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  1. Very limited secret circumstances. on FBI Drone Deployment Timeline · · Score: 1

    While details are not available, the FBI totally promises that everything was legit.

  2. Men cheat on assignments too. on Google: Teach Girls Coding, Get $2,500; Teach Boys, Get $0 · · Score: 1

    I happened to also go to college, and I assure you, men also cheated on their assignments. I witnessed men trading assignments and even stealing other people's homework, and the bastards didn't even put out first!

  3. Re:The real lesson on Google: Teach Girls Coding, Get $2,500; Teach Boys, Get $0 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Teach girls coding, girls trick guys into doing coding for them.

    This kind of crap is why women don't want to work in IT.

  4. Develop for a design, not a technology. on Ask Slashdot: Which NoSQL Database For New Project? · · Score: 1

    What is your architecture? Answer that question first, then decide what kind of data store to use. What are you storing, and why are you storing it? How will you use that later?

  5. Stars have also gotten smaller. on Famous Paintings Help Study the Earth's Past Atmosphere · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least, according to Van Gogh.

  6. +1 for the opt-out crowd! on Gunshot Victims To Be Part of "Suspended Animation" Trials · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the link. It's not exactly obvious where and how to opt out of such things.

  7. If you're not part of the solution... on Big Data Breaches Give Credit Monitoring Services a Boost · · Score: 1

    ... then there's money to be made prolonging the problem!

  8. Re:Unemployment rate 17,7% on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The unemployment rate varies by sector. Unemployment in manufacturing is very high for obvious reasons. Unemployment in sectors like IT is much lower, partly because it's so hard to convince talent to relocate to Detroit and/or stay in the area.

  9. war on guns is poorly armed on How the Lessons of Columbine Saved Lives At Arapahoe High School · · Score: 1

    The problem with a war on guns is that the opposition has guns.

  10. Ask them if they want a bag. on Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders · · Score: 1

    Next time you see this, ask your 'visitors' if they would like a bag so that they can clean up after their pet. I'm assuming that if you have a yard, that you live in a neighborhood, so you probably have a small number of repeat offenders. If you put the culprits on the spot a couple times, they will probably stop letting their pets use your yard.

  11. What about HIPPA compliance? on Google Glass Making Its Way Into Operating Rooms · · Score: 1

    This is a really interesting application, but I can't even begin to imagine the challenges with patient privacy on a platform like this.

  12. Re:If we're not doing anything wrong... on US Wary of Allowing Russian Electronic Monitoring Stations Inside US · · Score: 1

    Well, then, maybe the US equipment is a front for spying ops, and that's why the US government is nervous about being subjected to the same thing.

  13. So, in other words, they violate basic IT policy on Porn-Surfing Execs Infecting Corporate Networks With Malware · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The top threats listed in TFA are all common-sense things to avoid with work machines. (Visiting porn sites, letting family members use equipment, installing malicious mobile apps, and falling for phishing emails.) There is a reason us IT folks tell people not to do these things at work.

  14. A new, worse fat will be invented. on US FDA Moves To Ban Trans Fat · · Score: 1

    Trans fats are stable and solid at room temperature. This is desirable in a food product. Trans fats are horrid, but they may or may not be more horrid than whatever comes along to replace them. The real solution is for the US government to stop subsidizing processed food by making corn and soy artificially cheap. As long as McDonald's is cheaper than quality vegetables, people will continue to eat garbage.

  15. Re:What happened to the free market? on New York Subpoenaed AirBnb For All NYC User Data · · Score: 1

    But nothing actually guarantees that the tenants will be the only ones in the unit. Tenants can invite friends over, hire housesitters, and allow family members/friends/etc to stay for long periods of time. And even if it's a violation of the lease, tenants can and do bring in roommates who aren't on the lease. Landlords can rent out to pretty much anyone they damn well like, and if the landlord decides to rent to someone shady then you're stuck with unsavory neighbors anyway. So your point isn't really valid.

  16. Your tax dollars at work. on NSA's New Utah Data Center Suffering Meltdowns · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing that will save us from the massive dragnet of the NSA is apparently the incompetence of the NSA.

  17. What happened to the free market? on New York Subpoenaed AirBnb For All NYC User Data · · Score: 1

    Is there a compelling reason why this should be illegal? If someone has extra capacity in their home (couch, spare bedroom, vacancy from being on vacation) then why should the city care? And if landlords are finding that they can make extra money by not being landlords anymore, isn't that a different problem?

  18. I will avoid this place like the bedbug plague on Canadian Hotel Sues Guest For $95K Over Bad Review, Bed Bugs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I will never stay at a hotel that responds to a complaint on the internet with a $95k lawsuit.

  19. What about disposal? on Study Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn't Pollute Water · · Score: 1

    The initial round of drilling is only half the problem. Disposal after fracking isn't mentioned, but should also be studied. Fracking fluid disposal is prone to problems like spills at the surface level, which will contaminate an aquifer. Fracking fluid disposal has also been shown to cause earthquakes. http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/03/shale_gas_drilling_caused_smal.html

  20. What is the mutation and how far has it spread? on GMO Wheat Found Growing Wild In Oregon, Japan Suspends Import From U.S. · · Score: 1

    I would be interested to see the findings related to what this wheat was engineered to do, as well as how far it has spread. The 'gluten-free' diet has been gaining a lot of popularity lately, and a lot of people who do not have Celiac disease swear that avoiding grains like wheat makes them feel a lot better. I wonder if it is possible that this 12-year-old mutant strain is related to that sensitivity somehow?

  21. Well, maybe it does, but... on The Canadian Government's War On Science · · Score: 1

    Is the economy more important than general happiness? Canada's crime rate is mich lower than that of the US. People live on average about 3 years longer. And, from my own completely not-scientific view, based on visits, folks up North seem a lot happier, on average. The government resources required to pay for that stuff are a drain on the economy, true, but safer and longer lives seem to be a pretty good trade-off.

  22. I call BS. on Ask Slashdot: Moving From Contract Developers To Hiring One In-House? · · Score: 1

    >Developers can make more work for themselves by causing bugs And project managers can attempt to get free work by disguising features as bug reports.

  23. Homemade guns are not illegal or uncommon on Working Handgun Printed On a Sub-$2,000 3D Printer · · Score: 2

    Video author made this real, multi-shot gun out of $10 worth of scrap metal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0pEqR5KWs Shall we ban metal now as well?

  24. John Doe Corp broke HIPAA data breech notice rule on Medical Firm Sues IRS For 4th Amendment Violation In Records Seizure · · Score: 1

    I assume a company that large would be perfectly aware of their responsibility to report data breeches. So, how about 10% of us wait for the lawsuit to finish, and then each sue "John Doe Corporation", whoever that might be, for not informing us of this data breech as required by HIPAA?