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  1. Re:but... on Comcast Pays $800,000 To U.S. For Hiding Stand-Alone Broadband · · Score: 1

    Pro-tip, there's a med for that... (coming from someone who thinks mental health meds are way over prescribed)

  2. Re:So fine them money they already didn't spend? on FTC Files Complaint Against Wyndham For Hotel Data Breaches · · Score: 1

    Think I might have to draft up a mailer for the hotels in my area. Drum up some business.

  3. Re:Not very new. on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the adult to child ratio is in these classes? I think you can easily teach that kind of stuff to afew kids, but when there are too many in a crowd, someone is getting stabbed.

    American schools and preschools trend towards a higher child to caregiver ratio.

  4. Re:you're all worthless and weak on Are We Failing To Prepare Children For Leadership In the US? · · Score: 1

    HA HA HA... Only for the poor, but believe what you will.

  5. Re:General observation on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 1
    Well said!

    The right has no claim on fiscal responsibility, despite their incessant claims otherwise (when they are not in power). The far right has taken over the GOP and I don't think there is any way to fumigate the vessel, it just needs to be parked in deep water and abandoned. The whole thing appears to be run by a bunch of old guys who are more concerned with their legacy as part of the Reagan administration, then with doing anything to keep America strong and functioning.

    on a side note, look at this crazy...http://reagan.com/ (kind of jealous I didn't think of skimming some off the top of the crazies)

  6. Re:General observation on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 1

    I'm dumping my moderation to reply here.
    The NRA is crazy. They have been taken over by people who are either only interested in maintaining a paycheck, or people who are ideologically unwilling to bend (due too stupidity or stubbornness?)
    I support gun rights, and I think people should be able to own assault rifles and cannons. However, I think there do need to be draconian laws punishing those who misuse firearms.

    I also think you have some mental problems if you find it necessary to carry a firearm on you at all times.

  7. Re:O RLY? on Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers · · Score: 1

    Your confusing the issue, but thank you for toning it down and rationally explaining your position, even if it is not the subject at hand.

  8. Re:O RLY? on Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers · · Score: 1

    That works great until you go back to the well and it is dry because there is nobody new coming up for jobs with no stability and everybody existing has been snapped up.

    Huh, that's the very situation we are discussing...?

  9. Re:O RLY? on Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers · · Score: 1

    He is obviously talking about the very bottom of the curve, people who fall as far as they can, don't quietly starve to death unless they exist in a GOP fairy tale. Maybe next time you are polishing your conservatard(c) blinders you can sneak a peek at the real world.

  10. Re:O RLY? on Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers · · Score: 1

    Sorry, nobody is interested in troll-baiting your strawman arguments today. If you are not whining to policy makers that there are no good applicants and they need to let you import Huang and Suresh to fill positions you are not the problem. Your company will fail slowly like all the others that are mismanaged an penny pinched to death.

    (ok, maybe I'm up for some troll baiting...)

  11. Re:O RLY? on Why Bad Jobs (or No Jobs) Happen To Good Workers · · Score: 1

    I also see no need for government interaction, unfortunately there is already plenty of it in the form of downward pressure on wages.

  12. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    It is a belief for those who love freedom, it is a historical awakening similar to the Magna Carta.

  13. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    I am responding to your request for a citation, and yes, this is not a legal document. However, it is does espouse the principles of our founding fathers, hence it contains "founding principles" of the United States. The truths espoused don't change because they become inconvenient.

  14. Re:Correlation/Causation? on Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access · · Score: 1

    More of a peer pressure and parental expectation problem, but I also see it first hand.

  15. Re:Correlation/Causation? on Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Correlation/Causation? on Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access · · Score: 1

    As soon as we have true artificial intelligence (it'll never happen) that needs to be coddled and taught, women will get into CS and we will see articles complaining that there are no men.

  17. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    Why should everyone be forced to pay their pittance to support artists when, to many of us, music is background noise that we enjoy occasionally. If the only thing on the radio was some guy playing a fiddle, a lot of people would listen to some guy playing a fiddle. This isn't healthcare or some other necessity. It should be supported by those who truly care about music, whether that is the musician or their fans.

  18. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    Murder is against the human condition, it usually only occurs in times of extreme emotion. Armies have spent millions of hours attempting to train humans to kill other humans because it goes against our nature.

  19. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    The last 100 years have been a anomaly in the arts. The newness of recorded music and video allowed a select few financiers to manipulate things, and the bubble has burst. The days of the mega star have passed. There just isn't alot of money in entertainment without a coddled middle class and manufactured adult/child age groups like "teens" and "tweens". We already see this divergence on TV, how many friends can you discuss that great show you saw last night with? We have less shared experiences and we need to learn to deal with it as a nation instead of defending every hill to the last man.

  20. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1

    Education is always better then legislation, which is good. It's easy for one person to decide to force everyone else with legislation, it's hard for one voice to drown out the sea of enlightened voices.

  21. Re:for artists? on David Lowery On the Ethics of Music Piracy · · Score: 1
    Anyone with a 4th grade education should recognize that line from the "Declaration of Independence", here let me past the relevent section:

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

    Seems pretty straightforward to me. This is one of our founding principles, no matter how much it chafes those currently in power.

  22. Re:Help me out here... on Phil Zimmermann's New Venture Will Offer Strong Privacy By Subscription · · Score: 1

    My paper is going to stick to IT practices, but I will try to touch on this. Unfortunately it seems like a management issue, not a tech issue. Too bad, I see this kind of crap everywhere and the head office usually circles the wagons and makes no improvement.

  23. Re:How many atom bombs does the UN have? on The U.N.'s Push for Power Over the Internet · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The UN as the world's Federal Gov is risible. It usually functions as an extension of US policy, although it's been off the rails for close to a decade, thanks to Bush, Jr.

    Other countries have some authority because they would bow out without it, but no serious policy like this would ever come out of the UN without backing from the US. The rest of the world governments are getting a taste of US style freedom of speech and they don't like it. The US doesn't even like it anymore, but we the people have managed to stand fast.

    Keep standing, it is your duty as a citizen and your right as a People!

    Notice I didn't say citizen, "citizen" is mentioned only once in the Declaration of Independence, and never in the Bill of Rights, while "people" is mentioned five times in the Bill of Rights and ten times in the Declaration of Independence.

  24. Re:They don't enforce snooping on everything on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 1

    I've been meaning to test what cert errors, if any, I get from https android apps. Anyone wanna chime in?

  25. Re:They don't enforce snooping on everything on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 1

    I saw this at a "public" wifi in the kroger down the street from me. I talked to the local police because I thought it was a rouge AP hijacking sessions. Turns out Kroger is that stupid.