Reason58 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:This shouldn't have been such a big deal. (Score 1) 1083

by Reason58 on Friday June 26, 2015 @03:19PM (#49997301) Attached to: Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage

There was a time when businesses could legally discriminate based upon race. Most of us look back on that and see how bigoted it was and are glad we are on the right side of history. Same thing will happen here, it just takes time for some people to see it.

Comment Re:This shouldn't have been such a big deal. (Score 1) 1083

by Reason58 on Friday June 26, 2015 @02:14PM (#49996731) Attached to: Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage

Object to what on religious grounds? This ruling has zero impact on any religion. It is bizarre that you think people fighting for their constitutional rights were "making a big deal" about it.

Comment Re:A legal answer (Score 1) 144

by Reason58 on Friday June 26, 2015 @11:18AM (#49995081) Attached to: Editor of 'Reason' Discusses Federal Subpoena To Unmask Commenters

Doesn't the fact of parallel construction kind of destroy that argument?

Comment Re:What about other professions? (Score 1) 473

by Reason58 on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @12:19PM (#49978303) Attached to: Learn-to-Code Program For 10,000 Low-Income Girls

I think you underestimate the pay rate of many trade skill jobs. As a bonus, you cannot offshore them, unlike IT.

Comment Re:Last sentence (Score 3, Informative) 228

by Reason58 on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @04:20PM (#49729317) Attached to: Marvel's Female Superheroes Are Gradually Becoming More Super

The person I was replying to was clearly referencing the summary.

Comment Re:Last sentence (Score 5, Informative) 228

by Reason58 on Tuesday May 19, 2015 @04:03PM (#49729135) Attached to: Marvel's Female Superheroes Are Gradually Becoming More Super

The summary makes no mention of the author's gender.

Comment Re:What's the bigger picture? (Score 1) 528

by Reason58 on Monday December 08, 2014 @02:55PM (#48549287) Attached to: The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought

I work in InfoSec and this is spot on. Until a lot of people die the private sector will never take security seriously as a whole. Target, Home Depot, Experian, etc. make good news stories, but they really haven't impacted information security practices.

Comment Re:Call a spade a spade (Score 1) 148

by Reason58 on Monday December 08, 2014 @12:39PM (#48547917) Attached to: How the NSA Is Spying On Everyone: More Revelations

They were handed absurd instructions and have no choice but to carry them out.

People with those qualifications have the ability to switch jobs in a heartbeat. To say they had no choice but to violate the constitution is absurd. They chose to do this to us.

Comment Re:Well (Score 1) 274

by Reason58 on Thursday December 04, 2014 @06:26PM (#48526423) Attached to: A Mismatch Between Wikimedia's Pledge Drive and Its Cash On Hand?

Let me rephrase. How does that compare to other sites that are in the top 10 for web traffic on Earth? I'm not talking about any random small business.

Comment Re:Well (Score 1) 274

by Reason58 on Thursday December 04, 2014 @05:55PM (#48526129) Attached to: A Mismatch Between Wikimedia's Pledge Drive and Its Cash On Hand?

And how does that compare to for-profit companies of the same size?

Comment Re:Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Score 1) 219

by Reason58 on Friday November 28, 2014 @01:00PM (#48479597) Attached to: Hacker Threatened With 44 Felony Charges Escapes With Misdemeanor

That still doesn't change the fact that it is so open to abuse that it is virtually guaranteed. What is to stop a DA from threatening a minor offender of the maximum possible sentences unless they plea guilty? Apparently nothing.

Comment Re:Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Score 1) 219

by Reason58 on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @05:20PM (#48469939) Attached to: Hacker Threatened With 44 Felony Charges Escapes With Misdemeanor

How is it reasonable that the same crime could carry a punishment ranging from 2 to 10 years? I understand variance due to circumstances, but that range seems ripe for abuse.

Comment Re:Relevance? (Score 1) 152

by Reason58 on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @04:57PM (#48469785) Attached to: Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case

"Would someone be so kind as to please remind me how we can block posts from a given author?"

Bennett's name is specifically not a link, so that you cannot author block him.

Comment Re:Not even wrong. (Score 1) 246

by Reason58 on Monday November 17, 2014 @05:02PM (#48405455) Attached to: Big Talk About Small Samples

Hear, hear.

Comment Re:Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. (Score 1) 127

by Reason58 on Thursday November 13, 2014 @05:01PM (#48381283) Attached to: Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week

It's cute that you think any political party is in charge of the NSA.

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