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  1. Re:Or make it critical for social networking on Facebook Will Track What Physical Stores You Go Into (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many Amish folks have FB accounts??

  2. why don't they do something useful?? on Walmart Experimenting With Robotic Shopping Cart For Stores (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    like pay some cheap labor to put proper meta-tags on the item pages and then FIX Their website search engine

    it is currently impossible to reliably search on %item% By [price Low to High] with %available at #store#% and expect to see what you are looking for (the engine dumps itself and your search "matches" half the store)

  3. Re:Base fines on corporations on CEO's wage slip on Amazon Faces $350K Fine For Shipping 'Amazing Liquid Fire' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    to give you an example it is possible for multiple PALLETS to be sent to ReWork because a STICKER was not on the retail box (or on wrong).

    Hazmat stuff being wrong GETS ENTIRE LINES FIRED.

  4. And on the matter of conserving water /food needs on NASA And The UAE Will Collaborate On A Journey To Mars (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    why not have a few folks that live in deserts??

  5. Re:The nuanced answer on New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones (pix11.com) · · Score: 1

    then there should have been an employee in Direct Control of the handsets.

  6. Re:The nuanced answer on New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones (pix11.com) · · Score: 1

    911 laws

    if the transceiver is live the phone can be used to call 911

    and why in the Ech Eee Double HockeySticks were the phones not in a "cage"??

  7. Re:The nuanced answer on New York Thieves Wearing Apple Store T-Shirts Steal $16,000 In iPhones (pix11.com) · · Score: 1

    I would bet 8 labor hours that there are at least 2 geniuses (and a manager) doing a Secured Inventory Audit to find out exactly which phones are missing.

    (and if they can't audit the serials THEY ARE MORONS)

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

    and i would add in this context the STAFF enjoying the tech of John Moses Browning combined with some creative loads.

  9. Support Your Local Editors! on Anonymous Posts Pornography To Hijacked ISIS Twitter Accounts (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    1 maybe somebody it waiting for actual INFORMATION before doing an article??
    2 how many articles are in the FireHose about this??
    3 crafting a properly stylish article takes time please stand by
    4 how many GEEKS were killed??

  10. Re:Inflation, anyone? on Universal Basic Income Programs Arrive (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Some folks would rather work for Non-Currency Payment so if you unlink Work and Wage some folks would be very very happy.

    UBI would be useful to allow for the stuff that Currency MUST BE USED FOR.

    Raise your hands if you would work for a Florida based resort for just your UBI payment if you were given basic needs as part of your job.

  11. And now for my next trick on FBI Developing Software To Track, Sort People By Their Tattoos (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    tats with UV ink (bonus if it requires certain bands within the UV range)

  12. Re:I foresee on Olympic Athletes To Sport Visa's New Payment Ring In Rio (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Hot presentation at DefCon 25: hacking those rings

  13. Tweaks to the H1B setup on IT Layoffs At Insurance Firm Are A 'Never-Ending Funeral' (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    1 unlock moving to other jobs (give an H1B say 90 days to switch jobs)

    2 triple the payroll tax for H1B holders (double for green card holders)

    3 audit the qualifications for a job offer (no requiring somebody to have been a beta tester for %program% of stuffing keywords to eliminate local labor)

  14. Combines a Flexible Hardware and Software Platform leveraging Your Existing Points of Presence to create a Distributed Solution to Encompass Your Workflows.

    anybody want to translate that into english??

  15. World Unemployment SOLVED on We Need To Build Industrial Zones In Space In Order To Save Earth, Says Jeff Bezos (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    the trick is you

    1 send robots to setup the core base (work domes and such)
    2 when the core base is stable (viable atmo for X months) send oh convicts up to start expanding the base
    3 then send normal blue collar folks ( Zero workers killed for X Months) to expand things and get Families up
    4 then the execs get sent up (and the "Entertainment" type folks)

  16. The big problem with the Modern World on Ask Slashdot: Why Do You Want a 'Smart TV'? · · Score: 1

    We have Smart Cars Smart Phones Smart TVs

    when are we going to get smart USERS???

  17. Re:A waste of effort on SpaceX Successfully Lands A Falcon 9 Rocket At Sea For The Third Time (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    but don't forget that Science is not Just One Thing

    these folks are most likely complete rubbish in doing things like assembling Bikes or Cooking 9 course dinners or raising children (without using lots and lots of drugs).

    besides this kind of thing makes the 0.001% crowd need to Prove Their Manhood (which can be done via giving pallets of money to Other Causes).

  18. im sure the group can come up with a bunch of ways to defeat a Polygraph "test"

    1 being enough of a Nutbar that you can lie and not twitch
    2 having a chronic pain condition
    3 being Just That Zen
    4 having a serious injury
    5 having somebody in your "Family" talk to the tech beforehand

    what else??

  19. to complete the quote on EgyptAir Flight 804 Missing (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands

    part of Oneness is noting when to Be Silent

  20. bring back good olde HANGING on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    its eco-friendly makes for a good "Show" and can be made Quick.

    just make sure the condemmed have big pockets to hold lead shot (amount TBA)

  21. Re:Slashdot was sold? on SourceForge Tightens Security With Malware Scans (fossforce.com) · · Score: 1

    there are most likely tripwires setup so that if the amount leaks EVERYBODY that knows the number loses money.

  22. one thing i have run into is folks that not only REFUSE to speak English but get offended when you can't speak %other language%. (they are also proud of their ignorance)

  23. i would bet that it would explode trying to "translate" between say Southern (US) and Cockney (UK)
    even with both of them being "English" dialects.

    and does it work only 1 on 1 or will it translate between N persons??

    Linguist game you have 4 base languages how long can you talk with the response being a DIFFERENT dialect of those base languages?

  24. Re:FM radio's last gasp? on Campaign Demands Telecoms Unlock the FM Radio Found in Many Smartphones (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 2

    in a WCS FM radio could be used to tell folks to "If you are currently mobile please make your way to %local landmark% where Emergency Response Teams have setup shelters. Please pass this imformation on as you can Please BE Safe."

  25. Point of Order| Define:hacker on Fake Hacker Found Guilty Following Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Social Engineering is a very olde hacquer trick.

    In fact didn't somebody named Mitnick do a bunch of time with next to no programming skills??
    (but was barred from anything better than a 10 key calculator for another several years)