Comment Re:vendor lock in (Score 1) 389
There's an old saying: "Bears make money; bulls make money; sheep get killed."
Still applies today.
Still applies today.
Comment Google Voice Rejected (Score 3, Interesting) 128
Surely this has nothing to do with Google Voice being rejected from the App Store.
Comment Re:Damn insurance companies! (Score 1) 548
You don't file a claim when you get your oil changed in your car, do you?
Please stop calling it medical insurance when you're not using it as insurance. You want to shift the burden of your costs to people who are healthy (and buy it as actual insurance).
Please stop calling it medical insurance when you're not using it as insurance. You want to shift the burden of your costs to people who are healthy (and buy it as actual insurance).
Comment Re:Oblig. quote (Score 1) 167
No national politician bats 1.000 in elections. They're all losers, but not simply because they've failed to be elected.
Comment Re:just doing their job (Score 2, Insightful) 323
<quote><p>I've waited longer than that due to weather...</p></quote>
I don't mind waiting for weather, which no one can control. I do mind waiting for security theatrics, which the government can control.
I don't mind waiting for weather, which no one can control. I do mind waiting for security theatrics, which the government can control.
Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 1) 607
December 7, 1942 justified war with Japan. Germany declared war on the US on December 8(?), a huge blunder on their part as the US had no politically absolute reason -- at that point -- to fight the war in Europe.
Comment Re:Let me be the first one to say it ... (Score 1) 1870
Rosa Parks was a secretary for the NAACP in Montgomery and was solicited as a test case to bring about changes to Montgomery's bus system after the original test case was found to be pregnant with a married man's child.
She may have been tired, but she was also part of a planned legal challenge.
She may have been tired, but she was also part of a planned legal challenge.
Comment Re:Missing option (Score 1) 1104
The thrifts lost money in the early '80s. The regulations were "loosened" and all hell broke loose. The US taxpayer got the bill; a huge deficit loomed so Bush 41 reneged on his "no new taxes" pledge; Clinton is elected.
Interestingly, the thrift bust was also due to mortgage loans.
Important lesson: don't lend money to people who can't pay you back.
Interestingly, the thrift bust was also due to mortgage loans.
Important lesson: don't lend money to people who can't pay you back.
Submission + - FEC Will Not Regulate Political Blogging (physorg.com)
eldavojohn writes: "Despite complaints that political bloggers should be subject to campaign finance laws since they are donating huge amounts of money in the form of advertising and media services to candidates, the FEC will not regulate political blogging. From the FEC statement: "While the complaint asserts that DailyKos advocates for the election of Democrats for federal office, the commission has repeatedly stated that an entity that would otherwise qualify for the media exemption does not lose its eligibility because it features news or commentary lacking objectivity or expressly advocates in its editorial the election or defeat of a federal candidate.""
Introducing the Slashdot Firehose 320
Logged in users have noticed for some time the request to drink from the Slashdot Firehose. Well now we're ready to start having everybody test it out. It's partially a collaborative news system, partially a redesigned & dynamic next-generation Slashdot index. It's got a lot of really cool features, and a lot of equally annoying new problems for us to find and fix for the next few weeks. I've attached a rough draft of the FAQ to the end of this article. A quick read of it will probably answer most questions from how it works, what all the color codes mean, to what we intend to do with it.
