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  1. Re:Can't wait to enroll in Musk University on Elon Musk's New Hologram Project Invites 'Iron Man' Comparisons · · Score: 1

    Well, if life gives you lemons...

  2. Re:My take on where we are so far on Newest YouTube User To Fight a Takedown: Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, said professor turned into a Big, Bad Bully

    Wrong. Standing up against a bully doesn't turn you into one.

  3. Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating on NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History · · Score: 1

    What I'm afraid is that there will no longer be explosions when a car barely collides in movies [U+2e2e]

    [Unless it is a documentary about 'accidents' like Michael Hastings'...]

  4. Re:Where will this end? on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually shutting down is fighting. It delivers a stronger message than just words.

  5. Re:spoiler alert on DARPA Wants Computers That Fuse With Higher Human Brain Function · · Score: 1

    Your second link. I was not aware of the other. It seems interesting, have you watched it?

  6. spoiler alert on DARPA Wants Computers That Fuse With Higher Human Brain Function · · Score: 1

    I fully agree with you, including the Continuum part, but couldn't you put a spoiler alert before saying it? If I hadn't watched it I would be pretty much pissed off.

  7. Re:Loving python on Interviews: Q&A With Guido van Rossum · · Score: 2


    if you want to joke about indentation:
        at least make it syntactically sound

    while you're at it:
        follow pep8

  8. Re:Just not useful or safe on Germany: Bitcoin Is "Private Money" · · Score: 1

    To be able to make electronic transactions without dependence on Visa / MasterCard / PayPal is benefit enough.

  9. Re:War rules .. on Time Reporter "Can't Wait" To Justify Drone Strike On Julian Assange · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What will you do when America isn't there to fight your battles for you?

    Perhaps then the battles would not be fought in the first place, people wouldn't die, and resources would be directed to positive developments.

    Hard to predict. But the outcome of the current policy is pretty clear: more hatred, violence, and destruction.

  10. Re:Mirror? on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 5, Informative
  11. Re:so basically, what we knew on NSA Broke Privacy Rules Thousands of Times Per Year, Audit Finds · · Score: 0

    We (the people), governed by corporations through puppets

    FTFY. The rest couldn't be fixed, but could be used in a garden as fertilizer.

  12. Re:Return of the acoustic modem on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the info. I found some videos of modern paper tape reader/writers, and they're actually quite cool! But I'm glad we now have Gbps instead of just bps!

  13. Re:More information on Washington Post Hacked, a Day After New York Times · · Score: 1

    No, he's a juggler. Or a magician.

  14. Re:Return of the acoustic modem on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 2

    bload "cas:game", r

    When loading 32kb of data took several minutes... good old times! :)

    [now grandpa, come tell us how it was with the punch cards (but then the only sound involved was that of frustration)]

  15. Re:I'd be sorry on Bradley Manning Says He's Sorry · · Score: 5, Insightful

    [Spoiler alert] Last page of 1984.

  16. Re:Not what you need for sports! on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Are you kidding? on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Not what you need for sports! on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 4, Interesting
  19. Re:Not what you need for sports! on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1

    Holy fuck, indeed! I apologize for the misinformation. I thought I had read TFA, but it was actually another one, about a setup that did the 3D reconstruction. I'll try to find it and post the link here.
    Again, my apologies.

  20. Re:Are you kidding? on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1

    Is it 3D, too?

    By 3D I assume you're referring to stereoscopic display. As it reconstructs the 3D geometry of the scene, stereoscopic rendering should be trivial. That would be an awesome application to use with the Oculus Rift.

  21. Re:Most armchair sports fans are too lazy to use i on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You're forgetting that the broadcasters can use it to find the best viewing angle. The sports fans can continue to be lazy.

  22. Re:Not what you need for sports! on OmniCam360 Camera Cluster Lets You Choose the Viewing Angle · · Score: 1, Informative

    If you had read TFA (ok, I'm asking too much) you would know it reconstructs the 3D scene, so you're able to do what you've just said.

  23. Re:Do they know about my weaponized vial of Anthra on GovernmentAttic Publishes Declassified Survey of Worldwide Bio-War Research · · Score: 1

    If you had said it's for quail hunting I would say we've found an evil ex-vice-president /. account.

  24. what happened to MNG? on New Animated PNG Creation Tools Intend To Bring APNG Into Mainstream Use · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From this 2004 story: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/04/08/28/2312256/presenting-apng-like-mng-only-better

    "Unlike MNG, APNG is not a separate file format, but rather an extension to PNG. Thus, APNG images are just normal PNG images (with the .png extension) but can be animated. The system is fully backwards-compatable, so any program that can open a PNG image will be able to open an APNG image (though non-APNG viewers will only show the first frame). Vitally, the decoder just adds an extra few kilobytes onto a standard PNG decoder. APNG support is in the process of being checked into Mozilla. Hopefully, other programs will follow suit."

  25. Re:Either way. on Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay · · Score: 1

    Common English definitions are irrelevant here; this is a mathematical definition.

    The original sentence was "Yeah, Linux compatibility is a fraction of Windows Steam titles, but not that low."
    This is in no way an application of the mathematical definition.

    Are you mods drunk? Ah, wait, this is /., nevermind.