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Comment: Re:Scott McNealy: Dump PP to increase productivity (Score 1) 181

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46428931) Attached to: Physics Forum At Fermilab Bans Powerpoint

I remember this, too, and it made an impression on me. I still use PowerPoint (or Prezi, or whatever) but spend a lot of time making sure the deck helps me deliver my message, instead of me just narrating whatever's on the screen. Typically I try to use fewer than 10 slides per hour and no more than two or three bullets per slide.

PPT can be a great tool when used correctly. Hardly anyone does, though. At least where I work.

Comment: Re:Horrible Journalism (Score 1) 390

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46420263) Attached to: Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek


If he wanted to remain anonymous perhaps he should not have used his own name? It was only a matter of time and enough interest to investigate given that starting point. And if Newsweek found him so easily, and if he's held a security clearance as reported, it's reasonable to believe the government has known who he since pretty much whenever the question first popped up. His life is in no more danger today than last week.

Comment: Re:Obvious Hoax (Score 1) 390

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46420187) Attached to: Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek

Newsweek : This man is Satoshi Nakamoto.

Sheriff : "What?" The police officer balks.
Sheriff : "This is the guy who created Bitcoin?

Are we really supposed to believe that a Police Officer would know such geek trivia?

Seems to be a little overly dramatic.

You intentionally cut off the quote. "I would like to ask him about Bitcoin. This man is Satoshi Nakamoto." And plenty of cops are geeks, probably around the same as any other job. I used to have a bunch of them show up the LAN parties we'd do in the early 2000's.

Comment: Re:Unregulated currency (Score 2) 704

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46397945) Attached to: Bitcoin Exchange Flexcoin Wiped Out By Theft

Dependable banks require that those running them, and those depositing money into them are not GREEDY BASTARDS

Let me re-write that for you in a simplified form:

Dependable banks require that those running them, and those depositing money into them are not Human.

+1. The only reason there aren't more greedy bastards is due to the limited opportunities to act as one. Ask any communist how that worked out for them.

Comment: Re:ethernet =/= internet (Score 1) 180


Just because there's an internal network for the car's electronics doesn't mean there's any internet connection (and there'd better not be).

Just the possibility of playing NetWars on my car's intranet has me all in a tizzy.

Comment: Re:paper maps? (Score 1) 142

A couple points:

1) You do not need a data connection to use GPS navigation. You do need to obtain offline maps and an app that can use them. I typically use OSMAnd with OpenStreetMaps when I'm traveling internationally to avoid data roaming charges.

2) I'm old enough to have grown up with Thomas Guides, and then printing out directions from MapQuest after that, and trying to figure out your next turn with them is far more distracting than using a GPS nav app. Looking at a paper map while driving should be considered at least as dangerous, if not more so.

Comment: Re:Still should be hands free (Score 1) 142

I don't know about state laws, but you'd better be "hands-free" in Santa Fe. Personally, I find someplace to pull over should I need to talk because I find myself distracted but am safer looking at a GPS-focused map than craning my neck to figure where the hell I'm going. My wife's just the opposite - She talks on the phone just fine while driving, but looking at a GPS unit could endanger herself and others.

In California stopping on the shoulder to talk on the phone will also result in a ticket. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Comment: Re:First blacks, (Score 1) 917

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46358003) Attached to: Apple Urges Arizona Governor To Veto Anti-Gay Legislation

If someone walks into a business with a menacing look on their face and is refused service, is that discrimination against people with menacing looks on their faces?

Should businesses be allowed to discriminate against polygomists? Or pedophiles?

Sounds like a lot of work deciding how to police these businesses. I guess the government doesn't mind because they want to control everything everyone does all the time. ... Or, you know, we could just let businesses decide who they want to do business with.

It's legal to refuse to do business with any individual. It's illegal to refuse to do business with an entire class of people, simply because they're a member of that class.

In Arizona being gay is not a class. So this law is attempting to solve a "problem" that doesn't actually exist.

In terms of religion, there's a big difference between beliefs and practices. Any and all beliefs are legal in the USA. Practices must exist within the law.

Comment: Re:First blacks, (Score 3, Insightful) 917

by Anonymous Psychopath (#46340829) Attached to: Apple Urges Arizona Governor To Veto Anti-Gay Legislation

People have the right to be racist. They also have the right to say & publish racist speech, etc.

I have mixed feelings. I know that the religious nuts are pushing this because of gay hatred, but I think businesses should have the freedom to refuse service. The public is welcome to boycott and post their negative opinion about the business.

On the other hand, I think this law may open the door to "no hispanics or negroes allowed" signs going up, because someone could claim its their religious belief...

Well, your last sentence was correct. Some Christians (I'm looking at you, Southern Baptists) used to preach that being black was the Mark of Cain and used it to justify first slavery and then racism. To purposefully legalize this behavior is stupidity of the first order. As the law is written, a business in Arizona could use the Mark of Cain argument to refuse to do business with blacks.
