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  1. Re:interesting on Five Charged In Largest Hacking Scheme Ever Prosecuted In US · · Score: 1

    Totally I mean look at these companies. The way they dress down their security. They're pretty much asking for it. I think the blame is 50 50 here. Also a computer's software has a way of shutting down legitimate intrusions.

  2. Pacific Rim has been out for a little over a week and it's already made back it's production budget http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=pacificrim.htm . I'm curious to know what Nerval's Lobster's definition of a Hollywood bomb is.

  3. Re:Linus management technique works on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 5, Funny

    Absolutely. When people criticize Michael Jackson for allegedly molesting children, I tell them the exactly same thing. It's a fact of life. It's impossible to make music that great without touching a few kids. Likewise it's impossible to write some code without impersonating a high school.

  4. Re:This is great on Next SurfaceRT To Come With Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, LTE · · Score: 1

    Someone posting absurdly pro Microsoft posts on Slashdot? No I don't think shill is quite the word. I'd have to sum it up with successful troll is successful.

  5. I don't mean to sound anti intellectual but... on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Not at all. I've been writing code professionally for 14 years and in that time I've used Calculus exactly twice. Maybe if you did engineering involving a lot of physics but I seriously doubt those jobs are common. It looks good on a resume and all things being equal an employer would probably pick the applicant with the better math skills but then again the same can be said of just about any skill.

    Anyways good luck.

  6. Re:How do you prove harm to reputation? on Tesla Motors Loses Appeal Against BBC's Top Gear · · Score: 1

    I could be wrong on this but I doubt their main goal in this was "winning". Elon Musk is a smart guy. I'm sure he's fully aware of the Streisand Effect. Top Gear showing an episode painting Tesla in a less than flattering light can't be suppressed. But what they can change is that every time someone googles "Top Gear Tesla" a ton of articles also show up detailing exactly why Top Gear was full of shit on this one.

  7. Re:I praise Satan everyday for power tools. on Google Engineer Shows How To Forge Swords and Knives · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Well now I'm curious. It turns out whenever the word 'cost' appears in a Google search the results tend to point to online shops. But here's what I found: http://www.vincelewis.net/vikingsword.html
    http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/Small-Breed-Milk-Cows.aspx

    So a good Viking sword was worth 12 milk cows, and each milk cow is apparently worth about $2500 so $30000. Well that's assuming the value of a milk cow is constant throughout history. Not quite a Lexus, maybe an Acura.

  8. I praise Satan everyday for power tools. on Google Engineer Shows How To Forge Swords and Knives · · Score: 2

    Two conclusions I can draw from that video:

    1. The stereotype of blacksmiths looking like body builders must be pretty accurate.

    2. A good sword must have cost as much as a shitty car.

  9. Re:Another reason we're stuck on this blue planet on Trip To Mars Could Damage Astronauts' Brains · · Score: 1

    Homer: Son, come here. Of course I'm not mad. If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the garage next to your short-wave radio, your karate outfit, and your unicycle, and we'll go and watch TV.

    Bart: What's on?

    Homer: It doesn't matter.

  10. Re:Hypocrisy writ large on Facebook Paid 0.3% Taxes On $1.34 Billion Profits · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The difference is the poster probably doesn't have powerful lobbying groups to make it that way.

  11. Re:Gingrich & Huckabee Weigh In on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 3, Insightful

    At first I thought this was irrelevant, at best a distraction from the serious topics that need to be addressed, such as freedom vs security, the importance of the second amendment, how we as a society treat the mentally ill.

    Then I considered his words and I did some research and it turns out he was on the right track he just didn't take the idea far enough. Allow me to sum up firearm history. Around the third century the Roman Empire adopted Christianity. A few centuries later the Chinese invent the first firearms. Since then firearm deaths have increased roughly 2.9 billion percent!

    The only rational conclusion is that our rejection of European polytheistic religions and religious philosophy caused this tragic event. To prevent future gun violence we as a nation must return to worshiping the Polytheistic gods of our ancestors. Obviously not all of them, that would be chaos. I'd recommend the Celtic gods but I'm obviously biased since I'm of English/Irish descent. A strong case can be made for the Norse gods since their movies tend to gross higher in the box office.

  12. Re:I like how the summary answers its own question on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    1. The cost of electricity is not going to stay the same for 15-30 years. It will almost certainly rise quite a bit. That needs to be factored in.

    2. Paying for 30 years up front? That's why God made HELOCS.

  13. Re:Don't forget housing and condo boards on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure how it is in your neck of the woods but I have a system in Las Vegas and there it's actually illegal for HOAs to object to solar panels.

  14. Re:Why? on Flexible Phones 'Out By 2013' · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if this is a serious question or if this is part of certain members of Slashdot's bizarre disdain for anything new but here goes:

    I have a Galaxy Note 2. It has a 5.5 inch screen. This makes for a pretty large phone and when I'm carrying it I'm pretty aware that it's in my pocket. If it were flexible it would conform to the curve of my leg enough that it would be more comfortable to carry. So there, I hope that helps.

  15. Maybe... on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But I have to say that when I was in school, the fact that I did pretty well academically is always something that earned me respect. I run ins with my fair share of bullies and shitheads but really it didn't seem to have much to do with my intellect. Stupid kids got bullied just as much.

    I have to wonder if this whole concept of "nerd persecution" is concocted by nerds who don't want to admit that maybe they have obnoxious personalities and kind of had it coming.

  16. Uh huh, now where's the graph... on Geomapping Racism With Twitter · · Score: 0

    for all the blacks and latinos who voted against Romney solely because he's white? This problem goes both ways.

  17. I'm not sure how I feel about this... on Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Due In 2015 · · Score: 1

    I think I'll choose to be optimistic. Look at all the Star Wars novels. It's a huge universe with lots of stories to tell. Disney easily has a lot of material to release a new movie every few years. Also, how it anything they make possibly be worse than Attack of the Clones?

  18. Re:But that's not the real problem. on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    I see where you're coming from. On the other hand, getting maimed in a wreck isn't something that costs only you. Even in the US a lot of public funds go into the health care system. So if wearing a piece of Tupperware on your head is the difference between the taxpayers paying for a few broken bones or years as a vegetable then yeah, I'd say the government can make the decision for you.

  19. Re:Come on on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing you haven't met a lot of Mormons. They're not exactly an exuberant people. Their services almost seem like funerals. If they feel like they're out of their element, random haha's tend to pop up.

  20. Re:give credit where credit is due on EVE Online CSM and Diplomat Killed in Libyan Consulate Attacks · · Score: 2

    Blaming Terry Jones for this is like blaming a rape victim for dressing too provocatively.

  21. Re:Windows 7 is Windows 7... on Why Are Operating System Version Names So Absurd? · · Score: 2

    It's only labeled internally as 6.1 for compatibility reasons. There's an article that I can't find that explains it better but this one comes close http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/archive/b/windowsvista/archive/2008/10/13/introducing-windows-7.aspx

  22. South Park Wisdom on Study Shows Marijuana Use In Teens Correlates To Decreasing IQ · · Score: 2

    Well, Stan, the truth is marijuana probably isn't gonna make you kill people, and...it most likely isn't gonna fund terrorism, but...well, son, pot makes you feel fine with being bored and...it's when you're bored that you should be learning some new skill or discovering some new science or...being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you aren't good at anything!

    -Randy Marsh

  23. Re:$299 for the TV hook up???? on Google Unveils Nexus 7 Tablet, Nexus Q 'Social Streaming Device' · · Score: 2
  24. Had a similar thing happen to me on Newegg on NewEgg: Installing Linux Breaks Laptop · · Score: 1

    So few weeks ago I bought a refurbished laptop. It was an Acer for about $260. Of course like just about any Windows laptop it was bogged down with crapware so I wiped it out and reinstalled Windows 7. Then it stopped turning on. I sent it back for a replacement but they claimed that reinstalling Windows voided the warranty. I'm pretty sure it's a violation of the Magnuson-Moss warranty act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act. I paid for it through Paypal so I filed a fraud claim against them and Newegg finally gave me an exchange.

    So, yeah, in the future I'm definitely going to make a stock image backup so I can restore it before sending it back for repairs. That or I'll smash the hard drive so they don't know I did anything.

  25. Freescale Tower System on Ask Slashdot: Hobbyist-Ready LCD Touch Panel For Embedded Projects? · · Score: 1

    http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=TWR-LCD&tid=m32TWR

    Lots of different stuff you can do with it. Hope that helps.