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  1. The Constitution of the United States of America, Article 3, Section 3:
    "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

    Dictionary definitions don't much matter.

  2. Re:4 Cars? on NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History · · Score: 1

    The test shows that the machine, not the Model S, could only handle four cars of force.

  3. Re: huh on Brain Zapping Improves Math Ability · · Score: 1

    Since the universe is infinite

    [citation]

  4. Re:New phone every month? on The Days of Cheap, Subsidized Phones May Be Numbered · · Score: 1

    We're talking smart phones here, not Black Berries.

  5. Re:deterministic on How Should the Law Think About Robots? · · Score: 1

    Outputs can be inputs as well.

  6. Re:charity on The Gates Foundation Engages Its Critics · · Score: 1

    Uh oh, 19% of $40,000 is not $2,200, it's $7,600. That gives you $22,400 as the final take away, only $700 more than the first example you gave.

  7. Re:Good luck Dawn on NASA Craft To Leave Vesta Heads For Dwarf Planet Ceres · · Score: 1

    Same calculation knowing that the solar constant for Earth (1 AU) is approx 1 kW/m2 results in a 137 W/m2 on Ceres (put on top of it the 20% efficiency of a photovoltaic and you'll get... what... 27 W/m2?)

    Isn't part of the 1kW/m2 on Earth due to the atmosphere absorbing some of the energy? Ceres wouldn't have that problem. Still, that distance-squared reduction would still create issues.

  8. Re:It sucks to be a Windows OEM right now on Microsoft Working On "Surface 2" Tablet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did I miss the news where Microsoft said they weren't allowing other companies to release products with Windows8? Seriously, this is just Microsoft showing off how they envision Windows8 implementation, not shutting out everyone else. The main stink I've heard from OEMs is along the lines of, "We push generic, shitty hardware and the Surface doesn't look like that. Microsoft is going to make our product look bad."

  9. Re:Really? Which legitimate scientists thought tha on UCLA Scientist Discovers Plate Tectonics On Mars · · Score: 1

    That's not that astounding of a claim to make. There are only a handful of antes in our solar system that are rocky, and there wasn't necessarily evidence to support plate tectonics on those other planets. Now, if the claim had been that there weren't plate tectonics anywhere else in the galaxy, then yes, that would be quite a bold claim.

  10. Re:Can the Public Become Private? on Twitter To Appeal Turning Over Protester's Messages · · Score: 1

    ...but there is a law requiring that they keep a copy of all such signs and give then to police when asked...

    I was with you up until that point. This whole case is about whether or not the law actually requires that. Twitter is arguing that they do not have that responsibility under the law.

  11. Re:Ah hell, now what? on US Labor Board: It's OK To Discuss Work and Pay with Coworkers On Social Sites · · Score: 2

    You give them breaks!?

  12. Re:We just keep finding more dark matter, no myste on Do Solo Black Holes Roam the Universe? · · Score: 4, Funny

    You obviously don't understand that 10^30 is nowhere near 1/2 of 10^52. It's practically nonexistent on that scale.

  13. Re:Explain the mind of a genius? on 350-Year-Old Newton's Puzzle Solved By 16-Year-Old · · Score: 2

    Catching a ball is a feedback mechanism. See where the ball is, compare to where the ball was, move (hands or feet, depending on how far off you are). Repeat as necessary.

  14. Re:Remote working is the future on Mobile Workers Work Longer Hours · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's also a feature that you're on call 24/7, right?

    There's no reason you have to answer work calls outside of your scheduled work hours. If they want you on call 24/7 then ask for compensation.

  15. Re:Writing and Review on Bringing Auto-Graders To Student Essays · · Score: 1

    This.

    I had the luck of not getting into AP English during my eleventh year of public education. Instead, I ended up in the lower honors English course. The students in the AP English course read all the books that were going to be on the final AP test and learned how to do well on the test by taking multiple practice AP exams throughout the year. The class I was in was required to read a short essay or story, one to five pages, and then write a 1,000 to 1,500 word essay on the reading. This was a weekly assignment with readings being assigned on Mondays and written responses due the following Monday. We would receive grades, edits and comments from the previous week on Mondays as well. The grades were simply minus, check or plus. Three times a semester we had scheduled individual meetings with the teacher to discuss our writing, but he was available to discuss writing after class or during lunch most days. At the end of the year we were required to compile a writing packet where we included all of our weekly writing assignments along with four that we chose to rewrite. We were also asked to include a one page justification on our expectation for a final grade. This packet constituted two-thirds of the final grade. I feel that each of us in that English class leaned much more useful English skills than the AP class.

  16. Re:Or we could hire more teachers... on Bringing Auto-Graders To Student Essays · · Score: 1

    I think there needs to be a combination of higher pay and actually evaluating and promoting/firing teachers based on their performance. As far as I understand, it is quite difficult to be fired from teaching after one's been employed to tenure, which should be gotten rid of. As for the pay issue, I know plenty of intelligent people who spent the time to get post-graduate degrees who would not teach k-12 because they can get significantly more income through other occupations.

  17. Re:Really? on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    Go easy on the punctuation.

  18. Re:Magnetic field + conductor = Electricity? on 'Electric Earth' Could Explain Planet's Rotation · · Score: 1

    You can spin an engine with electricity. Propeller airplanes are powered by rotating engines. Therefore, you can make an airplane that can fly with electricity and not fuel.

    It might not be a 747 but it'll still fly.

  19. Re:I want a dumb TV on The Coming Tech Battle Over 'Smart TVs' · · Score: 1

    Wow, I bought a late model Olevia for $350 back in 2007 and it's still going strong. Why anyone would waste a paycheck on a TV is beyond me. And this coming from a guy with a full up home audio setup.

  20. Re:Can't wait for the voice controlled TV's on The Coming Tech Battle Over 'Smart TVs' · · Score: 1

    Or connect everything up to your router and get control through your phone/tablet/laptop. My receiver, TiVo and AppleTV all have remotes on my iPhone.

  21. Re:Seriously? on Can Relativity Explain Faster Than Light Particles? · · Score: 1

    Global Positioning System (GPS)

  22. Re:so let me get this right... on New Sony PSN ToS: Class Action Waiver Included · · Score: 1

    Your use of the word "enjoin" suggests that you were trying to be a pretentious ass. The word you were looking for was "join."

  23. Think of the Children on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 1

    Imagine if this person had a child in their home. The trauma of that type of raid would probably be much worse than the risk of serving the arrest without SWAT.

  24. Re:apple needs to be open to more hardware choice on Wozniak: I Would Consider Returning To Apple · · Score: 1

    What is so bad about makeing it easier to swap the HDD in the imac / mini?

    Get a NAS box and call it a day.

  25. Re:Pressure From Above? on Time Warner Cable Cuts iPad Live TV Access 50% · · Score: 1

    An MSO customer viewing live TV through a stream provided by the MSO could just as easily be network customer viewing live TV through a stream provided by the network.

    Totally out of my element here, but would it be possible to spoof an iPad into thinking it was on the network that was directly connected to the Time Warner cable subscriber while some place not in the household? Seems plausible, but then again, a whole lot of people think that what happens in 24 is possible in real life.