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  1. Re:The Fix: Buy good Chocolate! on MARS, Inc: We Are Running Out of Chocolate · · Score: 1

    what i would like to see is more places that will sell you the NIBS (roasted beans)

    Heck any of y'all that want to increase your chances with the ladies get going on how to make Chocolate FROM THE BEAN.

    Being in the industry what would you suggest as to the grinder for somebody making for say 3-5 close friends??

  2. Re:A cost equation on Window Washing a Skyscraper Is Beyond a Robot's Reach · · Score: 1

    I would bet that even when robotics are good enough a down armoured IronMan suit would be cheaper (even if its IM and a flock of drones).

  3. Re:This just proves... on Codecademy's ReSkillUSA: Gestation Period For New Developers Is 3 Months · · Score: 1

    think of what a plumber has to deal with if they have a Blackwater line with say 15 gallons worth of back pressure or some of the more involved plumbing nightmares (like how to get a LIVE snake out of a blackwater line).

    90% of the time in plumbing you can get away with cut and fit stuff (as long as The Code Allows It) but then there is the 10% of the time you are dealing with having Blackwater all over the carpet.

  4. Re:This just proves... on Codecademy's ReSkillUSA: Gestation Period For New Developers Is 3 Months · · Score: 1

    also it takes more than 3 months (even if you only sleep eat and "play' only 48 hours TOTAL in those 3 months) to learn stuff like (how to get a 90 degree angle from 12 feet of rope and three pegs) much less be able to tell WHY this will work every time.

  5. Re:ps - learn to cook, you won't eat alone :) on Americans Rejoice At Lower Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    and if you can do say Chocolate then you will have Multiple Attractive Members Of The Opposite Sex DEMANDING chances to eat with you (previous statement may not need the with in it).

  6. Re:Was pretty obvious on Skilled Foreign Workers Treated as Indentured Servants · · Score: 2

    This is the biggest problem with H-1B visas.

    Wanna bet that the following has happened with H-1B holders

    1 holder finds out about something illegal or otherwise questionable in the business And is then told to keep silent or you will get fired and deported.

    2 requiring bribes to keep your job (or "extra" fees that a US worker does not even hear about)

    3 Off Books/Unpaid work

    4 requiring Daughters/Wives "model" for or "entertain" the managers/ friends

    or worse

  7. Re:Where is the money to hire support staff? on Tech Giants Donate $750 Million In Goods and Services To Underprivileged Schools · · Score: 1

    yeah ruffled underpants inspire great feats of hacking.

    how does that formula go

    time to complete hack = (Complexity of Hack * age of target) / (number of persons interested * interest factor of hack)

    yeah any Porn Filter that does not include a locked room and armed marine guards will be hacked in minutes to seconds

  8. Re:Meet somewhere in the middle on FTC Sues AT&T For Throttling 'Unlimited' Data Plan Customers Up To 90% · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that you might find a number of Caribbean Lawyers that would LITERALLY eat you RAW for pulling a stunt like that.

    I think the food regs require you to state if you processed a product IN THE SAME BUILDING as stuff with %insert list of common food allergens here% much less actually had bits of them in your product.

    see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    and

    http://www.fda.gov/Food/Guidan...

  9. Re:Physical requirements are not all that tough on US Army May Relax Physical Requirements To Recruit Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    besides being able to wrangle a loaded rack server into place at combat speed could come in handy someday.

    Or run a 100 foot network cable

    Or throw a ssd to some grunt to plug it into a rack

    but then again any DI that can't get a geek into shape in decent time needs to hang up his smokey bear hat

  10. Critical thinking test for y'all on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    okay we have a sealed room (lets just say its stone made out of stone blocks) 2 meters by 2 meters by 3 meters.

    the vents in the room are 3 inches wide with metal grates over them (so no coming in/out via the vents).

    There is One Door in or out of the room (and its a security door) with an armed marine in front (and a couple cameras).

    in the middle of the room is a small pedestal type table (no way of hiding anything under it) with a small velvet pillow holding a glass of ice.

    The door is then sealed with forensic tape and then locked. (the marine is told to shoot anyone trying to get in the room)

    3 hours later the room is opened and the glass of ice is GONE the pillow is wet and there is a handful of diamonds on the pillow.

    Your challenge is to tell

    1 where did the glass go??
    2 where did the diamonds come from??

  11. Re:Want Critical Thinking? Fix the Public Schools on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    this has to be fixed at the K4 level (and pushed from there)

    1 teach the rugrats A HOW TO LEARN B THAT THEY CAN LEARN C HOW TO BEHAVE PROPERLY
    2 i would at this point flood the school system with "EDU-Slates" that have on the back end a full library of FREE school books (promote the Standard Book but also have the most common alt Books on %Subject%)
    3 make being smart Cool (maybe have some sort of points system that unlocks Media for getting good grades)

  12. Re:Automation and jobs on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 1

    Okay letme chime in here on that myth of pulling ones self up by your boot straps.

    1 I would put good odds that the section of town that has the Homeless shelters is also across town from most of the decent jobs
    2 Unemployment is a JOKE (okay if you earn more that $X00 in a week we are going to cut you off and btw you get paid $X0 a week)
    3 Employers know exactly what addresses the shelters are and WILL NOT HIRE if you put one of those addresses down
    4 Online aps for everything (and next to nothing for public access to computers)
    5 Constant phone tag for like everything (and don't forget the number of minutes you get from a Gov Phone is dinky)
    6 Everybody assumes that if you are homeless/unemployed you can show up anywhere anytime
    7 Public transit that is a bad joke at best (oh and whoever placed all the different services must have used a dart board down at the local pub and a city map)

    sure one can pull oneself up by bootstraps IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T KEEP CUTTING THEM

  13. Re:in favor of "space suits" on NY Doctor Recently Back From West Africa Tests Positive For Ebola · · Score: 1

    no but it and the rest of your PPE will protect you from

    1 tools and such left on the beam
    2 the guy slide tackling you to get you out of the way of a dropping ibeam
    3 management that decides to muck about on the work site

  14. Re:zomg singularity! on Machine Learning Expert Michael Jordan On the Delusions of Big Data · · Score: 1

    "A robot which has "border collie" level intelligence, train-ability, and independent problem solving with robotic implements can/will be incredibly useful in many applications."

    and if we could "wet jack" actual border collies we could do a bunch of really cool stuff at about 5% of the cost (even if we supplied the border collie with body armour).

  15. Re:I disagree. on Machine Learning Expert Michael Jordan On the Delusions of Big Data · · Score: 1

    in the traffic cop scenario would it work to have pingers in the light wands?? basically you would have a LEFT and RIGHT wand with 2? sensors each that would send out an X/Y position to any AIs in range. Im thinking that there is a small limit of signals since you have LEFT ,RIGHT ,STOP ,GO ,BACKUP/TURN AROUND and YOU!

  16. Pray to GOD for a solution on The Classic Control Panel In Windows May Be Gone · · Score: 1

    im hoping they don't do something stupid and disable the GodMode trick.

    could somebody please either try that trick by creating the folder from scratch or grab https://dl.dropboxusercontent....??

  17. Re: a quick search on No More Lee-Enfield: Canada's Rangers To Get a Tech Upgrade · · Score: 1

    given the land speed of a Polar Bear if you need to shoot more than 8 rounds to drop said bear then thats just ammo that will be in the gun when the polar bear EATS YOU AND YOUR GUN.

    do they have a snowmobile big enough to mount a Vulcan??

  18. Re:Engineers have no future. on Cisco Exec: Turnover In Engineering No Problem · · Score: 1

    And given in the field of "Hell Fighter" he basically INVENTED large chunks of the tools and protocols he knoweth of what he speaks.

  19. Re:Statistics and.. on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 1

    Do you think any of your local %Centers of Faith% could pull a sort of "Each One Reach One" type of thing??

    I would think that somebody should be able to provide a bunk and meds for him. Sometimes these crazy types just need somebody sane with connections to help them.

  20. Re:A bit early on Who's In Charge During the Ebola Crisis? · · Score: 1

    Im sure that there are now a list of "dark colors" that ring many many bells in most intake protocols. hmm we could have

    Navy: patient is a LEO/EMT
    Forest: patient is Undead
    Saddle: patient is a Lawyer
    Maroon: Possible "Hot Zone" patient
    Black: patient may explode
    Gold: patient is current/possible Donor

    what do y'all think??

  21. Re:Windows Users, Get Ready For a Bigger-Than-Usua on Windows Users, Get Ready For a Bigger-Than-Usual Patch Tuesday · · Score: 2

    yah know ninite can solve that for you (and if you deal with a number of systems Ninite Pro is CHEAP and INCLUDES FLASH)

  22. Re:Fewer candidates to draw from... on FBI Says It Will Hire No One Who Lies About Illegal Downloading · · Score: 1

    lets see

    Goodwill has computers for CHEAP and Freedom Pop sells a usb cell widget for like US$ 50 (with limited data per month but...)

    also you would be surprised at the quality of Mobile Data Devices that the HOMELESS have.

  23. Re:This doesn't add up on Infected ATMs Give Away Millions of Dollars Without Credit Cards · · Score: 1

    also unless you have

    1 the cutters needed to rip the vault from the atm

    2 a sizable truck

    Good luck getting the cash out before even Barney Fife could walk up load The Bullet and arrest you.

  24. Re:Did the fine cover the price paid by the visito on Marriott Fined $600,000 For Jamming Guest Hotspots · · Score: 1

    or to have some real fun use the MOFO/DSH summoning spell by using the incantation

    HIGH DOLLAR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

    GOD help them if IBM was tagged by this.

  25. Re:I Maintain an EMR System on Back To Faxes: Doctors Can't Exchange Digital Medical Records · · Score: 1

    I would settle for lobbyists BLEEDING on the floor of the House and Senate.