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  1. "Dear Ms. Streisand ... on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    "... we love your effect."

  2. It would be interesting ... on Electric Shock Study Suggests We'd Rather Hurt Ourselves Than Others · · Score: 2

    ... to study if the results might be affected by characterizing the third person, to the subject, as holding different views than the subject. Say, for instance, portraying the third party as a liberal when the subject has identified themself as a conservative.

  3. Perhaps we should change the phrase ... on Education Chief Should Know About PLATO and the History of Online CS Education · · Score: 0

    ... about those who fail to learn from the past, to those who fail to learn in the past.

  4. Missing "Life" Skills on Crowd-Sourced Experiment To Map All Human Skills · · Score: 2

    Shaving, cooking, gardening, driving and a vast host of other life skills seem totally off the radar here. Arguably, these skills are more important to an individuals existence than most of the ones being considered.

  5. This is not that unusual on A/C Came Standard On Some Armored Dinosaur Models · · Score: 1

    Some mammals have similar systems. As I recall, sheep are an example.

  6. Let's just be clear ... on How To End Online Harassment · · Score: 1

    ... it is always appropriate to slur Nazis. Period.

  7. It' not unique on New GCHQ Chief Says Social Media Aids Terrorists · · Score: 1

    Terrorists commandeer many of society's tools. From Boeings to biology to printing presses, almost any tool that serves a society can be turned by terrorists to serve their ends.

  8. Relief is just ... on Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Stand on Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    ... an NTP server away.

  9. Do you have that ... on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    ... in wax cylinder format?

  10. I remember ... on Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts On Suspicion, No Crime Required · · Score: 0

    ... I first read about a couple innocently falling afoul of this phenomenon in the Reader's Digest, in the early ninteen-sixties. I was in grade school at the time. Here, some sixty years later, it's illuminating to see the progess we've made.

  11. It's pretty clear ... on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    ... they should quit using Imperial measures, adopt metric, and they should also stop using English and adopt Esperanto.

  12. Whatever happened to ... on Adobe Photoshop Is Coming To Linux, Through Chromebooks · · Score: 1

    ... "The first one's free, kid"? Any self-respecting pusher knows that drill; what's with these Adobe cretins?

  13. It's only fair to note ... on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 2

    ... most scientists view Americans as incompetent and untrustworthy.

  14. Ergonomics in action? on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 1

    "It automatically conforms to your body contours."

    Or is it quality-control inaction?

  15. Of course it is. on Ask Slashdot: Have You Experienced Fear Driven Development? · · Score: 1

    Fear has been effectively used to manipulate and manage humans since before recorded history. It has marshalled armies, driven religious conversions, mass exodus, and chilling human sacrifice. How would you imagine so effective a tool might be abandoned by those who would control their fellow man, for their own gain? Every day we are pummelled with fear-driven political ads and "news" broadcasts. Even our parents use fear to manage their upstart offspring. Fear as a tool of control is, I fear, here to stay.

  16. "We didn't really mean it ... on AT&T Proposes Net Neutrality Compromise · · Score: 1

    "... we love you people. We want to be your best friends. Now, how about this ..."

  17. Anthrocentricism ... on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    ... the last refuge of belief, for the professed non-believer.

  18. Re:Learning starts with engagement on The MOOC Revolution That Wasn't · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I wouldn't really call that "engagement". I think in that case it was more of a marketing term than an actual aspect.

  19. Learning starts with engagement on The MOOC Revolution That Wasn't · · Score: 1

    The best lecturer, when reduced to an image on a screen, is no better than the worst lecturer in person. Reality is immersive, while an image of a talking head is not. Film makers learned this long ago and implemented jump cuts, zooms, cameo close-ups, and the 15-second rule to maintain audience engagement. Until on-line courses learn from the past, they will not be harbingers of the future.

  20. And Rosetta asks ... on Rosetta Hunts For Comet Touch Down Site For Philae Lander · · Score: 1

    ... "Does that angle make me look fat?"

  21. Not Good Enough on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    A driver who is legally deemed drunk faces far more serious consequences, while creating a similar degree of hazard to the public. Furthermore, the drunk has impaired judgement, while the texter has no such excuse. Or, to put it another way, "Git a rope."

  22. Re:Life imitates art ... on US Rust Belt Manufacturing Rebounds Via Fracking Boom · · Score: 1

    Not exactly; everything is Reconstruction.

  23. Life imitates art ... on US Rust Belt Manufacturing Rebounds Via Fracking Boom · · Score: 1

    ... as the foundational premise of "Firefly" plays itself out.

  24. Re:KDEnlive on Ask Slashdot: the State of Free Video Editing Tools? · · Score: 1

    I find Kdenlive's stability has improved dramatically over the years. It is quite full featured, though not all features are fully polished, for the most part they are at very least competitive. It certainly supports more input formats than Lightworks, which is the only competitor on Linux I'd put in the same class. Don't get me wrong, Blender is an excellent program, but with Kdenlive I can almost make do without the documentation. Blender, not so much.

  25. The real news ... on Researchers Say Neanderthals Created Cave Art · · Score: 1

    ... is that this appears to confirm the Neanderthals IP rights to the octothorpe, and Twitter owes them tons of back royalties.