Comment Can't wait for Apple to remove the port! (Score 1) 113
Next hardware rev they'll remove the port, or worse, just slightly change the configuration of pins and size.
Comment Re:Let's not judge others (Score 0) 49
Ahhh, victim-blaming. Never gets old.
Comment Re: Very unlikely to be triggered in the field (Score 1) 250
In an alternate timeline, Keith Moon found the 21st century to be full of challenges.
Comment Re:Dumb stuff (Score 1) 628
I'm not saying whether it's a good idea or a bad one, but isn't the fact that it's a defacto standard, sort of the objectors' point? Yes, you're right: it's a long-established tradition, with deep roots going back to when the computer room was a total sausagefest. I can't playfully slap the secretary's ass and then get off the hook by saying, "oh c'mon, we dudes have been doing that forever! It's always been like that. Quit trying to change our culture."
Changing the culture is an explicit part of a lot of peoples' agenda, because nobody really likes the damn computer room sausagefest (we just don't know what to do about it, which is why I really have no idea whether or not the picture is really a problem).
Submission + - How Silicon Valley got that way -- and why it will continue to rule. (medium.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Lots of places want to be "the next Silicon Valley." But the Valley's top historian looks back (even talks to Steve Jobs about his respect for the past!) to explain why SV is unique. While there are threats to continued dominance, she thinks its just too hard for another region to challenge SV's supremacy.
Comment Re:pretty much the opposite here (Score 1) 26
Yeah. BillDog has it right, the libertarians couldn't have given a toss about net neutrality.
All I've ever seen about it is Left-wingers saying we must have it. I've gathered that it's about getting government to interfere with the free market, by telling carriers that they can't charge more for premium levels of service.
Fuck me. It's not like slashdot has decades of articles and comments on this very issue which would help you not sound like such a tool.
All I've ever seen about it is Left-wingers saying we must have it. I've gathered that it's about getting government to interfere with the free market, by telling carriers that they can't charge more for premium levels of service.
Fuck me. It's not like slashdot has decades of articles and comments on this very issue which would help you not sound like such a tool.
Comment Re:Prior art (Score 1) 60
Last I heard, nothing invalidates suing anyone for anything. As long as defense is expensive, extortion will be an option.
Comment Re:Paid Advertisement (Score 1) 76
Install the emacs plugin.
Comment Re:This again? (Score 1) 480
Where do I send my check?
Send it to Larry Niven. I always wondered how his "reactionless drives" worked, and now I finally und-- actually, no, I don't understand how this works at all.
Comment Re:Wait a minute... (Score 1) 324
By having the user's view of your site not be "static content with no java or flash."
Journal Journal: Chronicle: Sample Merchandise Sale (2)
After last year's Sample Sale i was very excited to go to this year's. It was $10 promptly asked for at the door, and no real $1 table.
I got:
Comment Re:How about this.. (Score 1) 62
My Data = My Property.
I posted a reply to a post by SirGeek.
Is the above sentence my data or yours?
Comment Re:No anonymity/handles, no pr0n (Score 1) 359
and what's hysterical is that I still get e-mails that people are following me on g+, even though I haven't posted in years!
Comment No anonymity/handles, no pr0n (Score 1) 359
These are why g+ failed. They wanted it to be a credentialing service more so than a "social network", and they actively stamped out any questionable content (in addition to questionable profiles).
Journal Journal: Chronicle: New glasses and contacts (2)
I have tried two more brands of contacts, both hydrogel and toric, with little success. The first pair had the right eye not so bad, but the left was blurry. Ultimately, my appointment was for Sunday, and when i was late i received a phone call. Oops! I guess i've been relying on those reminder calls a bit too much.
