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  1. Oh, and now, marketing our pathetic on Ask Slashdot: Did Baby Boomers Break America? (time.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't like reading about people who have recovered from booze, drugs, gambling, or being elite Baby Boomers. Spare me the Good Catholic or the whatever moment.

  2. This was reported in 2012 on IBM Now Has More Employees In India Than In the US (newsindiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Computerworld had the story: https://www.computerworld.com/...

  3. Re:There goes the last "safe" employer on University of California Hires India-Based IT Outsourcer, Lays Off Tech Workers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    This is what is going offshore: > HCL will provide data center monitoring and operations, server, storage, database, middleware and Citrix, as well as network operations, routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, WLAN controllers. Other services will include unified communications -- telephony, email, chat, SharePoint, audio and video conferencing -- and application maintenance for PeopleSoft, C#, .Net and Java apps. It will also provide application development augmentation services, according to the university.

  4. Re:Bad dum tish on Hertz Had Sheriffs On Hand the Day It Cut IT (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3

    The 300 includes IT layoffs in other locations nationally. The 230 was for Okla. Hertz increased the number.

  5. Must read? Great read - yes on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 1

    David Hackett Fisher's Paul Revere's Ride

  6. Re:I would not jump to conclusions.... on Drawings of Weapons Led To New Jersey Student's Arrest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If this kid was acting crazy in high school in the 1970s, my generation, he would have been sent to the principals office and possibly suspended. If the drawings were any good, the principal might have encouraged the kid to think about mechanical engineering as a career path. But today, the cops are involved, the local newspaper does a story, and screwed up kid makes national news. That, I think, is part of the problem.

  7. We will need police everywhere now on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 2

    Our culture is crashing. What is going on is just unimaginable.

  8. Re:Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    Our condo board, which I'm on, would likely welcome solar panels on the roof. You should organize a few folks in your building, do the research, and volunteer to help prepare a complete proposal. What often happens, is some resident will have a why-aren't-we-doing-this brainstorm, and then leave it to the condo board to do the work. As far as satellite dishes go, I agree with you. Our board has legacy rules about them, but there's been no push by residents to change them. But if you try calling the condo board members names, I'm sure they'll change the rules.

  9. Re:I Disagree, It Is Important to Remind People on Report Says Climate Change Already Evident, Emissions Gap Growing · · Score: 1

    Offended? Plz. Hardly. IRepeating the same headline year after year about the same trend misinforms the public about the gravity of the problem. The problem, as you point out, is that people don't get the basics, so why compound the problem with lousy reporting?

  10. Enough with the new 'record levels' of C02 on Report Says Climate Change Already Evident, Emissions Gap Growing · · Score: 1

    I love an alarmist, panic-in-the-streets, headless-man-found-in-topless-bar, headlines as much as the next guy, but the Keeling Curve has been hitting 'record levels' every year since the late 1950s.

  11. Who is Dawkins? on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 0

    The existential questions that Dawkins wants to answer don't have answers. Life's beauty stems in part from its mysteries. A better, more informed writer on these matter is Karen Armstrong.

  12. Re:We don't need Wikileaks on Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending · · Score: 2

    Who moderates this crap anyway? "Score 5 for, Insightful."

  13. Re:We don't need Wikileaks on Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a canard. Oh the media's spineless, everything it publishes is spoonfed, etc. That's just garbage. The real problem is we too many people don't want to think critically anymore; who would rather whine than ask questions or participate. They outsource responsibility for civic engagement to other people. That's why they don't notice that there are many, many reporters who are committed to discovering the truth and who take risks to do so.

  14. Re:childish swine on Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Feel free to compare the United States to any other nations they express a serious interest in from a military, economic, or overall political standpoint. Try living in both nations for five years apiece. Then report back on your findings, provided you have the spine to actually try this for yourself.

    And the point of this is what?

  15. We don't need Wikileaks on Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's a reckless, amoral organization, that doesn't care who it hurts, doesn't care if it gets blood on its hand, and could care less about the fate of the people who supply its documents. What the world needs, and still has plenty of, are people of good moral character, who will fight for what's right, who will take stands, and who will take risks. I have way more respect for the three young women of Pussy Riot and what they have accomplished than anything Wikileaks has done.

  16. Re:Quality and quantity on Is TV Over the 'Net Really Cheaper Than Cable? · · Score: 1

    Who cares about lower quality? The quality of the bandwidth will almost always exceed the quality of the crap on cable. And unless you have something like FIOS, you will get better picture quality with over the air broadcast. The HD is stunning compared to the compressed and degraded signal cable serves up.

  17. Re:Article is wrong on Senator Pushes For Tougher H-1B Enforcement · · Score: 1

    The story is correct, but the Slashdot blurb confused the two. The Senate is considering a bill approved by the House to eliminate the per country caps on green cards. Sen. Grassley put a hold on that bill, but is attempting to work out a compromise. He will allow removal of the green cap limit in exchange for giving the Labor Dept. more power to conduct audits on H-1B use.

  18. Sony NEX either C-3 of N5 on Ask Slashdot: Best Camera For Getting Into Photography? · · Score: 2

    The Sony NEX C-3 or N5 are mirrorless large sensor camera -- the sensors are as big as you'll find on many DSLRS -- in a compact body. It's menu system is designed to be simple. You can use it as a pure point-and-shoot and still get DSLR quality photos, but the camera has most of the same controls you'll find on DSLR. It has an interchangeable lens system and is 16 megapixels. (Megapixels do matter if you plan to make prints beyond 8x10s.). There's no through the lens viewer, but that doesn't bother me at all. I've been taking photos since the era of the Nikkormat and do not miss viewfinders.

  19. Skynet is yesterday on Skynet Becomes Aware, Launches Nuclear Attack · · Score: 1, Insightful

    At least Skynet was self-aware, unlike our amazing network of coal fired plants and other carbon generating emissions that will slowly cook and flood the planet.

  20. Re:I can't believe anyone is surprised on Pentagon Papers Ellsberg Supports Wikileaks · · Score: 1

    No, the difference is that last year alone 72 journalists killed, according to the Committee to Protect Journalist, with 52 of them murdered. WikiLeaks isn't a journalistic organization; it's just a filter. Don't make the comparison.

  21. Re:I'll miss them on Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy · · Score: 1

    They just closed the Bockbuster in my DC neighborhood. So, I bought a blu ray DVD player that supports Netflix, Amazon. I wish Blockbuster had closed a year ago.

  22. Re:Worse Reception. on DTV Transition - One Year Later · · Score: 1

    I now love my antenna. The hi-def reception is better than compressed meatloaf served up via Comcast's pipes. Monthly cost: $0. Priceless. If the antenna's not working for you, try a different one. Placement matters. Roof versus indoors. See how it's working for your neighbors.

  23. Re:T-Mobile's network is useless on Is Anyone Buying T-Mobile's Googlephone? · · Score: 1

    read the fine print in t-mobile's coverage map; If don't mind standing outdoors to make a call in many areas, coverage is pretty good.