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  1. Re:The cloud doesn't let voters do anything.. on Redistricting 2.0: Cloud Lets Voters Take Part · · Score: 1

    Well, I'm just glad you would never allow a predisposition to a particular ideal or philosophy skew your perception of logic or even allow your bias to fabricate logical, but false conclusions of your own.

  2. I would say yes on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    A majority of these articles are posted on US-based websites and frequently (though not always) from a US perspective.

  3. RTFA on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    It's blaming religion, not praising it. I agree, it should be more neutral, but you seem to have it wrong.

  4. RTFA on Teachers Back Away From Evolution In Class · · Score: 1

    please

  5. Re:Home of the Free on Google Releases Software To Iran · · Score: 1

    I disagree. The US DOES have a higher moral footing, as does most of the rest of the world. It's not that we're great, but rather that Iran has some serious issues. What part of this don't you understand.

  6. Re:Franklin's words seem apropos on Australia Mandates Microsoft's Office Open XML · · Score: 1

    No... no that doesn't really apply. But it is a GREAT quote :)

  7. Re:NOT AN ARTICLE on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 0

    nah, there's no need to drag democrats in the mud... they play in in regularly already.

  8. Re:I for one... on British MP Calls For Pornography 'Opt-In' · · Score: 1

    Of course it would put much less stress on everyone if the porn sites simply agreed to putting that content into the .XXX or .SEX TLD. But no, that would be too easy and the porn industry WANTS people to stumble over their sites.

  9. I for one... on British MP Calls For Pornography 'Opt-In' · · Score: 1

    ...think that porn is too easy to "stumble" upon. Most of the time you'd have to be looking for it. But yes, it CAN be accidental, regardless of any filters or proxies I might use. Short of blocking all pictures or something retarded like that.
    Here's what I'm NOT saying:
    - We need everyone to verify their age via CC or SS to browse the web
    - Parents have no responsibility in this matter
    - We can make it impossible for kids to access this

    I'm fully aware that age verification for online access would be a nightmare, that I need to raise my own child and my kids could find it if they really wanted too regardless of my actions. But this accidental sh*t that comes up could be prevented if websites are also given at least a SMALL part of the responsibility in keeping their stuff behind some kind of age verification - even a simple "are you 18" would be sufficient and many websites don't have this. Also, much of the accidental crap comes from image searches (even with the safe filter enabled) which could easily be prevented if the website owners took care of their content.

  10. Re:This is second place on Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1 · · Score: 1

    Monty Hall is great, but the Tuesday Birthday problem takes the cake and eats it too: http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/06/28/2221252/The-Tuesday-Birthday-Problem

  11. more importantly... on Light Could Make Paralyzed Limbs Move · · Score: 1

    But can it make dead and severed limbs move again? mmmmh, zombies.

  12. errr, fucking on Map Based Passwords · · Score: 1

    I mean, "Fucking, Austria"

  13. Re:Intercourse, Pennsylvania on Map Based Passwords · · Score: 1
  14. Sounds familiar on Thieves Use Vacuum To Siphon Cash From Safes · · Score: 1

    I had read somewhere before (maybe in one of Mitnik's books? ) that the first EVER ATM hack was something similar. When they set up a security camera to find out where the money went it revealed that a cleaning service just drove up the machine and sucked out the money. Remember, this was back in the day - like the FIRST ATM in UK or USA or something like that.

  15. E-books are not purchased... on E-Books Are Only 6% of Printed Book Sales · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because ebooks are not purchased... they're stolen: http://dilbert.com/2010-09-18/

  16. Re:Steve Jobs says on New QuickTime Flaw Bypasses ASLR, DEP · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just Get a Mac. And if you don't we'll keep "accidentally" leaving backdoors in our software for windows.

  17. Re:Backdoors on Should Developers Have Access To Production? · · Score: 1

    That may very well be a true for a small shop, but in a small shop you may not actually have dedicated systems for a complete Dev cycle anyway (Dev, Q/A, Prod) and if you do, it may be acceptable to let the devs have access to production systems (they may even be the only people capable of maintaining them anyway). In a large environment review processes should prohibit backdoors - if not, then you need to fix the review process. But somewhere in-between are those businesses where it can be difficult to balance system integrity and security with development access.

  18. Political entity required to comply? on Wikileaks Now Hosted By the Swedish Pirate Party · · Score: 0

    As a political entity, wouldn't the pirate party have some sort of international obligation to comply when other federal governments ask them to remove information?

  19. Re:ahh, the "singularity"... on Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain · · Score: 1

    Sure, natural selection is a great way to remove genetic information from the current pool. I don't understand why you would provide one more complexity which evolution would have to randomly overcome in the same sentence that you belittle someone's distrust in evolution - not helping your cause here.

  20. A$$wype on BlindType — the Amazing Keyboard of the Future · · Score: 1

    couldn't resist - no karma for me :(

  21. CPU speed determines req. radiation amount? on GPUs Helping To Lower CT Scan Radiation · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So, they pump in all that radiation because the processor is too slow? Doesn't seem right to me. I would think if they could have simply put another $10000 into the machine (adding CPU cycles) to lower the required radiation they would have done that a long time ago. So is the use of a GPU just a side effect of some new technology that allows the machine to estimate or predict the image with a lower radiation dose? That GPUs are more effecient for some operations is nothing new - what's the real breakthrough here?

  22. Re:So, o/s business is pretty much past tense now on Recomputing the Sky · · Score: 1

    It's core business these past 5 years has been it's Office products. But the OS is still next in line.

  23. Re:Beware... on Recomputing the Sky · · Score: 1

    Woot - FireFly reference

  24. Re:That's nice. on First 'Malaria-Proof' Mosquito Created · · Score: 1

    Not necesasrily - most mislabeled "evolved" immunities are actually an enzyme deficiency so that bacteria no longer break down the "poison" or anti-biotics. So while it makes them immune, it actually conserves energy because it no longer produces a certain enzyme. Now, it's possible the missing enzyme was important for other things which makes the bacteria weak, I guess. Anyonw know more about these effects?

  25. you were slashdotted on iPhone DSLR Prototype 1.0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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