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  1. Re:Management's justifications on Google Releases FCC Report On Street View Probe · · Score: 1

    This is really a lol situation.

    Google: Sure, we pay people good money to review code and sign on it, but who actually has time to do what they are paid to do? TBH we're all saints except for that one guy. We believe he worked for the chinese government!

  2. Re:What about friending HR? on Bill Banning Employer Facebook Snooping Introduced In Congress · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well, isn't it your fault for putting dumbasses in power? Bush twice btw...

  3. Re:What about friending HR? on Bill Banning Employer Facebook Snooping Introduced In Congress · · Score: 1

    What about companies or govt agencies paying Facebook for such data?

  4. Re:Pot, kettle on New Sanctions To Target Syrian and Iranian Tech Capacity · · Score: 1

    While I have many good American friends, I think the blame lies in their stupid greedy tyrannic government. Logically the latter should self-terminate when this executive order is activated.

  5. Re:stupid on Will Write Code, Won't Sign NDA · · Score: 1

    Yes. Especially the waiter! ;)

  6. Re:RT Aplenty on The Three Flavors of Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's mean but at first I read 'RT' as being: Windows 'ReTard.'

  7. Create a goal for him first... on Ask Slashdot: Best Book For 11-Year-Old Who Wants To Teach Himself To Program? · · Score: 2

    By that I mean, don't make him start from scratch. Create the compiling environment. GUIs are fun to fiddle with so if you think C++ or Java are good languages (in the event that you don't want him to learn Visual Basic and then he gets stuck with it till the age of 18 because his brain has developed an affinity for VB like kids do with pets), then give him a skeleton source code which compiles to an empty window or GUI. Then let him have fun adding code that will shape the GUI into a calculator or depending on his drive, maybe he'll want to parse expressions lol... For kids, I think GUIs are fun so he can code: A paint program; A simple car game. The goal is more important (i think). Then pick a language. And when he's faced with a problem, he'll google it or find a Youtube tutorial.

  8. Re:In other news... on Court Rules Code Not Physical Property · · Score: 1

    Court rules that downloading binary bits does not qualify as theft.

  9. Re:Anti ladar tarp? on Robot Helicopters To Single Out Pirate Ships · · Score: 1

    Lol to defeat the 3D image recog. software? I wonder how they'll tackle legitimate fishing boats apart from shooting them and going into cover up mode.

  10. And Amazon EU Sarl is probably just a PO Box... on Amazon Pays No UK Income Tax, Under Investigation · · Score: 3, Informative

    They learnt from the best: Topshop, Boots, HSBC (UK)...

  11. The mask finally slips on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Now we know what they were really after: Make a system so excruciatingly unbearable that you'll want to pay anything to skip it. Bunch of scumbags!

  12. The price to pay. on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 1

    God bless those freedom fighers. May this arrest teach the others to burrow a bit deeper next time.

  13. Meanwhile... on Man Convicted For Helping Thousands Steal Internet Access · · Score: 5, Informative

    prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to US$250,000

    ...the real criminals in the banking and mortgage industry got away scoff free even after they caused damages in the trillions. Is the law blind?

  14. South Park wasn't lying... on Obayashi To Build Space Elevator By 2050 · · Score: 1

    They were planning to build a ladder to heaven!

  15. Re:Blocked Access to the US on MediaFire CEO: We Don't Depend On Piracy · · Score: 1

    Do all dot COMs fall under US jurisdiction or am I missing something here? Would Megaupload.ru have suffered the same fate?

  16. Everybody knows... on MediaFire CEO: We Don't Depend On Piracy · · Score: 1

    that the sure way to draw attention on your business, is by uploading a song on youtube and to make sure it praises the services offered by your business. What a coup de grâce or fireworks finale before exiting the scene!

  17. Taking no chances on Brief But Intense Meteor Shower On January 4th · · Score: 0

    Rebooking my flight for the 5th.

  18. More than ever... on Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War · · Score: 1

    We should put more money into renewable sources of energy and building efficient electric cars! Do we really want another Iraq? i.e. the US govt flies planes into its own buildings to have an excuse to figth 'terror' in the middle-eastern (oil rich) countries.

  19. Maybe one day... on Google and Mozilla: Partners, Not Competitors · · Score: 1

    We'll see a Gogzilla? lol i know but surely i can be allowed one stinker joke for xmas.

  20. Re:Facebook is evil and parasitic on Facebook Settles With FTC, Admits Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    I agree with @dkleinsc, 300 or 5000 friends what is this b.s? You can have 5-7 real friends. The others are imaginary. It's a bit "complex." :)

  21. Re:Facebook is evil and parasitic on Facebook Settles With FTC, Admits Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    When they get a goal in life or make enough money that friends and social b.s. network becomes an unimportant part of their life...

  22. Re:100,000? on Stanford's Free Computer Science Courses · · Score: 1

    Here's is what I vaguely remember about auto-play. It still counts views but it is not as straightforward as a human user hitting the play button (this WILL increment the view count). If a video is on auto-play, then the "flash player" will count the view if there are user interactions (such as pausing) or if the video is watched in full. More weird is when the view count can be counted as a fraction and the count will be updated at a later date (24-48h). I know all this sound fuzzy but I found it fun that so little is known about Youtube's view counting techniques. They obviously don't want click-bots (from East Asia mostly) rigging the trending/featured/recommendation algorithms or creating a market for "Pay X and get 10K views."

  23. Re:100,000? on Stanford's Free Computer Science Courses · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's just like posting a Youtube video in Facebook or embedding it in a blog. Those views get counted too. Also the more ambiguous the video, the higher is its view count!

  24. 100,000? on Stanford's Free Computer Science Courses · · Score: 2

    I submitted some of the homeworks close to the deadline hour and even then the Youtube videos registered at most 3000 views and am guessing the average is 2000 views.

  25. Most importantly... on CarrierIQ Tries To Silence Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    how do i remove that spyware?