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  1. Ice-nine? on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    I am sure others had flashbacks of "unintended consequences"? How well can this be contained?

    Sounds like a big WHOOPS opportunity...

  2. At least on Congress Joins Battle Against Ticket Bots (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    They aren't bot's posting to Slashdot!

    But, I see this as another example of laws trying to chase technology.

  3. Same issues on Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Isn't this the same as having economists doing the work, just faster? You are still using past data to predict the future,

  4. Politics? on Argonne National Laboratory Shuts Down Online Ask a Scientist Program · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In my experience, events like this point to some petty internal political battle. It was great for people using it, and I assume there was minimal overhead to running the program, so "stupidity and greed" seem like the most likely course. Unfortunate. Maybe some bureaucrat had a KPI to reduce external facing servers software cost...

  5. Solution without a problem, for now... on Why I'm Sending Back Google Glass · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I still consider Glass to be a solution without of problem, unless people use and find problems with them, innovation will not occur. There is a process of failing that precedes success. I understood when I bought Glass there would be issues. I wear them to find these issues and attempt to improve them. That is why I love to program. I like to make things better.

    I read the complaints on the Explorer board, and I am shocked that people expected a perfect product. This is meant to be beta testing. Google has been very clear about this.

    If you don’t wish to seek innovation, and you are afraid of things not going perfectly, send them back. You are probably not the type of person who seeks to improve the world around them.

  6. Which? on 210 Degrees of Heads-Up Display: Hands-On With the InfinitEye · · Score: 1

    210 or 120? :>

  7. AC Post on Scientists Seek Biomarkers For Violence · · Score: 2

    That would be my guess as a good marker... :>

  8. More power in the hands of corporations on New CFAA Could Subject Teens To Jail For Reading Online News · · Score: 1

    Because they have handle the power so well so far...

  9. Chromebook? on Ask Slashdot: How Best To Set Up a Parent's PC? · · Score: 1

    What are your parents using on the PC? My Dad uses his computer for e-mail and mostly browser based activity. What else do they need if they are basic users?

  10. Re:This is no Space Shuttle, its better. on SpaceX's Grasshopper VTVL Finally Jumps Its Own Height · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I agree with the direction of the evolution of the programs, I don't think it is a fair comparison to define the cost of the Space Shuttle launch as the total program cost divided by the number of launches. Much of the technology and information Falcon is using is based upon the research done to achieve the Shuttle program.

  11. You can't reason with idiots... it is pointless to even try.

    I think there are a lot of people on Slashdot that need to read this...

  12. Re:Thank you for participating. on Valve Unveils Steam For Schools, Portal In the Classroom · · Score: 1

    What about Kool-aid?

  13. The Wizard on MIT Fiber Points To Woven Glasses-Free 3D Displays · · Score: 1

    MIT is like OZ for geeks... ;>

  14. Google Health on Putting Medical Records Into Patients' Hands · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why was Google not able to make this successful? Is it because people aren't interested in being accountable for their information?

  15. Cost vs Value on The Cost of US Security · · Score: 1

    I understand the terms I will use could be viewed as callous, but I do not have better terms. My issue with the cost of the wars is not based in cost, but value. We have spent this much money, and neither our economic nor political standing has improved.

    We seem to be fighting a war as if our enemy was the old USSR, when in fact our enemy is quite different. This type of conflict requires more human intelligence, and in country resources. As anyone in security knows, a static defense can be bypassed given time and effort. Does anyone really feel safer with Wal-Mart dropouts running the security at the airport? This is not where we should be putting our money, but it makes people feel better about security.

  16. Re:I can't find it on Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why didn't we just search Google for his location? It is even marked! ;)

  17. European not American option pricing on Gosper's Algorithm Meets Wall Street Formulas · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems, after reading through the paper (to the extent my non-MIT mind understood things) that this is based upon a pricing model of European options. European options can only be exercise on the expiry date, American options can be exercised any time before that date.

  18. Re:Been there...done that! on An Animal That Lives Without Oxygen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think this might be more in line with an organism that doesn't use O2, rather than one that does but can exist for periods of time without it.

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

  19. Re:The only prudent thing to do with these things. on Time Warner Cable Modems Expose Users · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I agree with you, the issue usually isn't the small percentage of technically savvy people who use this, but rather the majority of folks looking to "plug and play". These are the security gaps that allow zombie DDoS attacks to happen so easily, as they open up easy access to lot's of similarly configured boxes.

  20. Project on Starting an After-School Computer Club? · · Score: 1

    Try getting a project for the club to work on for the school. Where I taught, I used the computer club to build computers from donated parts for a computer lab at the school. The students were able to learn about computers, and the administration got a free lab. Parts are easier to come by when it is for a school, so try local businesses and even other schools! If the club had a project to build a lab, and accomplished this goal, they would be seen as a good, contributing organization. Keeps the administration off your back.

  21. I know... on PGP Is 10 Years Old · · Score: 2

    I still can't get the info from the password I forgot in 93'

  22. Java on Good Java Books for Beginners? · · Score: 1

    Try online. We are web users, right?

  23. Why C on Writing SNMP MIBs from C Structs? · · Score: 1

    Are there other languages with advantages in the areas you seek? Like Java?

  24. Glassier cups on Scaling Walls With Suction Cups · · Score: 1

    The cups used by glassiers to handle parge panes can be used on non-pourous surfaces. They will hold 2000 pounds. And are easy to release.

  25. reply on Can the Linksys DSL/VoIP Router Work in Europe? · · Score: 1

    I don't know, does it only use 110V?