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  1. Why not just endorse him on LinkedIn Agrees To Block Stalkers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...for harassment?

    Honestly, since this is a "professional" network, maybe there should be a way to note someone's lack of professionalism?

  2. Jeb on Upside-Down Sensors Caused Proton-M Rocket Crash · · Score: 1

    would have saved the rocket.

  3. I hope with this technology we can avoid on Homeland Security Mining Social Media For Signs of Bio Attacks · · Score: 1

    The Great Panic.

  4. Redirect the data? on Boxee TV's Unlimited Cloud-based DVR Holds Users Hostage To Monthly Fees · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the device has to go through your own network, can't you just redirect the upload address to one of your own choosing?

  5. Re:Only in America... on How the New Spectrum Bill Would Harm the Tech Community · · Score: 1

    Do we need to site recent history? We're at the level of corporatism that if they should fail, they call on the government to bail them out.

    We're not at the point that the state is simply a representative of the corporations, but it certainly feels like it sometimes.

  6. Re:Rename the app.... on Apple Removes Gay Cure App From App Store · · Score: 1

    so its not about free speech, the same way what jenny mccarthy does with vaccination is not free speech: its dangerous. in jenny mccarthy's case, it results in kids getting sick and dying because she convinced them not to get vaccinated. in this apple app's instance, it convinces closeted homosexuals who are depressed and distraught as it is, and keeps them buried in the closet, prolonging the period in which something psychologically awful might happen

    I was about to write that Jenny McCarthy's rantings, while misguided, wrong and (yes) dangerous, still fall under free speech. Those that follow her lead are nominating their children for the Darwin award.

    Upon reviewing the limits to the Freedom of Speech, I've found that her rhetoric can fall outside of free speech as outlined by Mill's harm principle. If it can be proven that her rhetoric is a danger to public safety, maybe she'll shut up.

  7. Re:/. News Network on Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers · · Score: 1

    Actually, in this case it's an oligopoly.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligopoly

    The original commenter is correct. Reducing the number of competitors by one brings ATT one step closer to being a monopoly.

  8. Re:A major "con" of cloning falls apart on Dolly the Sheep Alive Again · · Score: 1

    It's okay, though. We can make new ones once the virus/bacteria dies out.

    ...or it mutates, spreads to humans and the CDC hits the panic button.

    Even if that doesn't happen. When that food source goes bust, many people expecting it will find themselves without for the season.

  9. That makes me wonder: on What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    What would a business or government look like if it were more like a wiki. One constraint being that only citizens or employees would be able to contribute. Either would be an interesting experiment to conduct.

  10. Re:The real risk is not technology... on Pope Says Technology Causes Confusion Between Reality and Fiction · · Score: 1

    I would amend that human beings simply don't want to think and make up their own minds about something. As an example, when I ask my wife what she wants for dinner, she will immediately turn the question back to me. Being immature (and not wanting to decide on what to eat), I give her the same treatment.

    I have a theory that if a person had the option to let someone else make up their minds for them on every aspect of their lives (with the promise that their best interest and well being were in mind), they would give up their freedom.

  11. Joe Lipari comes to mind on Lighthearted Facebook Friends Could Make You Join NAMBLA Group · · Score: 2, Interesting
  12. Pollinators on Universal "Death Stench" Repels Bugs of All Types · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the smell also repel pollinators as well?

    This sounds cool. But I wonder if it would backfire.

  13. Re:Ya know... on Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most publishers will replace damaged discs for a fee. I think the going rate these days is about $20.

  14. or on Astrophysicists Find "Impossible" Planet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    perhaps it's spiraling to its demise after billions of years in a decaying orbit.

  15. Re:Flushed down the toilet? on Drug Vending Machines · · Score: 1

    A study in LA in 2005 (sorry don't have the source) showed small amounts progesterone in the drinking water. Whether from people flushing or simply urinating the hormone away, I don't know. But such studies explain why my wife is only drinking filtered water during her pregnancy.

  16. Re:Give convicts pot on Drug Vending Machines · · Score: 1

    I think I know a few people who would like to be incarcerated under such a system.

  17. Looks more like compressing existing barcodes on Researchers Debut Barcode Replacement · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't get me wrong. The technology is interesting, albeit limited to battery life. But the images in the article look a lot like a series of datamatrix barcodes. These are already widely used in many industries.

  18. Prehistoric Bio-matter on Huge Unidentified Organic Blob Floating Around Alaska · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My completely scientifically unfounded guess would be that it's what's left of some sort of bio-matter that was trapped long ago and was pushed up by warming waters or released from receding ice.

  19. Isn't the mars mission a 1-Way mission? on Six Men Endure 105-Day Mars Flight Simulator · · Score: 1

    They'll need to last without these things a lot longer than 105 days.

  20. Time to start using UUID/GUIDs on Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think 8e019226-9a00-41f4-b094-6f1545fd84a9 should be fairly easy to remember.

  21. Re:Not mine on Your Browser History Is Showing · · Score: 1

    A lot of sites need javascript allowed to see any content. Are you planning on browsing with absolutely no script?

  22. Re:It's not a money on ESRB Eyeballing Ratings For iPhone Games · · Score: 1

    Ragdoll and gibs are an automatic M rating. I don't really know why they're so strict with ragdoll, but the gibs are pretty self explanatory.

  23. Last I checked on ESRB Eyeballing Ratings For iPhone Games · · Score: 1

    the developers didn't submit code to the ESRB. The packet submit to the ESRB includes video of the game and descriptions of material of note ("character makes racially inflamed comments at X cutscene" or "suggestive character animations with Y action").

    It's been a while since I've been in the industry and I only had to prep a packet once (pre-hot coffee). If anyone feels they should correct me with recent changes, please feel free.

    It's a pretty simple act of watching a tape and reading a report for the ESRB. They have a set of rules put against the information given and apply the rating based on that.

  24. Re:How hard is it for a computer to do addition? on Software Bug Adds 5K Votes To Election · · Score: 2, Informative

    i++; is essentially the same as the statement i=i+1;. If you have multiple threads running at the same time you can potentially lose data should more than one thread try to assign i the value of i+1 at the same time.

  25. I don't waste my time on achievements on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    What with all the achievement and stats losses reported on the major consoles, it's just not worth it to start hoarding achievements on another platform. I'm totally over this carrot on a stick.

    *checks for his April Fool achievement*