Not only are many who are looking for a job already employed, but job sites are a treasure trove of personal information. People post resumes with nearly everything but their ssn. They also give out phone numbers and email address of people they know.

And if you know people are looking for a job, what kinds of jobs, and can then build targeted phishing that looks like a job offer/application, get the person to give you their SSN and information, then sell it or use it.

It is also the customers that want dvds/blu-rays. For some (possibly many) it is actually MORE convenient to put a disc in the player than it is to hook up computer to the TV or set up the blu-ray player to connect to the internet. Also not everyone has a fast enough connection to stream video on par with a blu-ray disc or may have bandwidth limits that make streaming not as viable an option.

Plus there are probably dozens of trivial non-tech reasons why people like getting a disc. For example, they may like getting a physical thing they ordered in the mail or like the extra features and trailers that come on the DVD but are not streamed.

IT seems the few people making money from FOSS have done so by using the software both as a tool to provide a service and as a form of advertising.

While this is an interesting look into way people communicate online, for some reason I see this research being used by advertisers before being put to more civic minded uses.

Well it seems like in 14.04 global menus are the default, and the local menus are an option in the “Appearance” section of the Unity Control Center. That seems like a fair compromise.

If I'm not mistaken, and I could be, I believe they were comparing it to the mass of a proton within the carbon nucleus they were using in the experiment.

There is a fundamental problem in the idea for this "revamped slashdot".
The idea of making the site more inclusive and appealing to a wider "audience" by changing how the looks and works is a bad idea. /. is a community. If you want growth for the site, you don't water down your site and do things that upset the community. You make get to know the members of your community and make sure they are happy with the site and properly engaged. You address the needs of the community and allow its members to spread the word.

Those now running this site do not understand the community. If they did, they wouldn't be doing this awful redesign. They would be looking at improving the site as it exist. They would be curating stories that are NOT glorified press releases or PR stunts. They would be looking for stories that fit the theme of "Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters." They would be seeking out ads and ad partners that would respect the community with non-invasive non-tracking relevant ads.

The fact they had to post and that this thread has to exist is testament to how far out of touch with the community they are.

I'm sure someone somewhere decided that /. was under-preforming* and thought "I know lets re-brand it for the people we want to use it." No where was there thought about the people currently using it except the assumption current users would simply go along with it. At most they probably (possibly rightly so, only time will tell) assumed that people would bitch and moan but in the end stick with the site either out of habit or ignorance. The people in charge don't care about us and will happily play chicken to see if anyone sticks around. Besides, the managers responsible for this fiasco will be moved on to other jobs before any real fall out.

What we should be doing is making our voices heard to any person or company that advertises on any DICE site. Let their advertisers know they don't care about the people and that we won't buy products from people who support Dice Holdings, Inc. or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.

*from Dice Inc.
"Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero. "

Also if you were curious why the redesign looks like it does, check out the other dice sites. It appears they are going for a bland unified style across sites. http://news.dice.com/ is especially telling of what the future of /. may hold.

Side note:
I was curious who this timothy guy was, so I clicked his name up there. Brought me to: http://www.monkey.org/~timothy...
If that is his personal site, how in the world should this person be allowed anywhere near the design of /.

I find the article interesting. But my interest in the article is eclipsed by my disdain for Beta.

The comments are harder to follow
The overall layout is not only ugly, but lacks the feel of /.
Pictures that are unneeded hog too much of the screen (though you can change on the front page, but are still forced to view the pics if you want to read comments or expand a story)
The default font size is too large
They didn't even use the same green as classic /.
there are more issues, but I don't want to go on...

Please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/... which apparently was set up by slashdot to gather feedback on beta.
Let your voice be heard there too

What I wonder is: How many high schools offer CS classes sufficent to prepare a student for the Advanced Placement computer science exam?

Or even how many teachers, faculty, and/or students are aware of AP CS exams?

Another thing is the cost of taking the AP exams. Who can afford to take the exam if they are not really sure it will help? For 2014 the fee for each AP Exam is $89. If a student qualifies financially, they may only have to pay $55 or $53 per exam.

This creates a financial barrier to entry that also be a factor in who is taking the exams.

Computers get greeked either because you do not have permission to feature the product, are using a differnt brand elsewhere in the project (or as a sponcer), or there was going to be product placement, but then it fell through.

The computers chosen (as well as other props) are either carefully picked by the art director and props to fit the character and scene, or are simply just whatever they happen to have on hand and used because it was cheeper than buying something just for the project.

Another reason is that sometimes software is ran on the prop computer that makes it look like the actor is doing something. Sometimes the software used will only run on a pc or mac, often it is mac only, so a mac is used but left generic looking.