Slashdot Mirror


User: PRMan

PRMan's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
4,531
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 4,531

  1. Re:So, it has come to this. on Complain About Comcast, Get Fired From Your Job · · Score: 4, Informative

    I think they are talking about Teacher's Unions like in NY, where they have dozens of teachers going to empty rooms all day to sit around and get paid because they can't fire them.

  2. Re:A defense against rear-end collisions on Studies Conclude Hands-Free-calling and Apple Siri Distract Drivers · · Score: 1

    I was on vacation and the idiot in front of me decides to stop in the middle of a highway and do a u-turn to go back to the previous town. I slammed on the brakes hard as did the person behind me. I could see that the person behind THEM was not going to stop. The instant they hit I edged forward as close to idiot's bumper as I could without hitting him. I escaped the crash by an inch.

    You absolutely should watch for people behind you who aren't going to stop and take any evasive maneuvers that you can.

  3. Re:As one of the few people here... on Studies Conclude Hands-Free-calling and Apple Siri Distract Drivers · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Orlando needed a couple more cops...

  4. Re:So.. on Studies Conclude Hands-Free-calling and Apple Siri Distract Drivers · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering about touchscreens. On my Acura, if I wanted to do virtually anything on the car, I could just touch a single button or the screen. On my new car, I have to navigate through pages of menus using a rotator knob. Somehow, this is considered "safer" than just touching a screen. I'm at a total loss to understand this.

  5. Re:...the same company that predicted that OS/2... on One In Three Jobs Will Be Taken By Software Or Robots By 2025, Says Gartner · · Score: 1

    Where's my mod points for Smackdown?

  6. Re:automation + liberal capitalism = disaster on One In Three Jobs Will Be Taken By Software Or Robots By 2025, Says Gartner · · Score: 1

    Qatar isn't that capitalist either, since the government owns the oil and writes everyone a check.

  7. Re:Yes yes yes on One In Three Jobs Will Be Taken By Software Or Robots By 2025, Says Gartner · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's worse, universities are still putting out tons of art majors, lawyers, English majors, History majors, etc. that will NEVER find a job. But if you look at all the jobs available (simple programming of factory equipment, for example), there is NOBODY teaching those skills.

    Not only are universities charging outrageous amounts, but they are putting out useless graduates that can't get jobs because they are trained for things that no longer exist.

  8. Re:Recommended documentary on eyewitness testamony on Study Weighs In On the Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony · · Score: 2

    "You have the right to remain silent."

  9. Re:Mission Accomplished? Thanks GWB on Former Department of Defense Chief Expects "30 Year War" · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because Saddam Hussein got up in the UN and said he was going to attack the US. It may have been bluster with nothing behind it, but the US isn't going to let that go.

  10. Re:Time to give more politicians free cable tv and on FCC Puts Comcast and Time Warner Merger On Hold · · Score: 1

    He should have written a letter to the FCC instead...

  11. Re:Time to give more politicians free cable tv and on FCC Puts Comcast and Time Warner Merger On Hold · · Score: 1

    DirecTV already pissed me off by merging with someone I refuse to do business with. But at least Dish is great so far...

  12. Re:If Bill Gates likes it on Bill Gates: Bitcoin Is 'Better Than Currency' · · Score: 1

    No, it's fine, but could he please buy 1,000,000 bitcoins, so the price can go back up for a while...

  13. Re:I have a crazy idea on Code.org: Blame Tech Diversity On Education Pipeline, Not Hiring Discrimination · · Score: 1

    We have all races where I work, and nobody cares. If people are competent then we like them and if they're not then we don't. Even so, we only have a single female coder here. We had another apply (a friend of mine) but the budget got stolen away by management so she and a few guys they were considering got stood up by the company, which was very unprofessional.

  14. Re:I'm glad SOMEBODY finally said this on Code.org: Blame Tech Diversity On Education Pipeline, Not Hiring Discrimination · · Score: 1

    if you ask most feminists, they probably see the lack of men at FIDM as an issue, too

    I have never met a single feminist that would even notice, TBH.

  15. Re:No kidding, Sherlock?! on Lost Sense of Smell Is a Strong Predictor of Death Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    And I know a guy that was a soldier in Afghanistan in the war against Russia and lost his sense of smell and taste because of a gas attack. He's still doing fine too.

  16. Re:Perjury on Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes In FBI's Story · · Score: 3, Informative

    Again, it was the unclaimed money-laundered Silk Road bitcoins which were sold (which, if claimed by anyone, would be an admission of a felony since it's well-known that they are mixed with drug money). DPR's bitcoins have not yet been sold. They are being held.

  17. Re:Perjury on Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes In FBI's Story · · Score: 1

    Which is unconstitutional.

  18. Re:Perjury on Silk Road Lawyers Poke Holes In FBI's Story · · Score: 2

    Actually, they sold the Silk Road money-laundered (mixed) bitcoins which nobody (even DPR) would claim, since that would be an easy admission to felony money laundering. Since they were unclaimed, they were sold.

    DPR's PERSONAL bitcoins have still not been sold.

  19. Re:Google Now just works... on Will Apple Lose Siri's Core Tech To Samsung? · · Score: 2

    This is nonsense. Google Now is so useless that it never understands me unless I am in absolute silence. It's much quicker to just hit Chrome and type what I want with Swype.

  20. Re:This is what happens.... on Could Maroney Be Prosecuted For Her Own Hacked Pictures? · · Score: 1

    Yes. Laws would be MUCH better without a moral basis... Idiot.

  21. Re:correlation != causation on Which Cars Get the Most Traffic Tickets? · · Score: 1

    Red cars are more easily seen. They have the most tickets but the least accidents. Yellow is similar. Dark gray cars have the least tickets (camouflage), but the most accidents by 10 times, because other drivers can't see them either. This is why I own black sports cars. They look great and have low incidence of tickets and accidents.

  22. Re:What about legitimate uses? on CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers · · Score: 1

    Your kids are going to hate you and rebel so badly. I had a friend who monitored his son like this. The son ended up going to jail.

  23. Re:Next step - beer! on Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    They're Irish, so of course they were raising barley...

  24. Re:Solution on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't tax food or medicine. OK, the discrepancy just halved. Wow. I'm a wizard. Look at how fast I fixed that.

  25. Re:Why so much fuss? on Dealership Commentator: Tesla's Going To Win In Every State · · Score: 1

    Yep. It's impossible for GM to invent a new badge (like Holden as they are known in the rest of the world) and move all their cars over to it next year. Sorry, dealers, we don't make cars for GMC, Chevy, Cadillac, Pontiac and Buick anymore.