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  1. Re:no future for non-veterans on Feds Boost Goal To 75k New Solar Power Workers By 2020 · · Score: 4, Informative

    OK, dumbshit. Perhaps you didn't realize that all federally funded jobs include provisions for special consideration for veterans. It has been that way for your entire life, not just since Obama was elected.

    But, please feel free to display your ignorance.

  2. This is indeed a winnable race on Ask Slashdot: Who's Going To Win the Malware Arms Race? · · Score: 1

    The issue is, under what circumstances is it worthwhile to spend time writing a virus/trojan/whatever.

    Clearly financial gain is THE prime motivator, although notoriety is a close second - mostly because it leads to money.

    The war, though, is certainly winnable. The idea of certified manifests is getting close to the solution - there is certainly more work and thought to be applied to that though.

    End user expectation management is in order too. The days of downloading software are coming to a close. I really don't see the need for most devices to have this functionality. Downloading from a known trusted source is one thing. Downloading from user configurable sources is mostly stupid - since the vast majority of users are simply too stupid to make good decisions.

  3. Made of cement ? on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    Surely you mean concrete.

    Cement is only one ingredient in concrete.

  4. Re:Maybe you should have read more than one senten on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 1

    moral - I'm not sure that word means what you think it does.

  5. Re:Most degrees from India... on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 2

    My statistic - that at least 50% of the Indians that I have worked with are incompetent - is not made up. It is an estimate, true, but trust me, the estimate erred on the side of conservatism in that the number is more like 65%.

  6. Most degrees from India... on Wikipedia Admin's Manipulation "Messed Up Perhaps 15,000 Students' Lives" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... are bogus as far as I can tell.

    I've worked with plenty of Indian engineers (mechanical, electronic, and software) over the past 30+ years, and my general impression is that at least 50% have no knowledge of the subject matter at all. As far as I could tell they simply purchased a document claiming they had a degree. So, this appears to be just another example.

  7. Re:The moon on World's Largest Asteroid Impacts Found In Central Australia · · Score: 1

    The moon is nearly microscopically small when used as a shield for the earth.

  8. Re:could be right on Child Psychotherapist: Easy and Constant Access To the Internet Is Harming Kids · · Score: 2

    Indeed, my feelings exactly.

    For my generation it was too much TV causing these issues.

    What I see now are children who have zero social skills because their parents don't enforce any minimum standard of behavior. They get nowhere near enough exercise, nowhere near enough unsupervised time to just be kids and do stupid shit, far too much poor quality food, and are completely over-indulged.

    My kids weren't allowed in the house after school unless it was pissing it down with rain, in which case, they were expected to be doing their homework. They had real chores to do from an early age including mowing the lawn, folding laundry, sweeping the floor, etc. I see none of this happening any more in any of my neighbours houses.

    You simply can't let children do anything they want, all the time. Children need rules, and they need to do productive work too.

  9. Re: Why make it complicated? on Uber Shut Down In Multiple Countries Following Raids · · Score: 1

    Actually, they have different standards.

  10. WTF is "doxxing" on Former MLB Pitcher Doxes Internet Trolls, Delivers Real-World Consequences · · Score: 1

    Dox, Doxxed, doxxing.

    Yet another made up word, where an existing word is already available, widely used, and only a few millimeters longer.

    While I can appreciate that stories on slashdot have to keep up with the times, that doesn't mean Headlines should contain uncommon/unnecessarily stupid/undefined words. That just makes slashdot look more stupid than it (usually) already does.

  11. And this works for which OS ... on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    Like

    echo "sudo rm -rf /*" > fubar.txt
    chmod 777 fubar.txt

    Yep, can't be harmful, it's a text file.

  12. What I 'took away' from that story on How a Kickstarter Project Can Massively Exceed Its Funding Goals and Still Fail · · Score: 1

    My over-all impression is of a typical fool who thought (maybe still thinks) that he's the next Steve Wozniac, but in fact had none of the knowledge, or ability that The Woz had at that age.

    Anybody can come up with a cool idea for a cutting edge product. Hell, I do it daily.
    The reality is, there is a big difference between an idea and a product.

    Yes, it is important to try something new. It's also important to have a reality check. Small steps people !

  13. Yawn.... on L.A. School Superintendent Folds on Laptops-For-Kids Program · · Score: 1

    ...another cargo cultist.

  14. Re:Am I the only one... on Swatting 19-Year-Old Arrested in Las Vegas · · Score: 1

    My search show a grand total of 2 other times the word has been used in a slashdot headline.

  15. Re:Am I the only one... on Swatting 19-Year-Old Arrested in Las Vegas · · Score: 1

    Please show me another example of its use on slashdot.

  16. Am I the only one... on Swatting 19-Year-Old Arrested in Las Vegas · · Score: 2

    ...who had no idea what "swatting" meant, until reading the linked article.

    Since when do we use unknown/uncommon words in headlines ?

  17. 200 files...... on Ask Slashdot: What Tools To Clean Up a Large C/C++ Project? · · Score: 1

    ....Is NOT anything like a large project.
    It's almost small.

  18. Re:Artists often get little on Major Record Labels Keep 73% of Spotify Payouts · · Score: 1

    Tell that to any successful comedian.
    In comedy, delivery is everything

  19. Pros and Cons on Ask Slashdot: Pros and Cons of Homeschooling? · · Score: 1

    Home Schooling:
    Pros: Your over-indulged child won't be a nuisance to other children at school.
    Cons: Your maladjusted teenager/young adult will be (a nuisance) later in life.


    Public Schooling:
    Pros: Your child will learn about life outside of his over-indulged home.
    Cons: Other children will have to put up with him.

  20. Re:Why? on Graphene Based Display Paves Way For Semi-Transparent Electronic Devices · · Score: 3, Informative

    So you can see the chips and battery inside of it ?

    Good frigging question

  21. It never ceases to amaze me how .... on MIT Randomizes Tasks To Speed Massive Multicore Processors · · Score: 2

    ...many computing algorithms rely upon randomization for efficiency.

  22. Re:Insurance on Calif. DMV Back-Pedals On Commercial-Plate Mandate For Ride-Share Drivers · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you know, I can construct idiotic examples of cases where the government is over-regulating too.
    Unfortunately - and despite what you would like to believe - licensing is just as much about consumer protection as it is about taxation. But, hey, you go ahead and drink the snake oil, see if I care.

  23. Re:Insurance on Calif. DMV Back-Pedals On Commercial-Plate Mandate For Ride-Share Drivers · · Score: 1

    No, but doing a job for money makes one a "professional". There is a very distinct difference for a good reason, or perhaps you would be happy trusting your unlicensed gas fitter, or surgeon.

  24. Aside from being useless... on Ask Slashdot: Best Anti-Virus Software In 2015? Free Or Paid? · · Score: 1

    ...as antivirus suppliers themselves have admitted, anti-virus software only slows your system down (dramatically)

  25. Re:Hope the trend continues. on Google Releases More Windows Bugs · · Score: 1

    If the code is well written - I know, Windows ? - then tracking down and fixing a bug should take minutes, not months.