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  1. Re:From a previous comment on /. on Slashdot Asks: What's Your View On Speed Reading? · · Score: 1

    I do read very fast. Significantly faster then most people can speak or understand spoken word. Is it speed reading? Some might think so. Do I miss anything? No. I just process the information faster then others do visually.

    This is why those videos of people holding up cards to read DRIVE ME NUTS!

  2. Re:In reality POLYCOM bought MITEL in tax inversio on Mitel Buys Polycom For $1.96B In Enterprise Communications Consolidation Play (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    But Mitel is a disease that infects anything it touches. Aastra used to be very nice phones...

  3. I wonder how the USA would rate... on Over 80 Percent of China's Well Water Is Polluted (voanews.com) · · Score: 0

    I wonder how the USA would rate if as many people were still using well water? Not the city water is much better. How much of that is polluted again?
    http://www.the-american-intere...
    http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2...

  4. Not really... The boycott crowd is very "what have you done for me lately" and that is not long term support. Ask Chic-Fil-Et..

  5. Re:Yes, but no. on Amazon Customers Sign Letter To Jeff Bezos To Dump Donald Trump (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    If they don't buy it, their money won't go there... It is not rocket science...

  6. Probably. It will be about how the Republican party alienated their base by pulling an establishment candidate out of nowhere, and tossed aside BOTH front runners who were anti-establishment. It will be the chapter on the end of the republican party. Right before the chapter on the end of the Democrat party for the super-delegate shenanigans.

    Not that I support either Bernie or Trump, but this flagrant disregardful for the base will simply not fly this time.

  7. Re:Yeah, this isn't going anywhere on Amazon Customers Sign Letter To Jeff Bezos To Dump Donald Trump (thestreet.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you know that the word "segregated" has meanings outside of race? Like specific meanings in law, finance, and accounting? I know that is a but too long for a meme, however...

  8. Re:Valid Action on Amazon Customers Sign Letter To Jeff Bezos To Dump Donald Trump (thestreet.com) · · Score: 2

    If you don't like it, don't buy it. Simple. If no one buys it, it will go away. But when you try to stop me from buying it (not that I would ever want any Trump brand anything) that is different. That is a vocal minority imposing their views on others. Kinda like what Trumpers are being accused of doing...

  9. Re:Scaring The Others Into Better Security? on Outdated and Vulnerable WordPress, Drupal Versions Contributed To Panama Papers Breach (wptavern.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't understand that people are more likely to buy a fire extinguisher after watching the building next door burn down?

  10. Re:What versions are vulnerable? on Outdated and Vulnerable WordPress, Drupal Versions Contributed To Panama Papers Breach (wptavern.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously. Unless all you need is a Geocities-type page with some static text and animated GIFs on the cheap, stay away from WordPress and Drupal!

    Not true! They can be used to generate static sites quite safely. :)

  11. And what script do you run to fix what the updates broke?

  12. "The firm ran its unencrypted emails through an outdated (2009) version of Microsoft's Outlook Web Access."

    Looks like a release date and not a title to me...

  13. Yes, but they are sharing Pa$$word123 with a lot of other people too...

  14. I know a lot of consultants that will not work for law firms for these reasons. And of the ones that do, they often expect to never get their last payment. They just build that into the billing... :)

  15. Re:It turned out I dont need to fly. on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    He is not alone. From my height of over 100 flights a year, I am now averaging one flight every two years. And I still travel quite a bit. But I drive. It is amazing that a 5 hour drive is still faster then a one hour flight...

  16. Re:America is the Worst on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is why I have driven the last several vacations. A few thousand miles each time. And still less trouble...

  17. Re:How did you interview outside the airport? on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    And funny enough, almost every major city is near a "border" somewhere. Like all of Michigan... All that beachfront property... But the top 4 cities are all near "borders." (The grate lakes are considered borders with Canada.) So, New York, LA, Chicago and Houston all are not really in the US...

  18. Re:Tell me, why do you want single-payer health ca on TSA's Precheck Registration Program Causing Longer Security Lines (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    tbh, it couldn't be worse than what we have now (and by 'now' I mean both pre and post Obamacare)

    Oh yes it can! You see, I have traveled, and I have seen much worse!

  19. Re: What could possibly go wrong? on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 1

    Ok, so you're cool with fully anonymous gun purchases, right? I mean, you must be.

    Well, we are not stopping them currently...

  20. Re:Anonymity on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 2

    And google voice over free wifi with cheap Chinese tablets...

  21. Re:Pay Phones on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, we still have burner phones... For now...

  22. Re:Double edged sword on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 1, Informative

    More people are killed by our government then by terrorists. Which is the bigger threat?

  23. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ID for everything but voting. Because even if you need it for everything from buying food to mass transit, we can't get in the way of voting!

  24. Re:There aren't enough laws. on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 4, Funny

    We should just make terrorism illegal. That will fix everything!

  25. Re:Not everyone uses Facebook or WhatApp on Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry (canadajournal.net) · · Score: 1

    I think the key difference is that BlackBerry basically abandoned BB OS 10 while Microsoft still seems to work on Windows Phone.

    I wonder which is better support? Abandonment or Microsoft?