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  1. Maybe on Mozilla Offers FCC a Net Neutrality Plan With a Twist · · Score: 1

    but they will have to throttle their own services the same was they throttle dropbox. Sort of counter-productive.

  2. Not really on Mozilla Offers FCC a Net Neutrality Plan With a Twist · · Score: 1

    If Comcast doesnt charge content providers...they dont have to worry about it. However if they charge a content provider they have to charge them all the same rates including their own content providers.

  3. Oddly enough on Mozilla Offers FCC a Net Neutrality Plan With a Twist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    the cable companies did it to themselves...by charging netflix to carry their programming they became a common carrier.
    In other words they can offer speed ups to paying customers but they have to be under RAND terms including to their own
    services their own services would have to pay for the same rate for the same bandwidth.

  4. We know what its really all about on Virtual Reality: Purpose Beyond Gaming · · Score: 4, Funny

    *band if you please*

    The Oculus Rift is really great....FOR PORN!
    You can do all kind of advanced graphics... FOR PORN!
    Explore whole new worlds...FOR PORN
    Then return safe and sound FOR PORN

    The Oculus Rift is for porn
    The Oculus Rift is for porn
    Grab your RIFT and double click for PORN! PORN! PORN!

  5. Skimming is a better word than rigged on SEC Chair On HFT: 'The Markets Are Not Rigged' · · Score: 1

    Rigged implies pricing is completely controlled by these HFTs which is not true. It is a skimming
    basically these hfts are making pennies per trade but doing so in billions of trades.

  6. Generalizing about averages is bad science on White House Worried About Discrimination Through Analytics · · Score: 1

    Between 1972 and 2002 the average iq difference between blacks and whites shrunk from 15 points to 9 points.

    Thats an average...not something that can be generalized to all black people. Im willing to bet that Neil Degrasse Tyson
    is smarter than 99.9% of the white people in America including you.

  7. Its all a cunning plan! on Microsoft Confirms It Is Dropping Windows 8.1 Support · · Score: 1

    Microsoft figures they can get people to buy windows 8.1 by dropping support, because
    after all XP is popular after they dropped support! GENIUS!

  8. Unlike computing, math tech will still work on Mathematicians Use Mossberg 500 Pump-Action Shotgun To Calculate Pi · · Score: 1

    Unless solar powered calculators magically disappear
    and people forget about how to use string and rulers.

  9. Not necessarily on Ask Slashdot: Are You Apocalypse-Useful? · · Score: 1

    We actually had events happen that killed 40 to 50% of the population, its called a plague. These unrealistic scenarios happened every 500 years or so. Even in our modern society if a plague kills so many that medical infrastructure is overwhelmed you can have a vaccine available but lack the means to distribute it or the quantity necessary to vaccinate most of the population.

  10. Try reading beyond the subject line on Commenters To Dropbox CEO: Houston, We Have a Problem · · Score: 1

    You might actually try reading something other than the subject line. In any event you dont get appointed
    to major boards because rich people like you...okay well not most board members. Most board members
    of major corporations usually are recruited for some expertise they bring to the board in Condi Rices case
    im guessing government and education.

    board members dont make day to day decisions thats the job of the Chief Executive Officer.

    If your asking what shes done competently, she was the provost of stanford and served competently on several corporate boards before this.

    I don't agree with her politics but your politics are not relevant when you join a board of directors you assume a legal duty to the company.
    including a duty of confidentiality and a fidiuciary duty.

    Like I said I dont agree with her political decisions, I voted for Bill Clinton twice, Al Gore once and Obama twice, but the idea that Condi Rice is some sort of trojan horse in dropbox is laughable.
    dropbox

  11. Condi Rice is legitimate choice on Commenters To Dropbox CEO: Houston, We Have a Problem · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I say that as a Democrat. I also say its legitimate to question her appointment for policy based reasons.
    Brandon Eich was ousted for social policy reasons not directly tied into the day to day functioning of the board.
    That was a board decision to force him to resign.

    Dropbox and privacy are core to its mission. Condi Rice has served on several boards of directors including Hewlett Packard, Chevron and the Rand corporation
    shes professional and experienced. Shes not going to sell dropbox out to the NSA and she brings experience with these issues to the board. She understands who shes working for and is loyal to her employer. She may be an attack dog but shes a loyal well trained attack dog and thats what dropbox sees in her.

    If you dont want her appointed for past policy based reasons then thats acceptable but someone needs to take a deep breath and calm the hysteria.

  12. Configure Linux Mint with MATE and Google Chrome. on Ask Slashdot: How To Start With Linux In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    The interface looks just like Windows and Google Chrome will let them do let them do google apps and gmail. Chrome is the same on windows as on linux in most cases.

  13. Mozilla is a 501 c(3) corporation on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 1

    A court may actually decide that Non-profits can terminate employees for activities "incompatible with and adversely impacting
      the mission and purpose of the organization."

    If California wants to make a test case....Im sure a lot of people would love to take this to Federal court.

  14. Not all pedophiles are men on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 1

    Mary Kay Lotourneau ring a bell???

  15. Straight Privilege on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 2

    Government does recognize marriage so by voting against marriage equality for all what you are really saying is you support privileges for the people that already have them.

  16. Re:Interesting Quote on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 1

    Well im sure a lawyer could argue that

    a) He wasnt forced to resign

    b) even if he was forced to resign. The reason he was forced to resign was that he lost the confidence of the board and the employees and could no longer manage the company regardless of the reason and thats the argument Baker made.

  17. Re:"and is typically retained for one to three mon on Cameras On Cops: Coming To a Town Near You · · Score: 1

    In most cases tampering with the video would be a felony. Any decision to delete video would have to be logged by a supervisor.

  18. After an earthquake... on The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" · · Score: 1

    You dont find the starbucks...you find the waffle house. They already have a contingency plan and backup generators so they will have hot coffee ready to go. They are the only resturant I know that reports its operational status to FEMA.

  19. Who needs adult level intelligence in a robot? on Why Robots Will Not Be Smarter Than Humans By 2029 · · Score: 1

    If you invent a robot as smart as a 9 year old with basic concrete reasoning power that can do simple household chores and yardwork you will become a billionaire.

  20. Green is good for apple on Tim Cook: If You Don't Like Our Energy Policies, Don't Buy Apple Stock · · Score: 1

    Having a positive green image and policy helps Apple public relations and also keeps Apple in some socially responsible funds. While Cook
    doesnt claim its for ROI, there is a financial gain for at least some green practices.

  21. Swedens Socialism on A Strategy For Attaining Cuban Internet Connectivity · · Score: 1

    Sponsored by Volvo and Ikea...we feed the world one meatball at a time.

  22. Re:However... on German Court Forbids Resale of Valve Games · · Score: 1

    Also note its DRM works with WINE and their steam OS is based on linux

  23. However... on German Court Forbids Resale of Valve Games · · Score: 1

    Also note GOG games are ancient(although I do love them), Steam not only has modern games but massively discounts those games and its DRM is mild. Once youve downloaded the game from steam you can switch to offline mode and never contact steam again. If Valve dies switch to offline mode. Steam also supports independent software developers and charities with humble bundle(I had already bought half the games in the bundle so steam lets me gift the codes to someone else).

  24. Re:Not surprising on Windows Replacement? ReactOS 0.3.16 Gets Themes, CSRSS Rewrite, and More · · Score: 1

    Considering XP is 13 years old...being a decade late is not a problem :-)

  25. Re:One day.... on Windows Replacement? ReactOS 0.3.16 Gets Themes, CSRSS Rewrite, and More · · Score: 2

    The first 65536 users don't want dice to pull the plug...we would lose our slashdot awesomeness.