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  1. Depends on the sequence of events... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You To Tell Your Client That His "Expert" Is an Idiot? · · Score: 1

    Have you already billed and been paid? Do you know if the 'expert' has already voiced an opinion to said client about your voracity? Is the client a relative?

  2. maybe, but . . . on Can Electric Current Make People Better At Math? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    'better at math' seems a bit vague. Better at algebra, maybe, but many who suffer from dyscalculia excel at higher math, example string theory. We don't need more individuals that are ok w/algebra, so the value here is more about trying to better understand the brain than about helping people get jobs working the register at a food truck.

  3. Ah...the poetry of it all on Death By Metadata: The NSA's Secret Role In the US Drone Strike Program · · Score: 1

    'Death by Cop'
    'Death by Intimidation'
    'Death by Dieing'
    'Death by Failure'
    'Death by Circumstance'
    'Death by Stereo'
    'Death by Drowning'
    'Death by Crossfit'


    ...the press doesn't care, as long as someone dies. 'Death by Drone' is just today's flavor, nothing more.

    **If you have a domain to sell, speak up as clients are waiting** Sorry, they just left the room - never mind.

  4. Re:Help me out on Online, You're Being Watched At All Times; Act Accordingly. · · Score: 1

    In pre-internet society, those things were curtailed very efficiently by peer pressure.

    Your case is actually one that is being argued against internet anonymity.

    I think you mean acrimony. That and you may have had entirely different peers than some of us :) Sorry about your lunch money...

  5. Re:Help me out on Online, You're Being Watched At All Times; Act Accordingly. · · Score: 1

    Thanks - it's nice we can relax and talk online like ***ing normal people without having to worry, I guess. If push comes to shove, tho, I'm switching to commenting in Chinese.

  6. Help me out on Online, You're Being Watched At All Times; Act Accordingly. · · Score: 1

    I can see this being valid when banking or doing a search on 'ambassador reception' posting revenge sex photos about your ex, but what about when you're just being a dick in general? Should those recognized members of society care as well? Does the govt. have an anti-prick squad yet? You know, something besides the wonks looking for donkey punch culprits.

  7. meh on Non-Coders As the Face of the Learn-to-Code Movements · · Score: 0

    This 'movement' is just patronizing what it sees as gullible dupes for the following reasons: profit and oh yes, profit. Professionals and SMES are an integral part of the food chain when bringing new blood into the mix. Leaving them out works to stagnate those fresh minds, not help them along.

  8. They got nothing... on Customer: Dell Denies Speaker Repair Under Warranty, Blames VLC · · Score: 1

    It's their product and no proof you victimized it, unless using it at all isn't allowed. Escalate (with more noise) up the food chain, try another dealer, etc. until they realize keeping a customer happy is more valuable than a 22.1 cent speaker and the time to swap it/them out would ever be.

  9. And the circle is complete on Florida Arrests High-Dollar Bitcoin Exchangers For Money Laundering · · Score: 1

    "Coin Wash Laundry" ...and how many times has one been a front for a counterfeit puppy sex change massage parlor bag drop underground railroad safe house, after all.

  10. Here's the deal on Cops With Google Glass: Horrible Idea, Or Good One? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just got my glass last week, and the way I see it (pun!), it is ok for the cops as long as it is ok for the public at large too.

  11. Say what? on How To Take Control of a Car's Electronics, Cheap · · Score: 1

    No security? BS. That would suggest that all one has to do is lift the skirt and look. That's not the case, however, since not all the data is easily sniffed. Seems this is just a product leak/blurb to build a brand, nothing else.

  12. Homework Assignment For This Story on Snowden Docs Show UK's Digital Spies Using Viruses, Honey Traps · · Score: 1

    The more people that repeatedly search on 'Ambassador's Reception', the more fun the security wonks will have trying to figure out why the spike and which ambassador :)

  13. I know this one... on Ask Slashdot: Why Are We Still Writing Text-Based Code? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It's because _we_ are still writing code. Self-written code that doesn't rely on wetware can't get here soon enough I think.

  14. Joke, right? on Big Pharma Presses US To Quash Cheap Drug Production In India · · Score: 2

    BPharma leaning on the govt.? This is right _after_ they land another donkey punch, right..? Cause we know who is using whom here... Calling it a 'lean' $eem$ to overlook an ongoing love affair, after all. Unless you mean they're leaning on the govt, for more profits and immunity when this turns bigger than it is now, because fake and adulterated consumer drugs in this and all the other markets the control aren't a new thing.

  15. From what I saw last night, the US isn't doing much worth watching so far, so...

  16. Fixed that 4U on CERN Wants a New Particle Collider Three Times Larger Than the LHC · · Score: -1, Troll

    CERN Wants a New Particle Collider Three Times Larger Than the LHC Because:Paid Tenure

  17. Re:Reviews on How Adobe Got Rid of Traditional Stack-Ranking Performance Reviews · · Score: 1

    We can imagine all the poison we want, but what really happens around the water cooler remains strong. They might say they agree and will adhere, but in the end, they still prefer the ways that got them where they prefer to be, even if a Western concern thinks they own the place. Same goes for S. Korea and China.

  18. Re:Obliterate the Beta on Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit · · Score: 1

    Where I live, they asked for public input to name a new bridge, like it was a new baby elephant and they were hungry for publicity, all the while preaching how they wanted to include feedback from the community. After the voting was closed, they went behind closed doors and came out with a committee chosen name that wasn't even on the list from the public. It's all too normal for the powers that be to say they're sensitive to 'outsiders' and users, but in the end, it's just a dodge so they can move ahead with their own agenda(s).

  19. Re:Massive asteroid impacts Mars on Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit · · Score: 1

    This being the internet, I've learned to filter out descriptors, including 'massive', 'spectacular' and 'huge' :) Especially when NASA is mentioned by any means. But yeah, not massive.

  20. Working link on Spectacular New Martian Impact Crater Spotted From Orbit · · Score: 4, Informative
  21. Re:And this is why... on Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Please....the push is to be allowed a front seat at the money trough, nothing else matters.

  22. Re:Bee Keepers and the Audience on Do Hypersonic Missiles Make Defense Systems Obsolete? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    +1 mod up.

  23. Re:outsource THIS, beeotches! on IBM Looking To Sell Its Semiconductor Business · · Score: 2

    But will 1000 Watsons chained together and tossed into the ocean be as easily defined as a "good start" ..?

  24. Reviews on How Adobe Got Rid of Traditional Stack-Ranking Performance Reviews · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In Japan, the Manager is responsible if an employee screws up. If an individual does something merit worthy, the entire team takes credit. As well, the freshman hires have no say in their job assignment - higher ups work all that out and take any heat...they sort it later as skills and relationships mature.

  25. Nice, but.... on Exploiting Tomorrow's Solar Eclipse To Help Understand Sea Levels · · Score: 1

    Isn't this what we have math for?