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Comment This was actually good news (Score 1) 205

Glacial rebound means the Crust is rising, as a result land will rebound higher than current sea level leaving plenty of room for all the melted ice. Such immaculate design!

Joke aside, have the Global Warming "scientists" taken into account glacial rebound with relation to their flood models?

Comment Calendar spam (Score 1) 42

Google was even so kind as to show an upcoming events list for the years 2019-2021, the list was filled with nothing but spam that Google had automatically put into my calendar without my consent and provided no clear way to remove. The worst part being that I never use Google Calendar, EVER!

Comment No excuse for laziness (Score 1) 216

Every programming course I took, I completed using the lab computers. We were forced to pay for the lab access so I figured I might as well get my monies worth. For all of the general education courses I simply used the computers in the library. The library had just gotten the 1st generation iMacs and I was eager to see just how awful the puck mouse really was (it is to date the worst mouse I have ever used.)

Comment Resume and contact info (Score 1) 308

I use it to generate a detailed resume and have up to date contact info for references. It also is how I keep in touch with some former colleagues that I was never friends with but still care about on a human level. They are not people I would ever have invited to be friends on Facebook, not to mention I deleted my Facebook account, but I still like to know where they are working at and catch up with them from time to time to chat about the industry.

There isn't a month that goes by where a recruiter doesn't try to get me to add them to my LinkeIn profile. I don't though, because the last thing I need is more recruiter spam.

Having worked as a Systems Administrator though, you tend to have a positive impact on the lives of many people beyond your own field of employment. At least, if you are doing your job right you do.

When you have been working for a quarter of a century it gets hard to keep track of some of the finer details involved and it would be extremely difficult to keep in touch with some of these people by phone or mail, that's where LinkedIn shines.

Comment Re:The cruel logic of natural selection (Score 1) 209

My Electrical Engineer father got married thanks to drunken parties at college, not his salary. In fact, his income was largely unreliable in the early days of Silicon Valley due to all of the start-ups that failed. Although, maybe that aspect hasn't changed much. Kids were what held the marriage together, not income. The thing that convinced my Mom to pursue a relationship with my Dad over all the other frat-boys was his ability to hold onto something without dropping it while drunk.

Unlike the movies, fraternities always kept a few engineering students around to keep their average GPA up to avoid being shutdown or kicked off campus.

Comment Re:So... (Score 1) 374

The Mars Bar was discontinued in the US in 2002. What is sold as a Mars Bar in Europe is not the same recipe as what was sold in the US either. Attend any county or state fair in the US and you will see plenty of deep fried treats including: Snickers, Oreos, Twinkies, bubble-gum, beer, butter, Cinnabon, and more.

Comment Re:Because the Food Tastes So Bad (Score 1) 374

It tastes worse because they try and make it healthier and more accessible to people with dietary restrictions as a result of religion and/or hypochondria. McDonald's fries used to be fried in beef tallow but vegans protested and now they taste like crap. Almost all other fried foods used to be fried in lard, even Taco Bell refried beans and tortillas used to be made with lard. Burgers used to be made with regular ground beef and grilled fresh on the spot, now they are pre-made patties, refrigerated, and flash-grilled in ~42 seconds. Chicken Nuggets used to be made with dark meat, now it's all white meat, and more.

Comment Did anyone try playing the movie locally? (Score 1) 326

I am curious if anyone that had purchased the same movies, downloaded them using iTunes, and kept a backup of their download (as Apple advises on their website,) would still be able to play the movie or if the digital license also gets pulled from the server making it impossible to verify authorization for the DRM?

It has been stated many times in previous years that Apple warns users it is the user's responsibility to download and backup their digital purchases and that Apple does not guarantee access to the title in the future.

Too bad Requiem was abandoned.

Comment Santa Cruz is not in Silicon Valley (Score 1) 171

It appears the writer or Slashdot editor has zero clue about what a "valley" is and fails to realize that Santa Cruz is a city located on the coast of California, on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains which separate it from the actual geographical valley referred to as Silicon Valley.

That clarified, 12 years ago I happened to look for affordable housing in the communities surrounding Santa Cruz (the city itself has been trashed by drug addicts and illegal aliens.) Pricing for a room in someone's home back in 2006 was $950 a month, apartment started at $1,250. I can't imagine it has gotten any better now.

Also, the reason that area is filled with single family homes is due to white flight as people escaped the valley to live in peace from the melting pot of Silicon Valley. NIMBY Democrats are strong in that area and will fight tooth and nail against apartments, especially low-income apartments, being built anywhere near them.

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