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  1. Yeah on Potential New Cure Found For Baldness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking as a folically challenged man, yeah!

  2. Ah the good o'days on Ask Slashdot: Were Developments In Technology More Exciting 30 Years Ago? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To answer the question, yes, the passion was different then and not just in the developers, but with the users/clients. The users/clients were excited about the new techologies promises and look to the developers to lead them to the promised land. The developers were there because they wanted to be, not just because of the promises of riches or there high school counselor said CS would be a good job. Many of the people I worked with in the 80s and 90s were self taught even before getting into college. The passion was organic and the exicitment of the new computer paradym feed that passion.

  3. Nothing but political theater to dot the I's and cross the T's for democrats to say this tried to do something.

  4. Whole body scan is needed on Tests Show Workers At Hanford Nuclear Facility Inhaled Radioactive Plutonium (king5.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    These workers that have been identified as possibly exposed should have a "Whole body scan" that will be the gold standard. My prayers go out to them and their families.

  5. Ooops!

  6. Money, its all about making money! on Two Different Studies Find Thousands of Bugs In Pacemakers, Insulin Pumps and Other Medical Devices · · Score: 2

    Please understand that money is the reason that companies make this devices. When security concerns raise their ugly head, they get slapped down. Ego, we have devices that are open for exploitation. Security will also be ignored when $$$ are you objective. If customers stop buying these devices because they are insecure then, and only then will manufactures add the cost of security into the price of these devices.

  7. A company pays $100/hour to a contracting company on Federal Prosecutors Actually Prosecute H1-B Fraud (ap.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    An the pour worker gets $40/hour. This is a story I see more and more often. An authorize contracting company will supply us a candidate. We hire the candidate at the agreed upon rate of $100/hour. We find out later after he is on board that he has a second contracting company who is his prime contracting agency. This prime agency is not an authorize company to deal with my company. The resulting pay per hour after the authorized contracting company takes their 30-40% and the prime contracting company takes their 30-40% is that pour worker gets $40-$50 per hour. It gets worse, after the period of time that the worker has performed well and we wanted to hire them and transfer the H1-B to my company, the prime contracting company says that if he does this they will report to the government that he didn't actually work in the US. We found out later that they were paying them in Rupee in India. Loopholes are for the dishonest and greedy.

  8. Of course they did... on AT&T Wants $100 Million From California Taxpayers For Aging DSL (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course they did. Profit, not the quality and in this case the quantity of service, is the motive here. But, that was obvious.

  9. Who is this Utah Bill?

  10. Seems like a lot of range. on Airbus Rolls Out Anti-Drone System (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The current restriction for drones is greater than 5000 ft. radius from an airport. Also, the ceiling for flight for non commercial drones is 400 ft. Does this mean that these planes will jam at distances greater than these?

  11. You don't want to be in Joe Arpaio's jail on Phoenix Introduces Draft Ordinance To Criminalize Certain Drone Uses · · Score: 1

    This will have a chilling effect on hobbies in AZ. Joe Arpaio's jail is a deterrent like no other jail in the USA.

  12. Over Improved on Passport Database Outage Leaves Thousands Stranded · · Score: 1

    We call this being over improved. So much for testing.

  13. And no one will go to jail on CIA Director Brennan Admits He Was Lying: CIA Really Did Spy On Congress · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why is lying to Congress not a punishable offense?

  14. Re:Semper Paratus on US Coast Guard Ship To Attempt Rescue of 2 Icebreakers In Antarctica · · Score: 1

    Coastie

  15. Semper Paratus on US Coast Guard Ship To Attempt Rescue of 2 Icebreakers In Antarctica · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Always Ready

  16. Helium Leaks on 6TB Helium-Filled Hard Drives Take Flight · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Helium love to leak. How long will these have the He pressure they need to work?

  17. And... on Researchers Discover Another Layer To the Cornea · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I see", said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.

  18. Re:Raspberry Pi with camera on Dashcams Going High-Def, High-Tech · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 12 volt to USB was just one I had laying around the parts box. The camera was from http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi-accessories The 64 GB card was bought at Costco. The instructions that I leveraged were from the installation instructions for the pi camera at http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-54359?ICID=rasp-accessory-group I added a few scripts to manage the startup and storage of the video. When the unit powers up (when I start the car) it starts. When I shut the car down I press a button before shutting the car down that stops the recording and stores the video file and shutdowns the pi. Each time I run this in the car I have to park the car in the garage and transfer via wifi and ssh the video files. Its a hack at this point, but some of the video management stuff can be made better. The pi camera doesn't like the dark, but there are ways to make the pi camera IR sensitive by doing a little bit of surgery to remove the IR filter. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure that several others may be offering this version of the camera soon. Hope this helps,

  19. Raspberry Pi with camera on Dashcams Going High-Def, High-Tech · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I mounted the camera in front of the rear view mirror. The pi was in the overhead console with a 12 volt to USB converter supplying power from the overhead light. 64GB SD card allows for a lot of video to be stored. Cost less than $100. I'm sure there are cheaper ways, but this is what I had available.

  20. Always practice "Safe Charging"

  21. The horse has left the barn... on DoD Descends On DEFCAD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These files have been available for a day and have propagated to many other sites. So much for control.

  22. Re:Screw golf on Golf Channel Testing Out New Octo-copter Drone To Film Golfers This Weekend · · Score: 2
  23. Treaty will over ride this decision on Supreme Court Upholds First Sale Doctrine · · Score: 1

    A cleaver media consultant will find a way to attach a clause to a treaty that will over ride this decision.

  24. What, Hey? on Drug Allows Deafened Mice to Regrow Inner Ear Hair · · Score: 1

    What, hey?

  25. Yeah! on Google Chrome 25 Will Disable Silent Extension Installation · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thank you