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  1. People want cassettes? on A Global Shortage of Magnetic Tape Leaves Cassette Fans Reeling (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, Lois. All the sorority girls are clamoring for the plantain section. Stop with this!

  2. About 2 years ago I uploaded a video to Facebook, and it was immediately flagged as containing audio that may be infringing and was removed. I'm surprised to hear that this is new since they apparently had this ability years ago.

  3. I'm having fun... on 'Coding Is Not Fun, It's Technically and Ethically Complex' (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm having fun. Should I not be? Dang.

  4. Re:memory loss defence? on Bank's Severance Deal Requires IT Workers To Be Available For Two Years (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The union in your example could mean that everyone agrees to take the deal or not, but in my opinion, in this industry it's just not worth it.

    The "IT" industry is in a hiring fervor right now. Competent individuals can get a job almost immediately.

  5. Re:Headers are not real on Was Linus Torvalds Right About C++ Being So Wrong? · · Score: 1

    The deal breaker for me is the poorly designed header system. I cannot write a class without truly hiding its inner working. I have to put all of my variables in the header even though they have nothing to do with the functionality i expose to the external callers.

    No you don't. If you think you do, you don't know the language as well as you think.

  6. Re:Just clicking the link? on Is the Outrage Over the FBI's Seattle Times Tactics a Knee-Jerk Reaction? · · Score: 2

    The second article has the information I was looking for. The MySpace page itself was anonymous, and was bragging about making the bomb threats. The direct email lead to the owner of the page.

  7. Just clicking the link? on Is the Outrage Over the FBI's Seattle Times Tactics a Knee-Jerk Reaction? · · Score: 1

    I'm confused. They emailed a "fake" story to someone's MySpace account. Clicking on the "fake" story exposed his IP address.

    Why exactly, did that make him guilty? What if they emailed me a link? What if I was genuinely interested in the "fake" story? How does reading a story an a news site make me guilty of anything?

  8. The article gets the most famous cheat code wrong? on The Rise and Fall of the Cheat Code · · Score: 4, Informative

    Isn't it B -> A? The article's title has it as A -> B. I find this quite distracting.

  9. Re:Goobuntu on Google's Plan To Kill the Corporate Network · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't necessarily consider the choice of newer than 4.6 gcc arbitrary. Later versions with better C++11 support are very attractive, because C++11 simplifies and standardizes a lot of things that can make development significantly easier.

  10. Re:What's your boggle, citizen? on Obama Praises Amazon At One of Its Controversial Warehouses · · Score: 1

    I hope, for your sake, that as you are working on your CS degree you are also doing some jobs to gain experience. It will be really hard for you to break in, even at entry level, without some previous experience to show.

  11. Re:That doesn't fix anything on Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules · · Score: 1

    Looking more and more like I'll go pure-PC for gaming in the near future.

    Is it really any better in the PC only market? Is there a big market for used PC games? Honest question, as I've been out of the loop for a while.

  12. Retina Scanners... on Doctors Bypass Biometric Scanners With Fake Fingers · · Score: 1

    Probably would have held out longer.

  13. Re:Good for the mice. on Scientists Have Re-Cloned Mice To the 25th Generation · · Score: 1

    I know things I would do differently in my life. I'm not entirely confident in my ability to force some other person to do them, even if it was a clone of me. For reference: http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Duplicator

  14. Re:It's called the key on Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph · · Score: 1

    While on the surface I agree, most new car models use electronics for both starters and transmissions. Without actual mechanical connections (from the cabin to the transmission for instance), this may or may not work in every case. Definitely worth a try though.

  15. Re:Our water for your oil. on NASA: Huge Freshwater Loss In the Middle East · · Score: 1

    That may be a bit short-sighted.

  16. Re:Eheh and his mother was sane? on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This post went from protecting rights to advocating for thought crime. A+ would read again.

  17. Re:WTFGA on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    Yeah, shouldn't have tried to do sqrt(4925) in my head :)

  18. Re:WTFGA on LG Introduces Monitor With 21:9 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 0

    But at 70"X5", that's only a 65" screen by traditional diagonal measurements.

  19. Re:DRM is not useless on 4 Microsoft Engineers Predicted DRM Would Fail 10 Years Ago · · Score: 5, Funny

    That point is made in the conclusion of the actual paper. I know it's against the rules, but I read it.

  20. Re:At first I was about to disagree then I thought on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 1

    Classic literature may not be your cup of tea, but do you agree with the overall point? At what age should school become just "training for specific job role"?

  21. Re:At first I was about to disagree then I thought on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Don't you feel that things like classic literature enrich your life? Even if it doesn't directly translate to a career? Frankly, I'm glad that I had the ability to experience things that weren't on the job training. You have 12 (or 13) years of mandatory school in the U.S., and probably 34-40 years of working. I'm glad that the first 20 years of my life weren't completely dedicated to my career.

  22. My son will not be a scientist? on Parent Questions Mandatory High School Chemistry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    He states very bluntly that his 15 year old son "will not be a scientist". How does he know that?

  23. Re:Why an Associates, it's a waste... on Ask Slashdot: How To Ask College To Change Intro To Computing? · · Score: 1

    Best AC post ever. I was going to ask exactly the same question. You have a Bachelor degree, why waste time on an Associates degree now?

  24. Re:Well...not so much on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 4, Funny

    Calm down and have another diet Coke with your double Whopper.

  25. Re:Well...not so much on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do you think part of this may be that the French and Swiss are on average much healthier than the typical U.S. citizen?  Since our average population is so incredibly unhealthy the overall risk to insurance companies is much higher, causing costs to rise for all involved.

    I'm not stating this as a fact, but asking the question.