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  1. Re:External Dependencies on Overconfidence: Why You Suck At Making Development Time Estimates · · Score: 1

    Always use Scotty time when making estimates.
    Please have your ad blocker up before visiting the website.
    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScottyTime

  2. Re:$2000? on Anonymous Raises Over $54,000 For Dedicated Your Anon News Website · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who knows but they need to be careful.. They are now making a money trail and this is Law Enforcement's bread and butter. Even if they try to compartmentalize different divisions there is still occasional cross chatter. Stay frosty.

  3. Re:Your kid, spending your money . . . on UK Gov To Investigate 'Aggressive' In-app Purchases · · Score: 1

    There's a setting for that. 15, 10, 5 and prompt every time. This isn't too far away from the content rating settings.

  4. Re:Waht about CRM systems? on Browser Choice May Affect Your Job Prospects · · Score: 1

    Hit F12, Select the Browser Mode pull down list, select browser version needed, profit.

  5. Re:Smart on Bin Laden Raid Member To Be WikiLeaks Witness · · Score: 1

    There is no DOD IG so that one is laughable, as is your next

    I'm actually with you on most points but the above quote is flagrantly wrong. The office was formed in 1982. http://www.dodig.mil/

  6. Re:TeX for Otherstuff on Extended TeX: Past, Present, and Future · · Score: 4, Informative

    Couple of good reads regarding LaTeX. 50 Shades of LaTeX: The Pain the Pleasure http://airminded.org/2005/11/18/latex-the-pain-the-pleasure/ http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/27/fetishizing-the-text/

  7. Re:What's the news here? on Google Cache Makes Murdoch's K-12 Site Look Obscene · · Score: 2

    Google's webmaster tools can limit issues like this.

  8. Re:There IS a talent shortage. on H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad · · Score: 1

    edit: ..not making quite as much money but enjoying life and getting free samples.

  9. Re:There IS a talent shortage. on H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad · · Score: 1

    Building websites for food trucks, not making as quite as much money but enjoying life and getting fee samples.

  10. Re:"Deal with it" on Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Executive summary of this post. When big wigs shoot from the hip recklessly it can be costly: http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=1538881

    This reminds me of the Eve Online where they were introducing a new currency Aurum, had an internal newsletter (Fearless (Greed is Good)) That debated the pro's and cons of virtual currency. The playerbase was upset for a number of reasons:

    1. Pay to Win was not ruled out e.g. special ammo (some argue that PLEX is the same but I disagree).
    2. Price on current virtual items was limited and overly expensive (Monacle Gate - $60 U.S. for a virtual monocle for one character).
    3. Players felt that they were getting milked and non of their current fees were going back into development/bug fixing of Eve Online (Some milking is to be expected but the "perception" was all resources were going towards White Wolf MMO in Atlanta).

    The internal (leaked) response from the CEO was basically don't listen to the players watch what they do. The public response from one of the developers was some diatribe about how $1000 dollar Japanese Jeans makes one feel (no seriously - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/24/eve-clothes-defense/ read the italicized text).

    The players then started mass rage quitting their subscriptions, the CSA (Player representatives) were flown and conference called to Iceland for an emergency meetings, CCP mea culpa'ed - reversed course on the most egregious issues and saved themselves from imminent death. However, CCP did not come out unscathed, they re-orged layed off a ton of people in the U.S. Atlanta that were working on White Wolf MMO which would not be cannibalistic to their core product. This was a bad call in my book but I don't have all the stats. They chose to keep developing DUST 514 a FPS for the Play Station 3 (Not sure how that is going) that can affect and be affected by Eve Online proper..

  11. Re:Pointing out the truth can not be bigotry... on Creationist Bets $10k In Proposed Literal Interpretation of Genesis Debate · · Score: 1

    Good and evil are religious concepts, particularly of monotheistic religions that divide the world into two opposing camps. If you're an atheist, you should avoid using the words or you'll fall into the same dogmatic trap.

    I'm a believer but I have to absolutely disagree. I invite you to read this article. It's long but by the 6th paragraph you will probably be re-evaluating your statement. http://www.aeonmagazine.com/world-views/troy-jollimore-secular-ethics/

  12. Re:No thanks on Listening To the Big Bang – In High Fidelity · · Score: 1

    I want it in Dolby Atmos and add some rumble seats. http://www.dolby.com/us/en/professional/technology/cinema/dolby-atmos.html

  13. Re:Lame. on MIT To End Open-Network Policy In Response To Recent Attacks · · Score: 1

    Why don't they just setup a number of VLANS, one for Faculty Staff, one for Students primary machines, one for research projects and one for open devices. I'm sure they already have a couple in place. Was their I.T. group consulted? Student Government and Faculty? I hope this wasn't an excuse to submit to CALEA http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/communications-assistance-law-enforcement-act . Higher Ed does not have to abide by it but some Universities do it anyways. [quote]"After thorough review, the final court decision appears to allow for most, if not all, campus networks to be exempt from compliance". [/quote] http://www.educause.edu/library/calea

  14. Re:OSU Advisor on What Does It Actually Cost To Publish a Scientific Paper? · · Score: 1

    Hmm.

    (Reposting link just for ease of reading) (At OSU, we developped theadvisor ( http://theadvisor.osu.edu/ [osu.edu] )

    I went there and the Topic Search doesn't work for me. For example I typed in Psychology and got no papers back for the "use the following papers" step. Drop me a note at music65536@yahoo.com so we can bug-shoot a little.

    Thanks.

    Try search term genetic just to get a feel of it.

  15. Re:Theres nothing wrong with opinion on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 1

    You mean Chris "Obama is Sending a Tingle Up My Leg" Matthews?

    Yes that guy. There's no question which side Chris falls on but I was questioning parents post that Hardball was an unreserved supporter of the war under W's term as president. I'm not sure what Obama has to do with this branch of the discussion.

  16. Re:Theres nothing wrong with opinion on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 1

    Hardball, for instance, was an unreserved supporter of the invasion of Iraq.

    It was? I recall correctly (it has been a decade) Chris Mathews and Tim Russert of Meet the Press were part of the handful of people actually asking difficult questions. I've been watching a lot less of T.V. news/opinion/journalism lately. I just don't get why MSNBC and Fox report on each others crappiness - ratings I guess. I've now just started looking for decent long-form journalism websites to get my news now.

  17. Re:What! No porn, cats, or warez? on Kids Build Pill Dispenser To Win Raspberry Pi Award · · Score: 1

    Short term no. Long term yes.

  18. Re:Well yes but, on 41 Months In Prison For Man Who Leaked AT&T iPad Email Addresses · · Score: 1

    Try again. If I send you a letter asking for you to send me your key and you send it that is either your own fault or the house keeper's fault (AT&T in this case). You/AT&T have the ability to not send the key. If this was a buffer overflow or some injection attack you might have a point but that is not the case in this instance.

  19. Re:Rhino on Ask Slashdot: Best 3-D Design Software? · · Score: 2
    One can infer from this statement that he has access to and wants to use cnc and 3d printing.

    I have access to a 3-D printer, a CNC mill, and a bunch of other fun tools, but I'm not able to make my own designs to use on them

  20. Re:Smelly on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Stay Fit At Work? · · Score: 1

    No one wants to smell funky sweat or even breath after heavy breathing in the work place. Save it for after work. Or do isometric abdomen exercises if you must.

  21. Re:Seems like a good step on Japan Extracts Natural Gas From Frozen Methane Hydrate · · Score: 2

    The coal we are using today is literally shearing off mountain tops and and killing carbon traps e.g. Trees. Sourcing from ocean methane could help in limiting this effect. http://images.google.com/search?q=alberta+sands

  22. Re:Morning sunlight is a waste on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    just move it 30 mins and be done with it.

  23. You start fining them and the sheeple start clamoring for walled garden computers. Since there are more of them than you.. industry happily complies and then you have to buy a register key to 'unlock/develop' in your own machine. I don't want to go down that road.. worst case scenario would be an isp shunt to block traffick with a page with available updates. Yes I'm going a little out there but it's almost spring break.

  24. Re:What's The Tech Angle? on Florida Sinkhole Highlights State's Geologic Instability · · Score: 1

    Shit happens. Those that don't do anything deserve their lot in filth. Others collect it for sanitary reasons. Still others notice that the big piles of crap start to heat up. The eventually figure out about composting and manure being excellent fertilizers. Here is a blog post that actually looks at regional zones and architecture and see what fits and makes sense where. http://urbanlabglobalcities.blogspot.ru/2012/05/from-hard-to-soft-how-new-approach-on.html

  25. Re:milestone on SpaceX Launching Dragon Capsule to ISS Today · · Score: 2

    Just saw this tweeted. SpaceX founder and CEO just tweeted: "Issue with Dragon thruster pods. System inhibiting three of four from initializing. About to command inhibit override." I wonder how this differs from NASA protocols.