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  1. scrutiny? from whom? on Why Do Pathogen Researchers Face Less Scrutiny Than Nuclear Scientists? · · Score: 1

    is scrutiny from A better and/or more reliable than from B? will multiple scrutinizers provide better data just because they're *more*? my position is: inviting more to the party invites more of absolutely everything.

  2. Re:58% of the votes on HP Chairman Raymond Lane Steps Down · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lane paves HP's path to a Kodak moment.

  3. Re:White paper on EXACTLY what a bitcoin is, pleas on Ask Slashdot: Should Bitcoin Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    Scrooge McDuck here: if i can't own it and hold it while i count it and then weigh it before storing it in my safe, then i don't accept it. all y'all go ahead.

  4. Duct Tape Wins Again on Wi-Fi Enabled Digital Cameras Easily Exploitable · · Score: 1, Funny

    Undefeated.

  5. local/state/federal incentives? on Walgreens To Build First Self-Powered Retail Store · · Score: 1

    maybe the taxpayers are paying for this?

  6. Re:Tell me why I should care on Schneier: The Internet Is a Surveillance State · · Score: 1

    POtential is the new PROfiling. care because your online friend is Your Profile.

  7. Re:Socialism at it's finest! on US To Deploy Ballistic Missile Interceptors In Response To North Korean Threats · · Score: 1

    so socialism is a retort to capitalism. ok. i get that. if wealth concentrates into ever fewer hands, maybe they WIN. maybe they Deserve It. maybe socialism is a "we can't win" didactit.

  8. and we Give it All Alway Free on Schneier: The Internet Is a Surveillance State · · Score: 1

    if we go 'off the grid': that's a special qualification. bottom line: do the very least 'on the grid' and most of everything else off. throw the dogs off.

  9. what about competing TV advertising? on Video Inpainting Software Deletes People From HD Video Footage · · Score: 1

    the sponsor which pays for the broadcast paints over the stadium ads for the sponsor's competition. for example: in an auto race, the TV sponsor, Budweiser, paints the Miller car.

  10. young people into consideration. i really don't like what these old guys..... Iron Age/Bronze Age/Stone....etc.

  11. Al Gore says lots of things on SXSW: Al Gore Talks Surveillance Culture, Spider Goats · · Score: 1

    yes, Simpsons derivation.

  12. Gutenberg wasn't first either on For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros. · · Score: 0

    nah, nah. boo, boo.

  13. prohibits arresting just journalists? on Obama Administration Supports Journalist Arrested For Recording Cops · · Score: 1

    why are they a special class? and how to tell the difference? do blogs count?

  14. no more helmets? on Man Has 75% of Skull Replaced By 3D-Printed Materials · · Score: 1

    just imagine an integral shock absorbing modular skull. of course, a helmet protects more than the brain, but this is good news. i needed some.

  15. as Ian sez: on Protecting the Solar System From Contamination · · Score: 1

    life finds a way.

  16. Europe/Europa on Discovery Increases Odds of Life On Europa · · Score: 1

    it's all the same to us. USA rocks!

  17. Re:Before all you blowhards cheer the Feds ... on Bradley Manning Makes Statement · · Score: 1

    it makes us all of that. good/bad/ugly. we're all that. bring everything to the table and present your side with evidence. convince a sample of the population. yes, it's been done before.

  18. overlords:1 manning:0 on Bradley Manning Makes Statement · · Score: 0

    zero is the number.

  19. 3-D wins in the end on When It's Time To Scale, US Manufacturing Hits a Wall · · Score: 0

    prototypes at Kinkos, then large-scale in the garage. or vice-versa.

  20. Re:Resources on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Feel About Recording Your Entire Life? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    1. some folks see the camera/microphone and 'clam up': stage fright. 2. other people are very protective of their words/image (politicians, preachers, bloggers). 3. as for me, no. i've been recorded. the result was factual and awful.

  21. a religion potential.... on Why Working Remotely Needs To Make a Comeback · · Score: 1

    remote monks....well you get the idea... then Central Church Control...and all that.... my point being: dis ain't a new thang.

  22. academy awards...ask your parents on Nate Silver, Microsoft Research Predict the Oscars · · Score: 1

    hey! they admit it. newspapers and movies.

  23. bad PR beats no PR on NASCAR Tries To Squelch Video of Spectators Injured By Crash · · Score: 1

    y'all just add to the hype.

  24. Re:mostly already done on Carmack On VR Latency · · Score: 1

    yeah. Fred Brooks handled that last millennium.

  25. Cancer cities, next? on Growing Public Unrest Leads China To Admit To 'Cancer Villages' · · Score: 2

    after my wife returned from China, and told me about the red air, it seems like a possibility now.