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  1. Re:Bogus on Black Holes From the LHC Could Last For Minutes · · Score: 1

    Yes, but when the SKY consists of various wave functions that only a Graduate in physics understands weather or not it's falling (moving sideways, popping into and out of existence ) is really hard to tell.

  2. Re:without any humans ever having been involved on Using Speed Cameras To Send Tickets To Your Enemies · · Score: 1

    Just as I suspected Marx was a Closet Libretarian!

  3. Re:Enablement on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 1

    Lockheed Martin has verified the permittivity and quality of the Barium Titanate blended powder.

  4. Re:Interesting specifications on EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor · · Score: 1

    Well I've been following EEStor For a while; Zen Motors (a canadian company) has a vested interest in this company; to the tune of 2.5 Million. Lockheed Martin already has the military rights to sales.
    The key to this breakthrough is built upon work done by Phillips; Barium Titanate & Strontium have permittivity of up to 15,000 (permittivity determines the breakdown voltage of your dielectric which determines leakage current and maximum voltage).
    As it stands now If we can get these and the HI-PA drive working together you'll see the Volovo Recharge do 0 - 60 in 4 seconds.

  5. Re:Is it 1988 again? on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    I stole it i hear it doesn't bind. Besides I love the red Swingline.

  6. Re:Is it 1988 again? on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    Yes but they are still around and profitable these days.

  7. Re:Speaking of "initmidation" ... on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    Only if i am the presedient and I get a $400,000 / year car allowance for my NPO Position and a $200,000 salary.

  8. Re:Appropriate unions are not a bad idea on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    As a contractor i get your salary in my first six months of work; as for Core competence; I have the masters and many many many letters behind it from institutions you know of. However if you knew anything about project management you'd know that "Information Technology" and "The Software Industry" are two wholly different beasts all together. One involves a lot of Project Management and Risk (with associated profit) and the other requires skilled consultants for Information, Configuration, Release and whatever other kinds of management your systems require.
    Information Technology regulation happens all the time by organizations that have no business trying to regulate them; (ISO, ITIL, ISC, SANS); Then there's legal requirements like Data Retention and Privacy Law (Or Sarbanes-Oxley for that matter) that are the government DIRECTLY DICTATING information policy and data tenure requirements; here in Canada Local Police have to keep records on file for 99 years, that include any digital information relating to whatever case they worked on; So stating that the industry should be subject to regulation is pure ignorance.

    In the UK it took Margret Thatcher to get rid of the dead weight that was killing your economy by FIRING all the miners (whom were unionized and worked for the state!), and turning quite a few towns into wastelands in the process. Then again she was inspired by "The Road to Serfdom" by F.A. Hayek, Freedman was one of his understudies and he stated that unions are a monopoly on labour; in a field where geographic location becomes less and less important every day; you may be replaced by either a Chinese or Indian person with more letters behind their name at the drop of a hat, and forming a union for your service center is one of the reasons outsourcing is soo damn prolific.

  9. Re:Unions aren't the answer on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    Your father could have negotiated the extra pay into his employment contract and cut out the 4% that the union took over the entire course of his career and had a much nicer retirement where he buys the island instead of visiting it on a cruise ship.

  10. Re:UAW on Tech Firms Oppose Union Organizing · · Score: 1

    As a consultant I negotiate each and every contract I work on; I'd rather be in charge then have some Union Goon (usually with no more than a high school education) Tell me that He has my best interests in mind?
    If you don't like your job get a new one! If you don't like your salary find out where the best money is by researching the industry and re-train!
    If you have to give the right to negotiate to someone then you have no rights, and no right to complain.
    Protectionist Union Dogmas are what put the U.S. Economy where it is now; no you don't deserve 60,000 a year as a wrench turner, door installer, auto builder any other manual labour industry because the industry of wrench turning cannot support that kind of dead weight and let's face it there's cheaper labour placed logistically close enough to make your job obsolete.
    Milton Freedman said it best "Unions are a monopoly on Labor". By allowing yourself to be a member of a union you are in effect exerting a monopoly over your industry from a very detrimental internal position, upon which you have little or no control.
    Unions are only interested in one thing! Lip service to the employees and "Growth"; and the Growth is more important than the "Collective Barganing" ever was. More employees = more income = cushier fat cat jobs for lazy & unproductive people that decide to become a union rep.
    Besides if you feel that you've been crossed by your employer in the U.S. you could always sue them; why that's the American Way!

  11. Re:Cyberwar? on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    Really the trick is you think it's open ;)

  12. Re:Yes and No on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    How the hell else do you expect to make $1000 / day?

  13. Re:Let me guess... on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    Actually they used Utorrent!

  14. Re:I'm sorry... on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    Intel inside now with real laser noises!

  15. Re:source of the next world war on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    Zing!

  16. Re:Cyberwar? on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm all for paranoia it means more billable time.

  17. Re:Cyberwar? on Is There a Cyberwar, and Is the US Losing It? · · Score: 1

    The internet was stared as an AMERICAN GOVERNMENT DEFENSE PROJECT! (I see morons, everywhere!) What do you think DARPA stands for?

  18. Re:Cheaters? on Automated Scripts Overrun eBay Holiday Contest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They made the "special" very boring; and repetitive, I cannot remember where I read it but last time I checked any good sysadmin loved to automate the boring and repetitive.

  19. Re:Call your credit card company.... on Recourse For Poor Customer Service? · · Score: 1

    I spent my six months in the trenches; there after I left; the "Unresolved Issues" queue is a bunch of Canadians (up here in the capitol city); We also run Microsoft's Exchange desk and a few other "Good" technical call centers; (We charge quite a bit more than the Indian or Chinese but we have better talent ;)

    If you really want good service tell them you are french and would like to speak to a french service rep (chances are he / she also speaks english) but you'll get the Canadian Call center and someone who probably has a degree in bio-engineering / physical sciences and cannot find work elsewhere.

  20. Re:I offer my services on Significant Russian Attack On US Military Networks · · Score: 1

    Dude, this is for the Government, try $1500 / hr.

  21. Re:Yes. on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    A unions goal is not profit, it is to monopolize a labor force, and profit from said monopoly any way possible. All the "Ethical" considerations are an afterthought. Remember when they began on the various ports around north America in the early 19th century their motivation was a bat and your knees.

  22. Re:Yes. on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    A true libertarian recognizes the right of the Individual to hose his or her employer; unions prevent free negation of the individual contract which is at the heart of libertarianism.

  23. Re:Yes. on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 0, Troll

    Unions are the reason GM cannot produce a good car in north America. Unions are the reason I drive a German car.

  24. Re:Yes. on Should You Get Paid While Your Computer Boots? · · Score: 1

    "I'm now a top level exec at a startup that is going stron in this economy."

    Really, don't start-up's on principle lose money that's why they need venture capitol & angel funding? Technically you won't know if your business is sound until it fails because of your economy.

  25. Re:What about Excuse #1? on Distributed Compilation, a Programmer's Delight · · Score: 1

    Abviously you`ve never tried to compile Open Office. ;) (Even on a powerful system it takes days. ).