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  1. If you sat in a showroom for 10 hours strait (sic) you're doing it wrong. Decide ahead of time what you want and how much you'll pay. Make an offer, if they don't like it - get up and walk away.

  2. Re:Entering students too young on Fixing the Humanities Ph.D. · · Score: 1

    This is true of a high percentage of would-be teachers. They don't know anything except school; the only career path they see is progressing from student to teacher. Sad, because it's such a big world out there once you get off campus.

  3. Hawking on the take? on The Sci-Fi Myth of Killer Machines · · Score: 1

    It was because the Johnny Depp-starring Transcendence was coming out. Or, more to the point, it's because science fiction's first robots were evil,

    We all know Spielberg paid for this kind of press. Is Hawking getting paid for this mumbling?

  4. too many things to learn on Driver Study: People Want Fewer Embedded Apps, Just Essentials That Work Easily · · Score: 1

    Moreover, people tend to replace their smartphones every two years or so, and when you get a new phone you may have to completely reconfigure your infotainment system in order to use the new apps.

    My wife an I have two vehicles with completely different controls (Subaru and Chevy). When we take a long trip we rent a car, different make every time. Don't tell me I need to learn all those different Infotainment systems, that won't happen. We have phones that we know and a Garmin GPS (because Google screwed up Maps Navigation on Android last summer). That's all we need.

  5. Re:Need to be able to use without looking at it on Driver Study: People Want Fewer Embedded Apps, Just Essentials That Work Easily · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Exactly. If you can't use the control it without staring at it when it changes at every touch it shouldn't be in a moving vehicle.

  6. Re:Seems reasonable for FTC to do this on FTC Lobbies To Be Top Cop For Geolocation · · Score: 1

    Twenty years of writing Stuart Smalley scripts and a couple of handshake tours qualify a person for the Senate? Oh, and one book of satire that was rewritten five times. I suppose he's better qualified than a community organizer or former First Lady

  7. Stock brokers on High Frequency Trading and Finance's Race To Irrelevance · · Score: 1

    High frequency trading doesn't necessarily hurt investors. Without them individuals would still be paying the ridiculous commissions stock brokers used to charge; one can argue if more can be done, but I'm not convinced computer agents are worse than people.

  8. Seems reasonable for FTC to do this on FTC Lobbies To Be Top Cop For Geolocation · · Score: 0

    I don't see why Franken would want do give consumer protection authority to the Justice department rather than the FTC; that's why the FTC exists. Well, other than the fact that Franken is clueless; but I suppose you should assume that when you elect a TV comic to the Senate.

  9. Re:Or call your credit card company ... on AT&T To Use Phone Geolocation To Prevent Credit Card Fraud · · Score: 1

    You need to find another bank.

  10. Re:Since the rest of Van Gogh isn't around, on Ear Grown From Van Gogh DNA On Display · · Score: 1

    Being a knock-off of Van Gogh's ear it would be more appropriate to make it swirling blobs of primary colors. Evander could call it a fashion statement.

  11. Re:WTF? on Free Wi-Fi Coming To Atlanta's Airport · · Score: 1

    Someone always pays for it. Everywhere in the world

  12. Re:Not much of Van Gogh's DNA on Ear Grown From Van Gogh DNA On Display · · Score: 3, Informative

    using living cells from Lieuwe van Gogh

    The title says "Van Gogh DNA". Misleading, but not a lie.

  13. Re:Level playing field on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 1

    Your are funny. (I assume that was a joke)

  14. Re:Make it a utility. on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 1

    What utility is not a monopoly? Besides, most city dwellers have the choice of cable, DSL, or wireless.

  15. Re:Annoying. on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 1

    The core issue is whether a government should be providing a service. But that should not be an issue.

    It's not an issue because providing whatever internet connection is popular this year is not what government is for.

  16. Poor example on US Secret Service Wants To Identify Snark · · Score: 1

    Donovan’s example is a 2009 inauguration problem in which people were trapped in a Capitol tunnel and unable to reach the security gates. If the Secret Service had known through real-time social media, they could have remedied the situation more quickly.

    That's true. But if they had gotten a message by carrier pigeon that people were stuck in the tunnel they could also have remedied the situation. /sarcasm

  17. Re:Ironic on Man Who Issued Securities For Bitcoins Settles With SEC · · Score: 2

    So the fact that he's now sending a big pile of dollars to the US Govt is .... ironic.

    There is nothing ironic (or surprising) about a guy who thinks he doesn't need to play by the rules getting caught and fined.

  18. Re:So timmy likes to cruise SF on This 360-Degree, 4K Video Camera isn't Getting Kickstarted (Video) · · Score: 1

    Well, one of the picturesdoes hint at something

  19. Re:Why isn't the USA doing this? on EU Launches World's Largest Civilian Robotics Program; 240,000 New Jobs Expected · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Sad? on This 360-Degree, 4K Video Camera isn't Getting Kickstarted (Video) · · Score: 1

    True. As I understand it, Kickstarter is for creative works that are not really intended to be commercially successful, just cool. If you're looking to start a business raise some venture capital.

  21. Ask Neutron Jack on A Measure of Your Team's Health: How You Treat Your "Idiot" · · Score: 1

    His policy at GE was to lay off 10% of the workforce every year, then back fill with new hires.

    We called the bottom of the bell curve the canaries. As long as they were around everyone else was safe

  22. Re:but on Patent Troll Ordered To Pay For the Costs of Fighting a Bad Patent · · Score: 1

    They also pointed out that the most frequent complaint they had about their coffee was that is wasn't hot enough when served.

  23. Re:but on Patent Troll Ordered To Pay For the Costs of Fighting a Bad Patent · · Score: 1

    It's both a permit and a construction cost in most localities. Same with sewer (if you can get a permit at any cost).

  24. Re:Captive? on Ask Slashdot: Taking a New Tack On Net Neutrality? · · Score: 1

    And the people who run the network now want to double-dip, Comcast-style,

    No, it's more like buying a DVD and being forced to watch commercials before the video starts. If nothing else the tenant should have an opt-out option to get their own ISP and a reduction in rent.

  25. Re:What is the point of this story? on Apple's 2014 WWDC Keynote Will Be Streamed Live; Hopes For a Microconsole? · · Score: 1

    That's a good description of PR in general. But really, it won't change my life knowing 24 hours sooner. I'll read about it the next day rather than watch a keynote sales pitch.