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On: Hotmail & Yahoo Mail Using Secret Domain Blacklist

They call it spam. I call it advertisements.

Training

On: Ask Slashdot: Interviewing Your Boss?

Get formal training on how to do interview.

Naive question

On: Is Technology Eroding Employment?

Is technology enabling us to achieve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs
 

Re:Modern Luddites

On: Is Technology Eroding Employment?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_income

Re:Question

On: Schmidt On Why Tax Avoidance is Good, Robot Workers, and Google Fiber

Exactly. Taxation prevents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_bottom in the society.

Crime

On: High-Frequency Traders Use 50-Year-Old Wireless Tech

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." --Honore de Balzac

I think

On: RMS Speaks Out Against Ubuntu

RMS speaks out against Ubuntu and RMS speaks out against Ubuntu business strategy are 2 different things.

Because

On: If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat?

Globalization is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum and promotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_to_the_bottom

Get real.

On: Even Capped Prediction Markets Can Be Manipulated

You need not predict markets.
Hire a Congress man as your proxy.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/43471561

Another job

On: Just Say No To College

Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Mark Zuckerberg cannot build another Microsoft, Dell Computers, Facebook.
With college degree you can get another job.

sell first, build later

On: Just Say No To College

If you're Ivy League drop out you can "sell first, build later."
Rest of us have to "build first, sell later."

Indians?

On: Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women

India is an uncivilized nation for your girl child.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-fourth-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-for-women-poll/1/141639.html
1. Every 22 minutes a rape.
2. The conviction rate is below 25%.
3. Police refuse to register victim's complaint.
4. Insane politicians are saying gang-rape is consensual sex.
5. Rapist family members visit victim's house to show off their caste=hegemony.
http://ncrb.gov.in/CD-CII2011/cii-2011/Chapters.htm
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main54.asp?filename=Ne061012Dalit.asp
http://www.firstpost.com/india/a-rape-every-22-mins-what-makes-us-so-complacent-489080.html

India

On: Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women

And India is 4th most dangerous place in the world for women.
It is only a little better than war-ravaged Afghanistan and Congo.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-fourth-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-for-women-poll/1/141639.html

Re:Apartheid

On: Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women

Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible
https://sueliz1.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/catholic-church-no-longer-swears-by-truth-of-the-bible/

I think https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran should also be amended accordingly.

Re:Good thing we got these "real name" policies!

On: Outrage In India Over Arrests For Facebook Posts

Bullying/extorting money & hiding in Matoshree is Bal Thackeray strategy.
His contribution to development of India is zero.

To make money

On: Outrage In India Over Arrests For Facebook Posts

Bal Thackeray chose fascism/bigotry/politics as a career to make money for his family.
In 1970's I've seen him roaming without slippers in Bombay streets.
His contribution to development of India is zero.

Merit

On: Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity?

I think merit is obsolete in globalization.
We can import merit from CHINDIA.

Ever heard of

On: Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

Clement Stone

On: Newly Released Einstein Brain Photos Hint At the Anatomy of Genius

"You are a product of your environment." --Clement Stone

Skills

On: Computer Science vs. Software Engineering

Writing software != Selling software
Both need mutually exclusive skills

India is 4th most dangerous place for women

On: Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-is-fourth-most-dangerous-place-in-the-world-for-women-poll/1/141639.html

Futile attempt by the author

On: Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_caste to promote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_politics_in_India

Re:The country is terminally divided.

On: Secession Petitions Flood White House Website

I think http://www.lietaer.com/2010/03/the-worgl-experiment/ is a good alternative to secession.

Mediawiki

On: US Air Force Scraps ERP Project After $1 Billion Spent

I think for unstructured data https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki is better

Clement Stone

On: Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago

"You are a product of your environment." --Clement Stone