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  1. Re:It's all about the money on The Art of Elections Forecasting · · Score: 0

    The money won't save Obama , he will lose in a landslide. Just like the polls before Carter/Reagan election which said it would be close.
    My family on one side is all democrats and all voted for Obama in 2008. Not a single one will be voting for him in 2012.
    The last hold out was my grandma who has voted democrat every single election since the 1930's , and hates republicans but she can no longer stand Obama.

  2. Re:Manipulation and FUD. on Red Hat Clarifies Doubts Over UEFI Secure Boot Solution · · Score: 1

    I am linux/android fan. Ever since being burnt by bug in MC++ 6.0 I haven't ran windows on a home computer. But sometimes MS might not being doing something sinister .

  3. Re:Manipulation and FUD. on Red Hat Clarifies Doubts Over UEFI Secure Boot Solution · · Score: 1

    Does getting the Microsoft to sign your key allow booting to ARM arch? If so not an issue , if they cannot get it signed then there is a big issue
    I can see as for mobile systems requiring secure boot as good thing. Being a mobile platform it would be really easy for someone to grab you mobile device and lay down another image.

  4. Re:look past education: the POPULATION is dismal on Taking Issue With Claims That American Science Education is 'Dismal' · · Score: 1

    And a disturbing percentage think that anything you wrote matters.

    Stop your gibberish so I can get back to watching American Idol.

  5. Re:Cue huge pushback from the AMA in 3...2... on FDA May Let Patients Buy More Drugs Without Prescriptions · · Score: 2

    "basic doctor" type degree

    There is already one , see Nurse Practitioner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_practitioner .
    "Nurse Practitioners treat both physical and mental conditions through comprehensive history taking, physical exams, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests"
    They can also prescribe treatments and medications.
    Basically a masters degree+ board exam.
    Time to get NP isn't too long. My sister just passed her board exam last total two years will working 36+ hours week , 3 year old and 30 something husband that has the maturity of 3 year old at times.

  6. Re:they ARE the fittest on Is Humanity Still Evolving? · · Score: 1
  7. Re:When will people learn... on C/C++ Back On Top of the Programming Heap? · · Score: 1

    What the hell are you talking about?
    1) Template bloat is just bull shit. http://blog.emptycrate.com/node/307

    "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil"
    Donald Knuth
    Why should I really care that much about the hardware?
    Memory and CPU constraints are standard but beyond that should I really care about the hardware that much?
    That is great that you have optimised one little part of the code for the hardware but you code runs in O(n^3) time and space.

    Big O usually concerns with runtime performance and memory space. (Remember that constant factor park k )

    So the leading researchers in Computer Science are concerned about Big O and don't really care that much for hardware but you think it is the most important.
    Hmm big software companies don't really make that much money on hardware . see MS, Google , Facebook, .... it keeps going . Do they really concern themselves about the hardware?

    Oh games you say. Not everyone has the latest greatest GPU with the latest and greatest Direct X 1001 support.
    One of the biggest game platforms right now is iPhone/Android big hardware there.

  8. Re:Error My Ass on NBC Apologizes For Editing Zimmerman 911 Call · · Score: 1

    I will have to remember that if I get out of my car and something happens , it is my fault not matter what.
    Yes Zimmerman weighs as much as duck.

  9. Re:UVerse? on Comcast Not Counting Their Video Service Against Bandwidth Cap · · Score: 1

    Yes I thought so too.The support pages for AT&T UVerse say it counts.
    Still I think there is going to be lawsuit somewhere down the road.

    Maybe they have special counter for their own traffic in Z mod 100 .

  10. Re:UVerse? on Comcast Not Counting Their Video Service Against Bandwidth Cap · · Score: 1

    Actually UVerse does count their own video service against the service.
    If you have UVerse with-out video the cap is 150GB with video it is 250 GB.
    I had though the same thing but called multiple times. AT&T is a little smarter in the legal department.
    Comcast is opening themselves to a lawsuit. By not counting their own video service, this would be anti-competitive/ anti-trust. Especially if they are the only Internet/cable provider in the area.

  11. Re:Point of hand positions ? on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    9 and 3 for racing . I would rather not get in wreck . http://www.drivingfast.net/car-control/steering.htm

  12. Point of hand positions ? on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    Isn't the point of 10 and 2 to give you more control , so you don't get in wreck?
    Or is the government saying , well your too stupid and you will get in wreck , so put your hands so they don't get hurt. Wonder where race car drivers put there hands.

  13. Richard Feynman found this out in 1964!!! on Math Textbooks a Textbook Example of Bad Textbooks · · Score: 1

    It turned out that the blank book had a rating by some of the other members!

    Richard Feynman complained about math books in 1964 seems nothing is really better. http://www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm

  14. Re:Really? on US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags · · Score: 3, Informative

    The C-17 already has AC power adapters. Had many times been deployed and plugged a laptop right in. The C-17 also already has a computer on board toughbook I think.

  15. NOT a iPad , a tablet on US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags · · Score: 5, Informative
    iPad != tablet

    Lt. Col. Glen Roberts, clarified the report, stating the commend "is looking for a tablet device, not necessarily an iPad"

    Seeing that there is custom DoD Android edition and clearances, where iOS has not . http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/28/pentagon-approves-android-device-for-department-of-defense-apple-still-awaits-clearance/ . There is even a DoD SDK.

    But one thing about the Air Force there are different commands and they all make different decisions . ASFOC will make one decision, AMC another and the ANG another, and they never cooperate, costing tax payers millions.

  16. Re:The problem is the brand, not the OS. on Nokia CEO Blames Salesmen For Windows Phone Struggles · · Score: 0

    making their browser better

    Does it run on Linux? No you say, guess I cannot give them a second chance.

  17. Re:Don't listen to them. on Ask Slashdot: Which Web Platform Would You Use? · · Score: 5, Informative

    "We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth

    So please cut the oh write everything in C/C++ crap, I write in all the languages you mention but there is no reason to write something in language when it isn't needed. If you are writing a web site PHP is just fine(see the big website called www.facebook.com). If you are writing a realtime stock trading application , then use C/C++ would be warranted.

    Avoid motherfucking frameworks

    See http://badprogrammer.infogami.com/ "3. Deficient research skills / Chronically poor knowledge of the platform's features."
    Don't know if you meant "web frameworks" , but writing everything from scratch is just crazy.

  18. Re:Expensive, late, too high tech and 150:0 kill/l on What's Wrong With the US Defense R&D Budget? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Those were *exactly* the same complaints

    Citation needed
    The F-22 contract award was in 1991, went into service in 2003 . 12 years
    The F-15 contract award was 1969, first delivery was 1973, went into service 1976. 7 years on the high side.
    The F-15 recorded its first combat kill in 1979 , only 10 years after the contract award.
    The F-15 program has just been better overall and the F-22 is still sitting in the garage looking pretty.

  19. Re:R&D on What's Wrong With the US Defense R&D Budget? · · Score: 1

    need a $50M laser and sharks to do it

    Fixed that for you.

  20. Fee is waived for certain cases. on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    The fee is waived if you pay by electronic check or auto pay. This only effects last minute payments.

  21. Re:GPS_Consumer != GPS_Military on US Sentinel Drone Fooled Into Landing With GPS Spoofing · · Score: 1

    They would have to turn on encryption for the entire region, and they don't really do that.

  22. Re:propaganda - Military uses Encrpyed GPS on US Sentinel Drone Fooled Into Landing With GPS Spoofing · · Score: 1

    Correct but they don't encrypt it because it becomes too much of pain to deliver and update the encryption keys. Most line units when I was deployed never used the military assigned GPS (pluggers ) because they are huge,required special batteries and horrible interface. Nothing like being in the shit and trying to drag around a GPS unit the size of brick and having to update GPS Comsec .
    http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/powerpoint/plugger/anpsn11-plgr-tutorial-2.shtmlhttp://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/15/2013249/us-sentinel-drone-fooled-into-landing-with-gps-spoofing#

  23. Have one of these on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Shepherd_Dog , he likes to just sleep in the backseat, also prevents towing. Friend asked why I wasn't locking my doors, my reply was "Would you reach your hand in that car?" .

  24. Lost drone on Iran's Military Claims To Have Downed US Surveillance Drone · · Score: 1

    The US lost a drone last week, whether it really "went out of control " is another question. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45541622/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/#.TtvTI0BKhEM

  25. Thought on Bufferbloat: Dark Buffers In the Internet · · Score: 0

    Thought is said buffalo bloat for a second. Really there are that many fat buffalos on the internet .