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  1. give them to employees on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Over 500 Used DIMMs? · · Score: 4, Informative

    let the employees take home a few if they have a use for them. Make people happy and it won't cost anything or at least not much depending on what you would otherwise do with them.

  2. Re:True on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? · · Score: 1

    The killer feature for me, though.. is talk and data simultaneous on an iphone.. only at&t can do that so far.

    Not sure about tmobile, but no lte makes that kinda stinky.

  3. Re:The reason is simple. on Why Ultrabooks Are Falling Well Short of Intel's Targets · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't understand how the crappy pc manufacturers still haven't learned that just because Apple can do it doesn't mean they can try and make a shitty copy and actually sell it.

    They've keep trying.. tablets that flop, ultrabooks that flop, all-in-ones that flop..

    Over and over they make shitty copies of apple products, price them the same, and then are bewildered when they don't sell.

  4. Yes, go to school. on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 1

    Go to school, keep tinkering, and get internships.

    That is how to set yourself up to be successful as a professional programmer.

    Also, a good internship pays very well, gets you a good sense how to do things right, and can land you with a job offer (or two) before you graduate.

  5. Re:I'll take getting a job Alex on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Self taught programmers are often extremely weak in the area of algorithms and data structures. They solve problems with the tools they have, but they never had anyone to show them a whole additional set of tools to wrap their minds around. i.e. they don't know what they don't know.

    It's extremely rare that I interview someone purely self taught who can pass my interview and get a job offer. Their solutions are usually incredibly simplistic and naive.

  6. Re:Safety Deposit Box on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 1

    They dont need to be fire resistant when they're in a different building. It's great and all, but if your house and your bank have a fire at the same time, you probably have bigger problems..

  7. Re:Exit Interviews are always flowery on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sorry, but you are extremely wrong. The cops must always be treated as your enemy. You never know what their motives are and they can put you in jail.

  8. Re:Is that serious, or a straw man? on ADA May Force Netflix To Provide Closed Captioning On Content · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm pretty sure you missed the entire point. The OP was asking what power congress has to CREATE the ADA, not what does the ADA do.

    There's nowhere in the constitution that gives congress the power to regulate how private businesses operate. Some would say (not saying I do) that we should let economics figure this out. if there's money to be made, then companies will make it happen.

    Anyways, I think that's what the real question was.

  9. Re:Wait, what? on The Physics of the Knuckleball · · Score: 1

    no, you don't need to "go to replay", the system knows faster than the umpire if it's a ball or strike. You could simple put some lights up to show the count immediately after each pitch.

  10. Re:There's two parts on Ask Slashdot: Tips For Designing a Modern Web Application? · · Score: 1

    This is not true at all. I do this on a regular basis and it's enjoyable to do in rails.

  11. Re:Most important on Ask Slashdot: Tips For Designing a Modern Web Application? · · Score: 1

    You extremely forgot javascript. They do TONS in javascript. Including gmail.

  12. Re:Not quite on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 2

    about 2% of mine.

  13. Re:Beware of dynamic languages for large projects. on Ask Slashdot: What Language Should a Former Coder Dig Into? · · Score: 1

    Wow. I've been coming to slashdot for 13+ years and this is the worst comment I've ever seen.

    I hope you're trolling.

  14. Re:Because Hybrids Don't Pay For Themselves on Hybrid Car Owners Not Likely To Buy Another Hybrid · · Score: 1

    A volt is hybrid.

  15. Re:Why not stick to real risks? on The Risk of a Meltdown In the Cloud · · Score: 0

    But your cloud provider probably does a better job than you do of running that environment, and the downsides of having an outage are immense from a trust perspective.

    disclosure: I work for a large cloud provider.

  16. Re:follow my lead on iFixit's Kyle Wiens On the War On DIY Electronics · · Score: 1

    It fails the "not as good as the apple alternative" test, though. As does everything in the phone/tablet market.

  17. Re:Why isn't it possible? on Express-AM4 Satellite Salvage Plan For Antarctic Internet In Jeopardy · · Score: 1

    unladen swallows? Or laden I guess, with network equipment?

  18. Re:The article writer is a deaf idiot on Why Distributing Music As 24-bit/192kHz Downloads Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    I think you're full of crap. Prove me wrong. Or at least cite me wrong.

  19. Re:Use an LLC on Dealing With an Overly-Restrictive Intellectual Property Policy? · · Score: 2

    But they can just fire you. Ability to do stuff on your own time isn't a protected class.

  20. Re:Try Comcast on Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider? · · Score: 1

    I'm in Seattle and business comcast is good here too.

  21. Re:Amazon have a cheap server on Ask Slashdot: Best Inexpensive VPS Provider? · · Score: 1

    Free for micro for a year if you're new.

    http://aws.amazon.com/free/

    disclaimer: I work there.

  22. Re:I would rather.... on Zynga To Employees: Surrender Pre-IPO Shares Or You're Fired · · Score: 1

    I was reading more about this and from the other perspective, it sounded like underperforming employees were given the option of getting fired (what ever other company does all the time) and lose their options, or move to another, lower position and have their compensation adjusted to match their new position.

    In an at-will employment, you are not entitled to your options/shares until they vest. There is no employment contract.

    I think a lot of employees think they have rights that they don't have.

  23. Re:the way to go on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    When I interview on the whiteboard, if they say they don't know what methods a hash has (or whatever), I tell them to just make up whatever methods they want and if I don't understand what they're talking about I'll ask them. They're frequently working in a language I don't know, anyhow.

    I'm not looking for someone with an ability to write in any particular language, just someone who understands basic programming concepts. You don't need autocompletion to show me that you know how to use data structures and such.

  24. Re:Recommended, not required, right? on Android ICS Will Require 16GB RAM To Compile · · Score: 1

    Yes, it can always swap out. The compiler has no visibility into whether the memory space it is executing in is actually mapped to physical ram.

    But like other people said, it might take a really long time.

  25. Re:How about Apple's Apps? on Will Apple Let Siri and Apps Connect? · · Score: 1

    I would pay the $200 early upgrade fee for the privilege of paying another $200 to get an iPhone 4S if it did this.