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  1. Poor choice of colors on Sue Googe Uses Google's Font To Run For US Congress (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Why the hell is a politician using colors other than red, white, or blue in the US? Plus throw a damn star in there. Those two factors increase your chances of election by something like 11%.

  2. Ageism on Slashdot on Slashdot Asks: Have You Experienced Ageism? (observer.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just look no further than slashdot. All these young whippersnappers with 7 digit slashdot user id numbers are taking over the place.

  3. Sleeping with the enemy on Phone-Friendly Movie Theaters For Millennials Could Be Reality Soon (variety.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, I'm married to an otherwise wonderful woman who feels entitled to text in theaters. Every time we go out, I'm forced to choose between standing on the right side of history and getting sexytimes later.

  4. Not all that uncommon. on Can Your Hardware Top 18 Years and Ten Months? (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I have some proprietary servers running in an old analog CATV headend that I'm responsible for maintaining. I received end of support notices (i.e a few years after they stopped producing them) from the manufacture my first year at this job. I'll be celebrating 9 years with the company in April.

  5. Old standards die hard on A Farewell To Flash · · Score: 1

    Windows XP is no longer a standard. Doesn't mean I don't use it every goddamn day. An industry website I use weekly just rolled out an update based on flash. They update on an 8 year or so update cycle. I need them, they don't need me. The funny thing about markets is there's almost always a secondary market willing to use and abuse the rest of the world's castoffs.

  6. Revenge on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Ongoing Suspected Identity Theft? · · Score: 1

    I have a fairly generic email address at a certain domain. Occasionally, I receive messages obviously intended for someone else. My solution is to really screw with the sender. One time, someone used my address as their login for etsy. I'm sure they were really sad when I canceled their order.

  7. Just connect on linkedin on Netflix Algorithm Tells You When Your Best Employee Is About To Leave You · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I pretty much know when cow-irkers are leaving by paying attention to their activity on Linkedin. Employees that are happy aren't polishing up their online resume and padding their community involvement and awards.

  8. Re:This could be interesting. on Amazon Requires Non-Compete Agreements.. For Warehouse Workers · · Score: 1

    Yes, but all three involve the the sex trade. Wait, dam't. Amazon even has a section for that.

  9. It's not enforceable on Amazon Requires Non-Compete Agreements.. For Warehouse Workers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My wife's employer is an apartment management company. Their HR director copied all the company policies and procedures manuals, then bailed to start a competing firm. A few months later, the company demanded that all employees sign non-competes as condition of continued employment.

    Because she's worked in the company for nearly 15 years, it's unlikely she would find comparable employment in an unrelated field should she decide to leave. We sought the advice of an attorney who offered some great advice. First he said the company would need to undertake legal measures to enforce the non-compete. Theirs did not provide for any penalty against my wife, so even if they were to win in court, there's no consequences, other than her company is out their legal costs.

    Secondly, a non-compete cannot be one-sided, or courts will throw them out. People have a right to work that cannot be forfeited or signed away. Her non-compete was overly broad - both in geography and scope. The language disallowed employees to work in any field the company did business in within the state of Nevada or within 100 miles of any site where they operated. Keep in mind they also demanded the maintenance and landscape workers to sign these non-competes. Our attorney counseled us that those provisions alone would likely nullify the entire document in court. It's not reasonable to tell the guy who mows your lawn that he needs to move across the country if he ever wants to work in yard care again.

    I suspect Amazon's warehouse workers would fall under the same protections. Nothing about putting product in a cardboard box is proprietary. This is just some idiot middle manager trying to intimidate employees in an effort to reduce turnover.

  10. Google-fu? on Microsoft Says Free Windows 10 Upgrades For Pirates Will Be Unsupported · · Score: 1

    I plan to support it using the same method I use for any tech products these days.

  11. Outer Limits Already Covered This on Researchers Moot "Teleportation" Via Destructive 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    Watch the 2001 episode of The Outer Limits, "Think Like a Dinosaur," if you want to know where this path leads. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

  12. Re: what the hell could this possibly mean on Microsoft Partners With Docker · · Score: 1

    So we're back to beige computers?

  13. I should be dead on Lost Sense of Smell Is a Strong Predictor of Death Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I worked for several years with what was essentially concentrated vinegar. (Household is typically a 5% solution. The stuff we used was around 85%). While the area was well ventilated, my sense of smell hasn't recovered over 10 years later. I retained some sense of smell, but it has to be very bad for me to notice. My wife complains that I'm not bothered by the baby's stinky boom-booms. I call it a superpower.

  14. You just had to be on the bleeding edge of tech on Microsoft Black Tuesday Patches Bring Blue Screens of Death · · Score: 5, Funny

    So happy I'm running XP right now. No patch for me.

  15. Think of the coffee on You've Got Male: Amazon's Growth Impacting Seattle Dating Scene · · Score: 1

    Poor baristas. Think of how desperately these guys are going to be flirting with the gal whipping up their grande latte.

  16. Re:But He Isn't on Should Newsweek Have Outed Satoshi Nakamoto's Personal Details? · · Score: 1

    If DN isn't the real SN, then SN had nothing to gain by issuing the denial and would not have broken a 4 year silence to issue the statement. Secondly, he may live as a miser, but SN has access to a valuable treasure trove of bitcoins. He may not like it, but tapping into those reserves may be necessary to protect his privacy at this point.

  17. Incoming legislation on Massachusetts Court Says 'Upskirt' Photos Are Legal · · Score: 2

    No the way I would go about getting a new law named after myself, but to each his own.

  18. STEM workers are smart and needed elsewhere on Do We Really Have a Shortage of STEM Workers? · · Score: 1

    This is just my casual observation, but STEM workers tend to be highly intelligent individuals who understand complex or abstract concepts. They are also highly adaptable, so instead of working in their chosen field, they get tapped to fill other fields where they are still successful. The problem lies in management filling positions with competent warm bodies, rather then putting individuals in positions that maximize potential.

  19. Establish a secure area at the office on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    1. Access should only be available to systems you currently and actively manage. If you're using the system so infrequently that you can forget, your account should suspended. 2. Admins should keep a secure log of access credentials stored in a secure area with controlled access. Any "in case of my death" information should be recorded. If there isn't a local site, you might want to consider storing the documents in a safe deposit box at your bank.

  20. Molotov Cocktail on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 0

    I only threw one firebomb. I shouldn't be held liable for the 5 alarm fire.

  21. Re:I'm shocked on Boy Scouts Bully Hacker Scouts Into Submission · · Score: 3, Informative

    I know I'm replying to a troll, but the BSA has done tons to curb abuse and bullying. Youth Protection Training is the only instructional course leaders are required to complete prior to contact with any boys. It's freely available for anyone to take at myscouting.org, and must be renewed every 24 months. There have been coverups in the past, but the modern scouts have gone above and beyond to "think of the children."

  22. Patch Cables on Ask Slashdot: Hands-On Activity For IT Career Fair · · Score: 1

    Have them build patch cables.

  23. Re:Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13 on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    In the final scene from The Name of the Doctor, John Hurt is introduced as "The Doctor", not The Valeyard.

  24. Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13 on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    Based on what was revealed in the last episode before the 50th special, Peter Capaldi is regeneration #13. However, he can be still considered the 12th Doctor, because John Hurt's character is said to have rejected that title.

  25. Too bad that's not who gets to vote on this one on Majority of Americans Say NSA Phone Tracking Is OK To Fight Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Until you get 2/3rds of both houses of congress to repeal the 4th amendment of the US constitution, it doesn't matter what a survey says. Interesting thing about the legal foundations of our country – it's designed to protect the minority's rights.