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  1. Re:"identified a potential root cause", my ass on Changing the Ratio of Women In Tech: How Etsy Did It · · Score: 2

    So you think women are incapable of dealing with adversity?
    They are incapable of tolerating socially uncouth individuals to reach their life goals?

    Who is the misogynist here?

  2. Re:Anti sexist policies are almost always sexist on Changing the Ratio of Women In Tech: How Etsy Did It · · Score: 1

    A far better policy would be to do all interviews via written form or phone call with some sort of voice modification.

    Select employees without knowing their sex.

  3. Re:Anti sexist policies are almost always sexist on Changing the Ratio of Women In Tech: How Etsy Did It · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did they not let women apply before?

    This means if they get two similarly qualified candidates they will select a woman if their quota needs one. That means males who apply are being discriminated against.

  4. Re:I hereby request an easier mail/http server set on Debian 7.0 ('Wheezy') Release Planned For 1st Weekend in May · · Score: 2

    Why would you want a wizard?
    Just edit config files like a big boy.

    Pick your smtp server and edit the files. Not like there is a lot to it.

  5. Re:better idea on Iron Man 3 To Debut As a 4DX Film In Japan · · Score: 1

    I wish those would take off all over the country.
    Hell, even just serving adult beverages and snacks would be awesome.

  6. Re:Tightening reins on developers? on Businesses Moving From Amazon's Cloud To Build Their Own · · Score: 1

    Why are they not in the server room more often?

    The daily check should have found the undocumented machine. At that point you unplug it, remove from rack and move it to your desk. You will find the culprit when he comes looking for it.

    Also no developer should have keys/fob access to the server room.

  7. Re:It's a matter of trust on Most Projects On GitHub Aren't Open Source Licensed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Go compare Linux and BSD then think about it for a while.

    Some folks will not contribute back if they can avoid it.

    I like BSD for somethings, boring stuff that gets shared and used everywhere. SSH, SSL that sort of thing, but if you want your new whiz-bang thing to get code back GPL is better for that.

  8. Re:Open Source License on Most Projects On GitHub Aren't Open Source Licensed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nice troll.

    You will get many bites.

  9. Re:What do you believe but cannot prove? on Interviews: Ask Freeman Dyson What You Will · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think you are mistaken about how theories work.

  10. Re:Awesome on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 2

    1. Welcome to slashdot, we don't RTFA.
    2. See Rule 1

    They can't charge for google glass specific software. The idea is to get them to support glass in the normal software and not double dip.

  11. Re:Cable TV on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 1

    People will notice the camera turning on and off, unless you think they will hide that too.

    So don't buy that crap. Pay for applications and don't support that model. Vote with your wallet.

    Overall you sound like a conspiracy nut a little.

  12. Re:Cable TV on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 1

    Adblock plugins are generally the most popular plugin for browsers. No need to root a cellphone to install a web browser plugin.

    It is not constantly recording. The battery could never do that. It even has a warning light that lets people know when you are recording as well.

    Before netflix you could rent these round shiny disks that had videos on them without advertising. Before that they had these cartridge looking things with magnetic tape spooled up inside. Again all of this was available for those decades in between. You could also watch PBS over the air and they only had telethons some times of the year.

  13. Re:Cable TV on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 2

    Remember how I canceled cable and switched to netflix? If you were not aware that stopped the advertising right quick. It's cheaper too.
    I suggest you do the same.
    Glass is just a front end for the smartphone, you can block the adds there.

  14. Re:Awesome on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 1

    So you have one?
    If not, how is your list anything other than total nonsense?

  15. Re:Awesome on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 1

    Who says they can't charge for software?
    I have plenty of pay for software on my phone, right next to the FREE software. So far the phone has not exploded.

  16. Re:No ads? Only until it's built up in market shar on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 2

    It is just a display for an android device.
    Ad blocking on and android device is pretty simple.

    You can even just install Firefox and the adblock plus extension if you only want to block web browser ads and are not rooted.

  17. Re:I think I'll wait for something Free on Google Forbids Advertising On Glass · · Score: 1

    Sure you can.
    Any ad spewing to Glass software gets kicked out of the market. If users still want it they can get it through alternate markets.

  18. Re:A likely story on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Disney dollars are not real currency, they are coupons.

    Try to get disney to convert them back to USD for you.

  19. Re:Paypal? on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 1

    USD or $ is the symbol you want, US$ is nonsensical.

    The USD has lost that much value since it started, not in a weekend. Inflation is a good thing, it encourages spending, hoarding wealth is not good for the economy.

  20. Re:It's time for "The Replicator" on Demand for Kopi Luwak May Be Threatening Wildlife · · Score: 1

    So he should have called it something else entirely.
    He had no right to label it coffee, that would be misleading. He should have called it "Doc Brown's Organic Breakfast Beverage". It sounds like it lacked caffeine, which means it was probably doomed to failure anyway.

    The ignorance of the public is a separate problem that should not be handled by making them even more ignorant about their breakfast drinks. Everything is chemicals, some of them are delicious some not, some dangerous some not. This is like the whole GMO labeling and even worse the irradiation labeling. I want irradiated ground beef, I like to eat burgers far too rare for good sense. If you remove that labeling I will have to grind my own or start taking bigger risks.

  21. Re:They should build this into touch-screen device on HP To Package Leap Motion Sensor Into — Not Just With — Some Devices · · Score: 1

    Will it magically get rid of fingerprints too?
    How about solving the low accuracy of touch issue?

    I can understand touch when you don't have better controls available, but at a PC you have much better controls right there.

  22. Re:And so it begins on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 0

    Fine I mean it sounds like they broke some money laundering regulations. Are you happy?
    The no one I was referring to was regulators, not geeks wasting their money.

    BitCoin is a get rich quick scheme.

  23. Re:Paypal? on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 1

    It was over $200 at one point and Paypal follows money laundering rules.

    The bank closed the account to avoid problems, the bank cannot file charges. In a free market they can decide who they want to work with though.

    Go sink your money into it if you want, but don't expect to get it back.

  24. Re:And yet still $90 on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 1

    Closing the bank account of someone not following money laundering laws is not an attack of any kind.

    If any of those exchange are going to occur in the US by US based companies the same regulations will apply.

  25. Re:And so it begins on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 1

    How did facebook do that?
    Paypal I think has a good handle on those. They are pretty strict, too strict even, about large transfers.