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  1. Furthermore...what percentage of Christians (or practicing members of other faiths) do you assume find this offensive. Do you presume to speak for all of them? Because otherwise you might be right to assume that no on cares regardless of your religion or the color of your skin. An important part of a modern society is the ability to peacefully coexist within a group with dissimilar beliefs. If your outlook is so threatened by a person wearing a colander, or a cartoon, or a editorial, or a different religion, perhaps you should more closely examine your own beliefs.

  2. Re:Austin? on Ask Slashdot: Undervalued, Livable American Tech Towns? · · Score: 1

    Pfft! It's like an affordable San Francisco with good food and more available parking. Unacceptable!

  3. More like a manned/unmanned drone.. on Dubai Buys Commercial Jetpacks For Firefighters (martinjetpack.com) · · Score: 1

    It's more like a manned/unmanned drone. After watching their first responder sales video I might actually be more confused about what it's first responder role might be. Who knows. Maybe Dubia will do something amazing with it.

  4. Dice doesn't give a crap... on Boot Camps Introducing More Women To Tech (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't work in IT. If they did they wouldn't write the clap-trap they do. I've never seen a more balanced profession and yet they bemoan it like they understand something we're all missing. Get off your high-horse Dice and worry about something other then your short term page hits.

  5. I'd just like to say... on Boot Camps Introducing More Women To Tech (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd just like to say...fuck dice. And their shitty "stories".

    *drops mike*

  6. Re:Attend a 2600 meeting or go to HOPE? on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 1

    I'll agree with that. It may be a small percentage of returning veterans that could pose a treat, but because of the additional training and knowledge of military procedure a dissatisfied vet could pose a greater threat. However I'd assume the ones concerned about DoD Directive 8570.01 generally have a greater interest in protecting national security then the average civilian (not to say civilians have no interest; just that professionally as well as personally they should have a vested interest).

  7. Re:Attend a 2600 meeting or go to HOPE? on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 2

    That would be weird. Security professionals get CE/CEU/CPE(s) for attending such conferences. Maintaining baseline DoD Directive 8570.01 require such certifications. Good security requires up-to-date training and conferences such as these provide a wealth of information.

  8. Go easy on the Adderall prescription... on Ask Slashdot: How To Determine If One Is On a Watchlist? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Cooking devices and Linux torrents a domestic terrorist do not make. You must be a little on the (possibly overly) cautious side to use Tor (private) for torrents (public) in the first place. FOIA requests would probably work. But a cup of chamomile tea might do you more good in the long run.

  9. Re:He's got his talking points on Apple CEO Tim Cook: "Microsoft Surface Book Tries Too Hard To Do Too Much" (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of tools that automate the process. I recently did a fresh install to clean out my system and used ShutUp10 but it's far from the only one.

  10. Re: And the rest we're probably Java, Acrobat, and on 8 of the 10 Top Security Flaws Used By Cyber-Criminals This Year Were Flash Bugs (recordedfuture.com) · · Score: 2

    Either abstract it, contain it, or visualize it. Using a poorly maintained platform for the games doesn't mean you have to use it for everything.

  11. Re:And the rest we're probably Jave, Acrobat, and on 8 of the 10 Top Security Flaws Used By Cyber-Criminals This Year Were Flash Bugs (recordedfuture.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, were/we're. Sue me. It's the vodka.

  12. And the rest we're probably Jave, Acrobat, and OS on 8 of the 10 Top Security Flaws Used By Cyber-Criminals This Year Were Flash Bugs (recordedfuture.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I uninstalled Flash about 4 months ago. Guess what...the web still works. Even the questionable video sites I use work (or at least > 50%, which is enough). Sites that insist on requiring flash in 2015 probably haven't been relevant since 2010. Sites that require wonky plugins had better be for work and get relegated to a Microsoft browser product I don't use for anything else.

  13. Re:Yes, it's time, and long past time on Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If you care about the American worker, advocate to make them the better worker. Maybe if we'd put less faith in unions and the old "Made in America" campaigns (which cost Americans money to produce and advocate) and more faith in education, research, and competition we'd have been better off. We've got resources some competing countries don't have (or don't have as much) and if we can't successfully leverage those resources then perhaps we don't deserve them.

  14. Or perhaps... on Why New Antibiotics Never Come To Market (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Or perhaps...they'll wait until we misuse the current batch of antibiotics so much that we truly and desperately need a new antibiotic. Throwing a portfolio of effective pharmaceuticals at the market when existing drugs are reasonably effective and profitable might not be in everyone's interest.

  15. Re:Detecting weapons is NOT the purpose of TSA... on TSA Screeners Can't Detect Weapons (and They Never Could) (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The TSA is not simply security theater anymore, it's social welfare.

  16. You should qualify that. Some drivers have sued and won. My roommate happens to drive as a FedEx contractor and FedEx clearly offers contractor opportunities.

  17. Re:Let's try it on slashdot on Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Too old school for most of the remaining readers. Slashdot, a site that initially attracted a high number of reasonably highly technically skilled readers, remains at the brink of irrelevance. That's a headline. Pandering to the lowest common denominator was cute back in the day when we all knew it was an inside joke. The typos and overt clickbate along with the inside jokes were fun. But after a while when a friend doesn't grow with the rest of his peers...eventually the ole hijinx get old. Nobody should want to be a 40 year old stoner journalist failure or to emulate one.

  18. Re:If that's how Pokemon Int'l treats its fans... on A Broke Fan Owes $5,400 For Pokemon-Themed Party Posters · · Score: 2, Informative
  19. Re:Fuck You, Experian on Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed · · Score: 1

    Are there ANY US mobile providers from whom I can buy a PAYG SIM which are not total fucks?

    Cricket Wireless (subsidiary of AT&T) and MetroPCS (partnered with T-Mobile) provide pay-as-you go service for both companies.

    I've used both since I bought a off-contract phone and had no problem with either. I settled with Cricket because of coverage where I'm living in central Texas.

  20. Re:I've always said on Sci-Fi Author Joe Haldeman On the Future of War · · Score: 1

    As the USA has been at war for 222 years out of the 239 years since 1776, for the USA war is business as usual (or just business) - http://www.washingtonsblog.com...

    Slackers.

  21. Re:I've always said on Sci-Fi Author Joe Haldeman On the Future of War · · Score: 1

    Wars of attrition can be economic. In fact the result of heavy equipment losses and the potential for a drawn out, likely bloody, messy old-fashioned war could result in considerably less popular favor.

    As for the crass and nasty, there will probably always be people harmed in war and I imagine we are all a long way off from the level of sophistication required to avoid secondary casualties.

    And we can't even simulate weather (admittedly horribly complex) properly.

  22. Re:There are VTOL turboprop fighters on The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money · · Score: 1

    Ya...but look at them. F-35 looks like pure cutting edge bad-ass when compaired to the A-29. If you've got group of military personnel trying to make spending decisions and you can provide **any** reasonable argument to swing the decision towards the F-35... That thing just screams shock and awe. Meanwhile our less priveledged neighbors can afford (and produce) the A-29 Super Tucano.

  23. Re:So where can I download MS-Linux? on Microsoft Has Built a Linux Distro · · Score: 1

    You're welcome. I'd recommend at least scanning the "hot topics" before purchasing and installing the system.

  24. Personal liability would go farther... on Obama Invites Texas Teen To White House After "Bomb" Clock Incident At School · · Score: 1

    Towards preventing this kind of shenanigans and more closely scrutinizing any possible policies. But by all means...

  25. Ultrasound pulses...please... on Researchers Switch Neurons Off and On Using Noninvasive Ultrasound · · Score: 1

    This is something my wife could do with only the sound of her voice!