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  1. Mavericks upgrade on Apple Drops Snow Leopard Security Updates, Doesn't Tell Anyone · · Score: 1

    I've been trying to upgrade to Mavericks for eons now. Nothing short of a full rebuild of snow leopard will solve my issue apparently. I've tried everything but the App Store always hangs. Why can't I just download it and install it?

    F***Apple.

  2. Re:Sigh.. on Will Peggy the Programmer Be the New Rosie the Riveter? · · Score: 1

    When you have nothing to add: Ad Hominem is best Homonym.

  3. Re:Not all Lithiums the same on Tesla Used A Third of All Electric-Car Batteries Last Year · · Score: 1

    I realize this now, thank you for setting me straight.

  4. Re:Not all Lithiums the same on Tesla Used A Third of All Electric-Car Batteries Last Year · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >literally be a bomb on wheels

    No it is neither literally, nor figuratively a bomb on wheels. It will catch fire though, with plenty of warning and safety features, if punctured. As I understand if you were in the Tesla when it caught fire in the battery packs, you probably wouldn't burn to death.

  5. Re:Predictions were made in the 1970s then? on How Well Do Our Climate Models Match Our Observations? · · Score: 1

    This doesn't happen in my lab- hundreds of physical machines, easy answer why is: My lab is pristine from a power/cooling/cleanliness/process aspect. For me it's more like 1-2% over 5 years. only slightly above RMA rate. Most bad drives die early. My lab is a bad example of industry standard drive failure.

    Most labs aren't pristine or are deficient in at least one way. Makes you wonder, what the average environment is like before applying the model.

    I guess my point is, are model's accurate if they are too clean? too dirty? Is the earth uniformly clean/dirty?

    Models are only really good at providing an average worst case. I'm not sure why people expect them to be so accurate. pre-existing conditions change, YMMV.

  6. Re:We weep for BP. on Oil Companies Secretly Got Paid Twice For Cleaning Up Toxic Fuel Leaks · · Score: 1

    They're SORRY! OK?

  7. Re:States Rights on South Carolina Education Committee Removes Evolution From Standards · · Score: 1

    Or better yet, Jon Hamm increases his army of embarrassed, out of context, blackmailed and possibly manipulated 'scientists' to on video for his next disastrous debate.

  8. Re:why not just use shell aliases? on A Dedicated Shell For Git Commands · · Score: 2

    Some people just want an OSS contribution on their resume I suggest.

  9. Re:Experts in subject on IBM Employees Caught Editing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Oh the irony of being unable to edit my post

    >This is just another /insert tech company name here hit piece on Slashdot.

  10. Re:Experts in subject on IBM Employees Caught Editing Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    This is just another hit piece of Slashdot.

  11. Re:Why? on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1

    Well to be honest, DICE didn't know what they were getting themselves in to. They themselves, have made a huge mistake thinking /. could be profitable, and are now forced to shove change down people's throats in order to be successful. /. cannot and never will be monetized more than it already is. We're just not worth that much to anyone but each other. We are savvy, and certainly not swayed by IBM ads or HP ads or whatever targeted server advertising they want me to buy. It's because we are savvy. I think the only time I ever clicked on an ad was when I saw one for a bitcoin IC and that was only because it was vapourware and I was curious. /. is about die a several thousand deaths by javascript. I am ok with this- but it will be DICE that killed it. We will all leave and congregate somewhere else. Fixing features in the beta will not help. The only reason the current interface of asynchronous java works, is because it looks and behaves *almost* exactly like the original /. 15 years ago, and even then I still wish it was just a simple html comment list from time to time, because it worked ALL OF THE TIME.

    Beta is horribly designed from a readability perspective. This is a matter of CSS. It relies on too much javascript wizardy to fail so hard. /. isnt' supposed to be complicated. you are appealing to people who used to eat their Internet with Lynx and liked it that way very much.

    I'm pretty much resigned to the day that DICE puts me in the beta group and I will disappear in a gust of air thinner than the Bitcoin IC I once clicked on.

  12. Re:Giant contribution on Eclipse Foundation Celebrates 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Why would IBM buy Java? They roll their own JVM.

  13. Trains bad, pipelines good. on Environmental Report Raises Pressure On Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline · · Score: 1

    I'd rather have a pipeline moving crude, with state of the art shutoffs and sensors (also with mitigating surrounding engineering) than a TRAIN hauling this toxic oil anywhere.

    Where are environmentalist's heads on this? Why is everything have to be zero-sum with them?

  14. Re:Thanks, now I now it's been leakes on Quentin Tarantino Vs. Gawker: When Is Linking Illegal For Journalists? · · Score: 1

    Death Proof is an homage to grind house and is fucking awesome for what it is. I'm sorry you can't appreciate art.

  15. Re:Not one single action... on Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested On Money Laundering Charge · · Score: 1

    I agree, I'm not sure were people get the idea the government thinks BitCoin are like Lakota Dollars. It's perfectly legit resource/scrip that trades for X dollars. It doesn't magically side sweep financial indemnification to the government. The IRS can track your income and you still need to report it. There is no problem here unless you do something with it, that is ALREADY illegal with US dollars.

  16. Re:Retire from sailing the Bay in search of booty. on Online Streaming As Profitable As TV, Disc Sales By Charging Just a $15 Flat Fee · · Score: 1

    Where I'm from CDs were 20$+ in 1990-2003 dollars. WHen Itunes came along price of both full albums and itunes albums dropped to 10$ in most cases. I would say that's a case of digital distribution forcing down the price almost 50%. Of course now it's like 13$ but inflation is a bitch since 2008.

    I concede however streaming as an alternative to radio is awesome but let's not compare apples to oranges, just like paying for cable is not like buying a season on DVD.

  17. Re:It's rigged on FISA Judges Oppose Intelligence Reform Proposals Aimed At Court · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me that judges in this case...and ergo secret courts contribute to creating and adversarial system so the whole lot should be unnecessary.

  18. Re:Is that including "contracters"? on Percentage of Self-Employed IT Workers Increasing · · Score: 1

    Legally Binding HAH! Okay, good luck binding a big company to your deal after their legal department is through with you!!!!

  19. pendulumn swings back hard on Switzerland Wants To Become the World's Data Vault · · Score: 1

    Surely centralizing our data will keep it from prying eyes!

  20. If I did, I likely would succeed since your judgement is so poor.

  21. Re:TL;DR version : Dump it all in the ocean on The Status of the Fukushima Clean-Up · · Score: 1

    Actually yes, that's how the Universe also deals with Radiation.

  22. No, Bill Murray has been calling his shots for 30 years. He doesn't wish to do large movies anymore, simply because he doesn't have to.

  23. Re:I thought it was quiet here lately... on Could Slashdot (Or Other Private Entity) Sue a Spy Agency Like GCHQ Or NSA? · · Score: 1

    Even this won't help you, with high frequency sound based hacks. A bootstraped USB device is all they need to kick this off.

  24. Re:CDROM Lifetime on Britain's Conservatives Scrub Speeches from the Internet · · Score: 1

    I have been a recovery specialist.... i was only joking :)

  25. Re:History will be lost on Britain's Conservatives Scrub Speeches from the Internet · · Score: 1

    They are not gone, there at least dozens of CDROM backups of my FIDONET archives to be dug up from the landfills millions of years from now you insensitive clod!