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  1. I call Bullshit. Citation needed on any significant number of businesses closing due to lack of employees.

  2. Re:User Agent? on Google To Force Basic HTML Gmail On Older Chrome Versions (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Google won't let you use Outlook 2010 with your gmail account. I'm still getting fucked over by Google's fuckery with no recourse there (except to plan a migration of 15 years worth of e-mails).

  3. Re:Spot-the-Nerd game on FBI Releases Its Files On DEF CON: Not Amused By Spot-the-Fed · · Score: 1

    Look. He's just really proud of his nation. If you weren't American (like me. I'm pretty proud of my homeland i.e. Australia) then you'd be reminding everyone where you come from as well!

    It's something us non-Americans (i.e. Australians, like me) do so we know whose opinion to actually pay attention to.

  4. Re:Apple is the highest tax payer on Apple's Luxembourg Tax Deals · · Score: 2

    No, not all companies do it. Most companies in fact don't do it. Only those who are big enough to afford to do it get to do it. The rest of them are stuck paying more (comparative to their earnings) than all of the successful companies.

  5. Re:Good for them on Apple's Luxembourg Tax Deals · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer a world where we as a society demanded that everyone follow the spirit of the law and publicly punished those who refused to. I realise we don't live in such a world, but I'm not going to say "I don't see the problem" for people doing the legal thing rather than the moral thing.

  6. Re:Shame, shame! on Apple's Luxembourg Tax Deals · · Score: 1

    What do you mean by "legally obligated to pay"?

    Do you mean that you declare all of the tax deductions that you can without having to provide evidence? For example in Australia you can declare traveling expenses up to X dollars without having to provide any proof whatsoever (expenses over X dollars require that you keep receipts in the event that your audited). would be paying the exact same amount even if I didn't use it for work purposes.

    Now legally your not allowed to declare those traveling expenses without actually incurring them. However there is 0 chance you'll get caught because the tax man doesn't require you to provide proof as long as you remain below a certain threshold. So do you consider lying about those tax deductions to be "legal"? Is refusing to lie about them "paying more than your legally obligated to pay"?

    What about expenses that you claim are for work? For example I'm required to have a working internet connection so that I can provide remote assistance in the event an emergency happens. Now I could try to claim that my internet connection is therefore a work expense, except the truth is that I would have that internet connection no matter what and I could just walk 10 minutes down the road and actually enter the building physically to deal with any issues. Morally my wage is not impacted by using my internet connection for work. Legally, I might be able to get away with claiming a percentage for tax purposes.

  7. Re: Would most people be better off undiagnosed? on Psychiatrists Cast Doubt On Biomedical Model of Mental Illness · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I suffer from major depression. When I go off my mess I feel like crap. I stop being able to concentrate and I feel overwhelming hopelessness. On the wrong medication I was failing basic courses at uni. On the right medication I got credit/distinctions on average and have not only held down a job for 3 years but excelled at it.

    I have gone off my medication in the past because I wasn't convinced that the problem was chemical rather than environmental. When I go off my medication I'm sometimes fine for months. But eventually things get worse. I've been on the same medication for 4 years now, I've yet to have any issues.

    I explored several options before settling on medication. Even then I explored the possibility that the depression was environmental or situational. I've been proven wrong each time.

    Are some people incorrectly medicated? Definitely. But the idea no-one needs this medication to live a fulfilling life is reckless and ill informed.

  8. Re:As anal as France is.... on France Demands Skype Register As a Telco · · Score: 1

    the Us's firsts and oldest ally, btw.

    If only the English language between the USA's first and oldest ally.

  9. Re:As anal as France is.... on France Demands Skype Register As a Telco · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's the difference between a dead american and a living one? It's much easier to get along with the dead one.

  10. Re:I find it more effective on High Tech Vending Machines Transform IT Support At Facebook · · Score: 2

    How grubby are facebook employees? I've had maybe five broken keyboards in the past 3 years. One of them was from a spilled drink onto the keyboard. That's 0.3 people a year due to a spilled drink. Now sure, we only have 250 staff. So let's assume facebook has 30,0000 staff. That's 40 keyboards a year. I can't believe these vending machines are cheaper then ordering 40 keyboards a year.

    Just how messy are facebook employees to need enough keyboards due to coffee spills? Is it an American thing?

  11. Re:Good for them! on Foxconn Workers On Strike Over iPhone 5 Production · · Score: 1

    I imagine many American businesses would give China their business on the basis that China shoots strikers. It's one way to keep strikes to a minimum.

  12. Re:An iPad within inches of the instrument panel.. on FAA Permits American Airlines To Use iPads In Cockpit "In All Phases of Flight" · · Score: 1

    So will they wake any sleeping passengers as well? Of course not. This argument makes no sense whatsoever based on the behaviour of the flight crew.

  13. Too bad for you we're going to continue to read books. Not once has the crew asked me not to do that.

  14. Re:Thought that term had faded out on Earliest Americans Arrived In Waves, DNA Study Finds · · Score: 1

    That's why I been saying we should call them black fellas. It clears up a whole lotta confusion

  15. Re:used or bust on If You Resell Your Used Games, the Terrorists Win · · Score: 1

    I'm happy to buy DRM'd products (as long as they're reasonable. Unreasonable DRM such as requiring I always be online is going too far). I'll also happily download un-DRM'd copies of the games should my bought copy ever stop working.

    I feel this is ethical as I am supporting the company while ensuring I gain the entertainment I desire.

    If games are priced reasonably (in Australia I can get Mass Effect 3 for $79 for the PC. That might seem unreasonable to Americans, but in Australia $100 and below has been the standard price for years) I'm happy to buy the original. If they're unreasonable ($120+) I'll look for used copies.

    I've all but given up on consoles for 2 reasons. 1) I find it much easier to play modern games with a keyboard and mouse. This isn't the main reason though. I had initially given up on games completely before I discovered I could play them on PCs. The main reason is (2) I'm tired of the upgrade games Sony keeps playing. The PS2 was a worthy investment as it could play my PS1 games. The original PS3 was a worthy investment because it could play my PS1 and PS2 games. It's doubtful the PS4 will had backwards compatibility (based on the PS3 life-cycle) and so I'm getting off this roller-coaster while I'm still ahead.

    Also making legally owned backups of games that are playable on a PS4 will be quite difficult and even possibly illegal.

  16. Re:If it really were only a few moments... on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    Can you point to an FAA regulation mandating my book not be in my hands? Because without that this is something the airline enforces, and I've never seen an airline enforce it for a book (iPad, yes. Book, no).

  17. Re:Affordable? on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    You romantic son of a gun,

  18. Re:Is Slashdot a "Joke" ? on Is Stratfor a "Joke"? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Agent 88

  19. Re:Immoral Dilemma on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 1

    I'm willing to have sex with women I'm not related to, even though they mit be someone's mother or sister. Just because someone happens to be a daughter doesn't mean younshouldntreat your daughter the way you treat them.

    Same thing with a porno.

  20. Re:What an ass on Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    there are no atheism-motivated wars or ethnic cleansings.

    You may be wrong on that front actually

    Also the Cold War was partly motivated by atheism (it was more motivated by economic principles, but religion was thrown in on the Russian's side at least).

    Before you say "that's only one time!" How many powerful atheist dominated societies have there been? I don't think us atheists really have anything to be proud of.

  21. Re:What an ass on Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    Now, what percent of internet atheists post smug shit every time they see a shadow of an opportunity?

    So you're comparing the actions of reasonable people to the actions of those found on the internet? Talk about a double standard.

    What percent of people, in your day to day life, throw their religion in your face?

    I'd say about 5% of the religious people I know throw it in my face, and about 2% of the atheists throw it in my face.

    Now, what percent of internet atheists post smug shit every time they see a shadow of an opportunity?

    Well I can say a ENORMOUS percept of religious people post smug shit every time they see a shadow of an opportunity, and about an equal percent of atheists do as well.

    See how the comparisons work out to be roughly equal when you compare valid samples?

  22. Re:What an ass on Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    You really think the Flying Spaghetti Monster argument has any effect on them?

    Read the fucking article. This is about how 1 man challenged the law concerning religious headgear, using the Flying Spaghetti Monster argument as his tool to open up a debate on the issue. This has hit the mainstream media. People who read this will now question their current position on the argument. They may not change their position, but they will be at least consider it, if only for a second.

  23. Re:A challenge on How the Web's Relationship With Anonymity Has Changed · · Score: 1

    Oh anyone that knew me could definitely identify me if they saw your post. But random people on the internet can't even with all that.

  24. Re:A challenge on How the Web's Relationship With Anonymity Has Changed · · Score: 1

    Getting closer, but still not quite there.

  25. Re:A challenge on How the Web's Relationship With Anonymity Has Changed · · Score: 1

    Well done. You've narrowed it down to one of two locations and gotten my name. But my name still doesn't tell you who I am. I've worked in the same building as a John Lynch. The name is that common.