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Comment Raising minimum wage doesnt help (Score 1) 601

I'm old enough to remember living on minimum wage. and living through two hikes in the 90s

the first hike we lost health insurance, the second hike we lost other benefits

At the same time prices did go up, so it didn't help those on minimum wage, they stayed about even. The "rich" were not adversely affected by the increase, but the middle class were hurt because of the increased prices on almost everything, they didn't get an automagic raise.

Comment Respect goes both ways (Score 1) 486

I am a university professor. I prefer that my students address me as "Dr." or "Professor", BUT I address them as "Mr." or "Ms." (or "Mrs." in the case of a female married student who reveals that she is married.) It goes both ways. I find that the formality helps the students to take the class a little more seriously.

Comment Re:"Goes" Digital? (Score 2) 76

if you bothered to read the article instead of just the headline you would have seen that they were talking about digital tools to play the pen and paper game, with a GM and Players, not an MMO or computer game that some programmer in Silicone Valley cooked up... yeah sure you have the forge in NWN to greate your own missions, but you're still limited to the assets available to you that the programmers give you.

Comment DON'T DO IT (Score 1) 7

I am a forensics professional and I teach forensics in a university. Don't mess with it. If you think there is evidence of illegal activity on the computer then you need to hand it over to someone who knows proper procedure for maintaining the chain of custody, chain of evidence, etc. Anything you do may be considered tampering with evidence and could actually get the perp off on a technicality. You certainly don't want that to happen. Seriously. I could teach you how to do it, but I STRONGLY advise against doing it yourself because you could sabotage the case against the perp.

Comment Re:Uber? (Score 1) 641

Most likely it's on Slashdot because the technology (the uber-cool electric car) is being blamed. The father is grieving the loss of his daughter, so cut him a little slack for his momentary lapse of critical thinking skills. If she was that much over the limit then the Tesla's insane acceleration (see below) was most likely not a factor.

Note: I have had the pleasure of driving my company's Tesla. (there was a drawing to get it for a day). The acceleration is impressive to say the least. I had the sense to try it out on a very long, straight, and empty country road. The girl should not have been driving ANY motor vehicle while drunk, but flooring the pedal on a Tesla in that condition is essentially a suicide attempt.

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