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Comment Re:Been there. Done that. (Score 4, Insightful) 841

I have gotten fines from the IRS, and it was always because I missed something and it was my fault. Sometimes it took a little work to figure out what the problem was, and even called them up when I was trying to figure it out. The people were never rude and always helpful.

Was I happy with it? No, who really wants to admit they made a mistake and have to pay to fix it? No many people, but you know what? I sucked up my ego, which all it really was, and admitted my mistake and paid up.

For all the scorn people heap on the IRS, they do a very good job, especially considering all the crap they get from anyone who seems them as an easy dog to kick.

Comment Re:As someone who runs an IT company (Score 1) 655

It depends on how schizophrenic you are, because sometimes there are bosses that set no expectations, or explanations. If you did then when s**t goes wrong it becomes your fault instead of mine when I follow procedures but stuff does not work out.

It happens in a lot in the real world which is why some people will show no initiative, because there is no point in doing so.

Comment Re:Sounds iffy (Score 4, Insightful) 237

It depends on the marker that they use. If the marker is something that is not as soluble or emulates the characteristic of the fracking recipe. You also have the problem of how they injected the marker versus how they normally proceed. A concern was that they were more careful in projects where they were injecting the marker rather than how they normally do business. Finally, Pennsylvania is not the only place they do fracking different soils and naturally occurring fault lines were major concerns.

Comment Re:Oh, gag me. (Score 0) 564

Calculus is required as a foundation to understand some things in Statistics that matter to computer scientists.

I am calling BS, requiring Calculus for Statistics is like saying you need to be a mechanic to understand how to drive a car.

People don't understand Statistics in the first place because they just plug in the formula and it works via magic. If they don't understand the basics of Statistics, they certainly are not going to make the effort to understand Calculus either.

Comment Re:Juvenile sentencing is less than adult sentenci (Score 2) 297

  • The rape is crime
  • The hacking exposed a crime, which is being charged as a crime
  • The hacking also exposed the government of failing to enforce a crime.

Hacking crimes should be relative based upon scope. Steal $10 you a petty thief; steal $1,000,000 you are a felon. The only reason 10 years is on the there is because someone in the government got embarrassed not because of hacking as a crime.

Comment Re:Postapocoliptic Nightmare (Score 1) 679

GMO foods are potentially dangerous in several ways. DNA is one way, but the idea that Roundup Ready only kills bad stuff is the most dangerous.

Just like they did with DDT, we are dumping Roundup over everything. We don't even pretend to understand the long-term effects of that decision but "good for the economy/Monsanto".

I guess when it comes to chemicals I am a little bit paranoid.

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