Comment: Re:More Information (Score 1) 68
Isn't it also on youtube? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQMEOp04Iw
Comment: Re:A more informative article link (Score 1) 68
We heard you like summaries, so we summarized your summery.
I guess even the editors are in on the meme.
I guess even the editors are in on the meme.
Comment: Re:Denied (Score 3, Funny) 104
Links doesn't work... keep getting error 403 access denied. So im just going to assume that the facts are wrong in this case.
Not down. Just filtered in your country. Try a VPN...
Comment: Re:Idiots... (Score 1) 104
As is linked in TFS, the filter list that some ISPs may have implemented is the Interpol one. Certainly not as broad-reaching as the original Conroy planned one.
So it is a hit with a bat, not a stab with a knife? Like they say in AA, the best time to stop is before the first one.
Comment: Re:But what can you do to prevent this? (Score 5, Informative) 204
Already have everything needed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMEI And it is not trivial to change.
Comment: Re:Typical criminal scum... (Score 1) 204
Least valuable? Do you know how much smart phones cost? I mean really cost, not "With 2 year contract." How about looking at the used value on Craigslist, because that is what you can get for 2 minutes work.
Comment: Re:Serious crime? (Score 1) 204
Sorry, cell phone theft is not serious crime. Serious crime is genocide, murder, rape, molesting children, kidnapping, torture, etc.
So I can come over and punch you in the head a few times, and then steal a few TVs? Assault and theft over $500 is serious crime.
Comment: Re:"can be wrong, profoundly wrong" (Score 1) 326
And then you will moan about managers and CEOs just getting jobs through their networking skills.
I have only ever once gone for a job where I knew the person from a previous job, and it didn't help at all.
If you employ people through an old boys' network, you're going to end up with a company full of old boys.
I am too busy working to moan about anything. I have fixed enough messed up networks that I have a lot of people who think of me when the network goes sideways...
As to the "old boys" comment, don't knock the old guys. We are usually the ones called in to fix the young guys not planning ahead...
Comment: Re:Mosquitos (Score 0) 328
i think what you are implying requires answering another question: would a glowing mosquito be attractive or unattractive to a mosquito of the opposite sex. it is the 'attractiveness' of a trait that determines whether or not it is predominate in a species. attractiveness has little to do with survival fitness.
You do have a point. The Kardashians are proof of that... And Idiocrasy, for that matter.
Comment: Re:"can be wrong, profoundly wrong" (Score 3, Insightful) 326
When a company gets to the size where covering your ass is more important than success, it is time to start looking for a new job.
Comment: Re:"can be wrong, profoundly wrong" (Score 2) 326
These days, when I hire a software developer he's usually someone I've known for several years already, or recommended to me by someone else I've known for a long time.
On the other side of this, I have not had a job that I did not get through a friend or colleague in over 10 years. I have not seen the inside of an HR office in longer than that. If it is a hiring requirement, that is a good clue as to how the company works.
Comment: Re:By algorithm makes sense (Score 2) 326
Just forget about all those people with advanced degrees waiting tables, or working as tellers in banks. A degree is one metric, and often not a very good one. From the actually article "seeing how the candidate's code is regarded on line" is a much better metric.
Comment: Re:Google karma down (Score 2) 331
I don't know about you, but I'm despising Google more and more with every passing day. I think they are going to be right there with Microsoft if they continue down this path.
Yeah... And now that I think of it, this IRS thing might not be that good an idea either...
I think you may be a little late to this party.
Comment: Re:Change... (Score 4, Insightful) 331
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
If this is your definition of change, you can shove it up your ass.
Yeah... If he believes that, when is he putting the web cam in his shower?
Comment: Re:Afraid of change (Score 0) 331
If I hit you in the jaw, that is change. But not all change is good, in spite of what software developers want you to think. And fear of being hit in the jaw is not fear of change, it is fear of pain. I can think of more that a few software missteps that were very painful.