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Comment: let me explain (Score 3, Insightful) 210

Clearly the creators are confused. When big media takes something and uses it, that is just fine and everyone should look the other way. But if they (the big media maffia) even accuse anyone of taking something of theirs (or even that they would like to be theirs but really isn't) then that person is guilty and owes them irrational amounts of compensation.

Comment: Seems reasonable (Score 2) 58

by frovingslosh (#43614965) Attached to: Lenovo To Drop Iomega Brand On Joint EMC Products
I don't know why they ever bought into the name in the first place. I never had any of the drives that exhibited the dreaded "click of death", but once I was foolish enough to buy a CD-RW drive made by someone else but in an Iomega box. It had problems from day 1. I later learned that the manufacturer had firmware updates for their version that fixed the problems, but even years later there were never firmware fixes offered for the Iomega version of the drive. First and last thing with the Iomega name on it that I'll ever buy.

Comment: politically motivated translation? (Score 1) 49

by frovingslosh (#43612351) Attached to: Putin Reportedly Comments On T-Platform Supercomputer Flap

It's odd that Putin was quoted talking about 'European colleagues' when the Americans were responsible for cutting T-Platforms off.

Seems likely to me that Putin didn't actually say this in English. He said something in his native tongue and we are being told that this is the English translation. Could it be that the translation was distorted for political purposes?

Comment: Re:I don't think that this is race related (Score 1) 1078

by frovingslosh (#43611353) Attached to: Florida Teen Expelled and Arrested For Science Experiment
It is clearly race related because she wants a pass for being black, no matter who she put in danger with the chemical reaction that caused a glass jar to fly apart and throw around sharp broken glass. Don't you know that when a black person is held responsible for their actions and not given a pass for being black, that is racist?

Comment: hard to feel sorry for them (Score 0) 80

by frovingslosh (#43563979) Attached to: LivingSocial Hacked: 50 Million Users Exposed

I recently got an email from Living Social welcoming me and the I started getting spammed. Of course, I had never signed up and there was never any "click here to confirm" type email. Fortunately my mail provider (Gmail) can easily filter out and delete anything from them before I ever see it. But now I guess I'll start getting more spam as well.

As to how they got my email in the first place, I do protect it by only giving out Spamgourmet addresses, but my Gmail address is simply my last name, so it ends up getting hit by spammers doing phone book type attacks.

Comment: no so (Score 1) 289

by frovingslosh (#43552479) Attached to: Texas Company's Antique Computers Are For Production, Not Display
In a small company like that? The head accountant who was there for forty years could certainly make the call to upgrade the system if she wanted to. At the most she might need the OK of the boss that she is on a first name basis with. But simply saying to the boss, "we really need to update this ancient equipment, it will save up a lot of money in just a few years" should be enough. No, the only thing that makes much sense is someone standing in the way of the logical choice. And if it is the boss he isn't being well advised.

Comment: Someone should be fired (Score 4, Insightful) 289

by frovingslosh (#43548031) Attached to: Texas Company's Antique Computers Are For Production, Not Display
OK, I get it, Sparkler hates trees. But the insanity of someone protecting their job by never updating technology is just amazing. I would love to see what they have spent on maintenance over the years for that electromechanical junk. And I really wonder where they are getting punch cards. Can you even get them any more, or are they having a printer make custom batches for them? And, of course, there is no really useable backup of all of the company's data for when the inevitable final failure hits. For less than the cost of their next punch card order they could be on a modern system with performance and good data backup. But then I guess that Lutricia Wood might be concerned that others might be able to do thing that only the high priestess of data systems does now. Good thing that she will live forever and never retire, otherwise Sparkler would be in a very bad position.

Comment: Re:My house, my rules (Score -1, Troll) 438

by frovingslosh (#43542193) Attached to: Israel Airport Security Allowed To Read Tourists' Email
Sure, you always have the option to decline, and, of course, waste your air-fare and any deposits you have paid for your trip. And you can take comfort in the knowledge that the Jews are such good and honest people and would never abuse this to the detriment of their victims, err, I mean visitors. And we can take comfort in knowing that any enemy of Israel are just too stupid to have multiple email accounts, so that they could give the people who demand access the "safe" account and go about their business safely. People should just accept this when they get there and are greeted this way.

Comment: one-meter square (Score 1) 125

could lead to PVCs that cost about as much as paint to cover a one-meter square wall

Another wasted effort. Who has a wall that is only one meter square? And if it costs as much as paint and covers one square meter, wouldn't it also cost as much as paint to cover a more useful size structure?

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