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  1. Re:bullet in the head on Mayer Terminates Yahoo's Remote Employee Policy · · Score: 2

    Telecommuting works only when people already have a strong work ethic, meaning years behind an actual desk at an actual office.

    What does having worked in an office have to do with having a strong work ethic? Non sequitur much?

  2. Re: At your desk! on Mayer Terminates Yahoo's Remote Employee Policy · · Score: 1

    It impacts workers such as customer service reps, who perhaps work from home or an office in another city where Yahoo does not have one

  3. Re:Sweet! on Blender 2.66 Released · · Score: 1

    I never said Maya or 3ds Max, etc. were easy to use. I was not saying Blender was hard to use. I simply stated the truth that there are far more important factors when choosing a tool than simply just the results. Workflow is a major factor. In a professional environment you don't have time to waste migrating tools if you get no benefit that greatly exceed the initial effort. People's time is not worthless.

  4. Re:Mosquito Extinction Campaign on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe but maybe not. And if those creatures die off too it will continue to ripple. This is why your idea is majorly naive and short-sighted.

  5. Re:Mosquito Extinction Campaign on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 1

    That's what birth control is for.

    You mean the stuff widely demonized throughout Africa?

    The elapsed time has allowed for countless microorganism generations and nothing worse has replaced smallpox yet.

    Ignoring things like HIV? Funny, because some research shows that the eradication of smallpox may have helped bring about the current HIV pandemic.

  6. Re:Umm, yeah on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except that doesn't seem to be the mechanism here

    Really?

    Dr Logan said it was vital to understand both these permanent genetic and temporary olfactory changes that were taking place.

    He said: "Mosquitoes are very good at evolving very very quickly."

    So there are genetic chsnges being attributed to this along with the scientist saying mosquitos are good at evolving quickly. Yeah, clearly it's not evolution. *rolls eyes*

    But, you know, don't let that stop this thread turning into another Evil Religion Suppresses Science flame-fest.

    Funny, no one was doing that. Defensive much?

  7. Re:evolution on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 1

    The genepool might be better off with a good dose of chlorine.

    But that won't include you, though, right?

  8. Re:Mosquito Extinction Campaign on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 1

    They serve a great purpose. Population control. Killing them off will mean either further out of control population growth in poor countries or something worse coming along to replace them. It is very short-sighted to think you can wipe out a whole species without causing unforseen, and usually negative, side effects.

  9. Re:More blood on Rachel Carson's hards on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    By "school" he really meant "what Rush Limbaugh told me".

  10. Re:Sweet! on Blender 2.66 Released · · Score: 1

    No, ease-of-use and supported workflowa are easily far more important than the end result. If the tool is hard to use and/or makes you have to waste time retooling your workflow most people will pass. Their time is not worthless.

  11. Umm, yeah on Mosquitoes Beginning To Ignore DEET Repellent · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, it's called evolution.

  12. Re:Of course it did on Microsoft Azure Overtakes Amazon's Cloud In Performance Test · · Score: 2

    1) 100 million ipad users is NOTHING. A large portion of both fortune 500 companies as well as non fortune 500 companies utilize Amazon Services in some form or fashion. We are talking far more than 100 million users here.

    There are currently around 145 million people employed in the US. The Fortune 500 in 2006 employed around 25 million people and even at an extremely high 5% growth YOY that would still only be 35 million employees. A far cry from the 100+ million you claim above and here. So, sorry, but you can keep repeating this faulty claim but its still wrong.

  13. Re:Of course it is! on Microsoft Azure Overtakes Amazon's Cloud In Performance Test · · Score: 1

    We are talking far more than 100 million users here.

    Sure, by making things up. The Fortune 500 companies combined do not employee even half of the 100+ million people you claim.

  14. Re:Yes they do. on Microsoft Azure Overtakes Amazon's Cloud In Performance Test · · Score: 1

    Spyglass didn't go bankrupt. They were bought in a $2.5 billion stock swap by OpenTV.

  15. Re:What? on Why My Team Went With DynamoDB Over MongoDB · · Score: 1

    His solution becomes web scale.

  16. Re:The USPS is intellectually bankrupt on USPS To Launch Line of Smart Clothing · · Score: 1

    The USPS has revenue issues purely because the GOP Congress and Dubya in 2006 put the ridiculous retirement obligation on them. Before that Act was passed they were doing fine.

  17. Re:You're not going to get that loop on USPS To Launch Line of Smart Clothing · · Score: 1

    Yes, they know that. They were saying that UPS is the one beating pacakages with a mallet not the USPS.

  18. Re:Privatize! on USPS To Launch Line of Smart Clothing · · Score: 2

    The USPS hasn't received direct taxpayer money since the 80s. Their revenue shortfalls are due to a Republican Congess passed bill that put the ridiculous retirement obligation on them.

  19. Re:You're not going to get that loop on USPS To Launch Line of Smart Clothing · · Score: 1

    Exactly. My packages from Fedex or USPS are usually near perfect condition upon receiving them. UPS employees on the other hand seems to willingly just beat packages to hell for the fun of it.

  20. Re:In version 20 Firefox will have built-in Emacs! on Firefox 19 Launches With Built-In PDF Viewer · · Score: 1

    And yet every version still has multiple arbitrary code execution exploit vectors fixed.

  21. Re:In version 20 Firefox will have built-in Emacs! on Firefox 19 Launches With Built-In PDF Viewer · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not being sarcastic. Every version of Firefox fixes multiple critical and high priority bugs in the Javascript engine that allows arbitrary code execution. That he thinks this will be immune from exploits is hilariously naive.

  22. Re:In version 20 Firefox will have built-in Emacs! on Firefox 19 Launches With Built-In PDF Viewer · · Score: 1

    which has been time tested to be secure.

    Please tell me you're being sarcastic...

  23. Re:They forgot one small tid bit... on Ubuntu For Tablets Announced · · Score: 1

    In what world are a Cortex A-15 and 2GB of RAM considered "entry-level?

  24. Re:crazy requirements on Ubuntu For Tablets Announced · · Score: 2

    Yeah it's hilarious that they define "entry-level" as a Cortex A-15 and 2GB of RAM. Their OS must be pretty bloated and slow to need all that.

  25. Re:Fuck, it's a 5 word title on Duke Nukem 3D Code Review · · Score: 1

    Men's room attendant?