Comment Re:2025 and $100K (Score 1) 426
For a large boat or other heavy trailer, you can tow it just fine with a full-sized van. For a small trailer, a minivan with a towing package has no problem.
Comment IBM agrees (Score 2) 91
IBM: "Our punch card machines will help create an orderly German society, ultimately reducing Nazi state oppression."
Submission + - Garmin engineer shot, killed by man yelling "Get out of my country!" (theverge.com) 1
lxw56 writes: Garmin engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot and killed at a local bar in Olathe, Kansas, the US headquarters of Garmin. Coworker Alok Madasani was also injured along with bystander Ian Grillot, who attempted to help the men.
Details from The Verge:
The suspect in the shooting, Adam Purinton, was drinking at the bar in Olathe, Kansas, at about 7:15PM that night. A witness said he yelled “get out of my country” to two of the victims, reportedly saying the men, believed to originally be from India, were “Middle Eastern.”
In 2015, Garmin employed 2,700 workers in Olathe and has plans to double this number, which the article notes has led to "increasing diversity" in the community.
Comment Re:"Well, of COURSE they'd like that." (Score 1) 111
>A 37.5% cut in take-home pay
If you're in the 25% tax bracket plus 4% state tax, you're probably going from, ballpark, 81k to 54k takehome - a 33% reduction. 21k per year ish.
Submission + - Belgian government phishing test goes off-track
alphadogg writes: An IT security drill went off the tracks in Belgium, prompting a regional government office to apologize to European high-speed train operator Thalys for involving it without warning. Belgium’s Flemish regional government sent a mock phishing email to about 20,000 of its employees to see how they would react. Hilarity and awkwardness ensued, with some employees contacting Thalys directly to complain, and others contacting the cops...
Comment Re:Problem? (Score 1) 186
Nope.
(posting to remove accidental mod)
Comment Enough already (Score 1) 77
Slashvertising was bad before, but now we're shilling for General Mills? That's it, I'm out.
Comment Re:He thought she had maliaria, not Ebola (Score 2) 487
Aerosol from a sneeze could travel up to eight feet, according to reports on a recent study.
Comment Re:Hogwash. (Score 0) 54
Mod parent up. According to CIS, they did not use Google's unrestricted money for privacy research because their privacy research was already funded.
Comment Re:Sue the bastards (Score 1) 441
Update is here
Comment Re:Sue the bastards (Score 2) 441
LA Times Books has an update that provides more insight to this story.
TL;DR:
McLaw wrote a 4-page letter to "local officials" prompting these concerns.
His lawyer gave a statement saying he is in a medical facility receiving treatment. Lawyer is not alleging that his rights were violated.
TL;DR:
McLaw wrote a 4-page letter to "local officials" prompting these concerns.
His lawyer gave a statement saying he is in a medical facility receiving treatment. Lawyer is not alleging that his rights were violated.
Submission + - Finding an ISIS Training Camp Using Google Earth (bellingcat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Terrorist organization ISIS has been in the news a lot lately for their hostile activities in Iraq and Syria. They've also been very active online posting propaganda on various social networking sites to try to recruit more members. Frequently, they'll have pictures of themselves in nondescript locations — but even carefully selected images give clues to their real location. Citizen journalists at Bellingcat analyzed a group of these photos, comparing buildings and bridges in the background to images from Google Earth. With very little to go on, they were able to pinpoint the location of a terrorist training camp.
Comment Finally! (Score 4, Funny) 65
The year of Linux on the desktop has arrived!
Comment Re:Stopped reading at... (Score 1) 592
Soil organic matter is essential to the soil holding water. The problem with modern fertilizers is the carbon-nitrogen balance. Nitrogen fertilizer also fertilizes soil life, which consumes soil organic matter and eliminates it as CO2. Sustainable farming practices increase soil organic matter, increasing the soil's water-carrying capacity.
Comment Re:Of course, prior to mid 1800s (Score 1) 252
Witch hunts were also common back then. Real ones, where they'd take women who'd committed no crime and burn them at the stake.
That was so much worse than today, when all they do is break into men's houses unannounced, shoot their dogs, and search for hallucinogens, which they consider a reason to steal the house and throw the resident into prison for decades.
