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  1. Like Stacked Actors... on Hewlett Packard's Cult Calculator Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    The 12C just keeps on using that wonderful notion of stacks. Makes life easy. Check out FORTH for those that want to do stacked computations and learn TIL work. Or Postscript as well.

  2. Re:Hire better people? on Vendors Say Data Protection Software Too Complicated To Use · · Score: 1

    Its really sad to read this type of article, in fact companies have now completely commoditized the human element of the business. Get the economy in such a dire strait allowing companies and the people they 'employ' to gladly accept the Orwellian aspects of today's employment options. Its a win win win. Government loves it because the average intelligence level of employment is dwindling, less intelligence where daily (yes, meant this way, a job is just a day away from being unemployment checks), employer loves it because they can get rid of dodos without much resistance making for a 'dynamic' business model and finally the employee loves it otherwise they'd be out on the street where they belong due to lack of education or ability. See, it does work well in America. The downsizing and sell off of America to the lowest bidder via the free system, unregulated and open to competition is now in full swing.

  3. Today, the complexity of numbering continues... on AMD Launches Fastest Phenom Yet, Phenom II X4 980 · · Score: 1

    10 years ago it was confusing enough with what could be seen as reliable product APUs fro AMD with 1.4 ghz here, and 1.23 ghz there, name changes to meaningless marketing numbers and names. So, I'll stay ignorant and simply ignore these 'breakthrough' numbers and buy product instead of specifications.

  4. Human error will always... on VMware Causes Second Outage While Recovering From First · · Score: 0

    be an issue. The problem is how poorly is the infrastructure designed and implemented to allow one moron one key stroke to cause such havoc? Apparently it is very weak and susceptible.

  5. Re:Pointless... on Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier · · Score: 1

    Unless your target is the side of a building. I'm betting that in 10000 shots from a big cannon type rifle (.50 cal or bigger?) the likelihood of a prone shooter hitting the head of a human like that of a fearless leader or not is going to be about none. I'm not worried about this being important for distance shooting like 2 miles. But .6 miles, it matters.

  6. Re:They Why on Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested · · Score: 1

    Until the day you can hold up a document in front of your iBhone camera and have it snap and convert that document with 99%+ accuracy and have spell and grammatical checking solve the other 1% accurately to 99% also, meaning 99.99% conversion is done properly in any language, the technology won't be tolerated by end users. That will take more as you say than Tesseract, as you so well pointed out. Google should stop whoring themselves as OpenSource focused and just do the right thing by purchasing outright and pushing to the open market the tech that exists. Then others will come in and make the move to do better, and the model of improved software continues.

  7. Re:/b/ on Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Slashdot has become formula boring. Quite a long time ago. This is verifiable, and not meant as flamebait. If the mods would stop acting like scripts without some AI built in for content /. would be once again a viable worthwhile place to contribute on a regular basis, rather than drive-bye train wreck contribution.

  8. I can see it coming... on GPS Maker TomTom Submits Your Speed Data To Police · · Score: 1

    where doing business at all in the US will require that all consumer data be stored and then anal-ized and offered to the Police State we now live. Its going to get really messy when the union itself stops producing KY to make the process just a little more painful than it already is... Withdraw-pleasure-center syndrome coming.

  9. Re:More would have paid if checkouts didn't lock on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 1

    That is a good point, and the intent is/was good. However, it still sadly constitutes theft due leaving without payment. Now, leave and IOU might be different. It really depends on what kind of agreement you have with the establishment. If it was so tight you could leave and come back and pay in full later, likely you would know the owner and/or managers and call them or the police and have this whole thing settled in a matter of minutes (maybe 10-15). If you were that close to them, sticking around to pay in full would not be an issue, and strengthen the bond you have with your local grocer. My take on all of this is the people that took and didn't pay were thieves, knowingly taking without paying and thinking they would not get caught. Whether or not is an inconvenience that the registered were locked up or not is certainly not at all justification for what is right or wrong. If someone thinks stealing food from a store is justifiable at any level, for any reason, then we are moving to a third world model of rioting/looting thinking before the catastrophe even hits. Image what it will be like when folks are actually in need of food/services and the options are not even available (gasp, third world as usual).

  10. Re:More would have paid if checkouts didn't lock on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 1

    Moving stuff around a store and not putting it back is just a hassle to the establishment, but not illegal. Changing price tags is illegal, intent to defraud. Leaving with groceries not paid is illegal, theft. Scanning one's own items, paying in full and leaving is perfectly cool. Not putting items back on the shelf is fine, a problem but not theft and not likely illegal unless the intent is to disrupt the establishments ability to conduct business. Then it would seem more of a civil matter for the court to take up and settle for loss of revenue of damages due to cost of restocking. I think it would be fine with a check as long as there was a way for the check-rite system to work without a cashier. As for the store shutting down and being an inconvenience to the shopper, the shopper does have a rite to file with the BBB (at least in the USA) and also blog online about the situation. In other countries, that may vary. A legal IOU signed is indeed a civil note and in most countries would be substantial evidence of the person's debt and recoverable. These are my views, some of sound and founded and others are speculative.

  11. Re:More would have paid if checkouts didn't lock on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 1

    Taking anything in most societies without paying is theft, in some cases you lose a hand. In some you get people hoping you come back and do the right thing. The mechanism or justification of theft doesn't override the intent and in many cases the consequences. I wish people would stop trying to infer that somehow equipment, technology or something A, B or C is somehow responsible or justifies the actions of criminals.

  12. Hope is not ... on Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday · · Score: 0

    a plan of action. Dickhead needs to look over the tapes, and prosecute those that stole from him. Otherwise dickhead is setting himself and the store/employees up as suckers to which other dickheads will take advantage. Dickhead is indeed right, he's being a dickhead by just hoping.

  13. Re:Before you know it ... on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    ... bothering to point this out also self describes, ad nausea. Pleeeeeeeeeeease

  14. Before you know it ... on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 2

    you will be cited for not locking your door, on your car, house or modem/router. The problem is all will be penalized in this stupid police state called America, the home of the 'free' where that means free to take the liberties of the huddled stupid masses. Dumb the population down via poor education and what do you get, a bunch of sheaple willing to be taxed to death and afraid to do anything about it. Get what you deserve here, sadly this country is hopeless until a very blood revolution and a system pride by education occurs.

  15. No need here... on NYTimes.com Reports 100k Subscribers · · Score: 1

    The club I frequent has 3-4 copies of the NYT and other national papers each morning. I read them there for free after done skiing or simply take them home after which I shred and compost. In the end, I pay nothing for the paper and it doesn't fill landfills. Community vs. private is the gist here, some should consider this the basis of 'news' and follow the model right to salvation.

  16. Neither, instead go with ... on The Tablet Debate: 3G Or Wi-Fi? · · Score: 3, Informative

    the trusty pile of sticks and blanket.

  17. Please do inhale... on CIA Declassifies Pages From Their Cookbook · · Score: 2

    If someone is opening my mail, by all means inhale drop dead.

  18. The invention of viris... on The Case Against GUIs, Revisited · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if this is the case, yet it seems GUI layers of garbage introduce a layer of viris vulnerabilities. CLI, I'm game with it.

  19. OMG, a wet dream come true... on Oracle's Ellison Accused of Running Executive Fighting Ring · · Score: 1

    I would love to see that happen. Tech 'gurus' against cartoon channel execs.

  20. Sad day when ... on The Simpsons Reviewed For Unsuitable Nuclear Jokes · · Score: 1

    People are not able to sensor bad taste and content, jokes or editorial by themselves needing instead gov or industry to do it instead. That day appears to be yesterday, rest our heads in a moment of silence for that day wasted.

  21. When I stop quivering... on How Do People Respond To Being Touched By a Robot? · · Score: 1

    and my eyes focus again I'll let you know.

  22. Re:Good, now I can really depend on Google's Fight Against 'Low-Quality' Sites Continues · · Score: 0

    I guess the humor in my original post on this thread was lost somewhere.

  23. Re:Does that mean on Google's Fight Against 'Low-Quality' Sites Continues · · Score: 0

    where the front page was nothing but a banner and search entry field? Or where "do no evil" was more than an abandoned slogan of good faith? Google sold its soul a long time ago, there is no going backwards.

  24. Good, now I can really depend on Google's Fight Against 'Low-Quality' Sites Continues · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    on Google to send me exactly where they must know I belong because I can't make that decision for myself.

  25. Sheeze, might have to actually think... on Study Calls Craigslist 'a Cesspool of Crime' · · Score: 1

    The amazing thing is most will just read the headline and write Craigslist off as crap. Its the best damn thing since slices bread, and utilitarian as well as equalizing for those without massive advertising budgets. Is it full of crap, yes of course. However that would then require someone to actually think and have a clue about life and scams. If you want to filter that out, and be sold a load of BS from marketing hype and droids go and spend money on the machine that AIM offers (surely they don't guarantee against any such anyway, so you get scammed anyway).