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  1. Re:Poaches? on Carnegie Mellon Struggles After Uber Poaches Top Robotics Researchers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes they did... AFTER gaining access by forming a partnership (which it sounds like they are abandoning) to find out just which staff to target.

  2. Big words from the Rapeman guitarist on Steve Albini: The Music Industry Is a Parasite -- and Copyright Is Dead · · Score: 1

    Nonsensical, but big nonetheless.

  3. I run my raspberry pi with one on Ask Slashdot: What Interesting Things Can I Power With an External USB Battery? · · Score: 1

    runs for over three hours

  4. Learn to read, learn basic math on Australia's Prime Minister Doesn't Get Why Kids Should Learn To Code · · Score: 1

    Sorry - but writing code is no great secret: all you need to be is smart. Reading and basic math skills will go much further to achieving the goal of preparing kids for their future cube bound existence.

    I will also point out that there are way to many programmers with no expertise outside of programming. One trick ponies.

  5. Re:Elon Hours on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 2

    What parties?

  6. Re:So, does this make them part of on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 1

    Maybe.

  7. Re:Elon Hours on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 1

    That's great, but you can make those bucks without that kind of effort.

  8. Elon Hours on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 2

    And now Elon Musk will encounter the hordes of defense contractors who will refuse to work his infamous 60 hour weeks.

  9. Re:So, does this make them part of on SpaceX Cleared For US Military Launches · · Score: 1

    Industry serving the military. Hmm. You decide.

  10. Re:"Slow and calculated torture?" on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 1

    >>if you borrow money, you are fully expected to pay it back. As soon as possible.

    Do that in America and your credit rating goes down. You are expected to pay the money back over the full term of the loan in order to maximize lender profit. In other words, buying your way out of slavery is frowned upon.

  11. Re:Germany should pay war reparations for WWII on Greece Is Running Out of Money, Cannot Make June IMF Repayment · · Score: 1

    If that happens Greece should pay back the US.

  12. Re:C++ is not a strict superset of C on How Java Changed Programming Forever · · Score: 1

    Well, "id" is an Objective C keyword, IIRC.

  13. Re:utter crap language on How Java Changed Programming Forever · · Score: 1

    The title of the post that *I* responded to was "utter crap language."

    Not "utter crap platform", not "utter crap run time".... "utter crap language"... then followed up with a rant about the platform.

  14. Re:utter crap language on How Java Changed Programming Forever · · Score: 2

    Sounds like your gripe is with Java the platform, not Java the language.

  15. Because this has worked so well in the past on US Proposes Tighter Export Rules For Computer Security Tools · · Score: 1

    let's repeat our folly.

  16. Re:Yeah right. Then explain COBOL. on The Reason For Java's Staying Power: It's Easy To Read · · Score: 1

    serendipity
    serndipd/
    noun
    the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

  17. Re:Not as easy to read as Python though on The Reason For Java's Staying Power: It's Easy To Read · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two words: tabs, spaces.

  18. Yeah right. Then explain COBOL. on The Reason For Java's Staying Power: It's Easy To Read · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's what I thought.

    It was purely serendipity, and now the install base is so large you can;t get rid of it.

  19. Fast yes, quick.... not so much.

  20. Don't know about most, but looking over the ridges of western Maryland I can see several still standing.

  21. Next: Using iPads not fair to students on Microsoft To Teachers: Using Pens and Paper Not Fair To Students · · Score: 1

    I can see it now.....

  22. Re:You're dying off on The Auto Industry May Mimic the 1980s PC Industry · · Score: 2

    You must be the douche bag that made a deal with God and is going to live forever.

  23. Saw a Falconview plugin that did this on Rockwell Collins To Develop Cockpit Display To Show Sonic Boom Over Land · · Score: 1

    About 10 years ago or so.

  24. Re:Missing new classification... on On the Taxonomy of Sci-Fi Spaceships · · Score: 1

    I bet Cable Hogue could take the Death Star any day.

  25. Who manages the loading and unloading? on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also, refueling? En route maintenance. Stuff like that?

    There is more to being a truck driver than just driving.