Comment Better Solution (Score 2, Interesting) 206
Use the NoScript add-on and mark google-analytics.com as Untrusted. Simple and done. Also works for any other tracking system that uses JavaScript.
Comment Re:"Publicly Available" (Score 1) 229
Except that people's expectations are different. The average person knows that when they shout on a public street, others can hear you. On the other hand, the average person would expect that their data transmissions are private. I know the difference may not be a legal standard, but people's expectations about privacy, however unrealistic, cannot be simply dismissed.
Mind you, I'm not saying you're wrong, but people's feelings make this issue somewhat more complex.
Mind you, I'm not saying you're wrong, but people's feelings make this issue somewhat more complex.
Comment No, it's just HP bei (Score 3, Informative) 651
Ink for my Canon Pixma is only $15 for the official ink. There are 6 different inks, but each lasts longer than my mother's HP cartridges and I print more than she does.
On the other hand, HP's model is like the razor model: give away the printers cheap and charge an arm and a leg for the ink. Mind you, the printers are cheap pieces of excrement.
Comment Not all at once (Score 1) 432
I filed my federal in early February, but I just sent my states taxes yesterday (lived in 2 states this year). Part-time resident taxes is a bitch to understand.
Endangered Species Condoms 61
The Center for Biological Diversity wants to help put a polar bear in your pants with their endangered species condom campaign. They hope that giving away 100,000 free Endangered Species Condoms across the country will highlight how unsustainable human population growth is driving species to extinction, and instill the sexual prowess of the coquí guajón rock frog, nature's most passionate lover, in the condom users. From the article: "To help people understand the impact of overpopulation on other species, and to give them a chance to take action in their own lives, the Center is distributing free packets of Endangered Species Condoms depicting six separate species: the polar bear, snail darter, spotted owl, American burying beetle, jaguar, and coquí guajón rock frog."
Comment Real Goal: Cross-Licensing? (Score 5, Insightful) 202
My guess is that Xerox isn't looking for any big payout, but rather some kind of cross-licensing deal for patents.
Comment Just one for this employer (Score 1) 343
It never fails that after working any place for a while, they give out shirts (usually t-shirt, but occasionally polo) to help morale or boost web traffic (or just because some manager suggested it). The only problem with my current employer is that the dress regulations don't allow me to wear the company shirt at work.
Comment Yeah, sure (Score 4, Insightful) 320
Wake me up when they open source the main .NET framework. They put this out there because no one is using it.
Comment Since we have data (Score 1) 792
We'll just automatically apply speeding tickets when you go over the speed limit.
Comment Re:Duh (Score 1) 334
I'm guessing you never studied the scientific method. One point of data (anecdotal evidence) means nothing, even in a "soft science" like psychology.
The linked story says that both conditions can linked to "the same chromosomal neighborhoods", which is nowhere near the same thing as equating the two conditions (which the summary incorrectly implies). For my counter-point, my mother had bi-polar disorder. She never had any symptoms of schizophrenia or paranoia (and yes, I understand what those symptoms are), but looking back over my childhood, the manic and depressed periods are easy to recognize.
Submission + - Obama, Ospamma 2
Moryath writes: A couple days ago I submitted the a question in the politics area — I guess maybe it's better as an Ask Slashdot.
My spam traps (email addresses that exist solely to receive spam, for filtration's sake) and my real address have recently seen a ton of mail from the Barack Obama campaign. Their unsubscribe link does not work; email to the campaign asking them to remove my addresses was responded with a form letter thanking me for "joining" the campaign and asking me to donate money; and phone calls have all been hung up on.
Why is this allowed? And what response would Slashdotters suggest for a campaign that is obviously unwilling to respect my request NOT to receive their spam?
The last submission here sat "pending" for 3 days and then was rejected, presumably by a slashdotter who favors Obama. We'll see if this goes any better in this category. I'd really like to see the Obama campaign clean up their act, it's obvious they have bought a spammer list and are using it.
My spam traps (email addresses that exist solely to receive spam, for filtration's sake) and my real address have recently seen a ton of mail from the Barack Obama campaign. Their unsubscribe link does not work; email to the campaign asking them to remove my addresses was responded with a form letter thanking me for "joining" the campaign and asking me to donate money; and phone calls have all been hung up on.
Why is this allowed? And what response would Slashdotters suggest for a campaign that is obviously unwilling to respect my request NOT to receive their spam?
The last submission here sat "pending" for 3 days and then was rejected, presumably by a slashdotter who favors Obama. We'll see if this goes any better in this category. I'd really like to see the Obama campaign clean up their act, it's obvious they have bought a spammer list and are using it.
Submission + - Registry for *nix?
hellsDisciple writes: "The registry is often touted as being the source of many of Windows' faults. But the horrid messy binary blob does unify configurations of many system services and paves the way for Group Policy and AD to control a lot of the machine's behaviour. With Samba's recent push to emulate AD fully for Windows and LDAP being suggested as the basis of a central management system, is it not time to get applications like Apache and Samba into shape for unified control? Should a standard config file syntax be agreed on and where should the data be stored? A push towards an "open registry" in *nix would make remote management really a snap."
Submission + - Static code analysis tools?
rewt66 writes: We are looking for a good static analysis tool for a fairly large (half a million lines) C/C++ project. What tools do you recommend? What do you recommend avoiding? What experience (good or bad) have you had with such tools?
Submission + - Please Grade this Password Safety Rating
tapsemi writes: "Since I have to work with a slew of different servers with different strong passwords, I am planning to install the KeePass Password Safe software(freeware) on my USB drive and use it to store and carry my passwords. Keypass allows you to save passwords controlled with a single master password. In that way in case someone finds the USB drive they cannot retrieve the passwords since it is encrypted(AES+Twofish).Further the software also deletes the records after 3 failed attempts. However I still feel unsafe with this implementation, while my boss thinks this is a perfect solution. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 10 is the most secure, what do you guys think is the safety rating of this arrangement. Any other suggestions?"
Submission + - Recommended Tech for High School Science Building
rwhite5279 writes: "I'm a science teacher at a small, private, prep school with an enrollment of some 300 high school students. The science teachers are in the process of designing our new science building, and have some input into what sorts of technology-related facilities it will have. Keeping in mind obvious details like the fact that our budget isn't unlimited, what technology facilities or design features would Slashdot readers consider high priority? SmartBoards in every room? Ceiling-mounted LCD Projectors everywhere? Coax and Cat5/Cat6 junction boxes everywhere? Suggestions on Wireless versus Ethernet LANs? Desktop machines in labrooms versus carts of laptops? Any and all suggestions appreciated!"
