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  1. Re:argggh! on New Processors Are Now Blocked From Receiving Updates On Old Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What do they have a monopoly on? Windows Operating System Machines??

    Most systems running today are running some variant of Linux/Unix/BSD, not Windows. Hell, my primary "machine" is my phone, which is more powerful than my "windows" machine from 15 years ago by a long shot.

  2. Re: over suspected "hacking" that helped Donald Tr on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No previous elected experience, no law experience, no previous interest in politics.

    You say that like it is a bad thing. Nothing like inbred lawyers involved in politics. ;)

  3. Re: over suspected "hacking" that helped Donald Tr on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Not just "stupid", stupid with Sensitive / Secure material.

    The whole "Stupid" thing is a ruse to ignore the other parts of the equation ... like Uranium One Deal, and the speaking engagments afterwards in Russia by Bill. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtains.

    Also, pay attention to "My primary beef with Trump is that HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE." which didn't factor into anything when Obama was elected. If it wasn't for double standards, some people would have none.

  4. Re: over suspected "hacking" that helped Donald Tr on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    She sent emails of CLASSIFIED information. On a system most likely compromised by .. RUSSIAN HACKERS!!!!.

    And lets not forget Uranium One Deal that got her a quid pro quo speaking engagement for ... Bill the alleged rapist.

    But yeah, Trump is totally in the pocket of Russia. That's why Putin had Assad gas his own people (with Weapons that Obama said he got rid of) so that Trump could bomb them and claim they aren't buddy/pals (actual NBC conspiracy theory).

    Clinton would have been so much better!

  5. Re:Speaking of airlines on Airlines Make More Money Selling Miles Than Seats (expressnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But ... I have more rights than you, because my life is eminently more important than yours! I DEMAND JUSTICE!!!!

  6. Easy to learn, fairly easy to read. However, the Lords of Cobol are masters at programming in a way that most people today can't think. it is a quite literal programming language.

  7. Re: Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    traditional business, kill it and feast off its corpse.

    Makes for more efficient markets. If it doesn't, then there is some sort of regulation or law preventing new enterprises to fill the gap, and those are the real problems.

  8. Re: Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    False dichotomy. I would rather have regulations removed, so that people are free to go about their own business without impediments. PEOPLE, not corporations. Regulate Corporate behavior, not sovereign citizens.

  9. Re: Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    BINGO we have a winner!

    Time to reverse engineer the shit out of the abusive corporations and post it out in the open for all to see. Hack the planet.

  10. Re:Positive on American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks (npr.org) · · Score: 0

    (including some that are criminal in nature).

    Hillary wasn't free of criminal allegations either. Hell, the Obama Administration is now looking very tainted with the whole spying on Trump campaign thing going on.

    And now, you know why I didn't vote for either.

  11. Re:Hey GM, how about that EV1? on Tesla Tops GM by Market Value as Investors See Musk as Future (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Its more than that. The Tesla is basically at production limits. Demand is outstripping supply. THAT creates the elusive self fulfilling hype machine with "I have a Tesla on order, but it won't be here for 3 months". You can't beat that kind of viral advertising.

  12. Re:Let me get this straight... on Spyware Firms in Breach of Global Sanctions (aljazeera.com) · · Score: 2

    Do not spy, the government doesn't like competition.

  13. Re:One thought...... on NYC Poised to Ban Firms From Asking Job Candidates About Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, there is plenty of "wiggle room" for creative hiring questions that expose weaknesses in "protected class" applicants. It is just a riduculous hurdle to jump over, and does nothing to stop anything.

    "We like our employees to _________, are you willing?" Where _______ is an innocuous question on the surface, but also lets you know the answer to a forbidden question by assumption.

    Prohibited speech doesn't solve the problem to someone who is determined. It just makes it harder to have legitimate questions answered

  14. Re:The wage gap myth continues... on NYC Poised to Ban Firms From Asking Job Candidates About Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    By the way they measure Pay gap, we need to start locking up a lot more women!!! After all they are only about 3% of the prison population. Obvious Sexism!

  15. Re:News for nerds huh? on Employers Added Just 98,000 Jobs in March Below Expectations of 180,000 (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I love this for a number of reasons, but mostly because it will piss off a huge number of useful idiots. Right up there with People Eating Tasty Animals will forever haunt animal rights activists.

  16. This is Facebook, so no. BUT we can have some fun with this.

    Hook up Google Assistant, Siri and Facebook M in a "chat" group and have them all "Chatting" to each other. Seriously this would be fun(ny)

  17. Re:It's still work! on Some Hackathon Hustlers Make Their Living From Corporate Coding Contests (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, what you're really saying is "healthcare and benefits" are a form of slavery. Keep that in mind when you vote next year.

  18. Actually the thing that should be banned are ACs, like the GP post.

  19. Re:They should have seen this coming... on ESPN Has Seen the Future of TV and They're Not Really Into It (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    NFL wants (and has) its own channel. As does NHL. I wouldn't be surprised if MLB and MLS, MLL and UFC and the rest all start wanting their own channels as well (if they don't have them already).

    The problem is, they are looking to get an extra $10-15 each for them, when the reality is, very few diehard fans are willing to shell out that kind of cash each month, for 12 months, when the season is only 7 months long.

  20. Re: At least the program was a success on More Compulsory Math Lessons Do Not Encourage Women To Pursue STEM Careers, Study Finds (phys.org) · · Score: 2

    But here's the real deal ... men and women being different must because of sexism!

  21. Re:Eh? on Twitter Is Ditching the Egg (fastcodesign.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Snowflakes probably. "Offensive" some how to someone somewhere. Don't worry, the new SJW will now be offended they don't get to choose something that identifies them as a crushed human soul. Poor girl who self identifies as a cat.

  22. Re:Who will care? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Your privacy is gone because your neighbor doesn't care about his. In selling his privacy for a discount on bread and circuses he also sold yours, without your consent. Not just him, his other neighbors, and the guys up the street, and the nice lady around the corner ... they all did it too.

    Privacy was an illusion anyway (but that is a different story altogether)

  23. Re: To funny... on US College Grads See Slim-to-Nothing Wage Gains Since Recession (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Class warfare sure worked for Obama! Targeting the rich made it impossible for the middle class. And that is how Venezuela is the envy of Bernie Sanders, where everyone is dirt poor because the "rich don't pay their fair share". Eventually the rich leave (because they can) and take their money with them.

    Oh I know, the solution to this is World Tax System!!!!

  24. Re:No cronyist legal restrictions in retailing on Amazon and Walmart Are In An All-Out Price War That Is Terrifying Big Brands (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The NHS relies upon the ingenuity of the Americans creating new techniques and improving technology. That is why the latest greatest techniques are generally found in the US and not in England. Innovation costs money, or is that irrelevant to the evaluating health care systems?

    http://www.investors.com/polit...

    https://www.theguardian.com/he...

    https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/hea...

    It is really good, until it is threatened by cost overruns. But who cares, it is someone else's money.

  25. Re:No cronyist legal restrictions in retailing on Amazon and Walmart Are In An All-Out Price War That Is Terrifying Big Brands (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    The greatest cost in Healthcare industry is the cost of pushing paper around by middlemen.

    IF you look at aggregate costs, you're probably right, US spends stupid amounts on paper pushing. However, there are examples of people removing the paper pushing bits, and saving the patients stupid amounts in the process.

    I was reading a story of a doctor that stopped taking insurance altogether, and insead of having $25 Co-pays and billing insurace, they just started taking $25 for a Dr Visit. The doctors costs were cut by 2/3 (staff needed to fill out insurance forms, collect payments from every which way, argue with insurance companies etc.

    Health Care industry needs an overhaul and liberation from monolithic structures that end up only suiting the middle men and bureaucrats.

    Here is my suggestions for how to fix Health Care coverage:

    1) Universal pricing. Nobody pays more or less. Period. No "negotiated" rates by Insurance. Cash, Credit, Insurance all pays exactly the same for the same service.
    2) Health Savings accounts available for everyone.
    3) Insurance covers only catastrophic care. Routine office visits not covered (see #2)
    4) Remove obsticles for getting insurance.

    For those that do not have insurance, I suggest that tax incentives be given to Medical Providers who have a Pro-Bono like setup for at least 10% of patients.

    By removing middle men, we'll get better Healthcare, for less. Adding layers and layers of bureaucracies doesn't help any patients.