Comment: Sooter? (Score 1) 65
I want a flying car that folds into a briefcase like George Jetson.
Comment: Re: US dollar (Score 1) 111
Actually, diamonds are valuable because a corrupt, immoral industry has been running propaganda campaigns to convince us of their value for generations.
1: Control supply.
2: Run propaganda campaign to increase demand.
3: Profit! (Note absence of ??? step)
Comment: Re:US dollar (Score 1) 111
It has value because the government of the USA says so.
No, it has value because both parties of the transaction says so.
Comment: Re:Heart of the matter (Score 1) 94
Well, there you go.
We don't know the whole story here but it looks like Bangalore was a 1st tier center that escalated this issue to someone in US for further investigation. Sounds to me like the problem was in US.
Target is most likely using a 'Follow the sun' model, so if the alert happened at night (in the US) the Bangalore security team would have been monitoring at the time.
Comment: Re:To be fair? (Score 1) 94
Maybe they're just fucking idiots, with an IT department that either is utterly inept or had been so marginalized by MBA morons and sociopaths.
Don't worry. Instead of security they have been moved to the online sales department. Now they are all doing photoshop work for the summer swimsuit line now so they will be unlikely to cause Target any further embarrassment...
Comment: Re: so much for a "free" market (Score 2) 214
... Assuming that you have made large enough campaign contributions, of course.
Comment: Re: abstract wacky name (Score 3, Informative) 430
Named for their founders, Henry Ford and Walter Chrysler respectively.
Comment: Re: Part of the Solution (Score 1) 717
Oh Noes! it has 1 part in 10,000,000,000 of mercury. It must be toxic!
Comment: Re: Pot and Kettle Show (Score 1) 186
You have my vote. I was going to vote for my cat but now I'm going to write in Anonymous Coward at the next election. Can't be any worse choice than any of the loosers that have run recently.
Comment: Obligitory Chicago (Score 1) 310
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
Does anybody really care?
Comment: Re:linux (Score 2) 83
Are you kidding? The very first thing I do when I see a Linux GUI is CTRL+ALT+F1 (or F2, F3... anything to get a normal tty). In any other *nix, I immediately pop open a terminal and do all my work there.
For those who know why, no explanation is necessary. For those who do not (*cough*MCSA types*cough*), no explanation will suffice.
Actually you now need to know some PowerShell in order to pass the MCSA tests, at least for Windows 2012.
Comment: Re:Liar (Score 4, Funny) 155
There is a very broken, hazy line between marketing and lying.
I thought they were synonyms...
If you are trying to sell something it's marketing. Otherwise it's lying.
Comment: Re: Because they can? (Score 1) 306
if it was a phoned in order the labor would be around 1/2 second to select the checkbox to install Firefox. Everything else would most likely be automated.
Comment: Re:Fake "survey" is fake (Score 5, Funny) 255
Well, given that 77% of Americans believe in the existence of angels, I don't know what anyone expected.
I believe in Angels. They play baseball in Los Angeles.
Comment: Re:So what happens (Score 1) 253
And in addiiton, what about the fact that they're eating up your bandwidth?
Knowing Comcast, Wi-fi use probably applies to your bandwidth limit as well.