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  1. Re:Many possibilities on Mercedes Can Now Update Car Software Remotely · · Score: 1

    Years ago at a shop I worked in I had a coworker that parked his Mustang with the transmission. It popped out of gear one day and rolled into another coworkers car. I wouldn't recommend parking a standard transmission without the brake.

  2. I don't understand on Ask Slashdot: How Have You Handled Illegal Interview Topics? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why so many of these questions are illegal if they are allowed to put them on a job application.

    I mean, you can't ask my age? But you requested my date of birth on my application.

    My address? Ditto.

    Criminal history? Yeah that was there to. A long with a statement that says if I lied you can fire me on the spot.

    Education? See my application.

    Race .. well, it's not on the app but it's on the questionnaire the gov't provides you to hand to me. Am I supposed to believe they don't look at it?

  3. Re:Brave, educated or foolish? on China Unblocks Sensitive Keywords · · Score: 2

    If this is not an error but a conscious change in policy one has to wonder whether it's a brave, educated or foolish move.

    China is a vast multicultural society only held together by a sometimes ruthless dictatorship.

    Releasing the reins too fast can have some very disturbing side effects.

    Why can't it be all 3?

    China may have diverse cultures but I think they have a strong political unity. Overall I don't think it's the dictatorship itself that keeps them in line, they also share a strong belief that their gov't has everyone's interests in mind.

  4. Re:I take exception to the term "mistake" on SFPD Breathalyzer Mistake Puts Hundreds of DUI Convictions In Doubt · · Score: 1

    This is fraud: A police officer accepted a paycheck for work and services he did not perform. That's fraud, and the officer should be relieved of duty and terminated from employment. Cops aren't above the law, or accountability, and it sounds like whoever fraudulently filled out the forms using the baseline measurements engaged in fraud.

    On the books cops are not above the law, sure. But have you been paying attention lately? In practice cops are 100% without a doubt above the law in the US. There is no other logical conclusion with the mountain of evidence available.

  5. Others invented a wheel as well on Why Did It Take So Long To Invent the Wheel? · · Score: 1

    Native American's invented wheels as well but they only saw use on toys. http://www.precolumbianwheels.com/ It's easy to verify that wheels were invented independently by multiple cultures.

  6. Can you just swap the hard drive? on Ask Slashdot: Using Company Laptop For Personal Use · · Score: 1

    Is the hard drive bay sealed? Unless it's one of them irritating machines that requires you to separate the case to remove the hard drive just buy another one, pop it in there and load it with the OS of your choice and then swap them as needed.

  7. Re:perhaps the Amish will survive on One In Eight Chance of a Financially Catastrophic Solar Storm By 2020 · · Score: 1

    The Amish may be pacifists but I am not, nor will the many other folks who will be armed and willing to protect people that can help them survive such a catastrophe.

  8. He wasn't fired for trying to bribe .. on LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid Appearance of Bribery · · Score: 1

    He was fired because he didn't do a good enough job at it to carry the company.

  9. Re:Intel Compilers still backstabbing AMD on AMD: What Went Wrong? · · Score: 2

    I still buy, and have bought only AMD since my 5x86 133. I'm a fan, not a fanatic but I definitely like them and will promote them if asked my opinion.

    I work in a small computer shop and sell a lot of refurbished PCs. 99% of them are Intel because 99% of the ones made .. were Intel. In spite of the fact that AMD isn't competitive in the high end for processors though I see them at a better point now then any other place in time.

    Someone commented that Intel won the war by focusing on laptops, but I don't think they are very aware of what people have actually bought on the market. AMD seems to have finally struck a decent deal with HP, as I have seen a lot of Pavilion desktops with socket AM2/3 CPUs and more laptops with Turion mobile CPUs then before.

    On the low end right now AMD is crushing the budget laptop market. In the mid range however the Phenom II line is getting long in the tooth, it remains to be seen what can be optimized to take advantage of the different architecture in the FX series .. but I'm not holding my breath.

    My hope for AMD is that they can capitalize on a Win 8 tablet market. My prediction for the near future is tablet devices with BT keyboards and mice that have good HDMI compatibility for when you need a larger display. Give me A-Series integrated graphics and I'll buy it, allow for discrete level graphics with an adapter/dock and many people will be able to own just 1 computer.

  10. Re:Perspective, People on Fair Labor Association Finds Foxconn Factory "First Class," Says Labor Watchdog · · Score: 1

    Refusing citizenship to the children of immigrants will not create the cheap labor pool that you have imagined. Their parents are happy to work 50-60 hours a week for min wage or less while housing 8 people in a 1-2 bedroom apt because they have first hand experience with a much worse standard of living.

    Their children however are going to be raised amongst (relatively) wealthy Americans, and if they are denied even the opportunity to be a middle class citizen they will retaliate. They will not be content to pick our fruit, dig our ditches and prune our gardens.

  11. Update instead of Abolish on Kentucky Telephone Companies Pushing For Option To End Basic Service · · Score: 2

    Don't end the requirement, update it.

    Fiber for everyone. Google thinks they can do it don't they?

    And how poor is Kentucky? I live in an older neighborhood with large lots, but everyone is either old or poor right now. 40mb uncapped DSL all around me, but I've still got only the worst 1.5mb available on my block. My cable company has a better network, and unfortunately they have a bandwidth cap and 50c/GB charge for overages.

    I have to give it to my cable company though, they provide (mostly) reliable telephone, 50mb cable internet, and cheap cable tv for a low price.

    But really what I want to know is this: if twisted pair isn't good anymore, why not change the requirement to something that's more economically viable?

  12. Re:television on Man Digs Out Basement Using Radio Controlled Toy Tractors · · Score: 1

    people have too much entertainment these days to go around being productive doing things like this.

    What exactly is productive about digging a pit in your basement with RC toys?

  13. Re:I spoke too soon on Apple Launches New Legal Attack On Samsung · · Score: 1

    It's tasteless, but not evil. Make the money while you can, it's not going to be available the second time she dies. This isn't exactly a life sustaining commodity, or very expensive even with higher prices.

  14. Re:I wonder if there's a hole there on IRS Employee Stole Data To Forge $8M In Fraudulent Returns · · Score: 1

    Richardson used his inside knowledge of IRS operations to commit his crime,

    So I wonder what aspect of "insider knowledge" he used? Logins and passwords? back doors? social engineering? test accounts? phone numbers to helpful clerks that don't think about what they're being asked to do? secret URLs?

    Is there a back door that anyone with similar "insider knowledge" can use, that's not a hole that's closable with say a simple password change? (has the hole been closed?)

    I suspect that his "insider knowledge" was about people who were due to receive a lot of money back but had not yet filed.

  15. Redneck Rampage? on FPS Games That Need a Remake · · Score: 1

    Did the summary refer to Redneck Rampage as 'Red Rampage' or is there another game out there I missed?

  16. Re:Cry some more please on After Online Defamation Suit, Dismissal of Malicious Prosecution Claim Upheld · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We wouldn't need lawyers to interpret the law if we didn't elect lawyers to write them.

  17. The reality of terrorism on an airplaine on TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes · · Score: 1

    In order to reduce terrorism on airline flights the only measure necessary is securing the cockpit. Without access to the cockpit the potential to hijack a giant missile is gone and you just have a few hundred people gathered in one place, something you can find in any other city. Any thing else is just for show.

  18. Re:I'm not as bothered as I should be on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    E-machines started out with lock-in subsidies to ISPs just like phones do nowadays.

  19. Re:I'm getting tired of this.... on Net Neutrality Supporters Hammered In Elections · · Score: 1

    I think you are being over dramatic here. Network neutrality, or at least the concept of it did not die when E911 packets were required to receive priority. The ISPs can still agree to give non-preferential treatment to data packets within there ability to do so.

  20. Re:Lovers? on Google Bans Sale of Android Spying App · · Score: 1

    It may not have much effect on how their property is divided but I think it would help out if the subject of alimony comes up.

  21. Re:It's a limited time offer on Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware · · Score: 1

    The political situations in South America and Africa need to change drastically and become a lot more stable before big business will consider investing heavily in either area. It's just to risky right now to invest millions or even billions when the possibility of it being destroyed in a violent conflict or confiscated by the government are high.

  22. No article? on Verizon To Pay $25M For Years of 'Mystery Fees' · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why aren't there any links to the article the summary is referring to?

  23. Re:"Well it wasn't that good anyway" on The Hurt Locker Producers Sue First 5,000 File-Sharers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Illegal or not, you have just explained why the studio is making a huge mistake with these lawsuits. This behavior is making their products unattractive.

  24. Re:One word ... on Warner Brothers Hiring Undercover Anti-Pirates · · Score: 1

    Entrapment is only applicable when a law enforcement (or similar govt agent) is involved. But this isn't how the studios work. They don't try and go after the people who just download (leechers). If you grab a torrent and are considerate enough to share it, they will log your IP when they receive content from you and then send a DMCA notice to your ISP.

  25. Re:Rip-off vs. gamble on Game Industry Vets On DRM · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But once several casinos have banned a player for skill, another business becomes lucrative: teaching poker school.

    Casino's don't ban winning poker players. Poker players don't take any money from the house. They are gambling against each other, with the house taking a cut (rake) every hand. What players are winning or losing is irrelevant to them; the profits in a poker room come from being a service provider.