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  1. Who named this company? on TSA Terminates Its Contract With Maker of Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    If I made a scanner that looked through your clothes I sure as hell would make sure not to call my company "Rapey-scan". You would think they would have gone with something friendlier.

  2. Re:More than just a battery issue... on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 1

    The top has been ripped off. The outside looks pretty decent. The real concern so far is reports of leaks. Those boxes probably should not leak.

  3. Re:There is no compulsion on Rennard... on How Mobile Operators Are Caught In the Middle In the Middle East and Africa · · Score: 1

    If a company is offering a very high pay or life insurance they have an incentive to pay for protection. Hiring "contractors" is nothing new.

    Life insurance for these kinds of fields prices in that risk, it will not be revoked.

  4. Re:share movement causality questionable on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 1

    Nice, how you only listed Airbus problems.

  5. Re:Batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 1

    Price is a big issue on an airliner. They already cost so much letting anything slip would be bad.

    The FAA is very slow moving, maybe they held it up. Maybe the batteries were not available when they planned this airplane years ago. Heck, maybe Boeing is getting kickbacks, who knows.

  6. Re:It is standard for Boeing on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about you list some flight numbers or model numbers for such a claim.

  7. Re:share movement causality questionable on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 3, Informative

    We are now blaming manufacturers for user error?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296

    Pilot error, unless you are a conspiracy nutter.

  8. Re:Retro gaming on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 1

    CGA was up to 600x240. Is that old enough for you are you only going to accept 80 column green screen text adventures?

  9. Re:There is no compulsion on Rennard... on How Mobile Operators Are Caught In the Middle In the Middle East and Africa · · Score: 1

    I am no randroid. I just know that someone has to do these things, or the world would be even worse.

    I would say for a few million a year I might take that risk. I would also want a very large company paid life insurance policy.

    I would even support a minimum wage for this kind of hazardous work set at some multiple of normal pay. Maybe 10X or 100X.

  10. Re:Another day, another video on A Chat With USENIX Community Manager Rikki Endsley (Video) · · Score: 0

    Don't click the link.
    If you must, don't install flash.
    If you must do both, install flashblock.

  11. Re:Polarized sunglasses? on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    So far I have enjoyed Priest, Hobbit and Prometheus. 3D seems about as much a gimmick as color. The big thing I found I had to do was resist the urge to look at what the camera was not focused on. Hopefully one day eye tracking and lytro type cameras make even that possible.

  12. Re:different on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    Lots of normal users at my company due as they have vision problems. Color blindness impacts about 8% of males in some way as a fine example.

    I have created many webpages, I always make sure they degrade as gracefully as possible. Any designer not planning for use of websites by the disabled should simply be terminated. Enabling use by as many people as possible is job 1.

    I am not troll nor babbling, I prefer to have Crtl where most people have capslock. This comes from my cutting my teeth on SUN machines. It is also very handy for VIM which I use constantly.

  13. Re:different on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    A mediocre experience is having to cope with less than ideal display to deal with a poorly designed interface.

    Any designer can create a webpage that looks good when a user tweaks the colors. It should be expected in fact, the display layer is under the users control. Degrade gracefully. A webpage that is well designed will be fine in grayscale. A webpage that is well designed can be used by a screen reader. A web page that is well designed can be used via lynx.

    Another mediocre experience is when I have to use another persons computer who has Ctrl and Capslock in the place modern keyboards assume. I always change that to the way the FSM intended.

  14. Re:wtf on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 2

    Yes it would, and it might add all of $10 to the cost.

  15. Re:different on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    Only if you want to always have a mediocre experience.

  16. Re:Polarized sunglasses? on Ask Slashdot: Best Tools For Dealing With Glare Sensitivity? · · Score: 1

    The best way?
    By that you mean just as dim and no 3D? That is a very odd definition of best.

  17. Re:Not impressive on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 1

    And since they painted alternate lines and the phosphors stayed lit it appeared higher resolution than it was.

    Either way still terrible. Most emulators for N64 upscale for a good reason.

  18. Re:wtf on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 2

    I never said anything about the size of the screen, only the resolution.

    The DPI is only 114 on that screen. Which is just pathetic in 2013.

  19. Re:Buy a phone or buy this on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 1

    I would then suggest timing it correctly to burn up unused credit.

    Any GSM carrier should be fine with the Nexus 4, so at least add AT&T to that list.

    I don't think you would need to overpay to not carry two devices. Many MVNOs operate on AT&T and Sprint and would allow you to only pay for voice.

  20. Re:There is no compulsion on Rennard... on How Mobile Operators Are Caught In the Middle In the Middle East and Africa · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I believe his employees should be free to make that choice. If he is not paying them enough to deal with the hazards I would think they would quit.

    Now if he is misleading them in anyway, that is another issue.

  21. Re:Centos is awesome! on CentOS 5.9 Released · · Score: 2

    Too bad it is from Oracle and you then are dealing with their support staff.

    I would rather reboot everyday than deal with that.

  22. Re:Isn't CentOS on a higher version? on CentOS 5.9 Released · · Score: 2

    Centos 5 is still getting updates. It is a previous version.
    You should probably know that if you are running more than one of these machines.

  23. Re:Buy a phone or buy this on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 1

    MSRP is often lower than what carriers charge.
    You can get a Nexus 4 for $350. I am not sure what this accumulated service credit is so I cannot say anything about it, could you explain it?

    Most people do not want to carry multiple devices.

  24. Re:Not impressive on Open Source Gaming Handheld Project Wants Your Money · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of them that meet that need. Including the ps3 controller.

  25. Re:There is no compulsion on Rennard... on How Mobile Operators Are Caught In the Middle In the Middle East and Africa · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whose laws?
    When a country has multiple groups claiming to be the government which set do you follow?

    What about when the government is obviously not legitimate?