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  1. Re:Once again, Slashdot predators will deny this on Tesla Factory Reportedly Described As a 'Predator Zone' By Female Employees (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Or, you know, just treat people like humans and not meat, and pretend they have feelings, and are just as good at their job as you are unless proven otherwise and deserve equal pay unless proven otherwise. Ive worked successfully with men for years, its not that difficult in the right environment. My workplace would not tolerate such flagrant catcalling and things. Once the higherups acknowledge and suppress the problems, it will be a better workplace for everyone.

  2. Re:Hopefully... on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Things change. Things were wrong- and misunderstood. Just because we're changing things and no longer doing bloodletting doesn't mean we changed reality.

  3. Re:Hopefully... on Chelsea Manning Set To Be Released From Prison, 28 Years Early (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    This is an incredibly biased and invalid statement, straight from the mouth of an indoctrinated extremist neo conservative.

    Medically speaking, it is classified as a disorder, but they're working on changing that- even so, the cure is what she has done.

  4. What happens to the pipes and things underneath? on San Francisco's 58-Story Millennium Tower Seen Sinking From Space (sfgate.com) · · Score: 2

    There's only so much flex the gas and water and all that can have.. isn't that a gas and/or water disaster waiting to happen?

  5. I have a MBP Retina 15" from 2013. Even on a good day, I never get more than 3 or 4 hours on it.

  6. Locked with ringer on? on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Waiting for the person who pouches it with the ringer on max and then can't turn it off while it rings and they decide whether they have enough time before it stops ringing to even push past the 50 people in the row and get to the phone-zone.

  7. It also does nothing to stop the clerk or anyone from writing down your number, exp, and cvv2 and going on to amazon. I don't know how to fix that without requiring computers have chip readers too, which honestly would be a good move and open people up for chip based authentication/login... Or otherwise coming up with another way with an authentication token and an api provided by the card companies or something, in conjunction with a TOTP or HOTP physical device.

  8. And for euthanasia on Roller Coasters Could Help People Pass Kidney Stones, Says Study (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    "The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) (0.317 mile) top, which would take two minutes for the 24-passenger train to reach.[1] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.[3] Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.[3]"

  9. Re:I thought most intelligent people did that on The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    mechanical shutter/slide for the camera, hardware disconnect for the microphone.

  10. Potentially dumb question? on Why BART Is Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    Why not install a 4th rail at the correct gauge opposite the 3rd rail side and once all the tracks are upgraded, plunk new trains on it? I guess it wouldn't work everywhere like where there is a change in which side is electrified, but would it not be a solid start that would cover most of the track?

  11. Why use anonymous email only to use your real name on Gov't Accidentally Publishes Target of Lavabit Probe: It's Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the point of lavabit was some anonymity.. why use his name in the email address? Willing to email as himself just didn't want others reading what he was sending I guess?

  12. Re: Still only 16 GB of RAM! on Dell Packs Xeon and Quadro GPU In 4lb Laptop (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like you can opt for a PCIe SSD instead and keep the 6-cell. Still it has the worst battery life amongst its competitors. You sacrifice a lot to fit under 4lbs.
    http://hothardware.com/reviews...

    The Lenovo P70 is a much more worthy competitor if you can handle the double sized weight. Plus it has the 5000M with up to 8gb memory instead of the 1000M and up to 64GB memory.

  13. Re:Lenovo on Dell Packs Xeon and Quadro GPU In 4lb Laptop (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    The P70 is "Starting at 7.56 lbs", so under 4lbs is something special.

  14. Re:Sad state of affairs on Hackers Leak DHS Staff Directory, Claim FBI Is Next (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Public employees typically have their salaries posted even. If the list doesn't include NoC/UoC or undercover people, this might not be that bad.

  15. Re:Ideas are a dime a dozen. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    It's one thing to tell that to a guy on the street who has a fantastic idea, but its another entirely to tell that to a guy who is pioneering commercial spaceflight and automobile technologies and who actually likely has the money and time to follow through on this.

  16. Re:Take back Slashdot on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    If it's alright with you, I sent you a LinkedIn connection just now. I understand if you decline, given your position, but I'd love to keep better tabs on what you're doing!

  17. Re:Take back Slashdot on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 2

    I loved Slashdot in the early 2000's.. I ended up working at Dice after they bought slashdot. I thought that was cool though I'm not on that project so it doesn't exist to me- it's not even in our office.. I wish all of slashdot media (sourceforge) had prospered better under dice.

  18. Don't even need to go that nuts in the US on Criminals Hacked Chip-and-PIN System By Perfecting Point-of-Sale Attack (net-security.org) · · Score: 1

    Since the US adopted/is adopting the chip without the pin, we're already behind the curve.

  19. Re:Wait for real reports on iOS 9 'Wi-Fi Assist' Could Lead To Huge Wireless Bills · · Score: 1

    To be fair, IOS 9 was released and is no longer beta and WiFi Assist is still a thing.

  20. Blotto Box on Misusing Ethernet To Kill Computer Infrastructure Dead · · Score: 1

    This reminds me back in the days of "phreaking" and "boxes" (eg red box, blue box, beige box), there was a rumored "blotto box" which amounted to attaching a generator to someones TNI or to a big green box and running for the hills.

  21. Re:Zip tie on TSA Luggage Lock Master Keys Are Compromised · · Score: 1

    I just use the normal combo suitcase locks we used to use before the TSA. They're not immune to anything particular, but the TSA will have to cut them off if they want into the bag. It's tamper evident and keeps the bag more secure up to the point they decide they want in. I've only had it cut off maybe 1 in 3 flights, so in general I think I come out ahead. Of course, I'm also aware that the lock is only there for tamper evidence- there's always the old zipper meets bic pen trick.

    https://youtu.be/wpIJVWXsBBI?t...

  22. Re:Relevance? on PHP 7.0 Nearing Release, Performance Almost As Good As HHVM · · Score: 1

    This non-programmer of 20 some years makes 6 figures doing php. i learned c/c++ in college, wrote research and defense contracting apps in them, learned python and worked for companies everyone has heard of, etc. But PHP to my chagrin has been where the work was for me and ive had to keep doing it - but its one saving grace has been better and better strict options / hinting that help make better code. PHP is finally catching up.

  23. Re:Ubuntu _is_ primarily a desktop OS... on Ubuntu Is the Dominant Cloud OS · · Score: 1

    You might be surprised to learn Ubuntu has this entire operating system underneath the graphical portion and that you can just leave off the graphical portion. The same as MS Windows- though in recent years that separation is artificially eliminated for all intents and purposes.

      Linux = Ubuntu = CentOS = RHEL = OEL etc.. They're all descriptions of the complete OS + giant set of packages. There are subsets to all of that.

  24. Lost on government but... on San Jose May Put License Plate Scanners On Garbage Trucks · · Score: 1

    Where my car is at any one time is public information to anyone at the same place at that time.

    It is a whole other thing to aggregate that and store it on a server and map and study that data and deduce patterns in my life

  25. You're out of your league on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Store a Half-Petabyte of Data? (And Back It Up?) · · Score: 1

    Not only are you out of your league, but you're barking up the wrong tree.

    1) You should hire someone to figure it out for you- as either on-site consultancy or use something like amazon.
    2) You should use a different site that has more than 5 legitimate comments on a thread.