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  1. Re:open a can of on Iceland's Seismic Activity: A Repeat Show for Atmospheric Ash? · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Oh god so what? on C++14 Is Set In Stone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    COBOL is an excellent language for hat it was designed for. I can only assume your hate comes from ignorance.

    It seems to me, your hate would be better directed at poor engineering and software engineering standards then the tools.

  3. Re:Stone on C++14 Is Set In Stone · · Score: 1, Informative

    silicon isn't sand. It's found in sand and stone, among other places.

  4. Re:Dammit! Adam you rolled over... on Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll · · Score: 1

    Adam Corolla has a whole podcast network, and that is bigger then TWIT and Leo.

    The problem with Patent troll is that anyone who has a claim is now called a troll.

    When you create a nuclear wasteland, it's everyone's world suffers.

  5. Re:Dammit! Adam you rolled over... on Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's because we don't need tort reform, our system is pretty good. The vast majority of reasons people use for tort reform were made up by the insurance companies.

    You clearly don't know any lawyers.

  6. So much for fighting on Adam Carolla Settles With Podcasting Patent Troll · · Score: 1

    eh, Corolla?

  7. Re:Skydrive? on Nuclear Regulator Hacked 3 Times In 3 Years · · Score: 1

    Yes, punish the victim, genius.

  8. Re:Good Job NRC on Nuclear Regulator Hacked 3 Times In 3 Years · · Score: 2

    The same reason people try to hack NASA to find the 'Truth' about aliens?

  9. Re:Surprise? on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Thing didn't go the way I wanted, clearly bribery.

  10. Re:Scare of the day on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    So if the came lord said: 'Lets figure out how to protect ourselves when the other cave people start throwing rocks at us' that would be bad?

  11. Re:Scare of the day on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    It's these agency job to look at this sort of thing. They aren't stopping innovation. They make plans, and a lot of this stuff will be inevitable.
    Autonomous cars doing driver by shooting will happen. What do we do about that? Should we have a plan? There will be people who use them to deliver bombs. Maybe we should thing about what to do? Start getting a plan together?

    You aren't informed at all. You're just a knee jerk hater.

  12. Re:Will not matter. on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    Because the common perception of lawsuit is wrong. People discussing this know that.
    If it's such a problem, then why do they design cars to pull to one side when the brakes are hit hard?

  13. Re:Insurance rates on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    Fewer people drive without insurance when its mandatory.

  14. Re:MUCH easier. on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    This would not work, for the simple reason that there is no way to safely move on most roads

    their could be with autonomous cars. They will all be talking to each other so the can position so everyone one has an escape. Granted it may very well be an escape route that will only work for the computer driver. Humans being slow and unreliable meat bags.

    Also, you don't have nearly as much information as you think you do when some thing sudden happens. Most of the detail informaiton is added after the fact by your brain.

    You scenarios will be irrelevant once autonomous cars hit saturation point.

  15. Re:MUCH easier. on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    The whole premise is just an attempt to make philosophy seem relevant.

  16. Re:Does it matter? on Plan Would Give Government Virtual Veto Over Internet Governance · · Score: 1

    It's considered broken by people who don't get involved. Their effort revolves around complaining on website.

  17. Re:"Philosophically, this opens up an interesting on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    It's a debate because in the case you stated it impacts people who were not involved in the choice.

  18. Re:Insurance rates on Selectable Ethics For Robotic Cars and the Possibility of a Robot Car Bomb · · Score: 1

    There is more then accident insurance.

  19. Re:2 reasons on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    I used to hate performance reviews, then about 13 years ago I got a manager who taught me how to properly do them. Now I always get the highest ratings.
    basically, it's become a glitch I can manipulate to get the maximum raise each year.

  20. Re:HR on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    I've worked with too many good HR people to agree with that.
    HR knows the rules of how things function. HR can help you if you have an issue. I've gone to HR and said 'My dad is sick, whats the best way for me to take time off? and they know the federal rules I would ahve had no clue about.

    I've work with bad HR as well, where they have no power, can't really help any one, and just hand out paychecks.

    BTW- executive don't need HR to get people they want hired, hired. You're whole assertions is flawed.

  21. Re:Worst Is When They Don't Allow Overlapping Jobs on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    Wrap them all up under 'consulting. So you were 'Consulting' for 5 years. Then in the body list consulting, with each place under it.

    That's what I do.

  22. Re:Lack of Competition on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 1

    I would say:
    then only the most desperate applications will do it

    I have never waited longer then 15 minute at a DMV to get my DL renewed. Well, not since the 80's.

  23. Becasue on Ask Slashdot: Why Are Online Job Applications So Badly Designed? · · Score: 2

    they are designed by HR.
    HR doesn't know jack about interface design.
    HR gets the cheapest person they can because it isn't considered critical.
    Web entry forms are usually farmed out to people just getting into the industry.
    No one has to learn engineering techniques to become 'qualified' to write software.

  24. Re:25 cm resolution on Google's Satellites Could Soon See Your Face From Space · · Score: 1

    except the St. Google has purchased are capably of much finer detail, ans they are lobbying to relax the regulations even more. If they are successful, then Google's Sats can see you face.,

  25. Re:Hopefully they can be replaced by pattern match on Every Day Is Goof-Off-At-Work Day At the US Patent and Trademark Office · · Score: 1

    A pattern matching job for how they are currently doing their work? this would be trivial.
    One for how they are Supposed to be doing their work? that would be hard

    Anyways, this is just telework people.