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Comment Re:"Kaspersky's relationship with the Kremlin" (Score 1) 288

Right. Also Women's Maternity Dresses are WMDs too. Right, Mr. Sees Conspiracy Everywhere? I'll not even straighten you out with the real story because your kind does not take to logic or verifiable info. Like the good gentleman said before; fuck off, moron. Go watch more faux noose and leave the technical chatter to people actually in the industry, fucknut. Your bullshit denial of global climate change and how we never landed on the moon, and that dinosaurs are made up cartoons are not welcome here, dicklick

Submission + - The Myth of Outsourcing's Efficiency

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes: Why outsourcing winds up producing cost creep over time

Outsouring over time starts to create its own bureaucracy bloat. It’s the modern corporate version of one of the observations of C. Northcote Parkinson: “Officials make work for each other.” As Clive describes, the first response to the problems resulting from outsourcing is to try to bury them, since outsourcing is a corporate religion and thus cannot be reversed even when the evidence comes in against it. And then when those costs start becoming more visible, the response is to try to manage them, which means more work (more managerial cost!) and/or hiring more outside specialists (another transfer to highly-paid individuals).

Comment Re:Why not just... (Score -1, Troll) 384

by countSudoku() (#49737203) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Solve a Unique Networking Issue?

No problem there, use one of those mini USB-powered Ethernet to WiFi devices and then IP the WiFi side how you like, while leaving the static IP on the pump side. Then again, I'm not fucking getting paid to help this creep fix a problem with the fucking manufacturers embedded devices and their shit deploy methods, so screw off, bro. Come back when you have some fucking cash in hand from said pump maker. Fucking freeloaders!

Submission + - Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour

Submitted by HughPickens.com
HughPickens.com writes: Jennifer Medina reports at the NYT that the the city council of nation’s second-largest city voted by a 14-1 margin to increase its minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020, in what is perhaps the most significant victory so far in the national push to raise the minimum wage. Several other cities, including San Francisco, Seattle and Oakland, Calif., have already approved increases, and dozens more are considering doing the same. In 2014, a number of Republican-leaning states like Alaska and South Dakota also raised their state-level minimum wage by referendum. The impact is likely to be particularly strong in Los Angeles, where, according to some estimates, more than 40 percent of the city’s work force earns less than $15 an hour. “The proposal will bring wages up in a way we haven’t seen since the 1960s," says Michael Reich. "There’s a sense spreading that this is the new norm, especially in areas that have high costs of housing.”

It's important to remember that the minimum wage hike comes at a significant direct cost to business — well over a $1 billion a year, according to the mayor's analysis — and it would be foolish to pretend that it won't lead to some job losses and business closures. Critics say the increase will turn the city into a “wage island,” pushing businesses away into nearby places where they can pay employees less. “They are asking businesses to foot the bill on a social experiment that they would never do on their own employees,” says Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association, a trade group that represents companies and other organizations in Southern California. “A lot of businesses aren’t going to make it. It’s great that this is an increase for some employees, but the sad truth is that a lot of employees are going to lose their jobs.”

Comment Re:So, it's a Monopoly Money printer then? (Score 1) 85

Crap, looks like I landed on Boardwalk :(
*pays fee in bitcoinage*
We don't accept that here :( :( *off to jail until I roll double sixes*

Seriously, the lemming-masters of Wall Street want to help track a not-ready-for-primetime currency? This is great news for all the lemmings and great news for cliff-owners of all nations to rejoice!!1!

Comment Re:Race to godhood (Score 1) 228

Yes, but with great power comes great responsibility. But you knew this already.

Seriously, that's the best part of comix; their super powers are helpful, but do not always save the day. Sometimes the powers get in the way of having a normal life or doing things without getting a giant stone boner. This is the bane of the Incredible Thing Guy.

Submission + - NASA gives away over 1000 of its tool to the public (nextgov.com)

Submitted by ganjadude
ganjadude writes: Once again NASA is giving back to the people. They just recently released over 1000 of the tools that it uses to the people in its second annual Software Catalog.
From the article :

The program tools are organized into 15 separate categories, which range in scope from aeronautics and propulsion, to system testing and handling, according to the catalog.
For example, the Vehicle Sketch Pad, or OpenVSP, is a tool NASA uses to design aircrafts by way of geometry modeling.

so go have a look and see what kind of use you can get from these tools

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