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  1. Re:Ridiculous stunt on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering the fact that I was never paid for the pole in my front yard or their adding of wires to it. I tend to see it in a rather bleak light. They have too many rights already. I do not subscribe, nor do I steal it, but I can see where the poster is coming from. They did reduce transmitter power to let cable work better, they do have rights of way they should not, and they both charge for the service and show commercials.

    They might have a right to protect their assets, but those assets are ill gotten gains.

  2. Re:X is X on Ubuntu 13.10 Will Not Ship Mir By Default · · Score: 1

    Has pulse ever gotten to that point?

    Maybe they should first get rid of Unity. It sucks. It assumes you have one app open at a time, so there is no one step way to pick the 4th window of some application you have. It hates tons of apps like Rdesktop. You get a ? for an icon and if you dare open more than one you again have no way to select a single one. Tiling window managers are more useful.

  3. Re:Introverts on The Changing Face of Software Development · · Score: 1

    Just so you know the Meyers-Briggs test is nothing more than modern phrenology. When you mention that to folks they either don't know what it is or think you are a crackpot.

  4. Re:There's hope yet on Ubuntu 13.10 Will Not Ship Mir By Default · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or maybe they can stick with X and replace unity with XFCE.

    XFCE don't fuck it up, all you have to do is stay yourself.

  5. Re:Most "shutdowns" are completely unnecessary on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 2

    When did Obama become part of the legislature? I thought he was part of the executive branch.

    The republicans refuse to allow normal proceedings to go ahead so they can make a big stink about one unrelated issue. That is simply childish.

  6. Re:Most "shutdowns" are completely unnecessary on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1

    So what happens when the webserver gets compromised? Or simply breaks in some subtle way?

    If you cannot do repairs then turning it off is the correct solution. Better than having a .gov site spreading malware or being used as part of a botnet.

  7. Re:Tea Party / Republicans must love it. on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1

    Considering the teahadists will not even negotiate, yeah they are a bunch of extremists. When you refuse to do anything constructive people will report that. Defunding the ACA would not even solve any problem, removing the mandate would be one option but showing their true colors they can't do that. This is because they are useful idiots, just like the moral majority crap was decades ago.

  8. You sent them to not negotiate?
    You sent them to hold the government hostage?

    Next time vote for reasonable people. They refused to even attempt to compromise.

    I knew we were in trouble when the GOP candidates for President in the last election all turned down any increase in taxes even if spending was cut 10 times as much as any raise.

  9. Re:Bad Analogy on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually only 33% of americans oppose Romneycare.

    About another third like it and the rest wanted more. Forbes had a nice article about it.

  10. Re:Ridiculous stunt on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1

    No, they have the right to attempt to make a profit. They have no right to get that profit.

  11. Re:In other words, mining for bitcoin is not at al on Sinkhole Sucks Brains From Wasteful Bitcoin Mining Botnet · · Score: 1

    It is true. I get 1% back.

    The merchant will not decrease the cost if I offer cash. I have often offered to do so. Cash and bitcoins have costs that VISA does not. Most of them do not impact you, but for a business paying VISA to handle that stuff has a value.

  12. Re:How about the old design? on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    It was also functional and fast.

    I want as little wasted space and time as possible. I still use VIM and a keyboard likely older than you for a reason.

  13. How about the old design? on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyway we can go back to 2001 or so with the design?
    It just keeps getting worse with every redesign.

  14. Re:They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 2

    Speaking your mind is fine, being hateful is not.
    If you don't like group X then don't associate with them, no need to be hateful.

  15. Re:In other words, mining for bitcoin is not at al on Sinkhole Sucks Brains From Wasteful Bitcoin Mining Botnet · · Score: 1

    Visa costs me nothing to use, in fact I get paid for it. It can easily be controlled by governments by banning exchanges and deflationary currencies are bad.

    Security is why I hear about those losses at bit coin exchange?

    I don't see the mining as having had a value I want to pay for. If I could exchange money without enriching the miners I would be more likely to use it. If not I might as well get into litecoin or whatever.

  16. Re:They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    Actually I was speaking about inlaws, but whatever.

    I think I did not explain adequately, they don't want to talk about anything else. They only want to discuss what that seekrit mooslim ursurper has done now to hand over the country to the devil or how your friends and family will rot in hell for being gay or whatever. They have no interest in discussing valuable stuff, just whatever they heard from similar nuts.

    I never mention I am an atheist for example, I don't want to fight about it, but they have to start trouble with these other topics.

  17. Re:They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    There are beliefs we don't agree with and then there are people who would rather see you dead.

    Imagine if your grandmother found out about your girlfriend, what would you do then?

  18. Re:TL;DR Version on The Memo That Spawned Microsoft Research · · Score: 1

    So?

    That is not a lot of units in the grand scale. I bet they got a heck of deal and even then I wonder who sits on both boards.

  19. Re:They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A lot of that isolation is self enforced. Of course no one wants to visit great-grandma when she just wants to scream racist gibberish about the president and homophobic crap about your cousins. Old people often have beliefs that are simply not compatible with living in a modern society. You can't take them into public if you fear they may call your waiter the N word or go on a tirade about the jews when you are trying to get groceries.

  20. Re:I think they were just bored on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did they correct for income?

    Kids and young folks are more motivated to get $5 since they have low resources. If you are retired, why not take the chance on $20 vs a sure $5 you don't need?

  21. Re:You reach a certain age and... on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am pretty sure you can buy a bowel movement. Heck, I can sell you one right now. Would you like it shipped UPS or Fedex?
    Corn or no Corn?

  22. Re:If this was Apple... on Samsung Fudging Benchmarks Again On Galaxy Note 3 · · Score: 2

    Nexus 5 is LG as well.

    Galaxy Nexus was Samsung.

  23. Re:If this was Apple... on Samsung Fudging Benchmarks Again On Galaxy Note 3 · · Score: 1

    The Nexus 4 and up coming Nexus 5 are LG devices.

    The Galaxy Nexus was the last Samsung Nexus device and it is already over a year out of date.

    Samsung could try that, but then they lose access to the google play market and that ends their game right there.

  24. Re:If this was Apple... on Samsung Fudging Benchmarks Again On Galaxy Note 3 · · Score: 1

    Why?

    If you want a closed down system you might as well get an iPhone.

  25. Re:My experience.... on Delta Replacing Flight Manuals with Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    You can get the same thing with a lot of android tablets. Some even have keyboard docks with their own batteries.