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  1. Apparently just like a chocolate bunny on How Do You Eat a Triceratops? Start By Ripping the Head Off · · Score: 2

    / that's all I got...

  2. Re:If its is alien origin on Curiosity Spies Unidentified, Metallic Object On Mars · · Score: 1

    Really? How?

    .... and Budism.

    *breaks into song*

    But.

    I've never been one of them...

  3. Re:Runaway electrons colliding into oxygen on Mysterious Sprite Photographed By ISS Astronaut · · Score: 1

    I was thinking along the lines of an aurora event. Solar radiation and nitrogen in the thermosphere. I wonder if the sprite and lightning strike are along/close to a magnetic field line in Earths magnetosphere.

  4. Re:Klingons on Copyrights To Reach Deep Space · · Score: 1

    See...

    61,286.634 earth years pass for the Defendant at rest for every 24 hours a Copyright Lawyer travels at 0.999999999999999 c.

    Currently the US life expectancy is around 78.2 years. It will probably be much less after the Klingons invade so, worse case scenario, lets assume that's 0. But, there is still the additional 70 years after the creator's death!

    This means that an interstellar copyright's duration is 4,290,064.38 earth years minimum. More if the copyright holder is among the survivors of the initial alien invasion.

  5. Re:Probably on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm predicting a run on bigger rocks

    Worked for the Centauri against the Narn.

  6. Re:Really? on The PHP Singularity · · Score: 1

    You can make PHP scream every mistake to the output buffer with the following.

    Within code if you can't change php.ini
    ini_set('error_reporting', E_STRICT | E_ALL); // or error_reporting( E_STRICT | E_ALL );
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);

    Or within php.ini
    http://us.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.error-reporting
    http://us.php.net/manual/en/errorfunc.configuration.php#ini.display-errors

  7. Re:Really? on The PHP Singularity · · Score: 1

    It only silently fails if you tell it to silently fail.

  8. Re:how about Adobe AIR? on Adobe Stops Flash Player Support For Android · · Score: 1

    My bad. It was a year ago. Still. Don't think Adobe is going to just lay down and die. They're going to evolve the product. What you may have needed Flash before to accomplish will be taken over by HTML 5 but people always want more.

  9. Re:how about Adobe AIR? on Adobe Stops Flash Player Support For Android · · Score: 2

    Adobe: "Oh yes.. Jobs was right. Flash is going away. We've really got to eat crow now. Boy are we embarrassed. Believe me...... Oh! Hey! we've just released Adobe AIR 2.7 for iOS and it's 4 times faster. You should go check it out. *grin*"

  10. Re:Rule 34 ... on Disney Research Can Turn Nearly Any Surface Into a Touch Screen · · Score: 1

    Oh no. Seeing the application of rule 34 being applied so soon on the internet is like finding a alternative method for arriving at the same value for a universal constant.

  11. Rule 34 ... on Disney Research Can Turn Nearly Any Surface Into a Touch Screen · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... right out of the gate

  12. Re:Legality? on North Korea Jamming GPS Signals In South Korea · · Score: 3, Funny

    This whole middle eastern conflict has been handled all wrong by both administrations.

    Yes. They fell victim to one of the classic blunders.

  13. Re:when asked to commit propaganda on Ask Slashdot: My Company Wants Me To Astroturf, Should I? · · Score: 1

    Bulkus!

  14. Re:Oh Lord. on Multi-Target Photo-Radar System To Make Speeding Riskier · · Score: 1

    Malice? No. Cynical amusement? Maybe. Like I posted, I saw myself 20 years ago so my post was directed at me as well. After all, I didn't call you "Crash Gordon" did I?

    First: You invent an image of to justify your position and also associate that image with me to devalue my response. The truth couldn't be further from reality. The indirect ad hominem does nothing to support your position.

    Second: How we reacted is very different. You see a vehicle as a means to get from point A to B. That's probably the only value you see in it so you are not going to invest more time in a endeavor than is required. Other people actually enjoy driving and are willing to invest more time than the minimum requirement. I fall in the latter of the two. This difference between us shows because there is one very important thing you left off your list. Arguably the most important because it can have an affect on everything else on the list. That is: Don't overestimate your ability as a driver. A point you seemed to have completely missed with your boast.

    There is something I'm curious about. Why did you feel the need to announce to the world the type of car you drive? What purpose did it serve to make your point?

  15. Re:Oh Lord. on Multi-Target Photo-Radar System To Make Speeding Riskier · · Score: 1

    I'll bet you $1000 I can drive faster AND safer in my 2010 impreza than you can in your 89 civic, so why should the statistic for the speed limit for the civic apply to me?

    Wow... It's like I'm looking at myself in a mirror. Only 20 years ago when I had more testicles than brains and my friends nicknamed me "Crash Gordon".

    So, have you experienced that moment yet? You know, the slam on the breaks, sphincter tightens so much you'll swear you've ripped the leather off the seat, stomach leaps up to give your tonsils a goodbye hug, type moment. Induced by the "bet you $1000 I can drive faster AND safer" attitude combined with a wall of red break lights. Reminding you about statistics in the sense that you are about to become one.

    If you have, did you laugh it off? Blame the "idiot" driver ahead of you? Or perhaps both?

  16. Re:Drop it on Apple Patents Cutting 3.5mm Jack in Half · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they will. Though that's no reason not to add another patent to their portfolio.

    It's a half impression of the jack in the side of the device rather than enclosed port*. Hence the need for a cover ( or case ) to enclose the impression and complete the other half of the port. That impression will not be aesthetically pleasing even with the proposed solutions. It will be interesting to see what wins. Aesthetics or functionality. I have my own bets on that.

    * before you say RTFA, I did.

    "Current jacks will fit the new port design, but since the port is cut in half and exposed to one side of the device shell, a traditional connector would simply drop out: Apple proposes a magnetic interface that would keep a thin audio connector in place. The second issue is that an exposed jack would not look especially appealing, which is why Apple believes that new “custom” jacks should be covered with a “cosmetic cap” on one side."

  17. Re:More Apple-specific connectors? on Apple Patents Cutting 3.5mm Jack in Half · · Score: 1

    RTFA again.

    "Current jacks will fit the new port design, but since the port is cut in half and exposed to one side of the device shell, a traditional connector would simply drop out:"

    It's a half impression of the jack in the side of the device rather than enclosed port. Hence the need for a cover ( or case ) to enclose the impression and provide the other half of the port or a magnet to allow the jack to rest in the impression and cling to the device.

  18. Re:Compromising the investigation on Anonymous To Release Sun, News of the World Emails · · Score: 1

    Well, actually there's two issues then. The first is criminals turning evidence in gained while committing a crime and is it usable. The second is the channel through which law enforcement gets access to the evidence. My example applies to the first.

    For the second: If someone posts a video on Facebook of a friend in the act of committing a crime, or publishes their manifesto stating their plans for murder, are you (general) saying that evidence can't be used because it was in the public domain first? That's false.

    Criminals turning evidence in gained while committing a crime is usable evidence
    Evidence gained through a public release is usable evidence.

    Let me clarify something though. I would have preferred that any evidence be gained through legal means. I just don't necessarily agree with the sentiment that the evidence, if there is any, is now tainted so much that it is unusable.

  19. Re:Compromising the investigation on Anonymous To Release Sun, News of the World Emails · · Score: 1

    I think that applies only to evidence obtained by the court. Not criminals turning evidence in against other criminals. e.g. Paedophile jailed after burglars with a conscience tip off police about child abuse pictures on stolen laptop ( new window )

  20. Re:Humans are now even more amazingly primitive .. on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 1

    I do honestly think that an analog face on a watch can be more artistic and more attractive that a LCD. Battery or spring behind the face regardless.

  21. Humans are now even more amazingly primitive ... on Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches · · Score: 1

    ... that they no longer think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

    They have started going back to analog.

  22. Re:Well that does it. on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    syphon action

    "syphon action"?

    Sweet Zombie Jesus....

    The plant I worked at when in full operation used approximately 2 million gallons of water per minute for two units and you want to move that volume of water in over a mile of pipe? Even half that volume?

    Even not at that volume, you want to put a nuclear plant over a mile away from it's cooling source? Through a mile of flood plain? Where during a flood, like's what is happening now, the foundations for the supports for the miles of pipe could lose integrity from the soil being saturated. Or be swept away by a flood debris?

  23. Re:Well that does it. on Flood Berm Collapses At Nebraska Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    What's preventing them is:

    NRC licensing costs ( assuming it's the US since the topic concerns a US plant ).

    To meet NRC licensing requirements you have to do stuff like weld a 36" diameter zirconium alloy pipe and then X-ray it to detect any flaws in the weld. If a flaw is discovered, you cut the weld and do it all over again. With only a handful of welders in the world qualified to weld a zirconium alloy pipe to these standards, it gets pretty damn expensive.

    The question I have to ask you is this. Are you willing to lower standards like this to reduce the cost because I'm not. Even though I've worked in the commercial nuclear industry.

  24. Re:Seconded, delete it. Don't look, fix, or help on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    Actually, think I've found the case number and state

    CV-2008-4379-4 Arkansas
    http://www.onpointnews.com/docs/nudephotos.pdf
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7744345.stm

    As of yet, I can't find if there was a ruling or if it was dismissed / settled. No luck on courts.arkansas.gov, findlaw.com or justia.com.

  25. Re:Seconded, delete it. Don't look, fix, or help on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    Just delete these emails. Create a filter, make sure you're not storing stuff anywhere, and leave it be.

    Agreed. You are accepting the responsibility for correcting their mistake.

    Very much like I case I heard where a guy left his phone at a McDonalds. He called back and a manager said they had the phone and that they would hold it for him. Something happened to the phone, don't remember what. Maybe naked pictures of his wife got released on the internet. Naturally he sued and he won because of this.

    Wish I could give you a better reference.