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Comment Re:I'm usually hard for privacy but you know what (Score 0) 597

A modern computer is crippled without a connection to the internet

And a modern bathroom is crippled without a connection to the main retail area.

i don't get this at all... what is modern? what is crippled? maybe the first quote was by a young person who has only known the internet... still, it's too bad that someone would really feel that way. as for me, I don't need a network connection... I have always just liked the flashing lights. an electronic device that turns on is much more useful than one that does not.

Comment Re:I don't think there is a greater hell (Score -1) 119

so... heaven exists, hell exists, people exist... all for no good reason whatsoever? what you *think* about hell won't really matter will it if you happen to be wrong. you place too much esteem on your limited intellect. you are betting your current state of comfort on the idea that painful punishment that lasts long time won't happen to you. why not? anybody have a safety certificate that extends beyond the grave? the Koran is the uncreated Speech of the Creator of the heavens and earth. You can prefer "science" over "religion" if you want but I don't recommend it. That ambiguous route is polluted anyway. Experts can pinpoint fallacious arguments and sink the boat of misguidance. The challenge is to find the person with the informational cure. "Science" is required and "Religion" is up to you. However, since you will be alone in your grave I hope you have had a solid reason for the daily decisions you have made. Did you Create yourself or are you made from nothing? Have concern for The One who you will eventually return to.

Submission + - Fetuses Caught Yawning in 4D (reuters.com)

Rambo Tribble writes: Reuters reports 4D scans have conclusively shown that fetuses do yawn. Understandable, eh? After all, all they get is cable.

Comment Re:Indian sweat shops (Score 1) 441

We all have to learn how to say no. Not only "no" but emphatically NO... (as in F*** THAT!) It is something I learned in college. I had to take the scenic route to graduation but it is well worth it. It looks like the rest of what I have to say is the common statement that the over 35 population on /. has already said so I will sit back until I have something unique and valuable to point out.
Censorship

Submission + - You Can't Say That on the Internet (nytimes.com) 1

hessian writes: "A BASTION of openness and counterculture, Silicon Valley imagines itself as the un-Chick-fil-A. But its hyper-tolerant facade often masks deeply conservative, outdated norms that digital culture discreetly imposes on billions of technology users worldwide.

What is the vehicle for this new prudishness? Dour, one-dimensional algorithms, the mathematical constructs that automatically determine the limits of what is culturally acceptable."

Software

Submission + - What's the shelf life of a techie? Just 15 years (indiatimes.com)

NewYork writes: ""The shelf life of a software engineer today is no more than that of a cricketer — about 15 years," says V R Ferose, MD of German software major SAP's India R&D Labs that has over 4,500 employees . "The 20-year-old guys provide me more value than the 35-year-olds do.""

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