Comment Code review? (Score 1) 430
What is this "code review" you speak of?
Comment Re:Wait, what?? (Score 1) 91
So? What's the problem? If you don't find what they're offering worth what they're asking for it, then don't buy it.
It's not like it's an Apple device that forces you to only use their app store.
It's not like it's an Apple device that forces you to only use their app store.
Comment Re:Cell phones suck (Score 1) 445
You've clearly never tried to have a conversation using an actual half-duplex device.
Comment Re:And have they EVER used this to bust a criminal (Score 1) 122
Exactly. They couldn't care less about actually tracking down your cell phone and busting the person who stole it. All they want is the data.
Comment Re:What about vote tampering? (Score 1) 881
An "indirect" example: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/11/voting-already-mess-florida/58682/
A possible "direct" example: http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/ohio_republicans_sneak_risky_software_onto_voting_machines/
A possible "direct" example: http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/ohio_republicans_sneak_risky_software_onto_voting_machines/
Comment What about vote tampering? (Score 3, Informative) 881
Does this model account for any direct or indirect vote tampering?
Comment Re:Why block them? (Score 3, Interesting) 165
Do you really think cops give two sh*ts about a stolen cell phone? Or stolen anything for that matter? Have you ever had anything stolen? Unless the thief literally falls into their laps, I guarantee they're not going to do anything about it.
Comment Abductions and violent crimes are down... (Score 1) 610
...but fear is way up!
Submission + - Amazon EBS failure brings down Reddit, Imgur, others (networkworld.com) 1
BButlerNWW writes: "Amazon Web Services has confirmed that its Elastic Block Storage (EBS) service is experiencing degraded service, leading sites across the Internet to experience downtime, including Reddit, Imgur and many others.
AWS confirmed on its status page at 2:11 p.m. ET that it is experiencing "degraded performance for a small number of EBS volumes." It says the issue is restricted to a single Availability Zone within the US-East-1 Region, which is in Northern Virginia. AWS later reported that its Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and its Elastic Beanstalk application plaform also experienced failures on Monday afternoon."
AWS confirmed on its status page at 2:11 p.m. ET that it is experiencing "degraded performance for a small number of EBS volumes." It says the issue is restricted to a single Availability Zone within the US-East-1 Region, which is in Northern Virginia. AWS later reported that its Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and its Elastic Beanstalk application plaform also experienced failures on Monday afternoon."
Comment Re:Another Double Standard (Score 1) 1160
And what about all the hate that so many religions teach to their followers toward others outside of their particular brand? That offends me. Or is that type of hate ok because it comes disguised as an Official Religion®?
Comment Re:subcontracting (Score 1) 125
Fully understood. But you'd think at some point that the myth of cost-savings-by-outsourcing would come to light.
Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit.
Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit.
Comment subcontracting (Score 4, Interesting) 125
"...it was difficult to keep hold of the quality of the subcontractors' work..."
"...bad code written in India..."
"...communication problems..."
I'm shocked. How upper management types keep justifying this model with "lower costs" is completely beyond me.
"...bad code written in India..."
"...communication problems..."
I'm shocked. How upper management types keep justifying this model with "lower costs" is completely beyond me.
Comment Re:Steve Jobs wouldn't apologize (Score 5, Funny) 451
"Our maps aren't inaccurate. Your towns are inaccurate."
Submission + - Ubuntu 12.04 a disaster? 5
Dr_Ish writes: When Ubuntu moved from version 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS, the process looked pretty slick. There was no need to do a complete re-install, save all those files, etc. However, it seems to be slowly emerging that the transition may be far from smooth. Ubuntu forums are currently flooded with reports of system freezes and crashes. To make matters worse, no solution has been offered, other than generic suggestions about updating drivers and the last. Although the move to the Unity desktop was already controversial, this could be the nail in the coffin if the Ubuntu ascendancy. That being said, it may be a boon for alternative distros, like Mint, if Ubuntu does not address the issue rapidly.
Submission + - Facebook, Zuckerberg sued over IPO (cnet.com)
mrquagmire writes: Facebook shareholders have sued the social network, CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and a number of banks, alleging that crucial information was concealed ahead of Facebook's IPO.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan this morning, charges the defendants with failing to disclose in the critical days leading up to Friday's initial public offering "a severe and pronounced reduction" in forecasts for Facebook's revenue growth, as users more and more access Facebook through mobile devices, according to Reuters, which cited a law firm for the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan this morning, charges the defendants with failing to disclose in the critical days leading up to Friday's initial public offering "a severe and pronounced reduction" in forecasts for Facebook's revenue growth, as users more and more access Facebook through mobile devices, according to Reuters, which cited a law firm for the plaintiffs.
