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  1. on a computer on Bezos Patenting 'Dumb' Tablets, Glasses, Windshields · · Score: 1

    So we've moved from repatenting everything and adding "on a computer" to "on a mobile device" and now to "wirelessly powered."

  2. Re:really, slashdot? on New Pope Selected · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Does Slashdot really need to carry this story? It has nothing to do with science, tech, gaming, or anything relevant.

    It has everything to do with homophobic, misogynistic, pedophilic, and racist organization which puts on airs of setting out to do good but in reality protects child diddlers and extorting money from gullible followers while ignoring the bible which it purports to follow, nothing to do with science or tech. Why again is this on slashdot?

    Know thine enemy.

  3. Re:Blah on Texas Declares War On Robots · · Score: 1

    My backyard has a 16 foot privacy fence; it cannot be seen from "any" place.

    I suppose you think I should have to go pay for and install a privacy roof for my yard as well?

    I believe we call those "garages."

  4. Re:Rat Wireheading on Intercontinental Mind-Meld Unites Two Rats · · Score: 1

    I take it you didn't look at the whole page. There's a video in the link.

  5. Let me know when you can aircondition a farm or construction site.

    Water sprinkler.

  6. Re:Kind of too late to complain now on Official: Playstation 4 Will Play Used Games · · Score: 1

    What is more worrying is that there are numerous ways that the serial nr's activation status can be used / abused. For example, one game might decide to disable online without a refresh code which is semi reasonable (the person buying the game didn't pay for the servers that run the online portion).

    How do you figure they didn't pay for the servers? If little Jimmy buys the game new, he has paid for the servers that run the online portion. (PS3 games don't require an online monthly charge like on XBOX.) The cost of the servers is lumped in with the price of the game. Jimmy gets tired of the game and sells it to Bobby. Jimmy is no longer using the servers, Bobby is now using them in his place. The net server usage change is 0. The game maker still has the money they were paid. Bobby, by buying the game from Jimmy, has been transferred the server access.

  7. Re:"Free" Trade, What Did You Expect? on Large Corporations Displacing Aging IT Workers With H-1B Visa Workers · · Score: 1

    The majority of voters over 45 voted for Romney. The populous has spoken. Older workers want to be fired and replaced with more efficient and cheaper workers.

    They're self deporting?

  8. Re:it always baffles me on Utilities Racing To Secure Electric Grid · · Score: 1

    Or they could just use, oh I don't know... let's say some other sort of dedicated communication device. We could call it a "telephone."

  9. remind me later on Ultrasound Waves Used To Increase Data Storage Capacity of Magnetic Media · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "...as yet untested."
    Remind me when you've actually tested it before I get excited.

  10. Re:No, we cannot make portraits from genetic mater on Portrait Sculptures From Genetic Material · · Score: 1

    So any fantasies about pouring genetic material into a box and then finding a corresponding picture of a face on a monitor... that will probably be a fantasy forever.

    Actually we can do that now. It just has a rendering time of about nine months.

  11. Re:No 64-bit? on Valve Officially Launches Steam For Linux · · Score: 1

    Which distro might that be?

    I'm running Mint 13 64 bit and steam runs fine for me as well. Didn't need to use apt-get at all. Installed right from the valve website. Amnesia works perfectly. The open beta had a few bugs so far that I've noticed. A few are already fixed. Launching the game shut off my smaller primary monitor and made my larger one the primary instead. (log out then log back in and everything is back to normal) Also disabled alt+tab while in game. After one steam update it appears to work properly now.

  12. Re:Schadenfreude on Brazilians Can Now Buy an "iPhone" Loaded With Android · · Score: 1

    How well does iOS 6 run on your first or second gen iphone? ...oh.

  13. Re:Apple console? on Gabe Newell: Steam Box's Biggest Threat Isn't Consoles, It's Apple · · Score: 0

    An Apple gaming device would be an elegant, pure white box with only a light, it would never crash, but only Apple-approved games would run on it

    So basically like every other game console.

    Clearly you haven't played a console in a while. And now that I think about it more, probably ever. (bold for emphasis)

  14. Re:Original Environmental Action on Air Quality Apps and Bottled Air Thrive On Beijing's Pollution · · Score: 1

    And replace the coal plants with what? Nuclear? Oy. Brain Hurts.

    You do know that nuclear plants don't burn the fuel right? The only thing that goes into the air from a nuclear plant is steam (H2O, water).

  15. Re:Wrong topic on FBI Responds To ACLU GPS Tracking Complaint · · Score: 1

    Sounds good! Plenty of other countries to vacation to :)

    I hear Guantanamo Bay is lovely this time of year.

  16. Re:Interesting on Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Thanks for the update.

  17. Re:Are we any smarter than we were 2000 years ago? on Google Brings the Dead Sea Scrolls To the Digital Age · · Score: 1

    Besides, there definitely are things in the Bible that still hold true to this day. Don't steal, don't murder, love thy neighbor, etc.

    I think you may have missed the parts of the bible that completely contradict those things.

  18. Re:Question i'd like to know the answer to.. on Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the spider has seen other spiders before. Like it's mother and siblings and mates. Or looking in the reflection of water. I'm not knowledgeable enough in arachnid neurology to know the extent of mental awareness of spiders but I'm pretty sure it can make a pretty good guess at what it looks like.

    However, if you mean the spider is just putting sticks and debris there in the web out of instinct and puts no conscious effort into it, I may concede that point to you.

  19. Interesting on Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests · · Score: 2

    Interesting science but couldn't you do basically the same thing but with stem cells and thus avert the possible viral contagion/FUD/ethics issues?

  20. Re:Sounds like a great idea on 'Ban Killer Bots,' Urges Human Rights Watch · · Score: 1

    Would you rather have a robot determine if a target is worth killing, rather than a human?

    You have 20 seconds to comply.
    -ed 209

  21. question on Honda's "Micro Commuter" Features Swappable Bodies · · Score: 1

    What's the point of the covers on the wheels? Seems really extraneous.

  22. yuh huh on Salt Lake City Police To Wear Camera Glasses · · Score: 1

    And just like the dashboard cameras, any shenanigans will have been conveniently off-camera. Anything incriminating you will be taped and ready. Anything incriminating them will have been coincidentally lost or the camera just happened to be broken at the time of the incident. Electronics are just so fussy these days...

  23. Re:Apostrophe! on Super-Earth Discovered In Star's Habitable Zone · · Score: 1

    tldr's

  24. Portal 3 on MIT Slows Down Speed of Light In New Game · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Portal 3? Please incorporate these concepts.

  25. Re:Global warming stories on Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal · · Score: 1

    Sure do cause heated debate on Slashdot.

    30% more than normal.