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  1. Re:News For Nerds Please on Ferguson No-Fly Zone Revealed As Anti-Media Tactic · · Score: 1

    It has nothing to do with anyone's citizenship and everything to do wiyh motivating the right people to the polls. We've already seen the flyers claiming some are will be turned into ferguson if certain people are elected.

    How exactly?

    There is no US Senate race in Missouri for 2014 and Obama and co really only care about keeping the Senate.

    So you would have to be claiming they are trying to influence elections in other states.

    How? Are you trying to link the Missouri local politics to the national Republican party? Because that is a reach I don't think the average voter on the fence will make.

  2. SSH? on NSA Foils Much Internet Encryption · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if their list includes SSH

  3. Sounds like a on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a panic attack to me.

  4. Re:Subliminal messages? on Disney Algorithm Builds High-Res 3D Models From Ordinary Photos · · Score: 1

    I hate responding to my own comment but I finally got it downloaded and stepped through the video.

    It's just a person in the shot wearing a white and red striped shirt.

  5. Subliminal messages? on Disney Algorithm Builds High-Res 3D Models From Ordinary Photos · · Score: 1

    Did anyone else notice flashing images on the screen while playing the video?

    I can't get it to stop exactly on the image but it looks like some sort of white and red striped thing near 7 seconds in to the video.

    Odd.

  6. How is this the opposite situation? on Ask Slashdot: I Just Need... Marketing? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've spent the last 7 years in marketing. The idea that the field is non-technical is just silly. Analytics drives the business. It's not enough to create interesting and compelling creative. You have to be able to be able to show a real lift from that test and use that data to drive future campaigns.

    There are a lot of smart people in marketing. Both technical and non-technical. The argument that the field is largely non-technical and therefore some how foreign to you is both wrong and unimportant.

    What you should focus on is hiring people who understand the field and can use, shape, and sell your mass marketing product. In other words this challenge is the same as any other business, learning how to successfully grow your business.

  7. Re:uhh on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 1

    Also http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/ has the probability of an Obama win at 99.6% today.

  8. Re:I disagree on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 2

    I have to agree with this.

    I had a similar experience when leaving. I was caught in a three way battle between my boss, his boss, and myself. I was the lowest ranked and ended up choosing to leave.

    If you're considering "firing back" during an exit interview ask yourself the following questions:

    1. Given the politics at play and the person I am speaking with what sort of outcome can I expect?
        * There is no point in complaining if HR/higher up managers don't care or are complicit in the problems

    2. Are my complaints grounded in fact or open to interpretation?
        * Remember you are the one leaving. You will likely be blamed for the problems that led to you leaving. Make sure that anything you say is backed up with facts and difficult to spin (perception is reality).

    3. How will my actions affect the rest of the team?
        * You may very well get the person you are upset with reprimanded. Be mindful of how it will affect the larger team. In my case I did indeed get my direct supervisor moved off of the account and on to another team and I got his supervisor put on probation with another VP and HR sitting in on all team meetings. Unfortunately this meant much more scrutiny on the team as a whole. Some of the other members on the team who were valuable contacts of mine did not look on this kindly. And were understandably upset with me.

    Remember most likely your actions will not get the person fired. It's easier to blame you for the problems and reprimand the individual at fault while attempting to diffuse the situation.

    Managers will almost always be more likely to opt for a calm, predictable situation even with mediocre output from their employees over having to clean house, and find new talent. With the predictable approach they can work on the team over time and not further compound the upset that your leaving will cause.

  9. It has to be said on City's IT Infrastructure Brought To Its Knees By Data Center Outage · · Score: 0

    I used to be a City until l took an arrow to the knee.

  10. Re:The BMW Fob Sucks for many other reasons on Hackers Steal Keyless BMW In Under 3 Minutes · · Score: 1

    What car do you have? I have an e46 2005 M3 and it uses the old diamond style twist key, not a push to start button. Also I have the navigation system and while I agree it's terrible, I never had an issue with it opening unless I pressed the eject button on purpose.

    Did the facelift models get a start button? I didn't think so.

  11. Re:really? on Is Python a Legitimate Data Analysis Tool? · · Score: 1

    You joke but you'd be surprised in the marketing industry Excel is quite popular for data analysis. For small data sets it does a fine job.

  12. Moth-eye on New Film Renders Screen Reflection Almost Non-Existent · · Score: 4, Informative

    I was wondering what they meant by moth-eye and I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-reflective_coating#Moth_eye

  13. PAM on Your Passwords Don't Suck — It's Your Policies · · Score: 1

    I'd love to see a PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) for this.

  14. Spark Fun on Ask Slashdot: Best EEPROM Programmer For a Hobbyists? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Spark Fun has some that are reasonably priced

    http://www.sparkfun.com/categories/1

  15. Re:Hassle factor on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    Except that it would still have the problem of spam mails; people would definitely just start sending modified e-mails with the exact same line in the header just so that these devices would print those out, and voila! You've just turned spam e-mails into physical spam. With a fax machine you atleast need a dedicated phone-line that can only call a single phone-number at a time and that's why spammers don't use them

    Not so. There is such a thing as spam faxes. You're right they require more time investment to send and they're easier to track/prosecute.

  16. Hassle factor on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    1. Sheet Fed Good Quality Scanner
    2. Simple interface to enter an email address
    3. Price competitively compared to fix machines .....
    4. PROFIT!

    I hate single use machines, but some times the simplicity of one alone justifies it's existence. Keep it simple and cost competitive and you'd have a winner.

  17. Re:C programmers? Wanted! on Age Bias In IT: the Reality Behind the Rumors · · Score: 1

    A power-hungry dictator that is using every method of control that he can will see a Western programmer as a wildcard to their empire and call a thumbs down. They've built their fiefdoms, and can legitimately tell HR that an older Western worker will cause strife among their team.

    While i disagree with asking more of my employees than I would ask of myself, I can understand being hesitant about introducing an unknown in to the group. As a manager I not only have to consider if an individual is right for the position, but I also consider the dynamics of the team, and how they will change when the person is introduced. I've had a few instances of a brilliant but verbally confrontational candidate who I passed on because the value brought as a developer was out weighed by the conflict they would introduce with other members of the team.

  18. There is such a thing on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    see http://ebeats.org

  19. Re:Cool state on Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence? · · Score: 1

    Geography.

  20. Re:Roundabouts on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    That's nothing. Try a 6 way intersection: http://maps.google.com/?ll=32.750647,-97.360958&spn=0.007616,0.016512&z=17

  21. Re:Why is NTFS read only. on OpenBSD 4.9 Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    You do realize that NTFS is completely closed source right? All the work on it has been done through reverse engineering.

  22. Re:For those with less sense and less money on Erasing CDs By Using 150,000 Volts of Electricity · · Score: 2

    Metal isn't always bad in the microwave and certainly won't blow it up. Many modern microwave food containers have a metal grid in them to diffuse the microwaves as they cook the food.

    Although the vaporized foil probably isn't good to breathe or eat.

  23. For those with less sense and less money on Erasing CDs By Using 150,000 Volts of Electricity · · Score: 1, Insightful

    try nuking it in the microwave for 2 - 3 seconds.

  24. Re:Pathetic on Aerospace Engineer Named Lego Czar · · Score: 1

    The article says Grapevine which is part of the Dallas metroplex. $37,500 isn't terrible for a single 24 year old out of college, but it's hardly good.

  25. Re:32256 LEDs? on Tech History Behind New York's New Year's Eve Ball · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They probably would go in the space occupied by the mast on each end of the ball.