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  1. Problem solved on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    Problem solved.

  2. Why would I have to show that? You asked:

    explain how a policy including "no SWF objects and no Java applets" would allow malicious software to slip in.

    If that's the only policy you have, then you're going to be vulnerable still, that's pretty clear.

  3. Re:The US can't do it on Former Cisco CEO: China, India, UK Will Lead US In Tech Race Without Action · · Score: 2

    That is what happens when we have a populace that can only be motivated to vote based on outrage.
    Each side is constantly trying to find a way to make their voters outraged.

  4. I honestly have no idea what point you are trying to make.

  5. Re:AdBlock+ = inferior & 'souled-out' vs. host on AdBlock Plus To Introduce Independent Board To Oversee Acceptable Ads Program · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I think it can do all of that.

  6. explain how a policy including "no SWF objects and no Java applets" would allow malicious software to slip in.

    There are javascript exploits.

  7. Re:Yeah, a test update... on Nerves Rattled By Highly Suspicious Windows Update Delivered Worldwide · · Score: 1

    Whenever I've done something as a test, I actually note in the comments that it's a damn test. I also note that I put it there.

    There's a real possibility that you are a better programmer than the average Microsoft programmer. Really.

  8. Re:how about a truly independent board? on AdBlock Plus To Introduce Independent Board To Oversee Acceptable Ads Program · · Score: 1

    I still want the advert gone.

    Then set your ad-block pro to block all adverts, including "acceptable." Not a problem.

  9. I hope they include malware in their criteria for "acceptable."
    There's no major ad network that doesn't serve malware (AFAICT).

  10. Re:Others already do it on Elon Musk Predicts 1,000km EV Range In Two Years, Autonomous Cars In Three · · Score: 1

    It is now technically possible,

    What are you talking about? Haven't you been paying attention to all the limitations in Google's self-driving car technology?
    They can't even get navigation to work properly. It works most of the time, but sometimes tells you to go strange places.

  11. Re:Seen this first hand on Are Enterprise Architects the "Miltons" of Their Organizations? · · Score: 1

    Somebody negotiating better than me is not something I can realistically solve

    Read this book. Most HR people aren't particularly good at negotiating either, so it's not like you need to be super skilled.
    It helps to know what your skills are worth on the market?

  12. Re:Evolution is key on Are Enterprise Architects the "Miltons" of Their Organizations? · · Score: 1

    But, I can't find a job. I am finding that I am either overqualified or not specialized enough in the language/framework of the week or the role of architect is now being filled by organizations paying $80K instead of the $120K+ we used to command for the same "title". Like everyone else, I've got bills to pay. Yet, many hiring managers seem hard pressed to understand that I am comfortable going backwards and doing more coding for less pay. You might say you will never get in this position - I know that's what I did. Surprise.

    Rewrite your resume to show that you did programming instead of (whatever). You can even change the title of your last position from "Enterprise Architect" to "Software Architect" or even "Programmer." If you want to be strict, explain that your resume doesn't list the job titles, it describes the role you were performing. And indeed it was something only a programmer can do well.

  13. Re:So many ways to combat this... on Study: $1.8 Billion In Reshipping Fraud With Stolen Cards Each Year · · Score: 1

    What a lousy rule. I'm glad I use Mastercard then, no problem with small chargebacks.

  14. Re:Evolution is key on Are Enterprise Architects the "Miltons" of Their Organizations? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For long-term survival of a system, readability > flexibility.
    You can make the most flexible system in the world, but if people don't understand it, they aren't going to see where you added the points of flexibility.

  15. Re:Seen this first hand on Are Enterprise Architects the "Miltons" of Their Organizations? · · Score: 2

    I think the problem there is he's better than negotiating than you are.
    It's not a problem, it's something you can solve.

  16. Re:Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter on Doctors On Edge As Healthcare Gears Up For 70,000 Ways To Classify Ailments · · Score: 1

    Serious question......is it possible to survive that?

  17. Re:Elaborate click bait advertisement? on Ask Slashdot: Building a Software QA Framework? · · Score: 2

    Is there any advantage of Watir other than it's built in Ruby?

  18. Re:Java != javascript on Google AdSense Click Fraud Made Possible By Uncloaking Advertisers' Sites · · Score: 1

    Nobody uses "cracker" in that sense anymore, get over it.

    Yeah, kind of a weird thing, right?
    We have hack-a-day, hacker-space, life-hacker, all kinds of things where the MIT meaning of the word "hacker" has entered into the mainstream.
    And yet the word "hacker" as a malicious attacker is also perfectly viable in mainstream.

    Thus we have a word that is both extremely negative and fairly positive, and yet collisions are rare. People always seem to be able to figure out what is meant.

  19. Re:technical debt is debt. Occasionally correct on Ask Slashdot: Building a Software QA Framework? · · Score: 2

    Technical debt, poor code and systems, IS debt. Get the product out now, pay the cost of poor code later. That's NORMALLY a bad idea.

    It's also very rarely necessary. Writing code correctly is usually faster in the long term and the short term.
    A lot of times people think "correct" is slower because they think "correct" means "writing a lot of framework code."

  20. Re:Elaborate click bait advertisement? on Ask Slashdot: Building a Software QA Framework? · · Score: 2

    the question is about formalizing processes.

    The question is about advertising for a website that no one had ever heard of.

  21. Re:Elaborate click bait advertisement? on Ask Slashdot: Building a Software QA Framework? · · Score: 1

    Forget Lynda.com. Use Selenium, all the cool kids are doing it for QA.

  22. Re: Switching on LibreOffice Turns Five · · Score: 1

    3) I don't trust LibreOffice to output documents that won't embarrass me in front of my boss. People will say "PDF", but bosses always want to edit things

    What kind of weird features are you using in your documents?

  23. Re: there is no on Study: Man-Made Global Warming First Became Evident In the Mid 20th Century · · Score: 1

    You were almost doing well up to this last comment.

    I'll quote the relevant sections from the paper. Not that it will help you, you don't understand anything.
    Look at the title of the post in the Science article, it by default accepts that the scientific consensus is there is some sort of hiatus and is trying to find an explanation. Here is a quote:

    Much study has been devoted to the possible causes of an apparent decrease in the upward trend of global surface temperatures since 1998, a phenomenon that has been dubbed the global warming “hiatus.

    The reason much study has been devoted to it is that even the IPCC report accepts it. Let's look at your other article:

    The reported “hiatus” in the warming of the global climate system during this century has been the subject of intense scientific and public debate.....A number of scientific hypotheses have been put forward to explain the hiatus, including both physical climate processes and data artifacts.

    Why exactly do you think a number of scientific hypotheses have been put forward? Why exactly? And why do you think the two papers you linked to have the correct hypotheses, out of the many that exist?

    Also fuck you, and don't bother replying unless you can show some indication that you understand what I just wrote. So far you've looked really dumb and ignorant this entire thread.

  24. Re:Still the US' fault on Edward Snowden Promotes Global Treaty To Curtail Surveillance · · Score: 2

    If you don't think that the UK, France, and Germany are perfectly happy to spy on their own citizens without US pressure, then you don't know much about Europe. They have a long tradition of spying.
    Also, if you think the US has that much power over Europe, then you kind of have a naive America-centric view. Europe has a bigger economy than the US, and they do their own thing.

  25. Re:Who's going to police it? on Edward Snowden Promotes Global Treaty To Curtail Surveillance · · Score: 2

    So, your suggestion is to do what, exactly? Right now, I mean? Nothing?

    Mainly increase awareness. Most people seem to favor the surveillance.

    (You know damn well that an armed uprising isn't realistic.)

    Especially if you don't have the majority on your side.