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  1. Secondary contributory infringement on Could Slashdot (Or Other Private Entity) Sue a Spy Agency Like GCHQ Or NSA? · · Score: 1

    A better choice might be to sue those well known private companies that helped the agencies do this, the enablers so to speak. Make it annoying enough and these companies may think twice about co-operating so freely next time.

  2. USPTO is open for business on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1

    They have 4 weeks of cash reserves!

  3. do you still have the box your computer came in? on Ask Slashdot: Most Secure Browser In an Age of Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    Realistically not using the internet and living in a log cabin in the woods may be your only option.

    More realistically what you do on the internet isn't that important.

  4. Obvious NSA joke on FDA Calls On Medical Devicemakers To Focus On Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia pace makes you?

  5. 20 year old antique?? on Ask Slashdot: Supporting "Antique" Software? · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one laughing at the thought something from the early 90s is now considered antique?

  6. What is the primary function of politicians? on Did Internet Sales Tax Backers Bribe Congress? (Video) · · Score: 2

    It should be to serve the country, passing laws for the positive benefit of the people as a whole.

    What it ends up being is trying to get re-elected because then those nice people keep dropping off envelopes stuffed with cash.

  7. Re: Pre-written? on Yokohama Accidentally Tweets That NK Missile Is Inbound · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually well run corporate social media often implement an approval process for all tweets replies and other comments to avoid spelling mistakes misinterpretation and ensuring that the right corporate message gets across. I'm sure that a committee sat down here and said "what is the best way to write this?" Rather than let some 20 something quickly write something in the spur of the moment that might be wrong. So yes prewritten is probably a good idea, accidentally pressing send however...

  8. Right direction on Will Japan's New Government Restart the Nuclear Power Program? · · Score: 1

    But instead of re-certifying decades old plants with iffy designs how about building new ones with better safety features? Job creation too.

  9. contract law on Ask Slashdot: How To Collect Payments From a Multinational Company? · · Score: 2

    You had strict payment terms in your contract like net30 right?

  10. I love Slashdot commentators on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They are so predictable, the slightest hint of something being difficult they give up and say it can't be done. We'd still be living in caves rubbing two sticks together if it was up to you guys.

    So it might be cloudy sometimes. Well maybe there is a way to store electricity when there is a surplus and feed it out again when there is high demand. There are dozens of technologies available to do this from batteries to pumped storage and everything in between (oh yes I know someone will reply to me to say that won't work because conversion losses or whatever so we shouldn't bother).

    Also this grid thing might be a good idea, that way if it is sunny in one place but cloudy in another people can share (but oh no it won't completely replace all nuclear coal and gas fired power stations in the whole US so we shouldn't bother).

    Do you know how many new houses were built in the last decade housing boom? I don't know either but just consider if even a small PV panel of a couple of square meters was on each one, the cost would be much less through economies of scale and it would make a significant dent in energy demands (but oh no it won't completely replace all nuclear coal and gas fired power stations in the whole US so we shouldn't bother).

    And yes most states now have laws that prevent HOAs restricting the use of PV.

  11. Needs a technological solution you say? on US Security Classifications Needs Re-Thinking, Says Board · · Score: 4, Funny

    You wouldn't happen to have a friend waiting in the wings who owns a company that just so happens to supply such solutions at great cost to government entities would you?

  12. Failure to defraud on All of Nate Silver's State-Level Polling Predictions Proved True · · Score: 1

    One wonders if it is possible to draw the conclusion that the because his model was so accurate then the majority of voter suppression efforts must have been ineffective? Or the corollary, if his model had been wrong would that have indicated large scale successful voter suppression?

  13. Finally! on Can a Court Order You To Delete a Facebook Account? · · Score: 1

    I had always wondered what "LOL" meant.

  14. Giant Ragweed on Roundup Tolerant GM Maize Linked To Tumor Development · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know what has also become Roundup resistant? Giant ragweed.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19585341

  15. Re:Ignorance of the Patent System on Slashdot on Microsoft Patents Whacking Your Phone To Silence It · · Score: 1

    Finally someone points out it is only an application. Unfortunately the "patent experts" here on slashdot will declare it doesn't matter because they'll grant it anyway.

  16. Do they blend? on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Found Calculators? · · Score: 1

    We need to know

  17. Re:VPNs on Most Torrent Downloaders Are Monitored, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    Are you counting AOL as a VPN?

  18. Re:Get a fact checker on Twitter Jokes: Free Speech On Trial · · Score: 4, Informative

    European Convention on Human Rights to which the UK is a signatory includes the right to free speech.

  19. Re:At the end of the day on Why Juries Have No Place In the Patent System · · Score: 5, Informative

    The advantage in the UK of course is a specialized Patent Court with Judges and no juries. These Judges are patent specialists spending their time only looking at Patent cases. They are a very sharp bunch. I recall one incident in which the Judge suspended a complex case so he could go and learn some pretty high level biochemistry from the head of biochemistry at Cambridge.

  20. Re:Real reason on Poll Finds Americans Think the TSA Is 'Doing a Good Job' · · Score: 2

    Now ask how many times TSA has had to change their procedures after someone tried to blow up their shoes/underwear/water bottles...

  21. I'm confused on Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why did it take 3 days for the other guys to say yes to $1bn?

  22. The business of being born on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    Watch this documentary and shake your head wondering why infant/mother mortality rates are so high in the US despite all the medicalization of the birth process.

  23. Re:Digital natives is an absurd idea on Developer's View: Real Life Inspirations Or Abstract Ideas? · · Score: 1

    Hate to point this out to you, but the article isn't talking about "you and your fellow millennials" you're about 10 years too old.

  24. Health issue is a red herring on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The real investigation should be who got rich from all this.

  25. Ask your wife to be what she wants on Ask Slashdot: Techie Wedding Invitation Ideas? · · Score: 1

    Then say "yes dear".