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  1. Re:And when we have no home no job no doctor on 'I'll Make Their Life Miserable': Tech CEO Bullies Low-income Vendors By His Home (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    Depends on how you look at it, It could be considered socialism as ultimately the prisoners are being compensated by the govt.
    Granted it is lousy compensation but they do get lodging, food and healthcare....

  2. Re:Canada ahead of the USA, Wow! on Free Software Supporter and Canadian MP David Graham Talks OSS In Government (linux-magazine.com) · · Score: 1

    This is as likely as Trudeau actually legalizing Marijuana (IOW not likely but I would be pleasantly surprised)

  3. Re:Only the radar system needs rebooting on Software Bug in F-35 Radar Causes Mid-Flight System Reboot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Third it's already been resolved. My dad worked on the Canadian Maritime Helicopter Project for years. During it the papers had an article talking about some snag that was hit and how horrible it was. I sent my dad the link and his response:
    "Yeah that was my thing and 8 months ago, it was pointed out and in less than a day resolved."

    Media exaggerating? Never...

  4. Re:No on Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Blame about 3 Prime Ministers back who decided Canada will no longer build refineries in Canada and rely on sending our oil south.
    With the lower cost of oil now it is pretty much approaching too expensive to suck it out of the oilsands in Canada.

  5. Re:fighting carbon pollution? on Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    No this was basically a big F-U to Canada and the BC Pipeline to sell oil to China.

  6. Re:That's OK on Delete, Dump and Destroy: Canada's Government Data Severely Compromised · · Score: 1

    Yep, the MHP project is a big example of this. I am surprised Chretien didn't get jail time for it.

  7. There is a pattern on More Cities Use DNA To Catch Dog Owners Who Don't Pick Up Waste · · Score: 2

    I find people who leave the poo happens more when there is no garbage cans nearby. People are lazy and don't want to be carrying it. Here there is one stretch where you don't see a garbage for over a mile along a major road. Needless to say you will see at least 3 or 4 landmines along the way.

  8. Already seeing it on How Will IT Workers' Roles Change in the Next Five Years? (Video) · · Score: 2

    The level of complexity in an IT worker's job has dramatically changed easily in the last 10 if not the last 5 years).

  9. Re: Who? on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 2

    I'm 43 this year and I knew who Neil Young was in the early 80's. I did have older brothers (like 5 years older) so I did have my music influenced by 70's and earlier a bit.

    I do agree with Neil that music quality has gone to shit. This is obvious if you pay attention to what has happened with the loudness wars. Also I think ultimately he is not criticizing the listeners, he is criticizing the process before the listener gets listening access. Ultimately streaming is going to try to get the lowest amount of bandwidth used and will cut corners to get it. He may be the entire opposite but if enough people complain the pendulum should swing to the middle

  10. Re:XP? OK. But, Office? on The US Navy's Warfare Systems Command Just Paid Millions To Stay On Windows XP · · Score: 2

    We spent the last year doing the same thing and are down to about 400 XP machines out of 110,000. Why 2003? Here is why we didn't
    1. Too much inhouse custom crap on user machines to go through the testing cycle to make sure it worked with 2010. Which equals more money spent
    2. We are moving users to Windows 7 in a short time why go through Step 1 for practically no gain
    3. We have enough protection on the desktop and procedures to not worry about an infection spreading if a machine was hit. Essentially things are locked down enough and monitored enough not to worry too much.
    4. Great motivator to get local admins to start moving their users when they are bitching that they want Office 2010.

    Organization that big, stability is key and changes are a big deal. We had to pay for support last year for nearly 60,000, now it is a handful of critical machines that can't be migrated due to software yet.

  11. Re:Secret, covert spy knowledge on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 1

    Have you looked at most of the suicide bombers? They were mostly college students when they were indoctrinated. Perfect age for being susceptible as they are wanting to belong to some group. It's not like they walk up with a suicide vest and they go and do it. There is a lot of manipulation going on

  12. Re:"stealing just like stealing anything else" on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    With a maximum fine of $500 (or is that $5000?) either way it isn't worth the owners to go after the people downloading. Now if you are doing it for profit that is a whole other kettle of fish

  13. Re:"stealing just like stealing anything else" on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 2

    Except Netflix is available in Canada but with a more limited selection due to agreements with the varying media houses. Bell and Rogers can compete with Netflix Canada, they can't with Netflix US hence why they are bitching about it.

  14. Re:"stealing just like stealing anything else" on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Except you both forgot what is supposed to make it relevant in all three countries:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

  15. Re:flat as a pancake: invasion pending on Microsoft Tries Another Icon Theme For Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    You missed the Powershell train. Microsoft spent so much time trying to come up with a command line based admin tool when everyone griped at how bad vbs was for it that by the time it was done people had worked around it using vbs and had no need for Powershell.
    Microsoft's solution was to force the admins to use it either by hiding the usual admin tools or making them so slow that if you wanted to get anything done you would learn Powershell.

  16. Is the software locked down to the specific IPs? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Solve a Unique Networking Issue? · · Score: 1

    Basically what I wonder is if although the units are locked down to a specific IP is the software used to do the uploading?
    If not, you can use arp to give the machines a new IP against their MAC addresses. Then run multiple instances of the install software and point at each IP.

    https://technet.microsoft.com/...

  17. Re:If you want the H1B... on FWD.us To Laid-Off Southern California Edison Workers: Boo-Hoo · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a douche, we don't want him

  18. Re:M1 what? on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 1

    If he is talking about the Garand (and I think he is), although Garand was Canadian, he designed it while in the US for the US, so technically it is US hardware

  19. Re:Smoking Gun on Massachusetts Governor Introduces Bill To Regulate Uber, Lyft · · Score: 1

    The question is will your insurance company allow it to cover professionally as well. That may be a sticking point.

  20. Re:ASUS Acer on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    Actually we have in the latest RFP a bunch of laptops from Fujitsu e.g 574,752,754. They are ok.

  21. Re:That's nice on First Alpha of Public Sector Linux Deployment System · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think he was talking about SMS and at least SCCM 2007. I work in a 100,000+ environment with over 300 DPs on varying links from fast to abysmally slow satellite and yeah package replication can be annoying. Usually have to refresh a couple DPs a month. Not a huge deal except when it is part of a task sequence and someone tries to migrate a couple hundred machines overnight.

  22. Re:Maybe because the movies were not that good? on Why More 'Star Wars' Actors Don't Become Stars · · Score: 1

    For myself, I had not watched 4-6 since 6 came out when I was a kid so I had put it on a pedestal. I read Alec Guinness' comments on how bad the 4-6 were which opened my eyes so I rewatched them and realized they are no worse than 1-3. 5 was only a bit better because it was directed by someone other than Lucas.

  23. Re:Monopoly on Best Buy Kills Off Future Shop · · Score: 1

    That was Business Depot not Office Depot. They weren't bought out they were the same company but there was an issue with trademarks so they couldn't call them staples. I guess at some point that got dealt with.

    One of my first job was working at the East end Business Depot in the early 90's right behind Future Shop.
    Want to know where they are burying FS as I want to piss on their grave. Oh the stories I could tell about their lack of ethics (let alone skeevy sales practices)....

  24. Re:Best buy on Best Buy Kills Off Future Shop · · Score: 1

    Still exists but is a shadow of what it was. Used to be a decent place for autoparts, now it is pretty much a walmart with a small section that sells crap auto parts. Waiting for them to change their name to CT or something that less identifies them as a tire centre.

  25. Re:Best buy on Best Buy Kills Off Future Shop · · Score: 1

    Actually talking to enough people from outside Canada including the US and Europe, Canada's identity is built from exesive passive-aggressiveness stemming from an inferiority complex and easily identifiable by the guy who keeps saying "I'm not American"