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  1. Re:Now Now on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Just sell them the brooklyn bridge. far more easier.

  2. Re:Here's the sad part on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Or better yet, get a MBA and move into management which you will be hard to get rid of, or move into public-sector IT where you don't have to get burned out to learn everything new and stick with the same technology stack until your body expires.

  3. FUD on US Government To Convert Silk Road Bitcoins To USD · · Score: 1

    There is so much irrational fear and baseless speculation here.

    1) Seized assets are sold at government auctions open to the public. They will be announced well in advance of the auction. It won't be a 30 second warning then it hits the auction block.

    2) Regarding #1, The central bank, the CIA, the Illuminati etc. aren't going to have some secret back room deal to buy the coins. That's just not how seized assets are liquidated and why in the hell would they wait for a seized asset auction to begin with. Just makes no sense at all.

    3) Seized assets often have reserves set at auction, reserves set by the federal agency responsible.

    4) Seized assets are often broken into smaller lots. Why? Faster selling at prices closes to market value. The auction portion is outsourced to auction companies who have incentive to ensure property is auctioned for the highest value possible because they get paid on some transaction fee %

    5) Regarding 3+4 above, the likelihood of all the BTC selling for far below fair market value is extremely low. The parties involved, do seized asset auctions for a living and know how to get the most for an item at auction. They will treat this as any other valuable item with a market and base their reserve prices and auction style decisions on that market.

    6) This will effect the price regardless of who buys them and what they do with them afterward.(hold or dump) minimally and only in a very short term time frame. Yes even if they are immediately all dumped on open market.

    7) This liquidation of assets won't happen any time soon. The assets will be researched and the market value determined. This will drive the decision to split it into lots or keep it whole. Then They have to give public notice of the auction. This process could realistically(considering how slow the government is) take months into years.

  4. Not just ATMs.... on 95% of ATMs Worldwide Are Still Using Windows XP · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Went to a hospital a week ago that was newly opened late last year. All workstations are the Lenovo all-in-ones with the Windows 8 sticker on it. Guess what operating system they are running on now .... Windows XP Professional (at least that's what the screen saver said.)

    I saw an IV infusion pump being rebooted by a nurse. I hear the famous chine of Windows XP shutting down.

  5. Or bitcoins... on Neiman Marcus and Other Retailers Breached, Credit Card Details Stolen · · Score: 1

    More online retailers are accepting it. Overstock.com being the most recent example.

  6. Re:Good thing Visa takes the risk... on Neiman Marcus and Other Retailers Breached, Credit Card Details Stolen · · Score: 1

    The cash price would be no lower, and even without the CC tax, most businesses will charge as much as they can anyway.

    You are shopping in the wrong places then.

    Most small businesses, especially those in the Chinatowns or other ethnic communities, gives discount for people who pay in cash (sometimes you have to ask). The discount comes from waiving the CC merchant fees and local sales tax.

  7. Cubic also are behind the Ventra fare system used here in Chicago, which is a one big joke.

  8. Re:Why was he there? on Convicted Spammer Jeffrey Kilbride Flees Prison · · Score: 1

    "Federal Prisons are more capable and professionally managed than State Institutions. And State Institutions are more capable and professionally managed then private institutions."

    Surprise! Government is more efficient then the private sector!

  9. Re:Is Computer Science Education Racist and Sexist on Is Computer Science Education Racist and Sexist? · · Score: 1

    Not only that, I knew of the "top-5-rank" coder on CodeEval.com who is actually a graduate of UI-Chicago (UIC), not UI-Urbana-Champaign as most people thought when they think of computer science.

  10. Re:Kalashnikov's Legacy on Mikhail Kalashnikov: Inventor of AK-47 Dies At 94 · · Score: 1

    Same with China. Although the current "frankenstein" blend of socialism + capitalism have corrupt things a little bit. Public schools are preferred over private schools (in America it is usually the other way around)

  11. Re:Enjoy it while you can... on Ask Slashdot: Do You Run a Copy-Cat Installation At Home? · · Score: 1

    I can tell you are not from an Asian family and not a good parent because because all your children have fled instead of staying around taking care of the elderly and ensure assets and trusts stay intact.

  12. Re:Enjoy it while you can... on Ask Slashdot: Do You Run a Copy-Cat Installation At Home? · · Score: 1

    Chances are the OP is not making enough to have an one-income household.

    But in a two-income household, that is what in-laws are for. Free child care, free housing etc. (at least in most Asian societies this is widely accepted)

  13. No shit sherlock on Why Cloud Infrastructure Pricing Is Absurd · · Score: 1

    Cloud computation sites like CEX.io and Cloudhashing.com and are for those who don't want to house their computation mechanism at home. The cloud cost at least triple compare to similar (performance-wise) hardware, but you don't have to deal with electricity and stuff, plus you can sell back your hashing power to the exchange.

  14. Dread Pirate Roberts on Cybercrime Marketplace Mastermind Faces 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    will probably get the same kind of sentence, as the crimes were similar.

  15. Re: Far from harmless fun... but on Bitcoin Token Maker Suspends Operation After Hearing From Federal Gov't · · Score: 1

    Yup, it was used to hide your money once you find out that your partner turned into a golddigger and file for divorce.

    Prenuptial agreements are not just for the super-rich anymore, especially nowadays when traditional family values are being systematically breaking down (at least in the Western world). It is your protection against having your salary taken for life, feeding the disloyal dishonest golddigger bitch + the children that you will probably NEVER get to see in your entire life.

  16. Re: Far from harmless fun... but on Bitcoin Token Maker Suspends Operation After Hearing From Federal Gov't · · Score: 1

    You probably wouldn't get bothered either if your gift cards can only be used in your store. If you start printing, let say Visa/MC branded gift cards then you will definitely need to get registered with FinCEN.

  17. Re: Slight change in title, if I may on Nobody Builds Reactors For Fun Anymore · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is a by-product of having a left-wing regulation-ridden government.

  18. Re:Cop was "in his car"? on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    Depends. If the car owner is black and a white cop is killed in similar circumstances and got charged, the ACLU and mainstream media will be jumping all over it.

  19. Re:those numbers seem unsustainable on Glut In Stolen Identities Forces Price Cut · · Score: 1

    In fact, most money mules are recruited via "work-at-home" schemes.

  20. Re:Take Mine For Free on Glut In Stolen Identities Forces Price Cut · · Score: 1

    A national guaranteed job program (or employer of last resort) will solve all this issue. Not to mention it will reduce recidivism rate. But of course some "religious" people will outright object, even though their scripture said otherwise.

    Most people wants to work for the check. Unemployment is not a choice, despite what the mainstream media told you.

  21. Re:It's the NSA!!! on Ask Slashdot: Can You Trust Online Tax Software? · · Score: 1

    You also forgot that tax information can also be released to the ruling political party in order to harass or otherwise damage the reputation of the political opponent and related organizations.

  22. Re:I'm thinking of pulling the plug on Seti@Home.. on Why Not Fund SETI With a Lottery Bond? · · Score: 1

    Use the spare cycle to mine Litecoins then convert them to Bitcoins.

  23. Re:Stay behind the line! on Anonymous Clashes With D.C. Police During Million Mask March · · Score: 1

    It is easy to spread disinformation using the AC handle.

  24. Re:No, you won't torpedo yourself if you organize on Anonymous Clashes With D.C. Police During Million Mask March · · Score: 1

    It is very easy for the employer to look that up without asking the question, thanks to all the data that is available for sale.

    Sometimes those data may not even be accurate, just Google "criminal identity theft".

    That is why we need an employer of last resort that will pay at least the prevail minimum wage and placement close to their home (usually the government). It works in many other countries, and help reduce crime and recidivism rate.

  25. Re:Who Says they Never Paid for those Nukes... on Israel Helped the NSA Spy on Former French President According To Documents · · Score: 1

    The thing is their logic is not flawed, it is just they are feeling insecure. If your culture and ethnicity are so positive to the society, taking in a couple of stereotypes wouldn't hurt. We Chinese-American people takes in thousands of stereotypes, Confucian values taught us that not to retaliate or respond. We don't have ADL, NAACP or similar organizations to defend ourselves.