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  1. Re:Don't blame me, blame the Patriot Act and CALEA on 129 Million Americans Can Only Get Internet Service From Companies That Have Violated Net Neutrality (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Aren't ant-trust issues typically handled by the FTC?

  2. It only costs 18 cents if... on Why 'Shark Tank' Investor Kevin O'Leary Refuses To Spend $2.50 On a Cup of Coffee (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    It only costs 18 cents if your time is worth nothing. Way faster to go out of your way and wait in line at SBUX. /s

  3. Re:Git-r-done on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 1

    Engineering software is about following industry standard best practices, including those provided by orgs such a CERT. Virtually all software engineering BS programs have security related coursework as an elective, not a requirement for graduation. Until that changes, it's going to be a ugly scene.

  4. Re:MEEPT!! on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    If ever we needed a hero to come back to save this sorry site...

  5. Re:Wait a minute... on Elon Musk Proposes City-to-City Travel By Rocket, Right Here on Earth (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't need a pilot. You don't need in-flight service for a 30 minute flight. You'll need highly skilled baggage handlers. People and their luggage will be charged by weight. You need security guards (we'll call them flight attendants). And you will need an army to protect the rocket technology from falling into foreign hands. And you'll need a hefty insurance policy for when it goes boom.

  6. Re:Presuming, of course... on 'Star Trek: Discovery' Premieres Tonight (ew.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm definitely not convinced DVRs account for much of anything, percentage-wise.

    I only watch DVR. I may stream on comcast on-demand once in a while if there's a new show I may want to try out. But if it is something I may watch regularly, I'm going to record it and watch it on my schedule -- without the bloody commercials. I don't have much time for entertainment TV. I'm just as likely to stream a tutorial or MOOC video on Youtube.

  7. Re:Accountants on SEC Discloses Hackers Penetrated EDGAR, Profited in Trading (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The information security professionals should define security standards, security auditing standards, and security reporting standards, much like we have in the financial realm, for all publicly traded companies. And they should lobby the SEC and Congress to mandate that these be filed with them just like quarterly financial statements. Actually, its far more likely that we can get the Europeans on board with this, and then it will eventually trickle down to the US.

  8. Re:"$140K = basic, lower-middle-class income" - Wh on Stack Overflow Launches Salary Calculator For Developers (stackoverflow.com) · · Score: 1

    The poster you are replying to seems to be lacking some perspective. $140K it not "lower-middle-class" in any part of the US. It may be "less than average" in a few select ZIP codes, but in any major city, including SF & NYC, it still counts as firmly middle-class or above. He may feel average compared to his peers, but that's what happens when one has above-average peers.

  9. Re:Still evaluating on AskSlashdot: How Do You See Your Life After Firefox 52 ESR? (mozilla.org) · · Score: 1

    Need something like that to continue to use the f5 VPN plugin. Seems to be what f5 is recommending for their Linux users. They still don't have a reasonable replacement for that POS plugin they distribute.

  10. Specialized ROTC Training on US Defense Budget May Help Fund 'Hacking For Defense' Classes At Universities (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    As many have already pointed out, the number of foreign students at U.S. universities is astounding, especially at the sort of universities likely to get this funding. You'd be doing nothing more than teaching our adversaries how to attack us. This should be taught at military academies and via specialized ROTC training.

    Specialized ROTC training for computer engineering grads (none of this namby-pamby CompSci shit) will provide college funding for students and a ready-made qualified talent pool for the military to draw from.

  11. Not a Surprise on Intel Exits the Maker Movement (hackaday.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anyone who ever seriously considered Intel's "maker" products for embedded use (as I did) would quickly find that they were power hungry and over-priced. Either one of those problems would be death in this market.

    Marketing can cover a lot of sins, but these together are really hard to overcome. "Let's market the shit out of this shit" only really works when aimed at consumers or executives. Makers are engineers. They can smell the bullshit from miles away.

    It's a healthier marketplace without such inferior offerings in it.

  12. I Pity the Foo... on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 1

    I pity the poor guy with the email address "foo@example.com".

  13. Re:Terrible news on NASA Finds Evidence Of 10 New Earth-sized Planets (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    We've got plenty of individuals ready to go to Mars today. We've got .01% of the funding necessary.

  14. SparkFun sold these products. Do you think you were going to get a critical review about this product from one of their larger resellers? Of course SparkFun is going to present them as something exceptionally good. The purpose of those videos to to advertise the products in them.

  15. Re:Improve the back-end on Amazon Plans Cuts to Shed Whole Foods' Pricey Image (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Many times when people get a job at Walmart they are given food stamp and welfare forms during orientation.

    Where is this claim backed up?

  16. Is this now /r/askreddit on What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? · · Score: 0

    What has become of this site?

  17. The User Manual on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Books You Wish You Had Read Earlier? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    RTFM. Wiser words were never acronymized.

  18. Re:Isn't this just welfare for the rich? on Mark Zuckerberg Calls for Universal Basic Income in His Harvard Commencement Speech (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Welfare is a de-motivating force.

    It could also be that the unmotivated are on welfare. It's probably a sin to think such things. Please forgive my transgression.

  19. Re:GNU on Can You Copyright a Joke? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Just imagine a set of jokes that require you to distribute their English counterpart every time you use it.

    It's even funnier in its native Scheme.

  20. Completely useless, alarmist, unactionable article. Name names, dammit.

  21. Look at the optimist over here talkin' like there will be a tomorrow.

  22. Re:People have to learn how to think critically on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    P.T. Barnum's maxim exists because people do not think critically. Never have, never will. A person may think critically. But people do not. And that is where the danger to society lies.

    A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. -- Agent K; Men in Black

  23. Interns != Employees on More Than Ever, Employees Want a Say in How Their Companies Are Run (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That intern was taught an invaluable business lesson.

  24. Economics to the Rescue on Evidence That Robots Are Winning the Race for American Jobs (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Wake me up with we invent robot consumers. That's when humanity is truly doomed. Until then, real people are needed to buy the stuff the robots make.

  25. Am I missing the joke? on Ask Slashdot: How To Teach Generic Engineers Coding, Networking, and Computing? · · Score: 1

    I know a lot of engineers. I've never met a generic one. Unless you mean the kind that rides in front of the train.