andy1307 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:it'll be back (Score 1) 309

by andy1307 on Monday January 13, 2014 @12:13PM (#45940145) Attached to: India Frees Itself of Polio

Playboy isn't that popular in India so I don't think we need to be worried...

Comment Betteridge's law of headlines (Score 1) 612

by andy1307 on Sunday December 22, 2013 @04:26PM (#45761781) Attached to: Is Computer Science Education Racist and Sexist?

The answer is no....slashdot used to be a great site....now it's all about theodp's jihad against code.org and "the man"

Comment Re:When You Hear Talk About Any Reform (Score 1) 220

by andy1307 on Monday December 09, 2013 @04:30AM (#45637621) Attached to: The Yin and Yang of Hour of Code & Immigration Reform

Zuckerberg is worth 19 billion. Assuming facebook saves 50k$ per year with every H1B hire...assuming zero costs for the hire...and assuming all of this is going straight into Zuckerberg's pocket, that's still chump change...

Comment Failing to see (Score 1) 121

by andy1307 on Sunday November 24, 2013 @01:44AM (#45505403) Attached to: Indonesian Politicians Plan To Quiz Snowden Following Visit By Russians

Failing to see how Australia spying on Indonesia protects my 4th amendment rights.

Comment Makes business sense (Score 1) 137

by andy1307 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @08:47AM (#45411483) Attached to: Facebook Patented Making NSA Data Handoffs Easier

making it easier for the government to get the information is not

If you have no choice but to hand over the data, wouldn't it make more sense to automate the process and save your own people some time and frustration?

Comment Re:Bad summary (Score 1) 391

by andy1307 on Monday October 21, 2013 @08:41AM (#45187177) Attached to: What Employee Lock-In Means At Facebook

You're missing theodp's point.

The Man's keeping you down
They're going to take yer jobs

Comment Stop pushing the bogus 643 million $ number (Score 3, Informative) 365

by andy1307 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @10:17AM (#45131839) Attached to: Buried In the Healthcare.gov Source: "No Expectation of Privacy"

I know this is slashdot but stop digging. Here

Comment Re:With all due respect... (Score 1) 257

by andy1307 on Saturday October 12, 2013 @07:35PM (#45111107) Attached to: A Peek At Apple's Planned $5B HQ

It's another idiotic auto-green-lighted theodp post...

Comment Re:Makes Perfect Sense... (Score 1) 92

by andy1307 on Monday August 26, 2013 @10:16AM (#44676321) Attached to: The Next US Moonshot Will Launch From Virginia

This post is insightful?

Comment Red channel/Green Channel (Score 1) 226

by andy1307 on Friday July 19, 2013 @08:41PM (#44334153) Attached to: Schneier Has Something Good To Say About Airport Security

I think he's mistaken. There are two "channels" when you pass through customs. Red channels if you have something to declare. Green channel if you have nothing to declare. If you go through the red channel, you have to declare the good you are bringing into the country. Going through the green channel isn't a free pass. You could still get your bags inspected.

Comment Burying the lede (Score 0, Troll) 379

by andy1307 on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:44PM (#44254885) Attached to: MS Handed NSA Access To Encrypted Chat & Email

Targeting US citizens does require an individual warrant, but the NSA is able to collect Americans' communications without a warrant if the target is a foreign national located overseas.

Comment Re:29 years old (Score 1) 432

by andy1307 on Sunday July 07, 2013 @03:21PM (#44211263) Attached to: Silicon Valley In 2013 Resembles Logan's Run In 2274

Currently IT is in the midst of another bubble. Unlike the bubble in the 1990s with the .coms, this one is fuelled by federal monetary policy holding interest rates abnormally low, which means there is excess money coming in from venture capitalists.

Can someone please explain to me why the Fed's QE means there is excess money coming in from venture capitalists/

Comment Re:Ok, lets talk about what Silicon Valley REALLY (Score 1) 432

by andy1307 on Sunday July 07, 2013 @09:17AM (#44208905) Attached to: Silicon Valley In 2013 Resembles Logan's Run In 2274

but let's be real, is Google opensourcing the stuff that is runs their busines?

Open Source Projects Released By Google

Comment False... (Score 1) 337

by andy1307 on Sunday June 16, 2013 @02:10PM (#44022829) Attached to: Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler

Update Rep. Nadler in a statement to BuzzFeed says: “I am pleased that the administration has reiterated that, as I have always believed, the NSA cannot listen to the content of Americans’ phone calls without a specific warrant.”

Comment Re:Bettter integration with PRISM (Score 1) 262

by andy1307 on Saturday June 08, 2013 @06:00PM (#43948225) Attached to: What Features Does iOS 7 Need?

Actually, not a bad idea. Why not let the NSA host your email for you?

That's a great idea...they probably have better spam and malware filters...

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