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  1. Re:And it can keyword match on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 1

    The places I have worked had their technical staff writing the job postings, filtering resumes, interviewing canditates, and selecting which ones to make offers to. How is HR possibly going to be better at any of those things?

  2. Re:And it can keyword match on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 1

    I do not play the HR games on purpose. If a company is dumb enough or big enough to let HR get involved in selecting white-collar candidates, I do not want to work there.

  3. Re:It's awesome on Opus — the Codec To End All Codecs · · Score: 0

    sounds vastly better (even to me, and I have shitty hearing)

    Then maybe you are not qualified to determine if it sounds vastly better.

  4. I assume airlines (and operators of other modes of transportation) consider both volume and mass in their rates. They really should charge similarly for human cargo - per seat (volume) plus some amount per unit of mass. As long as the rate is tied to the actual cost increase and not puntitive it should be okay.

  5. The passengers too.

  6. Re:Businessmen on With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing More Complicated Than Ever · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This happens with every generation. The self-centered jerks reveal themselves as time goes on. The politicians are businessmen are mostly self-centered jerks.

  7. Re:Maple Syrup Strategic Reserve? on Police Probing Theft of Millions of Pounds of Maple Syrup From Strategic Reserve · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It makes sense. If export demand spikes or production dips you want to have a reserve to use to stabilize the price so people keep buying the stuff instead of switching to something else, so your business model and power remain intact. It is for the exact same reason we have oil reserves.

  8. Close. on Ask Slashdot: What Should a Unix Fan Look For In a Windows Expert? · · Score: 1

    Ask him what is wrong with Windows. This works for pretty much anything. People who are real experts at something understand the problems. People with shallow experience only know the good things.

  9. Re:Ditch Java entirely. on Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ditch Java applets entirely.

  10. Re:whereas... on Malaysian Cyber Cafe Owners Liable For Patron Behavior · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Members of Congress took oaths not to do what they do and I do not see any of them getting locked up.

  11. Re:$313 is worth it on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I feel butchered. My parents have apologized for it.

  12. Re:Lies on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 1

    because people act foolishly, everyone (that doesn't approve of it) must suffer?

    That is the basis for societal morays, government, and regulation.

  13. Re:SILENT updates? on Firefox 15 Released: Silent Updates, Compressed Textures, Add-on Memory Leak Fix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you are managing multiple computers, PLEASE tell me the end users do not have write access to the browser executables in the first place.

  14. Overcomplicated solution. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We should just stop subsidizing the oil and car industries. Stop subsidizing refineries. Stop giving tax brakes to oil companies. Stop subsidizing road development out of regular taxes. Gas will hit $10/gal and the problem will take care of itself.

  15. Re:Why is Congress involved? on Radio Royalty Legislation Described As 'RIAA Bailout' · · Score: 1

    They would secure the rights by making it a crime to use copyrighted material without license from the rights holder. If the rights holder does not want to license it, or wants to set a high price, that is none of Congress' business.

  16. Re:Musical work vs. sound recording on Radio Royalty Legislation Described As 'RIAA Bailout' · · Score: 1

    That does not explain why the broadcasters cannot negotiate fees with the rights holders (or, more conveniently, the representatives of a large group of rights holders (BMI, ASCAP)) instead of having Congress get involved.

  17. Why is Congress involved? on Radio Royalty Legislation Described As 'RIAA Bailout' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can somebody explain why the government is involved in this at all? Why are royalty fees simply negotiated between the licensor and licensee?

    This is not like utilities, food, or health care where we need to prevent an oligarchy from profiteering by withholding necessities. If you do not agree to the fees, do not license the content.

  18. Re:Ah! How to Shut Down 3D Printing 101... on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    If you can press it against someone's head you can use a knife, no?

  19. Re:but how do i buy apps in Uganda? on Android Piracy Sites Seized By US Government · · Score: 1

    What makes you think he wants to live somewhere other than Uganda?

  20. Re:And this is tech news on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Statutory rape is often unforced.

  21. To the googles! on Ask Slashdot: Recording Business Meeting Audio On an Intranet? · · Score: 2, Informative
  22. Re:What's left? on eBay Bans the Sale of Spells and Magic Items · · Score: 2

    Have they banned providing free shipping and using used underwear and magic spells as packaging?

  23. Re:Complaints on eBay Bans the Sale of Spells and Magic Items · · Score: 1

    What is holy water actually supposed to do that you would be able to come up with any kind of complaint about? Maybe if it arrived with a dead fly floating in it, but I do not think that would be "difficult to resolve".

  24. Re:The civil war was a mistake on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 2

    I only had that experience at one of the four schools we looked at. The other three (all Christian, one Catholic) are actually teaching science.

  25. Re:The United States is becoming like Pakistan on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    Ooh, racial joke?

    No.