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Comment Re:This should be illegal (Score 1) 171

Sorry, the 1% of the non-voters who are making a principled stand are dwarfed by the 99% of the non-voters who: 1. forgot, 2. were too busy watching Desperate Housewives of Bumfuck Wherever or 3. can't read or write. You may think your lack of participation is registering as a vote of "no confidence" but to the politicians you're just another non-entity.

Comment Re:Criminals (Score 2) 193

Ethanol-fueld might overstate the case, slightly, but are you saying the FBI doesn't use criminal snitches? Are you claiming that snitches don't have motivation to manufacture stories when their actual value starts to dry up? Are you sure that the FBI doesn't draw a very blurry distinction between internet blow-hards, entrapment and actual criminal plots? Are you implying that the current level of FOX/MSNBC news coverage actually does do in-depth investigations of claims by government?

Comment Re:averages don't describe subtleties (Score 1) 352

Plenty of people don't learn from experience.

This is the fundamental problem. When interviewing a senior developer, the hardest thing to do is determine if the candidate has 10 years of experience like it says on their resume, or do they have 1 year of experience ten times.

Here's my list of desires from a new employee:
1. enthusiasm (younger people often win here)
2. experience (older people often win here, caveated by the statement above)
3. humility (depends on the person)
4. work ethic (also depends on the person)

So, 50% of the criteria for a new employee is not age related.

Comment Re:Ssssshhhh stop making sense, please ! (Score 3, Insightful) 214

The War on Hacking is the War on Drugs for the 21st Century. A never ending siphon of money into the hands of a few well-connected companies and politicians. There will be some collateral damage, of course, but it will be deemed to be worth it by those who matter. Actually, the collateral damage (loss of privacy, a "locked down" internet) will be considered a feature not a bug.

Comment Re:Invest some time and money in fixing this. (Score 1) 130

Scanning through the threads, I've read at least a half-dozen cowards all spouting the same nonsense: politicians are all corrupt, don't bother to do anything, being cynical is cool, corporations are a monolith that all believe the same thing and have an iron grip on our democracy. If you really believe this, why not sign your name? Afraid the corporate interests are going to track you down and give you an award for successful promotion of FUD?

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