Comment Dress Code (Score 3, Interesting) 223
Will they also let the "ponytail wearing Google generation" wear their ponytails? How about their bespoke frontiersman beards?
Comment ABC (Anyone But Comcast) (Score 2) 65
We live with DSL speed from a local ISP rather than deal with Comcast or AT&T. We'd be plenty happy to see a gigabit service from another provider!
Comment Re:You like God View (Score 1, Redundant) 76
Passing cars
When you can't see
May get you
A glimpse
Of eternity
Burma-Shave
When you can't see
May get you
A glimpse
Of eternity
Burma-Shave
Comment Re:Pretty sad (Score 1) 156
I was sad when I found out he wasn't really a Dr.
He did get an honorary degree a few years ago.
Why Didn't Sidecar's Flex Pricing Work? 190
Bennett Haselton writes Sidecar is a little-known alternative to Lyft and Uber, deployed in only ten cities so far,
which lets drivers set their own prices to undercut other ride-sharing services.
Given that most amateur drivers would be willing to give someone a ride for far
less than the rider would be willing to pay, why didn't the flex-pricing option take off? Keep reading to see what Bennet has to say.
Comment Re:you can have my classic when you pry it from et (Score 2) 269
Hell, I still have a little portable AM/FM radio for when I walk the dog and want to listen to the Blackhawks or Bulls game.
The Sangean DT-200X is a sweet pocket radio. 19 presets, physical buttons that can be operated without lookig, and it can pull broadcasts out of the ether with no net.
Comment Hand your unlocked phone to the police? (Score 1) 207
No thanks.
Comment Re:they must hate cash, too (Score 1) 111
They require merchants to suck up the cost of accepting Credit cards and not allowing a company to charge more to cover the credit card merchant fees. Of course 'cash discounts' can be done but that's uncommon.
Beginning January 27, 2013, merchants in the United States and U.S. Territories will be permitted to impose a surcharge on consumers when they use a credit card. Historically Visa has not permitted retailer surcharging, but allowing surcharging was a key provision required by merchants to settle long-standing litigation brought by a class of retailers in 2005.
There are states in which a surcharge for credit card usage is illegal, but these states typically allow for cash discounting.
Comment Re:is it really bad in the first place? (Score 1) 342
Not very scientific. I'm sure most drunk drivers would say the same.
I'm sure most drunk drivers would slur the same.
Comment The Slashdot blogging platform (Score 2) 152
Now that Slashdot's blog feature is up and running, I can't wait for for something that lets Bennett pin interesting pictures to the front page!
Comment Never left paper ballots (Score 3, Insightful) 127
We switched to permanent absentee voting the moment they introduced electronic ballots in our county.
Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case 152
Bennett Haselton writes A judge rules that a county has to turn over the IP addresses that were used to
access a county mayor's Dropbox account, stating that there is no valid
security-related reason why the IP addresses should be exempt from a public
records request. I think the judge's conclusion about IP addresses was right,
but the reasoning was flawed; here is a technically more correct
argument that would have led to the same answer. Keep Reading to see what Bennett has to say about the case.
Comment Re:More proof ... (Score 1) 252
But what if I know that everything I know is wrong?
Comment Where will Uber dig? (Score 2) 169
Too bad for Emil Michael that the press already dug up the dirt on Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford.
Comment This should be Uber's official response (Score 1) 299
"We are sorry that some have taken offense. Mistakes were made; words were misspoken. We can all learn something from this situation, and we are sorry if you found the remarks to be offensive."
