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  1. Re:Yawn on The Trials and Tribulations of a Would-Be Facebook Employee · · Score: 1

    I was confused in reading the write-up. If the interview was scheduled three months in advance, why did he say that he only had one day to prepare for the "CS" style interview? Where did this "December Interview Preparation Tips" come from? Only partial bits of data are given, none of which support the poster's side of the story.

    I agree, most of the article was about or referenced the schedulding of the interview, then he whined about the date given

    A good two and half months notice, he didn't have the forsight to prepare for the interview, mentally or physically (have a headset available)

    I figure the Unnamed Coward author's 15 minutes are due to /.'s dislike of facebook

  2. Re:who funded this? on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    Funding? only if someone bought her lunch.
    This article was bad filler and should of been passed over.

    This Analysis by Jennifer Viegas has no collaboration, no detailed examination
    just what she says goes. Even if she wrote it up just for a discussion on
    the topic she failed there as well -no commnets. Meaning those at news.discovery.com
    know a bs headline when they see it; not even giving it a serious look.
    Yet give /. a chance at it...

    There was no study done on this, or Jenn forgot her cites.
    Jennifer Viegas http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferviegas
    Her job apparently is to write bad science.

  3. Re:Lunar Lander! on Learning Rocket Science With Video Games · · Score: 1

    Put a lot of Quarters into that game as well http://moonlander.seb.ly/ missing is the hugh T handle throttle.

  4. Re:Sophisticated not, Government phishing attempt on GhostShell Hackers Release Data From Exploiting NASA, FBI, ESA · · Score: 1

    The E-mail address are good or real at least the ones from http://slexy.org/view/s21jyUzcUb spammers wet dream.
    Also Richard Clayton has blocked himself from search engines at bericotechnologies.com he works there http://i.imgur.com/m7feh.png
    Just the few I've played with.

    My post look like crap as I appear to be a bot.

  5. Re:Wild west on Russia, China, and Others Seek Greater Control Over Internet · · Score: 1

    Nostalgia aside, there are significant parallels to the wild west.

    - The Internet has been a place of wide open spaces and unparalleled freedom.

    Around the Win95 days, was in alt.cracks.binaries reading messages, one thread someone wrote: this is great, this is like the wild west of the internet. I thought "kids". As we progress it rings truer each day. and I think of that message and the fact I scoffed at it more and more. Doesn't recognize me as human so messages look like crap.

  6. Or noise, just don't like the quiet on Using Multiple Forms of Media At Once Correlates With Depression, Anxiety · · Score: 1

    I always have the T.V. going when on the computer, heck it's never off. I have no mental health issues, nor depressed or anxious. I am on the other hand very ADHD. I've found I don't watch T.V. much, so don't have cable or satellite payments, just what's over the air (THIStv and MEtv mostly). I'll be playing Battlefield 3 and find I've been watching a Spanish station (for example) the last 3 hours and not even noticed. I'm always on the internet, but don't do the social sites, I have a 5 year old twitter account with two messages or tweets I guess. When I poop I play games or read the internet on my Tablet or Cell phone, am I nuts :}

  7. If data is the new oil, hand helds are oil wells. on Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next · · Score: 0

    www.Flurry.com sells analytical services to it's customers (ASTRO, Angry Birds, to name two), ie what AD's to show on YOUR hand held. Flurry.com does keep identifiable information. Reading the Flurry.com ToS nowhere does it mention it's Google. That Flurry.com was Google could only be found (by me) through http://www.robtex.com/ also a Google service :} http://top.robtex.com/flurry.com.html#records To block Flurry.com tracking, download ANDROID_ID from the google store, obtain your ID (16 digits long) and paste it here http://www.flurry.com/user-opt-out.html anytime you change ROMS you will need to reopt-out as your ID will of changed.

  8. Re:Revenge killings? on Murder Is Like a Disease (No, Really) · · Score: 1
    Revenge killings? (5, Insightful)

    Does the study take into account gang culture and revenge killings?

    +5 Insightful? No offense intended but FTA: "We hypothesized that homicide would diffuse in a similar process to an infectious disease with firearms and gangs operating as the infectious agents." being the second sentence.

  9. Re:1993? Seagate? Samsung? Srsly? on Apple Claims Ignorance of Jury Foreman's Previous Tangle With Samsung · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My understanding of the U.S. Legal System may not be up to snuff, but doesn't handpicking a jury (based upon their personal tastes) defeat the entire purpose? It would be like asking all of your selected jurors whether they or someone they love has been involved in a violent crime, and only admitting those who have into a case where the defendant is on trial for murder.

    I've been involved in two jury trials and one Jury "picking"
    at each one the very first questions asked (for weeding
    purposes) were if anyone had ever filed for bankruptcy, or been
    involved in any previous lawsuits. There might be exceptions
    but those people were excused when I was in attendance.

    I was once asked if I thought if a police man would lie, as it
    was pertinent to the case, "Hell ya!" and I was off that jury, but
    anybody who said no I felt had a warped sense of reality.

  10. Re:I don't see the story. on Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source) · · Score: 1

    An article looking to be one, with little chance.

  11. Seen any Susan B. Anthony dollar coins lately? on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    We have a dollar coin already and to the delight of the U.S.Treasury collected as fast as they are produced.

    Only place I can find any Susan B. Anthony's is change from the stamp machines
    at the local U.S. post office.

    Walmart gave out Susan B. Anthony dollar coins as change when they first came out, the difference
    being they were gold colored (an official coin, not a false color). Damn the reaction I got handing those
    out to pay for purchases, it was an immediate treasure to the person and it would appear collected like
    all the rest.

  12. Re:Seriously on Newzbin2 Closes For Good · · Score: 1

    wtf is newzbin2? I used USENET but since existence of online forum... what's the point?

    I've always thought the same thing, so did it the hard way, downloading them all in the
    newsgroup they appeared it, Never saw the sense in running a NBZ file.

    I think my ISP is one of the last to offer free usenet service, the fact nobody knows
    what a Newsgroup is now days is just downright nice of them. Largest area of free quality Pr0n
    one can trip across as well.

    If a NBZ file spanned a group they don't carry I'm SOL, It's always been throttled, filling in my MAME roms
    took quite awhile, so better to download a very large file some place else.

    FWIW:
    I've noticed changes to my usenet access lately, I'm required to log-in (name and password), which
    I've never had to do before (Cable Internet), so haven't, and can't see myself ever doing so.

  13. Not really surprising, nor Sagan's "leak" on Carl Sagan Was On US Team To Nuke the Moon · · Score: 1

    A lot of classified "stuff" never made it past the paper stage.

    Many that do are unfeasible, Bat incendiaries, that burned up the test area, the nuclear powered airplane that
    couldn't get off the ground as the shielding made it too heavy to fly.

    The problem with nukes to the moon is the same as sending nuclear waste to the Sun, it might come back.

    As for Sagan revealing "this secret" isn't odd at all, as anybody who's filled out a PSQ for a civilian nuclear security
    clearance (Q type) would know. If you withhold anything and it's found out what else are you hiding, type thinking.
    Which I'm sure he did fill out due to the nature of this paper. A requirement (updated PSQ) of a another job he was after within the "system", he would of listed it.
    .

  14. Re:It is truly frightening on Carl Sagan Was On US Team To Nuke the Moon · · Score: 3, Informative

    I know we all joke about politicians and bureaucrats, but to think there are really people that stupid in high places just scares the crap out of me.

    Na, what's really frightening is the U.S. missed the moon 2 times in their first attempts.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_program so you would have two nukes flying who knows where.

    Be try to spot a big boy sized "asteroids" at this time.

    To actually answer your post, yes the U.S. was very paranoid and sure the Russians were going to strike.
    It wasn't until they tapped into the undersea telephone cable that they found it far from the truth.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells

  15. Sure a set of small screwdrivers on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    but a rechargeable screwdriver is indispensable ,for me at least. Your always taking covers off something, manual gets old fast. You have the option of setting the torque on an autoscrewdriver, so you can be consistent as well.