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  1. What happens if lightning hits near by? on China Catches Up With Google's Driverless Car · · Score: 1

    Will it slam into the car infront of it, and then get burried by the government?

    No thanks. I'll take Google's approach.

  2. Law on UK To Shut Down Social Networks? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since the Magna Carta, England has not been able to get off their ass to pass a constitution, so law wise pretty much anything goes over there.

  3. Nice. on Law School Amplifies Critics Through SLAPP Suit · · Score: 2

    If the school were any good, wouldn't it sue with its own graduates instead of those from highly respected schools?

  4. Re:The sky is falling...OH NO!!! /sarc on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning." Warren Buffet. His tax rate is lower then his secertary. They pay more then the none rich, because they make retardedly huge amounts of money, but for some reason their taxes as a percent of income is much lower then those of the middle class.

  5. File under on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No shit Sherlock. The only people who dont seem to understand this are the tea-baggers, but I dont find that particularly surprising, since their total understanding of economics is, "Taxes Bad."

  6. Self Selections on Have American Businesses Been Stranded By the MBAs? · · Score: 1

    I've seen lots of people underperforming at work, unhappy with their career thinking and MBA will fix it. They get their degree, get a management gig, and suck just as bad, or worse.

    I've seen a lot of people who are very good at their jobs interested in and MBA, but don't have the time because they are doing well and getting promoted and making money.

  7. Re:Way before 1990 on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    Yes but they are filled with f'n redlights. Its the worst of all worlds. If I have to go 3/4 of the way through one, I could have to sit through 5 lights. Its a nightmare.

  8. You, my friend, are no engineer. on Ask Slashdot: CS Degree Without Gen-Ed Requirements? · · Score: 0

    Your not an engineer until you have a diploma from an accredited institution say you are. Until you have taken part in that curriculum, you have no idea what it means to be an engineer.

    I'm getting real tired of people in IT and telecom/cable calling themselves engineers when the have not earned that right.

    If you win one case in traffic court would you go around calling yourself a lawyer?

    Suck it up, go to school, and learn what you don't know.

  9. Awesome on Fired IT Worker Replaces CEO's Presentation With Porn · · Score: 4, Funny

    For no jail time, I think it was almost worth it. Too bad Terry Childs didn't get the same deal.

  10. Re:Blaming others for your mess on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    The illegality of downloading track of a CD you own has yet to be proven.

  11. Re:I buy it. on Why Businesses Move To the Cloud: They Hate IT · · Score: 2

    Who do you think you would have to wake more often at 2am? What system would be more reliable.
    As for security, I think Lutzsec is showing every one, that for companies that are not data centric, like google, amazon, ect, they have no idea how to do security correctly. How would your local staff be any different?

  12. I buy it. on Why Businesses Move To the Cloud: They Hate IT · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lots of people complain about security and reliability in the cloud. Who do you trust more. A system designed by our underpaid overworked IT staff that got their degree from DeVry? You Consultants that charge $250/man/hour who will be gone when the thing shits the bed? Or Google?

  13. Re:Confront your accuser? on Los Angeles To Turn Off Traffic-Light Cameras · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1. Its not a picture of you. Its a picture of a car and its license plate.
    2. The plate is read with OCR, sometimes its wrong.
    3. How do you know the camera is set up correctly? How do you know the timing is correct?
    4. How about extenuating circumstances. In DC, I moved out of the way of an ambulance, into the intersection. That triggered the red light camera. Then I was blocking traffic, so the safest thing to do was continue with an illegal right on red. I got 2 tickets. The camera could not testify to any of this happening, where a cop would have been able to.

  14. Re:What What on Apple Acknowledges MacDefender · · Score: 1

    No magic box is protected from stupid. This wasn't a drive by install, the users had to choose to install it.

  15. Re:I've seen it on Corporate Mac Sales Surge 66% · · Score: 1

    I guess you miss the part where I was only taking about desktops. I have had apple hardware and software fail. Every interaction I have had with apple either at the stores or the phone knew what they were talking about and didn't work from a script that included unplugging it or rebooting. Infant every time I deal with their support, I'm impressed.

    I've dealt with Dell's enterprise support along with HP's and after every call I felt like hoping on a plane to India and choking the shit out of the person on the other end of the line. I have no problem with some one in another country answering the calles, but for the sake of god, they need to me mildly competent and fluent.

  16. I've seen it on Corporate Mac Sales Surge 66% · · Score: 1

    I know of a very very large cable company in the US that is allowing its managers and engineers a choice between PCs and Macs. The Macs are doing very well in the company, especially among the engineers.

    I think Google also has this option between Mac,Windos, and Linux.

    As for enterprise support, what does that mean for desktops/laptops? What does Dell or HP offer in that area that Apple doesn't. If it breaks, send it to them after IT looks at it. The only difference I think is that with Apple, if you have a store nearby you can take it there. Sounds like a win to me.

  17. What is traffic? on Drudge Generates More News Traffic Than Social Media · · Score: 1

    Is the amount of data moved by the site counted or is it the transactions/sessions. The data moved by twitter would be small, but the transaction count would be high.

  18. Re:How is this Slashdot news? on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    Yea, Bin Laden has had absolution no effect at all on nerds lives. Right? Right?

  19. Re:Osama Bin Laden on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    Tin foil hat time.

  20. Re:So much for a fair trial. on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    Seriously dude, he took credit for it. Besides, I think its pretty unlikely that he would just toss down his gun when the Seals show up.

  21. Re:Fox News Errors?? on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    Because they report on rumor first, and check facts later. Not being a dick. I have a buddy of mine working for the NSC. They keep Fox on because Fox doesn't never wait to vet anything. They can claim to break the news first, even if it is completely wrong. CNN, NBC, and so on will wait until they have confirmed sources. Fox will just through shit into the fan and see where it falls.

  22. Re:Competence on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 0

    Dead on.

  23. Wow on Sony Blames 'External Intrusion' For Lengthy PSN Outage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    PSN has been down since Tuesday night, blowing the launches of Portal 2 (plus steam) and Mortal Kombat 30. The system is not still down for forensic or investigational issues, its down because they haven't figured out how to bring it back up. They are losing too much money and credibility having it down so long. My guess is they are poring though back up tapes right now. Some one owned them good.

    Also, this didn't feel like a DDOS, with intermittent problem. PSN seems to have gone down hard. When Sony says "infiltrated," I think totally raped their systems.

  24. Not surprised on Comcast Hounded By Collections Agency · · Score: 2

    Comcast is notoriously slow to pay its vendors. If it weren't for return business I'm sure the majority would love to sue them. This vendor probably lost a contract, and doesn't want to wait the normal amount of time to get paid.

  25. Duh on AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic · · Score: 2

    Maybe their capital expenditures on their network should have gone up the last few years instead of down. They have been squeezing their customers for profits at the cost of their network. Now they want the FCC and the T-Mob acquisition to bail them out of mba bonus engineering.