Posts by tomboi1978

Google faces trial on ageism claims

Too Old

Yep I'm a dust covered 32 who runs the admittedly small (2 people) IT department at my company. The post I was referring to did show up with the proper time stamp 6 hours after I tried to post it. I was using Chrome BTW.

Interesting

Amazing how I've tried to post a comment 4 times and it's not here when every comment I see was posted after my attempts. The only thing I put in my comment that everyone else didn't was I entertained the notion that someone might be looking for a payday.

From a whipper-snapper

“Other coworkers called Reid an ‘old man,’ an ‘old guy,’ and an ‘old fuddy-duddy,’...fuddy-duddy? That term right there convinces me that this lawsuit is frivolous crap by someone looking for a payday. No one under the age of 50 ever uses the term fuddy-duddy. All the excerpts from emails that "prove" discrimination really just show that a guy outlived his usefulness and was no longer productive enough to justify staying on the payroll. That's business. If your knowledge can't keep up with the time then you aren't worth keeping. Google is a technology company, staying on the cutting edge is kind of an expectation .

From a whipper-snapper

“Other coworkers called Reid an ‘old man,’ an ‘old guy,’ and an ‘old fuddy-duddy,’...fuddy-duddy? That term right there convinces me that this lawsuit is frivolous crap by someone looking for a payday. No one under the age of 50 ever uses the term fuddy-duddy. All the excerpts from emails that "prove" discrimination really just show that a guy outlived his usefulness and was no longer productive enough to justify staying on the payroll. That's business. If your knowledge can't keep up with the time then you aren't worth keeping. Google is a technology company, staying on the cutting edge is kind of an expectation .

Apple preps iOS fix as Germany warns of iPhone peril

FYI

Rooting the phone is implied as you can't jailbreak it without root access.

Woman sues Google after highway knockdown

Not a highway

She wasnt directed to a highway. It was a state road. State roads frequently have a high speed limit but are not off limits to pedestrians. Probably because we mistakenly believe that people are still responsible for their own actions or that the person who caused an accident will be held responsible and not a completely blameless party who has deep pockets.

ICANN delays decision on pornography domain

Good idea if taken far enough

I think a .xxx TLD is a great idea if it's taken to the length it needs to go. Existing "adult entertainment" sites get first shot at registering their current .com/.net/.etc domains as .xxx. But then the site must be hosted from the .xxx, and all other dots must resolve to display a message giving the .xxx address and nothing else. No redirects. No ads for other sites owned by the same company. Then all people have to do to keep porn off their machines is block all .xxx domains. If, as an existing "provider", you don't nab the .xxx when given the shot you lose the ability to resolve the site.

Tom M.

P.S. For anyone who's about to scream at me for being a far-right, conservative, christian kook, tell it to my boyfriend when he gets home from his job as an "adult entertainer".