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  1. Re:I'm sorry on Microsoft's New Windows Monetization Methods Could Mean 'Subscriptions' · · Score: 1

    That one will be one of the limited runs. "Now, for a limited time only at participating stores."

  2. Re:It won't be long on Heathrow Plane In Near Miss With Drone · · Score: 1

    It is not a non-issue in that these sorts of things could be prevented with proper regulation of drones, or at least the chances of something like this happening could be greatly reduced. No amount of rules, training, or regulation can control what the birds are going to do. Your analogy is very bad.

  3. Re:In my experience on Ask Slashdot: Paying For Linux Support vs. Rolling Your Own? · · Score: 1

    Sure, you can do that. That is not how most large companies operate though. I wasn't advocating one way or the other, just reporting what I've seen over the course of a long career in IT.

  4. Re:In my experience on Ask Slashdot: Paying For Linux Support vs. Rolling Your Own? · · Score: 2

    When did I say they didn't have local admins? That is a far cry from doing all of your support without a safety net.

  5. In my experience on Ask Slashdot: Paying For Linux Support vs. Rolling Your Own? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I work with clients ranging from small business to Fortune 10 companies. On the SMB side most do support their own, though they rarely write patches. I don't know a single large enterprise using Linux that doesn't pay RedHat or whoever for support though. There are many reasons for that. SLAs are easier to hold a third party to than an internal organization. It makes the C level people feel better to have a company they are paying accountable for support. They do not have to carry the burden of the extra staff needed (that's a big one). The list goes on.

  6. Re:Wow on The Ancestor of Humans Was an "Artist" 500,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Making a tool is in itself a thoughtful act. It's not a big leap to crude doodling or 'art' with one of those tools.

  7. Re:What I want to know on The Ancestor of Humans Was an "Artist" 500,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Da Vinci was both artist and scientist, and I'm sure quite a few modern day scientists have hobbies that would fall under the 'art' category.

  8. Re:Meh. on New Virus Means Deadlier Flu Season Is Possible · · Score: 1

    I agree. I do not get the flu shot even though it is constantly pushed on me. I'm only in my late 40s and in good health. I'd rather catch it and ride it out, which rarely happens.

  9. Re:Meh. on New Virus Means Deadlier Flu Season Is Possible · · Score: 1

    Normal, otherwise healthy adults can die from the flu too, though it's far more rare.

  10. Re:Meh. on New Virus Means Deadlier Flu Season Is Possible · · Score: 2

    If you live in a developed nation you're orders of magnitude more likely to die of the flu than of ebola.

  11. Re:Neat on The Ancestor of Humans Was an "Artist" 500,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Whoosh. You missed the AC's point. It was sarcasm, a crack at all of the psudo-history and outright science fiction that is today's History Channel most of the time.

  12. Re:Sounds good to me on The Cost of the "S" In HTTPS · · Score: 1

    You should get a cert warning if they are using any kind of SSL decryption. Also, *most* companies that I know use such things specifically exclude banking and medical sites from decryption for legal reasons.

  13. Re:Sounds good to me on The Cost of the "S" In HTTPS · · Score: 2

    Mod parent up. I was going to post the same thing. There are numerous appliances and software solutions used by enterprises to do this, but to do it seamlessly you have to install a new certificate on the client machine.

  14. Re:could be easy on Twitter Should Use Random Sample Voting For Abuse Reports · · Score: 1

    if a post only gets 1 report - manual review

      if a post gets multiple reports it gets disabled, and the user gets a notification that it was disabled, why, and a change to reply stating why you believe its wrong, for a manual review.

    That is a bad idea and one easily abused. 4chan alone would be shutting accounts down right and left.

  15. Re: an industry not exactly known for speed on Big Banks Will Vie For Your Attention With Cardless ATMs and VR · · Score: 1

    Get a new bank. My transfers are available to me immediately.

  16. Re:Wait till they see water! on Scientists Have Finally Sampled the Most Abundant Material On Earth · · Score: 2

    No, just on reddit.

  17. Re:I don't understand this ... on Stars Traveling Close To Light Speed Could Spread Life Through the Universe · · Score: 2

    While I suppose it's possible, I find it highly unlikely that any planet forming in the environment of a supermassive black hole (amounts of radiation we can't even really fathom) would be anything but sterile.

  18. Re: So it is not an accurate Documentary Film? on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    Just imagine a giant fly with a T-Rex head 8-0

  19. Re:Unions, a case study. on DOOM 3DO Source Released On Github · · Score: 2

    I believe the reference is to union leaders, not managers. In most cases managers are not union members.

  20. Re: So it is not an accurate Documentary Film? on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    I read recently that the half life of DNA is a few hundred years. No matter how many flies trapped in amber we find, we will never be able to recover enough dinosaur DNA to make Jurassic Park happen.

    Not to mention that making a dinosaur out of fly DNA would be quite a feat in itself ;)

  21. Sure on Ask Slashdot: IT Career Path After 35? · · Score: 2

    I started out coding, then went into systems engineering, mostly server farms and LAN/WAN design, in my mid/late 20s. Then around age 30 I did go into management, operations and projects, for a number of years. Now, in my late 40s I am a senior network security engineer for a consulting firm. I make the same money I made in management (quite a bit) and have a lot more fun. You certainly can stay in or move back into technical roles past the age of 35.

  22. Re: How is that startling? on Mathematicians Study Effects of Gerrymandering On 2012 Election · · Score: 1

    That sucks, because I listen to neither and thought it was mine.

  23. Move the PC on Ask Slashdot: Making a 'Wife Friendly' Gaming PC? · · Score: 1

    Don't game in the living room. That's for family time anyways. Put it in another room. If you don't have the space then that's a problem, but work towards a larger home with your own space. It's important to the health of a marriage that you each have your own space anyways.

  24. Re: How is that startling? on Mathematicians Study Effects of Gerrymandering On 2012 Election · · Score: 1, Funny

    Demoblicans would be a great name for the bad guys in an 80s video game. "Commander Keen versus the Demoblicans!" just sounds right.

    I prefer to refer to the de facto one party system we have as being run by Demoncrats.

  25. Re: So low carb vindicated again on Doubling Saturated Fat In Diet Does Not Increase It In Blood · · Score: 1

    Diabetic here. I don't exactly follow a ketonic diet but I eat very few carbs. I was amazed when doctors recommended 60 grams of carbs per meal. I do eat some carbs but about a third of that, and since I adopted that practice my need for insulin has dropped dramatically. I still need it, since my body produces little to none, but my blood panels now come back looking better than most non-diabetics. I eat a lot of protein and fat, and most of my carbs come from fruit and vegetables rather than processed grains.