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  1. Re:Cognitive dissonance at its' finest on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    It should not be the accepted norm that knocking off a 711 or similar petty crime involve threat to life with a gun (or a knife, baseball bat etc. The list of convenient weapons starts to tail off after a while, guns are a particular problem though). If you want to avoid laws regarding the mere possession of objects then at least allow that anyone that makes threats more credible by the use of a weapon should be punished severely.
    That seems sensible to me, what are the arguments against it ?

  2. Re: Bipartisanship on Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality · · Score: 1

    No, it was only for vision care. Dental, Mental and Bodily health were all to be covered federally.

  3. Who would want to work for the man ? on Elon Musk Talks About the Importance of Physics, Criticizes the MBA · · Score: 1

    Really, does he believe that business is administered so flawlessly that people's earnest efforts to learn how to do it better are worthless ?
    It is disrespectful of him to trash people who act sincerely to improve their skills in managing business. Even if there are plenty of cynical MBAs out there, I have met plenty of cynical engineers too; it does not make the study of engineering any less worthy a pursuit.

  4. Re:WARN: There is another system on Cupertino Approves New Apple Spaceship HQ · · Score: 2

    no more freaky looking than the pentagon. And when the kids go out to recess they can't be seen from the road.

  5. Re:Oh look! on US Government Embraces Bitcoin in Hearing on Virtual Currency · · Score: 1

    When I read the news of its latest spike the first place my thoughts ran to was that it was being deliberately manipulated.

  6. It probably doesn't have GPS or even accelerometers, otherwise it would not need to plug into the data socket in the car. I can imagine the next generation will have them though. It can't take much to build a box that sits between the monitor and the car and "forgets" about selected categories of things.

  7. I think he means if you leave the device at home and use the car without it your insurance is void.

  8. Re:There are none on Ask Slashdot: Good Satellite Internet For Remote Locations? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually Skype (google+ etc.) video and VOIP all work pretty well over Exede as it has ample bandwidth to support HD and the delay is much lower than older solutions. You should try them out for yourself.

    The problem with coverage of far N. Alaska is that any geostationary satellite appears near to or below the horizon (for the same reason that the sun is) causing scintillation and line-of-sight issues . S. Alaska is fine though. C-band is pretty much immune to rain, but there is such limited capacity available, it's expensive, there may be licensing issues, it usually uses larger antennas etc. Ku band was state of the art 10 years ago but Ka band is the new thing. Both Ku and Ka band is affected by rain, but these days the systems compensate for rain to the extent that they can by adjusting power levels, symbol rates or forward error correction, it makes them pretty robust, much more robust than older solutions.

    Disclaimer: I'm in the business

  9. Neigh on Tesco To Use Face Detection Technology For In-Store Advertising · · Score: 1

    Just don't put your horse mask on and hang around the meat section.

  10. Re:Best of both worlds on FAA To Allow Use of Most Electronic Devices Throughout Flights · · Score: 2

    The willfully ignorant will just keep their phones turned on and when they make or receive a call they will simply say they did not understand the complex new rules.It comes from a deep rooted belief that rules simply do not apply to them, that all rules are silly.

  11. Obama wasn't called on Germany: We Think NSA May Have Tapped Chancellor Merkel's Cell Phone · · Score: 1
    President Francois Hollande claimed to have issued a stern rebuke to President Obama in a phone conversation with his wife

    FTFY

  12. Re:How about they just scrap it entirely? on DHHS Preparing 'Tech Surge' To Fix Remaining Healthcare.gov Issues · · Score: 1

    I don't know, there's a lot of people drawing reasonable paychecks on the back of this health system being such a cluster. What would all the medical billing specialists do ?

  13. Re:Platform on DHHS Preparing 'Tech Surge' To Fix Remaining Healthcare.gov Issues · · Score: 1

    According to Wikipedia: JBoss was developed by JBoss, now a division of Red Hat. Licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, JBoss is free and open source software

  14. Platform on DHHS Preparing 'Tech Surge' To Fix Remaining Healthcare.gov Issues · · Score: 2

    Which platform did they use to implement this ?

  15. job hopping on Ford, University of Michigan Open Next-Generation EV Battery Research Lab · · Score: 1

    Well at least the lab canteen may be the best place to jump to a competitor.

  16. Re: Good. on UK Court Orders Two Sisters Must Receive MMR Vaccine · · Score: 1

    if they form a group and meet frequently, the problem may go away by itself.

  17. Re: Good. on UK Court Orders Two Sisters Must Receive MMR Vaccine · · Score: 1

    I inject my dog every few weeks. He freaks if he sees the needle, he freaks when you bunch up the skin on the back of his neck. But if keep the syringe hidden and bunch up the skin on his neck a few times and let him freak out, he gets it out out his system and I can administer the shot with no fuss from him. The actual shot is not the big deal.

  18. BooYAhhh! on Azerbaijan Election Results Released Before Voting Had Even Started · · Score: 5, Funny

    Diebold deliver under budget and ahead of schedule...

  19. Re:Why? on Samsung Creates Phone With Curved Display · · Score: 0

    Most importantly, because now the radii of curves will suddenly become patentable. Secondly, when placed on a flat surface the phone will no longer be so well supported across its whole area, hence more likely to break, hence it sells more phones. The user is the last consideration (if at all).

  20. Re:Surprised they didn't incorporate the blank spa on New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today · · Score: 1

    Encrypt the serial number into the features on both sides of the bill. That way at least the forgers have to copy multiple bills using multiple plates if they want a bunch of different serial numbers.

  21. Re:but all the old stuff is still good, right? on New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today · · Score: 1

    They should have some kind of built in expiry enforcement mechanism on the bill. If they are not traded in for new ones within, say, 10 years they should become worthless, or ramp down in value to zero over the years. All it needs is a published expiry date on the bill.

  22. don't look at me... on UK Minister: British Cabinet Was Told Nothing About GCHQ/NSA Spying Programs · · Score: 1

    Cabinet ministers and members of the national security council were^H^H^H^H told^H^H^H^H^H^ asked nothing about the existence and scale of the vast data-gathering programs...

    FTFY

  23. liability on Sick of Your Local Police Force? Crowdfund Your Own · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If they were to convince me to donate, I'd have to know that I was indemnified against any blowback from their actions. It sound's ripe for enforcement scandal. All in all I think I'd rather contribute more to the local police and work to get them up to scratch if they are lacking in some way.

  24. tougue tied on Over 100 Missing Episodes of Doctor Who Located · · Score: 1

    It will be pretty cool listening to them in Amharic, it might finally make more sense.

  25. Re:Open? Hardly on Intel Launches 'Galileo,' an Arduino-Compatible Mini Computer · · Score: 1

    I think papilio and some other FPGA dev kits have avr implemented in HDL and can run the sketches. So yes, I think you can build an arduino without Atmel parts.