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  1. You are good at perl... on Ask Slashdot: Best Approach To Reenergize an Old Programmer? · · Score: 1

    ...and it being the sexiest language out there, you are saying you couldn't adopt to C, Java, Python?

    All your times digging perl doc and modules aren't wasted - it makes you a better spec reader. Now I think all you need is to get your hand dirties - just get write something interesting!

  2. That's BS. on China To Cancel College Majors That Don't Pay · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day, graduates will "be forced to be employed.", and data will be made up.
    Only those that do real science will die, but there aren't any. So nothing really changes.

    That's the Chinese solution.

  3. Re:Can they sell unused power back to the grid? on Microturbines Power, Cool Servers Simultaneously · · Score: 1

    The TFV (video) says yes.

  4. Hard balls? on Toronto School Bans Hard Balls · · Score: 1

    Now it must be a girl only school.

  5. Re:Also plans to be emperor of Earth on Energy Firm Wants To Be First To Mine the Moon · · Score: 1

    But it just took 8 years for Apollo to land a man on the moon-

  6. I was interviewing SDE in MSFT on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    Yes we do brain-teasers, especially asking questions which are sometimes quite ambiguous, deliberately.

    The point is not to get to the super optimal O(1) solution in a few seconds - in fact, I would question if anyone could do that withing breaking a sweat that he might have encountered the question before...but to watch how he responses, process the information, communication skill to get the requirement and question clear, explaining the train of thought on the way, all those little interactions. If writing code is needed, I would just tell them not to care too much how to make a API call because I would lookup Google^wMSDN for that too.

    Getting the answer correctly is a bonus, of course you can't fail too much...but we are more focus to hire someone who can make sense, able to learn on the job, passionate about the job...hardcore skills are really not that important for entry level, I don't really care if you can or cannot prove P=NP, we are not in the research department.

  7. Re:the way to go on Tough Tests Flunk Good Programming Job Candidates · · Score: 1

    Interview does not go one way, but two. At the same time you are interviewing the future employer. Ya---in a world where both employee and employer could be suck.

  8. Re:Fuhck yeah! on EU Scientists Working On Laser To Rip a Hole In Spacetime · · Score: 1

    It took so much more to rip the economy apart, so $1.6b to rip the spacetime is a really good deal

  9. Yes, Clear! on China Says Its Internet Policies Are Open and Clear · · Score: 1

    The policy has been very CLEAR that anything against the party are blocked.

  10. Re:The title is BS on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Plus, it is not technically feasible, even with deep packet inspection...

    That's not the point. You do think the whole point is about the abused children issue?

  11. Re:3x3? on Lego NXT Bot Beats Rubik's Cube Record · · Score: 1

    Just to differentiate it from 2x3 or 3x4 configuration, for that matter...

  12. Apple on Android Phones Get Dual Accounts · · Score: 1

    Because they want you to have one phone for personal, and another phone for the business...to boost the sell!

    Is that so hard to understand?

  13. Re:Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Ac on Australian Malls To Track Shoppers By Their Phones · · Score: 1

    Is it intercept? I bet the service is provided by the telecom, not intercept.
    And is it communication?

  14. Re:awesome on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    Just needles? After all HIV is infamous for STD...

  15. i saw this! mystery solved! on PLAYterm: a New Way To Improve Command Line Skills · · Score: 1

    # ./do_magic
    Profit!!
    #

  16. do you own it? on Ask Slashdot: Best Copyright Terms For a Thesis? · · Score: 1

    Before proceeding, Please check you are the copyright owner. IANAL and IIRC, by default these papers' copyright goes to the school , not the student.

  17. Magnetic strip? on Gang Used 3D Printers To Make ATM Skimmers · · Score: 1

    Why ATM still relies on magnetic strip card...that the data (key) could be easily replicated?

    We have smart card for years, NFC card for years...Couldn't the bank phase out all those magnetic card with NFC one?
    I presume sniffing the NFC air traffic does not compromise the system, of course.

  18. Re:Biggest thing is SUPPORT on Google Preps Devs For One-Size-Fits-All Android · · Score: 1

    Yes they are damned. They chose to bundle the phone and the contract, and brand the phone etc etc.

    If people were just buying the phone themselves, and get SIM card from the carrier, complaints won't be directed to the carrier.

    So yes, they are damned anyway.

  19. What else do you expect? on DigiNotar Goes Bankrupt After Hack · · Score: 1

    With major browsers kicked its CA cert out of the trusted list, the CA by definition and practically could generate no profit...

    What else do you expect, huh? Of course it could only get closed!

  20. Re:Summary misses the point. on Toshiba Adds Two-Way Wi-Fi To SD Card · · Score: 1

    Eye-Fi is a real SD card, and appears to be a storage SD card to the camera. Instead of Wifi card using SD as interface.

    Consider this is a USB Flash drive - but it can do two-way sync to the Wifi (Wifi configured separated, not with convention tools, and you cannot get network connection with that Wifi either). And this is not USB Wifi stick. Now s/USB/SD/g and you see the different.

  21. Re:Regenerative braking? on Tapping Subway Trains For Energy · · Score: 1

    6000A maybe a bit stretch, but it's not out of the ball park.
    It takes 1500A@750V to accelerate a 6-car train in Beijing.

    Scale to 10-car and 600V, you get 3000A.

  22. Before we ditch timezone...Let's kill DST first!! on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    DST is a beast. Worse, the rules change over time!

  23. Re:Touch typing defense on How To Steal ATM PINs With a Thermal Camera · · Score: 1

    I usually keep hitting the keypad randomly when it's preparing the cash, for fun. Now that's a reason for me to keep doing it!

  24. Re:supposedly obsolete tech on PC Designer Says PC "Going the Way of the Vacuum Tube" · · Score: 1

    Those vacuum tube Hi-Fi that I will never hear the difference, I suppose

  25. My pal... on Ask Slashdot: How To Combat IP-Based Censorship? · · Score: 1

    Welcome to China!