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  1. Musk is a busy man. on Elon Musk Probably Won't Be the First Martian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just like how the sitting president never traveled far from US borders (Until safe aircraft and a Radio communication infrastructure). A CEO of a large global corporation, really doesn't have the time to leave on an extended multi-year adventure.
    A 20 minute data Lag for a modern CEO could cause major business issues.
    Also the fact when it is ready Musk will be an old man, not really fit for such an adventure.
    Sadly I will be too old to travel to mars in my lifetime. Who has nearly less responsibility as Musk.

  2. Re:Terrible twos on Samsung Cripples Windows Update To Prevent Incompatible Drivers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem:
    Drivers to accommodate lack of open standards.
    Back in the good old day,
    CGA/EGA/VGA they followed their specs.
    Serial and Parallel they followed a common spec.

    Then Windows came popular with the support of drivers. This allowed hardware makers to stop playing by the rules thus creating a huge sets of incompatible SVGA (Visa more or less won) Then we went to 3D and all was lost. USB, different Wireless drivers.... Network cards...
    For some reasons allowing this is good, because it allowed them to innovate and create new features. But on the other side, it threw out the idea of Open Hardware standards out the window.

    Because the lack of such good standards, It creates systems that have driver issues.

  3. Re:What? on Samsung Cripples Windows Update To Prevent Incompatible Drivers · · Score: 0

    Are you sure you are not talking about Ubentu?

    Drivers are a problem for all Operating Systems. With different approaches to it.
    Windows, is more open to 3rd party drivers that could break on an upgrade.
    Linux, has often rather experimental drivers that do flaky things.
    BSD/Apple, has the either it works well or it won't work at all. Meaning a lot of devices just won't work, even if it just a minor aspect of the hardware spec.
     

  4. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on The Town That Banned Wi-Fi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just like the recent vaccine scare. It is hard to prove to people that something is indeed safe. One off comment that something is dangerious our a dangerious word is used to explain it is enough to turn off their brains and go into fear mode.

  5. Re:Masters know their limitations. on Knowing C++ Beyond a Beginner Level · · Score: 1

    No... That is more like the arrogant closed minded jerk.
    A master will strive to learn more about such features and when they suffencly understand them they will implement when approproprate.
    I myself have been out of practice in C++ for about 15 years. I recently began working on a project where I needed better systems control and huger performance. So I choose to use C++. I know most of the concepts however I needed to research how to to do some things over again.
    My experience made it easy for me to search for the topic and relearn the language again.
    What else I found is the C++ comes with a new set of extra standard libraries that made many of the obnoxious aspect of C++ much less tedious to use.

  6. Re:Commercialization of 'health' on Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    But for the most part those people who buy Armani suites don't go around telling everyone that they should ware one too. Or bitch and complain when they go to a place where it would be inconvenient to wear an Armani suite.

    The natural food (vegetarians/vegans) freaks, are just as bad as any religious zealot. They think that their way is the only way for all people, and work hard to convert them. Not realizing, caring or dismissing evidence that there isn't any major benefit, or the fact that some bodies and lifestyles such a diet doesn't work unless there is the same degree of zealotry towards your diet.

    Places like whole food while expensive is still cheap enough that we will have to deal with these people on a daily basis.

  7. Consperacy logic. on Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? · · Score: 1

    The idea that somehow things were actually better off in the past as they were now, so what has changed in the world sense the past, and what new methods should we avoid. Just like how everything your Grandmother made is superior to what you can make. Or the idea of a secret Native American cure...
    Some of this is from most of our cultural experience. Europe fell into the dark ages shortly after the fall of the Roman empire. After we got out it, we got back to reading the ancient texts of the past and found great knowledge in them. As well many of the religious texts that made it seem like the people in the past had a more direct relation with the supernatural.
    However for the most part we know more then what we did in the past, while it is wise to not ignore the past and we should study it for some forgotten knowledge, it should be reevaluated scientifically to see if it does or doesn't work. A lot of the material from the past has things that work, but their explanation on why it works is way off, because their explanation is off, it means using it for untested things can be dangerous.

  8. Re:Free lunch don't exists. on The Unintended Consequences of Free Windows 10 For Everyone · · Score: 2

    It is about stopping switching.
    Many of the Windows 7 and Windows 8 PC are getting close to their end of life.
    For many a refresh of the OS will bring new life to these systems. Also prevent switching to Linux. As well getting a new system (say a tablet)

    While we get more and better hybrid ultrabooks out.

  9. Re:the Pope and his Mythical Sky-God on Lawrence Krauss On the Pope's Encyclical: Not Even Close? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As like most ancient religions, they need to keep up with the times. The Catholic Church has been pro-science for a while now. As well it supported environmentalism for a long time. What the pope did was make this issue more important then the others.

  10. Why does the world need to be so complex on Illinois Supreme Court: Comcast Must Identify Anonymous Internet Commenter · · Score: 0

    We want the ability to stay anonymous, however if someone else abuses such rights, we want them to be punished. So to punish them there needs a way to de-anonymize the person. But having such a system in place could mean tracking down people for more legitimate use of anonymity, such as whistle blowing or just stating an unpopular political belief, or just state a statement that inconvenience someone in power. But there are cases where such anonymous behavior where they cross the line, and goes beyond any reasonable level of free speech.

    Then there is the amount of regulation that we need to place onto the ISP. Back in the old days during dial-up. setting up an ISP was easy and affordable. today it requires owning a good part of the infrastructure and increasing regulations, making it harder for new ISP to come up. If the government starts weight on ISP to try to stop behavior of their customers is like asking paper manufacturers to find who is the customer of the paper that posted such information.

  11. Re:UK needs to be run by corporations like America on Where Is Europe's Silicon Valley? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now not to sound like a bat crazy right winger. Europe does tend to go a bit to far in being pro-worker, and anti-corporation. To a point where there is so much stuff that running a business is harder to do in that area. When companies expend they like to try to go to Europe, however they find the rules to be prohibitive, and prevents actually getting to the goals.
    Now I am not say we should let the Corporations do what they want as that will only create more business, because that is false. There is a balance that is needed, where employee are treated and compensated fairly for their work and are able to thrive in their area of living, however the company needs the freedoms to take risks and run their business and trying different ways to run it.

    This is shown by the weaker EU members during the last recession, they had too much entitlements that cost more then what would cover when things are not working well. The larger EU members were big enough to handle such entitlements but the smaller members cannot. The US during the same crisis got hit but recovered faster because of a more conservative approach towards entitlements. Granted the US is the biggest economy, however if implements EU style entitlements you will find many States will have massive economic problems. Much like how the EU nations had problems. Richer states, NY, California, Texas, Illinois may be able to weather the down times, but Vermont, or Kansas?

  12. Allow various tools. on The Tools Don't Get You the Job · · Score: 1

    Granted most of my Education was during the 1990's where Microsoft was King, and using anything other than Microsoft was considered antiquated.
    However the fix, is to teach the ideas and not the tools. How to use a Word Processor not Microsoft Word, How to program in C++ not Visual C++.
    Most schools do happen to have multiple platforms available the teacher should try to have the students mix it up a bit. A Linux or Mac Guy should do some work on the PC, vice versa. Not to try to convert them to love the other system, but to show them where things are similar and where they are different.

  13. Re:"Ok, Google, are you snitching to the NSA?" on Google Criticized For 'Opaque' Audio-Listening Binary In Debian Chromium · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh come on, you all know those engineers at Google, actually wrote that code in a HEX editor in straight machine code. It is completely open source. Just because you don't know machine code, doesn't mean Google is violating open source methodology. Say you didn't know APL and I created an APL program, and gave you the source. Am I not sharing the source with you?

    FYI: Tongue in cheek.

  14. Re:Monster Business School on Apple De-Certifies Monster Cables After Lawsuit Against Beats · · Score: 1

    They are other ways to prevent corrosion too. However the fact that you are plugging in these expensive cables that will not rust, into connectors integrated into more expensive equipment that will rust.

  15. Re:So what's that in metric? on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: 1

    There is being overweight from being muscular built, then there is being hulking huge.
    The BMI metric for ideal weight doesn't factor in people who are more built, so it is a healthy weight as the strength is more than adequate to handle the body. But yes if you bulk up, chances are you do this at the trade off of doing cardio work, also bulking up is a lot of low weight reps, so you are not as strong as someone with a more leaner strength build.

    But being 25 lbs heavier in muscle then some one who is just skinny is healthier. Being 100lbs... No so much.

  16. Re:So what's that in metric? on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: 0

    Also to note, the ideal figure is also of a more trimmed and muscular, for men and women. Part of proper body training for both sexes requires weight training. This adds weight, but it is a good weight.

  17. Re:How to avoid tech bubbles? on Ask Slashdot: How to Avoid The Worst of a Tech Bubble? · · Score: 2

    Still that won't help if the company you are working for goes out of business.

    Other things.
    5) Don't burn bridges: try to avoid making enemies. A bad reputation can hurt. Rumors, can spread. That guy who you hated and never gotten along with, may be the same guy who you will need to give you a decent review.

    6) Know your industry: Chances are most Technology professionals are not in the technology industry. We can be in Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Government, NGO, Finance... A pop in the tech bubble doesn't mean your job will pop. If you have a good foot hold in one particular industry, use that to your advantage. Sure due to the collapse you can get cheap programmers, but do they know the industry as well as you do.

    7) Industry diversification: Try to have a fall back industry you can go back on. The thing about economic bubbles is they don't know the difference between a bubble and a strong growth sector until it pops. Know how to translate your skill to other industries, try to keep up with what other industries are doing.

    8) Keep an eye on your companies culture. Especially in smaller organizations changes in your bosses behavior is a good sign that something is up. Normally these guys are A+ Personalities who love to talk, then you find them being quite and reserved. You find that they are pushing harder then normal, for unknown reasons. Or finding ways to save money that seems to be more nitpicking.... That may be a good sign to polish your resume and start interviewing. Even if you don't think you will be targeted, because you are the star worker. Being the last one standing after layoffs really suck.

    9) Don't be in the same position and don't be a job hopper. You normally should be getting some sort of promotion (either in title or by compensation greater then normal companies salary adjustments) within every 3-6 years. Anything less then that, a company will be afraid to invest in you. Too much more Then it looks like you are happy with a dead end job. You can work at the same company for many years longer... But you will need to show growth in the career, promotions are one way. Or at least you can explain the change in your work, more then just changing technology.

    10) Avoid being a hater: Keep your anti-windows or your how ethically wrong closed source to yourself, or at least professionally, even if you are working in a position where you are using Linux and making Open source tools. By hating something, you have closed your life off from a different path. Some people will negatively call it being a a sell out, But you really should keep in mind how fixed and important your beliefs are. We care for a lot of things... However we don't care about all things equally. Say your work does a lot of good, however you need to use Windows... Does the face the Operating System that you are using that you dislike is equally or greater in its badness that it counteracts all the good that your job does?

  18. Re:Especially odd... on Microsoft's Skype Drops Modern App In Favour of Old-Fashioned Win32 App · · Score: 1

    Well as a passing interest I tried to make an app to visualize drive usage in metro.
    Many elements of the .net framework were not allowed as a metro app. The solution was a web service that the metro app called so I could get the details of the drive information. I couldn't use any of the .net framework for a metro app in this case I have wanted access to the file system framework.

    Now non pc devices and other systems all seem to have mostly the same basic file system design. Even if it isn't directly accessible. But it wouldn't allow it to be used.

  19. Re:Especially odd... on Microsoft's Skype Drops Modern App In Favour of Old-Fashioned Win32 App · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Microsoft really fails miserably at the idea of cross platform apps. They either just don't get it or they don't want to get it. .Net was suppose to be Microsoft key to cross platform future. Similar archecture to Java however to get some competive speed advantage they took out the ability to be cross platform creating an language that is slower then native code but only works on one platform, there is even issues from 32 bit and 64 bit.

    The metro design is extreamly limited for developers and you can't take any advantage of hardware, you have the general controlled level of JavaScript in a browser.

    Microsoft needs to realize that if you make a cross platform app, you will expect it to run on different platforms, and have access to the system a little more in depth then what the browser will access. Otherwise we will just deploy our apps via the web.

  20. Re:Black nail polish? on Turning a Nail Polish Disaster Into a Teachable Math Moment · · Score: 1

    It doesn't mean Goth...
    If she wanted to make Ladybug design she would use Black and a Red Background, this makes the accident plausible as she is trying to manipulate a bottle with wet nails, combined with the possibility of trying to do more detail work.

    It could be used as a base so the lighter colors will stand out better.

  21. Re:Many are already using HTTPS and IPv6 on Whitehouse Mandates HTTPS For Government Sites and Services · · Score: 1

    If HTTPS is so insecure, I would expect a lot more stories about a lot of our banking, medical and other forms of commerce being hacked via the https protocol. So far other then the SSL bug, the hacking was done mainly with insecure devices, easy passwords or inside jobs.

    Perhaps you are talking about other areas in https communication such as the insecure call to a site, or how the browser stores the info. Or the lack of verification of official certificate authorities

  22. Re:I know a lot of this is cutting edge... on Parachute Problems Plague NASA's Flying Saucer · · Score: 1

    The idea is to make such a parachute optimal for the device it wants to land. To bulky it become more expensive to deploy, as well unlike earth Mars has a thinner atmosphere so it will need more surface area. So the engineering spec would to make it bigger and smaller at the same time.

  23. Re:The 90's all over again... on You'll Totally Believe Why These Startups Failed · · Score: 2

    When it is just your life, you can take chances, when you are responsible for others then you need to take it safe.

  24. Must be getting old. on WWDC 2015 Roundup · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Latest OS X: Expected, while interesting features nothing huge.
    Metal: New Graphic engine... Again! means developers will need to rewrite their apps so they look right with the OS.
    iOS 9: Kinda neat. When I get it I will update and play with it.
    Apple Pay: Nothing new to me.
    iPAD: Sounds like stuff android had for a while.
    Car Play: So I have to buy a new car to get this? Sorry I like a car that is good on fuel, dependable, and affordable, if it comes with Car Play great if not no big deal.
    Swift 2: Get me a version where I can make apps in Windows or Linux too... Otherwise OK that is fine, but staying to one platform development isn't my thing.
    Apple Watch: I still can't find a good reason to get one.
    Apple Music: I am looking for ways to reduce my monthly fees. Being that this cost more than Netflix or Hulu and you get less data traffic, it doesn't make sense.

  25. Re:Entrepreneurs are not business people on You'll Totally Believe Why These Startups Failed · · Score: 1

    True, however there is the catch 22 aspect of running a business, you cannot afford business people unless you make money, and you cannot make money unless you have business people. Starting a company you will need to be the business person, and it really sucks because if you are not a business person, it really isn't that fun.