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  1. astroturfing detected! on With Burning Teslas In the News Ford Recalls Almost 140,000 Escapes · · Score: 0

    .... hating on electric cars is illogical... worse case scenario is that you choose not to buy one. Believe me, this topic gets the best astroturfing oil money can buy.

  2. Re:Don't! on Ask Slashdot: Top Black Friday Tech Picks? · · Score: 0

    Eternal consumption engine! Eternal consumption engine!

  3. Re:The robot.. on DARPA's Atlas Walking Over Randomness · · Score: 0

    The difference is, at least I assume so, is that this is a controls theory implementation using a feedback loop... Most humans would have a problem walking blind through that course.

  4. velocity limits on Glut In Stolen Identities Forces Price Cut · · Score: 1

    Credit cards have velocity limits to minimize exposure. Max amount per time period, max number of withdrawals per time period, etc. Hence, the risk isn't worth the reward.

  5. you don't have to have a fish for face to know on US Government Embraces Bitcoin in Hearing on Virtual Currency · · Score: -1

    IT'S A TARP!

  6. Quality of work does the talking on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Work Schedule Make You Unproductive? · · Score: 0

    First of all, you've negotiated a position, understanding the conditions of work. I know that the balance of quality and speed of development I provide speak for themselves. If my employers failed to appreciate the measure of my performance, then I would move on to on that did.. and my former employers would be left to ponder the wisdom of their decisions. I work 8 hours a day, because I really work 8 hours a day with my code hat on, and I will be the first to stay extra hours if I considered myself deficient in my role.

  7. The beatings will continue... on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Work Schedule Make You Unproductive? · · Score: 0

    ...until morale improves

  8. Does that mean on Aging Is a Disease; Treat It Like One · · Score: 0

    ..that mankind will be robbed of the ritual of the mid-life crisis?

  9. Re:The O in Obama stands for Zero Credibility on Obama on Surveillance: "We Can and Must Be More Transparent" · · Score: 0

    This seems somehow appropriate, it fits in some kind of context: "The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal is a wild animal from the planet of Traal. It is known for its never-ending hunger and its mind boggling stupidity, indeed being listed in the Guide as the stupidest creature in the entire universe. It is such a profoundly unintelligent animal that it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you. - Douglas Adams"

  10. After 25 years on Remember the Computer Science Past Or Be Condemned To Repeat It? · · Score: 0

    .., a good coder often has such unexpected characteristics. Ir requires a tenacious, unyielding character. The best possible solution is the solution. It's not the smart guy that talks a lot and gets stuck in analysis paralysis. No fear of new approaches, new technologies, huge, bad legacy code that needs analysis. The minimal interpersonal skills to ask questions when they can result in faster understanding. There's no complaining about languages, operating systems, or environments. There's just a focus on the best solution. There's no complaining, that's just weakness and fear. Fear of new is unacceptable weakness. Personality, real personality. You're not a fucking salesman, show some love for people that make you look good, and expect the same. You're never there to stop progressing, if that's your game then go into management. I actually spend a good portion of my time staying off the radar of "tenured" developers, so that I don't piss them off with "new ideas" and "refactored designs. The corporate development world is a simple place, monkeys vying for pecking order while exerting the least effort. Ensure acknowledgement of your work, through whatever means necessary, and subtley set a ground rule that nobody will take credit for your work.

  11. Re:We don't shun those who should be shunned. on Remember the Computer Science Past Or Be Condemned To Repeat It? · · Score: -1

    a few pointers.. har har

  12. carve me off a piece... on NASA's Garver Proposes Carving Piece Off Big Asteroid For Near-Earth Mining · · Score: 0

    ... of the dark meat

  13. fail boat on Container Ship Breaks In Two, Sinks · · Score: 0

    fail boat is fail

  14. 25 years in the biz... on Hiring Developers By Algorithm · · Score: 0

    ..and the biggest problem in enterprise style development is the rut, and the fear of new technologies and ideas. So asking about why manholes are round, or how to build a pyramid, or other such nonsense, it's fun for the interviewer but it's not going to get you the guy that has a sound fundamental knowledge and a drive to keep up with the latest technologies and best practices, and most importantly an ego-free sense of pride in their work.

  15. thanks for the details... on Stolen Laptop Owner Outwits Mugger, Police, and the Media · · Score: 0

    ... but you had me at Plumpergeddon

  16. pay to play on EA Building Microtransactions Into All of Its Future Games · · Score: 0

    ..and keep paying nerds, lear jets ain't cheap!

  17. when all things are equal on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 0

    the guy that invested time, effort, and money in a degree will get the job. That's 100% makes it worthwhile. Employers would like you to think that you're easily replaced, the reality is quite different.

  18. how about.. on MIT Creates Car Co-Pilot That Only Interferes If You're About To Crash · · Score: 0

    if the driver falls asleep, you fukkn zap his ass to wake him up? and then write up an electronic ticket and suspend license.. simple solutions people.

  19. lessons learned on How the Inventors of Dragon Speech Recognition Technology Lost Everything · · Score: 0

    cash on the barrel, and don't put all your eggs in one basket.

  20. that's why it's work to hire on The IT Certs That No Longer Pay Extra · · Score: 1

    Almost every position around here is work to hire, and that's based on reality: companies don't want to invest in sales-people for IT positions.

  21. Re:Good, Because Certs Are Worthless on The IT Certs That No Longer Pay Extra · · Score: -1, Troll

    uh yeah son I don't know who you were talking to but we get a little deeper into networking than configuring basic routers in accredited colleges. We actually study network layers and code networking programs that use different protocols and networking strategies. Go back to sitting on your geeksquad nerd throne at bestbuy.

  22. Re:Hybrid Programmer-BusinessAnalyst Roles on The IT Certs That No Longer Pay Extra · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lol you're joking right? When's the last time you encountered a competent BA or programmer, let alone the holy grail, the perfect merger! The only thing to make him holier is if he has an HB-1

  23. bleh on Flying Robots Flip, Swarm and Move In Formation At UPenn · · Score: 1

    My ex worked on stuff like this on a nasa fellowship. It involved real-time formations for satellites using some kind of sensor feedback loop using control theory.

  24. reuse on Ask Slashdot: Good, Relevant Usability Book? · · Score: 1

    This is rather a comment rather than an answer to the question. the internet allows for the greatest implementation of reuse, from a google search to blogs to sites like stackoverflow, I get not only solutions to technical issues but detailed explanations and forums for discussion. It's a no brainer that I would rather use trusted sources on the internet than the attempt to reuse code from the bumbling fools that I work with on a daily basis. I cannot tell you the difference between pre-internet and internet development.

  25. Re:They just want the money on AP Files FOIA Request For Bin Laden Photos · · Score: 1

    that's what the AP do, they generate money by providing information. just like the government generates money by manipulating sentiment to invade other countries to dip their greedy grasping hands into national funds to enrich itself and their cohorts.