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  1. Re:The real problem on Virus Eats School District's Homework · · Score: 1

    "but the sad truth is that the average computer user simply can't handle the freedom of being able to do whatever they want, without messing things up."

    The Sad truth is people actually believe you need to allow a user to anything they want. You dont. It's school property, you restrict your users to only what they need the devices for, anything else is simply incompetence.

  2. How about they.... on Virus Eats School District's Homework · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hire COMPETENT IT staff to begin with? Honestly, what kind of amateur hour school is this? having to hire temp IT staff to deal with it, really? how about actually staffing your departments properly and with competent staff?

  3. Re:First global warming now this... on Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    You would have to get rid of the nutjobs like the Tea Party, Fox News followers, etc...

  4. Re:One consistent theme on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1

    They will not Drown... not unless they are stupid and just sit there for a couple years while the water rises. They will simply move away from the water, into the rich people's country estates. Preferrably with torches and pichforks and ending with a rich guy swinging from a tree.

  5. Re:Denier on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "the only thing universal healthcare brought you was waiting lines and mediocre care"

    you know nothing at all. Want to trot out the fake lie that "all the doctors will leave" because we all know that Canada has no doctors at all and is now a 3rd world country...

    Oh wait, they have BETTER doctors than the USA... and we should have adopted their Healthcare system. but no, Most americans are fucking retards so I'm stuck with the healthcare for the rich only system we have here.

  6. Re:Denier on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 1

    Why dont they? they dont want the USA to go looking for WMD's in their country as well.

    Short of starting World War III what can they do but roll over for the biggest bully on the school ground.

  7. Re:Not really.... on Dual Interface Mobile Devices To Address BYOD Issue · · Score: 1

    And there are none of them that are decently built or run the latest Android.

    Every single multi sim phone I have seen and tried was a huge piece of junk running a fake look alike OS or was running a horribly out of date os like Android 2.2.2

  8. Re:Not really.... on Dual Interface Mobile Devices To Address BYOD Issue · · Score: 2

    It is. I get job offers monthly, you can too, just start leaning a career that is in demand instead of being one of the masses that has thousands that can easily replace you. I change my career every 7 years to avoid being a common worker. In fact it's time for me to start learning a new one so I can switch in about 3 years.

  9. Re:The food is terrible and the portions are small on Slashdot Mobile: Now For Tablets As Well As Phones · · Score: 1

    Slashdot is by far the most difficult website to read and comment on.

    You need to go look at the Gawker Media sites. Those are designed by retorted baboons with a penchant for pain.

  10. Not really.... on Dual Interface Mobile Devices To Address BYOD Issue · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Until they can have dual SIM cards and run on two networks at the same time, it will be useless. If the company wants me to have a cellphone, they can pay for one. I prefer to keep both lines separate so I can completely ignore work the second I leave the office.

  11. Re:Product defect on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    Because the roads were designed by humans. Actually worse than humans.... Politicians and bureaucrats.

  12. Re:If your car is going to drive in a bus on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    "Anyone ever seen a car/bus impact? The bus is usually a little messed up, and the car is usually cut to ribbons,"

    Yup. saw one versus a SmartCar FourTwo. The occupants of the Smart were uninjured, the bus was on it's side with multiple injured passengers. The smart bounced off the front of the bus and landed almost 150 feet away on it's roof.

  13. Re:All automated car scenario on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    "Automated cars don't have the "need/urge" to speed, change lanes and speed by because someone ahead is doing 1/10 of a MPH slower than them." no, but they will be owned by morons that will demand it does that.

  14. Re:Most mention the three laws .. on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    In that case, run KillAllHumans();

  15. Re:Please don't on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    If designed by GM...

    Human.Life = Long.Max;
    Property = Medium.Min;

    Vehicle.life = Short.Min;
    if (Vehicle.Life > 5Years) { sub MilkOwnerForAllTheyGotInRepairs(); }
    if (Vehicle.Life > 10Years) { sub SelfDestruct(); }

  16. Re:no thanks on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    Rule 1 - protect the passengers at all cost.
    Rule 2 - protect other humans at all costs.

    What happens when Rule 1 and 2 collide?

  17. Re:Short Answer - You Don't on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    "Forcing the public at large to follow a single person's idea of morality is, at the most basic level, an immoral act in itself."

    Thus it's impossible. Christians and Muslims are hell bent of forcing their own version of "Morality" upon others, and those are just the largest and most radicalized two in this world, In fact most religions have forcing morality upon others at it's core.

    So until we eliminate all religion, we can not have morality.

  18. That's easy.... on How Do We Program Moral Machines? · · Score: 1

    Hand Grenades and Duct tape. If they are not moral, pull the pin and try the next version that was forced to watch the previous one's testing.

  19. Re:And a normal locksmith will also charge on Hotel Keycard Lock Hack Gets Real In Texas · · Score: 1

    Even in that case, one swipe and I have at least 8 hours to ransack as many rooms as I need to.

    This is the biggest problem, The door locks are so cheap they dont report suspicious behavioral patterns like keycard 44372 is being used over and over rapidly across the facility or at two places at once., heck they dont even keep a log.

  20. Re:The choice is obvious on What Will NASA Do With Its Gifted Spy 'Scopes? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Launch and park them at the L4 and L5 points. and you would get some serious science out of them. Detecting and imaging Exoplanets as well as other things roaming the galaxy would become a lot easier with a stereo spread that wide.

  21. Re:And a normal locksmith will also charge on Hotel Keycard Lock Hack Gets Real In Texas · · Score: 1

    REally? I can get my hands on a maids key far easier than a room key. and those dont expire. Oh and they let me in EVERY room.

  22. Re:Sure I will pay.... on Hotel Keycard Lock Hack Gets Real In Texas · · Score: 1

    "There seems to be a market opportunity here for a vendor who can provide a trustworthy replacement board at a reasonable price." Have you ever dealt with a hotel for selling them things or security? Their idea of "reasonable price" is about $3.00. The hotel industry is notorious for being Half assed cheapskates.

  23. Re:Even if this was true... on Is Intel Planning To Kill Enthusiast PCs? · · Score: 1

    Very true, they all would flock to AMD overnight. Intel would be complete idiots if they did this.

  24. I want to test it.... on The White Noise of Smell · · Score: 2

    Will "white nose" smell cause a bloodhound to not be able to follow the scent? This may be the holy grail of hunter scent masking.

  25. Re:not so sure about the sound analogy on The White Noise of Smell · · Score: 1

    How did you test this? If you used your computer speakers, then you did not hear it. very few speakers and computers can actually generate a clean tone above 16Khz.

    By using a real signal generator with frequency counter and a studio grade horn tweeter I found I have a roll off starting at 22Khz at the age of 45. I also discovered the tinnitus I have is at 15.53Khz and a reverse waveform will NOT eliminate it. I was hoping the mind would resolve the polarity of what it "hears" so I could use technology to get rid of that ringing that drives me mad at times....