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  1. Re:This is confusing on Hounded By Recruiters, Coders Put Themselves Up For Auction · · Score: 1

    From the article, the employee actually pays that as a finder's fee on top of the salary, it doesn't come out of the engineer's salary.

  2. Re:30 Million Dollars for WHAT?! on General Motors: "Facebook Ads Aren't Worth It" · · Score: 1

    Unless that $30mil includes taking pictures of the car, creating videos, doing market research, developing branding and strategy, and dozens of other activities related to advertising that aren't directly typing text into facebook. Not saying it's outlandish, but it's easy to underestimate the things that are all included.

    I'd also assume $50k/year is WAY under the actual cost/employee once you figure in benefits and salaries.

  3. Re:How can you quantify the loss? on The Avengers: Why Pirates Failed To Prevent a Box Office Record · · Score: 1

    Let's be honest... the MPAA doesn't use lube, which is why it hurts so much to sit in a theater...

  4. Re:LOL ... on 1366x768 Monitors Top 1024x768 For the First Time · · Score: 1
  5. Re:Patentnopoly on Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents · · Score: 2

    Forget go, you collect $200 for each player just for it being your turn!

  6. Re:Possibly too little, too late ... on Microsoft Launches Windows 8 Consumer Preview · · Score: 1

    I wonder if other organizations are only just getting to Win 7, if Win 8 might become one of those releases that everyone bypasses since they just finished upgrading. That would likely hurt MIcrosoft.

    I would expect most organizations (especially large ones) to skip it, just like they skipped Windows ME and Vista... but I don't think that really hurt MS too badly. If there's one thing MS is good it, it's solidifying version 2.

  7. Re:Wait, what? on Facebook Has 25 People Dedicated To Handling Gov't Info Requests · · Score: 4, Funny
  8. Re:Ding Ding the witch is dead! on Microsoft Killing Off Zune, Windows Live Brands? · · Score: 1

    I agree. Microsoft has been very divided in it's products for a very long time (to the point where you even wonder if products were made by the same company), and it looks like Win8 is where they're looking to consolidate into a single, cohesive brand. The problem with that strategy is if it doesn't work, you've got nothing to fall back on.

  9. Re:Yep, he asked about software development on How Do You Explain Software Development To 2nd Graders? · · Score: 1

    This is my favorite comment on slashdot in a long time... well done, sir... well done.

  10. Re:Not even a fine? on Hundreds of Bank Account Details Left In London Pub · · Score: 1

    The difference is that companies (especially large ones) have teams of lawyers to shoot down those charges, or at least stall them long enough to make it not worth the time, while an individual does not. Same thing applies to the rich.

  11. Re:Not a fan on Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way · · Score: 1

    My guess is that it would perfectly legal to modify, but no state would register the vehicle for use on public roads (which kind of defeats the purpose unless you have your own city). Just like how I can remove the taillights. Sure, it's legal to remove them, but not to drive on public roads without it.

    Combined with the fact that insurance companies would likely put you at 100% fault without the data, and you're pretty much screwed.

  12. Re:And all for what? on Google Is Serious, Chrome 13 Hides URL Bar · · Score: 1

    I believe HP also makes a 16X10 24 inch monitor.

    HP ZR24w - 1920x1200 IPS panel, roughly $400 on Amazon (when they're in stock). I use one at work and it's a nice monitor.

  13. Re:Rent To Own on Aaron Computer Rental Firm Spies On Users · · Score: 4, Informative

    The rule you're describing is simple, pay things in the following order of priority:
    Loans and payments that can't be discharged in bankruptcy (student loans, child support, etc.)
    Secured debt (house, auto)
    Unsecured debt (credit card, medical, etc)

    And as someone who just had to do it: my wife had a medical emergency that required surgery, and we owed a few grand that I didn't have at the time. I called them up, they asked 'can you afford $150/month? Yes, OK, that will be your payment at 0% until paid'. Medical places would much rather get paid slowly than not get paid at all.

  14. Re:Sounds like a photoshop contest on 'Motherlode' of Data Seized At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 2

    There is NO way I'm going to click any link in this thread at work...

  15. Re:Fundementally broken system on Sony: 10 Million Credit Cards May Have Been Exposed · · Score: 1
  16. Re:old news on Duke Nukem Forever Gets Delayed - Again · · Score: 2

    It's the ultimate dupe, and we just keep eating it up.

  17. Re:700 MHz band on Broadcasters Accuse Telecom Companies of Hoarding Spectrum · · Score: 3, Informative

    AT&T also plans on using it's 700MHz range for LTE, at least according to a reference on Engadget.

  18. Re:Don't worry Citizens! on AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom · · Score: 1

    Having to pay a rental fee for every phone in your home every month because you were not allowed to own your own phone wasn't exactly a great thing.

    Like AT&T does now with cable service?

  19. Re:Hey, look at that! on Facebook Photo of Stolen Ring Puts Couple In Jail · · Score: 1

    Don't kid yourself, no one here needs a ring.

  20. Re:How many slashdot icons does Apple get? on Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros · · Score: 2

    Because the graphic designers all use macs?

  21. Re:Supernodes shut down when overloaded? on Lessons Learned From Skype’s Outage · · Score: 1

    Its probably not even "too many requests, shut down" but "too many requests, crash".

    This seems to make the most sense to me. I forgot that 'Shut down' is CIO talk for 'crash horribly'. Yeah, sounds like general poor planning/developers/architects.

  22. Supernodes shut down when overloaded? on Lessons Learned From Skype’s Outage · · Score: 1

    "We believe that increased load in supernode traffic led to some of these parameters exceeding normal limits, and as a result, more supernodes started to shut down"

    Maybe I'm missing something, but why are supernodes coded to shut down during increased load instead of simply throttling requests? It seems like the idea of 'too many requests, shut down' is what caused the cascade. Can someone enlighten me as to why this is the preferred overload handling mechanism?

  23. Re:Why have that in colleges at all? on Will Patents Make NCAA Football Playoffs Impossible? · · Score: 1

    This way the players play for almost nothing (yeah, there's scholarships, but it's hardly a burden on the school to offer 50 of these).

  24. Re:Hear hear on America's Cubicles Are Shrinking · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is why I like to argue for a two-location approach. There are times, especially during a design phase, that collaboration and communication greatly improve my productivity. Then there are times where I have a defined coding task, where putting on my headphones and disappearing into my cube is the best choice for my productivity (working at home is even better, because people can't stop by my desk every 3 minutes there). I think the best approach is to have a shared team area that the team can use anytime (preferably with large whiteboards, a projector, etc), but a private cube/office as well. Having instant messaging (and actually using the away/available statuses) helps keep distractions down at the office as well.

  25. Re:There is nothing wrong with The Cloud! on Want an IT Job? Add 'Cloud' To Your Buzzword List · · Score: 1

    I love how often this post shows up. 47 times according to google