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  1. Re:evidence that he is thinking ahead like humans. on Stone-Throwing Chimp Back In the News With Better Plan · · Score: 1

    It is even better to know there is no zoos in the US... freedom for the monkeys! At least for them.

  2. Re:evidence that he is thinking ahead like humans. on Stone-Throwing Chimp Back In the News With Better Plan · · Score: 2, Funny

    So the detention without a trial that was approved in the US is just an extension of what was already done to the monkeys? It's nice to know the US is working towards interspecies equality!

  3. Re:Sudden outbreak of common sense, I guess on NY Ruling Distinguishes Downloading, Viewing Child Pornography · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, now it is possible for a "virus" to serve cached images on a p2p network... quite convenient for the pervs.

  4. Re:I wonder... on Jars of Irradiated Russian Animals Find a New Purpose · · Score: 2

    It is still doing. Did you think the TSA exists for your security? :p

  5. Oracle on Apache OpenOffice Releases Version 3.4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, how long until Oracle sues them for using Java? :p

  6. Re:How convenient... on Panetta Labels Climate Change a National Security Threat · · Score: 4, Funny

    They found a recording from a surveilance camera, where he performed an even worse attack: the release of a greenhouse gas in an elevator, to the horror of the victims.

  7. Re:No... on Kindle Fire Grabs Over Half of the U.S. Android Tablet Market · · Score: 3

    I'm still waiting for the one that can display an A4 page without scaling.

  8. Probabilities on Weekend Lyrid Meteor Shower Visible From Earth · · Score: 1

    "Meanwhile, an astronaut on the International Space Station will be crapping his pants over the possibility of being the lottery winner."

  9. Re:Have you ever been to a Ruby conference? on The Ugly Underbelly of Coder Culture · · Score: 2, Funny

    I agree with almost everything you said, with the exception of:

    Ruby is basically Perl, but 20 years late and with a much inferior foundation.

    I'm not a Ruby coder, I've never done anything serious with it. But to say that anything is inferior to Perl seems wrong. Even JavaScript with its type inconsistencies feels less of a patchwork than Perl. I hope I'll never have to work with Perl again in my life.

  10. Re:We've probably gone farther on Voyager and the Coming Great Hiatus In Deep Space · · Score: 1

    So simply chose religion to be your scape goat [...] you believe you are more rational.

    People who believe in god(s) base their beliefs in faith, not reason, therefore they're irrational beliefs. q.e.d.

  11. Re:Contractual obligations on Ask Slashdot: At What Point Has a Kickstarter Project Failed? · · Score: 2

    And that could be a differential for requesting the backing. One could officially sign a public contract with penalties (e.g. donation to charities) in the case of failure. The legality of the contract would have to be possible to verify by anyone interested.

  12. Re:What are dental X-rays for, anyways? on Dental X-Rays Linked To Common Brain Tumor · · Score: 1

    Searching for cavities is the only thing dentists do? I bet you can be more imaginative if you try a little bit more.

  13. Re:Innocent? on Innocent Or Not, the NSA Is Watching You · · Score: 2

    In secular governments, where you can't use the concept of sin / haraam to control people, the only alternative is to make everyone a criminal. You may not feel guilty and afraid of the divine punishment, but you will be afraid of your child downloading an mp3 and your family being financially screwed for the rest of your life.

  14. Re:Wayland vs X on Update On Wayland and X11 Support · · Score: 2

    The loss of network transparency makes remote access much more complicated. It's not lethal, there are things you can do with remote desktop viewers that work, but you end up hacking together a rickety, insecure new solution to what used to be a solved problem -- it really doesn't feel like progress.

    I don't think running a VNC server bound to 127.0.0.1 with port forwarded through a ssh tunnel (ssh -L5900:localhost:5900) is much more complicated neither insecure.

  15. Re:Wayland vs X on Update On Wayland and X11 Support · · Score: 2

    Don't you prefer VNC? Every time I had to run a graphical application remotely I first tried through X but ended up using VNC.

    Btw, last week I tried to run firefox from a remote machine (ssh -X) and it seemed to have opened a new instance of the local running firefox (I'm not really sure, I was just trying to do something quickly and didn't have time to verify wtf happened)... if that was the case, was that the expected behavior?

  16. Re:digits == fingers, not numerals on 1.9 Billion Digits: Brazil's Bid For Biometric Voting · · Score: 1

    I didn't read it referred to the amount of data anywhere... and you know the origin of 'digit' and why our natural base is decimal, right?

  17. Scientists at Mexico's National Institute of Psych on Vaccine Could Cut Heroin Addiction · · Score: 1

    Mice given the vaccine showed a huge drop in heroin consumption.

    So there is hope for Speedy Gonzales?

  18. Re:shrinking genome on Biologists Debunk the "Rotting Y Chromosome" Theory · · Score: 2

    Perhaps like Fox News' Ann Coulter suggested that "jews should be perfected".

  19. Re:Why would anybody think otherwise? on Biologists Debunk the "Rotting Y Chromosome" Theory · · Score: 2

    It is pretty obvious that +99% of the genes that express male characteristics are not in the Y chromosome. For all that matters the Y chromossome could have just a single gene.
    is_male = True

  20. Re:Terminology on Adobe Makes Flash on GNU/Linux Chrome-Only · · Score: 1

    Right now the term GNU/Linux versus Linux serves as a positive correlation between those who want to make a political statement versus those who are talking about the technology.

    While I agree some (probably most) people use this rationale, I tend to use GNU/Linux to refer to the full OS because it is actually the correct term. As Confucius said, the first step towards wisdom is calling things by their right names.

  21. Re:Terminology on Adobe Makes Flash on GNU/Linux Chrome-Only · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Given we are talking about Flash (graphical application) and Linux (OS kernel), the posterior probability that one running GNU userland would use X11 (like xorg) is almost one. Licenses have nothing to do with that sentence.

  22. Re:dongle on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 1

    Good idea... and considering the price of their software adding a FPGA would not have a significant impact.

  23. Re:Just another Con Man on James Randi's Latest Debunking Operation · · Score: 2

    Just a small correction: cold reading is not paranormal, it is the actual technique fraudsters use to fake paranormal abilities.

  24. Oh Slashdot, you disappointed me! on Obama Pushes For Cheaper Pennies · · Score: 3, Funny

    I came here only for the penis jokes, but none so far!

  25. Re:Interesting headline change on Labor Activist: Apple May Be Terrible, But All Others Are Worse · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I think you are correct. But then, as an individual that work with technology I don't have any choice (that I'm aware of... do you know any alternative?). But for a company that makes *billions of dollars* in fucking PROFITS, things are much different.

    Delusional people may believe that free market and "voting with my money" can change things, but with companies with hundreds of billions of dollars in fat to burn and all of them with the same policies, nothing can ever change.