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  1. Re:I mis-read that on Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet · · Score: 1

    I'm going to 'bet' they'll move to always 'alpha'

    ok it's a bit of a stretch for a joke.

  2. Re:Conversations will now go like this: on Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet · · Score: 1

    Let me Alphabet that for you.

  3. Re:Update slow ... on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? · · Score: 1

    I run all updates through my build and unit test environment as they come out. It is much easier to do many small updates every other week or so than it is to try to do thousands once a year and only pick and choose security issues.

    If something is difficult do it a lot and it will become easy.

    I've also become a fan of the anti-long uptime for my Linux hosts. if a host has more than 30 days uptime it gets rebooted. Not because of hanging drivers or leaky memory but because I need to have confidence that all the boot scripts and services are in place correctly will come back up. I also like to randomly pick servers from the environment and completely kill them, in production. It is the only way to test that your recovery procedures are as good as you "planned" them to be.

    First Harden your environment then Temper it and continuously test it.

  4. Re:360 degrees is not what you think it is on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 1

    And you'd be going the wrong way down the road you entered the roundabout on.

  5. Re:I would sell it on Ask Slashdot: If Public Transport Was Free, Would You Leave Your Car At Home? · · Score: 1

    I'd pay for public transportation if i could catch it somewhere near my house and it would drop me off somewhere near my work. Last time I did the calculation it would be 3 1/2 hours plus about about 3 miles of walking. I do work about 8 miles closer than I used too. doing a carpool now which I guess would be the next best thing.

  6. Re:Corporations are not People on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 1

    yearly renewal with exponential growth for as long as it is worth it to renew. If a company finds a single song worth billions in tax payment then it's a win for both the company as they've found some great way to profit off it and society as they git a huge drop in the tax bucket.

  7. Re:Colour me suprised on Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely · · Score: 1

    all those will be fine, it'll only be covered up if it turns out to be related to skin color or sexual orientation.

  8. Re:WindowsME 2.0 on The Unintended Consequences of Free Windows 10 For Everyone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whey would you have a bad judgment on Kingston Memory when you've never had one fail??

  9. Re:I don't think it means what you think it means on The Unintended Consequences of Free Windows 10 For Everyone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe we could get the government to pass universal windows. If you don't prove you have a windows subscription then they'll just add it to your taxes.

  10. Re:What games are banned in your country? on In 6 Months, Australia Bans More Than 240 Games · · Score: 1

    I don't expect them to get the big bucks without risk.

  11. Re:Paid Nvidia Reputation Managers on AMD Reveals Radeon R9 Fury X Specs and Preliminary Benchmark Performance Results · · Score: 1

    Where do I apply for this job? I could get on sites and talk about my history with previously ATI now AMD products and why I only get nVidia now, and have a clear conscious while doing it.

  12. Re:Comparing apples to miniature oranges on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: 1

    So in your world view , Sodas are the great satan? It's not uncommon to have the belief.

  13. Re:You'll get ignored. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    I did this work some back in the 90s and found that about 90% of tier one calls are really lonely people looking for someone to talk to about their purchased tech. More often than not you end up just helping someone sign into their email or what ever. A large portion of the rest of the people are trying to do something well above and beyond what the hardware was designed for, then want to blame you for it not doing it. A small portion of what's left have actual problems and require replacements.

  14. Re:Is this the un"adjusted" raw data? on NASA Releases Massive Climate Change Data Set · · Score: 1
  15. Re:your opinion is worthless on NASA Releases Massive Climate Change Data Set · · Score: 1

    I understand how the republicans denying it is ignorance but scientists agreeing is more like willful disillusionment not ignorance.

  16. Re:Is this the un"adjusted" raw data? on NASA Releases Massive Climate Change Data Set · · Score: 0

    No conspiracy, no fraud. Just humans doing what humans do and responding to incentives. Money comes in when you support climate change, it doesn't if you don't. This isn't difficult to see.

  17. Re:This is your manager's problem on Ask Slashdot: How To Turn an Email Stash Into Knowledge For My Successor? · · Score: 1

    I recently left a job after 7 years and I totally understand the OPs point. It does wear off after about 2 days at your new job though.

  18. Re:Diminishing returns on Ghost Towns Is the First 8K Video Posted To YouTube -- But Can You Watch It? · · Score: 1

    I kind of settled and went with 3x27" HD res monitors. After going to 3 monitors I don't understand how I lived with tunnel vision for so long.

  19. Re:Canary in the pixel mine on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    High paid video game developers, Rock stars, and Movie Stars all have something in common, there is a huge line of people scrapping everything they possible can together just for a shot at being that same level.

  20. Re:In other news, water is wet on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    That works really well when you're looking for business logic programmers. Good game programmers have to have a passion for it, to the point that they'll take low pay and long hours just for the chance to do it.

  21. Re:In other news, water is wet on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Exactly, when they say we need X, Y and Z by the end of the week, I say I can do X, I'll see if I can start Y but Z wont happen for 3 weeks. Then work my 40-45 hours a week and deliver what I promised on time and with good quality.

  22. Re:STEM Shortage on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    And in many other parts of the country that will git you quite the McMansion.

  23. Re:STEM Shortage on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    Quite the opposite actually, this is a large number of people willing to work 80 hours a week for $50k a year doing a job they really enjoy. I'd say most if not all could get a job doing business logic programming for the same pay and 40-60 hours a week or more likely even more pay and hours closer to 40.

    The problem with the video game industry is that people want to do it really bad and are willing to take crappy conditions to be able to.

  24. Re:Diminishing returns on Ghost Towns Is the First 8K Video Posted To YouTube -- But Can You Watch It? · · Score: 2

    I'm much more excited about 4k 21-24" computer monitors than I am TV, but then I don't watch TV as much as I once did.

  25. Re:Slashdotters on Ghost Towns Is the First 8K Video Posted To YouTube -- But Can You Watch It? · · Score: 1

    Yes, 8k VR headsets are going to be almost removing the 'V' from VR. As it is the GearVR 2650x1440 shows how much a little resolution goes compared to the DK2. The new Vive and CV1 should be similar with higher density pixels which will be awesome too.