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  1. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean on Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month? · · Score: 1

    A history book that has scholarship behind it and written as if a page-turner of a novel.

  2. This will lead to nationalizing drug companies on Citing 'Moral Requirement To Make Money', Pharma CEO Jacks Drug Price 400% (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    His greed is too naked and therefore will lead to the nationalization of his drug company. He might have the factory but we have the votes.

  3. Notice how corporations/industries or Republican Politicians will object to positions by just saying Regulations as if the word was an abomination and was sufficient and so no further argument need be made.

  4. It's just what they do naturally

  5. RPN Calculator on This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    Still, have and use my HP Scientific RPN Calculator. Had it since the 70's and have yet to replace the batteries.

  6. Trump is a one trick pony, all he knows how to do is to threaten or threaten to sue. I am so over him and his tactics/

  7. No didn't have a computer growing up on Slashdot Asks: Did You Have a Shared Family Computer Growing Up? (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was growing up my father worked with programmers on computers the size of large rooms. I built my own H-89 (remember Heathkit?) so I guess my kids were the first generation to have a family computer.

  8. The most complicated program I ever used was for machine control of a camera on an arm. You could program it in either 1 Cartesian coordinates 2. Polar coordinates 3 machine steps And it would automatically translate these faster than I could press the button to go. Useful and elegant.

  9. Damn right, Canada is a much better place to live on Canada Facing 'Brain Drain' As Young Tech Talent Leaves For Silicon Valley (theglobeandmail.com) · · Score: 1

    Canada is not experiencing a brain drain to the US but a brain drain FROM the US. And as long as Trump and his policies are in place educated US citizens in the Stem fields will choose to live in Canada rather than stay in the States. So I advise Canada to maintain its immigration policy, you will gain much more than you will lose.

  10. The mainframe returns on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Forced Subscription-Only Software? · · Score: 1

    This IBM's old method of doing business except they sold the mainframe for a price then charged you for, JCL, Fortran, Cobal and whatever. Eventually, people rebelled and we have Unix and open source. After there are open source tools that do what they do (note open source does not mean free), then they will either go back to an own it forever model or die.

  11. Constitution on 'New California' Movement Wants To Create a 51st State (wqad.com) · · Score: 1

    Article four reads in part ...."but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state ....without the consent of the legislatures of the states concerned as well as the congress." I give it a snowballs chance in hell of becoming a reality. First of all it would double the number of Senators from California which no other state would want and the above is a pretty high hurdle..

  12. Original connectors on Buying Headphones in 2018 is Going To Be a Fragmented Mess (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Still have and love my older headphones that use the original large connectors. Call me old fashioned but sound quality is my major concern

  13. Uses of nuclear power plants on US Tests Nuclear Power System To Sustain Astronauts On Mars (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    What I'd like to do with this technology is to live in the mountains completely off of the grid. I'd have to find a solution for internet access but this would answer all of my power needs. Plus I assume it to be cheaper than the grid

  14. Did they use solar power for takeoff? on Solar Impulse 2 Completes Record-Breaking Flight · · Score: 1

    I would really appreciate any answers to my question, Thanks.

  15. Want one on When Nerds Do BBQ · · Score: 1

    My only question is: "When will this product become available to us the masses?"

  16. What I would do. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Passwords Transmitted As Cleartext? · · Score: 1

    1> If it was a company wanting my business: I'd email their IT department explaining why I will never ever use them. 2> If it was a company who wanted to hire me: Likewise I would email the head of IT explaining why I'd never ever work there. 3> If it was just a company on the internet: I'd email their head of IT explaining what happened and do they need for me to recommend someone who can take care of this situation?

  17. What's the big deal? on North America Runs Out of IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 1

    Just do it and stop talking about it.

  18. About time on Ask Toolbar Now Considered Malware By Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I've HATED Ask for years and never gotten the answers it promises, so thanks Microsoft.

  19. It's not like it was Forth on How Much Python Do You Need To Know To Be Useful? · · Score: 1

    It's not like it was Forth or something else that takes a mindset change.

  20. The extended period of time was missing on Canadian Prime Minister To Music Lobby: Here's Your Copyright Term Extension · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know what the extended period of time was changed to by the Canadian government?

  21. Like say Mickey Mouse on Music Industry Argues Works Entering Public Domain Are Not In Public Interest · · Score: 1

    What we don't need is an extension into perpetuity like what Disney is pushing for Mickey Mouse. Artists need to make more money off of their efforts while alive, so that they can live a reasonable not marginal life. Not a fan of let's keep the money making machine going for some corporation.

  22. Re:Advanced Workings.... on Ask Slashdot: Linux Distro For Hybrid Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Worked on a PDP-8 with toggles and an advanced feature punch tape. My first program was to increment the counter for memory input which cut the time to load the tape by half. I'll leave it to you youngsters to figure out why.

  23. Where the problem really is on Netflix Begins Blocking Users Who Bypass Region Locks · · Score: 1

    The problem is the whole concept of country codes, which was an attempt by local providers not to compete.

  24. Now in India on Professor: Young People Are "Lost Generation" Who Can No Longer Fix Gadgets · · Score: 1

    In Deli a man's fridge wouldn't work. The problem was tracked down to a transformer that was non-functional, As he said "Here in the States we would just throw the whole thing away but there he found someone who would rewind the transformer with new wire. Problem Solved. So it is not just a problem of how old you are but also where you live.

  25. You got bad advice on Ask Slashdot: Are Progressive Glasses a Mistake For Computer Users? · · Score: 1

    Progressive lenses make sense only if you need them for distance and for near. Go to the local drugstore and buy cheap reading glasses. While there choose the least corrective glasses that you still can read with, then they should work for the slightly longer distance that a monitor requires.