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  1. Re:Most companies on Skills Needed For a Future In IT · · Score: 0

    It is called FISHING. They are actually trying to catch a shark with...let's say one little sardina, without any real result of course, but just imagine if they actually catch even one shark!!! It will be like winning the lottery, lol.

  2. In fact, look at 30-40+ on Skills Needed For a Future In IT · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is funny that the the future skills that you need to develop are in fact the past one, like C (only, not C++), assembler, embedded OS (uClinuc, linux), RTOS....all of them require the good old C only skills...... Funny, ain't?

  3. Re:They are quite writerly to remain silent on Authors Guild Silent Over iBooks Text-To-Speech · · Score: 0

    You mean, a lot of wind?

  4. Discrimination??? on Authors Guild Silent Over iBooks Text-To-Speech · · Score: 0

    Is it possible for Amazon to open a discrimination lawsuit? I am just asking, it could be interesting to see how it goes on.

  5. Re:Oh great on Look For AI, Not Aliens · · Score: 0

    Maybe we have to look at FB? If the AI does not have an FB account, then he is only A(without I), lol.

  6. Re:That's not copy protection on Medieval Copy Protection · · Score: 0

    Never? Can you fork it? Can you modify it? Can you sell it?

  7. Re:Just because it's patented... on Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones · · Score: 0

    If even you, the consumer, without any knowledge in IT, could have been able to remotely brick your iPhone, then do you really believe that an competent IT professional would not be able to block your attempt? Or even worst, to brick YOUR iPhone, or even monitor you, using the newest hack or bug in this "new" feature? You know, this reminds of all the CAR ALARMS that exist out there, and that all of them are always cracked/hacked just a few days/weeks after they are released, and that it appears that cars are mostly stolen in bad neighborhoods, no matter how complicated or "secure" the alarm is.

  8. Re:Let the Reader/Consumer Decide If It Works on Will Amazon Put Advertisements In eBooks? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thank you, but NO, thank you. If there is even a shadow of any kind of advertisement, spyware, whatever-ware, then i would never never buy such a book, in fact even if you pay me to read this book, i will REFUSE to. Period. In fact, if it becomes impossible to do so by using eReader, then i will move to the standard, plain, wood-based book. Period.

  9. Long live to SUSE??? on Root Privileges Through Linux Kernel Bug · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, is he trying to say that only SUSE is protected, and bug free, and hack free, and.........what is the reason to not have this fix in main kernel tree? For me, it sounds like some very nasty and dirty war.

  10. Re:Tired of this argument. on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 0

    Don't forget the cocaine. The name Coca-Cola is not pointless.....

  11. What about short distance? on Is RFID Really That Scary? · · Score: 0

    OK, ok, long distance tracking is not feasible, what about short distance tracking? If the government put many many tracking devices everywhere, they could actually......track you? Or maybe he is right, it is much cheaper to just call google, and get all your history and locations and FB and Twitter and ......

  12. Re:Notices mean nothing in legal terms on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    Regarding the labor law, if you want to resign, you have to give 2 weeks notice. The same is for the the employer. Except if there are some additional clauses in your contract, but there is also some already defined maximum. This the Law. As simple as that. I simply cannot understand what is so unclear??? And just saying "i am leaving in 2 weeks" in written, and documented, is regarding the law pretty much all that you can do. No one could stop you to leave after that. NO ONE. And of course, there is no law preventing your employer to kill you too, but that does not make it more or less legal. It is still breaking the law (not the criminal one, but the labor), and there are some consequences for everybody, daring to break the law.

  13. Re:Either that on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 0

    Your company sounds like a dream becoming true. Thumb Up.

  14. Re:Either that on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 0

    The problem is that they could ignore your "drinking issue" only if they are not aware of it. But legally speaking, if they know that you are drinking, they could be liable to some nasty lawsuits later. Just like the military: Don't Ask, Don't Say.

  15. Re:Either that on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 0

    Because, it is jungle out there. Every little detail of your life could be, and will be used against you. By the competition. It is not fair, i agree, but again, IT IS JUNGLE OUT THERE.

  16. Google, you are INSOLENT on Google's CEO Warns Kids Will Have to Change Names to Escape "Cyber Past" · · Score: 0

    Mod me troll, but this is so nasty and insolently statement, that i am simply out of words...... Sooo Google, are you trying to say that you REALLY track, keep, sort, and manage all the details of my online activities?????

  17. Re:So. on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    I see that you are either employer, or simply one-sided man. Now i am the position do defense myself of something that i did not say, nor intended to do. Lol, man, take it easy, the world is not black and white, but COLORFUL. Now sit down and read very carefully what i said, and not what you think i said. And btw, doing something useful for the company, means not only fixing the bugs, but actually giving the appropriate support. You, Are, Leaving. What kind of support you are going to provide!!!!!!!!

  18. Re:Sad Clown:( on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    Or, as a rule of the thumb, if someone asks me dishonest question, i feel it is fair and honest to lie like a .... lawyer.

  19. Re:So. on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    You are missing something. The 2 weeks notice is exactly that, NOTICE. All that you are saying to your employer is that in max 2 weeks you will LEAVE the company. Legally. No matter what. The employer cannot reject it (keeping you as an employee). BUT, if the employer decides to fire you before that date, well, this is pretty big mistake, that is worth tested in court, and usually the employer is the looser, no matter what.

  20. Re:Wrong. on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    Why should your ex-employer bother with the Employment Insurance once you are unemployed? Is not these unemployment benefits being paid by the government? Or at least, by the cumulative EI?

  21. Re:So. on Employees Would Steal Data When Leaving a Job · · Score: 0

    If you are going to leave in 2 weeks, are you really going to fix anything at all? Or train anyone? Or do anything useful? What is the point? Salary increase? Bonus? Career advancement? You Are Leaving. PERIOD.

  22. In fact, it is 1/3 on ISPs Lie About Broadband "Up To" Speeds · · Score: 0
    A friend of mine, in ISPs business, told me these simple facts:

    a) Up to 3MBps means 1MBps

    b) If you have lets say 100 customers, statistically speaking, they are using only 1/3 of their bandwidth, and usually only 1/3 of the time (no one is only 24h/7days/4weeks/etc.

    c) In fact, depending of your customers age, you could even divide their UP speed by 10 (if there is no torrents for example)

    So, if you have 100 customers, and you promised them 3MBps, the actual bandwidth that the ISP is byuing is 100*1 = 100MBps.....These cheap bastards.

  23. Re:In 3000 years.. on Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons · · Score: 0

    I just wonder, am i allowed to dig in the government top-super-hyper secret documents.... What? I am not allowed? I am not literate enough? How funny that the history is again repeated, lol.

  24. Re:In 3000 years.. on Icelandic Company Designs Human Pylons · · Score: 0

    I guess they will wonder what "Software Patent" or IP is???? In fact, can anyone of explain what SP/IP really is? This is patented too? I have to pay you royalty for the answer? WTF?

  25. Re:Why the sympathy?? on San Francisco Just As Guilty In Terry Childs Case · · Score: 0

    Now i don't wonder why there are 2.5 millions prisoners. In fact i am surprised why they are not 25 millions. Anyway, regarding your half-baked comments, what should be the punishment for murder? Oh, btw, giving the master password in front of 1000 people is so big security breach, that he should be sued and punished with 10 years in prison. And he did not refuse to give them to him, he just wanted to give them in more secure manner (f2f), which is JUST and REASONABLE. The other guy is acting like a baby and incompetent a%$%^$^&$&