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  1. Re:Is the CEO really trying to argue.. on Ex-Autonomy CFO: HP Trying To Hide Truth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Non-publicly traded companies have some leeway with how they do their accounting. This is especially important for startups which may not have a relevant example to fall back on. Just because their accounting didn't meet HP's standards does not mean they were "cooking the books".

  2. Re:Just get a case on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    MessageEase (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.mekb&hl=en). It's totally worth the learning curve. I can now manage to touch type on my screen with full access to capitalization and punctuation and no autocorrect.

  3. Re:This explains a lot on Suddenly Visible: Illicit Drugs As Part of Silicon Valley Culture · · Score: 0

    You can believe all the misinformation if you'd like, but every single one of those people dies from heroin. Cocaine is a very safe drug (though highly addictive).

  4. Re:Apple has 'done nothing'??? on Google To Stop Describing Games With In-App Purchases As 'Free' · · Score: 1

    Android has also done the same for quite some time. This is going above and beyond those feeble measures.

  5. Re:Dumb dumb dumb advice... on Selectively Reusing Bad Passwords Is Not a Bad Idea, Researchers Say · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yeah, because single point of failure is exactly how you want to perform security.

  6. iLife, much? on Is the Software Renaissance Ending? · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Since I never tied myself to being an iDeveloper, no, I have to concern or fear over the purported implosion of a pointless indie game market on a second-rate platform.

  7. Re:What is the use of school to Facebook? on US Tech Firms Recruiting High Schoolers (And Younger) · · Score: 1

    What?

    Not in the US. IQ tests are not uncommon here. There's a social stigma against using them, but there's nothing even close to a ban.

  8. Probably pointless on Microsoft Opens 'Transparency Center' For Governments To Review Source Code · · Score: 1

    Unless they let you compile your own binaries and distribute them, this is utterly useless.

  9. Re:Uber should be stopped on Mayors of Atlanta & New Orleans: Uber Will Knock-Out Taxi Industry · · Score: 1

    But you're driving your own vehicle, no? Shouldn't you already be insured (as is the law in many states)?

  10. Re:waste of time on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes, because centrally planning technology development worked so well for Russia.

  11. Re:How does this not violate the 5th and/or 14th.. on Court Releases DOJ Memo Justifying Drone Strike On US Citizen · · Score: 1

    Which means GOP never tried to legitimize their illegal actions, making it more difficult to follow suit in the future. Obama meanwhile wants to throw open the oppression floodgates.

  12. Re:He doesn't understand net nutrality. on Robert McMillen: What Everyone Gets Wrong In the Debate Over Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    You have an idealized model of commerce. The reality is internet is like a utility. Ever experience a electricity brownout? Those happen specifically because utility companies are permitted to manage their networks how they see fit. They can reduce capacity as needed to improve the experience for everyone.

  13. Re:22 on Age Discrimination In the Tech Industry · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you're out of work at 30 after working for 8 years in the tech industry, you suck at your job.

  14. Re:time to die... on X Window System Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 0

    I really think Wayland is a step backwards with the loss of network transparency. The story from that article (of thin clients improving the way MIT IT infrastructure operated) is basically due to the network transparency of X11.

  15. Re:Not true on Cable Boxes Are the 2nd Biggest Energy Users In Many Homes · · Score: 1

    Depends on where you live somewhat. My air conditioning in SoCal is only on for about 10 hours per year. My laptop and TV probably use more power.

  16. Re:Why can't you plug into you TV anymore. on Cable Boxes Are the 2nd Biggest Energy Users In Many Homes · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of modern televisions do handle this. But they don't handle the channel guide. That's pretty much the killer app the cable companies rely on to get you to put their box in your living room and charge you for the privilege.

  17. Re:What happens if on Bitcoin Security Endangered By Powerful Mining Pool · · Score: 1

    You really think the federal government has the programming skill to pull off something like that? An organization run on software from the 80s?

  18. Re:What happens if on Bitcoin Security Endangered By Powerful Mining Pool · · Score: 1

    That said, it would be relatively easier for the NSA to just take control of Gigahash or some other 51% group to disrupt the network.

  19. Re:What happens if on Bitcoin Security Endangered By Powerful Mining Pool · · Score: 1

    The BTC network power went past the point where the only entity with the resources to take control like that is the US government. Maybe not even them anymore. But it would be such a vast investment in hardware, the bill for such an endeavor to the American taxpayer would be difficult to get past congress.

  20. Re:It's just human nature... on Bitcoin Security Endangered By Powerful Mining Pool · · Score: 1

    I don't understand your claim that no one would find out. If they double-spend, one recipient of that double spend is going to find out very quickly.

  21. Re:Chip & Pin on Clueless About Card Data Hack, PF Chang's Reverts To Imprinting Devices · · Score: 1

    Signatures are typically only for larger purchases. When you buy a pack of gum with a credit card, you almost never have to supply a signature. Also, in the US we buy packs of gum with credit cards, which is not really easy to do a lot of places outside of the US, with minimum purchases requirements.

  22. Re:What about flat cards? on Clueless About Card Data Hack, PF Chang's Reverts To Imprinting Devices · · Score: 1

    The imprint is for convenience only. There's nothing stopping the merchant from just writing in the info in ink pen. This is perfectly valid and will be honored by the card processor. I suppose it MIGHT take a bit more time to get processed if they're using OCR or some such thing, but most likely they hire teams of data entry drones with mad 10-key skills.

  23. Re:politicians put the public over that barrel. Te on The FCC Can't Help Cities Trapped By Predatory Internet Deals With Big Telecom · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Tea Party people want whatever the Koch brothers tell them to want. If the Koch brothers have a stake in telecom, I bet most teabaggers support these contracts.

  24. $5k on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For five grand, I'd be tempted to buy one, too.

  25. QWERTY is the problem on Ask Slashdot: A 'Mavis Beacon' For Teaching Smartphone and Tablet Typing? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The issue is that the traditional keyboard layout. It's designed to accept up to 10 fingers of input. Your phone is only designed to accept two. This is reasonable only for the shittiest of typing skills. Most people who are fast at touch screen typing, get that way by learning to accept spelling mistakes, ignore grammar and punctuation, and let auto-correct generate something close to what you really intended. Their goals are completely different from traditional Mavis Beacon like software, because accuracy is practically irrelevant.

    If you have a real desire to learn to type on a touch screen, toss out all of your QERTY keyboard bullshit and use something that was designed for - you know - touch screens (swype is an abomination that takes auto-correct down to the character level).

    https://play.google.com/store/...