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  1. Re:Economics on Is Montana the Next Big Data Hub? · · Score: 1

    And how much the state is will to pay in tax breaks to get them there. Here in Iowa, Facebook, Microsoft, and Google have all put in or are putting in, large data centers.

  2. Re:Cheap Labor on Is Montana the Next Big Data Hub? · · Score: 1

    At least they have both types of music. Country and Western.

  3. Re:There are things Texas CAN do... on Texas Sheriffs Crash $250k Drone They're Not Supposed To Be Flying · · Score: 1

    The small town of Washington, Iowa, pop 7000. Just got a surplus MRAP.
    http://dailyiowan.com/2014/04/...

  4. Re:Drones, baby. on Why Does Amazon Want To Sell Its Own Smartphone, Anyway · · Score: 1

    USDA Prime.

  5. Re:The Economist on Ask Slashdot: What Good Print Media Is Left? · · Score: 2

    The same issues of magazines that are currently there. They never change.

  6. Re:Why bother? on Your Car Will Tell You How To Hit the Next Green Light · · Score: 1

    Ground sensors that are used where I am completely negate being able to time lights. The main problem with them, is that they don't use the cameras at most intersections to bias the signals to the flow of traffic. You will have 1 car on a side street stop 20 cars and trucks, when the side car could wait. Not only that, the sensors will stop traffic when there is no one on the side street, because they did a legal right turn on red. That has to waste thousands of gallons of fuel each day, just in my city.

  7. Re:Fewer tickets? on Your Car Will Tell You How To Hit the Next Green Light · · Score: 1

    That's the generic term for speed cameras. Our city put in red light cameras to get their feet in the door with that type of system. Where they have made bank is putting them on the interstate highway that goes through town.
    Red light citations: 2,892 (4.9 percent)

    Speed citations: 55,308 (95.1 percent)

    Total citations: 58,200

    THE MONEY

            City gross: $2,601,125
            Due to Gatso: $1,017,900
            Revenue: $1,583,225

  8. Re:Consumers always pay on Big Data Breaches Give Credit Monitoring Services a Boost · · Score: 1

    They screwed up my year of birth for my SSAN for a few years. I found out when I tried to efile my taxes several years ago. Rather than go through the hassle of digging up birth certificate and spending lots of time at the social security office, I figured out what they wanted and gave it to them on my tax form. They had one of the digits as a 7 and it should have been a 1. Probably an OCR error I would guess. I eventually went in and got it fixed. Had to waste a 40 mile round trip, and 3 hours of my time to fix their fuck up.

  9. Re:Consumers always pay on Big Data Breaches Give Credit Monitoring Services a Boost · · Score: 1

    I did too, and signed up online. It went into a black hole as far as I can tell. Nothing has been done.

  10. Re:Yeah, you can totally trust your data... on 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Yes, I am an idiot, and I was going to correct the message immediately. Unfortunately Slashdot is a harsh mistress and won't allow you to correct typos after you hit submit.

  11. Re:Yeah, you can totally trust your data... on 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month · · Score: 1

    Exactly! If you did nothing but backup a TB of data and then power it of and through it in a closet, you are ahead. Not only that, it is private. I would only see this for completely innocuous data that you have to access somewhat frequently through the internet.

  12. Don't worry, scrote. There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick-ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now.

  13. Re:i second windows 7 on Ask Slashdot: Linux For Grandma? · · Score: 1

    Yep, that sounds familiar. I get those forwarded to me a few times a month, though most of the time they are military and not cute as he is an old Marine.

  14. Re:Linux Mint on a USB stick on Ask Slashdot: Linux For Grandma? · · Score: 1

    Live CD's and USB keys will run too slow on old hardware (USB 1). Not a bad idea otherwise.
    I will be converting my Dad's old laptop next week. Probably some flavor of Ubuntu as that is what my wife runs (kubuntu 12.04 LTS) and what I am most familiar with.

  15. Re:I have your conversion right here... on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    I just talked to my 78 year old father on the phone about this last night. He was not aware of MS dropping support for XP. His older laptop works fine for what he does, email and web, and he doesn't want to spend money on a new one. He is going to mail the machine to me so I can back up his data and settings, install and configure linux, and then ship it back to him. I'll try kde first, since I am more familiar with it, but if it is too slow on his hardware, I'll try something more lightweight.

  16. BC on Ancient Chinese Mummies Discovered In Cheesy Afterlife · · Score: 1

    Cheeses before Jesus.

  17. Re:Email is an alternative to facebook on Facebook Shuts Down @Facebook Email System · · Score: 1

    Aye, there's the rub. I never get emails from my sister anymore, and if I email her, usually no response. Dad still emails me, even though he's on facebook. Most of them are forwards from his pals though. Best response from both is to pick up the phone and call.

  18. Re:Lifers? on Financing College With a Tax On All Graduates · · Score: 2

    Unless you are Jamacian.

  19. Re:I'm afraid this means war on NASA Now Accepting Applications From Companies That Want To Mine the Moon · · Score: 1

    That's harsh.

  20. Re:What are the questions? on Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating · · Score: 1

    They paid me $18k to get out in '95. Sometimes I think I should have put my 20 in, and then I remember I would have had to do Bush's dirty war.

  21. Speech recognition? on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 2

    My first thought with this headline is what did Snowden do to kill Nuance, the speech recognition company?
    Then I realized they capitalized a wrong word.

  22. Re:"Soylent Green is people!" on 20,000 Customers Have Pre-Ordered Over $2,000,000 of Soylent · · Score: 1

    He delivered pizzas for a while.

  23. Re:Can't directly compare PC and phone sales ... on Apple Devices To Reach Parity With Windows PCs In 2014 · · Score: 1

    People need to quit calling these devices smart phones. They are computers that have a secondary voice communication function.
    That being said, I am a fan of cheap burners. I have a sanyo miro I got for free when I purchased a block of prepaid time. Currently use it about $10 a month to make actual phone calls.

  24. Re:Just give me a standard size and connector! on Google Launches Android Automotive Consortium · · Score: 1

    That's how you interface your mp3 player. Or at least how I do.

  25. Re:Not in Silicone Valley on Google Nabs Bing Maps Architect · · Score: 1

    My thought as well. Sounds more like Hollyweird.