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  1. Re:Spec'd the Kindle on State Dept. Cancels $16.5M Kindle Contract · · Score: 1

    Why would somebody with 12+ years of C++ experience be doing web site development?

  2. Paid placement on Google To Start Punishing Pirate Sites In Search Results · · Score: 1

    Let's call it what it is. Google is accepting payment from big media, in the form of reduced media licensing costs, to rank big media sites higher. While still claiming to not accept payment for ranking.

  3. Smoking is good for your health* on Wikipedia-Sponsored Pilot Study Lauds Wikipedia Accuracy · · Score: 1

    * According to a study sponsored by the tabacco industry.

  4. Re:Inman's suit against Carreon on Charles Carreon Drops Case Against the Oatmeal · · Score: 1

    Signature dated 6-30-11 and stamp dated July 2 2012.

  5. Re:CEO's job is to sell... on RIM CEO: 'There's Nothing Wrong With the Company' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe it's better to have a credible CEO who says things are going poorly than an untrustworthy CEO?

  6. Re:Sounds like a request for bribes... on ICANN Cancels 'Digital Archery' Program · · Score: 1

    So this will make it closer to an auction, which is what should have been done in the first place?

  7. Re:LEGAL IMMIGRATION DOES NOT EXIST on Immigrants Crucial To Innovation · · Score: 1

    Strayer University sure mints a lot of worthless Master's degrees.

  8. Re:Suing the ACS, really? on FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism" · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Apparently the American Cancer Society doesn't want atheist money. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brandon-g-withrow/american-cancer-society-atheist_b_1014403.html .

  9. Re:Interesting but... on The History of the CompSci Degree · · Score: 2

    Reasons of space? "Cambridge University" is indeed longer than "Purdue" but the difference is less than the excuse takes.

  10. Click fraud on The Billions In Mobile Ad Money Nobody Can Grab · · Score: 1

    Mobile ads are very effective at clickthrough. With touch interfaces, it's far too easy to accidentally touch an ad that appears right next to something useful.

  11. Re:Looks like on Raunchy Dance Routine a PR Nightmare For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    You mean the General Services Administration. Unless there's another scandal we should know about. . .

  12. Re:The Internet doesn't have a tactile showroom on Best Buy Chairman and Founder Resigns Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 1

    Showrooming. Go to the local store to try it, buy online because it's cheaper that way.

  13. Re:Let anyone in with a technical degree on Ask Slashdot: Reasonable Immigration Policy For Highly-Trained Workers? · · Score: 1

    I sense an influx of graduates from Bollywood Upstairs Medical College.

  14. Re:I'm trying to get an English PhD in now on Ask Slashdot: Reasonable Immigration Policy For Highly-Trained Workers? · · Score: 1

    Your subject suggests that you are trying to import a PhD whose specialty is English.

  15. Re:This is a direct assault on Google's revenue on IE10 Will Have 'Do Not Track' On By Default · · Score: 1

    And companies that engage in this form of tracking deserve to lose revenue.

  16. Re:Stone age technology. on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up! Operating systems do this thing where they let you run multiple processes. On one machine. With virtual memory.

  17. Re:Popping sound on At Long Last, a Private Cargo Spaceship Takes Off (Video) · · Score: 5, Funny

    So SpaceX paid more?

  18. Re:I don't understand the case... on Federal Court Allows Class-Action Suit Against Apple Over In-App Purchases · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So why go after Apple?

    If there's a problem with a walled garden, blame the gardener. Otherwise, don't put a wall up in the first place.

  19. Re:Why isn't it possible? on Express-AM4 Satellite Salvage Plan For Antarctic Internet In Jeopardy · · Score: 1
  20. Reeducation on Online Learning Becomes Court-Ordered Community Service · · Score: 1

    It's all about spin. "I sentence you to 30 days of reeducation." How does that sound?

  21. Re:Public interest on Patent Attorneys Sued For Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    But there isn't a public benefit to the patent system.

  22. Foreign versus Domestic on President By Day, High-Tech Headhunter By Night · · Score: 1

    Why shouldn't a more-qualified foreigner be hired for a job? The company is willing to pay H1B fees in addition to salary that they would presumably also offer to a domestic worker. This may not help Joe American, but it does help Prasad Indian. Does Joe deserve the job more than Prasad simply because Joe was born in the US?

    Now, I realize it is the US government's job to look after the interests of US citizens. But why should an individual or company favor US citizens?

    From the worker's perspective, the argument goes that restrictions, even arbitrary ones, increase scarcity and therefore their value to employers. Those restrictions must feel great when you happen to fall on the employable side of the dividing line. That doesn't make them right.

  23. Re:what germany does/did on President By Day, High-Tech Headhunter By Night · · Score: 1

    How is this practical? There is more than 5% negotiating range in salary, so there isn't a real way to test or enforce this. Also, consider a job with two openings filled by one local and one foreigner. Wouldn't the local complain that the foreigner is getting paid more?

  24. Re:Jeff Miller is stupid on TSA Makes $400K Annually In Loose Change · · Score: 1

    How about paying off the national debt?

  25. Re:IT's time to rework colleges and universities on Do Online Educational Badges Threaten Conventional Education Models? · · Score: 1

    Why was the PayPal founder Peter Thiel paying for entrepreneurs to skip college and work on startup's?

    So they won't have other options when it fails.