Comment Re: He's good. (Score 2) 198
the country has access to fiat currency printing, meaning they will print as much as they need to cover any loss to insured deposits
... which will boost inflation and reduce the value of everyone's money.
Comment Re:It's not polite to talk with your mouth full (Score 1) 298
Perhaps he's been listening the that IBM guy from 1968.
Comment Re:Good Luck (Score 1) 331
Have you seen the breadth of things Amazon sells?
If they aren't selling it already, give them time and they will be.
Comment Re: From the guys that gave you ITIL, no less (Score 2) 158
I used to know a guy who was obsessed with ITIL. You know, like this place is with 3D printing and Elon Musk's farts..
My eyes glazed over. Then again, I remember how iso 9000 was going to cure cancer and bring peace to the Middle East...
Comment Re: Oblig (Score 1) 662
He was already on a yellow card. Actually a whole deck of them, becoming deeper and deeper orange. He should have been more careful.
I can take Top Gear or leave it; it seems to be all about set-up stunts these days. Clarkson has presented some very good historical documentaries, give him credit for that.
Comment Re:what will be more interesting (Score 1) 662
I don't think TG is produced in an office. Also, your concept of on and off the clock doesn't apply either.
Comment Perhaps it's an aptitude test in disguise (Score 3, Funny) 158
If you can make it work, you passed!
On the other hand, you're a hacker and probably a terrorist. So you failed.
Comment Re:One more view. (Score 0) 365
Scissoring? That's disgusting!
Ummm, can I watch?
Comment Re:what will be more interesting (Score 1) 662
So if I work night shifts I'm allowed to beat people up over breakfast?
Comment Re:what will be more interesting (Score 1) 662
It's funded by a fee that's difficult to escape
Tell me about it. The other day I tried really really hard and I just couldn't manage to not buy a TV.
Quebec Plans To Require Website Blocking, Studies New Internet Access Tax 237
An anonymous reader writes: Michael Geist reports that the Government of Quebec released its budget (PDF) yesterday featuring two Internet-related measures that are sure to attract attention and possible litigation. First, it is moving forward with plans to study a new tax on residential Internet services in order to provide support for the cultural sector. Second, the government says it will be introducing a new law
requiring ISPs to block access to online gambling sites. The list of blocked sites will be developed by Loto-Quebec, a government agency. The government views this as a revenue enhancing measure because it wants to channel gamblers to its own Espacejeux, the government's own online gaming site.
Amazon Announces Unlimited Cloud Storage Plans 122
An anonymous reader sends word that Amazon is now offering unlimited cloud storage plans to compete with Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive. "Last year, Amazon gave a boost to its Prime members when it launched a free, unlimited photo storage for them on Cloud Drive. Today, the company is expanding that service as a paid offering to cover other kinds of content, and to users outside of its loyalty program. Unlimited Cloud Storage will let users get either unlimited photo storage or "unlimited everything" — covering all kinds of media from videos and music through to PDF documents — respectively for $11.99 or $59.99 per year."
Comment Re: Suck it Millenials (Score 1) 407
Not really. His spelling was pretty good and he started his sentences with capital letters.
Millennial Tech Workers Losing Ground In US 407
Nerval's Lobster writes Millennial tech workers are entering the U.S. workforce at a comparable disadvantage to other tech workers throughout the industrialized world, according to study earlier this year from Educational Testing Services (PDF). How do U.S. millennials compare to their international peers, at least according to ETS? Those in the 90th percentile (i.e., the top-scoring) actually scored lower than top-scoring millennials in 15 of the 22 studied countries; low-scoring U.S. millennials ranked last (along with Italy and England/Northern Ireland). While some experts have blamed the nation's education system for the ultimate lack of STEM jobs, other studies have suggested that the problem isn't in the classroom; a 2014 report from the U.S. Census Bureau suggested that many of the people who earned STEM degrees didn't actually go into careers requiring them. In any case, the U.S. is clearly wrestling with an issue; how can it introduce more (qualified) STEM people into the market?
PayPal To Pay $7.7 Million For Sanctions Violations 68
jfruh writes PayPal may not be a bank, but it's still legally required to follow regulations on transferring money — but the company has admitted to a number of violations, including allowing transfers to an individual specifically sanctioned by the U.S. State Department for helping proliferate nuclear weapons. From Ars: "On Wednesday afternoon, PayPal reached a settlement with the US Treasury Department, agreeing that it would pay $7.7 million for allegedly processing payments to people in countries under sanction as well as to a man the US has listed as involved in the nuclear weapons black market. The company neither confirmed nor denied the allegations, but it voluntarily handed over its transaction data to the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)."
