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  1. Re:Embed ads into directly into HTML on AdTrap Aims To Block All Internet Advertising In Hardware · · Score: 1

    Those are easily filtered as well. 99% of ad's are a specific size. Look for that and SMOOSH!

    Privoxy as looked for and filtered specific sized image files for nearly a decade to scrub site hosted adverts.

  2. From my Observations.... on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 1

    Of how my fellow humans drive their cars.... Most have been regressing rapidly.

  3. This is photoshop 101 kind of stuff... on Ask Slashdot: How To Catch Photoshop Plagiarism? · · Score: 1

    If she does not want them to use her assets, Embed each asset with a visible watermark. Come on, is this photoshop teacher a newbie?

  4. That is why.... on Petraeus Case Illustrates FBI Authority To Read Email · · Score: 2

    When I worked at AT&T it automatically deleted ANY email older than 30 days. Deleted for you. plus they scanned for and deleted any PST files found on any computer.

  5. Re:Must be nice on Wayback Machine Trumps FOI Tribunal · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "I can choose not to pay for a licence."

    Yeah, Go ahead and try that.

  6. Re:Fair enough I suppose on UW Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events · · Score: 2

    they cant stop spectators.

  7. No. they are REPLACING... stop cherry picking to make your lie the truth.

  8. Re:Write android apps. on Ask Slashdot: Finding Work Over 60? · · Score: 1

    99.99% of the apps out there are crap flashlight or fart apps.

  9. Re:Micro-inverters more practical? on Germany Exports More Electricity Than Ever Despite Phasing Out Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    Yes and no.

    a 300 watt microinverter setup with a panel is about $650.00 for the safe ones that are tested and UL approved (ECE approved in europe) And they offset about $1.00 to $2.00USD of energy per month.

    So they will pay themselves back in about, 325 months or 27 years.

    If you instead reduce your power usage by 150 watts (What a microinverter will make in a perfect day, typically they only produce peak power for 1/3rd the day in the summer). you get instant payback. It is ALWAYS better to reduce power use before you try and generate your own power.

    If you are even thinking of solar, you need to reduce your power consumption before you even think of buying any solar setup.

  10. You do know that GAS heaters require electricity to run the fans.....

  11. "Isn't Germany currently building a ton of new coal-fired plants because 'renewables' are too unreliable to base an industrial economy on?"

    No.

  12. Re:Could we hear some Germans tell this story? on Germany Exports More Electricity Than Ever Despite Phasing Out Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "and then if you want it from a "green source" cause youre "environmentally conscious", you can pay extra for electricy that comes from a green source...cause it's somehow different from normal electricity."

    And the kicker is they dont change anything other than your bill. You CANT buy only "green" energy unless you go off grid and set up your own solar/wind farm.

  13. Instant Failure. on New Credit Card Includes Display and Keypad · · Score: 2

    Show me how durable that thing is by putting it in a overstuffed wallet that is then used by a construction worker who bends over and plops down 90 times a day.

    I remember the SecurID credit cards. I had to replace them 3 times a year from cracked LCD screens or cracked boards.

  14. Write android apps. on Ask Slashdot: Finding Work Over 60? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you can program Java really well then you are 90% there for android app writing, Make your living $0.99 at a time. There is a dearth of real business apps for Android.

  15. Greeter at walmart... on Ask Slashdot: Finding Work Over 60? · · Score: 2

    If you get your A+ then you will work at Best Buy for the geek Squad... And from What I have seen there, walmart greeter is a better job.

    With your experience why in the world would you even look at the gutter that is the world of A+? with your background in programming there is a lot of freelance stuff you could do. hell start trolling the freelancing boards and pick up jobs you can do from home. Although a lot of those are incredibly low pay. I know of several flash designers with 15 years experience that refuse to look at the freelancer boards...

    "wanted an entire website designed in flash with a SQL backend and capable of scalability. Expectedt o take 3-6 months. Willing to pay $250.00 total for the project."

    That kind of crap is rampant on the freelancing sites.

    Or find a small business that needs a senior programmer. You know more than the 20 somethings, so use your age and experience as a positive!

  16. Re:This will probably kill people. on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 1

    Are you really that uneducated? Let me guess you feel that safety gear is all fake and you are as safe riding naked.. Please feel free to ride naked, Darwin is waiting for you.

  17. Hellz Yeah. on Do Recreational Drugs Help Programmers? · · Score: 4, Funny

    When I was on the Windows 8 UI development team, we all were taking Meth and PCP daily. And look at the wonderful and innovative design we came up with!

  18. Re:tech helps on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 1

    Many do. Almost no race bikes or race cars have a speedometer. Just one large Tach. And all tracks will black flag you for running a timer to check y our lap times. The drivers job is to drive not look at gauges.

  19. Re:Finally! on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 1

    Too bad you haven't been looking for it. There have been apps like this that give you a lot of the same info on iPhone for years. I have been running dynalicious on my phone since the iphone 3. no it does not do curve information, but if you cant feel that you botched the curve you have no right to be racing. the sensors in your phone are not as accurate as t he ones used by F1. so you will not get usable data if you dont already race and hit a Platteau on your lap times.

  20. Re:Ok on the track maybe on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 1

    Agreed, anyone riding fast on public streets is a complete moron. Unknown road surface, public roads are also nasty dirty with sand, dirt, and other things that makes them dangerous as hell at speed. Not to mention the people in cars and trucks who can barely drive.

    But then the dummies I see lane splitting at 120 are not the ones wearing full gear but are the morons with flip flops, t shirt and shorts.

  21. Re:This will probably kill people. on Motorcycle App Helps You Ride Faster, Turn Sharper, Brake Harder · · Score: 1

    The idiots that ride without full armor and helmets? yes. But that's just Darwin. Luckily most tracks will not allow morons on the track without real gear.

  22. It depends... on What's the Shelf Life of a Programmer? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have you kept them out of the sun and filled them with preservatives such as redbull?

    Shelf life is far longer that way.

  23. Re:Buy Amazon Prime. on Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling" · · Score: 1

    The point is that Walmart right next door is NOT any more local than Amazon. In fact shopping amazon supports your US postal Workers, Fedex workers and UPS workers. People who get a REAL wage unlike the slave labor pay rates given to employees of Walmart,sears,target,Best Buy, etc.....

  24. Re:Buy Amazon Prime. on Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling" · · Score: 1

    Shop locally... Best Buy is not local. Sears is not local, Radio Shack is 50% higher and not local. Please identify these imaginary local companies. I would LOVE To support a local business owner instead of a company that is no different than Amazon.com

  25. Re:Then pay for faster shipping on Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling" · · Score: 1

    The UK is smaller than most American states. In fact I drive to work a distance that most people in the UK would consider a weekend trip. In fact today I am working on a customers job that is Like driving from Liverpool to Grimsby, work there for 3 hours and drive back. Tomorrow I will be driving the distance from Liverpool to London.