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  1. Cold War much? on Fire Takes Azerbaijan Offline (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying, is that Azerbaijan was a former soviet republic; seriously? Let's move on from the cold war and call it what it is: part of Europe. We don't commonly refer to the Ukraine as a former soviet republic, nor Belarus, nor Estonia. Get with the times and stop posting ignorant propaganda.

  2. Re:Another technology to be avoided on Turkey Arrests Journalists For Using Encryption · · Score: 1

    Very interesting, I learned something about a Casio watch I used to own today!

    Anyway back to the article, I think there should be a difference between using a specific encryption scheme (applying math to your data), and purchasing a physical piece of specific technology. But then again, there are import/export laws concerning security so I guess there is some legal precedent, even if it's questionable.

  3. Re:Wireless electronics is like pipeless plumbing on Ask Slashdot: Can Any Wireless Tech Challenge Fiber To the Home? · · Score: 1

    Extending that analogy, I guess that would make wireless a waterfall or aqueduct.

  4. Re:So then the question becomes on Analysis Reveals Almost No Real Women On Ashley Madison · · Score: 1

    It's the same as any dating service. Most women don't need a website to get laid, and they have no desire to sign up for a service that essentially provides them with a constant stream of dick pics or the text-based equivalent.

  5. Typical on Global Business Leaders Say They Don't Know Enough About Technology To Succeed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem I've seen happen over and over again is when the boss decides it's much simpler to bypass the technology department, create something as a rapidly developed prototype, and then leave the tech department to cleanup the aftermath. Maybe the IT department got a reputation for making things overly complicated, or they find communication with their own experts too difficult because they lean on the side of realism rather than optimism. In either case, the companies that act this way clearly do not have leaders who have confidence in their own people, and will repeatedly go through new staff for their "technology department" which would be better labeled "cost center" as far as any of said leaders are concerned.

  6. Re:This is the last fucking straw on Ads Based On Browsing History Are Coming To All Firefox Users · · Score: 1

    Actually considering it's easily forked (and in fact is forked for certain Linux distros), it's a pretty good answer.

    Yeah, I'm probably ditching Mozilla, too, as soon as something better than Chrome comes along, but don't pretend open-source is insignificant.

  7. PHP and Frameworks on Ask Slashdot: Career Advice For an Aging Perl Developer? · · Score: 1

    Get more advanced with PHP Frameworks such as Yii, Laravel, Zend. Get on board with OO. Also, if you have any experience using a versioning system such as SVN or Git, make sure to highlight this on your CV.

  8. Re:Typo: Digital Rights Management on Firefox 38 Arrives With DRM Required To Watch Netflix · · Score: 2

    At least Steam rides its own platform rather than demanding the introduction of proprietary extensions into a tool meant to browse the open web. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Netflix subscriber and I'd like to get my content easily, but at some point I have to wonder why they don't develop their own desktop apps to support the client side.

  9. Business Owner on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 2

    It seems like the only way you can truly make yourself unoffshoreable is to acquire your own local customers by running your own business.

  10. Re:Boo hoo on NSA Worried About Recruitment, Post-Snowden · · Score: 1

    At that point it's kind of like "eh... what's one more circle now that I'm down to number eight?"

  11. Re:Why does github care? on A Software Project Full of "Male Anatomy" Jokes Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    Totally agree, it shouldn't be posted here. Apparently he wrote this project just to get publicity (read the final paragraph of the article). Once again ladies and gentlemen, Slashdot!

  12. Re:Add another one... on Parents Investigated For Neglect For Letting Kids Walk Home Alone · · Score: 1

    Not any more-so than elsewhere in the world. Visit just about any other country in the world (say Russia, Mexico) and you'll find it's much more common for unmarried children to live with their parents, mostly due to economic concerns. Hell, I'd save so much money if I still lived with my folks.

  13. Re:Yes, but for specific reasons on Who's Responsible When Your Semi-Autonomous Shopping Bot Purchases Drugs Online? · · Score: 2

    If I father a child (creator) and raise it to be... less than respectful of the law... my child then robs a bank. Do they put *me* in jail? By your definition they should...

    While scripts aren't children, in any event parents are often held responsible for the actions of their children.

    Check out this article.

  14. Re:No group "owns" any day on the calendar. on Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains His Christmas Tweet · · Score: 1

    You mean "tenet"?

  15. Re:You'd cheer were it Exxon instead of Google on Google Sues Mississippi Attorney General For Conspiring With Movie Industry · · Score: 4, Informative

    This comment has so little context, it's asinine. Are you implying that the public favors lawsuits against oil companies over those confronting online piracy? If so, are you suggesting that the collateral damage caused by oil companies (such as damaging the environment) is greater than that caused by search companies (incidentally providing results that lead to downloads that violate copyright)?

  16. Re:What the hell is wrong with Millennials?! on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Name one thing a Millennial - any Millennial - has done to improve America.

    Edward Snowden (millennial) blew the lid on massive online surveillance (an invention of the boomers).

    QED

  17. Re: I don't follow on Apple Doesn't Design For Yesterday · · Score: 1

    Did they? As far as I know it's still possible to change the fonts and colors of most UI elements using the Control Panel.

  18. Re:Stop PulseAudio... on Ask Slashdot: Stop PulseAudio From Changing Sound Settings? · · Score: 1

    There is and always was ALSA

    You mean OSS?

    If only politics hadn't fragmented the Linux sound ecosystem, we probably wouldn't have to deal with such a clusterfsck. Then again, there's always BSD...

  19. We've always been at war with East Asia* on Wikipedia Reports 50 Links From Google 'Forgotten', Issues Transparency Report · · Score: 1

    *Eurasia

  20. Re:Brazilian kids and Elderly Americans? on Brazilian Kids Learning English By Video Chatting With Elderly Americans · · Score: 1

    From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States:

    Demonym: American

    QED

  21. Re:Queue the Apocalyptic Predictions on Scientists Create Bacteria With Expanded DNA Code · · Score: 3, Informative

    You mean "cue"?

  22. Re:old tech on Reviving a Commodore 64 Computer Using a Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    Maybe there were, maybe there weren't. Point is, now days it's relatively easy for a shit programmer to get their shit app plastered all over the 'net and downloaded into a million smartphones. Back then, if your program sucked, no one would bother redistributing it, since it required floppy disks and physical action. Ergo, those shit programmers never got recognized, and those programmers who could cook up something pretty sick within 64K of RAM got mad street credit because it was actually impressive in the very real sense of the word.

  23. Re:Politically correct sexism on Google: Teach Girls Coding, Get $2,500; Teach Boys, Get $0 · · Score: 2

    Google hasn't been private since they day they started selling shares of their company on the open stock exchange.

  24. Re:Don't blame others for user error. on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    When it comes to cars, it's an established industry with nearly all of the UX design kinks having been already ironed out over the past century. If there's a new car on the market and the driver makes an error, AND the driver is somewhat experienced, I think it's safe to say the design isn't as accommodating or standardized as it needs to be.

  25. Re:OMG! on Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea · · Score: 1

    Q: Where on earth?

    A: We did.

    *SLOW CLAP*