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  1. Better solution on Ask Slashdot: Tips For Getting Into Model Railroading? · · Score: 1

    Since you're more interested in layout, get one of the open source rail simulators. If you find it not all that interesting, then you'll know that model railroads are not for you.

  2. Re: You only need 3 essentials... on Ask Slashdot: Tips For Getting Into Model Railroading? · · Score: 1

    You want to get into model trains. You want the guy from "Honey I Shrunk The Kids."

  3. Re: Right side, because that's where the number pa on Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand? · · Score: 1

    If you're a lefty you don't have to let go of the mouse to use the numpad That said, a separate "number jack" keyboard makes more sense for a laptop.

  4. Re: I don't. on Ask Slashdot: Do You Press "6" Key With Right Or Left Hand? · · Score: 1

    The opposite hand to the one holding the phone. Score one for being ambidextrous (which often happens when you start off as a lefty)

  5. Re: The death of common sense on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 3, Interesting
    He knowingly falsely accused a teacher of having sex with a minor. Tweets live forever. A suspension is more than appropriate, as is transfer to another school so the victim (the teacher) doesn't have to run into him at her job

    If the school hadn't taken this action they would have been liable for the unhealthy work environment for not removing someone who has basically admitted to the school that he sexually harassed her.

  6. Re: Headline is stupid on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 0

    He lied about it when he said he had slept with her, and now HE wants damages? Come on .

  7. Re: What does that mean? on 'My Name is C.H.I.P. and I'll Be Your $9 Computer Today' (Video) · · Score: 1
    I'll award you the WHOOSH OF THE DAY award. Playing on words has a long and legitimate history.

    Don't be a homonymophobe, you insensitive clod. :-)

  8. Re: What does that mean? on 'My Name is C.H.I.P. and I'll Be Your $9 Computer Today' (Video) · · Score: 0
    It's something they're " waiting for with bated breath "

    Gross. Spit those worms out now.

  9. Re: So.... on CNN and CBC Sued For Pirating YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    Canadian copyright law allows for the use of clips, photos, etc by news organizations without either permission or royalty provided attribution is made. If they had known that their license from CNN was invalid, they would have just attributed the video to the source. Actual damages for an unregistered work are all he's allowed either way, so he'll get nothing from the CBC.

  10. Re: Intersting video, shame about the Flash on Tim O'Reilly and the 'WTF?!' Economy (Video) · · Score: 1
    Uber jobs won't be helping the poor make a few bucks for much longer. They're researching self driving cars for a reason. Then both taxi drivers and uber drivers will be SOL.

    And job displacement and an ever growing class of people who cannot get jobs no matter how educated they are and how much student debt they take on, and increasingly useless job retraining programs that just give false hope and let the politicians claim they're doing something ... that's the dystopian picture painted in many sci-fi stories, the only mistake they made was thinking it would take longer to happen.

  11. Re: false premise on Massachusetts Embraces Philanthropy-Funded K-12 CS Education · · Score: 1

    Even if everyone were educated to become a programmer, doesn't mean they will have jobs. There simply aren't enough jobs to employ everyone. And just look at the churn in the industry, where what's hot rapidly becomes unimpressive. Coding as a career is dying it's up or out, and there are only so many management positions.

  12. Re: false premise on Massachusetts Embraces Philanthropy-Funded K-12 CS Education · · Score: 1

    You mean BASIC? Or 6502/68xx/68k assembler? Or proper English?

  13. Re: Supported formats on Ubuntu Phones Now Available Worldwide (On Some Networks) · · Score: 1

    Who cares? The only people who would want this will on with how great it is even if it can't make a phone call because, you know, UBUNTU!

  14. Re: Chindogu on 'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras · · Score: 2

    Gait recognition is easy to fool - just change your gait. A small stone in one shoe will do it, as will throwing a couple extra insoles in one shoe to make one leg longer. Also, both balance and gait vary between a pair of flats and stilettos.

  15. Re: or... on 'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras · · Score: 2

    "It's the Unknown Comic!"

  16. Re: Whatever happened to free? on Why the Freemium Business Model Isn't What It Used To Be · · Score: 1

    You might want to look at the FreeBSD license. The source is free and you can merge it with your code to create products without offering the source. This is the type of license that, unlike the GPL, gives you real freedom.

  17. Re: Silly string? on How To Shoot Down a Drone · · Score: 1

    You have to freeze half the paintballs. The frozen ones won't just splat, while the regular ones will blind the camera. When you get your hands on it, return it AFTER shorting out the battery. Light high energy batteries aren't that cheap.

  18. Re: Food Allergies on Unicode Consortium Looks At Symbols For Allergies · · Score: 0
    I'm allergic to Unicode, you insensitive clod!

    Now get your XML crap off my lawn.

    You can have my ASCII when you pry my keyboard from my cold dead hands.

    Seriously, are people that desperate to justify their jobs that they have to make up sh*t like this? What next, UJWs (Unicode Justice Warriors)?

  19. Re: So Much for HIPPA Rules on One In Four Indiana Residents' E-Record Data Exposed in Hack · · Score: 1

    In the grand scheme of things we already knew that this was bound to happen, and will continue to happen. We need to adapt our attitudes so that we can no longer feel embarrassed by revelations of a personal nature. Everyone will be better off in a future where we are not so obsessed with worrying about our secrets being exposed.

  20. Re: Why is this even a story? on Ask Slashdot: Everyone Building Software -- Is This the Future We Need? · · Score: 1

    Maybe he can write an app for that?

  21. I've seen plenty of programmers who can't think logically. Where do you think management comes from?

    Or programmers who use a bunch of bested if statements because they don't understand XOR, or freak out when they see a ?: statement.

  22. Re: They are fools on Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition · · Score: 1

    Do you believe that ensuing administrations wouldn't find some excuse (illegal, but who will hold them to account) to not honor the pardon? Would you trust them?

  23. Re: Is anyone actually suprised? on Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What do you expect from a country that has a Department of Homeland Security? It sounds like something from Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia. (Fatherland, motherland, homeland ...)

  24. Re: Got e-mail this morning from mail.whitehouse.g on Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition · · Score: 1

    So maybe Snowdon should run for office in absentia. How does "congressman Snowdon" sound?

  25. Re: I don't get it on Google Is Dropping Its Google+ Requirement Across All Products Including YouTube · · Score: 1
    How quaint. Somebody who thinks that their internet use is anonymous.

    If you act as if everything you post can eventually be traced to you and you're wrong, no harm done. If you act as though stuff will never be traced back to you and you're wrong, that's a different story.