Comment Re:"Any other tips from Slashdot readers?" (Score 1) 514
I've heard goats destroy the roots. Better to go with sheep.
Comment Eliminate the time (Score 1) 514
Why are we still growing grass that needs to be cut?
Comment Re:I agree (Score 1) 147
And my comment made no mention of the Osage.
Comment I agree (Score 3, Insightful) 147
What makes these tall grass prairie reserves so special is that they are one of a few places in the plains where you can look across a piece of land and see what it looked like before we completely transformed everything. I personally don't think that windmills are ugly at all an I'm all for it in the midwest. But if you place a windmill farm within sight of the prarie, this feeling of it being untouched will be lost.
Comment Tiny? (Score 1) 136
A town of 10,000 people is not tiny.
Comment You want efficiency? (Score 1) 60
Tell me what to do and I'll do it. Don't scope out 2 weeks worth of work for each member of the team, knowing that since all tasks take longer than expected, each member either has to work 50 to 60 hours a week, or come up with an excuse why the work didn't get done. No change to existing code is trivial. There are always surprises. You end up with 10 people in every meeting justifying why their work took longer than expected. That's causes stress and lowers morale.
Comment Google wants patent reform (Score 5, Informative) 197
Nowhere in the article does it say that Google is against software patents. I only see them pushing for patent reform.
Comment Re:wow 9 people!? (Score 1) 424
It's not odd. Its brilliant. How else would someone who owned a small share of a company (that's an assumption) get elected to the board?
Comment Re:Evidence and Explanation (Score 2) 596
If they were copying directly from Google, then 100% of honeypot search terms should have worked...
Note necessarily. This just suggests that Microsoft must have had some bugs in their code. I'm not surprised.
Comment A problem on our hands (Score 1) 815
OMG, what are we going to do with all that copper!?
Comment Teach them how to make money (Score 1) 467
Let's be honest. Kids go to college to learn how to make money. Explain to them what kinds of jobs they can get if they take the time to learn linux. My impression during college was that programming on Windows was a way to make money, programming on Linux was programming for fun or for a cause. Now I'm out of college making money programming on Linux and doing some cool stuff too. I would have paid a lot more attention had I known...
Comment Good luck finding me (Score 1) 225
I have the same name as an NFL football player.
That should narrow my true identity down to a few thousand.
ATMs That Dispense Gold Bars Coming To America 482
tetrahedrassface writes "As the US economic woes continue unabated, a German company is bringing gold-bearing ATMs to Mainstreet America. The machines accept credit cards, and will dispense 1 gram, 5 gram, 10 gram and 1 ounce units, as well as various gold coins. The company hopes to install 35 bullion machines in the United States this year, and will hopefully have several hundred up and running by next year. The machines will be decorated like giant gold ingots and be over two meters tall. Physical gold has both pros and cons, but from a safety standpoint would it be fine to have a couple of ounces in your pocket while walking around the mall? The giant, gold-dispensing ATMs will monitor the market conditions for gold every 10 minutes in order to reflect spot price changes as they occur." We already covered similar machines installed in travel hubs across Germany.
Comment Re:To All ArcSight Employees reading this: (Score 1) 44
No, get the hell out. Its amazing the difference working for a company that cares as much about its employees as it does its bottom line. Refreshing. Enjoy your paycut buddy.
Happy employee, that left HP
Rupert Murdoch Publishes North Korean Flash Games 186
eldavojohn writes "You might recall back in June when it was noted that North Korea was developing and exporting flash games. Now, the isolated nation state is apparently home to some game developers that are being published by a subsidiary of News Corp. (The games include Big Lebowski Bowling and Men In Black). Nosotek Joint Venture Company is treading on thin ice in the eyes of a few academics and specialists that claim the Fox News owner is 'working against US policy.' Concerns grow over the potential influx of cash, creating better programmers that are then leveraged into cyberwarfare capabilities. Nosotek said that 'training them to do games can't bring any harm.' The company asserts its innocence, though details on how much of the games were developed in North Korea are sparse. While one of the poorest nations in the world could clearly use the money, it remains to be seen if hardliner opponents like the United States will treat Nosotek (and parent company News Corp.) as if they're fostering the development of computer programmers inside the DPRK. The United Nations only stipulates that cash exchanged with companies in the DPRK cannot go to companies and businesses associated with military weaponry or the arms trade. Would you feel differently about Big Lebowski Bowling if you knew it was created in North Korea?"
