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  1. You mean like the first Cylon in "Caprica"? on SXSW: Do Androids Dream of Being You? · · Score: 1

    ~ You can't download a personality. There's no way to translate the data.

    ~ But the information being held in our heads is available in other databases. People leave more than footprints as they travel through life. Medical scans, DNA profiles, psych evaluations, school records, e-mails, recording video and audio, CAT scans, genetic typing, synaptic records, security cameras, test results, shopping records, talent shows, ball games, traffic tickets, restaurant bills, phone records, music lists, movie tickets, TV shows. Even prescriptions for birth control.

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  2. Re:Nipples and terrorism? on Nipples, Terrorism, and Sexual Descriptions - Facebook's List of Banned Content · · Score: 2

    No sir, I'm not interested in more nipples.

    Tell you what though - do you have any rubber walrus protectors?

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  3. And the Internet Archive on Ask Slashdot: Video Storage For Time Capsule? · · Score: 1

    Since in theory they'll take a longer view on preservation than a publicly-owned company might.

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  4. Paper Prints! on Ask Slashdot: Video Storage For Time Capsule? · · Score: 2

    This actually worked! In the early days of film the Library of Congress had each frame of entire films printed onto paper to establish copyright. These prints survived while the original films disintegrated, and subsequently (albeit laboriously) were transferred back onto film.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...

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  5. Re:Parody on Gritty 'Power Rangers' Short Is Not Fair Use · · Score: 1

    Agreed. It's your basic "What if we took the premise seriously?" parody. What would happen if an entity from outer space imbued teenagers with superhuman abilities and gave them massive fighting machines to fight monsters the size of buildings and forces of evil out to enslave the world/galaxy/universe? Answer: bad things would happen, that's what.

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  6. FYI - Chrome's Task Manager on Ask Slashdot: Most Useful Browser Extensions? · · Score: 2

    Chrome has its own task manager under More Tools Task Manager, so you can see which extensions are gumming up the works.

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  7. But where/when does one explicitly learn security? on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    I'm a recent CS grad, but I've had a number of years of IT experience as well, and explicit security education/training hasn't come up in either case. OOP? Troubleshooting? Database design? Parallel programming? On it. Computer Security 101? Not so much.

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  8. Re:wearable for the wife? on Ask Slashdot: Panic Button a Very Young Child Can Use · · Score: 1

    A quick search and...

    http://www.epdetect.com/

    Could be good, could be lousy.

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  9. As with all health claims.. on Alcohol's Evaporating Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    ~ Your cholesterol level is 500! Wait, you haven't been using sunblock, have you?

    ~ Umm, well, yeah.

    ~ You IDIOT!

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  10. Louis CK would disagree on WA Bill Takes Aim at Boys' Dominance In Computer Classes · · Score: 0

    And lord knows he should know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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  11. Re:OMFG .. I just read TFA on Texas Boy Suspended For "Threatening" Classmate With the One Ring · · Score: 1

    He should ask his teacher "So the Immaculate Conception and the Virgin Mary, why was that considered a miracle compared to any other child being born? I mean, specifically..."

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  12. Re:"Stargazers..." on Rare Astronomical Event Will See Triple Moon Shadows On Jupiter · · Score: 1

    Not yet.

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  13. Biased to cracked sites on The Most Popular Passwords Are Still "123456" and "password" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since a site with proper hashing, where in theory the actual passwords are unknowable, wouldn't be on the list. And presumably sites with proper security on the back end would have stronger password complexity requirements in the first place, and vice versa. The blame falls more on the bar than the drunkards it serves.

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  14. Perhaps no so much for China to connect to the ROW on China Lays More Fiber, Improving Physical Connection To the Worldwide Internet · · Score: 1

    Perhaps more for the ROW to connect to China. Dirt-cheap cloud services, anyone?

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  15. Re:Ubi is cute on Talk to the World Through Ubi -- and Use Gestures, Too (Video) · · Score: 1

    Needs a face to be cute. I see a Ubi / Furby maker project in the future.

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  16. Re:No. Hell No. Bad Idea. on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 1

    The people that can hold a financial gun to your head if you don't vote the way they want.

    Worse than the gun to the head, the free voting app from your party / union / special interest group / chamber of commerce that makes casting your vote simple! Just type in your ID, press the big red "Vote!" button, and we fill out the virtual ballot for you! No getting bogged down in details like names or offices or having to read those boring ballot initiatives!

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  17. Re:Not expensive for an audiophile device on Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman · · Score: 3, Funny

    I had a great player geared for audiophiles, but it cost $1500 and the battery life was terrible.

    And the vacuum tubes kept setting my messenger bag on fire.

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  18. So you could say that both humans and finches... on Study: Birds Slur Their Songs When Drunk, Just Like Humans · · Score: 1

    ...have been known the make some drunk tweets.

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  19. Re:clarification for 'mericuns on Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack · · Score: 1

    I just assumed they meant THE Finn.

    http://williamgibson.wikia.com...

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  20. You mean first POTUS to program while in office? on White House Touts Obama's 1-Liner as 2014 Tech Highlight · · Score: 1

    I'm sure some fundamental CS work came up in college for our recent presidents in the past fifty years. Nuclear engineer Jimmy Carter and MBA George W Bush in particular come to mind.

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  21. The Desk Set on Librarians: The Google Before Google · · Score: 1

    The surprisingly accurate dramatization of Google's takeover! (In three parts!)

    http://youtu.be/nBT1oHGSeFc?t=...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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  22. Being an asshole and not caring that you are one. on Hackers' Shutdown of 'The Interview' Confirms Coding Is a Superpower · · Score: 1

    That's the superpower at work here.

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  23. Re:I thought it was money on Hackers' Shutdown of 'The Interview' Confirms Coding Is a Superpower · · Score: 1

    Works for Batman.

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  24. Re:Good on Godot Engine Reaches 1.0, First Stable Release · · Score: 4, Funny

    The latest build will not be available this evening but surely tomorrow.

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  25. Ascension? on NASA's $349 Million Empty Tower · · Score: 1

    So that's where they put it!

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