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  1. Re:10 IT managers for 170 computers?! LOL !!! on The Logistics of an eSports Tournament · · Score: 1

    Are they writing down and hand delivering the packets?

  2. Close as in a clock is right two times a day. I applaud the attempts, it makes great video. But am not convinced this is the right course of action.

  3. Re:If he's sufficiently important... on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With User Resignation From an IT Perspective? · · Score: 1

    He's getting a paid 2 weeks. How is that being a jerk if you don't treat him like one.

  4. Fair business practices. on US Air Force Overstepped In SpaceX Certification · · Score: 2

    The only difference between the new 'commercial space' guys and Boeing and LM, etc are the rules. How is it fair to the established space industry that was forced to play the government game to lose business because SpaceX doesn't have to.

  5. Re:in further news show tanks on Jeremy Clarkson Dismissed From Top Gear · · Score: 1

    Should have ended anyway. I haven't been able to sit through an entire episode in about 3 years.

  6. Re:This validates the US policy... on Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident · · Score: 1

    Much better to leave someone alone with no way of interacting with them to try to talk them out of it. It's much easier to crash a plane into the ground when you can't see the fear and faces of those around you. Fool proof, of course not. But it would have given them a better chance of survival.

  7. Why not word it as... on Musk Says Drivers May Become Obsolete, Announces Juice-Saving Upgrades · · Score: 1

    Within 3 hours drive of a charging station. Seriously, when is the last time you've driven more than 5 miles out of your way to get a fill up. And he wants to say wherever you are there is a charging station within 3 hours! Err...really now?

  8. Re:Wait... on Evolution Market's Admins Are Gone, Along With $12M In Bitcoin · · Score: 2

    This is more about what happens when the people selling the illegal goods are no longer the mafia or cartel and instead is Walter White from season 1. In the good old days anyone who stole their money, real or virtual, would end up with a Columbian Necktie. That tends to keep the money handlers honest.

  9. If only there was a way. on Hertz Puts Cameras In Its Rental Cars, Says It Has No Plans To Use Them · · Score: 3, Informative

    "This week I got an angry email from a friend who had just rented a car from Hertz: “Did you know Hertz is putting cameras in rental cars!? This is bullsh*t. I wonder if it says they can tape me in my Hertz contract.” He sent along this photo of a camera peeping at him from out of his “NeverLost,” a navigational device that the company has started putting in many of its cars:"

    Here's a crazy idea, read the contract you signed.

  10. Re:Good Move on Apple, Google, Bringing Low-Pay Support Employees In-House · · Score: 1

    As an all caring employee you should have known that falsifying your identification is against policy. Yet you did it anyway.

  11. Re:Diversity on Apple, Google, Bringing Low-Pay Support Employees In-House · · Score: 1

    Bingo!!!! Someone who gets it!

  12. Don't care for him anymore on Bill Nye Disses "Regular" Software Writers' Science Knowledge · · Score: 1

    For a smart guy he really should realize that the best way to get people to change their opinions is not to constantly insult them. Every time I see him he seems to take the approach that he is smarter than you and you are an idiot if you don't agree.

    Now Dean Kaman is a much better example of an education advocate for the purpose of education, not political agenda. And he's actually a really good guy.

  13. Oddly enough on An Argument For Not Taking Down Horrific Videos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I was appalled without having to see it. Visual media was not needed. The fact that we lie in a society that seems to need to have it's shock porn is disturbing. And it wasn't censored, privately held media/news companies decided not to show it.

  14. Wow on Interviews: Dr. Robert Ballard Answers Your Questions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He sounds like a lot of fun at a party.

  15. How is it different than medical? on US Army Could Waive Combat Training For Hackers · · Score: 1

    Doctors don't go through basic. They have to go through basic officer leadership. If you don't want to enlist them in as officers then they should have to go through the training. Honestly, we should be ashamed that we are willing to accept the belief that you can't be physically fit and use computers. Pretty shocking.

  16. Give it a rest already. on Science Cannot Prove the Existence of God · · Score: 1

    This whole argument is so tired. If God wanted science to prove it, it would. If he doesn't, they won't. God gets to roll like that.

  17. Another reason they love it on The Open Office Is Destroying the Workplace · · Score: 2

    If it's a large company, say Boeing, Lockheed, GE, etc, you often have several business units in a particular site. Those BUs often pay rent to the main office for their floor space. Open offices greatly reduces these charges back helping them meet their profit goals. Reduce it enough and they can knock down/rebuild some walls and get the extra building space classified at a lower tax rate. It's all about them saving money. You can't win this fight in this case unless people start leaving. But at this point you're just considered a replaceable widget anyway.

  18. Re:Wait. Are gov't regs good or bad? on Court Orders Uber To Shut Down In Spain · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pro-choicers who expect murder charges for a crime that injures a pregnant woman.

  19. I've long said this. on France Wants To Get Rid of Diesel Fuel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Circa 2006 I used to travel to Roune. Lovely city, amazing architecture, almost all of it completely black. I mean black hole black. So bad that they were power washing them with bleach other something else to try to restore them. Did a great job, for about a year. I soon came to the conclusion that the US actually did make the right choice. Now I understand the low sulfur should be a game changer. Either Valls isn't convinved, or he's targeting other things that may not be using the low sulfur. But I think it's a move that is 50 years too late.

  20. Re:Its Urban Trees on Ask Slashdot: Why Is the Power Grid So Crummy In So Many Places? · · Score: 1

    This is 100% true and is the reason the Halloween storm a few years ago was so devastating. The 35 years of growth since I was a kid is the reason we seem to have so many new outages compared to growing up. During the housing buildup of the post war the trees were leveled to make way for streets and new neighborhoods. Now they've grown back and have been left unchecked for the most part. Many towns have taken it as a wake up call and are still having full time crews cutting back the trees.

  21. Shocking on Top Counter-Strike Players Embroiled In Hacking Scandal · · Score: 1

    It's half the reason I stopped playing it 15 years ago.

  22. Re:How about teaching civility? on Cops 101: NYC High School Teaches How To Behave During Stop-and-Frisk · · Score: 1

    You're confusing subservient with polite.

  23. Makes sense on Spaceport America Loses $1.7 Million Due To Virgin Galactic Delays · · Score: 1

    Despite the typical 'government is acting bad' attitude that persists here it is a valid question. NM, one of the poorest stats in the country, levied taxes specifically to support this. Now the whole thing is in question. VGs future is in question despite what they are telling the press. And they are at least 5, probably closer to 10 years behind schedule. The question of continued costs and funding is valid.

  24. Re:Forget the Space Station on Russia May Be Planning National Space Station To Replace ISS · · Score: 1

    None of them are old enough to get the reference.

  25. Really? on Germans Can Get Free Heating From the Cloud · · Score: 1

    So it's really cheaper to keep hundreds/thousands of machines all over creation to run and maintain than in a centralized building? I'm not sure I buy the longer term savings.