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  1. Campaign contributions influence on Congress's Techno-Ignorance No Longer Funny · · Score: 1

    Guess from which industry the SOPA bill's sponsor, Lamar Smith, received his largest campaign contribution. Drum roll...the TV/Movies/Music industry. http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001811

  2. Guaranteed spyware free. on Download.com Bundling Adware With Free Software · · Score: 1

    They used to have a prominent banner when downloading which said something to the affect of "Guaranteed Spyware Free" I don't see that message anymore.

  3. Worse than Moland Springs. on Periodic Table To Welcome Two New Elements · · Score: 1

    Livermorium, holy yuk! That's worse than Moland Springs [tv sitcom reference]

  4. Never ending vulnerabilities on Researchers Find Big Leaks In Pre-installed Android Apps · · Score: 1

    My god the number of Android security vuln's is a dang deluge. They really need to address this growing problem it is starting to seriously damage the brand it seems to me. I suppose this is the typical extension of being so open.

  5. Too late to do anything on Kyoto Protocol Renewal Efforts Struggling · · Score: 0

    We've finally reached the feared global warming feedback loop tipping point scientists have been dreading. There's nothing we can do to stop gobal warming, at this point all we can do is adapt. Bummer.

  6. Good idea, extremely expensive on Obama Orders Federal Agencies To Digitize All Records · · Score: 2

    I work for a federal agency trying to implement this. It is a wonderful idea with many benefits but it is very expensive to implement. It's not just a matter of scanning documents. The scans have to be verified error free and a lot of meta data has to be manually input on the document. Mandates like this are so often passed down with out giving the agencies the resources needed to carry them out. So we so often end up getting half assed implementations.

  7. Heat not WiFi? on Study Hints That Wi-Fi Near Testes Could Decrease Male Fertility · · Score: 1

    Heat is bad for sperm in the testicles that is why you have a scrotum -- to cool them. Could it be that the heat from the laptop sitting right atop your crotch could be the problem and not the WiFi?

  8. Lethal radiation Bombardment on Life-Bearing Lake Possible On Icy Jupiter Moon · · Score: 1

    From what I understand Europa is bombarded with massive streams of deadly radiation emanating from Jupiter's radiation belts. How could life possibly exist much less come into being?

  9. 1984 on Two New Fed GPS Trackers Found On SUV · · Score: 1

    Justice Stephen Breyer told Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben that, “If you win this case, there is nothing to prevent the police or government from monitoring 24 hours a day every citizen of the United States.”

  10. Climate Change Unstoppable at this point on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    I've listened to scientists on the many Earth Science programs on Nova, Frontline, National Geographic, the Science channel, the History channel, etc for many years. It seems pretty clear that we have reached the feedback loop tipping point and climate change can not be stopped at this point. All we can do now is adapt to its coming. Bummer.

  11. Freakanomics on Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong · · Score: 1

    Take a look at the Freakanomics and Super Freakanomics books. They talk all about how irrational folks are with financial decisions.

  12. Up yours on Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock · · Score: 2

    I have a one finger gesture to Apple I'd like to patent.

  13. Cell Biology on 10-Centimeter Single-Celled Organisms Photographed 6 Miles Underwater · · Score: 1

    I seem to remember from biology class that cells had a size limit due to the need to transport nutrients and throughout the cell quick or the cell would quickly die. We did a test with, I can't remember the name, Alger, by placing it in dye to see how long it takes to penetrate.

  14. A miracle on Strange Video of Dancing Cloud Explained By Electric Discharge · · Score: 1

    I think it was the virgin Mary getting jiggy with it.

  15. Group 2B Carcinogen on Study Finds No Link Between Mobile Phones and Cancer (Again) · · Score: 1

    Mobile phones are Group 2B Carcinogen. "Possibly carcinogenic to humans. More study required." The same classification as Coffee, Pickled Vegetables, and Talcum Powder.

  16. Dislike Google interfaces on No Tab Relocation Coming For Chrome · · Score: 1

    I very much dislike Google, not google.com, UI's. Gmail's interface is clunky and functionally inept; besides the fact that it goes down about once every couple weeks. Chromes interface is so very unintuitive and minimalist as to be incredibly frustrating. Don't get me started on Youtube. I get used to the interface and where things are then they change it and I can't find anything. I get used to that then they do another unannounced change. They seem to do this every few months or so.

  17. Can distort time? on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 1

    "Gravity 'can' distort time..."? Gravity always distorts time.

  18. Congressmen getting robocalls on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    Wait till all the members of congress start getting these annoying calls.

  19. User prespective, hate flash on Game Devs Predict Death of Flash, Installed Games · · Score: 1

    From a user perspective I really hate flash. It is always getting corrupted and than needing to be re-installed. And the reinstall is often equally problematic it refuses to install or the existing one won't uninstall. It can't be replaced too soon for me.

  20. Hate flash and reader on Adobe Releases Flash 11 and AIR 3 · · Score: 0

    I so very much hate Flash and Reader. They work so unreliable and get corrupted so damn easily and then can't be reinstalled.

  21. Re:A single fossil on Modern Humans Bred With Evolutionary Predecessors In Africa · · Score: 1

    Read the Rarity of Fossils section here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil#Trace_fossils

  22. Borg on Apple Bans Game App That Criticizes Smartphone Production · · Score: 1

    Slashdot. You really need to start using your Borg icon for Apple articles just as you do for Microsoft articles.

  23. Duh on IP Addresses Not Enough To ID Users · · Score: 1

    duh

  24. slashdot untrusted on Mozilla Asks All CAs To Audit Security Systems · · Score: 1

    Hehe, for the first time Chrome warned me that slashdot wasn't trusted when I went here this morning.

  25. Hamsters on Russian Space Agency Determines Cause of Soyuz Crash · · Score: 1

    Must have forgotten to feed the hamsters I bet