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  1. No Crossing on How an Astronaut Falling Into a Black Hole Would Die Part 2 · · Score: 1

    General Relativity states that nothing can cross a black hole's event horizon. How can anything in the article be believe when it has such an obvious error?

  2. Always Was on NSA Spies On International Payments · · Score: 1

    NSA was set up from the start to spy on foreign transactions. Its purpose was to provide inside information to Wall Street from its beginning. Spying on people is just a sideline.

  3. Death by Tortue on Research Shows "Three Strikes" Anti-piracy Laws Don't Work · · Score: 1

    Even death by torture didn't stop copying. Time to eliminate copyright completely.

  4. Me! Me! Pick Me! on Time For X-No-Wiretap HTTP Header? · · Score: 1

    Using an X-no-wiretap header is like putting your emergency flashers on when illegally parking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIcHXgY0KKo

  5. Dream On on Schneier: The US Government Has Betrayed the Internet, We Need To Take It Back · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The internet has always been open. There have been fools that think adding "security" to it will change this. It doesn't. Get real, people. There are only two rules to security on the internet: 1. Never put anything on the net that you can't afford to be viewed by the public. 2. Never put anything solely on the internet that you can afford to lose. Corollary: Never put anything in a cloud that you can't afford to be viewed by the public.

  6. Corporations Rule on US Electrical Grid On the Edge of Failure · · Score: 1

    By law, corporations in the US must enhance their shareholders value. That means they're cheap. Cheap infrastructures are not robust. They are built to fail. Another blackout that happened in the NE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965

  7. Re:Magsails? on New System Propels Satellites Without Propellants · · Score: 1

    You could use a magsail to push items away, at least, any item you can induce a current in. And I do believe there were a few prototypes tested. Anyway, here's a NASA paper [PDF] on it, so yes, NASA thinks it may work.

  8. Re:Magsails? on New System Propels Satellites Without Propellants · · Score: 2

    They're the same thing but a magsail has way more power. And all technology was nothing but an idea at one time.

  9. Magsails? on New System Propels Satellites Without Propellants · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why don't they just use magsails?

  10. Monogamy Means More Babies on Monogamy May Have Evolved To Prevent Infanticide · · Score: 1

    It takes a female chimpanzee 4 to 5 years to teach her offspring enough to survive. During that time, she does not come into heat. Humans, on the other hand, can have babies about once a year. A single female could not raise them all on her own without some help. Today, we call that helper a husband and father. Monogamy means more babies.

  11. Re:Illegal Patents on How Joel Spolsky Shot Down a Microsoft Patent In 15 Minutes · · Score: 1

    What makes you think that the current patents will be allowed to run out? After all, copyrights have been extended forever; how long before patents follow? And can you imagine what computers would be like if Knuth's books were patented?

  12. Illegal Patents on How Joel Spolsky Shot Down a Microsoft Patent In 15 Minutes · · Score: 0

    All software patents are illegal. All software is algorithms and by patent law, algorithms cannot be patented. Someone should sue the US Patent Office for allowing them.

  13. Re:Completely Clueless on Eric Schmidt: Regulate Civilian Drones Now · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I got the creepy feeling the first few times I watch real-time weather satellite images. It's strange to realize that you're looking down on yourself even tho there was no possibility of seeing yourself at that low resolution. :)

  14. Completely Clueless on Eric Schmidt: Regulate Civilian Drones Now · · Score: 1

    Go out, buy a RC model plane and stick a cell phone on it. DIY drone. Try regulating that.

  15. Re:Here's HOW it's done, & why... apk on Criticism Of Copyright Alert System Mounts · · Score: 1

    All true but why is everyone so concerned now? They had plenty of time to protest this bill before it became law. Why the heck weren't they protesting back then?

  16. They Deserve It on MS Targets Google With Another Smear Campaign · · Score: 1

    Anyone who believes Google hired enough people to read the millions of email it handles per day deserves Microsoft.

  17. Re:Problem? on Fox News: US Solar Energy Investment Less Than Germany Because US Has Less Sun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All humour is just tragedy you laugh at.

  18. Re:Problem? on Fox News: US Solar Energy Investment Less Than Germany Because US Has Less Sun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think Fox News is the best comedy show in America. Stop picking on it.

  19. Re:Could we be a little less biased? on You've Got 25 Years Until UNIX Time Overflows · · Score: 1

    time_t has also been 64 bit for a number of years now

    "time_t has also been 64-bit for a number of decades now" Fixed that for you.

  20. He Doesn't Need One on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1
  21. How to Get Healthier? on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 1

    Eliminate all fructose and sugar from your diet. Non-diet soft drinks are loaded with fructose; don't drink them. Don't eat muffins or donuts; they have too much sugar. Best snack: corn chips fried in lard. Second best: potato chips (watch for added fructose tho).

  22. Touch Screen + Monitors on 'Gorilla Arm' Will Keep Touch Screens From Taking Over · · Score: 1

    Don't be too sure that touch screens won't appear on PCs. At one time, PCs had only one monitor (can you believe it?) What's wrong with having a touch screen instead of a keyboard and multiple monitors?

  23. Been Done on Dutch Gov't Offers Guidance For Responsible Disclosure Practices · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Responsible disclosure" means "We don't want to bother fixing it." If the vulnerability is not make public, it is never fixed. This has been done many times before. The only way to get them fixed is to make them public.

  24. Re:Who's the boss? on Ask Slashdot: Interviewing Your Boss? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bruce (who else?)

  25. Re:Problem with Exceptions on The Scourge of Error Handling · · Score: 1

    The difference between exceptions and error codes is that uncaught exceptions cause the program to terminate. To ignore them, the programmer must add code. If there's no code to handle an error code, you don't know if the programmer wants it ignored, or that he was completely unaware of it.