Comment Re:Oh man, I can't wait for the Apple Shinny! (Score 1) 385
A prosthetic limb? That seems appropriate considering that their products cost an arm and a leg.
Comment Re:Hire the unemployed (Score 5, Informative) 428
You mean, ways to find workers like Monster.com or Dice.com?
These companies aren't hiring anyone that they would have to train unless they're just looking for an H1B worker. I work for a large multinational company in the U.S. and I have seen the job postings they put out. They're so full of precise specifics that the worker absolutely must have that an American engineer won't be able to fit the bill. Then they hire the H1B from the overseas office that they had in mind in the first place (and who fit the onerous job requirements exactly, strangely enough) and pay him less. It's a scam. What we need is a nice, well-funded PAC for IT workers and engineers that can lean on the lawmakers and tell Oracle and Micro$oft to get bent. The only way to get the lawmakers to listen to us is to bribe them with campaign contributions. It sucks, but that's the system we have in this country.
Oh, and this Project for a New American Economy reminds me a lot of the Project for a New American Century, which brought us the Iraq war.
These companies aren't hiring anyone that they would have to train unless they're just looking for an H1B worker. I work for a large multinational company in the U.S. and I have seen the job postings they put out. They're so full of precise specifics that the worker absolutely must have that an American engineer won't be able to fit the bill. Then they hire the H1B from the overseas office that they had in mind in the first place (and who fit the onerous job requirements exactly, strangely enough) and pay him less. It's a scam. What we need is a nice, well-funded PAC for IT workers and engineers that can lean on the lawmakers and tell Oracle and Micro$oft to get bent. The only way to get the lawmakers to listen to us is to bribe them with campaign contributions. It sucks, but that's the system we have in this country.
Oh, and this Project for a New American Economy reminds me a lot of the Project for a New American Century, which brought us the Iraq war.
Comment Kick Ass is pornography? (Score 1) 332
I just find it interesting that the movie they mentioned as the steganographic carrier, Kick Ass, is referred to as pornography. Granted, the female super hero in the movie, Hit Girl, is a 12-year old, so the movie had a pedophile (technically ephebophile) vibe to it, but I didn't see anyone getting f*cked in the movie. Shot, stabbed, and beaten up, but no sex.
Comment Re:Of course. (Score 1) 1174
They are trying to provoke the people to fight back. Look at the totality of what has happened since 9/11 and you see the dramatic escalation of the machinery of a police state that is just waiting for the right incident to throw the machine in to full action.
Then google Rex 84 and you will see that this is a process that has been in place for most of our adult lives. There are people installed at the intelligence and military communities who don't like our form of government and would like to change it to a dictatorship.
Keeping that in mind, when we hear about people like Mr. Abdulmutallab, who tried to bomb an airliner heading to Detroit in 2009 and whose failed bomb plot was the instigator of the installation of these dangerous x-ray scanners, and how passenger Kurt Haskell, a Detroit attorney, testified that Mr. Abdulmutallab was escorted on the plane by well-dressed government types who flashed badges at airline and customs officials in order to get him past security.
So, yes, the TSA is trying to provoke us. The terrorists with pepper spray that unleashed on UC Davis student protesters are trying to provoke us. The TSA VIPR program is trying to provoke us. They want this fight.
Then google Rex 84 and you will see that this is a process that has been in place for most of our adult lives. There are people installed at the intelligence and military communities who don't like our form of government and would like to change it to a dictatorship.
Keeping that in mind, when we hear about people like Mr. Abdulmutallab, who tried to bomb an airliner heading to Detroit in 2009 and whose failed bomb plot was the instigator of the installation of these dangerous x-ray scanners, and how passenger Kurt Haskell, a Detroit attorney, testified that Mr. Abdulmutallab was escorted on the plane by well-dressed government types who flashed badges at airline and customs officials in order to get him past security.
So, yes, the TSA is trying to provoke us. The terrorists with pepper spray that unleashed on UC Davis student protesters are trying to provoke us. The TSA VIPR program is trying to provoke us. They want this fight.
Submission + - China Erases New Internet Rumors, Shuts Down Sites (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: "Chinese officials said Thursday that http://www.itworld.com/internet/267566/china-scrubs-online-rumors-internet-shuts-down-sites">210,000 online posts and 42 websites have been taken down since mid-March in a government crackdown on rumors. In addition, 6 people were detained for allegedly fabricating rumors saying that military vehicles were in Beijing and that the city was in trouble."
Submission + - Why Loud Music in Bars Increases Alcohol Consumption (spring.org.uk)
__aaqpaq9254 writes: I always wondered why this was...Psyblog explains why the music is always too loud at bars. Good read.
Submission + - Study: Macho Men likely to become Right-Wingers Politically (dailymail.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: A study by Griffith University in Australia has concluded that men who could be described as "Macho" — physically fit and possessed of a muscular upper body — are likely to become right-wing conservatives in terms of political alignment. The study found that upper body strength influences various "mental mechanisms" used in decision making, and attributes this influence to evolutionary "survival mechanisms" that kept hunter-gatherers alive and fed thousands of years ago. In the study, men with great upper body strength were more likely to become angry quickly, more likely to solve "problem situations" with aggression, more likely to feel "entitled" to various things, and — surprise surprise — far more likely to support agressive military action to solve problems like Iraq, Afghanistan, than the average person. The study concluded that "Macho" men were more likely to believe in the ‘utility of political aggression’ to solve conflict, than ordinary men. In the case of America, "Macho" males were found to be far more likely to back right-wing conservative Republican party doctrines, than to support left-wing liberal Democratic Party doctrines.
Comment Re:Well then are better then text book in some way (Score 1) 223
They're not blaming autism on the vaccines, because they'd get slapped with lawsuits for threatening pharmaceutical company profits, although that's probably what's causing the epidemic.
I worked for a school district as a computer programmer, and I had to write a program to determine whether or not a child had the right mix of vaccines based on State of Michigan data. I was stunned that children had to receive so many vaccines at such a young age.
Comment Re:What kind of congress is that? (Score 1) 435
And then they tase you for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and then beat you and drag you off to jail.
Sure, it's illegal for them to do all that, but the constitution is just a "goddamned piece of paper," in the words of our former president, G.W.
Comment Re:Physical Seizures? (Score 1) 114
When they are escorted by U.S. Marshals, presumably with a valid search warrant.
Submission + - Apple Tried to Hire Linus Torvalds, Kill Linux (omgubuntu.co.uk)
butilikethecookie writes: The founder of Linux was invited to Apple HQ in Cupertino by Steve Jobs at the turn of the millennium, where is was invited to join Apple and work on (what would become) OS X. The lure? ‘Unix for the biggest user base’.The catch? That he would have to stop development on Linux, a condition that led Torvalds to flatly refuse the offer. Imagine: no Linux would have meant no Ubuntu, no Chrome OS, and no Android; the entire ecosystem of technology could have been dramatically changed by acceptance of this one job offer.
Comment Re:Put them to work (Score 1) 1054
No, I'm pretty sure taking money from segregated accounts is, in fact, extremely illegal.
Submission + - CO2 in the Atmosphere Makes You Fat (greencarreports.com)
thecarchik writes: Carbon footprints are a big talking point at the moment — they're your personal contribution to greenhouse gases, usually in terms of carbon dioxide, or CO2 emissions.
he theory is due to the hormones in the brain responsible for "wakefulness", or the amount of time we spend awake. CO2 levels can affect these hormones, leading us to go to bed later, which affects our metabolism making it easier for us to gain weight.
Carbon doesn't just affect the atmosphere, it also makes us eat. Breathing in increased CO2 makes our blood more acidic, affecting our brain patterns, making us want to eat more.
If that still sounds perculiar, consider that a study conducted in 2010 has also seen the same effects in different species of animal — so it's not just the proliferation of fast food restaurants leading to humans piling on the pounds.
he theory is due to the hormones in the brain responsible for "wakefulness", or the amount of time we spend awake. CO2 levels can affect these hormones, leading us to go to bed later, which affects our metabolism making it easier for us to gain weight.
Carbon doesn't just affect the atmosphere, it also makes us eat. Breathing in increased CO2 makes our blood more acidic, affecting our brain patterns, making us want to eat more.
If that still sounds perculiar, consider that a study conducted in 2010 has also seen the same effects in different species of animal — so it's not just the proliferation of fast food restaurants leading to humans piling on the pounds.
Comment Re:TSA procedures are largely symbolic (Score 1) 601
Getting a bomb on a plane isn't a problem even with the cancer scanners. I highly doubt that the burger flippers at the airport McDonald's outlet has to go through the same security restrictions that we do, because their hair would start falling out before their first year was up from all the x-ray zapping.
You just have Muhammad go through security without the bomb, pick up a C-4 Big Mac, and get his 72 virgins that way, and the TSA would be none the wiser.
Submission + - 10 Physical IT Security Problems That Will Hurt You (hp.com)
Esther Schindler writes: "The easiest physical IT security problem to understand is theft. But there are at least nine more ways for the bad guys to get in – and to make you weep. In 10 Physical IT Security Problems That Will Hurt You, Tom Henderson shares several stories with lessons about preventing new paths to the unemployment line. Among them: The Boss Thinks He Can Push Any Button; Mind Your Devices; Test Yourself.
Tom writes with humor as well as decades of experience. For instance:
Tom writes with humor as well as decades of experience. For instance:
"Take the case of the hotshot engineer, who decides after the performance review that his employer sucks, and he’s “out-of-here.” He storms out of his review interview and his job, simultaneously. One call might kill all of his access or not. Are all locations immediately updated? Is access to all assets and locales killed immediately? If not, Stormin’ Norman might be damage control looking for a spot marked X.
