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  1. 6.21 miles deep, that's impressive.

  2. Re:AT&T land line on Cable TV Prices Rising At Four Times the Inflation Rate · · Score: 1

    The Fup prevents Satellite from actually working.

    Unless you only want text based email. - then it's worth the 50 bucks a month plus expensive equipment....

    (Fair use policy - they use that to slow you to 1200 baud speed when you hit the one meg download a month limit)..

  3. EA Games? on Report: Comcast and EA To Stream Games To TVs · · Score: 1

    5 years ago, I would of looked forward to it.

    Now? I'll check to see if AT&T will offer being dragged thru a swimming pool full of salted razor blades as an alternative.

    The latter would be more preferable....

  4. Re:bootcamps on Coding Bootcamps Already 1/8th the Size of CS Undergraduates · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I didn't realize I had to define RDBMS when I referred to SQL - as I had to help the novice in t-sql (transact structured query language that has some microsoft bits that don't work in the other RDBMS flavors) which is tied to MSSQL.which he had no Idea that the backend to the access/mssql platform the internal apps referred to (which is a nightmare in itself as the programmer who wrote that crap had three access databases running most of the data storage instead of porting all of it to MSSQl).

    I was under the impression that it's often easier to just refer to SQL when real techs talk. (we pronounce it "see-quell")

    I can go into how I built an external server for customer data and linked it to the internal server to keep financial data secure (without using MSSQL linked servers) but that would get into actual programming. Something that bootcamp devs can't do.

  5. bootcamps on Coding Bootcamps Already 1/8th the Size of CS Undergraduates · · Score: 4, Informative

    The last contract I had I walked into the "star" programmer using hidden text files to store data on client machines.

    It took over two weeks to prove to him that SQL could store the data without errors.

    People who are tossed into a learning environment for a month or two can't program their way out of a wet paper sack, let alone analyze and create tested solutions for a business.

    But businesses will get what they pay for. If they want someone who can do a web page without a real back end (that's secure and actually usable) will end up paying the price.

    It's good business for me. I can charge 4 years salary (of the bootcamp idiot) for six months worth of work to fix boot camp idiots work.

  6. planets, stars , life on Proposed Indicator of Life On Alien Worlds May Be Bogus · · Score: 1

    The thing that bugs me about all these claims of planets and star wobble and theories on how to predict life and all are all based on the latest iteration of conjecture.

    The light being examined is really, REALLY ancient. There's no (as far as I can tell) any leeway given to what may be between the star and us - like dust, or any other thing like dark matter (which is a theory) between us and the exoplanet - Honestly?

    To me all this planet discovery is about as verifiable as the canals of mars were when I was a kid.

    A star "wobbles" after 15 million years of the light traveling to where we can observe it - and It's as definable as the canals of mars were 40 years ago?

    Really? I can't say that the people declaring plants and life are wrong - but then again, science about the near planets is woefully lacking.

    How can we definitively say that life exists light years away when we're fucking clueless about what is going on under the surface of Europa?

  7. I've been a fan all my life on Monty Python To Bid Farewell In a Simulcast Show · · Score: 1

    When I'm out riding on my touring bike - Monty Python Is mixed into my cruise music.

    This might be their last "Visit before the chorus Invisible" But their classic and awesome humor will live on far past their "bring out yer dead" bell clanging.

    Thank you from the bottom of my humor warped heart, Monty Python is and was one of the greatest entertainment shows on the planet.

    And if anyone disagrees, It's fishes on the wharf at dawn.

  8. Re:So... on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 1

    p.s. the current win 8 experience has both testicles being torn from your body, or so my father said when he received a win 8 machine as an x-mas gift..

    BTW

    Slow Down Cowboy!

    Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.

    It's been 4 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment

    Seriously?

  9. Re:So... on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 1

    dumb bosses made me use a win 7 machine.

    Saying "Vista was ok" is like saying "Ok, one of my testicles was torn from my body, but otherwise it was a good experience"...

  10. Re:u wot m8 on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 2

    If you're a linux prophet, how do you know about windows and upgrading?

    I ask this because pert damn near everyone I've worked with over the past 15 years knows that when you move to a new Microsoft release, it's a wipe and reinstall.

    And just like Star Trek Movies, every second windows release sucks. XP was great, Vista sucked balls, win 7was ok, win 8 ran for goatse .

    (p.s. - never upgrade until the second service pack for the release)

  11. Due Process on IRS Can Now Seize Your Tax Refund To Pay a Relative's Debt · · Score: 1

    If the person paying the penalty has not been audited over the issue, how can the debt be arbitrarily assigned?

    Sounds like the ACLU can suck up a crapload of public funds over this fiasco.

  12. Re:There is no time for gaming on PC Gaming Alive and Dominant · · Score: 2

    I can actually preserve food by canning, smoking, pickling and curing as well as hunt. I also have mason jars stockpiled.

    So I'll raise the farming by one and have the shotgun ready for defense against soldier boy.

    P.S. Be sure you want to be tough and steal, cause if there's a jar or two not prepped well, you'll just die from botulism when you run across it. It's called "insurance". :)

  13. deaf culture fanatics on How Cochlear Implants Are Being Blamed For Killing Deaf Culture · · Score: 1

    [url:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/08/davidteather/]

    The link above is why I really hope that parents continue to augment their children with implants or anything else needed to give their child the best advantages in life.

  14. Re:So? on Isolated Tribes Die Shortly After We Meet Them · · Score: 2

    what is the average age of those that lived in the stone age?

  15. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    Seatbelts. another pet peeve.

    You live in texas.

    I live in Illinois.

    In illinois, I can hop on my touring bike or street bike with a set of glasses on and no helmet.

    Am I safer riding like that or am I safer in My Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on?

    If I am safer in my Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on, why the hell is there a law making me put a seatbelt on on but not blocking me from riding a motorcycle?

    Are you going to support removing motorcycles from the streets since they are less safe than a car?

    If this post makes you think, why can't you support personal choice when it comes to the way they live their lives?

  16. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    I illustrated your absurdity by being absurd, and it paid off.

    You favor a damaging cost to society by not embracing the idea of extreme safety. You are willing to let people die so that you are not in a state of discomfort.

    Yet, you ignore my desire to make my own choices in life.

    Game/set/match. Let me know when there is a Jewish Pope.

  17. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    You are as close to the middle as a pope is jewish.

    It's self evident in your "society cost" argument and avoidance to discuss "society cost" when it comes to abortion.

  18. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    No, they don't.

    These "safety rules" are nothing more than special interest groups (to increase their profits) pushing an agenda that is popular with the mindless sheep that are happy to graze at a particular voting place, as long as they get their shiny toys paid for by the rest of the populace.

    You are a substandard driver and expect everyone around you to have the same skills, and to avoid having to pay up for actual cost of the technology that is required to keep you as a safe driver, you need others to pay for it.

  19. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    Again, It should be the purchasers choice to up their safety.

    Otherwise, screw all choices - everyone's car should be speed limited to 15 mph, with solid steel frames and roll cages, crash bumpers that are engineered to 100 mph crash standards, and require a nerf suit and DOT helmet to operate.

    Otherwise, how dare you speak against it - think of the people that could be saved.

  20. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    Liberal 101.

    Here too I accept your surrender.

  21. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

    It only endangers you if you have proof I am not competent. I do have proof I am competent - over a half million miles by car, and over 100,000 miles on a motorcycle.

    I accept your surrender.

  22. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    BTW

    I'd rather not have computer assist.

    Ice
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

    Bad Maintenance
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603

    Defective systems
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/asiana-airlines-december-plane-crash-partially-caused-faulty-warning-systems-article-1.1740576

    over reliance on technology
    http://www.today.com/news/are-airline-pilots-relying-too-much-automation-1B11170594

    computer problems
    http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/08/14/two-dead-in-ups-cargo-jet-crash-in-birmingham-ala

    Also, as a programmer, I assure you that the code running your systems in the cockpit still has bugs. They usually won't show up until certain conditions are met - the old "Q:Why didn't you catch this in testing? A: Because it worked fine on my machine".

  23. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    That should be MY choice to use a computer aided system.

    Yes, or No?

  24. Re:Why wait till july? on Microsoft's Security Products Will Block Adware By Default Starting On July 1 · · Score: 1

    First I heard of it, Will it be able to play all my games?

  25. Re:simplicity and reliability on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    The liberals answer to everything.
    Make society pay to protect the stupid.

    If a person can't brake properly without computer aid - then they shouldn't be driving.

    Please raise your children to be smarter than having to rely on the wallets of others so they can drive a car with a small chance of avoiding accidents.

    And If I haven't made myself clear. I would rather the average driver suffer than be forced to pay more for my stuff.