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  1. No! on Drone-Assisted Hunting To Be Illegal In Alaska · · Score: 1, Funny

    But what else are my drones good for?

  2. Re:Be engaging on Ask Slashdot: Re-Learning How To Interview As a Developer? · · Score: 1

    I agree and also would like to suggest this tip, research the company before going in. I read my companies bio before going in and as a result could ask more interesting questions during the 'do you have any questions' part of the interview. Needless to say, I got the job.

  3. Re:Crypto-coin advocates = anarchists or libertari on The Future of Cryptocurrencies · · Score: 1

    If it is run by the government, it will be regulated. FTA: ...people's embrace of Bitcoin. "The concept is great, [but] the execution has a couple of things -- the deflationary currency, there's no central bank to be able to regulate the amount of coins that are in there... that would be good to have in there," Hardy said.

  4. data scientist on 'Data Science' Is Dead · · Score: 5, Informative

    Call yourself a statistician or database engineer and I promise there are still jobs around. And contrary to the summary, they are highly valuable jobs.

  5. Surprisingly lazy on Cops Say NDA Kept Them from Notifying Courts About Cell Phone Tracking Gadget · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is exactly a case where I am OK with tracking down the criminal through the cell phone. The warrant would absolutely have been granted if they bothered to ask for it.

    FTA:
    According to the appellate court judges, after a young woman reported on September 13, 2008 that she had been raped and that her purse, containing a cell phone, had been stolen, police tracked the location of her phone about 24 hours later to the apartment of Thomas’ girlfriend.

    “The investigators settled on a specific apartment ‘shortly after midnight’ or ‘approximately 1:00 to 2:00 a.m.’ on September 14, 2008,” the court wrote. “For the next few hours, six or seven police officers milled around outside the apartment, but made no effort to obtain a search warrant.”

  6. From the project's website: "The plane also met the criteria for a light-weight fighter". Here is the link: http://bugatti100p.com/

  7. Re:Ouya just isn't compelling on Ouya CEO Talks Console's Tough First Year, and Ambitious "Ouya Everywhere" Plan · · Score: 1

    Never heard of this company before, do they have any games? What makes them different from other big name game companies?

  8. Honestly, it seems justified. on Girl's Facebook Post Costs Her Dad $80,000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Confidentiality agreements are *gasp* legal contracts. Their daughter made a stupid mistake, as teenagers do, that doesn't change the fact that the agreement was broken.

  9. confiscation of computer equipment on Live Q&A With Ex-TSA Agent Jason Harrington · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Have you had to inspect any computer equipment or pass along to feds for them to inspect?

  10. robotic slave worshippers on Apocalypse NAO: College Studies the Theological Ramifications of Robotics · · Score: 0

    If we are created in the image of god, wouldn't you want a dedicated group of slave robots worshiping you and doing thy bidding?

  11. Re:Can confirm on ISP Fights Causing Netflix Packet Drops · · Score: 1

    Well that's interesting to hear, and I do have Verizon.

  12. Can confirm on ISP Fights Causing Netflix Packet Drops · · Score: 2

    I've been streaming netflix and noticed a lot of stoppage & buffering. I ended up upgrading my wireless router thinking that was the problem. Nope, it's still happening.

  13. video on First Liquid Machines Presage Soft Robots · · Score: 1

    Is there a video of this somewhere? The links do not show much of the process.

  14. great marketing trick on Ask Slashdot: Should I Get Google Glass? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You need an invite to BUY a product. This trick has worked in so many different products and services, for example facebook or 'limited edition' coin collections on late night T.V. There's probably some other very good examples, but those were the first two that came to mind.

  15. tracking on Major Vulnerability In Tinder Dating App Allowed User Tracking · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bug or feature? I thought the whole point of the app was to stalk people. I must have been using it wrong.

  16. hidden NSA room in San Fran on Government Sent 2,000+ National Security Letters To AT&T In 2013 · · Score: 1

    So does that also include all the data collected from room 641A?

  17. Re:Good luck on DARPA Training Cadets and Midshipmen As Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I ended up working for the airforce as an intern (civilian contractor) during my college years, studying computer science. I learned more on the job than my years in school and with the references and resume builder to boot. I left with the experience and credentials to enter the private sector with a huge advantage over other new graduates. I would highly recommend the same path to any young person.

  18. corporate world on Gracenote, Privacy, and the Rise of Metadata As a Valuable Asset · · Score: 1

    The corporate 'survival of the fittest' totally confuses me. "Five years ago, Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy as advertising revenues declined, the result of the global recession; at the time, Gracenote had just been acquired by Sony for almost $100 million more than its most recent price."

    So now, somehow Tribune owns Gracenote, and spent $170 million for a database of metadata on music that it doesn't even own.

  19. What's the difference? on Facebook Debuts New Gender Options, Pronoun Choices · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Honestly, what is the difference between "Trans Person, Gender Variant, Gender Questioning, Bigender, Androgynous, Pangender and Transsexual."?

  20. Re:google satellites? on Google Earth's New Satellites · · Score: 4, Informative

    After RTFA, it is clearly not owned by Google but by DigitalGlobe. Check out this tidbit: "The satellite will be able to point to particular areas of interest and is capable of seeing objects just 25cm (10 inches) across. However, DigitalGlobe can only sell these highest-resolution images to customers in the US government. "

  21. google satellites? on Google Earth's New Satellites · · Score: 1

    I thought the original satellites were not owned by google but the images were leased. Do these satellites actually belong to google?

  22. Re:Pretty Much. on Ohio Attempting To Stop Tesla From Selling Cars, Again · · Score: 1

    Which is even more baffling, I usually associate free market to republicans. Dems are usually supporters of bigger government.

  23. Experts in subject on IBM Employees Caught Editing Wikipedia · · Score: 3

    I get how there's going to be bias, but I think it is OK for someone to write an article about themselves to start it. Or in a company's case, to correct factual errors or give a history of the company.

  24. Re:I on Red Hat Hires CentOS Developers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Beta. See ya later.

  25. NASA? on NASA Now Accepting Applications From Companies That Want To Mine the Moon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't realize NASA owned the moon.