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  1. Re:Not Blacked Out? on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA? · · Score: 0

    If Slashdot went black today with everyone else, where would I waste my time? I'd .... I'd .... I'd have to do work, and no one wants that.

  2. Re:It won't last on Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours · · Score: 1

    Who had to occupy VW to get this to happen?

  3. Re:Just more things to break ... on Red Hat's Linux Changes Raise New Questions · · Score: 1

    So the answer is you haven't used RHEL.

  4. Re:Glad to hear it, but a big "duh!!!" on Net Neutrality and Carrier Incentives To Invest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They slow down a site, then charge you to restore the speed back to what it originally was.

    Actually, it's worse than that. In addition to the above, they could introduce internet tiering packages where they went to the content providers and charge them for getting preferential treatment or at least slightly less throttling. They charge you for access, charge you again for faster access and charge the content providers for letting them get your traffic in the first place.

    Can someone explain to me why Republicans keep spewing this illogic about Net Neutrality?

    You seriously have to ask this? It's about money. Also, I don't believe anti-net neutrality is a partisan issue, R and D are both for it.

  5. Put off requiring sandboxing on Mac OS X Sandbox Security Hole Uncovered · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Apple recently announced they were pushing back the requirement for sandboxing, originally the requirement was November. Maybe this is why.

  6. Re:I don't understand the purpose on Failures Mark First National Test of Emergency Alert System · · Score: 4, Informative

    It is also capable of being used locally, NWS uses it like this. This test was simply the first top to bottom national test of the system, this does not mean national alerting is the only function of the system.

  7. Re:Danger Zone! on With Troop Drawdown, IT Looks To Hire More Vets · · Score: 0

    Shutup Lana.

  8. Re:you can't make voters care on Scott Adams Proposes a Fourth Branch of Government · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Further, the R/D view is part of the reason voters don't care. It creates an US vs. Them scenario for people, I vote for my team and people who vote for the other are wrong. No thought, no discussion of issues has to occur, just keep the adversarial appearance.

    The two party system in the US has broken down to not being about issues, but about the two parties themselves.

  9. Re:Only "troubled" if you're not Lockheed Martin on The F-35 Story · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I believe weapons development of this type was always done by contractors. NASA never built rockets, the Navy never built ships and the Army/Air Force never built planes.

    Contracting everything out everywhere has in many places got out of hand, but the JSF program isn't really one of them. The only thing I'm not sure about is if there were ever penalties for budget overruns.

  10. Dilute the results on Google Starts Indexing Facebook Comments · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey guys, where else can we find more drivel to dilute our search results?

  11. Like everything else on Is the Apple App Store a Casino? · · Score: 2

    Sounds like the results of putting an App for sale in the App store is like putting an App for sale anywhere.

  12. Re:Why are the Palenstines bad again? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 1

    Because they fight Isreal.

  13. Re:Really? on Dennis Ritchie Day · · Score: 1

    Media recognizes people in media. You recognize people in your office. The world kinda works like that.

  14. Re:New buzzword alert on Americas New CIO Wants To Disrupt Government and Make It a Startup · · Score: 1

    Coming in and 'disrupting' things every so often is what lead to the multitude of redundant and useless systems in the first place. This very much is continuing to operate as they have been.

    The guy gets to be loud, say he's going to do all these things, get started on the new systems and move on to a more lucrative job in the private sector. In his wake, another redundant system is deployed with no clear goal. Ten years from now we do the whole dance over again.

  15. Re:The US will just cripple its own tech on Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock · · Score: 2

    I doubt you'd have the public outcry you think you'd have. I would expect the outcry to be along the lines of 'see these foreigners are stealing ideas from good americans because the laws around the world aren't strict enough. We need stricter penalties and tariff on thieving foreigners.'

  16. Re:Needs more Ram on Build the 2006 Prototype $25 PC · · Score: 1

    I'd rather it have 2 network ports.

  17. Doing this for some time on Ask The Bad Astronomer · · Score: 4, Funny

    You've been doing The Bad Astronomer thing for a while. How come you haven't become a better astronomer by now?

  18. GNOME Survey on Linux Mint Will Adopt Gnome 3 · · Score: 3, Informative

    They might want all users to take the survey, but there is really no reason to unless you use GNOME. A good portion of the questions are basically 'How does GNOME work for you.'

  19. Re:Siri doesTranslation? on Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri · · Score: 1

    Sometimes when products compete, they don't aim to simply implement the same features. Sometimes they add different features to appeal to people that think feature A on one product is pretty neat but they can't live without feature B that is now on your product and not the other.

  20. Re:... and the problem is? on AMD Ports Open-Source Linux GPU Driver To Windows · · Score: 1

    Your point being? The license is irrelevant. AMD, as the presumed owner of the Radeon source, could make the Radeon GPU driver for Windows Embedded closed source even if it was released GPL.

  21. Depends on the company on Ask Slashdot: Does Being 'Loyal' Pay As a Developer? · · Score: 1

    Does the company reward loyalty? If the shoe was on the other foot and times were tough, would they take into account your work and loyalty and try to keep you on?

    Honestly, I doubt they give a second thought to your loyalty. The times when it was a good idea to be loyal to an employer are by and large long since gone. They are only looking at their bottom line, you basically have to do the same.

    Company loyalty now really only comes back to bite you in the ass, there is no benefit for the employee.

  22. Now we know why on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 0

    Now we know why they had to raise the speed of light.

  23. Re:Taking Care of Open Source Software on Ask Slashdot: Spreading the Word About At-Risk Open Source Projects? · · Score: 2

    Can't change the license if you're not the copyright holder.

    To the submitter, one way of getting the word out is to actually name and link to the at-risk software in question.

  24. Ok, how do they know? on Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It · · Score: 3

    Seriously, exactly what data and from where are they collecting it to figure this decline in usage.

  25. Re:beginner friendly? on Deadline Approaches For Registration In Stanford's Free CS Classes · · Score: 1

    These, maybe not. Well, probably not the AI or computer learning one but the DB one might. However, Stanford has other lecture series that would be of benefit to someone learning to program, as that is what they are targeting. Stanford Engineering Everywhere has released three of their biginning CS courses. Start with 106a, which does not require anything beyond a willingness to learn.