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  1. Re:Wouldn't it be the people doing the discriminat on Housing Department Slaps Facebook With Discrimination Charge (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    The only way I see FB being liable is if the selection for Housing rentals required you to select fields such as the age/race/etc of the people to show it to and did not have an option for "Show it to everyone." Which would not surprise me.

  2. I want to know where I can get 41 desktops and laptops, 27 pieces of removable media (memory cards and flash drives), 11 hard disks, and six cellphones for around $600.

  3. Re:Yet Another Doomsday Prediction on Extreme CO2 Levels Could Trigger Clouds 'Tipping Point' and 8C of Global Warming (carbonbrief.org) · · Score: 0

    I agree but most "global warming" believers get their science from the newspapers and magazines and not peer reviewed journals.

  4. Re:Same service, same results.... on Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why the law normally narrowly defines terms like cable system

    (3)A “cable system” is a facility, located in any State, territory, trust territory, or possession of the United States, that in whole or in part receives signals transmitted or programs broadcast by one or more television broadcast stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, and makes secondary transmissions of such signals or programs by wires, cables, microwave, or other communications channels to subscribing members of the public who pay for such service. For purposes of determining the royalty fee under subsection (d)(1), two or more cable systems in contiguous communities under common ownership or control or operating from one headend shall be considered as one system.

  5. and people say Y2K was a myth and nothing crashed. lol

  6. > It's too expensive, both in time and money, for HR or hiring managers to test every single applicant to assess their skill level

    Ill say it, this shows that you or your company has poor people skills.

    This is based on the idea that every employee or potential employee is trying to lie to you or rip you off. Which is not the case.

    Is it really that expensive to read a persons resume and spend 10 to 15 min talking to the ones that appear qualified on their resume? A good interviewer can easily assess a persons skill set and knowledge by talking to them. It does not have to be adversarial!

  7. Re:Online Polls? on Michael Cohen Says He Tried To Rig Online Polls 'at the Direction' of Donald Trump (cnbc.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    He was not running for president in 2014, that is a full 2 years before he ran.

    So no campaign finance, no campaign accounting, no violation.

    I think the only thing drummer than Trumps statements are the liberals that try to tie him to some felony. It is the liberal version of "Where is the birth certificate?"

  8. Make some changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act and apply it to all consumer reports. Thus you get the following

    Access to Your Report – The act requires reporting agencies to provide you with any information in your file upon request once a year.

    Protected Access – The act limits access to your file to those with a valid need.

    Accurate Reporting – If inaccurate information is discovered in your file, the reporting agency must examine the disputed information, usually within 30 days. If the inaccurate information cannot be verified, the reporting agency has a responsibility to remove it. If you are not able to clear up the matter, you are allowed to add a statement to your file explaining the situation.

    Have Outdated Information Removed – Negative information must be removed from your file after seven years.

    Maintain Medical Information Privacy – reporting agencies are prohibited from obtaining or using medical information.

    Seek Damages – You have the right to sue and seek damages in a state or federal court from anyone, such as a consumer reporting agency or a user of consumer reports, who violates the Fair Reporting Act.

    Know When Your Report Is Used Against You – If you are denied credit, insurance,r employment, or any service because of your report, you can ask for the specific reason for the denial.

  9. Re:With Apologies to Rick and Morty on No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Would you say the same about a credit card?

    I would!

    No credit, no credit cards, and I have more disposable income than anyone I know. Mainly because I am not paying it out to CC companies.

  10. Re: Second hottest year on Arctic Posts Second Warmest Year On Record In 2018, NOAA Says (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But if we are talking about the arctic then we are talking about WEATHER and not CLIMATE.

    As has been said over and over, local weather is not proof of climate change or the lack of climate change.

  11. >>If it lives in The Cloud, then you don't own it, no matter how much you paid for it.

    4 servers $3500
    7 x 3tb Drives $650

    1 x 21Tb Storage cloud
    1 x IaaS cloud

    My stuff lives in the cloud, and I own it. I own both the cloud it is in and the data I put there. lol

  12. >And no answer on the most important part: Why a hotfix is required in the first place. Why did they, yet again, manage to get into a situation where Azure is FUBAR.

    Its no big deal. They only guarantee a 99% uptime so they have still met there SLAs

    This is why businesses required a 99.99% or better uptime.

  13. CLR

  14. If I had mod points I would mod you up! It is so true.

    Boss: We are moving the desktops into the cloud and everyone will get "Smart Terms" for their desk!

    Me: We tried that, it was called a mainframe. The high cost of doing it that way is one of the reasons we moved to distributed systems and desk top computers.

    Boss: No this is different, mainframes used green dumb terminals, these are smart terminals!

  15. So it would be better to strap it to a lithium ion battery as a built in trickle charger?

    When you are not using your phone, aka asleep, it charges it self. Sound good to me lol

  16. The earth cannot sustain infinite human growth.

    Well, it looks like you will not be one of the "best and brightest" that gets to reproduce. You are thinking too small, the earth cannot sustain infinite human growth but the fucking universe can.

    Hell, disassemble the earth and use the raw materials to make large habitats orbiting the sun. Just the material in the earth is enough to make and support 100,000 x the existing population or we could get to the point where we have a Ecumenopolis first. We are nowhere near that level!

    We could continue to expand after disassembling the earth and move on to the other planets. There is lots of raw material and hydrocarbons in the solar system. Add Star lifting to the mix and we are set.

  17. I have an Apple IIe with an applecat modem.

    Now Im showing my age. lol

  18. Re:It is not about SJW but solely about advertisin on YouTube Will Increase Security At All Offices Worldwide Following Shooting (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    On the other hand animals which people see as "cute" could damage the brand if seen associated. So no it isn't about SJW or whatever , it is most probably in this case solely about not putting advertiser in a bind.

    Right, it is not like there would be say sporting goods suppliers as advertisers, or knife manufacturers, the NRA, Gun Sellers, sellers of meat processing items, etc, etc.

  19. Re:Everything is possible! on Wind and Solar Can Power Most of the United States, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Put them in orbit of the sun and beam the energy back with a laser or microwave beam. Sure we may fry a few birds but it is 24 hour energy. :P

  20. Re:Special purpose AI versus general AI on Most Americans Think AI Will Destroy Other People's Jobs, Not Theirs (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    > I firmly believe that if your job can be defined sufficiently clearly, then a special-purpose AI can be built to do your job better and cheaper.

    Well then I am safe. ;)

    Boss: Just fix it
    AI: It is a 20 year old computer that died I can not get parts for it and have been asking for an upgrade for 15 years. How do you suggest I fix it?
    Boss: I dont know, that is your job. Just make it work.
    AI: What is my budget?
    Boss: $0.00 We can't afford to spend anything on it.
    AI: **CRASH REPORT** DIVIDE BY 0 ERROR! **CRASH REPORT**

  21. > However with an organization like Microsoft, there are SLAs

    Has anyone actually asked them what the SLA's are? I did in a meeting with the rep, I simply asked what the guaranteed uptime was on the O365 service. Considering it would be taking over all business functions from email to document storage.

    The answer was "We guarantee a 99% uptime" My next question was "99 point what? 99.9%, 99.99%, 99.999%?" Nope just a 99% uptime. IT management ignored me when I suggested that 99% was way to low and signed the agreement anyway.

  22. Wow, maybe things will change on Disney Loses in Redbox Copyright Row (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Back many years ago a local store used to rent software. You could come in and rent just about anything from a set of OS disks to MS word or the latest game. If you liked the title you could keep renting it or just pay the cost of the title.

    They also bought the software that they rented/sold.

    They were sued for copyright infringement and put out of business. Fast forward 25 years and the court is going the other way.

  23. Re:Throw out the Republicans on Net Neutrality Rules Die on April 23 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Children and guns are a bad idea. Your average firearm is too unwieldy for a typical child to operate in a safe and effective manner.

    Children are much better suited to crew served weapons. The simi-stationary mortar or heavy machine gun relies less on physical strength and builds teamwork.

  24. Re:Throw out the Republicans on Net Neutrality Rules Die on April 23 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Fact: He lied on his form 4473 for the gun purchase. Specifically to question 11f, which is illegal and makes that an illegal gun purchase.

    Laws do not prevent crime, laws simply punish those who commit an act that violates sed law.

  25. Re:Throw out the Republicans on Net Neutrality Rules Die on April 23 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Footnote: It's illegal for anyone under 21 to buy handgun ammunition. The .223 ammo used by the AR15 is classified as handgun ammunition.