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  1. I feel great on 'The Big Bang Theory' Is Finally Ending (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    > How do you feel about the ending of The Big Bang Theory? Silicon Valley is funny, well written, accurate, and well acted. Big Bang Theory was none of those things.

  2. Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system today, thanks to its proximity to the sun and its impenetrable carbon dioxide atmosphere, 90 times denser than Earth's.

    Hang on though, we're working very hard to catch up and maybe we'll be #1 soon.

  3. huh? on Say Hello To Branded Internet Addresses (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've been using the internet for a long time but help me out here. What is the goal here?

    www.ibm.ibm? or just www.ibm?
    ford.ford? www.cars.ford? drive.a.ford?
    gmail.google instead of gmail.google.com?

    You can mark me down as a firm "whatever".

  4. Power imbalance reinforced by exposure to stereotyped junior roles for women causes girls at the earliest ages to avoid IT due to lack of role models. Loss of those unique viewpoints decreases company adaptability and capacity for marketable innovations. That means the ultimate losers are all investors, and society itself.

    That's like saying I'm not 7ft tall because when I was in first grade someone told me most people are 5'8".

  5. Re:DEMOCRATS HAVE INFECTED THE FBI on Cracking The Code On Trump Tweets (time.com) · · Score: 1

    3. Bill Clinton's meeting with Loretta Lynch, while presented as 'secret', was intentional, and intentionally leaked.

    I agree it was intentional - my theory is that Bill already knew the FBI findings and he went on that plane knowing it would look bad in order to force everyone to get the findings out before the democratic convention.

    "Damnit! Now we have to present the findings ASAP!"

    Yep. tee hee hee

  6. There's a Navy airbase at Virginia Beach, so I'd say that's a good choice considering the Russians have been snooping around our undersea cables lately.

  7. The facts are just wrong on FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    What we do know is that last week the FBI contracted Israeli software provider, Cellebrite, to help break into the phone.

    No, we do not know that. The contract was for software licensing renewal on a handful of servers. If you READ the contract, that's what it effing says. Just click the link for christ's sake.

  8. $15k is for software license renewal on FBI Hires Cellebrite To Crack San Bernadino iPhone (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    The description clearly reads:

    IGF::OT::IGF UFED software renewals for seven machines.

    I'm not an expert, I just clicked the link that read "View" to see the details.

    $15k sounds about right for software licensing to me, how exactly do you get them hacking the iPhone in question from that?

  9. Motown on The Problems Apple Music Needs To Fix Before Launch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can measure the quality of any streaming music service by typing the word "motown" into the search box.

    Does Motown immediately start playing? A+
    Is there a list of Motown playlists? A
    Does something else happen? Fail.

  10. demo video online on Microsoft Announces Windows Holographic Platform · · Score: 3, Informative

    The demo starts at 2:31:00 into the keynote video:
    https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/KEY01

  11. Re:Progressive Fix 101 on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    Eliminate the SUV loophole and the big bloated turds would be gone quickly.

    Hmm, not exactly. If you look at the current Jeep lineup they are happy to put underpowered 4-cylinder engines into the low end of the line for each vehicle. Since they really suck to drive with the 4-cylinder it must be their way of getting to that fleet average mark.

  12. Document the requests on Ask Slashdot: Development Requirements Change But Deadlines Do Not? · · Score: 2

    Keep a written record each time something unreasonable is requested.

    After a few months (6?) show the documentation to the manager of whomever is making the requests.

    Then crack open a beer and wait for your new middle manager to arrive.

    Political or not, software project or not, someone in the management chain isn't doing their fucking job and you should not simply accept that.

  13. Re:Abide by the law? on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, both programs abide by the 4th amendment.

    Also, here's the 1979 supreme court case ruling that your phone records are not private: Smith v. Maryland ... (post-watergate era even!)

  14. Risk Plan? on How To Add 5.5 Petabytes and Get Banned From Costco · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's a cute story but I wouldn't trust them with my backup data.

    These people didn't have a risk plan for their business that included hard drive shortages?

    Their product isn't worth $10/mo ? (raising price)

    Can you imagine an airline that doesn't factor in changes in fuel prices? Or a farm that doesn't have a plan for drought?

    Bone for tuna!

  15. Re:Unmanageable on The Truth About Hiring "Rock Star" Developers · · Score: 1

    "Rock stars" - we called them divas in my company - are notoriously unmanageable

    Smart people don't want to be managed by C-minus business majors.

    Even worse would be managed by even an A-plus History/English/Psychology major.

    Of which, corporate america is currently rife with.

  16. Re:It's from Microsoft and this is Slashdot... on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Beef With Windows Phone? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. The designer in me goes nuts every time I see text artificially clipped on the right hand edge of the screen. It's just terrible;

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
    I was starting to think I was the only person who thought that was an extremely poor design decision.

  17. DON'T work from home on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    Head over to your local coworking establishment.

    100% worth it.

  18. NYC treats engineers like crap on East Coast vs. West Coast In the Quest For Young Programming Talent · · Score: 2

    Maybe it's because you've got a bunch of C+ business majors running the show, continually fucking up simple projects.

    And then on top of that, treating your software engineers like 2nd class citizens.

    Fuck that noise. I left after 6 years and don't plan to ever go back.

  19. Re:Very disappointed on Hands-On Account of Amazon's Upcoming Color Kindle · · Score: 1

    Probably the only thing going for it is the price. Other than that, this seems... pointless.

    If I can read in direct sunlight, in color, you can expect to see this device appearing on beaches everywhere.

    I love my iPad but it never goes outside.

  20. Re:great on Debt Deal Reached · · Score: 1

    I want what I want when I want it

    Ironically enough, this is the quote under Eric Cantor's yearbook photo.
    (he is the House Republican Majority Leader)

  21. Because they haven't ADAPTED on The Internet Is Killing Local News, Says the FCC · · Score: 1

    How many times have you heard the 11 o'clock news "teaser" for an interesting story they wait until 11:28pm to put on the air?

    Usually if you have your laptop, you can go to a news website and, boom, there is the story without waiting 28 minutes through commercials and a dozen local crime reports.

    Local news needs to adapt. The "string you along so you keep watching commercials" passive-watching business model is gone for good.

  22. Re:No more apples on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    I'll play along with your enumeration of Constitutional rights:

    The 4th amendment states you cannot be searched without a warrant or probable cause.

    The 5th amendment states that you cannot be forced to provide evidence to incriminate yourself.

    Stopping people at random and forcing them to take a breathalyzer - without having observed them commit a crime or being informed from someone that they may have committed a crime - violates those two rights above. Clearly.

    And then on top of that, at what point do you get to invoke your miranda rights? After you were forced to incriminate yourself or before? After you were forcibly searched or before? After you are taken into custody or before?

  23. Re:Finally... on Steve Ballmer's Head On the Block? · · Score: 1

    Dude. Every tablet I have seen from Microsoft, although a valiant effort, HAS A MOUSE CURSOR where you put your finger.

    That demonstrates a complete, total, utter lack of understanding about how people want that form factor to operate.

    Truly, if they just hide the fucking cursor and put 30-45 minutes into thinking about an operable main-GUI they could pull it off without much effort.

  24. Re:What about DONKEY.BAS? on Paul Allen Rips Bill Gates In Autobiography · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, that, and the BASIC interpreter itself. Not a small thing.

  25. newspaper reporters are jerks on Newspaper Plagiarizes Blog, Taunts Real Author · · Score: 1

    Guess what, newspaper reporters can be jerks! They often dash off at warp speed with poor information, and see conspiracies and evils where they do not exist.

    That's why they work at ... small local papers.