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  1. Today's washing machines are almost entirely circuit boards. Don't let the size throw you off. The board controls the valves on the water and powers the agitator and spin of the drum. They are most definitely electronic appliances.

  2. Senior discounts encourage seniors to become frequent visitors. Less on the individual transaction, but way more revenue from repeat business.

  3. They talk funny on Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Idiocracy is officially here. President Camacho, here we come.

  4. Re:10/90 on Ask Slashdot: How Are So Many Security Vulnerabilities Possible? · · Score: 1

    Agile methodologies emphasize fast results and embrace failure. Everything is iteration and continuous improvement. To secure a product, security has to be given priority over enhancement in the sprint. Fat chance of that happening.

  5. Re:Of course American cats are fat on Research Finds 1 In 3 American Cats and Dogs Are Overweight (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's cruel if it is done wrong. If the vet does it correctly using a scalpel, which costs a lot more money, it is perfectly fine and the cat heals up fast.

  6. I guess it cost too much to add monitoring and remote management.

  7. Re:Lies? on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Lies Programmers Tell Themselves? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    DevOps will solve our problems.

  8. Re:Austin 16 minute commute? on The Best and Worst Cities To Live in For Tech Workers, Based on Rent and Commute (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Here in Indianapolis, nobody ever calls it taking "the 69". That'd be ridiculous.

  9. Correllation on Americans Are Having Less Sex Than 20 Years Ago, Study Finds (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps a correlation with the rising obesity rate?

  10. But, but... headphone jacks?!?

  11. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    LOL. Apparently I missed a reply somewhere, but that is irrelevant. I politely disagree with your position, but I do agree that this is not worth further debate.

  12. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    I happen to work in telecom and we do virtualize many elements of our system.

  13. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    The "vizor" is responsible for providing the hardware virtualization to the guest. This does not perform 100% the same as the physical host. Even if the host is empty save for this one guest VM, it will still not perform equally to an identical install on the same hardware. You'll get great results for simple shit like file servers, but your stance is simply not true for all enterprise applications.

  14. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 1

    The source is me. I work with one such enterprise product (IP telephony) and know for a fact that some software will not work properly. It has nothing to do with sysprep and everything to do with how the software is designed.

  15. Re:Lesson: Licensing costs suck on PayPal To Replace VMware With OpenStack · · Score: 2

    You assume too much. Support for RedHat or Windows Server is not a 100% guarantee that a product will work fine when the OS is virtualized. There are many products out there that are not supported when virtualized, or that have support for specific virtualization platforms. Typically the compatibility issues surface when a product is extremely sensitive to time or where performance has been a problem in the test lab. This extends into desktop virtualization as well.

  16. Re:Survival of the fittest, not planned improvemen on Glasses That Hack Around Colorblindness · · Score: 1

    I'm just curious why this guy thinks humans started without color vision. Does he have proof of this change or is he just assuming that it is right purely because he cannot disprove it? Sometimes it is better to just admit we don't know why something is the way it is and do real science to figure it out, rather than spouting off nonsense.

  17. Re:well, this article's lost it on Meet "Ophelia," Dell's Plan To Reinvent Itself · · Score: 1

    If it is anything like Teradici PCoIP, it'll be great. A great many PC users out there just get one so they can browse the web, check Facebook, and use MS Office. None of these require extensive bandwidth to present to a thin client.

  18. Re:How do you keep it clean? on 'Magic Carpet' Could Help Prevent Falls Among the Elderly · · Score: 1

    Not to mention they are usually staffed with physical therapists who can do this gait detection along with a long list of other healthcare related tasks. I see this being more useful in video games and not so much in healthcare, but we all know which one will rake in the government research grants.

  19. Re:Difference between stated intent and real inten on Venezuela Bans the Commercial Sale of Firearms and Ammunition · · Score: 2

    ...and highly misleading. Chavez is dying of cancer and I'd be willing to bet that they are trying to prevent a revolution following the death of their dictator.

  20. Re:UN takeover must be stopped? on UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns · · Score: 1

    Stop using US owned registrars and you'll be fine. If you buy a .com, don't cry if your alleged criminal activity gets your site taken down.

  21. Re:UN takeover must be stopped? on UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns · · Score: 1

    It was the same government that created it. Get over it.

  22. the missing feature on Your Next TV Interface Will Be a Tablet · · Score: 2

    Remotes today all miss the big feature we want: two-way communication. If the state of the devices can be reported back to the controls, it opens the door for better interfaces. Until that happens across the industry, we'll be stuck with cluttered and confusing designs. Apple AirPlay is promising, but it requires a compatible device and expensive hardware (Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, etc).

  23. Re:Anything to do with Apple? on Samsung Spins Off Its Display Business · · Score: 1

    I was thinking along the same line as you. This is probably just risk management in the event that they lose the legal battle with Apple. Then again, maybe it is a way to prepare for sale of the division.

  24. Re:Considering how often Adderall is abused... on Aderall Or Nothing: Anatomy of the Great Amphetamine Drought · · Score: 1

    Careful. You are setting up a nice straw man fallacy. Want milk straight from the cow? "Down with the war on drugs!" That isn't a valid argument.

    As to the topic, we've just forgotten the history here. These federal departments and regulations exist because there were serious problems to solve at the time. Milk needs to be consistently safe at the grocery. Kids shouldn't die from measles. We should be able to trust that toys sold to our youth won't give them lead poisoning. And so on...

  25. Fixated on tablets? on Ask Slashdot: Making a Tablet Run Only One Application? · · Score: 1

    Put your video on DVD and hand out portable DVD players. It'll be cheaper and more secure than a tablet+server solution.