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Comment Re:Another great Scalia line (Score 3, Insightful) 1083

by tomhath (#49995673) Attached to: Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage

In both cases he ruled that the laws made by legislatures should be respected; specifically the US is a federation of states and the states have wide autonomy to govern themselves.

And please, get over the fact that Gore lost. He was out in California and New York giving speeches in front of friendly crowds that ran up his popular vote while Bush was in the swing states trying to win the electoral count If presidents were elected by popular vote the campaign would have tried to maximize the popular vote, but presidents are elected by those autonomous states, not popular vote..

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Submission + - Why Don't Software Developers Use Static Analysis Tools to Find Bugs? (viva64.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Using static analysis tools for automating code inspections can be beneficial for software engineers. Such tools can make finding bugs, or software defects, faster and cheaper than manual inspections. Despite the benefits of using static analysis tools to find bugs, research suggests that these tools are underused. The research explains why developers are not widely using static analysis tools and how current tools could potentially be improved.

P.S. This article has earned more than 80 points at Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/i...

Comment Re:Hmmph. (Score 1) 152

by tomhath (#49993439) Attached to: WiFi Offloading is Skyrocketing

the benefit of offloading is primarily for the cell carrier, and NOT for you

I'm not so sure about that. When you connect to a hotspot you get the benefit of much higher bandwidth. And by using more hotspots and fewer towers your cell bill is (presumably) lower than if your carrier tried to provide that level of service with towers only.

Comment Re:Not sure what my employer is doing wrong (Score 1) 179

by tomhath (#49990923) Attached to: Average Duration of Hiring Process For Software Engineers: 35 Days

several of our Software Engineer jobs have been open for over 2 months and they are still open.

Vacancy duration is a different problem. This study was about Interview duration.

My guess is we don't pay enough - or people presume we don't pay enough.

More likely your HR department is bottom feeding, only sending you candidates who are asking for below average salaries.

Submission + - Security Oversights and Complacency Set the Stage for Killers' Escape

Submitted by HughPickens.com
HughPickens.com writes: The NY Times reports that although no single lapse or mistake in security enabled two killers to break out of the Clinton Correctional Facility two weeks ago, it is now clear that an array of oversights, years in the making, set the stage for the prison break and for the ensuing manhunt. According to the Times, a sense of complacency had taken hold that in some ways might have been understandable. There had not been an escape from the 170-year-old prison in decades, and officials say no one had ever broken out of the maximum-security section. “As the months go by, years go by, things get less strict,” says Keith Provost. Unlike many prisons and jails across the country, there are no video cameras on the cellblocks at the Clinton facility that might have detected suspicious activity and although prison rules forbid putting sheets across cell bars to obstruct viewing, in practice, officers say, inmates frequently were allowed to hang sheets for lengthy periods. Officials ssay there is a good chance that the two men had been at work on their plan for weeks, maybe months. Night after night, the authorities have come to believe, the two men stuffed their beds with crude dummies, slipped out of holes they had cut in the back of their cells and climbed down five stories using the piping along the walls. They then set to work inside the tunnels under the prison, spending hours preparing their path of escape before returning to their cells unobserved.

Prisoners have 24 hours a day to find breaks in the system. says Pennsylvania Corrections Secretary John Wetzel adding that it could be a loose chain link or peeling paint around vents that could give the prisoners what they need to develop a escape plan. According to Wetzel, when people are sentenced to a life in prison, they have all the time in the world to come up with escape plans. "If you have life to plan it out, you can wait for your opportunity."

Submission + - Microsoft Funds First US-Based Chinese Research University Degree Program

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Microsoft will give $40 million to help fund a graduate-school program with the Univ. of Washington and China's Tsinghua University (where Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Virginia Rometty are Board members). The Global Innovation Exchange, which will be located in the Seattle area, marks the first time a Chinese research university has established a physical presence in the U.S. The center will open in 2016 with the goal of attracting 3,000 students within a decade, according to Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith. UW Interim President Ana Mari Cauce and Tsinghua President Qiu Yong made the announcement Thursday afternoon in downtown Bellevue, accompanied by Gov. Jay Inslee and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Both Cauce and Smith waved off concerns about the possibility that a partnership with a Chinese university could lead to corporate espionage or hacking. "The solution to mistrust is more contact, not less," said Cauce, whose UW currently hosts 3,500+ students from China.

Submission + - Amazon Is Only Going to Pay Authors When Each Page is Read (theatlantic.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Amazon has a new plan to keep authors honest: they're only going to pay them when someone actually reads a page. Peter Wayner at the Atlantic explores how this is going to change the lives of the authors-- and the readers. Fat, impressive coffee table books are out if no one reads them. Thin, concise authors will be bereft. Page turners are in.

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