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  1. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    kudos for adaptability. so many like to fellate their hallowed interview process because it fails so many applicants

  2. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    " I don't think we've let a good one go"

    uh huh

    when they start failing 'in less than 5 minutes', do you change tack, find other ways to ask questions, go in a direction that they're initially more comfortable with and bring them back around?

  3. Re:Short-sighted thinking... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    "But then they have to work with a bunch of other people who couldn't pass the test."

    No, just a bunch of other people who didn't take the test.

  4. Re:Direct answer to the question... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    THIS

    The smarter (i.e. more qualified) the applicant, the more questions they are going to ask.

  5. in essence on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    It must effective because so many people fail it.

    Wait...

  6. Re:You need to work on communications skills on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Getting Tech Career Back On Track · · Score: 3, Funny

    but only for spherical chickens in a vacuum

  7. Re:Join a startup on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Getting Tech Career Back On Track · · Score: 1

    ...or the good sense not to.

  8. Re:Cooling is the issue on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    and Microsoft was going to be the next Microsoft

  9. Re:Yay on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    so you're saying ownership of a firearm escalates the possibility of it being used (by you or someone else) for unlawful activity.

    much like having a drink and taking a drive is now effectively outlawed. no one cares if you are measurably impaired behind the wheel, you are just statistically more likely to injure someone else. you blow the number and you're done, even if you could do laps at Daytona at 200 MPH. the escalated possibility is why.

    own a gun, blow .08, it's the same thing.

  10. Re:Yay on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    and are you going to let them raise your property taxes to pay for their firearms training and periodic re-qualification?

  11. Re:Yay on 27 Reported Killed In Connecticut Elementary School Shooting · · Score: 1

    unless he means "better' as in a higher body count

  12. Re:Without the use of a loop!? on How Does a Single Line of BASIC Make an Intricate Maze? · · Score: 1

    iRandom

  13. Re:Well, he can be as excited as he wants.... on Does Even Amazing Partisan Tech Deserve Applause? · · Score: 1

    I guess you missed the Republican primary...

  14. Re:Got news for you on Does Even Amazing Partisan Tech Deserve Applause? · · Score: 1

    " according to basics of economics means you've increased demand for insurance, and by making it required by law, created a very, very inelastic supply curve. "

    do you think they mine insurance polices like they mine unobtanium?

  15. Re:Still can't believe Obama won on Does Even Amazing Partisan Tech Deserve Applause? · · Score: 1

    Sealand is looking for a new ruler.

  16. Re:War on Women on Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women · · Score: 1

    no, the interesting question is why fundamentalist Christians never apply the term to anything.

  17. Re:I really hope... on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 2

    same here. I wonder how many others on this site did as well.

  18. Re:No issue with my Lumia 920 on Windows Phone 8 Users Hit Some Snags · · Score: 4, Funny

    ERROR_SUCCESS !

  19. Re:Everyone loves a winner. on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 1

    You, sir, obviously don't subscribe to it, or if you do, do not actually read it.

  20. Re:Word on The IDE As a Bad Programming Language Enabler · · Score: 4, Funny

    you did that wrong

    "Everyone else is doing it wrong."

  21. Re:blind the sighted ... cripple the swift on How Do You Spot a Genius? · · Score: 1

    Interesting how the man you castigate is the living counterexample to your thesis.

  22. Re:Its Obvious! on How Do You Spot a Genius? · · Score: 1

    (don't tell him it's actually just a wifi detector)

  23. Re:Sociopathy Training on How Do You Spot a Genius? · · Score: 1

    It puts the article in the magazine, or it gets the hose again....

  24. Re:we need a litmus test on US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell · · Score: 1

    "vast majority of people consider themselves religious"

    on the basis of a poll question, not behavior.

    the vast majority also consider themselves smart and excellent drivers.

  25. Re:we need a litmus test on US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell · · Score: 1

    "agnostic Christian"

    that's an oddly specific agnosticism