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Comment: Re:Live in a cave (Score 4, Insightful) 664

by D'Sphitz (#46308297) Attached to: Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration




Comment: Re:Okay, but... (Score 1) 351

by D'Sphitz (#46029199) Attached to: Hacker Says He Could Access 70,000 Healthcare.Gov Records In 4 Minutes
Maybe, if they got their website on the cheap. If they paid 5 or 6 figures they probably got a secure site, not necessarily invulnerable but quality work. The thing is, in the real world there is no such thing as $500m+ websites. The government is the only organization who will routinely pay 8 or 9 figures for a website, and on top if it they have no expectation of quality.

Comment: Re:First world problems (Score 1) 378

by D'Sphitz (#45790647) Attached to: Surge In Online Orders Overwhelms UPS Christmas Deliveries

If you ordered a gift at the last possible second, the problem is not UPS. It's you.

I have many problems, but Monday morning xmas shopping wasn't one of them, it worked out just fine. I don't know if it's funny, sad, or stupid how self righteous people are on the internet over the most petty and inconsequential shit. Good job on your shopping this year champ, pat yourself on the back.

Comment: Re:Understandable, but... (Score 1) 378

by D'Sphitz (#45790569) Attached to: Surge In Online Orders Overwhelms UPS Christmas Deliveries
I don't think the main issue was that nobody could do anything about it even though they all saw it coming, rather nobody was willing to do anything about it, i.e., be upfront and honest and potentially have to watch some of the holiday cash infused shoppers walk away while their wallet is still fat.

Comment: Re:Meanwhile coal generation is rising in Germany. (Score 4, Insightful) 687

Ah yes, crony capitalism. Like all of the cronies who have collected the ~$10T we've pissed away over the past decade on such national treasures as our multiple ongoing wars, an unmatched prison-industrial complex, corporate welfare and bailouts for billionaires, and national defense and security. A hefty price tag, but I guess we did get a lot for our money. We got a new surveillance state, militarized police forces, dismantling of the constitution, and a recession bordering on depression while the elite have never been richer or contributed less. Let's also not forget that we nailed down the #1 spot on the Incarceration Rate Hot 100 (not to mention the #1 spot on many other prestigious charts), and as a bonus, our global resentment is at an all time high!

But I hear you, let's focus on the negative waste like green energy subsidies that cost less than what is filtered to war profiteers every month to keep Operation Occupy Afghanistan running indefinitely. We should also probably bitch about even thinking about providing healthcare to our citizens, and don't even get me started on those leeching retirees who demand a monthly cash handout just because they worked their whole lives paying into social security. What a waste.

In 2013, it’s estimated that $7.3 billion — 45 percent — in energy tax subsidies, will go towards renewable energy, according to Congressional testimony by Congressional Budget Office senior advisor Terry Dinan. Another $4.8 billion — 29 percent — in energy tax subsidies will be for energy efficiency.

Comment: Re:Because they will kill AND torture Snowden (Score 4, Interesting) 616

by D'Sphitz (#44400013) Attached to: US Promises Not To Kill Or Torture Snowden


People just like to feel like they have big balls, as far as most are concerned the 2nd ammendment is just the right to post pictures of themselves holding their Glocks in a menacing pose on Facebook.

It's a facade, if the time came to rise up against a tyrannical government for the security of a free state, most of them would be locked in the cellar.

Comment: Re:I just hope (Score 1) 156

by D'Sphitz (#44139101) Attached to: Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea

Anyway personally speaking I'd rather go out with a smile and a laugh than sobbing hordes.

I'm not an expert, but I guess it's plausible that extreme dehydration while baking in the sun could cause your skin to tighten, receding your lips and exposing your teeth. That's the only scenario I can imagine where someone who is lost at sea would die smiling and laughing.
