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  1. Re:They don't want to get tax reform petitions on The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Money comes from creating wealth; if it didn't, we'd still have a sub-$1 trillion GDP.

    Inflation is not wealth. Put those all in 1980 USD and see how it stacks up.

  2. Re:They don't want to get tax reform petitions on The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The size of the GDP is really only the size of the wallets of the rich. This is the cause of the increasing class disparity. There is no trickle-down.

  3. Re:Im not saying its aliens... on Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And Slashdot could fix it by just turning a ‘ into ‘ even if they didn't implement proper Unicode support.

  4. Re:De facto ban on "fast lanes" if you can read on Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    to the slight detriment of all other non-prioritized traffic.

    Even a slight detriment is still a throttle. There is no slippery slope - it's all or nothing. If even one thing is reduced in speed a tiny amount to make way for a paid priority, then you are throttling.

  5. Re:Not faring too well? on Coinbase Adds Support For Bitcoin Cash [Update: Disabled] · · Score: 1

    The size of the pyramid doesn't change whether it's a pyramid scheme. As soon as the top cashes out, it's all over.

  6. Re:We Need to Build a Wall^H^H^H^H Sphere on Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    They outbid Dyson? This project might not suck after all.

  7. Re:Im not saying its aliens... on Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm not saying it's unicode, but it's unicode.

  8. We're in touch with aliens? on Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua' Appears To Be Wrapped In An Organic Insulation Layer (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oumuamua has also got extraterrestrial watchers excited.

    How do we know that???

  9. Re:Not faring too well? on Coinbase Adds Support For Bitcoin Cash [Update: Disabled] · · Score: 1

    Much cheaper to do a pump and dump scheme with lower valued currencies. BTC is already crowded. Ripple effects of the bubble - crash must be eminent.

  10. Re:It is both on Coinbase Adds Support For Bitcoin Cash [Update: Disabled] · · Score: 1

    You should get that in writing and make sure the rent rate is not based on the BTC to USD conversion rate. You might get by paying 20 cents a month in rent under a legal contract once it crashes.

  11. Re:Fast lanes are okay, with a caveat... on Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Government imposed neutrality is more neutral than what you describe. Internet is still a nearly de facto monopoly. If they can't play nice, they're going to get regulated.

  12. Re:Fast lanes are okay, with a caveat... on Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    But those could also easily be argued to not be "Internet" access, as it's all on Verizon's internal network - even if that service comes on the same wire. I don't think we need to worry about that just yet. I'd settle for NN just on the open Internet.

  13. Re:Everything old is ... on Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    What I don't get is people on Slashdot who have no memory of this. I get why consumers don't remember - it really didn't make national news back then in any understandable way. These boards have been full of people claiming that NN was never a thought in any form until 2015 - and the people claiming this seem to have lower UIDs.

  14. De facto ban on "fast lanes" if you can read on Republican Lawmaker Introduces Net Neutrality Legislation (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    prohibits internet providers from blocking and throttling content, but does not address whether ISPs can create so-called "fast lanes" of traffic for sites willing to pay for it.

    If you can't throttle, how do you give priority to the fast lane? It's addressed.

  15. Re:They don't want to get tax reform petitions on The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    They keep their prices nearly as high as their competition who seem to be able to pay employees and offer full time positions. It's pure profit.

  16. Re:They could write Chrome as a web app on Microsoft Removes Google's Chrome Installer From the Windows Store (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It would run really slow and they could tell you to buy a Chromebook for a better experience.

  17. This. This is Windows RT all over again - it's as bad as Apple's forced use of Webkit on iOS.

  18. Re:They don't want to get tax reform petitions on The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    And the rich ended up shouldering even more of the Federal tax load, moving from 18% in 1981 to 28% of all Federal income taxes.

    This needs to be adjusted for the fact that the rich were getting richer and the poor getting poorer. Where do you think rich people money comes from? Tax cuts don't mean more jobs - it just means bigger net profits.

  19. Re:They don't want to get tax reform petitions on The White House Is Temporarily Shutting Down Its Petition Website (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    Social spending is a net negative to poor people because of the obscene waste/overhead that takes money out of the economy and wastes it on administration.

                    Liberals care so much about poor people, they create as many as possible.

    Walmart is the one benefiting from social spending. They specifically use it as a way to underpay their employees but not lose them. And they need to pay a much bigger share of the pot that goes to this if they can't be made to pay better wages.

  20. Or just a ticker at the bottom of your screen like every single time cable companies renegotiate with content providers....for every partisan issue.

  21. And there's something strange in the neighborhood?

  22. Re:That's a big gap in time on Microsoft Releases a Preview of OpenSSH Client and Server For Windows 10 (servethehome.com) · · Score: 1

    You inability to not install suitable software on a remote computer before you run into trouble is not Microsoft's concern.

    I frequently do remote support for people I've never had contact with before. Being Hiding a 129KB .exe with likely no dependencies is not really going to fix Microsoft's bloat problem.

    The good news is that I have found a very fast way to install it
    pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"

  23. Re:Windows 10 on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    You mean - "Why is it Windows 10? What happened to Windows 9?"
    Answer: Well, you know, 7 8 9 (works better it loud)

  24. Re: CPUs on Ask Slashdot: What's The Worst IT-Related Joke You've Ever Heard? · · Score: 1

    Ok that made me laugh out loud. And I'm surprised I've never seen it before.

  25. Re: It depends on your risk-management philosphy on Can Intel's 'Management Engine' Be Repurposed? · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when people use joke names for things/companies all day. The exploit was assumed to be the real software.