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Comment Re:16 years old, no legal rights against parents. (Score 3, Interesting) 428

I totally agree with this sentiment. I work with a youth group at my church, mainly the teenage boys, and some are forced to attend by their parents, and they are impossible to control. Growing up I attended the same group and participated as I wished but did not actively cause problems at risk of punishment that may be doled out even though my parents could not really do anything (I just didn't really realize it). The kids today know that their parents and leaders can't do anything. A very dangerous line has been crossed in the American Society. Just my thoughts

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Comment At the Bottom (Score 1) 569

One would think that the slashdot crowd would be a little more up-to-date. I guess it doesn't exist until Apple releases a comparable product. I can't believe I had to wade through tons of posts to find someone that finally extols the virtues of the marriage of laptop and hand writing. I spent the last two years working on my CE degree with an X61 Thinkpad Tablet. I went completely paperless, lowered the weight of my backpack to a few pounds, scanned all of the material handed out, and took notes in class with OneNote. Every item for school was converted to PDF and I was able to search, combine, cut and paste easily.

I wish this crowd would wake up and look more seriously at the tablets that have been around for 3 years. I know I should get off your lawn.

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PC Games (Games)

EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"
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How Famous OS Logos Got Started 103

Shane O'Neill writes "Ronald McDonald and the NBC Peacock may get more TV air time, but today's operating systems have cool logos, too. Google, Apple, Microsoft and the Linux crowd crafted mascots ranging from cute lizards to circles of life. In this slideshow, we look at the origins of the logos and look ahead to their future."

Comment I got ripped off then (Score 1) 208

Your college credit is the salary.

If course credit and a piece of paper is their payment to me then I got ripped off. I hate the higher education system, but have learned to deal with its shortcomings and maneuver through the system to get my piece of paper so that I could finally have my work experience count towards a PE license. I was very annoyed while streaming my graduation ceremony* that the president of the university bestowed my degree upon me with recommendation from the faculty. BS I earned that degree, fulfilled all requirements for such and in then end it was because they felt I was worthy not because I actually did anything.
*I only watched graduation because the president was speaking and wanted to hear what he would say to students who are thousands of dollars in debt as a result of school and graduating in a time of almost no jobs. Worst commencement speech I've ever heard (not that I've been to many graduations).

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Comment A Better Time (Score 1) 443

I long for the days of fully qualified URL's; 'http://www.domain.com'. I personally still type out the fully qualified domain names to half the websites I view each day (I typically only use bookmarks for address I use rarely). I also miss when the tld's meant something usefully and websites used a tld that matched their content

The internet does very little in addition to what I could already do in 1998 except now I have to deal with ads and pop-ups. I long for the days when individuals and companies setup webpages to showcase their interests or products not as revenue generators. I still run my webpages ad free and host my own servers because I want the information available.

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Software

Submission + - Child Safe Desktop Environment

Gates82 writes: I have a 4 year old who has recently been drawn to playing on my ThinkPad Tablet. I would like to configure a desktop environment or find and application that creates a kid's safe platform. The most frustrating part for the two of us are miss-clicks; he'll minimize the game he is playing or bring up another window. This means being close (interpret interrupted frequently) while he is using the computer. To protect the computer and keep the child entertained what are some decent solutions? Should I configure a separate profile with reduced rights or is there an application that creates an isolated sydo-workspace?

Comment Re:um (Score 2, Informative) 200

Why the hell is a job search site collecting birth date, gender, and ethnicity information?

Most online applications have the optional equal opportunity information fields. Monster offers a way to auto submit this information. I'm not sure about the DOB, but this additional information is optional on Monster.

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