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  1. Re:Genius judge on Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid · · Score: 1

    I personally believe that interns should be paid {maybe not the same as a regular employee} and that they should get hands on experience while interning. Which means they will need to do the work but in a supervised manner with someone who can educate them. This would benefit both the company and the student. The company gets a cut rate on some work and the student gets real experience.

  2. Re:Hooray for the PC market! on Half a Billion PCs To Ship In 2013, As Desktops and Laptops Dip But Tablets Grow · · Score: 1

    I don't think the PC is dying, I do however think that you can't expect sustained increase in sales on an electronics item that is expected to last 3-5 years you will eventually reach a saturation point and your sells will level out.

  3. Re:Yes on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    I've had three cars totaled while parked by texters. Parking on the street stinks, I am so glad I moved out of that neighborhood and have a driveway.

  4. Re:Yes on Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes · · Score: 1

    Well I tend to disagree. Every car I have had totaled in the last 20 years was caused by another driver texting or drunk. mostly texting.

  5. Re:And Apple's cut... on Apple's App Store Tops 40 Billion Downloads; Generates $7 Billion For Developers · · Score: 1

    to properly set a bridge and truss rod you have to check the open string and 12th fret this is called setting intonation and shouldn't need to be done when tuning the guitar. If the intonation is off then the interval between frets is not even E to E is no longer an octave. The problem is that some bridges come with finger screws for this (they adjust the string length between the bridge and nut) and the sales people call them tuners when selling the guitar to a beginner. You shouldn't have to set the intonation more than once a year so long as the guitar doesn't experience large altitude and humidity changes remember most of them are still made of wood. So take the nut lock off throw it away and stop trying to tune with the bridge screws.

  6. Why a Game on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    I'm not a PC Gamer, and am stuck on windows. I need to use it so that I can be familiar with every bug, every fix, and every funny thing it does in order to support the mass of end users at work. My computer usage is basically one big UAT that never ends.

  7. Re:Apple initally stole the iPhone name from Cisco on Apple Loses Trademark Claim Against iFone in Mexico · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that iFone starting adapting solutions in 1998 the same time as the first release of iPhone by InfoGear. Wasn't this about the same time that anything that normally would not but now could access the internet was getting an "i" before the name just to denote that it was internet capable?

  8. concentration on Ask Slashdot: Best Linux Game For Young Kids? · · Score: 1

    I used to play concentration with just regular playing cards I'm not sure how old I was when I started but I started my sons at three . If you could find something like that it might be good for a three year old, but expecting the game to hold their interest with out someone else playing with them.... forget it.

  9. Re:Good on $3,000 Tata Nano Car Coming To US · · Score: 1

    80s Chevy Cavaliers get excellent gas mileage with cheap easy to find parts. I had an 84 that I picked up in the early 90s and drove until about 2004 as far as I know the only work ever done to it was regular maintenance. When the windshield was shattered in a hailstorm I purchased a new car and let it go to the junkyard. Wish I had kept it and replaced the windshield.

  10. Re:No, coding is useless to an entrepreneur on Do Tech Entrepreneurs Need To Know How To Code? · · Score: 1

    Your post kind of reminds me of a guy I work with that claimed it would take three months to develop a "select all" on a html page full of check boxes. I'm under the impression that he didn't feel like it and didn't realize that I already knew it wasn't rocket surgery.

  11. Re:Yes, I think everyone should have some idea on Do Tech Entrepreneurs Need To Know How To Code? · · Score: 1

    Automobile are a significant part of our society and most people know how to put gas in them, check the coolant, oil, transmission fluid, and have a basic understanding of how gas is ignited to make the engine run. It does not take a mechanic to change a tire, battery, alternator, fan belt, or spark plugs everyday people do it all the time. Automobiles are a bad example, almost everyone I know has one, can do regular maintenance, replace broken parts and none of them are mechanics.

    How about a microwave almost every one I know has one and if anything goes wrong I know no one that would try to fix a microwave even though they are somewhat expensive.

  12. Re:There is a huge range... on Why Professors Love (and Loathe) Technology · · Score: 1

    I used to teach home schooling for elementary aged students with developmental challenges but never actually college level. Using technology in teaching was never something that was thrust on us, interacting and giving the students the personal attention they needed was our number one goal. If you have the opportunity to try something like that try it but don't expect good pay.
     

  13. Re:There is a huge range... on Why Professors Love (and Loathe) Technology · · Score: 1

    Technology is awesome, but teaching is an art form no matter what the discipline. It involves interacting with people and helping them to develop and learn. If a teacher is not interacting directly with the student then they are doing that student a disservice. Management software is great for holding grades, averaging, and printing reports, but it doesn't tell me which student studied four hours to get the same grade as a student that studied one hour. That information can be found in their eyes and their voices when you interact with them.

  14. Re:there are only two correct answers... on Ask Slashdot: IT Contractors, How's Your Health Insurance? · · Score: 1

    I understand the term medical catastrophe. The medical costs I am currently trying to pay off even after insurance payed their portion could cover mortgage, taxes, insurance, upkeep on a very nice 4 bed 2 bath 2 car garage home.

  15. Re:Details? on Ask Slashdot: Open Source Software To Manage Student Grades? · · Score: 1

    My last year of college (applied music) there were 5 people left in the program others had dropped or changed majors. On one of our finals one person aced it with a perfect score and the rest of the class did so poorly that even with what the college considered a standard curve half flunked the final.

  16. Re:Working more hours on Gadget Addiction or Work Intrusion? · · Score: 1

    and if it's just a cell phone and they have to actually talk to you they are less likely to call you for something that can wait but they will email 400 times for something silly.

  17. Re:welcome to the internet age ! on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    The internet age kids are doing the same thing we have been doing for centuries. They are attempting to express themselves in a new way.

  18. Re:Yes, it does matter. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    There was butcher shop that sold hats with the same slogan in my home town.

  19. Re:It's like this. on Does Grammar Matter Anymore? · · Score: 1

    What is the difference between proper and common grammar?

  20. Re:Make sense on Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future · · Score: 1

    It could be considered criminal threat in the US depending on the context.

  21. 1 thousand guesses a second on How Many Seconds Would It Take To Crack Your Password? · · Score: 1

    against a remote site doesn't any decent site usually lock an account after 3 - 5 attempts

  22. Re:Read the contract you've signed on Ask Slashdot: Holding ISPs Accountable For Contracted DSL Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    When your speed dips that low do you have packet loss or just really high latency. If you can show you are experiencing packet loss they may be more inclined to help.

  23. Re:What are the 9 lines? on Oracle Not Satisfied With Potential $150,000; Goes Against Judge's Warning · · Score: 1

    isn't it supposed to be rangeCheck() but that's not nine lines so... not sure.

  24. Re:They Never Even Said Those Things on Heartland Institute Learning To Troll On Billboards · · Score: 1

    I'm just saying saying if the media made a huge week long ordeal for every accidental death from carbon monoxide poisoning people would be converting to electric stoves, water heaters, heaters, mowers....

  25. Re:Sounds like good news on FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions · · Score: 1

    Why am I seeing a guy eating a triple quarter pounder, large fry, and a mega jug of soda popping lipitor like it's M&Ms