Comment Re:October 17th Conspiracy Theorists Welcome! (Score 1) 358
Because salmonella makes them barf, dehydrate, and causes severe stomach pain. They go in for some liquid and a dose of morphine.
Comment Re:PGP (Score 4, Insightful) 155
So who is going to teach Gladys from accounting how to store her contacts' PGP keys and encrypt her email? And are you also going to train everyone she sends email to, as well?
Out here in the real world we have to support non-techies and gateways are the most reasonable compromise.
Comment Re:downside of SaaS (Score 1) 164
When you own something, you can run it forever, even if the developer decides to stop using it.
In theory, yes you can keep using unsupported software. The reality is that most companies would ultimately be better off if they were forced to drop it sooner rather than later. It hurts to rip off that bandaid, but it's usually worth it.
Comment Re:at least obamacare give them Health insurance (Score 3, Informative) 207
It doesn't give anyone anything.
If you happen to be selling insurance, it gives you quite a bit!
Comment I know what you're talking about (Score 5, Funny) 301
Despite technological advancements, it takes forever for Slashdot to load on my phone.
Comment Government regulated apps. (Score 2) 52
What could go wrong?
Comment Re:Damn (Score 1) 475
Here is a demo of modern surveillance systems installed to watch bus passengers. This one is from Orange County CA and it has 7 cameras rolling at all times.
http://www.fullertonsfuture.org/2011/octa-uncut/
Comment Password protected CSV? (Score 4, Funny) 167
Is that based on the honor system?
Comment Why.... (Score 5, Insightful) 543
Would you buy from Best Buy?
Comment Re:A Surprise? (Score 1) 178
So the real question is... why was she carrying a bag of chicken?
Submission + - Cop Arrested for Stealing iPad at TSA Checkpoint (fullertonsfuture.org)
SpaceCadetTrav writes: A recent arrest report shows that an off-duty police officer from Fullerton, CA was arrested on felony grand theft charges for stealing an iPad at a TSA checkpoint in the Miami International Airport. The theft was captured on video surveillance last month and the officer was tracked down just before boarding her plane.
Comment Free speech (Score -1) 85
Sorry, that's what robocalls are.
Comment USPS (Score 1, Troll) 398
Government is shrinking. Please don't interrupt the process.
Comment Re:Too Unreliable (Score 1) 1162
Let me guess... you have a Samsung Blu-Ray player?
Can Wikipedia Teach Us All How To Just Get Along? 191
Ponca City writes "Alexis Madrigal writes in the Atlantic that for all its warts, Wikipedia has been able to retain a generally productive and civil culture. According to Joseph Reagle, who wrote his PhD dissertation on the history and culture of Wikipedia, members of Wikipedia actively work to maintain neutrality, even if that's sometimes nearly impossible. The community has a specific approach to people designed to promote basic civility and consensus decision-making. The number one rule is 'assume good faith,' and the rest of the site's rules are largely extensions of kindergarten etiquette. The idea is that to find consensus, you must see your opponents as people like yourself. Keeping an open perspective on both knowledge claims and other contributors creates an extraordinary collaborative potential, Reagle says. The features of the software help, too. It's easier to be relaxed about newcomers' editing or changes being made when you can hit the revert button and restore what came before. 'Like Wikipedia itself, which seems to tap our natural urge to correct things that we think are wrong, maybe our politics will self-correct,' writes Madrigal. 'Maybe this period of extra nasty divisiveness in politics will push us out of the USENET phase and into a productive period of Wikipedian civility.'"
