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  1. Re:Continuum - Finally on From Microsoft, HoloLens VR Dev Kit, New Phones, Continuum · · Score: 1

    I've long predicted this was going to happen. It won't be long before you can temporarily pair your phone wireless over a KVM kiosk; walk away from a certain distance and it un-pairs securing your session. This would be perfect on an airplane where the screen in front of you is all you need.

  2. Re:Uber supporters on London Mayor Boris Johnson Condemns Random Uber Pick-Ups · · Score: 1

    Oh wow! So is that the scam-o-rama now? Just bank on a bunch of short drives to collect on "abandoned" rides? Fucking brilliantly vile!

  3. Re:Safety on 4 Calif. Students Arrested For Alleged Mass-Killing Plot · · Score: 1

    The reason for keeping weapons such as knives out of schools (or anywhere else) is to reduce the chance of fights escalating and becoming deadly. It has nothing to do with the lesser problem of killing sprees.

    I believe that in the State of Texas, you can be 18 to purchase, but the firearm must stay at the residence. Meaning you can't carry until the age of 21; which means you're an adult. Besides, even with the school ban in place, there's no reason why teachers and staff can't carry anyways.

  4. humanmade? on This Machine Produces the Largest Humanmade Waves In the World · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't that be man-made?

  5. Re:We'll see what Microsoft has planned on Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Is Shipping · · Score: 1

    For the SMB market, Office365 is a no brainer! Exchange is designed to be run on multiple servers with each one acting in dedicated role function. IN fact, so much so that SBS (Small Business Server) has been deprecated with Essentials acting only as a local domain controller / file server. Or to put it simple, Exchange is ENTERPRISE!!! That's not to say you can't run Exchange in the SMB (Small Medium Business) market, just that when you look at the cost of the hardware, licenses, and amortize it throughout its life before upgrade / replacement in the future, it's either break-even or cheaper to go with an Office365 hosted Exchange account. Just run the numbers and you'll see why.

  6. Re:It's all clouds on Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Is Shipping · · Score: 1

    Office365 BABY!!! Yeah!

  7. Re:Unionize on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 2

    Words mean things. Please re-read what I said and your question will be answered.

    There's nothing than can stop that happening now, but unionizing would definitely hasten that to occur"

    People's lack of reading comprehension is a major pet peeve of mine!

  8. Re:Show Me Something Made with C Nanotubes! on IBM Scientists Find New Way To Shrink Transistors · · Score: 1

    Well, remember back in the late 90s when IBM introduced copper interconnects?

  9. Re:Age discrimination is obvious on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's OK, because when no one will hire anyone over 40, we'll just be unemployed, poor, and without skills that make us marketable. Guess we will be "retiring" on the tax payer dime thanks to the young whom are employed =).

    Pay now, pay later. In the end, WE ALL PAY!

  10. Re:Unionize on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Say that to the auto industry that drove almost everything overseas. Right now, the IT industry is having it bad. Unionizing under the current paradigm would be WORSE!. It would be like "fuck it, ALL IT goes overseas, and the US as a nation is but a client purchasing all IT services overseas. There's nothing than can stop that happening now, but unionizing would definitely hasten that to occur.

    I'm all about getting organized and having proper representation as a single unified voice to be heard, but unionizing as it's currently known as isn't the answer.

  11. Re:Let's not forget on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 0

    True, but at one point it was prior to the revolution. I'm sure US foreign policy sees this as but a temporary loss in influence to be regained at a future date; hence "keep".

  12. Their (the automotive company) lawyers are salaried no doubt. That company will just keep grinding him down to bankruptcy until he's forced to give up the domain.

  13. Re:Let's not forget on China Beats US In Early Cuban Internet Infrastructure Investment · · Score: 0

    The Castro's will eventually die off of old age, and Cuba will be left as nothing more than a geo-political pawn to be used by other more powerful nations. I have no doubt that at some point, the Cubans will sellout -to some nation- to maintain this geopolitical advantage. The US would naturally like to keep Cuba under its sphere of influence as a future US Territory, but Cuba will only listen to the nation that brings in the largest cash flow.

    The Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules.

  14. Re:Local cache servers on Reports: Telstra Customers Suffering Crippling Speeds To Any Apple Service · · Score: 1

    It seems they updated the BIOS for the motherboard on my MBP with El Capitan and now it is reporting half the memory that is actually installed and at a lower FSB speed. I had upgraded my memory to 16GB, which I have been using without a problem for years. Now it's showing two sticks at 4GB each."

    OT, but I'll chime in.

    Firstly, I didn't know El Capitan rolled up a BIOS update as part of the OS installation, unless there was an outstanding update already available and your MBP needed it installed prior as a prerequisite. Either way, I haven't a clue. However, I have MBP - 13-inch, Mid 2012 model that just got El Capitan installed last night. It's still reporting 16GB (two sticks of 8GB @ 1600Mhz). And while yes, only 8GB is officially supported, the only aftermarket provider of RAM the I can rely on with 100% confidence is crucial.com; which is where I purchased my kit from.

  15. Re:Unauthorized teardown on Apple Bans iFixit Repair App From App Store After Apple TV Teardown · · Score: 1

    Not that I agree with it, but being that Apple approves apps to be published - by allowing this fixit app, aren't they endorsing this behavior as equal as having the iDevice officially serviced by Apple? Doesn't that send a crossed message of "By all means, fix your iDevice, we just won't cover the warranty if you break it. You will only find out later after the fact BTW"?

  16. Local cache servers on Reports: Telstra Customers Suffering Crippling Speeds To Any Apple Service · · Score: 1

    Question: Why wouldn't Apple have local cached servers in place? That seems redundantly silly for having an entire nation pull effectively the same content over trans transoceanic cables.

  17. Re:CO2 on Foam-Eating Worms May Offer Solution To Mounting Waste · · Score: 1

    Would you prefer they shit diamonds? Being serious here, but you do know that polystyrene foam is made from refined oil, yes? Once the oil is extracted, you can either A) leave it in a tank. B: make it into something and bury it into the ground. C) Covert it back into CO2 via burning or organic methods.

    What would you prefer is done with the existing polystyrene foam out there?

  18. Houston is the most diverse in the nation on Houston's Gifted Education Program Biased Against Blacks and Latinos · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that Houston, TX is the most diverse city in the nation!!!

    The problem isn't racial, it's cultural all that it entails in raising children to reach their maximum potential. Now you can argue that certain groups of poor and underclass people are generationally stuck in a vicious circle, sure. But, it's not like certain people far abstracted from the individual are going "hmm gee, that person is black, and that person is hispanic...denied!!!" No, it doesn't work that way. It's all metric driven; and if the children of these two groups don't meet the qualifications in terms of grades and score count, what else do you think is going to happen?

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  19. Re:Duh? on Kids Prefer To Play Games On Mobile Devices Over Consoles · · Score: 1

    Meh, depends. Olive Garden has gone down hill, so yeah, something like lower-middle class now, but still within acceptably for a family outing with kids. Now Italian for middle class and upper middle class, that would be Carrabba's Italian Grill.

  20. Re:good on Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be · · Score: 1

    As an American, this pisses me off that we now break the economies of scale in terms of equipment. Fuck! Fine, the US should adopt their standard. Question is, does it contain any EU or Chinese backdoors??! Would the US system contain any NSA backdoors for that matter????

  21. Re: run and hide on Ask Slashdot: Make Windows Update Install Only Security Updates Automatically? · · Score: 1

    Thought about it, but It needs to be as simple as possible. Aside from my own mother using it often, it takes her some time to realize the monitor is in standby, so proceeds to push the power button on the PC when it just needed to be woken up via the mouse *facepalm*. Adding more complexity isn't the answer such as throwing in a KVM with a shared home office space.

  22. Re:Duh? on Kids Prefer To Play Games On Mobile Devices Over Consoles · · Score: 1

    Actually, Red Lobster is solid middle class, right there with the Olive Garden. Yes, it's no where near as good as other establishments, but for what they offer, it's pretty cheap and kid friendly relatively speaking. Now if it's just you and your significant other (kids not with you or applicable), there are better places to eat out for sure.

  23. Re:run and hide on Ask Slashdot: Make Windows Update Install Only Security Updates Automatically? · · Score: 1

    I'm responding to echo this sentiment too. Yes, don't touch this at all! Of the advice I can offer for Windows users is this, make damn sure you get a full nightly BMR backup. I highly recommend a Veeam Endpoint Backup as it's FREE, simple to setup and can target local, attached storage, or a NAS drive as the target. While Windows Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise offer BMR, its backup program has been deprecated by lack of 4k sector support of drives; even 512e is a fail in this regard. Anyways, should shit hit the fan from a botched update, you now have a way to perform a full restore from a bootable USB thumb drive, pick your restore point, and sit back with a beer and relax and the full recovery takes place.

    Your other option is to go Apple OSX and rely on Time Machine for backups. No, I'm very serious. I'd get my father to go Apple if it wasn't for the fact he loves his Flight Sim games.

  24. Re:House loses most staunch Democrat on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Would Eisenhower ban Uber? Because that's exactly what Bernie Sanders wants to do. He's not just a socialist, he's statist first and foremost!

    http://woundedamericanwarrior....

  25. Therapeutic on Speaker of the House Boehner Announces Resignation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally, he can devote more time to those A.A. meetings. It's both good for him and America.