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  1. Re:get rid of the H-1B job lock and set a higher m on IT Worker's Lawsuit Accuses Tata of Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's called the very low unemployment rate here. Which DROPPED after minimum wages were increased.

    The 21st Century called, and they want you to get over the 18th Century.

  2. Re:get rid of the H-1B job lock and set a higher m on IT Worker's Lawsuit Accuses Tata of Discrimination · · Score: 1

    But if you raise the minimum wage to say $15/hour like Seattle and other places, statistics show job growth of US citizens will increase and they will hire more Americans to work! Think of your radical solutions: there are help wanted signs EVERYWHERE in Seattle now! I can't walk two blocks without passing 4 or 5 help wanted signs!

  3. Oh, please, if there was a fusion reactor in dev on Nuclear Fusion Simulator Among Software Picked For US's Summit Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    I mean, come on, if there was a fusion reactor being developed, it would be at the UW and ...

    oh

    Hmm.

  4. Air Gapping won't work and they know it on GAO Warns FAA of Hacking Threat To Airliners · · Score: 1

    In point of fact, some internal GovSec articles specifically point out that even an air gapped system can't prevent induction wires that run through an airframe within range of seats from being impacted.

    Nice try, guys.

    That said, paranoia won't help you. Nor will profiling African American citizens. Your real threats are Saudis, Bahrainis, Pakistani and Yemeni citizens and their British relatives you radicalized.

    As your own internal NSA data tells you, but you keep ignoring it so that Americans will all live in Fear.

  5. Grats, Google, you've violated Cdn Constitution on Chrome 42 Launches With Push Notifications · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody cares about your excuses.

    And all the Canadians in the US will be suing you. There's an International Data Treaty the US and Canada signed that says they still have their rights.

    Congrats!

  6. Re:That's great news! on Cornell Study: For STEM Tenure Track, Women Twice As Likely To Be Hired As Men · · Score: 1

    I greatly prefer to ogle American football cheerleaders over the players. To each his own, I guess.

    I never liked looking at Reagan or Bush, but if that's how you roll, go for it.

  7. Hired but at what position? on Cornell Study: For STEM Tenure Track, Women Twice As Likely To Be Hired As Men · · Score: 1

    It depends on where the hiring is done.

    At some places they hire STEM graduates and interns but assign them "womens tasks" like reception and party planning, instead of let them get into the guts of wiring and cabling and rebuilding laptops and help desk. And pay them less.

    At other places, they respect women and let them do the job they were hired for, the STEM work. And pay them the same.

    So, Cornell might be in the latter group.

    (this is feedback from women in STEM that I know, who talk about this stuff)

  8. Re:Canadian Girlfriend on The DEA Disinformation Campaign To Hide Surveillance Techniques · · Score: 1

    The thing is, under the US/Canada Data Treaty, Canadians have a Constitutional Right of Privacy, which must be enforced in the US.

    The DEA can spy on Americans illegally all they want, but Canada has a Constitution which prevents that, and violating that is a Felony, which the US/Canada Data Treaty requires be treated as MORE than a Federal Crime, as it's an International Treaty.

    (I didn't write the rules, other than the Canadian Forces Administrative Orders, so don't blame me)

  9. Violation of the US/EU and US/Canada Data Treaties on The DEA Disinformation Campaign To Hide Surveillance Techniques · · Score: 1

    Which are international treaties and have the force of law, greater than that of a law passed by Congress.

    (it's in the Constitution, in case you didn't know, the part that talks about Quartering Troops In Your Computers To Spy For The Redcoats)

  10. Social Engineering 101 - grade A on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Congrats, student!

    Your instructor has been awarded an F grade.

  11. Re:i don't like this on Senate Draft of No Child Left Behind Act Draft Makes CS a 'Core' Subject · · Score: 1

    That's what psychology classes were for - they teach you how to get past the software by human engineering.

  12. Pascal or Algol instead of Recess on Senate Draft of No Child Left Behind Act Draft Makes CS a 'Core' Subject · · Score: 1

    OK, you're just doing it wrong.

    Recess first. Fun stuff like coding after kindergarten is over.

  13. Re:Isn't this standard? on Phone App That Watches Your Driving Habits Leads To Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Isn't the 'app' development process to the point where you don't even consider shipping until you've built at least one egregious privacy issue into your product?

    You're thinking of the gaming industry, like Zynga.

  14. Illegal in all countries with Canadian citizens on Phone App That Watches Your Driving Habits Leads To Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    And, yes, that includes the EU and US, under the International Data Treaties you signed.

  15. Re:proper channels on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    You really haven't been paying attention, have you?

    And you know it.

  16. Re:typical bullshit article on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    try reading what I said elsewhere. My family has been involved since the founding of the USAF (my grandfather died on the steps of Congress after surviving yellow fever, scarlet fever, and many other things and serving with honor). And one can infer that his son and his grandson have done similar things.

    n00b

  17. Re:typical bullshit article on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    "why do you think it stops us now?"

    because apparently, according to your post, it did in the 60s and the 00s?

    It didn't.

    I just have no personal observations from the 60s. And most people know it didn't stop anything in this century, or if they don't, they're clueless n00bZ.

  18. Re:typical bullshit article on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that's what you tell yourself.

    But neither my father (precursor agency) nor myself (not saying more) would agree with your naive viewpoint.

  19. Re:typical bullshit article on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    You keep believing that.

    Those of us who have actually worked on intel collection will keep laughing at you, however.

    Laws?

    Riiiight.

  20. Re:typical bullshit article on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    legally - oh you poor gullible fool.

    that never stopped us in the 50s, or the 70s, or the 80s, or the 90s.

    why do you think it stops us now?

  21. Re:In other words on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    Actually, we have bio-powered iris covering biofilms that do near field pictoral displays (patents at UW)

  22. You sad deluded fools on Biometrics Are Making Espionage Harder · · Score: 1

    You have no idea as to where the real vulnerabilities are, do you?

    Sad, sad, pitiful fools.

    Biometrics won't save you, physical measures won't do you no good
    When the humint fails, ain't no place that's safe.

    Now go back and learn proper tradecraft.

  23. This is just stupid on Hugo Awards Turn (Even More) Political · · Score: 1

    And I say that as the guy who brought back William Gibson's first Hugo Award to Vancouver BC from Australia.

    Seriously, grow up, morons.

  24. What is this IE you speak of? on Microsoft To Stop Enabling 'Do Not Track' By Default · · Score: 0

    I'm not aware that many people use this arcane browser any more.

    In fact, while I use Firefox, it is no longer the most popular at all. Other browsers are far more popular, and they don't track you, they infer by embedded pass thru server data what you did, not tracking you on your device, but by who you are and what they already know about you.

  25. Re:Didn't we just learn why this isn't a good idea on The Democratization of Medical Diagnosis and Discovery · · Score: 1

    I would agree with this.

    Most popular media interprets scientific research incorrectly, and about 2/3 of the time we find they extrapolate from a study of old greek fishermen with relaxed lifestyles what young women in stressful environments with bad diets "should" do, when a decent medical professional would tell them to do the exact opposite thing, given physiology and lifestyle.

    Stop listening to the "news" for useful medical advice and RTFM itself - a small trial, not repeated, is almost always meaningless except as the basis for further research, not practical medical advice.