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  1. Re:The fraud called Theranos is almost dead on Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not testing controlled samples even once?

    Somebody was buying drinks at the FDA.

  2. Re:Here is a very simple suggestion... on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Doubling down on dumb?

  3. Re:Here is a very simple suggestion... on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    You can't read english? That's the literal text you moron.

  4. Re:Really Obvious Solution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    It's the stereotypical eurotrash failing.

    When was the last time an American suggested Europe be more like America? Vice Versa?

    Clearly the Europeans think their shit doesn't stink.

  5. Re: No it cannot on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 0

    If the ex-wife had filed a restraining order because of the domestic violence he would have been prohibited from owning a gun.

    Her family didn't do that. Likely because they thought that their private sharia law justice/divorce was better. Take care of the real issues privately and just record an uncontested divorce.

  6. Re:Technology can't stop these on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Gun haters know they don't have anywhere close to the votes to repeal the second. So they try and sneak the ban past piecemeal.

    I wish they would just try and ban the second. They would get voted out and the issue would be settled.

  7. Re:Technology can't stop these on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Did he also get his bombs legally?

    Did the Charlie Hebdo attackers get their full autos legally?

    Halfwit.

  8. Re:An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    That statistic is a big fat lie.

    Unless you fire the gun, they don't count it as armed self defense. Never trust that source for anything again.

  9. Re:This source disagrees with you on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Unless the gun is fired, they don't count it as a defensive use.

    Reference to a blatantly dishonest site noted though.

  10. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 2

    The Kel Tec will jam at least once per clip.

  11. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    As a kid, I used to use the same range as the local PD.

    I would take the far end spot. I didn't trust them not to shoot 90 degrees off. 90% of cops only shoot when they have to requalify. The requalifying standards are laughable.

  12. Re:An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    None of the cops were injured in the initial firefight. He walked in because it was closing time and the security at the entrance had switched into 'clear them out' mode.

  13. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    For the really dangerous leftists, atheism was only one aspect of their toxic religion. They were the number 1 killers of the 20th century.

  14. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 2

    Far more than 10 in 1,000,000 progressives are dangerous for the exact same reasons.

  15. Re: An easier sollution on Ask Slashdot: Can Technology Prevent Shootings? · · Score: 1

    Not all of them believe in the 'the almighty power of the state'. Those that don't are too stupid to see the consequences of their beliefs.

    With progressives the options are 'almighty power of the state' or 'too dumb to see unintended consequences'.

  16. Re:Politics on Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    ...that twisted arms...duh

  17. Re:Politics on Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can bet the politicians the twisted arms at the FDA will never pay a price.

  18. Re:The fraud called Theranos is almost dead on Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Somebody needs to examine how their devices got FDA certs.

    There was certainly some corruption involved.

  19. Re:Homeopathic on Walgreens Cuts Ties With Blood-Test Startup Theranos (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    WTF is wrong with Walgreens? They should sell guns and ammo too.

  20. Re:FrAgile on Playing Politics With Agile Projects (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    I know a dude who makes really good money by breaking consumer products. He's just really good at 'being an idiot' and finding ways that consumers could break prototypes.

    UI testing just can't be automated, (just the 'correct' tab order for controls is tricky). Testing for conditions not in the test cases can't be automated until they are found. Test datasets grow with time due to human intervention.

    It's always the tricky, poorly thought out edge case that blows your schedule. They are mostly found by human testers. If you rely entirely on automated testing, your users are your only human testers.

  21. Re: Omar Saddiqui Mateen? on World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Talk to a shrink, lose your right to own a gun...No unintended consequences in that.

  22. Re:Omar Saddiqui Mateen? on World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    They all just use the 'prison definition' of gay. In the Arab world, only the bottoms are gay.

    No doubt this freak was right out of 'The Onion'...He hated all the fags that kept sucking his dick.

  23. Don't remember the new one's name. Ad must suck.

    The basic idea of buying TV time to promote a website that will ship cheap bulky products requires two or three business acumen disconnects. Unless the ads are really ads for the stock. (e.g. 'I got a Nortel network' never sold a _single_ switch, clearly it was an ad for the stock.)

  24. Re:FrAgile on Playing Politics With Agile Projects (cio.com) · · Score: 0

    Understanding the problem IS a separate step. If you build a prototype, you still have to think through the flow before you start, even if it turns out you were wrong, you don't just start blindly coding.

    If you think it's possible to 'completely automate' testing you are smoking crack. Unit testing is great, but always incomplete. Scripted tests typically only find recurrence of problems or at best problems that were already thought about. Those aren't the ones that really fuck schedules.

    I've worked teams that work and teams that don't. Formal methodology had nothing to do with the distinction. The 'formal methods' people have all been air thieves in my experience.

    If the team is made of 'motivated and enthusiastic individuals' it worked. At least until a toxic personality showed up. That's about the only part of the manifesto that counts. Professional HR is the death of most well functioning teams. The team is overruled and the first 'seat warmer' is hired.

  25. Re:Sorry, but you will still need to work for it. on Ready CEO: Coding Snobs Are Not Helping Our Children Prepare For The Future (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    So how do i, j and k relate to x, y and z?

    Think about it and realize you're wrong. Hamilton space is linear algebra setup to do vector calculus.