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  1. Probably higher levels of radioactivity coming from Japan, but it is interesting they decided to dump the ship in an area close to commercial fishing and off the coast of a heavily populated city eating said fish.

    I bet you could build a conspiracy theory off that story =)

  2. Re:Guess who won't get hired on LAUSD OKs Girls-Only STEM School, Plans Boys-Only English Language Arts School · · Score: 1

    I don't have a problem with what you suggest, but loyalty is a 2 way street.

    I worked for 2 very large IT companies, I did not detect loyalty on their side.
    I also didn't see much "sexism" but perhaps because I am male I don't see it the same way, or it's done when I'm not around.

    I'm willing to listen to rational people on this topic, my personal observation is that Pao did not handle it well at all, and comes across as vindictive for banning negotiations because "men are better at it".
    No shit, we were raised that way, women aren't, start with the parents if you want real change, don't start with middle aged men.

  3. Re:Guess who won't get hired on LAUSD OKs Girls-Only STEM School, Plans Boys-Only English Language Arts School · · Score: 1

    Oh and this...

    Pao has been interim CEO of Reddit, an entertainment and news website, since November. In her first interview since the verdict of her case, she told the Wall Street Journal on Monday that one of her moves to increase Reddit’s diversity includes banning salary negotiations for new employees.

    Her reasoning on this is that men do better at salary negotiations, yes... she actually said that.

  4. Guess who won't get hired on LAUSD OKs Girls-Only STEM School, Plans Boys-Only English Language Arts School · · Score: 2

    The IT business is rough for women, or so says women.
    So why would anyone want a woman that came from an all woman school and now has to deal with men.
    Seems to me working with others is a teachable item for both men and women, but not when they are isolated.
    Also, it's been my observation that ideas like this rarely pan out in any meaningful way.

    And I have the sneaking suspicion that the instructors will pass on their prejudice in such a setting.

    Why do women that have daughters continue to teach the "female standard" in clothing, behaviour, and expectations?
    I have seen nothing so damaging to "gender rights" (A phrase that would never exist in a rational society) as the way the children are raised.

    Then you expect to clear that intellectual sediment through protesting? Or isolation?

  5. To see a frozen head in a box might have raised a number of red flags.

    You're doing it wrong then.

    A 2 year old... might be the only frozen human that would stand a chance of adapting to whatever future has the tech to bring her back.

  6. Is how do you explain this to the sheep without coming across as condescending.... see what I did there?

  7. Corporate Education on LA Schools Seeking Refund Over Botched iPad Plan · · Score: 1

    This was an Apple scam from the start, with lots of handshakes from politicians to go around, no one in their right mind would allow a corporation to educate their young.

    Including the government corporation.

  8. Re:Huh on The Voting Machine Anyone Can Hack · · Score: 1

    Pssst.... It was a joke.

  9. Re:Well what about steel? on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    The real answer to your question is that you have no imagination.

  10. Re:Rank Amateurs on The Voting Machine Anyone Can Hack · · Score: 1

    Yep.

  11. Huh on The Voting Machine Anyone Can Hack · · Score: 1

    Well lets get a grayhat team over there and make sure Virginia votes entirely for Mickey Mouse.

    It's about time we had a rodent American in office.

  12. Considering the complexities of modern software, (or how well auto companies have been to write the code) and hardware, the combination of automation and human control is likely to worse than full human control or full automation.

  13. Sounds like it's working to me on How Many Hoaxes Are On Wikipedia? No One Knows · · Score: 1

    ...

  14. Re:Hmm on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 1

    I miss winnuke and IRC.

  15. Re:Hmm on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 1

    Or am I...

  16. Re:Hmm on Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found In Windows HTTP Stack · · Score: 1

    What else did you want them to do to prove they were taking the exploit seriously?

    Well I'm not writing a book for you, and someone else already covered an example.

    Why don't you tell me the answer to your questions.

  17. I'm against "withholding details" if anything there should be an established web page that release the exploit as soon as it is found FORCING M$ and Apple to take it more seriously.

    char request1[] = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: stuff\r\nRange: bytes=0-18446744073709551615\r\n\r\n";

  18. Re:Well what about steel? on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    Steel is just the element iron that has been processed to control the amount of carbon. Iron, out of the ground, melts at around 1510 degrees C (2750F). Steel often melts at around 1370 degrees C (2500F).

    A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light (Insolation) onto a focal point. The temperature at the focal point may reach 3,500 C (6,330 F),

    The real answer to your question is that you have no imagination.

  19. Well on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 2

    If you're going to start over then start with human behaviour, and can we recover without fossil fuels?
    Yes, look at first comment and realize that fossil fuels were never the way to go, and human BEHAVIOUR is the problem.

  20. Laugh on Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    Doctor: Oh you have a twisted ankle here take this Tylenol for a month.
    (month goes by)
    Doctor: Oh you're feeling down? Here take some SSRI's
    (month goes by)
    Doctor: Oh you're feeling suicidal... and so on and so on.

  21. Apple already has this on The NSA Wants Tech Companies To Give It "Front Door" Access To Encrypted Data · · Score: 1

    might be a requirement that technology companies create a digital key that can open any locked device to obtain text messages or other content, but divide the key into pieces so no one group could use it without the cooperation of other parties."

    Apple already has a "corporate key".

  22. Re:Gore on Daredevil TV Show Debuts; Early Reviews Positive · · Score: 1

    I was surprised, I've seen 3 epi's and it was pretty good.

  23. Yes on Daredevil TV Show Debuts; Early Reviews Positive · · Score: 1

    I've watched 3 episodes and the main character is pretty good.

  24. hmmm on UN To Debate Lethal Autonomous Weapons · · Score: 1

    would make it difficult to hold anyone criminally liable for such unlawful actions."

    Not in my mind, the corporation would be one guilty party, then the power structure that ordered it built.

  25. No on UN To Debate Lethal Autonomous Weapons · · Score: 1

    You can't give "things" that have nothing to lose that power, it should always be a human that the same could happen too.