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  1. Re: Old news on FDA Designates MDMA As 'Breakthrough Therapy' For PTSD (futurism.com) · · Score: 1

    just like canabis also as a schedule1 having "no medicinal value"

  2. 99% theft, 1% kernel on Linus Torvalds: Talk of Tech Innovation is Bullshit. Shut Up and Get the Work Done (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    >> "All that hype is not where the real work is," said Torvalds. "The real work is in the details."
    >> Torvalds said he subscribes to the view that successful projects are 99 per cent perspiration, and one per cent innovation.

    this is because Linux took 99% of its innovation from others and then had the 1% kernel.

  3. Eliminate EE H1B on US Predicts Zero Job Growth For Electrical Engineers (bls.gov) · · Score: 2

    step 1 - cancel all EE H1B holder's VISA.
    problem solved.

  4. crossed the 5million mark at about 9:30 Eastern. on Lessig's Mayday PAC Scrambling To Cross Crowd Funding Finish Line · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well Done All Around.
    It sickens me that we must "buy back" our democracy.

  5. driving farther to get to work on Is Traffic Congestion Growing Three Times As Fast As Economy? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    as the economy has come back, people have been forced to take jobs further from their homes - wherever they can get one.
    with the housing market a mess, they also couldn't easily move closer to work.
    when they can sell their houses, and move closer, or there are more jobs closer, we will see an adjustment.

    personally, i want to see traffic hell. enough that we bring back light rail as a priority.
    its stupid that we do not have lines running down the center of most highways in the country.

  6. ipad air ipad + air on Apple Announces iPad Air · · Score: 1

    i yelled outloud when i heard the name.
    then i saw that it is not the dual screen clamshell combination iPad AirBook i was looking for.
    some day I will have my dual touch screen system with a display for the keyboard.
    but alas. not today.

  7. johnsmith1245145 on Vint Cerf: Google Shouldn't Require Real Names · · Score: 2

    what -- thats my real last name ...

  8. 4th amendment. no new law required on Cops' Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Now Better Than GPS · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

    Every time we pass a new law we water down the constitution.
    "papers" - is not strictly paper. it is where their data is stored.
    "effects" - whatever they have
    "houses" - where they store themselves and their stuff.
    "persons" - they themselves

    what more is needed?

  9. cul-de-sac offices with common area in center. on Best Seating Arrangement For a Team of Developers? · · Score: 1

    a cul-de-sac of offices with doors facing inwards and an open wide hallway down the center with a common workspace and large conference room style table for teamwork. each dev can go into their offices and close the door for heads down or pair programming. leave it open to passively participate as a group, work at the group table for team exercises.

    at the ends of the cul-de-sac place bookshelves, white boards and a video screen for demo/group presentations. use rolling whiteboards, flip charts/postit charts.
    add a remote video cam with audio and you can include folks from offsite.
    put a conference phone in the center of the table.

  10. Re:obvious and thought of 15 yrs ago by me. on Google Awarded Broad Patent For Location-Based Advertising · · Score: 1

    meh.

  11. obvious and thought of 15 yrs ago by me. on Google Awarded Broad Patent For Location-Based Advertising · · Score: 1

    idea was that a device could be carried over which a third party could submit information that upon you reaching or researching locations would become aware of that information. essentially a digital billboard. near a movie theater? here: watch previews of the shows and times. near the packie? here: our sale on cognac. near the bridge? here: the number of the Samaritans.

    what i did not know was that i only needed to write up the idea and patent it with Out a working physical prototype.

    for me, this idea is obvious and a natural evolution of technology and use thereof.

  12. EXTRA: towncriers out of work due to printingpress on The Noisy and Prolonged Death of Journalism · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The internet does not replace the journalists aka reporters.

    it is merely changing the distribution.

    The town crier was replaced by the paper boy but journalism, gathering the facts, reporting on events, has lived on.

    it is not the printing press that makes a journalist.

    My big wish is that factual reporting would regain its place ABOVE the opinionated offerings seen on places such as FOXnews.

  13. monthly train pass - time based, single seat rtu. on Microsoft Moves To Patent Time-Based Software Licensing · · Score: 1

    this is obvious and not patentable.

    last time i took the train I paid a single ride fare. -- single use license.
    back in college I would buy the monthly pass. -- unlimited, time based right to use license.

  14. Day 84 - . on Panasonic's New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 Years · · Score: 1

    TestDiary
    Day 82 - these things are great almost 3 months and no signs of slowing!
    Day 83 - Uh oh. its getting darker these things better not be used constantly
    Day 84 - they are all burned out now. Marketing says they last 19 years!
    Day 85 - slashdotted :)

  15. Re:but they cant run HIGH-TENSION from AZ - CA ?? on PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space · · Score: 1

    so dont try to use a PAIR of towers. use 100 or 1000. still can't be more expensive or far off into future.

  16. Re:Best place != Most pleasant on Where's Your Coding Happy Place? · · Score: 1

    NEVER.

  17. but they cant run HIGH-TENSION from AZ - CA ?? on PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space · · Score: 1

    why beam from space?
    why not beam across the country?
    it sure would make maintenance cheaper.

  18. Re:Hawking's solution on Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed · · Score: 1

    I have been listening to the Walter Isaacson, Einstein: His Life and Universe.
    (obligitory amazon link -> Einstein: His Life and Universe )

    This new theory fits easily.
    CD7 tracks 6 and 7 talk about information transforming based on frame of refere4nce but still staying the same.
    CD9 track 2 starts to bring up descriptions of the universe and time and defines a black hole and describes time dialation. the author makes a callout to the 60s and Hawking.
    CD9 track 3 goes into some detail of how Einsteins relativity theory fits so well.

  19. Re:How motherboards are made on How Motherboards Are Made · · Score: 1

    you were so close.
    > And then the motherboard meets a fatherboard, and the result is a board.

    And then the motherboard meets a fatherboard, and the result is a daughterboard.

  20. Reading the FA was a waste on Music Listeners Test 128kbps vs. 256kbps AAC · · Score: 4, Informative

    that article doesnt provide enough data to make any conclusions.
    maybe they should go back to statistics 101

  21. i have been complaining for a few months on Who's Trading Your E-mail Addresses? · · Score: 1

    they ignored me the first time.
    with a standard reply that spammers brute force addresses and thats how they got it.
    WRONG.
    I maintain the server. there were no brute force attempts.
    so I changed the address.
    within less than a month they started to the new address.
    i complained again and now they seem to be interested but want me to send them all the spam i got.
    well, thats not gonna help them because they are coming from all over the place.
    idiots.
    they also charged my account fees when a stock i own did a reverse split.
    they charged a transaction fee for a change that I did not initiate.
    that is completely bogus.

  22. RSS said "ASS" on Amazon Patents Humans Assisting Computers · · Score: 4, Funny

    RSS feed for this story stated

    "Amazon Patents Humans Ass"

    that had me rolling on the floor!

  23. non-believers were bred out (killed) on Humans Hardwired to Believe in Supernatural Deity? · · Score: 1

    it is really this simple.
    a handful of fanatics with genetic predisposition for belief in crazy ideas killed off the rest of the town that did not have this genetic predisposition. then they bred like rabbits. this spread their screwed up genes.

    if you didnt believe you were killed thus, crazy people were selected for.

  24. Re:Temporary patches available on Solaris Telnet 0-day vulnerability · · Score: 1

    Can I get a hell-yeah!?

    mod parent UP UP UP.

    http://sunsolve.sun.com/tpatches

    read the log of the patch author here:

    http://blogs.sun.com/tpenta/entry/the_in_telnetd_v ulnerability_exploit

  25. Think of the Children! on More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses · · Score: 3, Funny

    sorry, couldnt resist.

    watch out for revenous mooninites while you are at it.