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  1. Re: Like GNU Linux/Google Cloud years Ago..or Vist on Apple WWDC 2014: Tim Cook Unveils Yosemite · · Score: 1

    It's pretty innovative to be able to create markets.

  2. Re:Like GNU Linux/Google Cloud years Ago..or Vista on Apple WWDC 2014: Tim Cook Unveils Yosemite · · Score: 1

    Overpriced compared to..what, exactly?

  3. Re:*DOH* on Robotic Exoskeletons Could Help Nuclear Plant Workers · · Score: 4, Funny

    You have an exoskeleton robot suit. make OTHERS feed you the donuts.

  4. Re:Types of Dummies on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    1. Should be trained or dismissed.

    3. Management should be able to catch this really quickly and train them in time management. A good manager will also look for a trend, and deal with it base do a trend. Like is usually take him 20% longer then he says it will.

  5. Re:How You Treat Your "Idiot"? on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    Since congress means coming together, then the opposite would be pulling apart.
    I'm not sure what that has to do with the first part of your question, but I'm glad to help.

  6. Re:Different skillsets on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    There is no way there wold e a successful lawsuit if he committed fraud.

  7. Re:How Would the Author Know? on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    You're ID is low enough to know not to respond to AC. You are being baited.

    or, rather, respond if you want, obviously, but do you expect it to be productive?

  8. Re:The summary defines the problem. on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    A Measure of Your Team’s Health: The treatment of low producing members.

    BTW, I would have still read it with the overly long and unimaginative name you used.
    OTOH, I also read the History of Mathematics, and medical studies for fun. I may not be the best measure.

  9. Re:Depends on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    The numbers I have run indicate that the person you describe, slow but does follow procedures is more productive for the company over the long run.

    Granted, that's anecdotal and only involved a few hundred people, but I would be surprised if it don't hold up in a larger more controlled study.
    OR maybe not, maybe everyone just shoving coed out willy-nilly is more productive.

  10. Re:Depends on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And this is the problem and why the question is stupid.
    No definition of idiot.
    There will always be someone on a group that isn't as smart as everyone else.

    So there is the person who can't not learn, and then there is a person who so a little slow. Widely different response to that issue.

  11. Re:Idea? on Robots and Irradiated Parasites Enlisted In the Fight Against Malaria · · Score: 1

    morbo

    VACCINES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY! /morbo

    You need to inject a dose.

  12. Re:second best on Robots and Irradiated Parasites Enlisted In the Fight Against Malaria · · Score: 1

    DDT is still used in some areas. However more use means less effective over time. Insects evolve resistance. PLus, a vaccine is better. Killing mosquitoes impacts bird population.

    There is exactly zero evidence that any resistant bacteria comes from cattle. IT has all come from hospitals; which makes sens if you actual understand how it works,

  13. Re:Money isn't the problem on Interviews: Jennifer Granick Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    All of which wouldn't matter if the electorate had accurate facts and education on those matters.

  14. Re:A lot of internet privacy issues are etiquette on Interviews: Jennifer Granick Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    " Filming people getting drunk at your party and posting the pics on Facebook is bad etiquette, "
    "Beg's the question" fallacy.

  15. Re:Money isn't the problem on Interviews: Jennifer Granick Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    "... the corruption that permeates all legislative institutions."
    which isn't nearly what you seem o imply it is.

    " The voters are looking for a piece of that pie."
    no they aren't. Are you saying voter want lobbyists?

    " I don't believe education is of any value either."
    WEll, you're wrong. Look at highly educated countries. Voters need to know the facts, and base descions on that.

    "We are dealing with conditioning. "
    and like all conditioning, it's broken with education.

    " This is a fatal flaw of majority rule. "
    it's irrelevant of government type.

    "It is part of everybody that votes for it."
    people vote for it because they are lied to and have no basis other then their 'gut feeling' to evaluate any statements.

  16. Money isn't the problem on Interviews: Jennifer Granick Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1, Insightful

    with congress. In fact, it's practically a red herring.
    The voters are. Do you think if no money was in congress then voters would magically pay attention and vote on rationality?

    Educate the voters.

  17. Re:How about breaking the Comcast tyranny also? on Google To Spend $1 Billion On Fleet of Satellites · · Score: 1

    Where is the bottleneck? what part of your community is locking you into Comcast?

  18. Re:what's wrong with public transportation? on Is Google CEO's "Tiny Bubble Car" Yahoo CEO's "Little Bubble Car"? · · Score: 1

    It cost that much becasue it's a huge engineering and land problem.

    The rest of you post just indicates you can't actual thing about paying off over decades ans some how thing,it need to be paid for on the first trip.

  19. Re:what's wrong with public transportation? on Is Google CEO's "Tiny Bubble Car" Yahoo CEO's "Little Bubble Car"? · · Score: 1

    Those two thing are not related. Prop 13 is why Ca. is Bankrupt.

  20. Re:what's wrong with public transportation? on Is Google CEO's "Tiny Bubble Car" Yahoo CEO's "Little Bubble Car"? · · Score: 1

    I actual know a lot of rich people; through marriage.

    Guess what? the vast majority of them are just like you and me.

    Funny how you call them an asshole as a blanket statement; that kind of makes you an asshole.

  21. Re:It's more than mortgages. on New Federal Database Will Track Americans' Credit Ratings, Other Financial Info · · Score: 2

    The funny thing is how little you know about credit industry. every piece of information you list is available right now.

    The ret of your rant I have heard since the 70's.

  22. Re:Mortgages are public records on New Federal Database Will Track Americans' Credit Ratings, Other Financial Info · · Score: 1

    ", are NOT public record"
    Yes they are.
    If you want to buy something from me using credit, I can get ALL that information. It's not even expensive.

  23. Re:Mortgages are public records on New Federal Database Will Track Americans' Credit Ratings, Other Financial Info · · Score: 1

    that interesting I work for an agency that does those exact kind of purchases and every nickle it public record.
    IT's also routinely given to universities and the press.

  24. in a world where a game can cost 100+ million to make, getting close to a billion for a federal level health care system isn't really that bad.

  25. Re:Credit rating databases aren't new on New Federal Database Will Track Americans' Credit Ratings, Other Financial Info · · Score: 1

    well you know for a fact, and hove no control over, the private companies will sell and manipulate your data.

    The government gives you the opportunity to find out what they are doing.