attached to: Indonesian Man Faces Five Years For Atheist Facebook Post

Aww. Too bad. You don't get to put "Jedi" as your religion! :)

Comment There is no way Facebook is gonna lose this one (Score 1, Funny) 266

by evalencia1 on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @10:13PM (#32985868) Attached to: Facebook Wants Ownership Case Thrown Out

Not when their attorney is Lisa Simpson!

Ceglia's only chance is to get Milhouse on his team.

Comment Re:In other news, water: still wet (Score 0) 481

by evalencia1 on Thursday April 23, 2009 @07:35PM (#27696009) Attached to: Opting Out Increases Spam?

Is my skin being harvested when I shower? Has anybody had a similar experience?

Yes, but not quite. All of Buffalo Bill's victims had their skin harvested after a nice shower and rubbing with a good moisturizer. At least that's what Hannibal Lecter told me.

Comment Re:Heaviest chute drop? (Score 0) 226

by evalencia1 on Tuesday March 24, 2009 @06:24PM (#27320299) Attached to: NASA Tests Heaviest Chute Drop Ever

I misread it and thought it was about the "Heaviest Chute" - "50,000 pounds!! WTF?"

Comment Re:makes sense (Score 0) 526

by evalencia1 on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @07:19PM (#27249373) Attached to: Sun In Talks To Be Acquired By IBM

Hopefully, IBM can put Java on the right track again: fully open source it, fix its performance problems

What do you mean "fully open source" it? The only hitches are the bits not open where it's using code that they don't own, and there is work in OpenJDK being done on replacing that with open source code.

Submission + - The top ten off switches

Submitted by Dan Jimbokla on Monday November 12, 2007 @06:12AM

Dan Jimbokla writes: CNET.co.uk has a truly funny and read-worthy article up about the top ten off switches. One of my favorite switches from the piece is #4 — The illuminated toggle switch: "This switch isn't designed for high-drain uses, typically it can only provide a maximum of 20 amps at 12 volts. That will make it suitable for a number of exciting uses though, and what it lacks in power handling, it makes up for in practicality. This switch will illuminate when the device it controls is turned on, and go off when the device is deactivated. This is logical and practical, and that has earned this switch a place in our hearts. What's more, it's far from expensive and there are even a choice of colours."

Non-Compete Agreement Beyond Term of Employment? 778

Posted by kdawson on Monday November 12, 2007 @03:51AM from the long-arm-of-the-contract dept.

stellar7 writes "I work in IT for a large company. They have recently asked me to sign a new non-compete and confidentiality agreement. I signed an agreement when I began employment, but now they want me to sign an updated one. Behind the link are a few paragraphs from the new agreement. It states that the company has a royalty-free license to any 'Invention' I create including up to six months after leaving (and the company fully owns any Invention that relates to the company in this same period). Has anyone signed a similar agreement that reaches beyond the end of employment and includes things not related to the business?"

Submission + - Russians Honor the Spy Who Stole the Atomic Bomb

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12, 2007 @03:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: The New York Times reports on the life of George Koval, codenamed "Delmar", one of the most important spies to have infiltrated the Manhattan Project, the secret program that created the world's first nuclear weapon. President Putin recently granted Koval a posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation award, the highest honorary title that can be given to a Russian citizen. Koval was born in Iowa, spoke fluent American English, and played baseball. But he was also recruited and trained by the GRU, Russia's largest intelligence agency.

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