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Submission + - Union: Tech shuttle drivers should earn as much as the tech workers themselves.

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: As more and more bus drivers vote to unionize, some want to take it a few steps further. David Huerta, president of one of the unions, describes his wishes as follows, in the San Jose Mercury News:


Now is the opportunity for shuttle bus drivers, for food service workers, for janitors, for security officers to re-ask the question: Should I be equally as valued as the high tech workers in the high tech industry?

He did not state a specific opinion as to require a Bachelor's degree in Urban Transport, or equivalent experience, for future bus drivers.

Comment Been to Alaska? (Score 1) 1

by Trax3001BBS (#49142543) Attached to: Jet lag is worse on Mars

Walking out of a bar at 4:00am and it's as bright as noon has quite the psychological effect.

At Noon in the Winter dark as midnight so depressing the reason grass was legalized, it gave a different escape other than alcohol, cabin fever is a very real situation.

Comment Re:Embrace (Score 1) 166

by Trax3001BBS (#49142441) Attached to: Microsoft's Goals For Their New Web Rendering Engine

Look at what Google is doing with Chrome. They are beginning to leverage their other services to steer people to Chrome by only developing to Chrome instead of open standards. It's a feedback loop to steer people to their browser, then offer services through the browser that are Google specific. It's all for your data people. They realized long ago that data is a moneymaker and the best way to get it is directly to the source.

It's all that's left for Google to do, go forth. I would imagine they are able to do now what NSA could only dream of years ago. That sign in at a Google search screen bothers me, at which point is one going to be required to use it.

Comment Re:Monoculture for the web (Score 2) 166

by Trax3001BBS (#49142251) Attached to: Microsoft's Goals For Their New Web Rendering Engine

My first thought was why not webkit, it was answered at the end of the summery " They also explain how they decided against using WebKit so they wouldn't contribute to "a monoculture on the Web." and makes sense (didn't RTA), being a backup browser for sites you can't access.

I not even don't use IE but it's never been updated and it's access blocked. I'll wait and see what they've come up with.

Never did install Win10 but able, didn't care for them being able to access my system, mic, or webcam when they wanted.

Comment Re:What about the 87% of 'sad' feedback reports? (Score 1) 147

IE loads mht-s, so does Firefox with this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-...

I wasn't aware of that, if it's new or not, IE I wouldn't of used, it's never updated and blocked, Opera will now open them as well, so mayhaps a problem at my end that I just up and accepted Opera quit loading them, not the first time.

That Opera 26+ keyword I can't find but did come across this
opera main menu > more tools > check enable developer tool (Not needed for the next "key")

Key: opera://flags/#experimental-start-page will open up 104 options some helpful

and thanks for that I would of never tried to load one in FireFox, being an Opera standard.

Submission + - Lawmakers Seek Information on Funding for Climate Change Critics

Submitted by HughPickens.com
HughPickens.com writes: John Schwartz reports at the NYT that prominent members of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate are demanding information from universities, companies and trade groups about funding for scientists who publicly dispute widely held views on the causes and risks of climate change. In letters sent to seven universities, Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who is the ranking member of the House committee on natural resources, sent detailed requests to the academic employers of scientists who had testified before Congress about climate change. "My colleagues and I cannot perform our duties if research or testimony provided to us is influenced by undisclosed financial relationships.” Grijalva asked for each university’s policies on financial disclosure and the amount and sources of outside funding for each scholar, “communications regarding the funding” and “all drafts” of testimony. Meanwhile Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Barbara Boxer of California and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island. sent 100 letters to fossil fuel companies, trade groups and other organizations asking about their funding of climate research and advocacy asking for responses by April 3. “Corporate special interests shouldn’t be able to secretly peddle the best junk science money can buy,” said Senator Markey, denouncing what he called “denial-for-hire operations.”

The letters come after evidence emerged over the weekend that Wei-Hock Soon, known as Willie, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, had failed to disclose the industry funding for his academic work. The documents also included correspondence between Dr. Soon and the companies who funded his work in which he referred to his papers and testimony as “deliverables.” Soon accepted more than $1.2 million in money from the fossil-fuel industry over the last decade while failing to disclose that conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers. At least 11 papers he has published since 2008 omitted such a disclosure, and in at least eight of those cases, he appears to have violated ethical guidelines of the journals that published his work. “What it shows is the continuation of a long-term campaign by specific fossil-fuel companies and interests to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change,” says Kert Davies.

Comment Flurry.com (Score 0) 188

by Trax3001BBS (#49131291) Attached to: Google Now Automatically Converts Flash Ads To HTML5

I do read ToS's and Privacy Policies of programs and services (Samsung there's not enough time to claim what's wrong, you need to read on your own and there are many different ones).

Angry Birds (Rovio.com) at the time had a very informative Privacy Policy, and where I came across Flurry.com the first time. Rovio collects your data, sells it to Flurry.com (Google) which in turn sells data to those who target ads as only Google can.

I was able to block Flurry.com with a HOSTS file, they then moved the site to a different address a HOSTS file can't block, so entered Flurry as a key word in my router.

You can and should Opt out of Flurry.com from your cell phone (mobile devices), it's permanent not a cookie.
Requiring at one time a very hard to find number, now found in "about device", Sorry I don't have the link and Flurry blocked.

If your one that doesn't have that number available, there is a program on Google play that's sole purpose is to show you that number (a developer tool),

Submission + - ISIS is planning a free speech protest on Twitter tomorrow (dailydot.com) 2

Submitted by Patrick O'Neill
Patrick O'Neill writes: Facing a wave of account suspensions on Twitter, ISIS's famously organized social media presence is preparing a "worldwide day of action" to protest what many of their supporters view as a violation of their free speech. Earlier this week, A U.S. Justice Department senior official said earlier this week that he would consider bringing criminal charges against anyone who spreads ISIS propaganda on social media.

Comment Re:What about the 87% of 'sad' feedback reports? (Score 1) 147

. /. will still allow Opera 12 with no complaints and what I'm using now. checking further, updates on, off, or maybe aren't an option for Opera 27. Well I'm done with Opera till I find that secret word (none of that flakey opera:config for Chrom... er Opera)., it's bad enough it's always demanded to be your torrent client unless edited - I'm getting close Opera:cache works but you can't access anything else, I finger it out. This paragraph was a work in progress they went back to opera:config.

Below update is now outdated:
UPDATE: With the release of new versions, opera:config page has been replaced by opera://flags.
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-ac...

Going back and forth I got lost, and ran opera:config on Opera 12 (I'll take the hits), Opera 27 (which is the only Opera open) also runs log-in info like FireFox knew I should of quit at the finger.

Sigh-goto go now and find the key word to edit Opera 27 to something usable.

Comment Re:What about the 87% of 'sad' feedback reports? (Score 2) 147

People are genuinely disappointed with all of the Firefox products these days. That's why 87% of the reports are classified as 'sad'. Firefox just doesn't make people happy! It used to, years ago, but it doesn't any more.

Why isn't Mozilla taking this more seriously? Why are they so complacent with 87% of Firefox users being unhappy? That's an atrocious failure rate. Why aren't they making a big deal about it?

The screw: Opera did this to all of it's program users by removing bookmarks as "research shows" people prefer those thumbnails that FireFox uses, while for "me", I have to wait for FireFox show that site as a thumbnail then pin it, Opera lets you edit or put the one you want where and when you want.

The the finger: Opera will import bookmarks but not Opera's own.

I noticed just now Opera will import Opera.12 bookmarks this Version: 27.0.1689.69 - Restart Opera to update to version 27.0.1689.76
What I was met with, that's one important update - I thought I had updates disabled, It's how one ends up with FireFox 36 (I'll take your word for it, and avoid it), but it is a standard practice of mine to disable updates. (carry over from Windows history of bad updates). /. will still allow Opera 12 with no complaints and what I'm using now. checking further, updates on, off, or maybe aren't an option for Opera 27. Well I'm done with Opera till I find that secret word (none of that flakey opera:config for Chrom... er Opera)., it's bad enough it's always demanded to be your torrent client unless edited - I'm getting close Opera:cache works but you can't access anything else, I finger it out. This paragraph was a work in progress they went back to opera:config.

Below update is now outdated:
UPDATE: With the release of new versions, opera:config page has been replaced by opera://flags.
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-ac...

Opera saved an entire web page as a .MHT file, so I saved them that way (one file instead, a folder containing one html file and a folder of files). They were very handy, at some point (below 12) - Opera quit loading them. I won't fall for that one again, ie: saving in a format only one browser will load.

Comment Pfft, check this out - Android 5.0 (Score 1) 96

by Trax3001BBS (#49100201) Attached to: How Machine Learning Ate Microsoft

I spent sometime at my storage area recently, going through old paper work and history. Not wanting to take anything with me I took photos of the papers of interest as normally do.

These were legal papers and stuff involving my sons mom when he was much younger. You know the normal break up, the family court, and false accusation, normal stuff.

Making sure that the photos were saved as they weren't the day before (and 4.2.2) -that night I was updated to (5.0 Lollipop) very nice OS. I had a hard time seeing that they made it, till I came across a directory using the name of my son, and all of the photos had been sent to it.

Now I didn't make that directory; 5.0 did on it's own, I figure it had read (scanned) the text and not having her as a contact had somehow not only found him but related the two placing them in a dir of the name used on his contact. Talk about your recognition (learning) software, I imagine some/most made it to google (as in Google voice, you do allow it. I have never nor plan on syncing my phones with any service, or even used software to transfer music, photos, text to my computer so no other "help" do this.

Now that's kissed, anybody seeing how else it could of been done, I'm game for a second opinion. I can't see where his name was ever on one of this papers I haven't checked for that just but can't remember any involved him, -but had to of; recognition yes, phsycic no.

This could really bother some people, it just amazed me.

Comment Re:Different market segments (Score 1) 422

by Trax3001BBS (#49071155) Attached to: What Happened To the Photography Industry In 2014?

I'm not even sure at the moment if film is still available for it, just your normal 35mm type

Just a side-note: If it was an SLR, it uses 35mm film, so film is available for it. "All" SLRs have "always" used 35mm film (until they became digital).

I quote myself: I'm not even sure at the moment if film is still available for it, just your normal 35mm type.

35mm eh? Who'd a thought, and as far as I read, popping my email and seeing yet another reply on this subject and it hit, damn! I'm working with freaking a troll, I thought myself above that.

I've seen the best in action, posting side by side with him yet never becoming involved Just watched him in action for many years. Usenet his haunt as people couldn't get away from him no matter how much they complained - let alone ever able to track him down, the only normal joe type I've seen pull it off. Australia as close as one got.

I don't even put u close to his class so don't get me wrong there, he maintained website that was a wealth of information for the windows OS. and still eluded people willing to swim oceans to cause him harm.

I avoided him by ignoring him.

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