Comment Re:Chicago Blackhawks too? (Score 1) 646
Is "Blackhawk" considered an ethnic slur?
To Blackhawk, it's (it was) his name. And it's all over stuff in Illinois and surrounding areas due largely to his historical importance.
Comment Re:huh (Score 5, Funny) 127
So given that I post lots of stuff but do not read stuff in the feed, that means I am the sole originator of lots of contagions?.
I think in medicine, you're referred to as a "disease carrier".
Comment Re:Unfair competition clause is going to bite Goog (Score 1) 364
Hello Google. How the fsck do you think this won't get you large fines for unfair competition practices in the European Union?
Maybe they're not worried. (Unlike MicroSoft) they've been fined before in Europe and the US and found a way to get out of it by promising relatively minor changes to how they do business for a limited time.
Comment Re:Oh my ... (Score 1) 253
Also, if the Republicans had this great lockstep mentality you mention, the term RINO wouldn't exist.
Exactly. They'd all be good Southern Democrats^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B Real Republicans (TM)!! Bengazi!!!!1!!!
Cisco Spending Millions of Dollars Secretly Purchasing New Juniper Products 120
FrankPoole (1736680) writes According to a CRN investigative report, Cisco has been spending millions of dollars over several years to secretly purchase Juniper Networks' products, including new QFabric and MX series routers, for use in its 'competitive analysis lab,' where the products are tested and reverse engineered. According to the report, some of the Juniper products purchased by Cisco were still in beta and not yet commercially released. In addition, CRN discovered that a main source for Cisco to obtain these Juniper products was, ironically, a company called Torrey Point Group, a fast-growing VAR that was awarded Juniper's Part of the Year in 2011.
Comment Re:We already built a new Internet (Score 1) 305
Now you can keep your spam and we'll go solve the mysteries of the universe while you post hate speech at each other over meaningless twaddle.
And yet the mystery of irony remains as mysterious as ever . .
Comment Re:Collector here (Score 1) 116
While not a consummate prepper, I can still lose cable, internet, and even electrical service... and bide the disaster with a semblance of civilized entertainment.
Actually the first hour of a power outage is the best time to watch that new-fangled streaming video here. I've got a generator, but most of the neighbors are offline till the power comes back on. So none of that annoying buffering and glitching. But the honeymoon is over all too soon. After the first hour, the cable internet service goes dark. I assume they've got switching/routing equipment at the neighborhood level that has a battery backup for short blackouts.
Comment Re:the naivety is painful (Score 1) 247
Having money is the one thing corporations are good at, and they're really, really good at it. If your strategy hinges on using money as influence, you're always going to lose, because they are FAR better and more practiced at that game than you are.
Then think like a corporation. Hire their best lobbyists and strategists away with better offers.
Comment Re:"Fundamental Reform" (Score 1) 247
What you fail to realize is that the wealthy are not dragons that sit on their piles of money. Money has no value until it is trading hands. The "wealthy" do 2 things: 1) Spend their money 2) Invest their money to... MAKE MOAR MONEY!
Both these actions create jobs and spur the creation of businesses to produce things to be acquired and or consumed, and pay employees to produce or for services. Employees make money, investors try to invest wisely to make a positive return on the money invested, everyone wins with ZOMG! TRICKLE DOWN!
Money hidden under the mattress does no any good.
I agree that money only has value when it moves. But making more money does not necessarily create jobs. It might. Or it might not. One might make more money by doubling widget production capacity with twice the factories, twice the labor, etc. Or one might make more money by finding a way to make the same number of widgets with less labor, thus increasing profit. Maybe it's some of both. Money does not care how it is made. Capitalism means getting a return on capital. Sometimes the side effects of returning value to investors benefit those without the capital, too.
Comment Re:How does it work? (Score 1) 247
Do they have any legal recourse against candidates who are elected with their funding, only to split from them after the election?
"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." -- U.S. Senator Simon Cameron (1799-1889)
Intel Wants To Computerize Your Car 191
cartechboy writes: 'Google just unveiled its cute self-driving car prototype, and now Intel is the next tech company looking to get in on the rapid digital change coming in cars — a potentially lucrative area for expansion. Intel is releasing what it's calling an "in-vehicle solutions platform" — processors, an operating system and developer kits Intel is hoping automakers and others would use to build in-vehicle infotainment systems. From the developer perspective, there is a chance the Intel release makes building easier and cheaper. But is it good for automakers to be building these systems instead of Google and Apple? So far, no automaker has done so well on software, and some have seriously damaged their reputation (ex: MyFord Touch and Sync, Cadillac CUE).'
Protecting Our Brains From Datamining 100
Jason Koebler writes: 'Brainwave-tracking is becoming increasingly common in the consumer market, with the gaming industry at the forefront of the trend. "Neurogames" use brain-computer interfaces and electroencephalographic (EEG) gadgets like the Emotiv headset to read brain signals and map them to in-game actions. EEG data is "high-dimensional," meaning a single signal can reveal a lot of information about you: if you have a mental illness, are prone to addiction, your emotions, mood, and taste. If that data from gaming was collected and mined, it could theoretically be matched with other datasets culled from online data mining to create a complete profile of an individual that goes far beyond what they divulge through social media posts and emails alone. That's led some to develop privacy systems that protect your thoughts from hackers.'
Comment Re:Crowdsourcing (Score 1) 131
Here's another dick move, sleeping with your friends wife/girlfriend. Would you defend that as well and claim someone is taking it personal when they point out it's a dick move?
Sorry. I didn't realize you two had a history.
Comment Re:Can I buy a punctuation (or an editor)? (Score 1) 711
If the sentence was, "Apple CEO Tim Cook said during his keynote that...," would you still use commas? If not, why should we need them here?
Okay, you could reorder the sentence instead of setting off the prepositional phrase with commas. Which way you do it is a matter of taste, I suppose. But more importantly, I probably should have elided the beginning of the sentence entirely to not distract from the real parsing problem in the direct quote at the end. My bad.
Comment Can I buy a punctuation (or an editor)? (Score 1) 711
"Apple CEO Tim Cook during his keynote said that around 130 million customers have purchased their first Apple device in the last twelve months states, "Many of these customers were switchers from Android," he said.
Perhaps this means:
Apple CEO Tim Cook, during his keynote, said that around 130 million customers have purchased their first Apple device in the last twelve months. 'Many of these customers were switchers from Android,' he said.
