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  1. Re:Free advertising on Legislation Would Force Radio Stations To Pay Royalties · · Score: 1

    If that were still the case, then why are satellite and online radio paying royalties?

  2. Re:weird title? on Book Review: Networking For System Administrators · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They shouldn't be SAs then. As GP said, I don't expect Cisco certification, but there is a level of knowledge of networks that a competent SA should have.

  3. Re:$400 an obstacle? on Report: Chinese Government Plans To Put 3D Printers In All Elementary Schools · · Score: 1

    Filament costs between $20-$40/kg, which will print out a lot of items. Most standard items are in the order of grams of filament.

  4. Re:No mention of sulfur on The Last Time Oceans Got This Acidic This Fast, 96% of Marine Life Went Extinct · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because we've always had volcanoes and the oceans didn't acidify as a result?

  5. The same Holder on US Started Keeping Secret Records of International Telephone Calls In 1992 · · Score: 1

    That Republicans hate so so much that they can't be bothered to vote for his replacement and get him out of office? Gotcha.

  6. Re:The best manager I've worked under on Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Good Work Environment For Developers and IT? · · Score: 1

    I can either give you a mod point or comment. So I'll comment. This is absolutely the case.

    Best manager I ever had wasn't all that technical, but on the day I started working for him he told me "My job is to make sure you can do your job". And he did, and he had my back whenever I needed it. I've had others that came close, and more than one that had no idea what they were doing, let alone be put in a position of authority over people.

    I was promoted to manager a few years ago and tried to keep that in mind with my team. It's a difficult balance, especially when I was friends with some of them before my promotion. I was as upfront with everyone as possible, and would try to balance tasks that needed to be done with tasks I knew they'd find interesting.

    Oh, and keeping a dish of snacks (don't need to be sweet, trail mix works) at your desk is always a good excuse for people to stop in and chat for a few minutes.

  7. Re:Iranian nuclear weapon in one year on Why the Framework Nuclear Agreement With Iran Is Good For Both Sides · · Score: 5, Informative

    Iran has been 6 months away from a bomb for the past 20 years.

    http://rudepundit.blogspot.com...

  8. Re:Taco Cowboy? on Court Refuses To Dismiss AT&T Throttling Case · · Score: 1

    Given the low UID, I'll allow it.

  9. Re:What if you use it during the day on Citizen Scientists Develop Eye Drops That Provide Night Vision · · Score: 2

    You grow hair on your palms and...nowait, that was...you know what, nevermind.

  10. This is why these can't be public records on Public Records Request Returns 4.6M License Plate Scans From Oakland PD · · Score: 1

    Just like cameras on police. There needs to be a retention policy and those policies need to be met unless there's a reason to retain them longer (like a court order).

  11. Re:The 3d printed elephant in the room on Australian Company Creates Even Faster 3D Printer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wat? 3D printed objects can be made using ABS, the exact same plastic used to make Legos.

  12. Read Richard Rhodes on Feds Attempt To Censor Parts of a New Book About the Hydrogen Bomb · · Score: 2

    I got two of his books ("The Making of the Atomic Bomb" and "Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb") and have read them both a few times. Lots of really good information in there, but both were written pre-9/11. He's written two books since which I literally ordered a few minutes ago while reading about this.

  13. Not surprised on $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed As "Junk Science" · · Score: 1

    Just like all the other science that they explored. Remember the devices that emitted such harmful radiation that they were relegated to scanning at prisons?

    Look, I'll give the TSA props for trying. But I draw the line when they go immediately from "hey, I got an idea" to "here's $1B to implement it before we know if it even works!"/

  14. Re:As a recent buyer of a mid-2014 MBP on Apple Doubles MacBook Pro R/W Performance · · Score: 2

    It depends on where your bottleneck is. Hard drives are typically the lowest performing pieces of hardware, mostly because they're spinning media. You can have the fastest CPU in the world, but if you're waiting on a 5.25" full height MFM drive, your performance is going to suffer.

  15. Re:Today's Headline on How 'The Cloud' Eats Away at Your Online Privacy (Video) · · Score: 2

    clod yells at cloud

  16. Tell us something new on How 'The Cloud' Eats Away at Your Online Privacy (Video) · · Score: 1

    Been hearing this argument for years. It's still valid, but comes down to how much you care. I store my music with Amazon, but that's mostly because I want to have access to it everywhere. My CDs were ripped years ago and exist on my home server and Amazon and Google. I use Amazon and Google, but if something happens to either of those, I still have my originals. It's more likely that my home RAID array will eat itself before Amazon or Google get corrupted.

  17. Verizon gave me a free router for signing up for FIOS. It's still in my basement collecting dust but it's not a line item on the bill like the cablecard.

  18. This is nothing new on Politics Is Poisoning NASA's Ability To Do Science · · Score: 1

    Take a look at where NASA operates and why. Research divisions everywhere. Rocket design in Huntsville, launch from Florida, but mission control is in Houston. Why? Because politicians can get jobs and dollars in their districts. What Cruz is really saying is "spend more money in my state and not in anyone else's".

  19. Duh? on Is Microsoft Trying to Become "King of Search" With Cortana Strategy? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That was obvious the second Microsoft said they were porting it. They want to expand their base for their services. MSFT no longer has a desktop lockin that they used to years ago and so now they have to compete on quality on platforms they don't have control over. Remember when Apple ported iTunes to Windows? Or switched over to using USB rather than firewire? Those weren't to make Apple users feel any better about themselves - it was to target a group of people that didn't use their services.

  20. I have 4 Thinkpads in my house. One personal, one from my employer, and one from each of two clients. They're all within two years old and they all have horrible trackpads. Enough so that I do most of my work on a macbook.

  21. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should reread what I wrote. Then compare and contrast the facts that are listed.

  22. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    If you ignore all the other (and more serious) reasons the Ambassador was let go, sure.

  23. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    Yes, and? If you have an Ambassador that doesn't support the decisions made by the US Government, there's going to be a problem. What he uses for e-mail is probably at the bottom of the list of problems.

  24. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    He resigned his office in disgrace and his name has been poison for 40 years. Any good things he did was overshadowed by Watergate and it's proving unlikely that history is going to be any kinder to him than has already been.

    Presidents these days look to legacies to see that they're remembered well. Clinton is, Reagan is still a tossup (Republican slobbering is the only reason he's remembered well at all), there's an attempt to rehabilitate W's disastrous time which isn't really succeeding. Nixon's legacy is ruined.

    Worse, turned the Republican party into a group of people that saw what happened, seethed with rage, and turned into a party that just wanted revenge in any way possible. Most of the poisonous things they've done since then (Clinton's impeachment, the "NO" response to Obama, etc.) have all been a direct result of that action. It didn't start with Nixon (see how JFK was treated during the 1960 election) but his legacy remains with us in all but a good way. Sad, really, for the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower to turn into the party of Tom Cotton.

    But you're thinking I meant legal consequences. There's more than that to consider.

  25. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    So which of the information that they linked to is untrue? AP, Foreign Policy, New Republic, the State Department OIG? The MM article even cited the Federalist:

    "The Federalist did not mention any of the other failures highlighted in the OIG report, instead playing up several news articles which mentioned his email practices."

    Huh. Why would The Federalist ignore such issues with the ambassador?