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  1. you put all your eggs in a basket... on Staff Breach At OneLogin Exposes Password Storage Feature (cso.com.au) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    where are your eggs?

  2. Re:10 nanometer, not 1 cm on Simple Method Yields A Wrinkly, Durable, Water-Repellent Coating (acs.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Although 10 mm might give some dent protection to your new, wrinkly, water-resistant car.

  3. If working 100 hrs/wk is too much... on NTP's Fate Hinges On "Father Time" · · Score: 1

    work less at this hobby. Mails will pile up, and someone will take the hint.

  4. It is the next Wright Flyer on Solar Impulse 2 Makes First Flight · · Score: 1

    It flies better than the original, and it seems to be affected by wind as much as the original. And...the original gave us the SR 71 60 years later. I hope this means a first step toward eliminating con trails and other blights in otherwise beautiful blue skies.

  5. Re:Isn't the upshot the same? on FWD.us Wants More H-1B Visas, But 50% Go To Offshore Firms · · Score: 1

    But a simple solution to this is to make expenses associated with H1Bs non-deductable. I have no problem finding good help outside the country, but do not feel the need to undercut an American doing the job currently. I would also be in favor of stopping all H1Bs unless the U6 were under 6%! American businesses, hoping for American sales, should be looking to keep US$ inside the US.

  6. Re:Like 100 years ago... on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    If the pilot's plane were within one wingspan of the other distracted pilots, and he was expected to keep that distance for the entire flight (Thunderbirds/Blue Angels?), and there weren't a second set of highly trained eyes on the controls, and the pilot was supposed to be diligently looking for external traffic signs for how he was supposed to be modifying his current flight tragectory/ speed...then this might be an issue. As a driver her job was simple: DRIVE.

  7. Re:Sea Level Map on City-Sized Ice Shelf Breaks Free Of Antarctica · · Score: 1

    My house in Pembroke Pines, FL (Think far western Ft. Lauderdale) was 10 miles from the coast. My front door was 7 feet above sea level. That gives 1 extra meter of ocean water for the entire downstairs. It is noteworthy that in about 3 more miles inland, all building stops and the Everglades begins. Florida will still be there, but it will be a very different Florida.

  8. Re:3rd Gen Valley Native here on How Silicon Valley's Tech Reign Will End · · Score: 2

    Definitely not in the Fan. I was in Midlo. Even though it was 300,000+, it had a rural mindset (no incorporated towns, few sidewalks and fewer streetlights.) Now I am in a small Blue Ridge town in which the question is not asked, but the answer is already known by far too many--with isolated disparaging remarks regarding our choice (Catholic.)

  9. Re:3rd Gen Valley Native here on How Silicon Valley's Tech Reign Will End · · Score: 2

    I was born in Vallejo, raised in Sac, graduated from SFSU. I have lived on two continents and four states. Upon moving to Richmond, VA, I was asked incessantly, "What church do you go to?" These people absolutely judge by affiliation (mostly they just judge.) I have now lived in this state for ten years and much has improved, but much has not. I miss breaking down (nostalgia is what it is) on the Muni in the tunnel on a Friday rush hour packed train in which pierced leather guys were shortly joking with Brooks Bros. suit-types and no one thought anything about it. If you were witty and could turn a phrase, you belonged. Much acceptance. Much missed. I do not miss paying the taxes however!

  10. Technology replacing caring on Texas High School Student Loses Lawsuit Challenging RFID Tracking Requirement · · Score: 1

    As schools become larger (cost saving), some students get lost in the shuffle. Some are lost because they choose to be lost, and some just cannot connect to the environment. In place of knowing all of the students, these Texas principals have chosen to track them. They are not unique, just cutting edge. I have worked with few principals through the years who roamed the halls and knew the community. Our modern schools are statistical exercises. How much do we have to spend to ensure that the majority of the population receives enough education (standardized tests) so that the district cannot be questioned and can still justify administrative salaries? Currently we have numerous students taking remedial classes at colleges; this article: http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/01/students_can_avoid_remedial_co.html puts the number at 42%. And while it might be a good idea to better prepare students for university, Ohio has decided that that a 430 writing score is sufficient to deem a student ready to produce college level work in an Ohio collegiate English class (that is a 54% SAT score.) In the end the RFID tags are nothing more than a symptom of our current educational woes. They may solve the problem of the student who cuts class, but do not address the problem of what are we going to do with the students in class that will better prepare them to live a quality adult life whether or not they they choose to go on to college.

  11. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 0

    If the situation had ended with the nurses simply walking away from their jobs, the whole thing might have ended there. From Matthew 5:10: “You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom.” Up till the filing of the lawsuit, all was good both legally and religiously (based on the nurses interpretation of their faith.) The inward shifting you speak of now has become a demand for cash. I think it lessens their moral stand.

  12. Re:Can't America get its acts together ? on Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Minting of Trillion-Dollar Coin · · Score: 0

    NRA = killing hundreds so that a Bible-thumpin' (but not reading as evidenced by the number is sentences begun with: "Me and..." in their sad little shows) doomsday preppers can buy an AK and keep normalcy fully isolated from their high-quality dehydrated food stocks and preserved eggs.

  13. Re:Can't America get its acts together ? on Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Minting of Trillion-Dollar Coin · · Score: 1

    When the geographical area to which you refer is a Nebraska corn field or the Louisiana bayou, you are correct. Republicans control the most dirt. Congressional districts should be geometrically regular. Any number of sides is ok. Exceptions will be made for the Dakotas, as dividing is not currently necessary, and let the better lawmakers (a very low standard) control the country.

  14. Re:Well... on Scary Toothbrush Prompts Shutdown of World's Busiest Airport · · Score: 1

    Chipped teeth?