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  1. Re:Good advertising on Seattle CEO Cuts $1 Million Salary To $70K, Raises Employee Salaries · · Score: 1

    Good point, I looks them up they do credit card processing.

  2. Re:Coincidence? on Linux 4.0 Kernel Released · · Score: 1

    IIRC MS always wanted versions of windows to incitement the major release every time they released a new OS. Turns out they couldn't because too many software developers screwed up detecting the version of windows the OS was and it software wouldn't run on newer versions.

  3. Re:Evolution on Did Natural Selection Make the Dutch the Tallest People On the Planet? · · Score: 1

    It isn't evolution it is natural selection. Taller people are more fit (more babies) than shorter, this has continued for a few generations so shorter people are simply getting outbreed by taller people. So the average is going up.

  4. Re:Linux? OS X? Chrome OS? Nope. OpenBSD! on NJ School District Hit With Ransomware-For-Bitcoins Scheme · · Score: 1

    Do you have a link to their home page? I'm having trouble finding the "Any" distro of linux.

  5. So like AOL back in the day?

  6. Re:OMFG on Steve Wozniak Now Afraid of AI Too, Just Like Elon Musk · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's why Sarbanes Oxley is also know as the Accountant Employment act

  7. Re:"an act of social provocation"? on Come and Take It, Texas Gun Enthusiasts (Video) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Who knows
     
    The best argument I've heard for what they're doing is "if you are afraid to express your rights do you actually have those rights?"

  8. Re:Zappos, Woot, etc. on The Prickly Partnership Between Uber and Google · · Score: 1

    Woot came back at meh.com

  9. If Disney really want to help kids on Google-Advised Disney Cartoon Aims To Convince Preschool Girls Coding's Cool · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have the cool kids be good at school
    Have kids be unashamed about doing well in school.
    If you must have a comic relief buffoon have him be good school
     
    Do not promote ignorance and or stupidity as a good thing.

  10. Re:The biggest failure of science: on Too Much Exercise May Not Be Better Than a Sedentary Lifestyle · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's February

  11. Re:The sad part? on DEA Planned To Monitor Cars Parked At Gun Shows Using License Plate Readers · · Score: 1

    First rule to being a privacy nut is to keep your head down and don't bring attention to yourself.

  12. Re:It's much more complicated than this... on Obama Proposes One-Time Tax On $2 Trillion US Companies Hold Overseas · · Score: 1

    Can I get a citation? I've never heard this before, and 5 min of Google isn't coming up with a definitive answer for me, possibly because I'm still working on my first coffee.

  13. Re:Urban legend? on Plan C: The Cold War Plan Which Would Have Brought the US Under Martial Law · · Score: 1
  14. Re:The solution is obvious on Google Explains Why WebView Vulnerability Will Go Unpatched On Android 4.3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Android 4.3 was released July 24, 2013

  15. Re:Those backwards Ruskies on War Tech the US, Russia, China and India All Want: Hypersonic Weapons · · Score: 1

    Which is why you have a screening force of expendable ships and the carrier sits dark.

  16. Breath focus meditation on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Electronics-Induced Inattentiveness? · · Score: 1

    Breath and focus on your breath, slow your breath to 6-10 breaths a minute. Don't get frustrated that your mind is wandering when you notice this accept it and bring your focus back to your breath. The trick to meditation is bringing your focus back. Do this for 5 minutes.

  17. Re:The real trade secret is the yeast on Open Source Craft Brewery Shares More Than Recipes · · Score: 1

    It can be but it isn't

  18. Saltwater and MTBF on WaveNET – the Floating, Flexible Wave Energy Generator · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wish them the best of luck but saltwater is particularly nasty stuff over over an extended period of time. Hopefully they can find a cheap way to insulate against it.

  19. Re:Is Nuclear going to be acknowledged? on Two Google Engineers Say Renewables Can't Cure Climate Change · · Score: 1

    IIRC it is actually around 300 years, if you reprocess the waste. You'll get most of it back, except for a small amount that can't really be processed.

  20. Re: EFSS on BitTorrent Unveils Sync 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Only 30 dollar signs, is IBM running an early Black Friday sale?

  21. Re:How to become world class on Interviews: Ask Malcolm Gladwell a Question · · Score: 1

    Deliberate practice seems to be the best advice from what I've been able to find out.

  22. OT - What happened with the fishing line muscle on Researchers Demonstrate Electrically Activated Micro-Muscles · · Score: 1

    Off topic but what happened with the fishing line muscle? Quick google isn't showing too much new information.

  23. Re:The mathematics is only a model of the physics on Mathematical Proof That the Universe Could Come From Nothing · · Score: 1

    Yup, I kinda wish someone would come up with a mathematical proof for geocentrism just to have something to have an FYI for the laity, so people don't go off the deep end over stuff like this.

  24. Re:Tip of the iceberg on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 5, Funny

    Keeping an open mind is good but make sure your brain doesn't fall out.
     
    What state are you in, your dealer appears to have some great stuff?

  25. Re:Speaking as ... on Navy Tests Unpowered Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    Hold 36 pounds out in front of you like that for 2 minutes and let me know how that works out for you