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  1. Re:oh delicious irony on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: 0

    good point about the Inca's not being around anymore...of course I meant their ancestors.

    so this is the first organized group that has EVER walked around the site?? in its' entire history?

  2. Re:This is an overreaction on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: 1

    lol...i think my adoring /. fans would miss my usual "stupid typo" posts if i started fixing them.

  3. Re:oh delicious irony on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: 1

    so then why haven't the Inca's totally blocked off the area and how did this large GP group get access to just be able to walk over over it?

  4. Re:This is an overreaction on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: 1

    for the life of me, i don't understand why the author of this post would feel the need to remain anonymous.

    it is logical, thoughtful, and sensitive...have things gotten so bad here on /. that people feel the need to hide any non-liberal commenting in the clock of an AC?

  5. oh delicious irony on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: -1, Troll

    "There is no known technique to restore it the way it was."

    not to be over simplistic or even the least bit forgiving against GP and this ridiculously stupid stunt, but perhaps they should look into a device called a "rake".'

    it does wonders in sand traps for removing footprints...a different beast to be sure but come on..."no known technique"? :)

  6. the mysterious "us" on LA Mayor Proposes Earthquake Retrofits On Thousands of Buildings · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This will cost us billions of dollars in the private and public sector,

    who is this "us" he is talking about? because with just a little thought, you quickly realized these "billions of dollars" are just transfers from the (assumed) wealthy building owners to the less wealthy contractors and workers.

    one person's cost is another's paycheck and kids tuition payment.

    if the public good is really being served here by improving safety of citizens, why isn't the discussion framed more along these lines?

  7. Re:Silly backwards lobbyists and authorities on Peter Sunde: the Pirate Bay Should Stay Down · · Score: 1

    its not down...

    http://thepiratebay.cr/

    also, there is always the "google search 'stuff you want' thepiratebay, hit "Cached" and "Get this torrent" hack

    just saying

  8. just waiting... on Seeking Coders, Tech Titans Turn To K-12 Schools · · Score: 1

    ...to fork his repository.

  9. Re:Why ? on Royal Mail Pilots 3D Printing Service · · Score: 1

    i think they are calling that delivery service "Amazon" these days.

  10. great US tradition... on Economist: US Congress Should Hack Digital Millennium Copyright Act · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...and when it blows up in their face, they should be allowed to sue to manufacturer too.

  11. Re:A felon with misdemeanor convictions on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    exactly my point...i was being sincere about how i understand the economics and politics of the situation.

  12. imagine... on North Korea Denies Involvement In "Righteous" Sony Hack · · Score: 2

    ...how more they could have got if they stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

  13. Re:A felon with misdemeanor convictions on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    ...but as long as it doesn't interfere with their job, why
    should I care?

    idk, maybe because HR tells you they have a blanket policy to automatically deny all convicted felons employment for legal reasons?

  14. Re:A felon with misdemeanor convictions on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    Being a felon means he committed a serious crime.

    really???

    i got convicted of felony because i got caught with some personal MDMA pillis in 2001 at an electronic music concert.

    that's a "serious crime"??

  15. awww.... on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 5, Informative

    hello and welcome to my life.

    it's well documented here on /. that i struggle with this same issue, and have for over a decade.

    i wish i had good news for you, but i don't. it's going to be hard for you for find "regular" employment.

    my advice? try to find a small company where you can get hired without a lot of fanfare. finding and owner/ceo who does the hiring, or a contracting company where they have no real interest in caring about your background because it will cost them money if they don't place you, is pretty much the only way i've been able to get back into a stable, well-paying job.

    pretty much anyplace with a fulltime HR department will discover your transgressions and gleefully report to the hiring manager that they "gotcha" and are doing a really great job keeping reprobates like us away from their "sanitary" workplace.

    i've started my own small consulting company and have found that it's fairly easy to work from home (im a software guy) doing the code monkey thing...it beats digging ditches that's for sure. i advertise back-end/full-stack web development/server management on craigslist and it works.

    good luck...you are going to need some.

  16. you want change? on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    about a month ago i was reading a 20th century US history book and discovered that Calvin Coolidge, Jr,, president Calvin Coolidge's 15 year old son, died from a blister on his foot he got when playing tennis on the White House lawn in 1924.

    consider that for a moment...only 90 years ago, the son of perhaps the most powerful and well connected man on the earth died from a blister. playing tennis.

    if this doesn't explain truly how much and how quickly things have changed, i'm not sure what could.

  17. it has a name... on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...in the US we call it "lobbying and advertising" and corporations of course spend billions trying to influence people to engage in behaviors that increase the profitability and public image of their business.

    so it's in Russia's interest to prevent fracking...ok well they spend money to sway public opinion...sounds like SOP to me.

  18. 12 years...no problem on Orion Capsule Safely Recovered, Complete With 12-Year-Old Computer Guts · · Score: 1

    it should still be able to render porn at 30fps.

  19. Re:Effort dilution (vs. Stigmergy) on Node.js Forked By Top Contributors · · Score: 1, Funny

    And the failure of the Linux Desktop to gain traction is a prime example of that (other than finally essentially via the Chromebook).

    well, there is always next year.

  20. Re:Effort dilution on Node.js Forked By Top Contributors · · Score: 1

    The Commodore Amiga. The first mass-market computer to include Total Harmonic Distortion and Stereo Separation specs on the outside of the package. The first mass-market computer to come out-of-the-box with color graphics (accelerated), Hi-fi stereo sound and full pre-emptive real-time multi-tasking. Even most modern-day systems aren't real-time.

    i believe that your are somewhat mistaken with this quote.

    if memory serves me right, that Atari ST was the first to market with most of these features. i remember this because i bought one...it was buggy as hell but i did sorta work. way ahead of its time.

  21. 35? on Ask Slashdot: IT Career Path After 35? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...the coffee almost shot thru my nose!

    i'm 49, and still love solving technical challenges and learning new shit, so I still code...I must admit its getting harder and harder these days to be on a "team" of 20-somethings. It's very possible these folk I infrequently work with consider me a "loser" for still being in the trenches.

    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

    maybe you will enjoy management, maybe not...perhaps give it a try for awhile and see how it fits you...you can always easily go back.

    imfuo, the hardest part of *not* going into management is the social aspect of it.

  22. Re:Blade servers blow on Making Best Use of Data Center Space: Density Vs. Isolation · · Score: 1

    that was awesome...thanks.

  23. great news. on As Prison Population Sinks, Jails Are a Steal · · Score: 5, Insightful

    as a "casualty" of the US's insane and poorly thought out War on Drugs...I find this news wonderful.

    the idea that people like me, whom got caught up in the drug game due to low self-esteem, need to goto state prisons and waste away with child-rapists, murderers, and "lifers" is not only totally ridiculous, but utterly dangerous.

    i spent 22.5 months in Florida prison's, all because I got caught with some MDMA and weed at a rave in Orlando, FL in 2001.

    i am basically serving a life-sentence for this crime, as corporate BG checks prevents me for getting hired.

    hopefully, now others won't be subjected to the things I've been through.

  24. Re:Get real on White House Wants Ideas For "Bootstrapping a Solar System Civilization" · · Score: 2

    Unless you have a few trillion dollar coins stashed away somewhere that'll fund thousands upon thousands of chemical rockets, it's just not possible to do this

    this is, of course, 100% true.

    but, in light of this administrations total incompetence on so many issues, i think the plan is just...

    "hey, dream whatever ideas, we will get funding and then make announcements and speeches about how smart we are, and it doesn't even matter if they ideas succeed or not, we will just say they did!

    it's our intentions that count, not results."

  25. Re:Consider your stakeholders on Commerce Secretary: US Wants Multi-Stakeholder Process To Preserve Internet · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what makes you think the US hasn't done it too?

    perhaps someone out there can technically prove to me that absolutely no foreign IPs are blocked by our US government, but aside from that, I am inclined to believe that mucky-mucks in the current (and past) administration actively block certain content.

    and yes, my tin-foil hat is firmly in place.