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Comment Re:Why so much butthurt? (Score 1) 399

I don't know much about the subject, but I always thought it was more about wealth and less about culture. Poverty stricken (more likely native Africans) people don't have much entertainment, so sex is a way to pass the time.
Don't use condoms due to availability, or Catholics in their ears saying you will go to hell if you use a condom.
As you mention, rape & myths play a big role in infection rates too, but that can be due lower police resources in poverty stricken areas.

Comment Re:50% dumber. (Score 1) 495

. With an automatic, you can only downshift a gear by stomping the pedal to the floor

So those numbers on my automatic stick saying 1,2,3 are just for show and don't actually do anything?!

In a manual, if you start going down a decent grade and you throw the car down a gear, the engine acts as a weak constant brake. A side effect of this is that you are shifting more weight onto the front wheels due to the braking action, which increases the quality of contact between the rubber and the road for steering.

My car is a rear wheel drive, so no, this is not an effect of all cars. Yet, if I use the brakes I brake with all four wheels, with more breaking at the front (as is evidenced by needing to change the pads more on the front).

Comment Re:Wait until all Janitorial is "contracted out". (Score 1) 1216

But there will still be "low" lowest paid employees. Janitors are still needed - contracted or not. They cannot be outsourced. I like the idea to include contracted companies...
If a CEO wants more money, request the contractor pay their employees more, contractor requests more money to cover wages.

Comment HP Autonomy Cloud Backup Service (Score 0) 200

This probably won't be a popular comment given Slashdot's DIY mentality, but why not go for an online backup system instead of cloud storage?

You stated you need it for backup, so use a backup service. They have the benefit of alerting you when backups occur and do not occur, can sync as little as every 15 minutes, provide up to 7 years of snapshots.
With block level synchronisation, it encrypts the data before leaving the server and I believe it is PCI compliant.

Comment Re:Galaxy Nexus (Score 2) 358

That's disappointing. I was hoping to skip the 2 year upgrade cycle, especially for my mum who has the phone.
I bought Nexus believing it would be supported longer with quicker updates.
Why won't Google compete with Apple on longevity of phone updates? The iPhone 4 - over 3 years old runs iOS 7.

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