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  1. Re:More to the point on Former Disney IT Worker's Complaint To Congress: How Can You Allow This? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    We do not have Capitalism in the United States of America any longer

    This is a common misconception due to not understanding all the terms involved. Capitalism refers to private ownership of production, which, yes we do still have in the US. What we have less and less of is free and efficient marketplace being replaced by increasingly regulated marketplace.

  2. Re:Just use LEDs in the invisible infrared spectru on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 0

    IR is longer wavelength and therefore lower bandwidth.

  3. Re:So fucking what on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2

    And note that line of sight means un-shaded light bulbs. No thanks.

  4. What is too blurry for the computer? on Tiny, Blurry Pictures Find the Limits of Computer Image Recognition (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    What the heck? I thought all you have to do is zoom and click 'enhance' and a computer can make a reasonably clear picture no matter how blurry the original.

  5. Re:What should happen but won't on US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Has Died (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Every justice should be apolitical

    The one that just died was famous for digging through the historical records to try to determine what the authors of the Constitution might have thought instead of going by whichever way today's wind is blowing. What exactly do you have in mind when you want 'apolitical'?

  6. Re:Its not the actual bomb, its the threat on North Korea's Satellite Tumbling In Orbit · · Score: 1

    not with the possibility of fallout spreading across the region

    This isn't a real concern; Beijing's pollution already blows eastward over the Koreas and the Pacific to end up in California, not the other way around.

  7. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... on Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled." · · Score: 1

    Yes indeed, according to salary websites astrologists only make $39K while an economist averages almost $74K.

  8. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... on Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled." · · Score: 1

    Absolutely not. Economists are not scientists. They are data-free advocates for a world-view

    As an economist I got a really high utility from your amusing comment.

  9. Re:No news here on Sen. Blumenthal Demands Lifting of IT 'Gag' Order (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you not see the word "or" right after the part about wage amount?

  10. Sorry, I only read serif fonts.

  11. Less eBay, more Amazon on Duplicate Login Details Enabled Hack of More Than 20 Million Chinese Consumers (thestack.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Taobao is more like Amazon or Newegg Marketplace where everything is "sold by , packed and shipped by Taobao". Any eBay type auctioning is rare.

  12. Re:Complaing to Comcast... on How the Raspberry Pi Can Automatically Tweet Complaints About Your Slow Internet (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    with an entire neighborhood using the same DOCSIS frequencies

    And the important thing to note here is that because of how the bandwidth is shared in a neighborhood, by constantly hitting the speed test servers this whiner is slowing things down for his neighbors.

  13. Re:If it was Lebonese and captured in Isreal on Israeli Vulture Suspected of Spying Returned · · Score: 1

    How did they interest the bird in a bunch of virgins?

  14. Re:Well d'oh! on Israeli Vulture Suspected of Spying Returned · · Score: 1

    a bird carrying strange Israeli electronics

    I bet the GPS tracker was made in China.

  15. Re:Manufacturing costs also fall on Tim Cook: What's Good For the US Dollar Is Bad For Apple · · Score: 1

    But that's not imaginary. There is a real time component to the value of money when that money has to be held overseas waiting for a better exchange rate.

  16. Re:Manufacturing costs also fall on Tim Cook: What's Good For the US Dollar Is Bad For Apple · · Score: 1

    You've assumed the production costs are in the foreign currency and the sales revenue are in domestic currency. The problem is sales revenue in the foreign currency when converted to income in the domestic currency.

  17. Do you really not know or are you being incorrectly sarcastic? De-icing is a horribly slow turn-based process now. Your plane gets in a slow line and moves up to the de-icing truck near where the taxiway meets the runway. Eventually, your plane gets the de-icing treatment and then because of the delay waiting for de-icing, the takeoff group is delaying because the next incoming bank has started arriving. By the time you take off, there's just as much snow built back up on the plane as when you left the gate.
    This whole thing ought to be done more intelligently in regards to snow types. One time leaving Denver in a snowstorm, super-fine and dry Colorado powder was falling that blows away if the plane moves much at all but we sat through a long delay waiting for de-icing anyway. The captain was probably had some rule to follow that says sit through de-icing if snow is falling no matter what.

  18. "most advanced" in what area? on Facebook Building World's 'Most Advanced' Data Center In Irish Village (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    "and employ around 2,000 people during the construction phase"

    Interesting the need to specify during the construction phase. I assume "most advanced" means after construction it just needs 1 part time repair tech for the killer robot security dogs.

  19. How smart? on Surprising Support Among Americans For Purchasing Smart Guns (jhsph.edu) · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many people surveyed think "smart gun" is some kind of technology where you don't have to aim very carefully; just tell the gun where you want the shot to go. Or maybe a gun with WiFi or an 4K HD screen.

  20. Re:Technology is killing jobs on Bank Heists - Another Profession That Technology Is Killing Off · · Score: 1

    without these new fangled computers replacing an honest man. /j

    Except the article is about how computers are replacing dishonest men.

  21. Not interested on Verizon Vows To Build the First 5G Network In the US (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    After my unsuccessful experience trying to get around my old Verizon smartphone's jacked up bootloader to try to get Cyanogen on it, I don't care if they have 6 or 7 G's in their network. I'm not going back to them.

  22. Not even company mobile on the wifi on Do the Risks of BYOD Outweigh the Benefits? (Video) · · Score: 2

    Heck, where are these people working with such lax security? Here at a health insurer, I can't get permission to put my company issued smart phone on the company wifi, never mind a personal device.

  23. Re: How very Republucan... on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 1

    Next time you post this, point out that the reason these minimum regulatory checks are needed because free markets require everyone to have access to the same information as much as possible. Hiding information for gain is certainly human nature but it is anti-market behavior.
    Don't hate the game; hate the misbehaving player.

  24. Re: This was _outlawed_ in the USA? on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    The person you responded to says it was her husband who was grilled by the ad responder about safety. The article you linked is about an assault committed upon the responder by a woman. According to the straw man fallacy from the latest poll, only worry about safety when the craigslist seller is a woman.

  25. Actually, no, the worst first world problem I have to deal with is self righteous condescending anon cowards who can't spell beyond a first grade level.