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  1. Not making money = wasting money on 'Goofing Off' To Get Ahead? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The business owners I've worked with don't have a lot of patience for people who aren't being productive on their dime. In today's business climate, in most professions goofing off means overstaffed. Our current MBAs don't realize the future benefits of personnel enrichment.

  2. Upgrades do suck on Google Talks About Its Ubuntu Experience · · Score: 4, Insightful

    With Linux desktops, it's almost better to reimage them then do a mass roll out of dist-upgrade and pray it works. Even with custom package management, it seems the upgrade scripts can be very buggy.

  3. Finally, soft mods for the 360! on Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Thank you, Microsoft.

  4. Very cool on Google Gets Driverless License For Nevada Roads · · Score: 2

    Congrats to Google and Nevada for getting this going.

  5. Its about tracking and logging on European e-ID Announced · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Authentication is just a requirement of those two.

  6. New Branding? on How Apple Sidesteps Billions In Global Taxes · · Score: 1

    Similar to organic food, the US Treasury could offer companies a stamp for their products indicating they pay their share of taxes. It could be a picture of people dumping te--cash into a harbor.

  7. Greed on The Math Formula That Lead To the Financial Crash · · Score: 1

    Greed was responsible for the financial crash. If this algorithm hadnt even existed, we still would have been in the same mess we're in.

  8. 220 TLDs?! on VeriSign Could Add 220 New Top Level Domains · · Score: 1

    Did Verisign get a deal on these? How do you justify that sort of an investment?? How do they figure out what 220 TLDs they're going to register? The top domains that are mistyped by users?

  9. Online banking uses outdated crypto on German Court Rules That Clients Responsible For Phishing Losses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Theses sort of cases are really hurting the customer, banks have no reason to invest in a serious authentication scheme for online banking. It's a joke, my bank uses a password and some random question about me. At the very least they need to offer a true two factor solution, preferably token or certificate based.

  10. Voice recognition on Is Siri Smarter Than Google? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This assumes voice recognition becomes leaps and bounds better than it is right now. I've cursed at Siri more than I've asked it questions. Maybe it's my Midwest accent.

  11. More stores will spring up on Feds Shut Down Tor-Using Narcotics Store · · Score: 1

    Clearly there is a market for this, and no amount of government bullying will stop it.

  12. Who manages it? on When Big Brother Watches IT · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If an HR department can install and manage software that interfaces with a companies email without IT knowing about, that company has bigger security concerns. If IT manages it, IT can circumvent it.

  13. She's missing the point on Interview With TSA Screener Reveals 'Fatal Flaws' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They arent there to stop weapons or explosives.

  14. Not My Boss on Survey Says Bosses Fear Being Filmed By Employees · · Score: 1

    His is something along the lines of "the building is burning".

  15. Danger Google on Wikipedia Mobile Apps Switch To OpenStreetMap · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If this and DuckDuckGo start gaining momentum google may find itself in Altavista's shoes.

  16. XBMC on Ask Slashdot: How To Make My Own Hardware Multimedia Player? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Small form factor media PC running XBMC will do everything you want and more.

  17. In other news on RIM Firing (Nearly) Everybody · · Score: 0

    An enormous number of Blackberry zero-day exploits have been seen in the wild, with a metasploit framework scheduled to be released next week. CIOs shit bricks.

  18. Privacy? on Obama Administration Places $200 Million Bet On Big Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When it comes to big data, there's going to be little privacy.

  19. NIMBYA on Ask MIT Researchers About Fusion Power · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How do you explain the safety/benefits of fusion to a generation of people terrified of nuclear anything?

  20. Product of focus groups on Can Microsoft Afford To Lose With Windows 8? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Years and years of Microsoft going "what does the consumer want" has lead to this. Uncomplicated. Pretty. Microsoft needs to take a page from apple--step back and objectively ask "would I enjoy using this piece of shit?". Ask their tech support "would you enjoy troubleshooting this piece of shit?". That would be some constructive feedback.

  21. Another example of cronyism on Japan's Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When government and businesses are in bed with each other, people get hurt.

  22. ARM is the future? on NVIDIA Is Joining the Linux Foundation · · Score: 2

    Will ARMnix become the new Wintel?

  23. Woohoo $10,000 on $10,000 Prize For Connecting Businesses With Government Data · · Score: 3, Insightful

    To do a $50,000 contract job plus on ongoing support hours. This is a pretty shitty IT bailout

  24. We already have an obesity problem on Is It Time For Hacker Scouts? · · Score: 2

    Kids need to be outside and learn useful things. The Internet is pretty easy to use, coding and configuring software is best left to teachers or summer camps. The scout programs really need to stick to their guns, don't spoil a good thing. Theyre one of the last bastions of real childhood enrichment.

  25. Crypto is for terrorists! on Why is the EFF at the RSA Security Conference? (Video) · · Score: 1

    At least it probably would be in a world without the EFF