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  1. Re:Nope on Jesse Jackson: Tech Diversity Is Next Civil Rights Step · · Score: 1

    My experience with quotas is much contrary to yours... Generally the black guys hired to fill the quotas where very poor technically, and the ones who could advance for their own merit where the very (few) exceptions. If I had to (re)hire the hundred of guys that worked for me, I would only probably hire again one IT guy, and one foreman, they were really something that stands out from the crowd. Apart from that... I have very terrible anecdotes, like employees sabotaging printers with clips to pocket the customers payments, or worse, while doing some contracting work, a freshly (white) IT manager that only worked there a couple of days saying fuck you to a team of 10 network administrators after I called him because nobody could tell me where the central router was, and storming out of the room.

  2. Re:Experience outside the valley on Jesse Jackson: Tech Diversity Is Next Civil Rights Step · · Score: 1

    Might it well be that there are quotas. Having lived and worked in Africa for almost a decade, I think quotas are evil, in more than a couple of ways. It is really hard to have to choose people based on their race, than on competence.

  3. Re:So! The game is rigged! on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    For me the threshold is around 2.5% and not 5%. As for the car, the problem is brings earlier on is because it is a source of expenses and not an investment per se. Obligatory insurance, frequent maintenance, 90%-80% probability of big accident on the first year of driving, tire use, very expensive gas, the tear and wear of using it (which translates into money), the car depreciation...Once you buy a car, you can count on saving less around 400-600 dollars per month. So if you are single, live in Europe with abundant means of transportation, the longer you get to buy a car, the longer you manage to save more. I really am not that fond into buying a car by credit. First, because of its fast devaluation and second, because many people do it, and once they end up paying the credit much longer after they dont have that car. Nevertheless I agree with you that if by now you have managed to put aside six months of earnings, that the best policy is pretend they dont exist.

  4. good lord on The Hobbit: the Battle of Five Armies Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    Most of the films are nowadays pre-sequels or rehashings of old successes. Then they say assistance is declining because of "piracy". No I dont want to even hear of another starwars, Lord of the Rings, Alien, Terminator sequel or pre-sequel or whatever.

  5. Re:They were in their system for four months?!?! on Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms That Built 'Iron Dome' Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    Not really, the old design was an air gap, a small network without outside connectivity at all.

  6. Re:Because hacking doesn't work that way on Hackers Plundered Israeli Defense Firms That Built 'Iron Dome' Missile Defense · · Score: 1

    Or instead if the hackers are running operating systems used by pros, instead of Microsoft...

  7. Re:So! The game is rigged! on 35% of American Adults Have Debt 'In Collections' · · Score: 1

    If you need a loan for a car payment you are doing something wrong, probably in your 20s, or most probably doing my mistakes and in your 20s. People tend to undersell themselves earlier on.

  8. Re:Such good use of our taxes on London Police Placing Anti-Piracy Warning Ads On Illegal Sites · · Score: 1

    Actually you are right, UK and Luxembourg are the only exemptions in Europe, apparently. Nevertheless, I dont know why are ISPs and forces of order working for free for the media conglomerates, but we fully well know who foots the bill.

  9. Re:Authentic? on London Police Placing Anti-Piracy Warning Ads On Illegal Sites · · Score: 1

    For sure, because, you know, people goes to "piracy" sites to get authentic goods.

  10. Such good use of our taxes on London Police Placing Anti-Piracy Warning Ads On Illegal Sites · · Score: 1

    A tax is already levied in blank CDs and media, I wonder why our taxes have to be misused for the Police to work for the medias conglomerates for free.

  11. Re:Dear Slashdot on Ask Slashdot: Where Can I Find Resources On Programming For Palm OS 5? · · Score: 1

    Windows mobile/CE is much worse, I actually threw a Windows CE based GPS out of the window of my car, and bought another Linux based on the very same day. As for Palm, ugly, slow, cumbersome use except for the writing recognition, no command line interface ;) and really no incentive to program the darn thing; no manuals...I was used to have all the ROM listings, Spectrum, XT, AT, name it. And losing everything due to battery failure was not funny. I also ended up backing it up with linux in command line, as the official software was horrible. Nevertheless the thing lasted for ages, and it was the first time, with it paired with my phone that I used IRC and www while in the go.

  12. Re:Dear Slashdot on Ask Slashdot: Where Can I Find Resources On Programming For Palm OS 5? · · Score: 1

    Why strange? I had a Palm, and it was basically a piece of crap even back in the day. Once the novelty wore off, and after losing all the metrics of a project, and on top of that, having a netbook issued by the company, it was basically a deadweight. Back in the day, I did not even understand why my consulting firms was burning resources developing for it.

  13. Experimentations or shady practices? on OKCupid Experiments on Users Too · · Score: 1

    I have a completely different opinion of online dating services at all. When you are trying them in the trial period, which of trial is a waste of time, as just it lets you browse the public profiles and receive messages, you are most certain to receive one or two messages, often in english, no matter what your mother tongue, of someone VERY INTERESTED in meeting you, just to make sure you sign up for the service. Do those people think we are dumb?

  14. Re:Maybe they need a union on Suddenly Visible: Illicit Drugs As Part of Silicon Valley Culture · · Score: 1

    They need to get a life. I work in the industry, have worked and often in a while work insane hours, and never resorted to power drinks, or any kind of drug whatsoever, including tobacco.

  15. Re:Distro's popularity... on Valencia Linux School Distro Saves 36 Million Euro · · Score: 1

    I wonder why at regional level, and not only spain, there are a proliferation of local-made distros, and "local made" computers, when a customised preseeding would do the job on a current distro, and a contract with a twainese supplier would be so much better and cheaper.

  16. Re:TCO on Valencia Linux School Distro Saves 36 Million Euro · · Score: 2

    And there are no antivirus costs for *every* workstation and *every* server.

  17. Re:I'd be careful of these stats on Valencia Linux School Distro Saves 36 Million Euro · · Score: 2

    One does not need to be the brightest bulb to understand TV reporters have salaries akin to football players for some very odd reason.

  18. Re:Is there an SWA Twitter police? on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    No, sir, this is a perfectly normal situation. Let me tell you, comple-te-ly normal. We even are not reading it in the news, actually, I have just dreamed it. The power that jackass cops and MacDonalds cops like the TSA or this lady think they have is completely out of bounds. I hope the guy sues her ass and her company out of orbit actually, and I would donate for a fund for that. Heck, I also hope EFF steps up and goes to court pro-bono. And that is why in the nearest future I wont travel to the USA, civil liberties are being squashed - and because of sheep like you that think an employee of an airline is liable to take out of a flight a dad and two kids because she did not like something. This time was a tweet in Internet, next time was maybe because she did not like something the guy said, or a comment some lady said about her backside or her boobs, or because some guy looked sideways...Are you for real?

  19. Re:So, split DNS then? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    Yep, split DNS fixes a lot of headaches, and "optimizes" a lot of internal traffic. No need for the traffic to go to firewall to talk to a NAT IP and come back to the internal network.

  20. Re: Why? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    And to break far more easily the encrypted traffic.

  21. Re: Why? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    In a university, *for* internal sites, they can distribute the root certificate to desktop via AD logins for instance, or putting it on a site. Profiles are also a way. They can be distributed in profiles say for wifi use, and it is debatable whether using a private CA for wifi authentication is actually more secure.

  22. Re:Why? on New SSL Server Rules Go Into Effect Nov. 1 · · Score: 1

    Because the whole certificate chain of trust business is a sham, so let be stupid and waste money on your private network too.

  23. Re:Is there an SWA Twitter police? on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    And a sleazy enough lawyer could very well get Unlawfully computer tampering, due to the coercion and circumstances , she could as well have pushed the button to delete the tweet.

  24. Re:Is there an SWA Twitter police? on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    And you are brainwashed by too many pushy cop moves in CSI movies. Delaying a flight, misuse of emergency mechanisms, abuse of power, impersonating an agent of authority, interfering with the flight of passengers, threatening an adult and two minors, and putting minors in risk. And putting flights operations in risk if delaying a flight. Now go to the barn, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

  25. Re:Is there an SWA Twitter police? on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    A flaw is maybe not being nice or snarky. This is criminal behaviour. It is not everyday someone interferes with the flight of a customer and threatens him and a couple of kids.