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  1. Re:finish this on Alleged Russian Spy Ring Exposed In US · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ok, so when an entire Nazi battalion got taken prisoner, we should have shipped every last soldier to the US for a trial?

    I have a little rule: I don't ask soldiers how to setup my SQL database, and I don't ask douche-bag geeks how to fight a war.

  2. Re:finish this on Alleged Russian Spy Ring Exposed In US · · Score: 1

    Oh ffs, torturing each cell can help you map out how compartmentalized your enemy cells are.

  3. Re:finish this on Alleged Russian Spy Ring Exposed In US · · Score: 1

    You hold a simplistic view of "answer".

    You know Person A knows Information B due to another source/method.

    You aren't sure how important information B is. To what extent Person A lies about Information B while being tortured may give you a clue as to how important Person A thinks Information B is. This is just one example. Torture a lot of people and patterns will start to emerge...like metadata.

    There are lots of puzzle pieces you can get from torture, very rarely will the question be as simple as "where is the hidden rebel base".

    I hold the view that torture CAN work, but we can win without it. Basing your don't-torture argument on "torture doesn't work" is wrong... and worse it cheapens the argument.

    Now you will point out that some experts say it never works.... And I will point out they are full of shit.

  4. Re:Better Puzzle on The Tuesday Birthday Problem · · Score: 1

    Bo Burnham did it better.

    And if Kim is half as old as bobby who is
    two years older then twelve year old tori,
    For how many more 30 day months
    will their threesomes be considered statutory rape?

  5. Re:They -buried- the reports? on 3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children · · Score: 1

    but it's a completely different matter if you actually know.

    Not really, strict liability trumps the "state-of-the-art" defense.

  6. Re:They -buried- the reports? on 3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children · · Score: 1

    More corporation-bashing.

    Burying inconvenient/embarrassing data is something PEOPLE do.

  7. Re:Not so terrible on Google Has Android Remote App Install Power, Too · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As the android user base gets more mainstream, the "vocal" nerds will be drowned out by people who just want cute shit.

    This crowd will accept what-ever crapware the carriers want them to have, they always have....and Google won't find it so hard to just give in.

    Inevitably, the OTA install function will be abused.

  8. Re:That's what they said about CD-Rs on SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years · · Score: 1

    Naked on the floor of a basement isn't the best way to store CD-Rs, by the way.

    How your mom puts CDs in my basement is really unrelated to how long they last.

  9. Re:erm.... on Tracking Down a Single-Bit RAM Error · · Score: 1

    I did read it. I liked the article, actually.

    I didn't take into account that he probably never reboots, thereby always using the cached copy.

    The k-splice ad on TFA made me laugh in this case.

    guess we should put echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches in chrontab.

  10. erm.... on Tracking Down a Single-Bit RAM Error · · Score: -1

    so, every time you run the debugger, a cosmic ray hits your memory bus in the exact same way?

  11. Re:Brains on Rats Breathe Air From Lungs Grown In the Lab · · Score: 1

    +1 WTF?

  12. Tomorrow on slashdot: on Canadian Arrested Over Plans to Test G20 Security · · Score: 1

    ....by all accounts, "Inflamed (1156277)" showed no malicious intent....

  13. Re:Exaflops on Petaflops? DARPA Seeks Quintillion-Flop Computers · · Score: 1, Redundant

    A lot of people make this mistake...it's in base 10.

    You are thinking of Quibiflops.

  14. yes but, on SketchUp 7.1 Architectural Visualization · · Score: -1, Troll

    please point me to the linux version.

  15. Re:saturated market on Bill Gates Doesn't Work At Microsoft Anymore · · Score: 1

    s/mould/cloth/

  16. Re:So? on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    BP should pay for their mistakes, but they shouldn't have to pay workers not to work due to a government decision.

  17. cults? on China Restricts Minors From Using Virtual Currency · · Score: 1

    you mean like the communist party?

  18. simplistic view.... on Why Engineers Don't Like Twitter · · Score: 3, Interesting

    i know the most common use is that simplistic model: someone types something like a micro-blog entry....took fluffy for a walk. but it's more useful as a glue. using modules and apis, a small business (martial arts school, for example) can update their website, facebook fans, twitter followers, and SMS recipients with info (class tonight will be no-gi).

    sure, you could have coded a quick text-bounce on your own server, but twitter makes it pretty easy.

  19. Re:Double edged sword on 1000 Genomes Project Releases Pilot Genome Data · · Score: 3, Funny

    Except single-edge swords.

  20. Re:Would you guys stop messing with the godamn cod on 1000 Genomes Project Releases Pilot Genome Data · · Score: 2, Funny

    Protip: Don't use IE.

  21. yes, but... on Google Introduces Command-Line Tool For Linux · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...does it run anything besides linux?

    a tool like this would rule for any platform.

    i guess you could just roll your own python script or something.

  22. Re:what's sad... on Afghan Tech Minerals — Cure, Curse, Or Hype? · · Score: 1

    I was talking about mining.

    For them to realize the mineral wealth, they would have to destroy a lot of nature to do it. And things like tailings piles leaching into their water supplies...

  23. what's sad... on Afghan Tech Minerals — Cure, Curse, Or Hype? · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...is that the only thing that can economically save the Afghans is complete and utter environmental destruction.

  24. Re:Mothers on UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App · · Score: 1

    Yes. And you hate children too.

    You, sir, are worse than Hitler!

  25. Re:Mahem on demand? on UK Police To Allow Gun Users To Renew Licenses With iPhone App · · Score: 3, Funny

    MAgnetoHydrodynamic Explosive Munition?

    Maybe I will get an iPhone after all.