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  1. Re:Tech solutions. Why tech? on Ask Slashdot: Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem? · · Score: 1

    Why is this post in Lisp?

  2. Re:Real Programmers don't use GC on Ask Slashdot: "Real" Computer Scientists vs. Modern Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    The important word being "can". It only helps if people use it, and in my experience they don't.

  3. Re:Ooh, get tough... on LinkedIn Busted In Wage Theft Investigation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pirate mp3's? Pay damages of up to 600.000 times the cost of the album.
    Don't pay $3M in wages? Pay damages of less than the amount owed.

  4. Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. on Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk · · Score: 2

    Backups need backups too. Your data isn't safe unless there are backups all the way down.

    But seriously, having two copies is enough most of the time, provided they are somewhat separate (i.e. not on two identical, connected NAS machines).

  5. Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. on Synolocker 0-Day Ransomware Puts NAS Files At Risk · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Backup? What do people usually use NAS for, I always thought it's mostly for ripped/torrented movies and backups of other computers. Neither of these need backups.

  6. Re:what's in a name on Autonomous Trucking · · Score: 1

    "In 2025, they'll be promoted to "transport managers."

    And then, around 2030, to "route supervisors".

  7. Re:Carl Linnaeus? Here's why: on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    Speaking of Euler, does anyone have a longer "list of things named after x" than him?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

  8. Re:What did you expect? on UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret · · Score: 5, Funny

    What else could you expect from a country, reigned by the QUEEN?

    I would expect it all, and I would expect it now.

  9. Re:Maybe it doesn't measure science literacy on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    Ok, make one testable prediction on the wizard model, and I promise you people will jump at the chance to test it.

  10. Re:Wait a sec on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    No, the thing about science is that all the successful theories give useful and correct predictions. Religion does not.

  11. Article is empty on 'The Door Problem' of Game Design · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article doesn't really say anything. For starters, it took me a while to realize she's talking only about computer games, and then even more specifically only about first person adventures / RPGs. From what I understood from the list of problems, I got that you decide on game mechanics and then generally boss people around.

  12. Re:Well. on How Apple's Billion Dollar Sapphire Bet Will Pay Off · · Score: 1

    i have dropped my droid4 like 7-8 times now from waist height, no scratches, no cracks.

    just this terrible pain in all the diods down his left side...

  13. Purity of Essence on Why Portland Should Have Kept Its Water, Urine and All · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you realize that in addition to urinating in water, why, there are studies underway to urinate in salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.

  14. Re:Ahh on Ask Slashdot: Hungry Students, How Common? · · Score: 1

    At least in Slovenia, a PhD program isn't free, it costs about 3000eur per year. Fortunately, we have this great "Young researcher" program where the state research agency basically pays both your tuition and your salary. And yes, it's available for foreigners too.

  15. Re:Here's a trick: Don't live in the U.S. on Ask Slashdot: Hungry Students, How Common? · · Score: 2

    Yes, things are expensive in Europe, but a large majority of students here can afford to own a car. You know, not having to pay for college does wonders.

  16. Re:Tongue-in-cheek on UN Report Reveals Odds of Being Murdered Country By Country · · Score: 1

    There's a bullet with your nationality, gender, race, occupation and marital status on it. The trick is, sit back and grow older before it finds you.

  17. Re:"smallpox OR guns OR other unknown diseases" on Isolated Tribes Die Shortly After We Meet Them · · Score: 1

    Either you don't understand Slashdot's native language, or you don't understand English. In any case, the Enlish "nor" is short for "neither", which is true as long as both inputs are false, exactly like a NOR gate.

  18. Re: IDEs lack good editing on Does Relying On an IDE Make You a Bad Programmer? · · Score: 1

    Did you ever try Kate or KDevelop with its vi input mode? I don't use vi myself, but am interested in how that works out.

  19. Re:finally on Another Possible Voynich Breakthrough · · Score: 2

    or, in the rest of the world, "Americans"

  20. Re:...end? on IBM's PC Junior Turns 30, Too · · Score: 1

    While they are only two keys apart, they are on different hands. Not much chance of accidental key presses.

  21. Re:That Palin Thing says: on Congressmen Say Clapper Lied To Congress, Ask Obama To Remove Him · · Score: 2

    Well, Chang'e was not only made in China, but is currently about 400.000 km away and appears stuck. I doubt things are going much better for Hop'e.

  22. Re:It'll be fun to watch. on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Then they can just start counting in German.

    Yes, while we're at it, let's call it OneDriver, or in German, EinFuhrer. Nobody will dispute this trademark!

  23. Getting everything done is the enemy of getting something done.

    This works both ways, unfortunately.

  24. Re:Why are native API's stuck in the 80's? on Chrome Is the New C Runtime · · Score: 1

    Some C programmers, when confronted with a cross-platform problem, think "I know, I'll embed the Python interpreter." Now the program is not fast enough to calculate how many problems they have.

  25. Re:Why are native API's stuck in the 80's? on Chrome Is the New C Runtime · · Score: 1

    Because you don't want to use differents API for DNS lookups on different platforms, you want to "write once, run everywhere". Considering the above-mentioned Qt already exists, I thought this was a solved problem, but apparently Chrome-fans have to reinvent the wheel.