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  1. If you don't like that one there are plenty of others saying about the same thing. Some here for example.

  2. Re:GPOs own that business on Amazon Shelves Plan To Sell Prescription Drugs (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    From your link: In 1986, Congress granted GPOs in healthcare "Safe Harbor" from federal anti-kickback statutes"

    I suspect that means they are dug in like ticks regardless of their efficiency

  3. Re:Clean water, enough to eat, safe place to live on One Laptop Per Child's $100 Laptop Was Going To Change the World -- Then it All Went Wrong (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There already are charities focused on bringing food and water to people, it's OK for a different charity to start up and offer education. And FWIW I met one group who were setting up pumps and wells and it seemed like they were doing it more for the sake of allowing people to colonize new areas than for the sake of improving people's lots in areas where they were already living. There a lot in the mix.

  4. Re:With Tablets is this even relevant anymore? on One Laptop Per Child's $100 Laptop Was Going To Change the World -- Then it All Went Wrong (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am the crank attached to my laptop.

  5. Minitel goes secure huh...

  6. Re:What ? In India? on Ola Wants a Million Electric Rides on India's Roads by 2021 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    At least a little while ago, the farmers got free electricity. That meant that if you were downstream of a farm and they were pumping water, there was no electricity left, they could literally send a boy up the poll to wrap the stripped ends of a wire around the distribution cables and use it to power an electric drill that barely even spun. There must have been no more than a couple of dozen volts available.

    I guess now the farms will all become vehicle recharging lots

  7. examples on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Make My Own Vaporware Real? · · Score: 1

    I suggest you write a few code samples in your new language and convince people that it has something captivating about it. You don't need a working compiler to write software, only to run it. And if you have already told people what to expect the output is they don't need to run it to find out.

    Here's an example of my new language

    10 ask what I want
    20 do it
    30 goto 10

    But seriously, if people see an elegant new way to solve a real problem they might go for it - eg. a way to tie in unit tests to the source code better, or a cool way to program in 3-d minecraft-like blocks

  8. I don't understand on Can We Build Indoor 'Vertical Farms' Near The World's Major Cities? (vox.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    what stops the cows falling off ? velcro boots ?

  9. Re:A Uniquely English Problem on Firms Relabelling Low-Skilled Jobs As Apprenticeships, Says Report (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The term apprenticeship carries with it the connotation of being a structured hands-on learning period after which the former apprentice could expect to enter a well paying trade, like plumber or electrician. An alternative to a university degree, but usually accompanied by some kind of community-college style education.

    This sounds to me like a once proud word being stripped of its value to defraud the young and make the government look like they are training the next generation. Who can blame businesses for taking advantage of the process, this would never happen in Germany

  10. Re:converted "digitally".. on 'High Definition Vinyl' Is Coming As Early As Next Year (pitchfork.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't have any vinyl any more. but my friend down the street does, and he enjoys the social aspects of browsing stores for it, talking about it with friends, the way it looks in the room. The "ritual" of playing it. There are a lot of non audio aspects that add to the experience and if it gets more people together to listen to music then more power to it.

  11. It's hard to believe that the USPS is not audited from time to time anyway. I thought in particular that the Amazon and Netflix deals had been scrutinized in the past.

  12. I suspect mailboxes would be unusable if the USPS lost the monopoly. Filled with crap within hours.

  13. I presume the USPS has been directed to build a big pension pot is so that it can be raided at some future date or used to sweeten a selloff.

  14. Re:I wonder on Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I see you've been wondering for a whole 3 minutes now, so I'll put you out of your misery...

    He earns my praise for the aspects of his behavior favoring globalism

    let's all judge people by their behavior

  15. Whenever I'm asked for my name for some trivial reason (maybe the barber wants it for their database) I give the same fake details. I'd love to know if the fake me has a shadow profile. It's hard to believe his details haven't been sold by now.

  16. ahead of the game on Dubai To Launch Digital Vehicle Number Plates (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    plates in my neck of the woods already have digits on them - often they have letters too. They can also deform to indicate that the car has been involved in an accident and if the vehicle is stolen they indicate a unique number - a code if you will - that can be used to identify the vehicle to police looking out for it.

  17. Re:Peppers are very good for you on Eating World's Hottest Pepper Sparks Brain Disorder, Thunderclap Headaches (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's easy to overdo the peppers though. I ate just half a red bell pepper and drank 12 shots of Tequila and I had a terrible pepper headache the next day.

  18. I'd be interested to see what facts you have to back those statements up, especially the one about the FBI.

  19. never underestimate a station wagon full... on Your Future Home Might Be Powered By Car Batteries (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In Smokey and the bandit 4. Trucks full of molten salt will bring bootleg energy into Ca and sell it on the black market.

  20. Re:ISP's should call the bluff on Oregon Becomes Second State To Pass a Net Neutrality Law (katu.com) · · Score: 1

    Fog in Oregon Internet - rest of continent cut off

  21. not just online on Don't Give Away Historic Details About Yourself (krebsonsecurity.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I was pissed when my mother in law came home with a book for my baby son, all customized with his birthdate, full name mom and dads name... They print them in China.

  22. Maybe have an alarm system that activates every time it detects anyone in the pool. Have the system make a voice announcement (like "marco") 10s before sounding the 131 whatever dBA alarm. During the 10s anyone can disable it by speaking out loud some kind of trigger word - like "polo".

    Have it reset itself and require the trigger word to be spoken again every 15 minutes or so, or maybe if it detects no-one in the pool. Bonus points if it triggers the alarm immediately for any other keyword like "help" or "waaaaaaa" or "glg lg glllg gasp".

    For all I know it could be programmed into Alexa

  23. Back Razor on Tim Cook Says Ads That Follow You Online Are 'Creepy' (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    why do they think that if I see the ads for a giant razor to shave my back enough times that I'll eventually want one ? Let them waste their money, it's become a joke now. I might even deliberately go looking for more ridiculous products and collect the ads as webpage bling.

  24. Re:Take your lumps for Trump on Wage Growth Slows Across the Country (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It occurred to me today that Trump may not feel he can deliver sustained growth, but he may feel that he can engineer a dip in the middle of his term to make the indicators look like they are trending upward toward the end. Rather like managing the plot of a movie, the hero usually has to be in crisis about 2/3 of the way through.

  25. while on orbit on SpaceX Can't Broadcast Earth Images Because of a Murky License (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    presumably the guys with the raspberry pi cameras and weather balloons are not in orbit so this doesn't apply. Or does orbit include anything not touching the ground, what if I jump and take a photo ?