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  1. Re:Miranda Rights v2.0 on Judge Rules Defense Can Use Trayvon Martin Tweets · · Score: 1

    There's an overgeneralization that a lot of people make here though, expanding this unhirable status to include everything from hardcore drug addicts like you mention (reasonable) to just having a Red Solo Cup in a picture with 3 friends at your own house (unreasonable). That's why people really don't like the idea of prying into social media for information on employees - there's a few valuable things that you might get out of it (which you can, for the most part, find out via other avenues), but there's a whole slew of unknowns regarding the particular intersection of the HR worker's personal judgement and an individual's lifestyle that makes it a sensitive action to take.

  2. Re:Will someone remind me ... on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    Hold on, let me make my point clearer: "As if America is a natural state." I mean, really, it's not a hard concept - states everywhere are built by this kind of process, and Israel is just among the most recent of those entries.

  3. Re:Will someone remind me ... on Iran Running Out of Physical Currency, Satellite Broadcasts Dropped in Europe · · Score: 1

    As if any state is natural.

  4. Re:Work 80 hours a week! on Faculty To Grad Students: Go Work 80-Hour Weeks! · · Score: 1

    Except that sizable chunk of extra income does not exist at all for the H1b worker.

  5. Re:"the competition heats up..." on Apple Quietly Releases New iPods · · Score: 1

    It has no sorting capabilities beyond using premade playlists, for starters.

  6. Re:"the competition heats up..." on Apple Quietly Releases New iPods · · Score: 1

    I have a Honda as well, and I know the quite significant limitations that USB flash drives have compared to an iPod.

  7. Re:this whole story is just sad... on Proposed Posting of Clients List In Prostitution Case Raises Privacy Concerns · · Score: 2

    If morals are the problem, then it should be illegal to hire anyone who you know to have committed any felony, misdemeanor, or traffic ticket, since they are obviously of dubious moral character. In reality, there's nothing that correlates hiring a prostitute with harassment at the workplace, just like there's nothing that correlates forgetting to use a blinker when changing lanes to higher incidences of bad business decision making.

  8. Re:Romney too. on Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' Urges Letters To Obama To Restore NASA Budget Cuts · · Score: 1

    They also didn't outright claim that they were going to do everything possible to prevent the president from being elected, but you know, details like that don't matter.

  9. Re:"the competition heats up..." on Apple Quietly Releases New iPods · · Score: 2

    I don't know about where you live, but lots of newer cars in the US have iPod-only hookups. Most that aren't player-specific (either aux or USB) have lots of features that aren't available on an Aux jack only, like controlling the iPod from the steering wheel or dash.

  10. Re:do we still have mainframes? on Will the Desktop PC Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    Yet the F-150 and Silverado are the two best-selling models in any category in the U.S, even ahead of the Camry. Go figure.

  11. Re:This will come down to commerce on Supreme Court To Decide Whether Or Not You Own What You Own · · Score: 2

    I agree with your point, mostly, but some of your examples are downright frightening to leave unregulated. There's enough dentists who are licensed that suck, there's plenty of bad doctors, and plenty of bad restaurants already - we don't need them to be unregulated to promote a vibrant economy. Imagine the harm to our country if people without any training could open up offices as doctors, or even worse, dentists, and you'll realize that while regulation isn't always good (why would we heavily regulate tobacoonists?), it's also required in other areas.

  12. Re:How ironic on PETA Condemns Pokemon For Promoting Animal Abuse · · Score: 1

    The real-life equivalent of Pokemon is only cockfighting if you haven't ever seen the animated series, where the lead character is clearly creating a bond with every one of his Pokemon the entire time, and the people he's fighting against are using them as tools. Ash (and his replacements) are clearly a coach, while Team Rocket (and their subsequent replacements) are clearly the cock fighters. It doesn't come through quite as clearly in the game that Ash is that coach, but there's plenty of dialogue to support it.

  13. Re:Maybe Christianity, but the rest? on US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell · · Score: 1

    There's also the fact the Jews, since the time of Jesus, have been actively debating those beliefs, and have held debate in the highest regard ever since. That's a feature not found in other religions in nearly any capacity, and really turns out to enhance the inclination of Jews towards progressing knowledge of the natural world, science and mathematics.

  14. Re:Yes on The Coming Internet Video Crash · · Score: 2

    Are you really holding up Somalia as a shining example of free market capitalism working correctly?

  15. Re:You're right, it's a racket on Ask Slashdot: Hearing Aids That Directly Connect To Smart Phones? · · Score: 1

    There is, when you can't sell it for the same purpose without the FDA suing you to death.

  16. Re:You're right, it's a racket on Ask Slashdot: Hearing Aids That Directly Connect To Smart Phones? · · Score: 1

    Hearing aids, as medical devices, have to be approved by the FDA. That's a long, shitty process, and means that they're going to be expensive as a result.

  17. Re:Secret HOW? Nice Headline Slashdot... on Apple's Secret Plan To Join iPhones With Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Yes they would. It's much faster than using tolls in the first place. Also, it works all the way out and up the east coast, and down to Virginia. In fact, you can get one as a resident of any other state, as it's cheaper than most of the other toll pass options which include a yearly fee in most cases.

  18. Re:med school gives you real knowledge on Ask Slashdot: How To Prove IT Knowledge Without Expensive Certificates? · · Score: 0

    I would call this misleading. It think the quality of the people they accept to some of the schools is lackluster, but if you're a good student (i.e. one who is willing to question and go beyond the actual coursework), you can get quite a lot out of those types of schools. They're just filled with the people who couldn't get in elsewhere, and they tend to look for certain types of students - who can get a student loan but really aren't college material.

  19. Re:It's pretty clear.... on Fragmentation Comes To iOS · · Score: 1

    No ad blocker, on Chrome. I'm not talking about the TechCrunch link, but the blog link.

  20. Re:It's pretty clear.... on Fragmentation Comes To iOS · · Score: 2

    There isn't a single ad on the page. Seems like he's just an Android guy looking to dig at Apple (and I say this as an Android user myself).

  21. Re:So is apple... on Anonymous Leaks 1M Apple Device UDIDs · · Score: 1

    Then they'd lose in court - they can't just bust into your house, even using the war on drugs as an excuse, and have the evidence be admissible at trial.

  22. Re:I wish they'd cut it out on High Tech Companies Becoming Fools For the City · · Score: 1

    There's another reason management is attracted to cities that you're missing - proximity to capital.

  23. Re:Can you imagine... on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 1

    You're saying nobody should have an opinion on the idiocy of the verdict, and your own logic isn't limited to that facet of the trail - it's not limited at all. Since we don't have the exact evidence presented before the jury any case, and will always be tainted by opinions and facts not present in the trial (any writer or reporter is going to show an inherent bias towards one side or the other) we can never reflect on the ruling.

  24. Re:How about this instead... on Is an International Nuclear Fuelbank a Good Idea? · · Score: 1

    Build the power plants on the Moon and Mars - then what happens is that Mars and the Moon become self sufficient over a significantly long timespan, tensions break out between the three competing planets, and you have the exact same situation we're in now, offset many years into the future.

  25. Re:Can you imagine... on Misunderstanding of Prior Art May Have Led to Apple-Samsung Verdict · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well then, I guess nobody should ever have an opinion on what happens in the judicial system then.