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  1. Dice is failing on IBM Looking To Sell Its Semiconductor Business · · Score: 0

    The "managers" at Dice are not only ruining Slashdot, they can't even run their legacy business. Look at Dice Holdings stock performance:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=D...

    While the S&P 500 and Dow 30 are each up 20% and 10% over the last year, DHX is down close to 30%. I wonder if the stock analysts who cover DHX even know what is happening to this newly acquired "asset". I wonder how many DHX shareholders know.

    If the decision makers at Dice won't listen to the nerds, maybe they will listen to their shareholders.

  2. US consumption of oil is way down on There Would Be No Iranian Nuclear Talks If Not For Fracking · · Score: 2, Informative

    Increased supply is only part of the equation.

    US oil consumption has dropped down to mid 1990's level: http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=US#pet

    The trend of declining oil consumption should continue due to factors such as:

    - continued underemployment
    - aging population
    - urbanization
    - improved vehicle fuel efficiency

    Also, Iran knows that if Republicans come back to power, Israel will be able to dupe the US into attacking Iran. It is prudent for Iran to negotiate a deal with an administration that is capable of negotiating (and isn't Israel's puppet).

  3. Re:When will the sheep look up on NSA Broke Into Links Between Google, Yahoo Datacenters · · Score: 1

    Google is complacent in this.

    Much of humanity sees the Google home page on a daily basis. Google can easily get the masses to take interest if they wanted to. How about a Big Brother doodle (the 'O's in 'GOOGLE can be similar to xeyes which continously track mouse movement) that, when clicked, dumps all info known to Google about the user. The sheeple will take notice when they see their IP, geo location, email addresses, FB pages, browsing history, name, phone numbers, contacts, installed apps etc ... displayed on the screen. Let the visitors know that mobile phones are necessarily tracked, and that the NSA keeps a record of all their electronic communications.

    Problem is that Google, itself, needs to wittle away our rights to privacy to compete with the likes of FaceBook.

  4. Put this in context on Israel Says It Will Treat Online Credit Card Theft As It Would Terrorism · · Score: 1

    We are talking about Israel. For them, maybe killing one's money is tantamount to terrorism ala killing a Christian's child. We don't all think a like you know....

  5. FF 3.0 is annoyingly slow on my machine on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 1

    Seems to take a long time while displaying the following on the status bar:

    1. Connecting to ...
    2. Waiting for ...

    Page rendering, itself, does seem to be quicker than 2.0 though.

    IE 6.0 on the same machine is significantly faster downloading web pages. Neither browser is using a proxy either.

    Not very impressed yet... I guess I'll have to try an uninstall and clean re-install.

  6. Assuming you're white... on Moving Between Countries? · · Score: 1

    Are you prepared to work on a team that is predominantly non-white? Report to a team lead/manager who is of Chinese or Indian decent? Australia has a rep for being quite intolerant of non-whites, so you may be in for quite a shock :)

  7. Re:Yahoo is way overpriced on Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft's Offer, Says 'Still An Option' · · Score: 1

    Why not throw a few pennies at Yahoo! to help it with its top-line growth. Go to Yahoo and search for something like Enzyte or Verizon. Then click on a few ads.

    You'll feel better having transferred some money from slimy companies to Yahoo so that it can fight off Microsoft.

  8. Re:MS counter move on India Rejects One Laptop per Child Program · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Bang Le Desh" is what an Indian dude does when his car radio starts conking out.

  9. Re:fuel cells cost a lot/do we have enough platinu on California Drivers Can Tank Up WIth Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    Ballard Power's PEM fuel cells DO use platinum but the amount of platinum required is decreasing with every new version of their cell.

  10. Why not buy one of these instead on Aircraft Maker Will Produce Electric Cars in 2006 · · Score: 1

    78 mpg on diesel or bio-diesel. Not very stylish, but built on proven technology. Diesel is avail everywhere.

    http://www.lupousa.com/

  11. Re:US/India/Israel on India Plans Hypersonic Space Plane by 2007 · · Score: 1

    Israel's war against the Islamic world will not be inherited by India. Indian media is not controlled by Jewish poeple. A very large percentage of the Indian population is Muslim. The Pakistan/India skirmishes are about Kashmir -- not religious intolerance. Anti-Terrorism (anti-Muslim rhetoric) is the new American religion.

  12. Re:They Really Need It on India Plans Hypersonic Space Plane by 2007 · · Score: 1

    The weapons will be required to quell the aboriginals in North America when India decides to "settle" this vastly unpopulated continent.

    Got to put the "teeming masses" somewhere.

  13. Re:Ruined on Review of T3: Rise of the Machines · · Score: 1

    Seems to me that just about every movie/series coming out of England has male nudity but negligible female nudity. Why is this?

    Do you Europeaans prefer looking at naked men or do the actresses refuse to disrobe?

  14. An Israeli Died (ands some others too) on Updated Information On Columbia Shuttle Tragedy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Watching CNN, you'd think that Ramon' death was a greater loss than that of the other 6. Too much airtime is being dedicated to Ramon and the Israeli reaction to his loss. I don't care about Palestinian reaction either.

    To me, Dr. Chawla's story is more interesting. An Indian born female who migrated to the US, obtained a PHD in engineering, and finally became an astronaut is an inspirational story. Especially when you consider that an Indian born male (to my knowledge) has never been in space.

    And what about the other non-ethnic Americans who were lost? Nobody willing to come on TV and state how remarkable they were?

  15. Re:Pet projects to placate enviro types on Ford Shows Off Recyclable Car · · Score: 1

    Recyclable vehicle research is a waste of r&d money. Auto makers should be concentrating on fuel efficiency and/or alternate fuels like hydrogen and methane. Hydrogen vehicles are already proving to have good range and power. They're just too darn expensive and a hydrogen infrastructure does not exist. Too much blood has already been spilled for oil. Instead of dropping million dollar "smart" bombs on Iraq we should be investing that money in zero-emission or low-emission vehicles running on renewal energy sources. We need to lobby our governments to promote alternate fuels and also show auto manufacturers that there is an interest in such vehicles. Simply attending demos of such vehicles would go a long way in this cause.

  16. Mine thinks I'm Jewish on When Personalization Runs Amuck · · Score: 1

    Oh wait, thats how it was before I got the TIVO.