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  1. Re:Here's how they organized unions in the old day on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Amen!

  2. Re:International IT Professional Organization on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    Oh and Zynga is another example too!

  3. International IT Professional Organization on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 1

    If not a Union at least a professional organization where employer abuses are discussed and notices sent to members not to work for them OR work for them at a premium.

    I present to you EA as an example. Where more and more people are thinking twice about working for them if they have a choice.

    This has to be a truly global/international organization, since the unit of work and the work environment have been virtualized.
    We need to setup international chapters/branches for all the countries where this work can be off-shored and contracted, this way we keep the membership informed on work conditions, remuneration and decisions made by the organization.

    If this works, there wouldn't be a need for Anonymous, a simple alert bulletin to all affected members could render any offending employer without any professional services at a global scale.

  4. Re:First impressions on Surface on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Forget the iPad, Surface Is the Tablet People Want · · Score: 1

    Thanks for your input Steve.

  5. Re:libcurl is not insecure on SSL Holes Found In Critical Non-Browser Software · · Score: 1

    Oh my god, a parameter that takes either '2' or TRUE???
    What the hell is that?

    I will stick with my strong typed languages thank you very much.

  6. Re:libcurl is not insecure on SSL Holes Found In Critical Non-Browser Software · · Score: 1

    Oh please please mod parent up!!!
    +1

    That api design is retarded.

  7. Re:This is not an SSL problem on SSL Holes Found In Critical Non-Browser Software · · Score: 1

    Sure but good luck updating XYZ cert in the certificate store for hundrends and hundreds of clients.

    If you try to document it so that the user can update it then there is a 50-50 chance they will screw their certificate store and then not even their banking, gmail or shopping would work.

  8. Re:Why? on Windows 7 Not Getting A Second Service Pack · · Score: 1

    Don't be, trolls are easy to deal with. Just put a mirror in front of their faces...

  9. Re:This is not new on NBC Erases SNL Sketch From Digital Archive For Fear of Copyright Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    It was definitely a parody as he was exaggerating his voice and jaw movements when reaching high notes.
    It did prove what a great voice he has... other than that is your typical long repetitive SNL sketch.

  10. Re:Why should I care? on Prince of Sealand Dies At 91 · · Score: 1

    I remember having a talk with an International Relations professor at university, he said (I'm paraphrasing) that in the international arena all nations have to fend for themselves eventually and that is defined as Realpolitik. The example was that if all nations were boats on the ocean, the size of each boat representing the power and influence of each nation, and if some big boat makes waves then all smaller boats will have to align themselves to the incoming ripples. The smaller you are the hardest the hit if you don't align yourself quickly.

    So... for Sealand... I think it could be easily be overrun by the Bolivian Navy.

  11. Re:Why should I care? on Prince of Sealand Dies At 91 · · Score: 0

    Despite AC's typical lack of taste and manners, he/she has a point.

  12. Re:it worries me on For Obama, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, Boring Is Productive · · Score: 1

    Maybe you are overthinking it and this decision process is a kind of pleasure, like shopping for shoes. You really didn't let your feminine side express herself openly

  13. Re:I Too, Suffer Under the Weight of My Own Genius on For Obama, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, Boring Is Productive · · Score: 1

    It's funny because it's somewhat true....
    mod +1

  14. Re:Fondue party! on What Happened To Diaspora, the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated · · Score: 2

    Yup, you have to complete at least your first iteration... then refactor it like hell for the next... ad infinitum.

  15. Re:graphics blows intel away and what better faste on AMD Trinity APUs Stack Up Well To Intel's Core 3 · · Score: 1

    Yes maybe so, but they are cheap! A commodity.

  16. Subjected to 10 images per sec. and react to them on DARPA Unveils System Using Human Brains For Computer Vision · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, it's called a video game!

  17. Not going away as part of a battle group on Why Aircraft Carriers Still Rule the Oceans · · Score: 1

    By itself aircraft carriers look like an easy target but they do not travel alone, they form part of a Carrier battle group. So you have to go undetected through a submarine and a few frigates to get near them. Not everything is related to costs if you can't replace it.

  18. Re:Don't store the data. on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Collecting and Storing User Information? · · Score: 1

    I didn't see gp post as condescending, I think he is trying to make the point of how serious private information storage is.

    I did cringe on his reference of putting password/username/cc in one table, even encrypted. I suggest to use hash values to replace those real values and mask CC numbers. So even if the encryption is broken a hacker would not be able to identify the person.

    Doing this doesn't limit your innovation in any way. It's actually a burden we all have to deal with to avoid a legal bomb landing on your lap.

     

  19. Re:Just don't do it on Ask Slashdot: Best Practices For Collecting and Storing User Information? · · Score: 1

    Mod Up +1
    No matter what you want to do with PI you must check first that is legal, first on your jurisdiction (state or province), then your country (countries) where you expect your customers to reside.
    It doesn't matter what good intentions you have, it might not be enough to keep you out of trouble.
    For example, if your jurisdiction forbids you from keeping DOB then make sure you are clean.

  20. Re:The problem with ONE online math class on The Problems With Online Math Classes · · Score: 1

    +1 Mod up!

  21. Re:I had the exact opposite experience on The Problems With Online Math Classes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please mod up +1
    This is the whole point about online classes.
    Students can pick the style that fits them for courses that cover EXACTLY the same topics.
    Different teaching rhythms and speed will match the learning speed of different students.

    A person should be involved when an expected minority finds challenges or is missing pre-requisites.

    The rest is just politics & and inflamed egos.

  22. Re:Lots of Gas on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    Not pets or kids I assume...

    Sounds like total freedom.

  23. Re:Try Looping on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    That's interesting, never heard of it before.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Loop

    +1

  24. John Madden has been doing it for years... on Taking Telecommuting To the Next Level - the RV · · Score: 1

    John Madden's fear of flying has translated in having his coach bus with all the comforts. Satellite internet is one of them:
    http://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/John-Madden-s-first-class-coach-Voice-of-2770534.php

  25. Re:The main issue I have noticed with FF seems on Firefox 15 Released: Silent Updates, Compressed Textures, Add-on Memory Leak Fix · · Score: 1

    Not to be harsh but 4Gb is the minimum required for regular use on windows machines.
    Things improve with a 64bit OS as well.