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  1. Real Motive on US Joins Google, Microsoft In "Brain Race" · · Score: 1

    If the White House is involved, their motive would be more effective means of torture or the direct extraction of memories from the minds of those that are a threat to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. If that seems outlandish, remember the only thing that really prevented 24/7 non-warranted surveillance was not morality nor the rule of law, merely ROI and effective data storage and retrieval.

  2. Re:Authors are lawyers on Are Plastic Bag Bans Making People Sick? · · Score: 1

    If you go to the source paper [ssrn.com] you'll notice both authors are from law school.

    No doubt also published in the august medical journal "Ambulance Chaser".

  3. Upon further reflection on Oxford Tests Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    don't drive past The Mirror Store.

  4. Or on Alcoholism Vaccine Makes Alcohol Intolerable To Drinkers · · Score: 1

    Addictive tendencies could very well manifest in other ways; instead of alcohol, perhaps former addicts will move on to

    Suicide (or murder if this is forced upon them by the State).

  5. Re:How do we generate the power? on CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    You forgot another key thing -- when you take your foot off the gas in a gasoline car, it doesn't start magically creating new fuel and putting it back in your tank the way an EV does.

    If an EV instantly goes into regen braking when letting off the throttle, then no thanks. Constant, perceptible deceleration instead of freewheel (or slushbox) coasting would get real old, real quick.

  6. Bright Side on CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S · · Score: 2

    At least this time, the NYT isn't helping lie about war, just a car.

    Ironically though, both lies helped Big Oil.

  7. Re:You just don't get it... on Congress Takes Up Online Sales Tax · · Score: 3, Funny

    Whelp, we've now heard from Ayn Rand.

  8. Dashcams on Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia; Hundreds Injured · · Score: 1

    In case anyone wondered why this was so well documented by dashcam, most Russian drivers have them solely for documentation of
    1) murderously shitty drivers
    2) attempted burglaries & kidnappings
    3) crooked cops demanding bribes.

    Most definitely not in that order.

  9. Hooning on CNN Replicates John Broder's Drive In the Tesla Model S · · Score: 0

    That's only because he didn't circle around the parking lot until the battery was drained. That is the proper procedure as we all know...

    The correct name for this proceedure is Hooning.

  10. New Math on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 1

    Opera's shift to WebKit should concern everyone. It's likely a good decision for them, but it consolidates WebKit's position as the dominant rendering engine, and having any dominant engine is bad, as you go from standards directing engines to the dominant engine imposing "standards".

    Absolutely. If Opera were at an overwhelming 3% usage instead of just a stout 2%, this would already be done and dusted.
    /s

  11. Re:not new on Ask Slashdot: Is the Bar Being Lowered At Universities? · · Score: 2

    I went to a land grant public university. In my humble proletariat opinion, there shouldn't be restrictive admissions policies as anything else is elitism by other names. We shouldn't pre-judge people - especially 19-year olds. Hell, once in a while, even a lowly patent clerk makes good.

  12. I'll be charitable on Australian Federal Court Rules For Patent Over Breast Cancer Gene · · Score: 1

    I'll assume these 'judges' are mere idiots. The only other alternative would be bribe-takers. Karma now demands the Breast Cancer Fairy visit their families.

  13. Raises the question: which has a better blast radius: a tiny fuel cell or a Li-Ion battery?

  14. Umm.. on Surface Pro: 'Virtually Unrepairable' · · Score: 1

    To get it even at that point, apparently glue had to be used in place of a lot of fasteners that make repairing easy.

    In addition to the fuckton of glue (mainly to keep people out), there are +90 screws! I don't think a mid-60's automobile would have 90 screws.

    Only Microsoft could pull off the feat of using a boatload of conventional fasteners and still make the hardware practically irrepreble. Hamfisted jackanapes.

  15. Meh. You can be replaced by sufficiently advanced algorithms. I'm mathematician, FFS. There are already automated theorem provers which can solve undergrad-level problems.

    And Derivatives; don't forget the market genius of Derivatives - oh! - and Subprime Loans too!

  16. Greneda on New Medal Designed To Honor Cyber Soldiers · · Score: 1

    I recall reading that after the 'battle' for Greneda, more medals were handed out - including to military contractors - than were handed out for D-Day. Might have been BS, but it's always stuck with me.

    Funny how all this fascist behaviour and bravery of being out of range is starting after most all the WWII vets have died.

  17. Two features that should omitted on Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'? · · Score: 1

    Apple's monoculture and price tags.

  18. Instead of asking the right question on Obama Signs Cybersecurity Executive Order · · Score: 1

    Why are critical infrastructre, military, and non-consumer facing financials ON A FUCKING PUBLIC NETWORK AT ALL?

  19. Cache on Opera Picks Up Webkit Engine · · Score: 1

    Hmm. But how much of that speed was due to their massive web caching servers?

  20. I wish ghosts were real on Comcast Buys Out GE's Remaining 49% Stake In NBC · · Score: 0

    We really need Teddy Rosevelt to come back and bust all these greedy bastards that for all practical purposes are trusts.

  21. Where's Waldo on NASA: Huge Freshwater Loss In the Middle East · · Score: 1

    Earlier in the year, while pointing out several areas across the globe suffering significant droughts, the other person asked: "Well, where is it all going?" I had no ready answer. I guess the oceans? Though I thought the sea level rises were due mainly to ice melt (even more water!), not increased rainfall and runoff.

  22. "We're gonna need a bigger boat."

  23. Downside on DIY Web-Controlled Robot That Takes 1 Hour To Build · · Score: 1

    ...you can see us driving our Web Rover in Nevada all the way from Brazil.

    Sadly, someone's going to read this, think 'perfect IED' and put the hacker space in quite a bad light.

  24. Gas gages on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    Most gas gages on conventional cars are rather conservative - I assume their lawyers to tell them to do this. Maybe Tesla needs to fuzz the range numbers and recalcuations downwards.

  25. Buried Lede on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    The car is keeping a log of where you've been.

    Is Tesla partially funded by the state Security Organs? Nah; probably just insurance companies.