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  1. Re:... Negative only on Intellect on PC Gaming Is Still Way Too Hard (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I now have a Elecom optical trackball that is as good if not better than the Logitech ones. There also excist a wireless one. Both are great and the extra buttons are great as well.

    I also tried the SANWA SUPPLY PC Trackball Mouse USB but that does not feel right.

    If you want a replacement, go for the Elecom one. I can recomend bith the wired and wireless one as I have both.

  2. Re: Guardian?! on How Technology Disrupted the Truth (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The answer is obvious: so the US can easier access the data.

  3. Re:Gary Johnson it is, then on Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Going Godwin here. Hitler was honest. He even wrote a book what he wanted to do. He was also elected.

    Sag jetzt spaeter nich "Wir haben es nicht gewusst." (Don't say later "We didn't know".)

  4. Not sure about that, but it is well known that medical research causes cancer in rats.

  5. Re:This is actually brilliant on Facebook Sued for $1 Billion for Alleged Use of Medium for Terror (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Have you not paid attention the last few years? The outcome will not be that they are either/or. It will be that they are both.

    That means they will be common carrier with no lawsuits over the content, while at the same time being able to filter and even provide and select the same content that they have no power over.
    And t hey will be the owner of the content as well, yet not responsible for said content. That will be you and me.

    Remember that you can vote for people who are for the influence of companies or for for those who are not against them. Make your vote count, because either you lose or they win.

  6. That what does not kill you ... on Study Shows Thumb-Sucking and Nail-Biting Can Be Good For Kids · · Score: 1

    ... makes you stronger.

    Ever seen any kids. See where they put their hands? This will inderectly make their resistance stronger. And that leads to less illness.
    Together with better healthcare which means kids don't die and are already strong enough to battle those virusses and bacteria means better health.

  7. Re:Slippery slope? on Third Tesla Crashes Amid Report of SEC Investigation (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Where it gets a bit confusing is "natural does contain chemicals not found in nature" and "auto-pilot is not an auto-pilot".
    So the issue is using marketing words to make the people believe it is something and then say that it isn't.
    "We are not a taxi service" is another nice one.

    And "autopilot is experimental" means to me that it is unfit for normal operation and should not be out in the open for the general public.

  8. Re:A radical idea on Google To Train 2 Million Indian Android Developers (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    W>hy not 2 million Belgians? They are a Belgian company as well. Or qny other country where they operate.

    The most honest answer will be: because it is their money and they get to decide what to do with it.

    The reason most likely will be that they can do 2MM in India because the cost is low while education is high. In the US they will not get as many for the same amount and in other countries it will be hard to find that many with a good enough basis.

    So why don't YOU train 2 million Americans if you think it is such a great idea.

  9. Re:This is... safe? on Pokemon Game Adds $7.5 Billion To Nintendo Market Value In Two Days (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    maybe the pokemon leading a kid to step out in traffic, or into the yard of the local registered sex offender?

    We used to have that same issue in my time. It was called "a ball". And either the parents sorted it out with their kids or Darwin did it for them.
    There is even a movie that used it as inspiration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... .

  10. Re: U.S. Legal system on Kentucky Anonymous Member Indicted Three Years After FBI Raid (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    That is the problem "the give choice". It feels as if you have to choose between being shot in the left or in the right knee.
    To me it feels as if the choice is extremely limited.

    One could also argue that a loner will not have enough power to achieve anything. And even then it is doubtful they are interested in what you want.

  11. Re:Environmental impacts? on A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are In Decline (nytimes.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I also think that a general better health at a younger age will prevent illness at an older age.
    When you are sick, you are weaker and thus more prone for sickness that will have an effect at an older age.

    Each time you are sick, you are weaker and this could be the basis for cancer to start. As we are less sick and less weak at a younger age, we will not develop anything at an older age.

    Being healthy, in other words, is natures vaccination. Not 100% coverage, but enough to have an influence.

    As always it will unlikely be one factor.

  12. Re:What?!!! on Is A Rational Nation Ruled By Science A Terrible Idea? (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet he is (most likely) able to vote.

    Democracy is a good thing if people are informed and take rational decisions. However people are most likely voting emotionally and are not well informed.

    What is proposed is to take well informed decisions. The issue is that even if science would be well informed, the question will remain who it should benefit. Your country, humanity or the Earth?

  13. Re:This Article is Ignorant on Do We Need A Better Private Browsing Mode? (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I do not hgave an issue with them knowing what I do on their site. I jave an issue that they have a view when I am NOT on their site, but on another site.

    Facebook is pretty bad at this and the other one is Google.

    Besides that I hate it that they suggest things for me. 95% of the time it is an item I just bought. I just bought it. No need to buy it again. The other 5% are things I absolutely do not want, otherwise I would have bought them.

    However what REALLY is needed is not allowing the data to be used in any other way outside of that website/entity. So Google can only use it on google and not on YouTuve. Ads from Google on e.g. /. can only be used on /.

    I am well aware that companies will not want to agree with that and thus it will never happen as it will be in interest of the consumer, it is not in interest of the companies. Yes, I am that biiter.

  14. Re: U.S. Legal system on Kentucky Anonymous Member Indicted Three Years After FBI Raid (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    And the choice will be going between a 1%-er and a 1%-er. Or as Bart Sim,pson said: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

  15. So is it good or bad for privacy? on Privacy Shield Data Pact Gets European Approval (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I have read the article and the last line says "Privacy watchers predict that the deal will end up before the CJEU again before too long." and I am still none the wiser if it is stricter or less strict or what.

  16. Re: PARENTING ISSUE, not Government control issue. on UK ISP Sky Is About To Start Censoring the Web For All of Its Customers (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    So how do I disable the porn filter on Google Images again?

  17. Can we talk about the real important thing? on Baton Rouge Police Database Hacked In Retaliation For Killing of Alton Sterling (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    For me the issue here is not if it was race related or what the cause was some hacker decided to hack the police. I do not even care if he was right or wrong.

    The thing that is important to me is that he was able to do so. To me this means that others, who do not do this out of revenge, are able to do the identical same thing. He is boasting about it. What about all the others that don't?

    If I were a criminal (I am not, honestly) I would be interested in knowing it is apparently possible to do so and ask friends to hack the police and do several things, the least to find out what they know about me and when they are coming after me.

  18. Re:Dupe? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice? · · Score: 1

    Why would I read the summery if I don't even read the full subject.

    And yes, it is ok to quit.

  19. Re: I always quit without notice on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice? · · Score: 1

    Depends on the situation. As always it depends on both sides. In Belgium the standard is 6 weeks for the emplyee and 3 months for the empleroyer. In once case an emplyee came to us and we talked and we decided to end the contract right at that moment. So no notice at all.

    In Belgium you do notice because it is the law. If you want something different, you have to talk together and find a solution like adults and I have never seen where not some sort of solution could be found if both parties were reasonable.

  20. Re: loyalty is a two-way street on Ask Slashdot: Is It Ever OK To Quit Without Giving Notice? · · Score: 1

    Just to give an idea how this works in Socialist Belgium. Note: the law has been changed not to long ago, so details may vary, but the idea is the same.

    Notice for the comapny is twice as long as for the employee.

    Standard will be 6 weeks for the employee and 3 monts for the employer. During the first 6 months it is shorter and it will be longer when you work tmore than 5 years.

    So if I want to auit, it will be a standard of 6 weeks. If they fire me, it will be 3 months.During that period I will have 2 1/2 days off paid to be looking for a job.

    If you need to stay during that period will depend on your job and on your company. These are also the minimal period. That means that id multiple people are fired, they will often increase this. You often also do not need to to your time and can leave. e. g. At one company after 2 years I received 7 months. At another after 1 year 5 monhs. I had a job the next day as it was anounced that we would be fired.

    A company asked me to start working for them a week sooner. I told them that I would do that if they would pay me the 7 months I would otherwise lose. They choose not to do that.

    Also understand that everybody is aware of this, so there is no issue. The standard question will be "when can you start" will almost always have "withing 6 weeks" or whatever.

    And even then you could talk to your employer and come to an agreement and leave earlier. I have know people who came to an agreement to leave the same day. I have known companies who forced people to come in because they (the employees) were asshole so they had to come in till the last day and do nothing, but these are exceptions.

    So in short.
    Emplyee 6 weeks pay
    Employer 3 months pay
    Employer can decide if you have to come in or not. They can not change their mind later.

  21. Re:Interesting on IRS Is Suing Facebook Over Asset Transfers In Ireland (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, if you steal 100$ it is your problem. If you steal 100.000$ it is a problem for the bank. If you steal 100.000.000$ it is a problem for the country.

  22. Re:tired of being second on Debian Founder's 2015 Death Ruled A Suicide (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why do you feel ashamed (or proud)? Did YOU choose the skin color when you came out of the pussy hole?
    I have a skin color and I am neither ashamed or proud that I have a different skin color than the 5 people who sit around me and do the same job.

    If you think you should feel ashamed, that is the moment you acknowledge that you are different (for better or for worse) and that there is some merit in racism.

    For the same reason I do not feel ashamed or proud to have been born in a specific country. 'Born in', not 'having the nationality of' although for the majority of people that will be the same.
    I can be proud of achievements. If I did not change my nationality, I have not achieved anything, so there is nothing to be proud of. Just like I have not changed my color. (Well, I was red instead of white once. Nothing to be proud of.)

  23. I just won Bullshit Bingo on Avast Acquires AVG For $1.3 Billion To Create Security Software Giant (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    "We are in a rapidly changing industry, and this acquisition gives us the breadth and technological depth to be the security provider of choice for our
    current and future customers," said Vince Steckler, CEO of Avast. "Combining the strengths of two great tech companies, both founded in the Czech Republic and with a common culture and mission, will put us in a great position to take advantage of the new opportunities ahead, such as security for the enormous growth in IoT."

  24. Re:Easily destroyed or disabled on Uber Hires a Robot To Patrol Its Parking Lot and It's Way Cheaper Than a Security Guard (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Depending of how you look and what your gender is getting sex from a human is a LOT easier than from a bot, unless it is programmed to give it to you.

  25. Re: Easily destroyed or disabled on Uber Hires a Robot To Patrol Its Parking Lot and It's Way Cheaper Than a Security Guard (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    "Yeah, the system might not be the best, but it is American, so it IS the best by default." That is how I see many people react to any discussion. They then start to defend why it is different and better and the same.

    I see the same applied to e.g. speed of Internet and prices of mobile usage and methods of payment (especially tipping)