Comment: Re:Freedom of Speech (Score 1) 101
WHAT!?!?!
But the Amityville horror was a true story of an actual event!
They said it was based on a true story! Not it was inspired by a true story they heard while drunk and can sort of remember.
Comment: Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score 1) 101
A lot of people know about this now that he tried to supress it.
Now let's google streisand effect and see what it says...
"The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet."
Peoria seems like a definitive example to me.
Comment: focus 2001 keyboard (Score 1) 555
I bought my Focus 2001 keyboard some time in the early '90s because it was cheaper than the IBM but still had clicky keys and a solid feel. I'm using it right now with an AT->ps2 adapter plugged in to a ps2->USB adapter.
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An anonymous reader writes "I'm mildly autistic and in my mid 30s. I know I'm not the smartest person ever — not even close — but I'm pretty smart: perfect scores on SAT, etc., way back in high school and a PhD from a private research university you've heard of. I don't consider intelligence a virtue (in contrast to, say, ethical living); it's just what I have, and that's that. There are plenty of things I lack. Anyway, I've made myself very good at applied math and scientific computing. For years, without ever tiring, I've worked approximately 6.5 days a week all but approximately 4 of my waking hours per day. I work at a research university as research staff, and my focus is on producing high-quality, efficient, relevant scientific software. But funding is tough. I'm terrible at selling myself. I have a hard time writing proposals because when I work on mushy tasks, I become depressed and generally bent out of shape. My question: Is it possible to find a place where I can do exactly what I do best and keeps me stable — analyze and develop mathematical algorithms and software — without ever having to do other stuff and, in particular, without being good at presenting myself? I don't care about salary beyond keeping up my frugal lifestyle and saving a sufficient amount to maintain that frugal lifestyle until I die. Ideas? Or do we simply live in a world where we all have to sell what we do no matter what? Thanks for your thoughts."
Comment: Re:Isn't parody protected in the US? (Score 1) 101
No we dont, free speech is only allowed in free speech zones. Doing it outside a designated zone means you get tazed in the junk by police.
Comment: Re:Yes, I care (Score 1) 76
That was really stupid. only a moron would throw it away, you could have easily got $50 on craigslist for it.
Comment: Re:Real Names? (Score 1) 76
I always register as Ron Jeremy, Movie Star...
Comment: Re:Not the same, but tangentially related... (Score 1) 76
It needs a gps so it can rat on them if they are speeders. People who speed in residential areas need to have Progressive send someone out to punch them in the taint over and over until they understand that only scumbags speed in residential areas.
It's just one of the perks of Progressive.
Comment: Re:Now We See The Real Greed (Score 1) 76
Because the fuckers will not allow me to access my raw data. I don't care if my data is curing cancer, HONEST companies would let me at the data stream for my own uses.
Comment: Re:Depends on if it is in aggregate. (Score 1) 76
What get's me is why hasn't anyone hacked the fitbit's data stream? you think there would have already been drivers that capture the data for you and keep it private or android apps that harvst the data and keep it away from the mothership.
Comment: Re:Nobody cares (Score 1) 76
I'm the NSA, we have always been in your house... and can you please change to 2 percent milk? Agent Jenkins is getting fat and starting to stick out from behind the TV.
Comment: Replace manangement first.... (Score 2) 152
H1B's can do the managements job a Lot better and a lot cheaper. There is far more savings in replacing everyone at the manager level and up.
Comment: Come on, this is insane (Score 4, Insightful) 131
A drone is just a remote controlled aircraft with a camera. I had several "drones" in the late 1980's as a teenager, for fuck's sake. Get over the knee-jerk raction equating "drone" with "terminator T-1000" and come back to sanity.
Comment: Re:Tata! (Score 1) 152
Anectdote:
I was in Kandahar and I saw this large breasted Army girl leaning on a new pickup. It was a Tata, and sitting right next to an identical one.
I could not resist.
"Nice tatas!"
Comment: Re:Depends on if it is in aggregate. (Score 2) 76
I don't trust any device that insists on reporting to 'the cloud' rather than to a machine of my choosing. Even if it says it only reports to the machine of my choosing, I don't really trust that it doesn't also report to 'the cloud'.
The cloud has no legitimate need to know. That's why my 'smart tv' is a laptop loaded with Linux connected to a not so smart TV.