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  1. Re:The correct quote on UK Police Chief: Some Tech Companies Are 'Friendly To Terrorists' · · Score: 1

    oh for mod points ... .U nailed it man.

  2. Re:If you're not for us, you're against us on UK Police Chief: Some Tech Companies Are 'Friendly To Terrorists' · · Score: 1

    unfortunately in this case it's not ... it's straight out of the mouth of someone who commands jack-booted thugs in the real world .... if you call Airstrip One the "real world"

  3. Advocacy of a police state on UK Police Chief: Some Tech Companies Are 'Friendly To Terrorists' · · Score: 2

    Mark Rowley, the UK's national police lead for counter-terrorism, said, "[The acceleration of technology] can be set up in a way which is friendly to terrorists and helps them ... and creates challenges for law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Or it can be set up in a way which doesn't do that."

    Rephrasing that and removing the "mealy-mouth" what he is saying is "Tech companies who don't actively support the expansion of the police state by any means necessary are friendly to terrorists." This is a patently ridiculous statement for which he would be burned in effigy if he stated it openly ... which is why he couches it in vagueness.

  4. Re:Low gravity (Re:Stupid.) on Giant Lava Tubes Possible On the Moon · · Score: 1

    " is people who can die from hitting something too hard." Seriously? ... doesn't that include, well, everyone?

  5. Re:Full blooded American here on Snowden Reportedly In Talks To Return To US To Face Trial · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if that is the whole point of the negotiations in the first place ... to show just how corrupt and unreasonable the system is? I wouldn't be surprised if Snowden never expected it to go anywhere meaningful in the first place.

  6. Re:Don't Be Sad on Leonard Nimoy Dies At 83 · · Score: 1

    wrong franchise ...

  7. Re: Tried and gave up on Smart Homes Often Dumb, Never Simple · · Score: 1

    possibly ... if your schedule is regular and regimented. mine isn't.

  8. Re:Anti-advertisement for one particular system on Smart Homes Often Dumb, Never Simple · · Score: 1

    mesh

  9. Re:Tried and gave up on Smart Homes Often Dumb, Never Simple · · Score: 1

    That's not as crazy as it sounds ... I've saved about 35% on my heating bills on average ... in a 1200 sqft townhouse my heating bill(MN) was about 155/mth now it's around $100 ... assuming a comparably built 3600/sqft home, a $500/mth heating bill is not crazy huge ... 1/3 of that over 3 months is about $500 !!

  10. Breadth vs Depth. on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1
    In my experience .... people in STEM fields possess either depth of knowledge(specialists) OR breadth of knowledge(generalists). Very few possess a broad depth of knowledge(multiDocs!). There is just too much to know. Even when dealing with a generalist, the depth of knowledge possessed will rarely be uniform across the breadth, there will be deeper and shallower pockets.

    Expecting a software developer(a specialist) to necessarily possess knowledge of encryption technologies is naive. For example a Java developer specializing in UI's is never going to have the need to delve into the world of file encryption. A network specialist is never going to need to know the difference between an Array and a List.

    Decide what the position requires, advertise the job referencing the requirements, and focus on the job requirements when you are interviewing the candidates. Everything else is extraneous, a distraction, and a waste of everybody's time. .

  11. Re:Same for any code on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1

    This +1

  12. Re:Isn't that how the transporter works? on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    So if it's just the instructions explain Reg Barkley's experience in Realm of Fear ? http://en.memory-alpha.org/wik...

  13. Re:moot teleportation? on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 0

    LoL

  14. Re:Isn't that how the transporter works? on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 2

    Actually no the ST transporter converts the object into an energy pattern, beams the energy to a remote location and erases the pattern after the object is re-integrated into solid matter at the remote location. ... the object only ever exists as matter in one place at a time. which is why people are lost in transporter accidents.

  15. Re:And? on Unbundling Cable TV: Be Careful What You Wish For · · Score: 1

    I think the point of the unbundling argument is that you should be able to buy just what you want ... in addition to being able to buy the bundle. For example i can buy a camera body($400), or a 50 mm lens($100), or a 200mm lens($200) or a camera bundle that includes the body, 2 lenses and camera bag ($500). If i only want the camera lens, I should be able to buy just the lens....

  16. "returned to the system when that person dies" on Bill Gates: Piketty's Attack on Income Inequality Is Right · · Score: 1

    No ... it will be inherited by their heirs ... who will continue to accumulate more wealth and consume more resources.

  17. "Oracle charges for certification and will on Oracle Database Certifications Are No Longer Permanent · · Score: 1

    definitely profit from this shaft ."

  18. Re:#Bias on FAA Clears Movie and TV Drones For Takeoff · · Score: 4, Insightful

    no ... the money gets the honey, bunny! It has nothing to do with political ideology and everything to do with what politicians you own.

  19. Re:Use a headhunter and resume writer on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Job After Completing Computer Science Ph.D? · · Score: 1

    I said "good" paying ... not "best" paying.

  20. Re:Use a headhunter and resume writer on Ask Slashdot: Finding a Job After Completing Computer Science Ph.D? · · Score: 2

    Standard placement fee is 30-35% of starting salary ... so recruiters are HIGHLY motivated to find you a good paying position.

  21. Schrodinger's Canary on Apple's "Warrant Canary" Has Died · · Score: 1

    Is it dead or not ? is debatable ... https://www.techdirt.com/artic...

  22. So it runs Doom ? on Canon Printer Hacked To Run Doom Video Game · · Score: 5, Funny

    How much paper does that use ?

  23. Re: Great one more fail on High School Student Builds Gun That Unlocks With Your Fingerprint · · Score: 1

    The only problem i have with this tech is that there are already states having laws that say that when this kind of tech is widely available that it will be the ONLY kind of gun that it will be legal to buy ... thereby eroding the 2nd amendment further.

  24. Re:Great one more fail on High School Student Builds Gun That Unlocks With Your Fingerprint · · Score: 1

    I just wish i had mod points.... +1.

  25. Re:I like... on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 1

    Streaming 1GB/hr is not viable ? really ? that would take a bandwidth of about 3 Mbit/s ...