Comment Re:Major change? No. (Score 1) 270
Windows 3.1 did not have a "Start" menu. Windows 3.1 had the "Programs" folder, on an otherwise blank desktop.
A lot like an iPhone. No widgets, nothing complicated, just a bunch of icons.
Comment Re:It's shocking- read it (Score 1) 485
This is Linux's Big Chance. People will reject this massive barefisted amoral invasion of privacy and flee- if they can get a decent computing experience out of some UNIX clone.
+5 funny. In fact, funniest statement I've read all week.
Comment Re:"...the same as trespassing." (Score -1, Offtopic) 1197
You know, I think Asian women are mostly beautiful. Especially Japanese. But they almost always have teeny tiny titties. And I just can't deal with that. Too bad, they almost had it all. I hear their men have small penises too.
Go to any torrent search site. Search for JAV. Download video. Have your preconceptions about small Japanese titties blown away.
Comment Re:"...the same as trespassing." (Score -1) 1197
Shooting at the sky is bad. Falling bullets can kill.
This is a kind of overstated "fact" not really a myth but not wholly true. A bullet fired up at 90 degrees and then falling at terminal velocity is unlikely to kill a healthy adult
So we don't have to worry about kids or the elderly being hit by them, just healthy adults.
Comment Re:Can the new buyer be worse than DICE? (Score 3, Funny) 552
The cure is worse than the disease!
Comment Re:Got e-mail this morning from mail.whitehouse.go (Score 5, Informative) 608
He wasn't kicked out. He resigned before he could be impeached. He was then pardoned shortly afterwards.
Comment Re:Translation (Score 2) 608
We haven't applied enough pressure on our government, and as such it is not responding favorably to our polite request.
That's because most of us aren't billionaires and/or have a Super PAC.
Comment Re:I'd be more sympathetic if he weren't a doucheb (Score 5, Informative) 608
Instead, he indiscriminately handed sensitive national secrets over to a foreigner,
Glenn Greenwald is a "foreigner"? Since when?
Comment Re:By that logic (Score 4, Informative) 608
Silly plebe. Laws only apply to the little people. Not those with wealth and power.
Comment Re:Civil Disobedience (Score 4, Informative) 608
"and — importantly — accept the consequences of his actions." Isn't whistle blowing legally protected from retaliation?
On paper, but they've already wiped their ass with it so they don't care much.
Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition 608
An anonymous reader writes: In June of 2013, a petition was posted to Whitehouse.gov demanding that Edward Snowden receive a full pardon for his leaks about the NSA and U.S. surveillance practices. The petition swiftly passed 100,000 signatures — the point at which the White House said it would officially respond to such petitions. For two years, the administration was silent, but now they've finally responded. In short: No, Edward Snowden won't be receiving a pardon.
Lisa Monaco, the President's Advisor on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said, "Mr. Snowden's dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it. If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and — importantly — accept the consequences of his actions. He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers — not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime. Right now, he's running away from the consequences of his actions."
Lisa Monaco, the President's Advisor on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, said, "Mr. Snowden's dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it. If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and — importantly — accept the consequences of his actions. He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers — not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime. Right now, he's running away from the consequences of his actions."
Submission + - Dice plans to liberate Slashdot and Sourceforge (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader writes: The current corporate overlords of both Slashdot and Sourceforge plan to sell off the properties:
The Company acquired Slashdot Media in 2012 both to provide the Dice business with broader reach into Slashdot's user community base and to extend the Dice business outside North America by engaging with SourceForge's significant international technology user community. The Company, however, has not successfully leveraged the Slashdot user base to further Dice's digital recruitment business; and with the acquisition of The IT Job Board and success of Open Web, the anticipated value to the Company of the SourceForge traffic outside North America has not materialized. The Company now plans to divest the business, as it does not fit within the Company's strategic initiatives and believes the Slashdot Media business will have the opportunity to improve its financial performance under different ownership.
Submission + - Dice announces plans to sell Slashdot Media (arstechnica.com)
cjm571 writes: DHI Group—formerly known as Dice Holdings Incorporated prior to this April—announced plans this morning to sell the combination of Slashdot and SourceForge. The announcement was made as part of DHI’s 2Q15 financial results.
Comment Re:More Bias. More experimental error. (Score 1) 518
forewarning: IDCWYDWOAITD (I Don't Care What You Do With Other Adults In The Dark)
If it wasn't genetic, that would make it their decision.
Would that make them "Pro-Choice"?
If it wasn't genetic it'd make 'gay pride' make a lot more sense, you know, taking pride in having made the life choice to be gay (being proud of an accident of birth is just dumb, may as well be proud of... having blue eyes).
As it is it really should be termed 'gay shamelessness'
Comment Re:More Bias. More experimental error. (Score 1) 518
Not just Western science. Every culture on earth has some taboo on examining human psychology and physiology because of sensitivities, especially in the areas of sex and race. However this is constrained solely to homo sapiens studies. But I love how you somehow extrapolate this to troll physics research. Is the watercooler on the third floor still broken, Sergey?
Actually not every culture. I'd be more inclined to faith in Asian scientists when it comes to gender issues. Climate change though, thats just not an area for science anywhere really.
