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  1. Re:Colors you can see on There Aren't a Trillion Different Smells After All · · Score: 1

    Eleventy five?

  2. Duh on Elon Musk Probably Won't Be the First Martian · · Score: 1

    Leonardo da Vinci was. Way too late.

  3. Invariably bad code in my case on Ask Slashdot: What's the Harm In a Default Setting For Div By Zero? · · Score: 1

    In my case at least, if there is a div0 in there somewhere then it's invariably a mistake that I need to correct. I'd prefer that the compiler or SDK barf on it or warn me. Philosophically, I suppose I'd prefer that the production code barf as well instead of managing to zoom past some bad logic.

  4. Look to the past on Ask Slashdot: A Development Environment Still Usable In 25 Years Time? · · Score: 1

    Look at stuff that existed 25 years ago that still exists and is supportable today. That will give you an idea of the *sorts* of things that could be supportable in 25 years.

  5. I remember when... on Netflix Is Experimenting With Advertising · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah ... I remember when cable TV started putting ads in. Didn't turn out pretty.

  6. I can understand on Feds Bust a Dark-Web Counterfeit Coupon Kingpin · · Score: 1

    I can understand peddling heroin, slaves, nuclear weapons and so forth. But COUPONS! Some things just go beyond the pale.

  7. Only geeks can vote? on Researchers Devise Voting System That Seems Secure, But Is Hard To Use · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I vote yes!

  8. Re:My keychain on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 1

    Y'all heard about how social status is the inverse of the number of keys you carry? Janitors usually have a big ball of keys, but the President only has one, and a marine carries it around for him.

  9. My keychain on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 1

    8 keys, car remote, gym club barcode

  10. Recursive on RTFM? How To Write a Manual Worth Reading · · Score: 1

    Bad FMs tend not to get read leading to more confusion and RTFM comments. WTFM!

  11. Re:Forget the GPA on Ask Slashdot: Security Certification For an Old Grad? · · Score: 1

    I second this. In fact, I'd not expect somebody with 15 years experience to list their GPA in their resume. I rarely see GPA on resume except for interns and first-job applicants. Relevant real-world experience is best. Security certs might be worthwhile I don't know. Never looked into them. Relevant certs won't hurt. I'd steer clear of any for-profit IT type college for the usual reasons.

  12. Re:So? on Does Using an AOL Email Address Suggest You're a Tech Dinosaur? · · Score: 0

    Similarly, a lot of contractors I use have ancient email domains. I don't care if a roofer or concrete guy has an outdated email. OTOH - seeing AOL or Hotmail on a Dev's resume would tell me they, to say the least, aren't up to date or are completely tone-deaf.

  13. Re:law vs. justice on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 1

    Bad idea. Might cause damage to the company-owned tire iron!

  14. Re:Launch codes on LinkedIn Used To Create Database of 27,000 US Intelligence Personnel · · Score: 1

    Too funny. I just got an email saying that "people are looking at your LinkedIn profile". "This member chose to be shown as anonymous".

  15. Launch codes on LinkedIn Used To Create Database of 27,000 US Intelligence Personnel · · Score: 1

    I guess I should take those nuclear launch codes off my LinkedIn page. Remind me to get around to that sometime.

  16. Re:Shocked he survived on Gyro-Copter Lands On West Lawn of US Capitol, Pilot Arrested · · Score: 1

    Oops edit, Capital Building not WH

  17. Re:Shocked he survived on Gyro-Copter Lands On West Lawn of US Capitol, Pilot Arrested · · Score: 1, Funny

    And now the next person with less benign intent can call ahead and get the same response, e.g., fly all the way to the White House? whatcouldpossiblygowrong

  18. If you don't vote. on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 5, Funny

    if you don't vote, you won't be allowed to pay taxes. Check and mate!

  19. Re: black market on Evolution Market's Admins Are Gone, Along With $12M In Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    Only surprise for me was that it was *only* $12 million.

  20. Output of the human race spikes up momentarily on New Crypto-Ransomware Encrypts Video Game Files · · Score: 1

    While all the game files download again.

  21. Re:Crayons on New Paint Based On Titanium Nanoparticles Creates Self-Cleaning Surfaces · · Score: 2

    I'm wondering if it can ever be painted over again without having to strip the old stuff off. Probably yes with the right (perhaps custom) primer I'd guess.

  22. Re:Hopefully the applicants had a relevent backrou on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    It's a common pattern and I have to watch out for it myself. Take something I know a lot about (e.g., thermodynamics). When I'm working with other people I instinctively feel that everybody in the world including uncontacted tribes in the Amazon should know at least 10% of what I know about the topic. Once somebody doesn't even show that crude level of knowledge then I figure they are either uselessly ignorant or intentionally obstructive. In reality, the average person will know virtually zero on the topic by my gut feel is that they should know more.

  23. Re:Not that much on Study: 8 Million Metric Tons of Plastic Dumped Into Oceans Annually · · Score: 2

    I'd agree. Works out to about 22 milligrams plastic per square meter (annually - I don't know the half life). However, that gets concentrated in the lifeforms there with unpredictable effects.

  24. I was going to post this to FB but thought better. on EFF: Hundreds of S. Carolina Prisoners Sent To Solitary For Social Media Use · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, the screws know what slashdot is like and it doesn't count as "social media". More like asocial media.

  25. Gimme FUD! on DOT Warns of Dystopian Future For Transportation · · Score: 1, Troll

    Gimme FUD! I need more FUD.