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  1. Re:So these arguments are bullshit.... on Employee Outsourced Programming Job To China, Spent Days Websurfing · · Score: 1

    There are good and bad programmers in every country. The arguments are more about the probability of getting good ones. Assuming the article is real, it doesn't state the amount of time, if any, Bob spent reviewing and cleaning up the sub-contracted work. Truly good programmers that delegate tasks to others check to make sure the end product meets the requirements.

  2. Re:Regulate manufacture on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    Another flawed argument. Owning nuclear materials, if done so securely to prevent irradiating your neighbors, should be perfectly fine for everyone.

  3. Re:Regulate manufacture on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    Your argument is that nothing should be illegal because criminals will break the law anyway. You're an idiot.

  4. Regulate manufacture on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    This just means that they'll add regulations for the manufacture of gun components, instead of just the sale. This heads us in the route of possession being illegal.

  5. Go be gay over there... on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 5, Funny

    sounds like the digital version of don't ask, don't tell.

  6. Re:Useful for weeding out non-programmers on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    You seem to be trying to solve a different problem that involves printing prime numbers, instead of printing all numbers with specific values being substituted with a corresponding string.

  7. Re:Useful for weeding out non-programmers on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1
  8. Re:I recommend Toastmasters on The Trials and Tribulations of a Would-Be Facebook Employee · · Score: 2

    Some free opportunities for public speaking and talking with strangers (without being the crazy person bothering people on the street)

    - Go to a local town government meeting and talk about something during the public speaks out portion.
    - Volunteer to help out at some local event.
    - Join meetup groups with events that involve "show & tell" or "lightning talks"
    - Go to a flea market or farmer's market and have a conversation with the vendors about the products they're selling.

  9. Quieter and cooler on Is It Worth Investing In a High-Efficiency Power Supply? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Higher efficiency means less waste heat coming from the power supply, so its fan can run quieter.

  10. Only 30 days? on California AG Gives App Developers 30 Days To Post Privacy Notice · · Score: 5, Funny

    With only 30 days to get a policy written and added to the app, I guess that means that most iPhone apps will not be able to comply.

  11. Re:It's a fake. on Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed · · Score: 1

    He probably got an employee discount.

  12. Re:This is what it takes to get in the news? on Developer Gets OpenSUSE Running On $249 Google Chromebook · · Score: 0

    I bet your the type of person who makes outlandish claims like "Coloring a color by numbers pictures is not art worthy of hanging in the Met".

  13. Re:Hire Software Engineers to Vet Bullshit Patents on Facebook Patents Pokes-Per-Minute Limits · · Score: 1

    The problem is that many of the larger companies pay bonuses to employees when one of "their ideas" is filed as a patent. There is a monetary incentive for programmers to generate this crap. IBM is another company that does this and I know a few of their employees that try to get IBM to patent anything and everything for the extra cash in their pay check.

      I still blame the USPTO for granting stupid patents, such as this one. Rate limiting is not a new concept.

  14. Re:No worries on Could You Hack Into Mars Curiosity Rover? · · Score: 1

    "Hack the Planet" doesn't mention that "the Planet" is Earth.

  15. Re:Is it filled with helium? on The DARPA-Funded Power Strip That Will Hack Your Network · · Score: 2

    if my power strip were connected to a LAN, I would be a bit curious

    Many power strips include surge suppression ports for RJ-11 and RJ-45.

  16. Re:why no redirection to a warning page? on FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Servers Monday -- But Should It Cut Off 300k PCs? · · Score: 1

    Most users are stupid and will click okay to anything. They should have redirected to a page with an applet, activex, or some other bit of code that the user will blindly click okay to run that will change their DNS settings to OpenDNS or google's public DNS servers.

  17. Re:Really? on Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle · · Score: 2

    This expectation is easily proven by the many businesses that still keep IE6 around because of a business critical web site that requires it.

  18. Re:What exactly am I suppose to replace it with? on Google Killing Off Mini, Video, and iGoogle · · Score: 5, Insightful

    iGoogle is the only browser homepages I've used in the past ~5 years. I guess it's time to switch back to about:blank or roll my own replacement for iGoogle.

  19. Re:Incoming... on Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen · · Score: 1

    From the article, "The iPad was to be a gift for her cousin who lives in Iran." That's re-exporting. Had the Apple customer knowingly sold the iPad to a person who stated they would re-export it to Iran, it could have resulted in fines for Apple and jail time for him. Good for the employee not doing something stupid.

    My job forces me to understand ITAR. Due to ITAR, we have a policy that prohibits interactions with anyone who is a citizen of the group E restricted countries. We also have restrictions about the types of interactions we can make for a non group E national who is currently in a group E country. Ignoring ITAR is a good way to get fired and land in a federal pound you in the ass prison.

  20. Re:...however, on Online Courses and the $100 Graduate Degree · · Score: 1

    If the current trend of stupidity continues in America, you won't have to worry about whether or not online education is not as good as hands on. You'll have long given up teaching from frustration when a law passes stating you must give equal time to creationist theories.

  21. Re:Who gets to request code? on Stuxnet/Flame/Duqu Uses GPL Code · · Score: 1

    Antivirus vendors around the global would disagree with you statement that it was never distributed.

  22. Note exactly rare on Astronomers See Another Star Torn Apart By a Black Hole · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This scenario was observed twice in two years. Not exactly rare when you realize how little of the sky we watch.

  23. Electric engines are quiet on Electric Airplane Ready For Production · · Score: 1

    If the plane is deemed to quiet and must create an artificial engine noise, I really hope it has the option to sound like the jetson's craft.

  24. How do like them apples? on Game Theory, Antivirus Improvements Explain Rise In Mac Malware · · Score: 1

    Security through obscurity is no way to go through life.

  25. Re:License to print money on Super-Privacy-Protecting ISP In the Planning · · Score: 1

    Works great until your frisbee mesh acquires holes from neighborhood kids and dogs.