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  1. Re:AT&T needs to watch out... on Facebook Sued for $1 Billion for Alleged Use of Medium for Terror (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of Facebook's censorship follows complaints from their users. They simply don't have the staff to censor every page there without that initiation. Pages not in English are especially difficult to even respond to complaints about, because they don't have sufficient employees who speak a language other than English. Add to that the likelihood that most of the terrorist communication undoubtedly comes from private groups that don't generate complaints. What the lawsuit seems to say Facebook should have been doing is maintaining an immense staff for every worldwide language monitoring every Facebook post made. That's absurd.

  2. Brilliant! on MIT Demos Wi-Fi That's So High-Tech It Doesn't Need a Password (mic.com) · · Score: 1

    That's brilliant! Thank God I live in a sphere!

  3. Battlecruiser 3000AD on The Story Behind the Worst Computer Game In History (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How is this not about Battlecruiser 3000AD?

  4. Wonderful. Now I'll be forced to look at really time blurry pics every time I want to do anything on the web.

  5. Re:Passes what? on Nobel Laureate and Laser Inventor Charles Townes Passes · · Score: 1

    Sadly he did, in fact, die. However, for some reason they decided to reference a particularly poignant Scrabble event he participated in instead of that.

  6. What's wrong with the cloud? on Ask Slashdot: Best Medium For Personal Archive? · · Score: 1

    I know you said you don't want them in the cloud, but why not? Well encrypted files are quite unlikely to be in danger of decryption, and storing them on multiple cloud servers, where data loss is an existential threat to the companies maintaining them, seems an overwhelmingly successful strategy for ensuring the survival of the data.

  7. If only they had over-engineered it last, this never would have happened!

  8. Investigation is a good thing on FBI Confirms Open Investigation Into Gamergate · · Score: 1

    I'm glad the FBI is investigating. They don't know whether alleged threats and harassment are *real* threats and harassment without investigating. Since there have been allegations on both sides, hopefully they investigate both sides. And hopefully those who made false accusations will be prosecuted along with those who made real threats. We shouldn't put up with threats, harassment, or dishonest allegations of crimes. And I trust the FBI won't just be reading message boards and MSNBC articles in their investigation.

    I expect, however, that when prosecutions start one or both sides will start whining.

  9. Misreading on Study Explains Why Women Miscarry More Males During Tough Times · · Score: 1

    I misread this as "Study explains why women miscarry more *than* males during tough times."

    I've always wondered about this, but alas, this answered a different question.

  10. Re:XBMC Finally? on $35 Quad-core Hacker SBC Offers Raspberry Pi-like Size and I/O · · Score: 1

    This well reviewed media box uses the same processor and GPU*

    http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box...

    *The media box simply lists the 450, and the Odroid specifies it's dual core 450. Since the 450 can have up to 8 cores, the media box could have more than the Odroid, but you'd think they'd mention that in the marketing, and they don't.

  11. Re:Maybe I'm missing something on Why Elon Musk's Batteries Frighten Electric Companies · · Score: 1

    Shhhh. You're upsetting the vegans.

  12. This is laughable... on Alva Noe: Don't Worry About the Singularity, We Can't Even Copy an Amoeba · · Score: 1

    "THIS IS NOT EVEN THE UPCURVE OF SINGULARITY"

    On an upward exponential curve, *everything* is on the upcurve,

  13. Re: Well on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    Generally when you punch someone in the face you hope they wake up. If they don't, you get to spend some time in a minimally decorated environment.

  14. Logan's Run on Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75" · · Score: 1

    So the problem with the city in Logan's Run is that they got the termination age wrong?

  15. Not a great idea, I think. on Intel Unveils MICA "My Intelligent Communication Accessory" Smart Bracelet · · Score: 1

    A watch may be a fashion accessory, but it is mostly exempt from the expectation that it match with the rest of one's wardrobe. That stems from the days when watches were just too expensive to wear matching watches with every outfit, even if you were well off. This, on the other hand, will only go with some outfits, and doesn't have an inherited exemption from expectations of matching in female wardrobes. And it's probably too expensive to buy three or four. They're pretty, I must admit, but a watch is a better idea.

  16. Serious problem with the study on Low-Carb Diet Trumps Low-Fat Diet In Major New Study · · Score: 1

    This study has a huge hole in it. It didn't regulate how many calories the participants took in. Which would be fine, it both groups took in the same amount of calories. But they didn't - the low fat group took in considerably more. So rather than show that low carb diet is superior to the low fat diet, it shows (*get ready to be amazed*) that eating more calories results in weight gain.

  17. Re:What a stupid question on Ask Slashdot: Best Phone Apps? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "What food is good?" and "What's the best place to live?" aren't particularly part of the "news for nerds" paradigm. Questions about phone apps are. I don't know about Apple's store, but Google Play is absolutely abysmal when it comes to helping users find great apps. I think his question is fine, and on point.

  18. Not so sure on Islamic State "Laptop of Doom" Hints At Plots Including Bubonic Plague · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm anything but a conspiracy nut. I think we landed on the moon, that Oswald shot Kennedy, and that Icke is a con man. But the timing on this is seriously convenient. We want to attack ISIS, and *poof*, evidence suddenly shows up that ISIS has weapons of mass destruction. It's enough to make me consider making tinfoil hats.

  19. Re:One image... on Software Combines Thousands of Online Images Into One That Represents Them All · · Score: 1

    I would've gone with "One png to replace them all."

  20. Slight problem on Google Is Backing a New $300 Million High-Speed Internet Trans-Pacific Cable · · Score: 5, Funny

    60Tb/s is fine for me, but what about the other people who want to use it?

  21. Re:Hash Collision on Google Spots Explicit Images of a Child In Man's Email, Tips Off Police · · Score: 1

    Not bothering to do the math, but assuming you're correct, that's still damned rare. Setting aside this being a precedent and the possibility of the slippery slope, the fact that this accidental collision only brings about a search warrant and possibly short term arrest, combined with its rarity, seem to make it not a huge problem. If you get hit with the rare collision, once they find out that the picture in the email was your kid at a theme park rather than child porn, you'll get your computer back and no prosecution will occur. That one person a year (a high side estimate) will be annoyed, maybe spend a night in a local jail, and be without their computers for a few weeks is hardly a horrible, horrible thing.

  22. Re:Meanwhile... on Clinton Takes Ohio, Texas; McCain Seals The Deal · · Score: 1

    "Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?"

    You mean the labor he did at the job he got to on public roads and learned to do in public schools and universities? At the company that was bailed out by the federal government in the 80s? That provides a paycheck he puts in a federally protected bank (that itself was bailed out by the federal government)?

    You mean the sweat produced by his hard work as he breathes the clean air that the government mandates? The hard work that he'll thankfully get paid breaks and mandated lunch time away from, thanks to government regulation? At a work environment that his greedy bosses only keep relatively safe because the government forces them to?

    No, he's not entitled to the sweat of his brow. At least not all of it.