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Easy to verify: Display this at 1:1.
If you can see a step in the line, you don't have high enough resolution yet.

As another poster pointed out, buyers of this TV are also selling themselves into sexual slavery in order to afford it:
http://i.imgur.com/aTZNKhc.png

Enjoy big buck bunny, no not the film but the big, hairy, sweaty guy in the fursuit who is going to pay you $500 a night to "play" with you. Should only take a few months of sessions with mr bunny and several years of medication and therapy to enjoy your new 4k TV.

Are you fucking stupid? In Windows 7, right click your program 'Run As Administrator' is right fucking there. and works without any issues.

The fun in having a distribution automatically do the right thing is that you get to a working system faster, so that you can get to your other fun faster, whether you prefer casual, hardcore, or Dwarf Fortress.

I know I'm totally late to the game here, but does anybody know what this little guy is? A tendril coming off a nebula or a light artifact? I tried teasing some more detail out but, well, JPG.

Here you go, lets just say I'm saving this research paper from being "lost" in 20 years - http://imgur.com/a/ozwBa

Many -- probably most -- digital cameras do not have IR filtering. All you need is a remote control to test. Turn on your camera, point the remote at the lens, and press a button on the remote. On the iPhone 5S, you can point the remote at the main camera and you won't see its light, but if you point it at the front camera, you will. I've been using digital cameras to test remotes and their batteries for years. Here is a pic I just took with the built-in camera on a 2011 MacBook Pro.

Also, any DV camera (remember those?) with "night mode" depends on that. Put them into night mode and a bright IR LED lights up the scene, letting the camera "see" in perfect (human) darkness.

Andrew Jackson is indeed a badass.

http://imgur.com/gallery/LxfpfV8

http://imgur.com/gallery/Zl836nj

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Am I the only one seeing this?

When I clicked on the story link, I got redirected to

http://beta.slashdot.org/story/195783

which looks like

http://imgur.com/uVnwWHl

I do not want to browse 'Latest Tech Jobs' whilst browsing slashdot.

If you need more money to run the site, ask for donations. You'll probably get them.

PS - I can't post anonymously! That totally goes against my cowardly nature! I protest in the strongest terms!

So why did Bldg 7 collapse when no steel-framed building has ever collapsed because of a fire?

ARE
YOU
FUCKING
RETARDED?

Seriously, you delusional assholes need to be locked up before your stupidity spreads any further.

So why did Bldg 7 collapse when no steel-framed building has ever collapsed because of a fire?

ARE
YOU
FUCKING
RETARDED?

Seriously, you delusional assholes need to be locked up before your stupidity spreads any further.

So why did Bldg 7 collapse when no steel-framed building has ever collapsed because of a fire?

ARE
YOU
FUCKING
RETARDED?

Seriously, you delusional assholes need to be locked up before your stupidity spreads any further.

So why did Bldg 7 collapse when no steel-framed building has ever collapsed because of a fire?

ARE
YOU
FUCKING
RETARDED?

Seriously, you delusional assholes need to be locked up before your stupidity spreads any further.

Now we are far too comfortable to fight.

Speaking of which, Owell vs. Huxley.

http://imgur.com/gallery/ZjSNPDJ

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

http://imgur.com/gallery/ZjSNPDJ

An almost twenty-story chunk was cleaved from WTC7 by falling debris. What, exactly, is shady about it collapsing?

http://i.imgur.com/ZpLnb7z.jpg

And then the American public might start asking questions related to ACTUAL government conspiracies.

Eh, I kinda doubt that. Crazies gonna craze.

Remember when Github was censored in China and the Internet went crazy?

Does the EFF have a conflict of interest? They criticize private companies like Facebook often.

and of course, Godwin's Law

Remember when Github was censored in China and the Internet went crazy?

Does the EFF have a conflict of interest? They criticize private companies like Facebook often.

and of course, Godwin's Law

Remember when Github was censored in China and the Internet went crazy?

Does the EFF have a conflict of interest? They criticize private companies like Facebook often.

and of course, Godwin's Law

GAY Captain Picard grinds his chair with his ass

and he loves his blankey!

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

So, my analysis of charts is... dumb. Great riposte, really. I can see the mathematical rigor in your argument already. That's a fantastic cherry-picked subset of the data you have there. Perhaps you can describe your methodology for determining which countries to you choose to include, and which you choose to ignore entirely. It seems as though your understanding of statistics is limited, so I drew you a picture.

Here you'll see a scatter plot illustrating any correlation between gun ownership and gun-related homicides by rank. That is, the horizontal axis represents how a given country ranks in a sequential enumeration of countries by rate of gun ownership, with the top ranking countries having the most guns. The vertical axis represents how a given country ranks in a sequential enumeration of countries by rate of gun-related homicides, with the top ranking countries having the most such homicides. It's clear that, indeed, the safest countries also have the fewest guns. Japan, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Singapore, Poland, and Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe?!) are the safest countries on the list, and all of them rank near the end of the list in terms of gun ownership. However, looking any farther in the rankings shows a different picture. Romania, the United Kingdom, and Norway are all tied in terms of homicide rank, but gun ownership varies widely. Romania is 68th in gun ownership, but Northern Ireland is 18th, and Norway is 8th. In fact, if you look at that scatter plot, you won't notice too much of a trend in any particular direction. Sure, there's the group of six or seven countries in the top-right, which have few guns and few homicides. However, there is no meaningful trend of rising homicide rates as gun ownership increases. There is no line of dots from the bottom-left to the top-right. A linear regression on this dataset yields an R-squared value of 0.024. That means there is no linear relationship here. Well, why would there be? After all, we're looking at ranking data, not absolute numbers. Well, luckily for you, I also drew you a picture of that too.

Here you'll see the same plot, but using absolute numbers instead of rank. The first thing you should notice is that most countries in this dataset are relatively safe, with only a few dots rising up and away from the horizontal axis. Additionally, the two outliers should catch your eye. These are the United States (over in the far right), with its exceptionally high rate of gun ownership (and relatively low rate of gun-related homicides), and Honduras (high up on top), with its exceptionally high rate of gun-related homicides (and relatively low rate of gun ownership). Note the total lack of any dots in the upper right area of the chart. That's where you'd expect to see all the "high gun ownership, high gun crime" countries. There aren't any. In fact, if you look at all the countries with relatively high rates of gun-related crime, there is no visible positive correlation with gun ownership rates. If anything, it looks like gun-related homicides may actually decrease as gun ownership rates increase. Unfortunately, even that statement would have to be qualified by the fact that there is mathematically no linear correlation here either. A linear regression yields an R-squared value of 0.024 again.

Your claim that "more firearms = more related deaths" may be supported by your "not a set of perfect stats", despite the fact that you don't actually do any statistical analysis. However, my set of "actual" stats demonstrates that no, the claim that "more firearms = more related deaths" is false. Baseless. Wrong. Sorry, I know it can be unsettling when facts contradict "common sense". At this point, you can either acknowledge that your beliefs regarding this subject are rooted in emotion and not reality, or you can duck your head back in the sand and continue spewing misinformation. In any case, you can no longer claim ignorance of reality. You've been informed.

So, my analysis of charts is... dumb. Great riposte, really. I can see the mathematical rigor in your argument already. That's a fantastic cherry-picked subset of the data you have there. Perhaps you can describe your methodology for determining which countries to you choose to include, and which you choose to ignore entirely. It seems as though your understanding of statistics is limited, so I drew you a picture.

Here you'll see a scatter plot illustrating any correlation between gun ownership and gun-related homicides by rank. That is, the horizontal axis represents how a given country ranks in a sequential enumeration of countries by rate of gun ownership, with the top ranking countries having the most guns. The vertical axis represents how a given country ranks in a sequential enumeration of countries by rate of gun-related homicides, with the top ranking countries having the most such homicides. It's clear that, indeed, the safest countries also have the fewest guns. Japan, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Singapore, Poland, and Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe?!) are the safest countries on the list, and all of them rank near the end of the list in terms of gun ownership. However, looking any farther in the rankings shows a different picture. Romania, the United Kingdom, and Norway are all tied in terms of homicide rank, but gun ownership varies widely. Romania is 68th in gun ownership, but Northern Ireland is 18th, and Norway is 8th. In fact, if you look at that scatter plot, you won't notice too much of a trend in any particular direction. Sure, there's the group of six or seven countries in the top-right, which have few guns and few homicides. However, there is no meaningful trend of rising homicide rates as gun ownership increases. There is no line of dots from the bottom-left to the top-right. A linear regression on this dataset yields an R-squared value of 0.024. That means there is no linear relationship here. Well, why would there be? After all, we're looking at ranking data, not absolute numbers. Well, luckily for you, I also drew you a picture of that too.

Here you'll see the same plot, but using absolute numbers instead of rank. The first thing you should notice is that most countries in this dataset are relatively safe, with only a few dots rising up and away from the horizontal axis. Additionally, the two outliers should catch your eye. These are the United States (over in the far right), with its exceptionally high rate of gun ownership (and relatively low rate of gun-related homicides), and Honduras (high up on top), with its exceptionally high rate of gun-related homicides (and relatively low rate of gun ownership). Note the total lack of any dots in the upper right area of the chart. That's where you'd expect to see all the "high gun ownership, high gun crime" countries. There aren't any. In fact, if you look at all the countries with relatively high rates of gun-related crime, there is no visible positive correlation with gun ownership rates. If anything, it looks like gun-related homicides may actually decrease as gun ownership rates increase. Unfortunately, even that statement would have to be qualified by the fact that there is mathematically no linear correlation here either. A linear regression yields an R-squared value of 0.024 again.

Your claim that "more firearms = more related deaths" may be supported by your "not a set of perfect stats", despite the fact that you don't actually do any statistical analysis. However, my set of "actual" stats demonstrates that no, the claim that "more firearms = more related deaths" is false. Baseless. Wrong. Sorry, I know it can be unsettling when facts contradict "common sense". At this point, you can either acknowledge that your beliefs regarding this subject are rooted in emotion and not reality, or you can duck your head back in the sand and continue spewing misinformation. In any case, you can no longer claim ignorance of reality. You've been informed.

Nope, the basic service is actually free. The streaming plan initially free but will be charged at 9/hr later. Here is their pamplet and a news source talking about this

you're so adorable, Picard, no wonder Q courted you for so long before bringing you to the land of goo puddles and psychosis in the fields of grape.

http://imgur.com/gallery/1tBxe

NSA and CIA being super afraid that the last real nazis have re-emerged in Finland after hiding out there after WW2 and are secretly re-arming Germany by doing product development by utilizing Finnish metal industry(there's some history there you know) and that the sale of Nokia to MS was an elaborate ruse to get Finnish agents into dev teams so they could backdoor windows and all that was going to be planned over the undersea link ? ? ?

Given the Finnish expertise in metal, and the recent interest in sonic weaponry, I find this deduction to be entirely plausible.

But Insurance Finds Me Money!

OOooOOhh! You got to be quicker than that! /-##-\

I'll buy that for a dollar!

http://imgur.com/gallery/TIs3uBq

I know you're making a joke, but you're not too far from the truth". He's in confinement for good cause.

This is /., nothing surprises me here anymore.

Hmmm... when I go to bing.com today I see an 1800s difference engine. No mention of Admiral Hopper.

Ooh! I found it! If you mouse over the difference engine, there's a box on the left that, when you mouse over it, says that today is the birthday of... shoot--I have to click the link.

I think you're on to something. If we can find out who is providing the 74 virgins to the suicide bombers, we'll have found the real source of all the terrorism. It only makes sense to stake out places that have a high percentage of virgins running around.

It makes almost perfect sense! The only question left, really, is why anyone would want 74 of these.

Here, let me explain the GP's post....
http://i.imgur.com/axJmn.gif

I knew all about making my own space vehicle back in 1985 when the docu-drama "Explorers" came out. An expert tale crafted by the 'Gremlins' director Joe Dante, and staring a young Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. It explains how a dream of a circuit board can manifest into "ThunderRoad" and I can make smoochie faces at extra terrestrial life.

Movie poster

You might want to get some inspiration from reddit / imgur cableporn sections.

I'm reminded of something else.

We're doing this. Isn't it obvious enough?

http://m.imgur.com/r/TheSimpsons/v2dkKUz

I always thought these were a kind of telling series of images.
ca. 1903
ca. 1933
contemporary

Count the flags in each and draw your own conclusions.

I always thought these were a kind of telling series of images.
ca. 1903
ca. 1933
contemporary

Count the flags in each and draw your own conclusions.

I always thought these were a kind of telling series of images.
ca. 1903
ca. 1933
contemporary

Count the flags in each and draw your own conclusions.

Yes.

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand instances of "alleged".

Police in monster trucks will be allowed to drive over top of anyone caught texting while driving.

Does a TV tray next to my comptuer desk count?

:P