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  1. Re:You'll be waiting a long time on SSD Prices Continue 3-Year Plunge · · Score: 1

    If it's through MSDNAA, I'm pretty sure those licenses expire after you graduate. :(

  2. Re:They don't like autohop? on Fox's Attempt To Block Ad-skipping TV Recorder Autohop Fails · · Score: 1

    You can see it with any re-runs. I know one channel, WGN, that airs Futurama episodes and always has three or four entire scenes missing, plus several more punchlines edited out. I also suspect that hour prime-time shows have recently added another short commercial break in the final five/ten minutes of show.

  3. Re:Uh... on The Web Won't Be Safe Or Secure Until We Break It · · Score: 1

    You don't remember even "killer app" being tossed about by reviewers?

  4. Re:GA- not allowed to vote due to id problems on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 1

    Why, then the entire state would be represented by the handful that votes on principle...and since they wouldn't collude to consensus, it would be fairer than the electoral college.

  5. Re:GA- not allowed to vote due to id problems on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 1

    This thread is stupid from the get-go. If there is any issue they bring up, you ask for a provisional ballot and fill that shit out.

    You then have more time to clear up the problem!

  6. Re:Do Not Trust on Neuromorphic Algorithms Allow MAVs To Avoid Obstacles With Single Camera · · Score: 0

    Good thing computers don't have terrible algebra skills like girls do!

  7. Re:Man, have you got THAT right... apk on Building the Ultimate Safe House · · Score: 1

    I bet those ancient structures' longevity has absolutely nothing to do with the competence and regularity of people maintaining it.

  8. Re:Illegal on Building the Ultimate Safe House · · Score: 1

    Austin PD would never ruin my bong shelter.

  9. Re:There is a more immediate problem on IEEE Standards For Voting Machines · · Score: 1

    I understand how a popular vote works, but not how an Elector's mind works. Maybe we should talk about vote fraud/tabulation being a problem after we actually get access to influence the election.

  10. Re:Need to take great caution with this on Seattle's Creepy Cameraman Pushes Public Surveillance Buttons · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What's the difference? Cameras can have extremely high resolutions, digital zoom levels, and parabolic microphones. So they can indeed film you right in your face, and record a quiet conversation, remotely. Would you rather see the cameraman walk up to you, or never know he's there?

  11. Re:Some will take this too far on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 1

    Have any examples of mass killing in the name of atheism?

  12. Re:Network coding. on Increasing Wireless Network Speed By 1000% By Replacing Packets With Algebra · · Score: 1

    If the server must do more arithmetic for transmission, is it more susceptible to denial of service attacks?

  13. Re:Slow? on Google May Soon Scan Your Android Apps For Malware · · Score: 1

    Would they also check for, say, a Google Play paid app that had been cracked and manually installed? That fits some definition of malware.

  14. Re:We've Given Up on Poor Kids on The New School Nurse Is Nurse Ratched · · Score: 3, Interesting

    By the same logic, every humanitarian foundation also has a vested interest in preserving human suffering and disease. Every mechanic, doctor, technician, developer, or whatever profession that is paid to fix things should be intentionally not fixing them to maximize profit, yes?

    So why do any of these things work?

  15. Re:Good job France! on French Court Levies First Fine Under 3-Strikes Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    Is there a useful purpose you have in mind other than deterrence that is achieved when one is punished?

  16. Re:Can this be retroactively legalized on House Approves Extending the Warrantless Wiretapping Act · · Score: 1

    If the entirety of the losing side has wasted their votes because they lost afterward, then obviously voting doesn't work because whomever still does vote would win.

    Oh...wait...I guess hindsight doesn't qualify you to place different values on anyone's votes...

  17. Airplane mode was created by developers and hasn't been acknowledged by the FAA or any airline I know of. It has nothing to do with the regulations, which forbid any portable electronic device operation.

    However, most of the time these don't quite apply to the pilots.

    FAR Section 91.21
    c) Any other portable electronic device that the operator of the aircraft has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used.

  18. Let me google that for you. I know, it's an arduous ten seconds compared to just making up bullshit about what 'many people you know' have done.

    FAR Section 91.21

    Having "rules and regulations" about the highest-powered public vehicles on the planet seems ridiculous until you use your brain for just a minute. Did the Boeing engineers design the 767 (for example) to tolerate a few hundred cell phones broadcasting alongside its avionics? Probably not, since it was produced in the early 80s. Can you personally guarantee that a 30-year-old plane will operate normally, every time under such conditions? If not, then why are you talking like you have a clue about it?

  19. Re:Iran's nuke program seems illogical on Iranian Players Blocked From World of Warcraft Due To Trade Sanctions · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure they will still be fighting over Israel in 2 trillion years, even if it's a radioactive magma swamp.

  20. it gets better on Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist · · Score: 1

    Can I sue the makers of BabyGen if my kid fails algebra?

  21. Re:Now for iOS? on Motorola Releases an Official Bootloader Unlocker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Customization doesn't seem to be a terribly high priority for Apple software. Besides which, the unlocked bootloader allows one to easily violate the FCC terms, one of which forbids changing the "intended method of using the product (e.g., how the product is held or used in proximity to the body). A change to any of these factors will invalidate the FCC grant." So perhaps CM7 enabling a 270 degree screen rotation (upside-down landscape) is a gross federal violation.

  22. Re:Fuck women on Why Young Males Are No Longer the Most Important Tech Demographic · · Score: 1

    Penny from Big Bang Theory. Jenna from 30 Rock. Laurie from Cougar Town. Brittany from Glee. Harmony from Buffy. Claire from Heroes. Lana from Smallville. Amanda from Ugly Betty. Jessica Simpson from herself. Lindsay from Arrested Development. Quendra from Community.

    Shall I go on?

  23. Re:If you're subscribed to him.. on Zuckerberg Updates Relationship Status To "Married" · · Score: 1

    Thank god we have Slashdot on which to repost all these important Facebook status updates.

  24. Re:What an elitist on Geeks In the Public Forum? · · Score: 1

    1) Representativess cast their votes.
    2) Each rep's vote is broadcast to his constituency.
    3) Constituents vote to either approve the rep's vote or force him to abstain.

    How's that for accountability?

  25. Re:All fucking journos must fucking die on Researchers Use Google's Search Algorithms To Fight Cancer · · Score: 1

    PageRank is designed around the 'random surfer' model (15% chance to jump to a random webpage) and returns the probability that a surfer will arrive back at the same page after a large number of links. A node that only has two edges can easily have the highest PageRank.

    If all they want is to find highly-connected nodes, then the Oracle of Bacon-style average length solution would work just as well.