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  1. Re:The solution is to refuse to play their way on The Tech Industry's Legacy: Creating Disposable Employees · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Your list could be collapsed to:

    1. Be wealthy enough to not need a stable job.

  2. Re:No thru traffic on Waze Causing Anger Among LA Residents · · Score: 1

    When their license shows they live in the area, they will not be written a ticket for violating the "no thru traffic" rule.

  3. Re:Host your own DNS on ICANN Offers Fix For Domain Name Collisions · · Score: 1

    Denying access as the default and explicit allowing exceptions is much more secure than the opposite.

  4. Host your own DNS on ICANN Offers Fix For Domain Name Collisions · · Score: 2

    The easy fix seems to be to have your own internal DNS servers that block any conflicting TLD. If it's not on .com, .net, .org, or on a country TLD, then it's probably not worth visiting.

  5. Re:Very original on Grad Student Rigs Cheap Alternative To $1,000 Air Purifiers In Smoggy China · · Score: 1

    It's odd that people needed instructions on how to tape a filter to a fan?

  6. Consent is required on Facebook's Emotion Experiment: Too Far, Or Social Network Norm? · · Score: 1

    They conducted a psychology experiment without the consent of the test subjects. I'm not sure what the rules are for private organizations, but I do believe that any publicly funded researcher involved in the experiment, or possibly those who use the results, would be at risk of losing all federal funding. I really hope some lawsuits are filed against facebook and any of the researchers because this shouldn't creep in to becoming an accepted norm.

  7. Re:are the people still running XP on Registry Hack Enables Continued Updates For Windows XP · · Score: 1

    http://www.modern.ie/en-us/vir...

    Get the vista VM with IE 7. There is no excuse for still using XP.

  8. Re:Short-term costs...LONG TERM savings! on The Man Behind Munich's Migration of 15,000 PCs From Windows To Linux · · Score: 1

    I call bullshit on their training claims. Staff that used Windows at previous jobs or at home will have a lower training needs. They also assume that staff time is free and ignore any lost productivity or errors from their new OS and applications.

  9. Re:what a waste on Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs · · Score: 1

    The wealthy are a minority by population, but control a majority of the wealth. Their wealth is also more disposable. If the general public was smarter, then money would have less influence. Sadly, most people are ignorant and believe whatever is repeated most often because they don't have the time or intelligence fact check on their own.

    Money would also have (slightly) less influence if more people voted. Instead of using the census to distribute representatives, it should be based upon the number of ballots cast in the previous election. If a portion of the population chooses not to vote, they have abdicated their right to representation for an election cycle. Inhibiting a person's ability to cast a ballot should be treated as the highest form of treason.

  10. Re:what a waste on Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Elections are bought. The general public doesn't have the same cash appeal as single, large sources of money. When properly bribed with campaign contributions, politicians will do what they were paid to do.

  11. Re:He's sorry now ... on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 1

    His code was reviewed. The established process was followed. The reviewer and possibly anyone else with access to the code could be viewed as negligent for not preventing this undesirable functionality.

  12. Re:Dual interface ? on Intel Upgrades MinnowBoard: Baytrail CPU, Nearly Halves Price To $99 · · Score: 1

    If you're not routing gigabit, get a usb network port or configure it to have two IPs for its one port and route between.

  13. Re:Fantastic ROI on Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    They would essentially have to launder the bitcoins to not kill their value. They could do this buy buying lots of random things that can easily get resold from retailers that accept bitcoins.

  14. Re:A printer and a template on Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? · · Score: 1

    Many states have "at will" employment, which means that the employer can fire anyone for any reason, as long as that reason doesn't violate established law.

  15. Re:A printer and a template on Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? · · Score: 1

    As far as I know, there are no laws requiring people to be honest on their resumes. They will obviously get fired if caught, but not arrested and charged with a crime.

  16. Spotting with helicopter still okay? on Drone-Assisted Hunting To Be Illegal In Alaska · · Score: 0

    They're not okay with drones, but I thought Alaska allowed people to hunt and shoot from a helicopter. If this is the case, then I guess they don't want the poor people to enjoy an aerial advantage.

  17. Re:They are all paid too much on Are Bankers Paid Too Much? Are Technology CEOs? · · Score: 1

    Do you honestly believe that is how it really works?

  18. Re:You get, what you negotiate on Are Bankers Paid Too Much? Are Technology CEOs? · · Score: 1

    CEO pay and bonuses is often at the expense of worker salary. This results in taxpayers subsidizing the lower worker salaries with food stamps and other financial assistance.

  19. Re:They are all paid too much on Are Bankers Paid Too Much? Are Technology CEOs? · · Score: 2

    Wrong. CEO pay is determined by the board, not investors.

  20. Apple Car Troubles on Apple Rumored To Be Exploring Medical Devices, Electric Cars To Reignite Growth · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any issues with the car will probably be blamed on the driver. "Your car doesn't accelerate properly because you're holding the steering wheel incorrectly."

  21. Re:Transparency I agree with on GOP Bill To Outlaw EPA 'Secret Science' That Is Not Transparent, Reproducible · · Score: 1

    The bill will only serve to allow companies to fight EPA regulations in court by failing to reproduce the results.

  22. 1. Google glass is not classified as a medical device.
    2. He did the equivalent of bringing a video camera in to a movie theater and pointed it at the screen for the entire movie.
    3. He didn't ask for a lawyer and then STFU. His rights were not violated.

  23. Re:It's a Google aquisition on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    You jest, but that would be a great feature. House burning down, auto call fire department, and also send you info to reserve a hotel room.

  24. Re:Short answer: no on Is Ruby Dying? · · Score: 0

    Get off my lawn!

  25. Re:Old boys' network on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 1

    You clearly don't understand what the service provides, but I'm glad that doesn't inhibit you from responding as if you do!

    Using your example, they don't test you for dick cancer. They check your DNA for indicators that you might be more likely to get dick cancer. The appropriate response to the results is to keep that in mind and every so often have a doctor check to make sure you don't have dick cancer.