Comment: Re:Not just redheads (Score 1) 265
I wonder if maybe people can have a latent red head gene that produces the same effects but without the red hair to go with it?
Comment: Re:Not just redheads (Score 1) 265
I also had red hair when young, red/brown now. Something similar happened to me as well, woke up early from my tonsillectomy surgery when I was in HS and the nurse ran in and was saying I wasn't meant to be awake yet, gave me some morphine quickly. Not fun.
And I've had the same issue with dental work. Whenever possible, e.g, small fillings,I now go without anesthetic. Because if it's going to hurt anyway, why bother with the numbing in the first place. I can handle intense pain for a short duration, and it saves all the time having to wait for it to wear off. The dentist I have now has hesitantly complied, says it unnerves him to know I am feeling everything. I can tell a difference in how he works when I am numbed versus not.
Do you also have issues with some pain relievers not working, or wearing off almost instantly? I can find some relief from ibuprofen, but acetaminophen is useless.
Comment: Re:No meat to this story (Score 1) 290
I'll second this, actually. For the simple reason that dumb, disconnected systems - like native apps and web services - tend to screw the end user less - because their lack of vertical integration leaves them with no motive. Or, more specifically, that by splitting the function into two different roles, you create two different entities who can keep each other in check.
When you control both ends, no amoral business entity can resist taking advantage.
Right now I'm looking at you, Twitter, lighting up my location icon on my iPhone for no apparent reason.
Belgian ISPS ordered to block The Pirate Bay->
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cjpa writes "They have been ordered by a Belgian judge to implement a DNS blocking regime in relation to 11 links leading to The Pirate Bay and they will have 14 days to do so, or they will be risking a fine.
The case had been initiated by the Belgian Anti-Piracy Federation (BAF). The parties involved have not yet commented on the verdict."
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The case had been initiated by the Belgian Anti-Piracy Federation (BAF). The parties involved have not yet commented on the verdict."
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IT tops the list of most hated jobs->
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c0lo writes "A 2011 CareerBliss survey says that four out of the 10 most hated jobs are IT related.
Even the listed jobs are well-paid positions and fairly high up in the corporate infrastructure, the issues with the IT positions seem to be with the way their companies are run."
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Even the listed jobs are well-paid positions and fairly high up in the corporate infrastructure, the issues with the IT positions seem to be with the way their companies are run."
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Comment: Re:I am the author of the spreadsheet in question (Score 1) 386
The point is: Why would you filter at all? Children don't have a school-issued filter on their mouths, ears, pens, etc. This is the perfect example of what's wrong with the United States at this time. State-enforced external morals with no rationale is loathsome. I believe your founders thought the same, which is why they had this thing called the First Amendment.
Comment: Re:Prior Art? (Score 1) 325
This is what happens when you grant patents to marketing departments.
If you want courtiers and party officials to control technical progress, just say so, and stop hiding it behind civilization-destroying fucking gibberish.
LulzSec teams with Anonymous, in Operation AntiSec->
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c0lo writes "After a brief spat where the notorious Anonymous hacking collective sniped at Lulzsec, the 'upstart' hacking collective, for crowing about low-rent Denial of Service attacks on the CIA and 4chan websites, the two groups have apparently teamed up in operation Anti-Sec.
The operation's: "Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood."
We can only predict that the following will be unpredictable: store canned food and flash batteries, change your eBanking password daily."
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The operation's: "Top priority is to steal and leak any classified government information, including email spools and documentation. Prime targets are banks and other high-ranking establishments. If they try to censor our progress, we will obliterate the censor with cannonfire anointed with lizard blood."
We can only predict that the following will be unpredictable: store canned food and flash batteries, change your eBanking password daily."
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Comment: Re:Duh (Score 1) 538
The problem is highlighted in the article. IT should report to the business. Not to some CIO. When we just worked for the business we were fine as an IT shop. It all went sour when we moved to "big IT" because "shadow IT was wrong".
Comment: Re:Not very effective (Score 1) 133
Wrong. This isn't intended for your mother. This is about ensuring that the entire chain of ISPs, web hosters, etc between you and these well-known sites is IPv6 ready.
The fact is that the "real" internet backbone (the people who provide the connectivity to the people who provide your ISP's connectivity) has been IPv6 for a while now. They are ready. Many others aren't. This will allow everyone to test things. Last IPv6 day a large number of issues were successfully identified and corrected.
Of course, there's the people engineering part of the equation as well. My company has been really lagging in internal IPv6 capabilities. This IPv6 day has got management riled up to the point that they're all suddenly screaming for it. Technology companies hate to be seen as laggards.