Comment Re: a little more proof reading please (Score 3, Insightful) 119
This is /. Having horrific "editors" is to be expected. I wonder what it pays to click accept on a story every hour or so.
Comment Re:The project known as F-35 (Score 1) 843
So it is a fighter?
Comment Re:The project known as F-35 (Score 1) 843
the F-117 is not a fighter
Refresh my memory. What does the F stand for again?
Comment Re:This shouldn't have been such a big deal. (Score 1) 1083
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
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
Doesn't the fact of parallel construction kind of destroy that argument?
Comment Re:What about other professions? (Score 1) 473
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
The person I was replying to was clearly referencing the summary.
Comment Re:Last sentence (Score 5, Informative) 228
The summary makes no mention of the author's gender.
How Relevant is C in 2014? 641
Nerval's Lobster writes: Many programming languages have come and gone since Dennis Ritchie devised C in 1972, and yet C has not only survived three major revisions, but continues to thrive. But aside from this incredible legacy, what keeps C atop the Tiobe Index? The number of jobs available for C programmers is not huge, and many of those also include C++ and Objective-C. On Reddit, the C community, while one of the ten most popular programming communities, is half the size of the C++ group. In a new column, David Bolton argues that C remains extremely relevant due to a number of factors including newer C compiler support, the Internet ("basically driven by C applications"), an immense amount of active software written in C that's still used, and its ease in learning. "Knowing C provides a handy insight into higher-level languages — C++, Objective-C, Perl, Python, Java, PHP, C#, D and Go all have block syntax that's derived from C." Do you agree?
Comment Re:What's the bigger picture? (Score 1) 528
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
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
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
And how does that compare to for-profit companies of the same size?
Comment Re:Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Score 1) 219
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.
