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  1. Re:wikipedia have not only messed that on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 1

    Is being misogynist or racist is pointing out unfair situations where calling out for "diversity" ends up driving an agenda against or pro one of the groups against the other, you can call me names any day. And last time I checked, nobody is paid in Wikipedia, and their sheer power is numbers of voluntary people. Let the drums of political correctness continue...

  2. Re:wikipedia have not only messed that on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 1

    So the rules change when we have a vagina thats it? What prevents a woman from controlling a page too? Cannot get your comment at all.

  3. Re:Normal breathing in the face of murder and deat on Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident · · Score: 1

    People that pass out still breath, could it not be the case?

  4. wikipedia have not only messed that on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Their facebook page is driving a pro-feminist agenda, and welcoming women-only posts in wikipedia under the guise of promoting "gender diversity". Last time I checked, promoting a diversity of something is welcoming from all sides, and nobody ever was preventing some sexes to use wikipedia. It is really a nice strategy to flip the bird to the people who most helped you grow. I have contributed to wikipedia in the past, but I am done with them.

  5. Re:As a recent buyer of a mid-2014 MBP on Apple Doubles MacBook Pro R/W Performance · · Score: 1

    There was even no need for that. The higher end 15'' models were already using the technology by the time he bought his machine. It was expected to trickle down, as Apple usually launches the new technologies in the higher end models to boost sales.

  6. Re:As a recent buyer of a mid-2014 MBP on Apple Doubles MacBook Pro R/W Performance · · Score: 1

    I have no idea why this comment was modded down. It is very relevant to the discussion...please do not mod on opinion. As for the answer to lounge boy. I was planning in buying a new one in a huge black friday promotion, but hold out because the high end models already were using this technology, and it was a given it was a matter of time for it to trickle down. Next time, you should do better your research.

  7. What about prices on Universal Reportedly Wants Spotify To Scale Back Its Free Streaming · · Score: 1

    What about the concept of pricing iTunes movies and songs more fairly and to a point where people won't bother to pirate them. The prices of music and films are distorted, too expensive upon a perceived reality distortion film of the medias conglomerates and the market is maintained by customer intimidation and political pressure instead of the law of the offer and demand...things have to change. Thing is with prices by the cents of music and movies, iTunes and the likes could dominate the landscape of entertainment and be almost the sole exclusive providers. Going to the movies, and buying physical media for entertainment is an obsolete and dead concept, certainly not ecological and a big waste of natural resources and money.

  8. Re:Strong public relations on NZ Customs Wants Power To Require Passwords · · Score: 1

    They do not need to travel. Our government handles us as criminals when registering for our identity cards and sold our biometric data to the USA without telling anybody.

  9. Re:We had this when I was in school.... on Finland's Education System Supersedes "Subjects" With "Topics" · · Score: 1

    Why such a radical change? I was educated in industrial schools, choose not to join the work force and continue my studies (actually was also very immature), and again joined a special program for IT work...however it was never only geared through that, they were specialist educational mixed with regular education. Granted, we had more hours of schooling than our counterparts, but then we also had a more rounded preparation for life AND the workforce.

  10. So...the case had to be internationally exposed on Hundreds Expelled, Many Arrested, For Cheating In India's School Exams · · Score: 1

    For them to do something about it and save face. Sweet.

  11. Re:Strong public relations on NZ Customs Wants Power To Require Passwords · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh yes it happens. I have "nothing to hide" but wont travel to parts of the world that do not respect my rights to privacy. What I alone? I sincerely doubt it.

  12. Re:Scox scam just another successful MS scam on Not Quite Dead: SCO Linux Suit Against IBM Stirs In Utah · · Score: 1

    Vote with your feet and your wallet.

  13. As a bilingual speaker on Speaking a Second Language May Change How You See the World · · Score: 2

    I can definitively corroborate all the effort it took to master the grammar of the second language helped me being more conscious of what I say in my native language.

  14. Like a Boss.... on Knock-Off Apple Watches Hit the Chinese Market Less Than 24 Hours After Launch · · Score: 1

    The local Apple representative here has been selling the "iWatchz" for months now...€100. I should complain to Apple, actually.

  15. Re: Tricky question on Ask Slashdot - Breaking Into Penetration Testing At 30 · · Score: 1

    Translated into layman terms, the tool gives you the output, the real knowledge is to contextualise it into the current ecosystem and knowing when it does not makes sense/is a false positive. Any monkey can run the tool.

  16. Re:So did he write facebook or not? on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 1

    I always cringe when I read in an advert "startup mentality"

  17. Re: Is he dangerous? on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 0

    And that wikipedia article gives as "historical" and documental support the bible, and very conventionally fails to mention Jesus is not part of the any accounts of contemporary historians at all. Are you for real? If I write an wikipedia article about Batman being real, will you use it too as reference?

  18. Re:Poor Mr. Ceglia on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 0

    Would please would someone with mod points mod this insightful?

  19. Re: Like many former facebook users.. on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 2

    Were you born so dense, or was it the TV that did that to you? Could you read that tagline up your comment? Are you able to recognise dark humor and sarcasm? Do you have social skills?

  20. What prevents them on Swatch Co-Inventor Predicts Apple Will Bring an 'Ice Age' To Swiss Watch Market · · Score: 1

    Instead of doing the part of the baby-crying lobby to get government compensations, to actually launch smartwatches to compete with Samsung and Apple? What? But I guess it is easier to ask for "compensations" than doing actual work.

  21. Tricky question on Ask Slashdot - Breaking Into Penetration Testing At 30 · · Score: 2

    If you a sysadmin have to ask that question, and as you say lacking in network skill, are you the most appropriate for that role?

  22. Re:if that were true on Obama Administration Claims There Are 545,000 IT Job Openings · · Score: 2

    It is not a problem with age per se. Older guys are not easily pushed around, do not do stupid work, or work around it in smarter ways, and are more expensive. Working as temp or getting contracts per normal salaried rates is a mistake, if you are into "contracts" forget the line and sink about "getting a position", is just a ploy to extract cheaper rates. Charge accordingly to real contract rates and your experience on the subject. Do not be a wimp. It you wanna work for free or have bills to be paid, honestly, work from home using elance/odesk. The rates are low, but at least you do not have commuting expenses.

  23. Re:if that were true on Obama Administration Claims There Are 545,000 IT Job Openings · · Score: 1

    Frankly, it may be indeed be true, it would not be making a difference. The problem is not finding jobs, there are plenty of jobs at home, abroad or in the Internet. The challenge is finding jobs well paid enough to justify my time and involvement.

  24. Re:Conspiracies on Tor Project Aims To Eclipse US Government Funding · · Score: 1

    And being the devil advocate here. What if tor was created and they pretend to not see a lot of stuff only to...wait, maintain some level of control of what is done and more importantly, prevent something more evil, or more efficient, and more importantly out of their control comes up?

  25. Re:What is the point? on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    Does the word irony ring a bell? Officers in a damn power trip are not entitled to look whatsoever at my emails, photos or whatever the fuck. Why not look at the codes for my bank, facebook account and the passwords that protect the keys for my servers at work while at it? There is a reasonable sense of privacy here.