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  1. Re:Warren is right and wrong.... on Warren Buffett Predicts 'Bad Ending' for Cryptocurrencies (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Many people realize it's in the hyped up investment stage, with hordes of uneducated "investors" buying into anything crypto related without even reading the white papers or understanding blockchain technology and transactional logistics.

    The Kodak currency and blockchain juice are just two cases in point, everyone thinks they will make out good if they can speculate and stay ahead of the curve, everyone thinks they can cash out first before bubbles burst.

  2. No, that would have been better...

    They THREATENED to do it, which is a felony... blackmail or extortion is a really serious crime...

    Better for anyone not Captain Asshole that is. I am willing to wager that he prefers it this way. They did him a favor he didn't deserve.

  3. Re: file transfer on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 2

    If it's from the 90s it is highly unlikely to be MFM or RLL.

    Some flavor of SCSI would be the only possibility aside from IDE, but I'd serious doubt it.

  4. Re:file transfer on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 1

    In addition to the above suggestion to get a USB to 2.5" IDE converter, if this is some old machine that is controlling a piece of industrial or scientific equipment, you could try using software like Acronis Trueimage to clone the contents of hard drive to the new(er) PC, and make it bootable.

  5. Re:Simple methodology on The Programmers Who Want To Get Rid of Software Estimates · · Score: 1

    From my experience, it's easy to make bad estimates because bad estimates are easy to make. If it's a big project, take your worst possible guess, and multiply by 1.5.

    I've found that this rule generally holds true for most projects which have complexity or labor involved.

    In the case of construction and renovation, it doesn't even need to be that big of a job to exceed the worst case guesstimate multiplied by 1.5

  6. and wow, I really need to use preview more.

  7. he problem with instant translation is that it undermines the choice of looking up or not. Memory comes from a really strong filter. Instant translations make you look up more words, many more than what your brain can remember. It's better you just learn 2 words from that book that will stay for life than 20 you'll have forgotten by tomorrow.

    I have a simple fix your this issue of yours, make the search more tedious by forcing the user (you) to solve a Sudoku puzzle before the dictionary will give you the definition.

  8. Re:SOE employees ..... on Layoffs Begin At Daybreak Games · · Score: 1

    How someone with his track record is even still in the industry is mind boggling, almost as much as the fact that SOE not only survived till now, but someone wanted to buy them.

    We live in strange times.

  9. Re:shame on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 1

    or Taobao with google translate.

  10. Re:Everquest on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Or you could get the same effect by balancing your checkbook in MS Excel in front of a background of stars. The brutality of gameplay depends your personal finances.

    Unless you're cozy with a developer, you can just get them to spawn assets for you.

  11. Re:Everquest on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    If you'd tried Final Fantasy XIV and Wildstar, you'd have seen multiplayer difficulty levels that far eclipsed those of EQ1 and 2.

    Wildstar had to lower difficulty levels significantly to preserve subscription numbers.

    Though the Corpse Run mechanics of EQ1 arguably made it way more risky / intense / tedious depending on your perspective.

    The full corpse looting in UO also greatly increased risk and "difficulty."

    No modern MMO developer has been insane enough to dabble with these brutal mechanics, though Darkfall did go the open PvP, full corpse looting route, and couldn't gain any significant traction.

  12. Re:Anyone know how Zotac cards hold up? on GeForce GTX 980 and 970 Cards From MSI, EVGA, and Zotac Reviewed · · Score: 1

    The Step Up Program is only if a new model is released within 90 days of purchase.

    They do have a pretty good warranty program though. I've only ever owned 2 EVGA motherboards, both died after about 12 - 18 months and were replaced, one died about a year after the other is still going strong.

  13. Re:Wow .... on Scientists Determine New Way To Untangle Proteins By Unboiling an Egg · · Score: 1

    I wonder what wacky applications chefs will come up with for this one. I can see some of the molecular gastronomy folks doing some odd things.

    Urea is involved in the protein untangling...that would probably make for some scary gastronomy.

  14. Another silly purchase. on Apple Confirms Purchase of Beats For $3 Billion · · Score: 1

    According to the wiki entry, they had a valuation of $1B in September 2013.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...

    I guess Apple can afford to throw money around.

  15. Re:I believe it because.. on Parenting Rewires the Male Brain · · Score: 2

    As a child who grew up in a similar fashion, living in multiple continents and always having to leave my life behind, I can say that is a double edged blade.

    I'm going to have to agree with AC on this, having experienced a transient childhood I can also attest to it being double edged blade.

  16. Don't see why not. on Should We Eat Invasive Species? · · Score: 2

    If they're palatable and economically harvestable, they're prime candidates for om nom nom nom.

    The Chinese have a saying that roughly translates to: "If it swims, crawls or flies and its backbone faces the Sun, it's edible."

    Lots of invertebrates and crustaceans that don't meet that criteria also still make it to the table. Heh.

  17. Re:Raise the Price on Fiat Chrysler CEO: Please Don't Buy Our Electric Car · · Score: 1

    Your calculations are also assuming that power to charge the EV is free..

  18. Re:Relax on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    Since it sounds like you have to refactor everything this developer writes or hold their hand while writing it, maybe it would be faster for you to skip those steps and just figure out what code they are about to write and implement it yourself. Then, when they are about half way through coding, mention to your boss (preferable with the developer in question present for dramatic effect) that "Oh, I see Glen[n] is writing the Foserbaum module - I wrote that for amusement a couple days ago and tested it, should I just go ahead and check it in?".

    Rinse-and-repeat.

    Eventually Glen[n] will either quit or transfer out of humiliation or will get fired.

    This is how thing would theoretically work in a perfect world. The reality is more likely that the codebase will devolve into an unmaintainable mess at which point you're either left to pick up the pieces, or look for a new job.

  19. Re:Ghostery on Help EFF Test a New Tool To Stop Creepy Online Tracking · · Score: 1

    However, the problem with these types of tools is they frequently break some type of (needed) functionality on the site.

    These sites are not going to like the way that users are going to work around this; by visiting other sites.

    There is so little unique content being generated now, that will just go to other sites with more progressive privacy policies, or disable the app grudgingly if we're feeling lazy or can't find the content elsewhere, and hold it against them for all eternity.

  20. Re:Path of Exile on Do Free-To-Play Games Get a Fair Shake? · · Score: 2

    I totally agree, Path of Exile is one of the best, if not the best F2P models I've encountered, I spent $20 on it purely to support them, I spent almost all of the credits on storage space though. :)

  21. Re:Just like Nuclear Fusion on Navy Creates Fuel From Seawater · · Score: 2

    No. Nothing like nuclear fusion. This is not an energy source. It is a fuel source.

    I think the parent was referring to the power that would need to be input into these processes. Without nuclear power of some sort, this would be kinda pointless for the Navy's purposes.

  22. I Wanna be the Guy Gaiden on Study: Video Gamer Aggression Result of Game Experience, Not Violent Content · · Score: 1

    Wonderful review of the most masochistic platformer I've ever seen. (NSFW Language)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  23. Re:I wouldn't want to be Mark Karpeles at all. on Mt. Gox Questioned By Employees For At Least 2 Years Before Crisis · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't want to be Mark Karpeles at all. He's going to have annoyed a lot of dodgy characters who want their money back. I think he'll be looking over his shoulder for the rest of of his life.

    At least he can rest easy knowing that they no longer have bitcoins to hire hitmen with. ;)

  24. Re:well that was new... on Ultima Online Devs Building Player-Run MMORPG · · Score: 1

    Actually, a lot of people *like* to enjoy the universe of their choosing without some douche who's spent half a lifetime grinding up to maximum constantly coming around and squashing players they're not involved with just to screw with them. Halo isn't for everyone. I prefer the games where you can flip PvP on and off.

    This was one of the things that was interesting about the PvP in Ultima online (and many MUDs) as well, full corpse looting was enabled.

    It was pretty hilarious because all the good items were hoarded in players houses (which were prone to break-ins from either exploits or owners getting killed with their keys on them,) and most of the players went about their exploring wearing disposable junk.

  25. Re:Costco's target market DOES buy extra goods on Million Jars of Peanut Butter Dumped In New Mexico Landfill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I say; boycott Costco peanut butter. Take multiple jars of it to the checkout counter, but then set them aside and say you aren't buying them.

    Please don't do this Costco will not be affected by it, you'll just be inconveniencing and aggravating the staff who will have to restock them.