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  1. Re:Phew... on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    Apparently Siberia has the population density to support it as well.

  2. Re:Obviously. on Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They have one seat in the European parliament. They would have one more in the expanded parliament under the Lisbon treaty, but even though the it has been ratified for years and all the bits of the treaty related to the commission and the council are in place, the bits that govern the only institution in the EU that is actually elected apparently aren't that important.

  3. Wrong name on Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition · · Score: 2

    The manager's name is Björn Wengse, not Bear Wengse. Björn is a common name that also happens to be the Swedish word for "bear".

  4. Re:...stuff they see on the Science Channel. on Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out? · · Score: 2

    That quote is really ironic, considering that Jobs spent hist last decade marketing things like the iPad.

  5. Different languages, different crowds on Analyzing StackOverflow Users' Programming Language Leanings · · Score: 1

    It's probably more due to the fact that people who use Real Programming Languages (e.g. C, C++ and so on) are more likely to be trained or experienced programmers who usually know what they are doing, while JavaScripters and C# people are a bit more likely to be kids trying to get some webpage working.

    JavaScript on its own isn't hard, it's actually a quite nice language. The DOM thing is pretty awful though.

  6. Re:Good. on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    TPB has not lost in the Swedish supreme court. So far, the supreme court hasn't even decided if they will allow the appeal or not.

  7. Re:One person's "justice" on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    An ally of whom?

  8. Re:House of Lords on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 1

    The top-level domain for Sweden is .se.

  9. Re:Not a good public rep on Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You could also say that Wikileaks has been very bad for Assange. Do you think that anyone serving as the public face for an organisation that has embarrassed the US military, diplomats and government would not have been made to look as bad as possible?

  10. Re:Wait! It gets better! on Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate · · Score: 1

    But, under the circumstances, he still seems to be an a-hole.

  11. Re:USA against the World? on US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think the current Congress can do anything at all. Certainly not in any issue that has even the slightest chance of being kidnapped by demagogues.

  12. Re:Long time Ubuntu User here on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    You do know that there is a launcher with command completion in GNOME 2 as well, right? And in pretty much every other window manager or desktop environment for the last 10 years?

  13. Re:Until there's a firewall... on Dolphin, a 3rd Party Android Browser, Relayed URL Data · · Score: 1

    You don't want data about your activities being sent to a server somewhere, so you use iPhone?

  14. Without patents... on Oracle-Google Trial Won't Start Until Next Year · · Score: 1

    Without patents this would be so much simpler.

    JUDGE: Did your client write this software?
    LAWYER 1: No, your honour.
    JUDGE: Did _your_ client write this software?
    LAWYER 2: Yes, your honour.
    JUDGE: Alright, then it's theirs and they can do what they want with it. Case closed. *bangs gavel*

    Does anyone really think that would be any less fair than the current system?

  15. Re:Definitely sucks for search keywords on Concerns Over Google Modifying SSL Behavior · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that "webmasters" will stop trying to optimise their pages after search word hits? That can't possibly be a bad thing.

  16. Re:$3.5 million? on Wikileaks Suspends Publishing Of Cables Due To "Financial Blockade" · · Score: 1

    The banks are certainly tax-funded, and I'm sure they have security guards with guns somehere.

  17. Re:BoA Leaks on Wikileaks Suspends Publishing Of Cables Due To "Financial Blockade" · · Score: 1

    The Guardian already did that months ago.

  18. Re:16GB RAM and GCC optimization on Android ICS Will Require 16GB RAM To Compile · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't turning on LTO give exactly the same benefits but without the horror of huge source code files?

  19. DRM for webpages on Google Not Reciprocating On IFrame Usage? · · Score: -1

    Showing a page in an IFRAME is really no different from viewing it in, say, an ad-supported webbrowser (like older versions of Opera). There is no reason to try to stop it other than being an asshole. It's like DRM for webpages - you may only view this page in the way we tell you to!

    ALL YOUR document.window ARE BELONG TO US!!!

  20. Programming? on Ask Slashdot: What To Tell High-Schoolers About Computer Science? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If they want to know about game programming, then obviously they are at the wrong talk. Programming is not computer science.

  21. Bipartisan? on Senator Introduces Bill To Stop Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does "bipartisan support" mean that it has the support of both the major parties, or simply that it has the support of a couple of guys in each but will get voted down by a majority in both?

  22. Re:Did it "confirm" it was caused by man? on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    This is religion, this is hysteria.

    Religions are usually the ones who, after having been proved wrong again and again and again and finally have to revise parts of their dogma to match reality, claim that the bit that was proven wrong was never that important to begin with. Yes, alright, the earth is in orbit around the sun, and there are lots of other planets, and lots of other suns. Yes, alright, heaven can't be a physical place in the sky. But that wasn't the point.

    I think it's pretty obvious which part is the religious one in the politicised climate change "debate". Yes, alright, the earth is getting warmer. Yes, alright, the statistical models and the results we've been ridiculing for years and years seem to be pretty accurate. But that wasn't the point. Is it man made? Is it? Is it?

  23. Re:Unconstitutional? on ACTA Signed By 8 of 11 Participating Countries · · Score: 1

    ...which is ironic, considering that "intellectual property" is all about restricting normal property rights. No, you can't put those chips together in that way and sell them, that's patented. Buy a licence. No, you can't play that song in public on your own guitar, it's copyrighted. Buy a licence.

  24. Re:Countries? on ACTA Signed By 8 of 11 Participating Countries · · Score: 1

    So, more correctly, it was signed by 8 out of 29 participating countries.

  25. As soon as practicable? on ACTA Signed By 8 of 11 Participating Countries · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They will sign it as soon as practicable? I thought that the European parliament and the Mexican one had explicitly instructed the commission and the Mexican government, respectively, not to sign ACTA in its current form

    I suppose that's just a minor detail.