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  1. Re: Oh really? on 'No Such Thing As a Free Gift' Casts a Critical Eye At Gates Foundation (theintercept.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I realize you're being facetious, but I still want to remind people that the Golden State produces a ridiculous percentage of the country's produce that is not corn or wheat. That's where most of the water goes, even during severe droughts. http://www.slate.com/articles/...

  2. Reminds me of Seiklus on Another Giant xkcd Comics Experiment (xkcd.com) · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of one of my favorite freeware games, Seiklus.

  3. Re:Please put the word "space" in quotes on Blue Origin "New Shepherd" Makes It To Space... and Back Again (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Granted, they didn't have to take as much propellant with them, but that isn't as big a deal when they were testing the ability to LAND from space

    It's a huge deal. There are no meaningful qualifiers you can make if you're comparing orbital and suborbital launches.

  4. Re:What is the option on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    The option is to let it go because THIS WASN'T A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE. If it was anything, it was an education issue. Let kids explore and learn, and don't be scared if they do things you don't understand. You think the school is still going to call the cops the next time they see an electronics project?

  5. Okay now I give up on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I defended this kid before, thinking that it sucks to get misunderstood and just because his dad is an obnoxious pot stirring lawyer doesn't mean the kid had anything to do with it but this is just stupid. I hope they get counter sued and lose hard.

  6. Re:Common keyboard for Windows and OS X on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    Are they really that different? Besides Delete/Backspace, what's the big deal?

  7. Re:Scale and Flotsam on Now We Know Why the Hobbit Movies Were So Awful (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The Hobbit movies would have been much better as a 6 part HBO miniseries.

    How about just one popcorn flick. Two to two and a half hours and we're done. Not everything from a book needs to make it in the movie.

  8. Re:That will go well on The Next Gold Rush Will Be 5,000 Feet Under the Sea, With Robot Drones (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Metal mining is the #1, #2 AND #3 most polluting industry.

    I'm a conservative Christian (currently) registered Republican and my first thought was this can't possibly be safe for the environment.

  9. Re:But remember what HAL said on Inside the Mission To Europa (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not funny if TFA uses the same joke.

  10. Who actually bought music on Zune? on Microsoft Kills Off Zune Music Service (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The Zune service was for the rental service, where you paid a monthly fee and could play that music for the month on your Zune PMP. You used Zune so you didn't HAVE to buy music. It was the only thing in its niche at the time.

    And, I am compelled to add: The brown Zune was actually lovely in person. If you hated it, you never held it.

  11. Re:Research sometimes does need to state the obvio on Usernames Reveal the Age and Psychology of Game Players (sciencedirect.com) · · Score: 1

    But yeah, the general reporting on this indicates that somebody must of been bored.

    Nice of them not to hoard that boredom.

  12. Re:Windows on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 2

    You're right. My bad.

  13. Re:Star Wars and girls? on Hour of Code 2015 Star Wars Tutorial: Spare the IF Statement, Spoil the Child? · · Score: 1

    I'm married with three daughters, and all the women and girls in this house like Star Wars.

    Right, and it's pretty clear the next movie(s) features a female lead.

  14. Re:Windows on Ask Slashdot: What Terminal Emulator Do You Use? · · Score: 0

    Unless you absolutely have to have transparency, I don't see anything wrong with cmd.exe. It gets the job done just fine.

  15. Re:But the real question is.. on SteamOS Gaming Performance Lags Well Behind Windows (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a great solution until it's time to upgrade and you're back to lagging behind Windows. Actually, that makes it a terrible solution.

  16. Re:Research sometimes does need to state the obvio on Usernames Reveal the Age and Psychology of Game Players (sciencedirect.com) · · Score: 1

    In my experience, sometimes you need to research the 'obvious' because sometimes what seems clear-cut turns out to not be.

    But I see no reason to report on it unless the results are counter intuitive.

  17. Re:Please name a single employer that acknowledges on Harnessing Conflict in the Workplace (video) · · Score: 1

    (Please name a single employer that acknowledges) basic human dignity as per your post.

    Mine.

  18. Stability.

  19. How about on Harnessing Conflict in the Workplace (video) · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about you go work for someone that is "harnessing conflict in the workplace" and I'll work for someone that acknowledges basic human dignity.

  20. Re:no MUDs entered? on Interactive Fiction Competition Enters Its Third Decade (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    It's like you're part of a really well-written novel.

    Isn't it more like a short story? I was under the impression that long form IF is too much for the judges to get through.

  21. Re:It looks like it involves quite a bit of luck on MIT Drone Autonomously Avoids Obstacles At 30 MPH (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think that's luck, it's detecting obstacles in its projected flight path and completely ignoring the rest of the frame. What it doesn't seem to be doing is detecting objects that are lighter in infrared, like leaves.

  22. Re:Real world environment vs. eBay equipment on Book Review: the Network Security Test Lab: a Step-by-Step Guide · · Score: 1

    if u work in a large firm...the will often give away the old eqipment. i built my lab that ways.

    Good point!

  23. Such ignorance on 15-Year-Old Boy Arrested In Connection With TalkTalk Hack (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1
    And no, I'm not talking about arresting a 15 year old.

    In other news, businesses leaders are calling on the government to take "urgent action" against cyber-criminals, because somehow the security of their online systems is the government's responsibility, not theirs.

    It is not the job of private industry to go on the counter-offensive and somehow stop attackers, and even if they somehow could, attribution is often incredibly difficult. Just look at the Sony hack. North Korea? Eh... Maybe at best.

    Sure, the private sector can and should enhance their security, but good luck staying completely ahead of organized crime on that front. Governments absolutely should be going after cyber criminals, assuming they are actual cyber criminals and not just dumb kids (not because dumb kids get a pass but because they should focus first on malicious actors with a political or financial motive).

  24. Re:MCSE Bootcamp Redux on Coding Academies -- Useful Or Nonsense? (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't it always the case when hiring in IT: be firm on experience, flexible on certs and degrees?

  25. Re:Needs of the Teaching Profession on Study: Standardized Tests Overwhelming Public Schools (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    >If teachers wanted higher salaries over all else, then why would they buy school supplies out of pocket?

    My whole family are teachers. Sure, they do it because they care, but they also do it because it's expected of them to get good evaluations and there is definitely not enough budget to get everything reimbursed.