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  1. If their income drops after 50 years on EU Extends Music Copyright to 70 Years · · Score: 2

    If this is being done because people are seeing their income drop after 50 years, then I think they deserved the wake up call that everything they've done for the last 50 years is worthless crap, and maybe they should have learned to save some cash for retirement.

  2. A bit overhyped. Intergalactic? on Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser · · Score: 1

    From TFA: "With it's intergalactic range of 85 miles, the S3 Krypton is the first and only handheld laser visible from outer space." Maybe it's different here but I'd hardly call 85 miles "intergalactic."

  3. Like she said, size matters on Toshiba Adds Two-Way Wi-Fi To SD Card · · Score: 1

    While that may have been out 10 years ago, it will not fit in typical camera SD card slots because it is too long, and therefore is unusable for cameras where the card slot is enclosed. In addition, this has storage capabilities as well, as opposed to simply being a SD form factor for a wifi adapter.

  4. Re:Shortage of engineering jobs, on Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage · · Score: 2

    If you buy a resource in Madagascar, ship it to the US, and use US labor to turn it it to a finished product, the US government sues you. If you buy a resource in Madagascar, use Madagascar's labor to turn it in to a finished product, then ship that to the US and sell it, the US government permits it. I believe the "government favoring offshoring" comes from the fact that if you offshore the labor, you don't get sued by the US government. A gross generalization, but that's the logic path.

  5. Re:Darwin on Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately that would only be the case if refusing the vaccines removed them from the gene pool, but unfortunately it doesn't. Instead if exposes people who cannot have the vaccine due to allergies, immune system deficiencies etc. Not to mention the increased risk that in an environment where most people are immune to infection but some people are not there can be increased chance of it mutating and becoming more virulent or even potentially being able to work around the existing immunities.

    If you wish to be truly cold and analytical about it, that actually is still natural selection at work. The people who have allergies or immune system deficiencies become more likely to be infected and, thus, die. The advances in medicine and health for mankind, though, have made it so that people who are not the in good condition physically can still survive and make great contributions to society (i.e. Stephen Hawking). You don't have to like it, or support it (I don't), but you can't deny that on a factual level, it truly is natural selection.

  6. Re:Who cares... on When Did Irene Stop Being a Hurricane? · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's unpredictable. Yes, it can change. However, to maintain integrity, you should still be talking about what is known and what is the most likely outcome. You don't overhype it because then it degrades your integrity and causes people to not believe you the next time.

  7. Re:To make the trains run on time on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    Wasn't time based on the rotation of the earth and the relative position of the sun in the sky?

    It was. Now it's based most closely on cesium, with occasional corrections called leap seconds to meet the rotation of the earth.

    Close. It's measured using cesium, but it's still based on the relative position of the sun in the sky. Were it truly based on cesium, there would be no need for those leap seconds to bring the "time" and the position of the sun back in agreement.

  8. Re:Indian call centers on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    There's a big difference between a single-end initiated phone call and a meeting scheduled in advance. Also, while it may not be a significant difference to Europe and Africa, the rest of the world is likely to run in to a situation where the date will change while the sun is up, which is something most people will not be eager to accept with the given reason for the change.

  9. If there's one thing we know... on Michael Mann Vindicated (Again) Over Climategate · · Score: 1

    ...it's that factual findings can still be ignored in the climate argument. This won't change anything.

  10. Re:Nice to know that it is lawful to have an opini on Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism · · Score: 1

    My (missed) point was a commentary on how the title of the response was "Nice to know that it is lawful to have an opinion" though we all know opinions frequently are not grounded in fact. A better title would have been "Nice to know that science class is still based on facts."

  11. Re:An offer you can't refuse. on Verizon Employees End Strike · · Score: 1

    I worked in a call center and pretty much lived by the motto suggested. Sure, call centers are based on metrics, but if it's a call center job it's not going to be that difficult and you can quickly get to the point of being able to offer exceptional service and going above and beyond without going out of the range of the metrics. Perhaps that's why I got promoted out of it after 13 months (while the company policy says that everyone's first position comes with an 18 month lockin).

  12. Re:How it was done... on Antarctica's Ice Flow Fully Mapped For the First Time · · Score: 1

    Google has been able to map the whole Antarctic glacial flow.

    and all the wifi hotspots!

  13. Re:Nice to know that it is lawful to have an opini on Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism · · Score: 2

    Does this mean that you would support a teacher with a belief in creationism teaching his opinion in a public school? I have my doubts.

  14. Re:That is awesome on Right-Wing German Extremists Tricked By Trojan Shirts · · Score: 1

    If you judge based on variety, availability, and cost, then yes, it is. Especially since these days you can buy just the songs you like from an album rather than having to pay for the filler.

  15. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    The odds of it being a coincidence are low, that is correct. However, few logical people will accept that as proof that it is not.

  16. Re:There's a seriously stupid thing there on Italian Anonymous Hacker Cell Arrested · · Score: 2

    Having worked in customer service I can say that every time someone says "I never thought anyone would be that stupid," someone will prove you wrong.

  17. Re:...opaque language is the norm. on If You're Working For Stock, Read the Fine Print · · Score: 1

    Because unless the candidate search is actually costing you $100,000 you just committed fraud by hiring and then firing someone for your financial gain at their expense. If the candidate search is really costing you $100,000 and you weren't able to find out something as significant as how thoroughly they read a contract then I suggest you review your search process.

  18. Re:Simple on Will Capped Data Plans Kill the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    QoS itself places minimal demands on infrastructure, because QoS is for managing the demand on the infrastructure. It's the customers that are placing the demands on the equipment. The reason telcos have to increase infrastructure to support it is due to customer demand. QoS allows them to provide "better" service to most customers with existing equipment that may be periodically overburdoned. You may not feel that the internet was designed for entertainment but that's what average people are paying for, and the business will go with the moves that please the greatest number of customers at the lowest cost.

  19. Re:And in other news on LulzSec Phone-Bombs FBI and Blizzard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Would you prefer another BitCoin story?