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  1. Cosmic rays are real. on Serious Computer Glitches Can Be Caused By Cosmic Rays (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    All servers should have ECC memory at a minimum.

  2. It ain't comedy when on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    you pick on the weak and on the downtrodden. It is propaganda.

  3. Republicans wont on Nearly 56,000 Bridges Called Structurally Deficient (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    allow infrastructure work while a Democrat is President. Now that Trump is President maybe they can appropriate some money for infrastructure work. Hopefully they won't put poison seeds in the bill. They should triage the work so that the bridges that are about to fall will get worked on first.

  4. Why? Why? on Google's Not-so-secret New OS (techspecs.blog) · · Score: 0

    Why spend good money on another OS when there is no market for it.

  5. The losses due to death and illness caused by oil on Around 2.2 Million Deaths in a Year in India and China From Air Pollution (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0

    pollution far excess the savings thy get by burning coal.

  6. So why are they paying on New Office Sensors Know When You Leave Your Desk (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    the supervisors? Isn't it their job to keep an eye on the workers?

  7. It is a lot worse than that. on H-1Bs Reduced Computer Programmer Employment By Up To 11%, Study Finds (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 0

    The H1-B visa, the large Indian consulting firms and the large Asian immigrants population have basically swamped the programming market. You see many jobs been advertised on the Job Boards for less than 80K a year which is at least 50% less than what it should be. The large Indian Consulting firms will underbid for projects and will refuse to pay anywhere near competitive salary. They would rather the project fail while they make their profit since there is no damage from a project failing.

  8. What are the exact charges? on Spammer Faces Decades In Prison For Sending More Than 1 Million Spam Emails (suntimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Is it against the law to send advertisement in the mail? Or is he being charge for using forge instruments like fake driver licenses and debit cards?

  9. attention to the ergonomic concerns especially with so many workers out due to injuries.

  10. Starts at the top. on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job? · · Score: 0

    Is the head of the IT interested in getting things done? And that goes down the line. Fish rot from the head.

  11. until the next "Flash" selloff.

  12. Foreign language is too important, especially on Disney Thinks High Schools Should Let Kids Take Coding In Place of Foreign Languages · · Score: 0

    in America. Add a period for computers. When I went to High School 47 years ago I took computers. I went to school early, period zero. If the children want it then let them come in an hour early. Or stay an hour late.

  13. I am glad I didn't know on Sony PlayStation 4 Is Finally Adding Support For External Hard Drive (playstation.com) · · Score: 0

    since I connected a USB HD Drive to my PS4 a year ago.

  14. Will the Green Sea return on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 0

    There was a time the Arctic Sea was brackish. And plants grew all over its surface. So it was green.

  15. Large capacity disks on Seagate Says 16TB Hard Drive To Hit Market Within 18 Months (techspot.com) · · Score: 0

    are only useful for videos. The pipe from the disk to the computer is too narrow to make them useful for anything else. The mainframe at my jobs still use disk drive with 1G capacity to maximize thruput for processing online transactions.

  16. College Tuition shouldn't vary. on Should College Tuition Vary By Major, Based On the College's Costs For the Major? (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    College Tuition should be zero. College should be free for the same reason public education is free. And that is because education is the investment that has the greatest return in the long run.

  17. It may have been humans on Humans, Not Climate Change, Wiped Out Australian Megafauna (phys.org) · · Score: 0

    but there is no prove that it was people. People are just a strong possibility when you eliminate the other choices are been less possible. But it should be noted that humans live in African for hundreds of thousands of years and Africans mega fauna survived. It is possible that a short lived disaster could have caused the die off. Something like a nearby super volcano or an asteroid impact.

  18. And so this is the way on New Wyoming Bill Penalizes Utilities Using Renewable Energy (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump America starts.

  19. If there is space to game the system on New Senate Bill Would Give US Grads Preference In Receiving H-1B Visas (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    for workers who will be paid less then the corporations will find it.

  20. If a country on Scottish Government Targets 66% Emissions Cut By 2032 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    near the Arctic Circle can significantly reduce its Carbon output then there is no reason why the rest of us can't.

  21. you see one there must be hundreds. There has to be other developers who have installed backdoor into the web sites they built. You should have your web site source code checked for a backdoor..

  22. Build me a bulk part and on MIT Unveils New Material That's Strongest and Lightest On Earth (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    then I will believe.

  23. Amazing. That a country on Choked By Smog, Beijing Creates A New Environmental Police Force (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    were they put a bullet in the back of your head for every little thing they can think of has a big problem enforcing the environmental laws. Hey, big man, if you look out your window and you can't see the street maybe you you should call up and have a few environment cops killed then maybe they will do their jobs.

  24. There is always more to this than meet the eyes. on What's Happening As The University of California Tries To Outsource IT Jobs To India (pressreader.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot of this outsourcing is not just about cutting cost. Some of it is driven by kickback money provided by the outsourcing firms. Most of these outsourcing firms don't have a problem bribing IT executives.

  25. Outlaw Diesel Cars. on Diesel Cars Produce More Toxic Emissions Than Trucks and Buses, EU Study Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    In fact outlaw all vehicles that are not Pluggable Hybrids or fully Electric. Start with an annual carbon tax and a soot tax on the vehicles. Tax is based on how much pollution the vehicle produces. Then give them a 20 year phase out. You can't build new ones after 10 years and you can't drive one after 20 years.