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  1. Re:it worries me on For Obama, Jobs, and Zuckerberg, Boring Is Productive · · Score: 4, Informative

    He was making the distinction between the furniture and referring to the contents of said furniture.

  2. Re:WGAF? on iPhone 5 GeekBench Results · · Score: 1

    All the US dual core S3's are the same. Except Verizon locked the bootloader. Otherwise the only difference is the network branding.

  3. Re:It's not part of the Android ecosystem yet on Google Pressured Acer/Alibaba Because of Android Compatibility Issues · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because people are dumb and will think that it is representative of Android as a whole.

  4. Re: on Campaign Urges People To Send MPAA and RIAA Copied Currency · · Score: 1

    Photoshop does this, too.

  5. Re:Intercity network connection back in 1983 on Why Didn't the Internet Take Off In 1983? · · Score: 0

    Twitter is 140, SMS is 160. Point remains, but it's worth pointing out.

  6. Re:What does the hell does NP Hard mean? on Pac-Man Is NP-Hard · · Score: 5, Informative
  7. Re:For non US-filtered search results on Judge Orders Hundreds of Websites Delisted From Search Engines, Social Networks · · Score: 1

    The point is that there is no prior case law specifically prohibiting them from doing this. Until communication on the Internet is afforded the same rights as print and speech, there is no reason that ICE, etc. cannot demand a site be removed in this same manner for whatever reason they choose.

  8. Re:For non US-filtered search results on Judge Orders Hundreds of Websites Delisted From Search Engines, Social Networks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's irrelevant to the general problem. Yes, they are counterfeit goods in this case, but this country LOVES precedent. But where does it stop? Can I bring down a website because it is opposite to the views of Congress? If this is going to be continued, there needs to be strict legal guidelines to prevent abuse of power from ANY power. This is what is worrisome.

  9. Re:Notepad on Ask Slashdot: Web Site Editing Software For the Long Haul? · · Score: 1

    Seconded, TextMate is amazing, and if you learn all its KB shortcuts, it can be very efficient. At that point you really might as well learn emacs/vi but that's neither here nor there.

  10. Chicago already has this on New Projects Use Phone Data To Track Big Cities' Mass Transit Use · · Score: 1

    Chicago already has this for buses and trains.

  11. Re:Applications? on Collatz Proof Proposed: Hailstone Sequences End In 1 · · Score: 1

    The proof is treatment though, because it allows you to finally rest.

  12. Re:In other words on Jeff Bezos Calls Sales Tax Requirements On Amazon Unconstitutional · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually it was the result of Gibbons v. Ogden(1824).

  13. Re:Second monitors lead to increased productivity on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    Because having an IDE open to full screen is a terrible idea, one that should NEVER be considered.

  14. Re:Sadly, I have seen this movie before... on Red Hat Uncloaks 'Java Killer': the Ceylon Project · · Score: 1
  15. Re:'Pure Infotech' on Google Is Introducing the +1 Button · · Score: 1

    I closed the tab immediately as well. Then I went to Google and +1'd it.

  16. Re:Please have a -1 Button on Google Is Introducing the +1 Button · · Score: 1

    Call it an "acknowledgement" and have Like/ Dislike.

    "John Doe and George Washington acknowledged your status update." And then it shows the thumb up/ thumb down icons with numbers next to it.

    Also, the UI needs to be consistent. If enter publishes your post in response to status replies, it should also publish on status updates. Messages cannot be reneged so enter should only be a new line in there. But all replies to things and anything else that can be x'ed and removed should behave the same way.

  17. Re:The only absurd part of this... on Sell Someone Else's Book On Lulu! · · Score: 1

    Seconded. Larson handles many things much better. For example, LIATE for integration by parts or pretty much any of the parametric integration. When I TA I regularly will give Larson problems over Stewart problems.

  18. Re:What would the impacts of this be for cryptogra on Claimed Proof That P != NP · · Score: 1

    But the factorization problem leads to a solution to the discrete log problem, using Shor's algorithm in the quantum world.

  19. Re:Enigma... on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The difference is you can play with the one in the NSA museum, and they encourage it.

  20. Re:There's a reason... on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 1

    I believe the sign is only one direction though (North). Maybe it is because I never come south to pass Ft. Meade, but I haven't seen a sign on the southbound parkway.

  21. Re:Ok, Enigma machine ... what else on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 1

    It is. Pencils and all.

  22. Re:Ok, Enigma machine ... what else on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 1

    As well as the fact that there was language gaps, such as there being no word for plane in Navajo. So they used "big eagle flying" or something to that effect.

  23. Re:Ok, Enigma machine ... what else on NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum · · Score: 2, Informative

    And the Jeffersonian Cipher, as well as early copies of a bunch of old coding books. It's a terrific museum staffed primarily by ex-NSA people.

  24. Re:Did he patent it? on George Lucas C&Ds 'Lightsaber Laser' · · Score: 1

    Fine. Lightsword. Moving on. Still too similar? Sword of light. Everyone will still make the mental jump.

  25. Re:No surprise here, this is DePaul on DePaul University To Offer Degree In Predictive Analysis · · Score: 1

    Yes, sometimes they do have programs that are very easy to go through quickly. However, if you get a good advisor (which CDM has, more often than not) you can substitute more classes and in turn, get more knowledge in useful areas. They do (at least for CS) have a lot of professors who teach fun independent studies and seminar classes.