Comment An entire troll article. (Score 1) 469
I'm surprised he didn't include a "BSD IS DYING, NETCRAFT CONFIRMS IT" in the article.
I'm surprised he didn't include a "BSD IS DYING, NETCRAFT CONFIRMS IT" in the article.
Comment Re:this already exists (Score 1) 288
I don't know that anymore.
Comment Re:Just close the lid? (Score 1) 288
The Macintosh I had no lid.
Comment Re:oh the fun (Score 1) 288
No Lace Cards? I had Apple IIe's to work with, loads of fun to be had there.
Europe Vows To Get Rid of Geo-Blocking 114
AmiMoJo writes: The European Commission has adopted a new set of initiatives for digital technologies that aims to improve access to online services for everyday users. Among other things, Europe vows to end geo-blocking, which it describes as "a discriminatory practice used for commercial reasons," and lift other unwarranted copyright restrictions. Consumers will have the right to access content they purchased at home in other European countries. "I want to see every consumer getting the best deals and every business accessing the widest market – wherever they are in Europe," Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says.
Two Programmers Expose Dysfunction and Abuse In the Seattle Police Department 249
reifman writes: Programmers Eric Rachner and Phil Mocek are now the closest thing Seattle has to a civilian police-oversight board. Through shrewd use of Washington's Public Records Act, the two have acquired hundreds of reports, videos, and 911 calls related to the Seattle Police Department's internal investigations of officer misconduct. Among some of Rachner and Mocek's findings: a total of 1,028 SPD employees (including civilian employees) were investigated between 2010 and 2013. (The current number of total SPD staff is 1,820.) Of the 11 most-investigated employees—one was investigated 18 times during the three-year period—every single one of them is still on the force, according to SPD.
In 569 allegations of excessive or inappropriate use of force (arising from 363 incidents), only seven were sustained—meaning 99 percent of cases were dismissed. Exoneration rates were only slightly smaller when looking at all the cases — of the total 2,232 allegations, 284 were sustained. This is partly why the Seattle PD is under a federal consent decree for retraining and oversight. You can check out some of the typically excellent Twitter coverage by Mocek from his #MayDaySea coverage.
In 569 allegations of excessive or inappropriate use of force (arising from 363 incidents), only seven were sustained—meaning 99 percent of cases were dismissed. Exoneration rates were only slightly smaller when looking at all the cases — of the total 2,232 allegations, 284 were sustained. This is partly why the Seattle PD is under a federal consent decree for retraining and oversight. You can check out some of the typically excellent Twitter coverage by Mocek from his #MayDaySea coverage.
Comment Re:On a similiar note... (Score 1) 532
There should be. How do you know you didn't already pay for the anesthesiologist, unless you could pull out that old bill?
Comment Re:That dog does not hunt. (Score 1) 186
We all know that USAian, along with the ponderous "'murican" meme, is a creation of European trolls. I don't need Google Translate to tell me that.
Comment Re: So what? Feel free to move into a cave. (Score 1) 186
People in Brazil are South Americans. Just because you Europeans don't understand geography doesn't mean you get to redefine it.
Comment Re:Wrong point. (Score 1) 186
Are you kidding? I know people who live in the NYC metro area. They live in small apartments with little storage space. They should keep emergency food to compensate (50+ meals fit into a 5 gallon bucket), but they can't even be bothered to keep a few flashlights with batteries. They are utterly unprepared.
Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 186
If the consumption of North NJ is included in the figures of NYC, it's no wonder they seem wasteful. That area has some of the dirtiest, run down, wasteful towns and cities-- full of people who run the gamut from unproductive to downright desperate.
Comment Re:Hmmm ... (Score 1) 425
Essentially he has no statistics to back his claims
I don't think you need statistics in a world where Java rules as a primary language for software development.
I've said here for years that Java is a great language for the 80% of average programmers because it tells you what's wrong most of the time, makes you do things right, and generally doesn't fall down unpredictably (J2EE FactoryFactoryFactories might be a different issue).
The top 10% can argue viscously about whether Python or Ruby or Haskell is the One True Language (shut up, LISP fanatics) - but in the meantime millions of developers are cranking out order inventory code in Java.
The top 1% of developers can deftly move back and forth among all of these, to suit the task.
Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 302
and a host of other legal requirements that are supposed to ensure the safety of the passengers.
Supposed to but they don't. Apparently you've never experienced an insane taxi driver.
Uber lets customers easily leave feedback on individual drivers, which is communicated out to the client base, unlike any government model.
As well, the drivers can leave feedback on the passengers, improving cabbie safety. Cabbie murder is a real problem an medallions are not bullet-proof shields.
This bill does real harm because it eliminates the real safety gains of Uber over the government regulation model. The trouble with government models is they only need to have intent, not results. A competitive market does not have that fatal flaw.
Of course if an Uber operator were to try to continue, the police would draw their guns as well - really illustrating the risk imbalance.
Comment Re:pretty much the opposite here (Score 1) 26
So a free market is bad when everybody is able to invest, but is good when a chosen few are able to invest?
Comment Re:What is science? (Score 1) 355
You are an idiot if you think that dredging data is "observation and experiment."
