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  1. Re: Didn't Corning make the Hubble mirror? on Corning Reveals Gorilla Glass 4, Promises No More Broken IPhones · · Score: 1

    It was Perkin-Elmers fault. The backup mirror made by Kodak was flawless. That couldn't have happened if the spec was wrong.

  2. Re:I don't blame people for trying alternatives on How "Big Ideas" Are Actually Hurting International Development · · Score: 1

    And that's just considering the US (USAid, MIC subsidies funneled through Israel & Egypt, etc.).

  3. Re:Police legal authority on Judge Unseals 500+ Stingray Records · · Score: 1

    except when they see a crime being committed

    Citizens already have the same powers as police when they see a crime being committed. That is to say that police officers have nothing special other than a presumed reliability when testifying in court.

  4. Blown their impact factor on Profanity-Laced Academic Paper Exposes Scam Journal · · Score: 1

    Now they're going to put this esteemed journal out of business and their paper will never receive the sort of impact factor needed for tenure.

  5. Re:People still buying Motorola phones? on Some Early Nexus 6 Units Returned Over Startup Bug · · Score: 1

    Motorola changed its act after Google sunk its claws into them. The current lineup is stripped of most bloatware and many of the power optimization strategies for lollipop have already been implemented in them. This is an issue with ATT's crappy customization job. The unlocked phones with pristine firmware work fine.

  6. Sure thing on The EU Has a Plan To Break Up Google · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Let me know when the EU get's around to slapping Apple for browser bundling and not providing an install screen to select alternatives.

  7. Re:I bet Infosys and Tata are dancing in the stree on Obama's Immigration Order To Give Tech Industry Some, Leave 'Em Wanting More · · Score: 1

    Congress has abdicated its responsibility to serve the public interest by openly declaring that it will oppose any initiative by the President just for spite. It's no wonder that he's forced to seek alternative solutions to get anything done.

  8. Re:Why such a short lifetime ? on Russia May Be Planning National Space Station To Replace ISS · · Score: 1

    It's not possible. The electronics on board have a limited lifespan due to their exposure to ionizing radiation. You can't make densely integrated electronics last indefinitely. Going back to the more robust low density electronics used on the long lived space probes would be impractical on a complex manned spacecraft.

  9. Re:What's it good for? on Russia May Be Planning National Space Station To Replace ISS · · Score: 1

    Its a massive pork project to fund the domestic space industry that didn't have a mission to work on and to keep starving Russian engineers from working for the axis of evil.

  10. Re:CPM rates, etc on Google Launches Service To Replace Web Ads With Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    Adblockers are still used by a small minority. With the shift to more mobile browsing it is even less of a threat to advertisers since there is no ad blocking solution that works without rooting your device.

  11. Re:Booyah! on Does Being First Still Matter In America? · · Score: 1

    First post doesn't mean much on /. these days. A few weeks ago I got FP twice in one day without even trying. i.e. not slavishly refreshing the page or running scripts to watch for new articles.

  12. Re:I know this! on "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" Pulled From Amazon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is also worth pointing out that the role of the boy and girl were reversed in the movie. In Crichton's book the boy was the Unix nerd and the girl was just a tomboy with no leet skillz.

  13. Re:neither can humans on Halting Problem Proves That Lethal Robots Cannot Correctly Decide To Kill Humans · · Score: 1

    We have a way of dealing with that in the real world: "when in doubt, avoid killing people" and "do the best you can".

    Unfortunately the US solves this with "use a bigger bomb and classify all the dead innocent bystanders as combatants".

  14. Re:Cognitive dissonance on Halting Problem Proves That Lethal Robots Cannot Correctly Decide To Kill Humans · · Score: 1

    It contains a finite amount of matter that can assume only a finite number of states. The states aren't enumerable but they can't be infinite.

  15. But I can see that some people especially the crazy fundies would get upset.

    A proper Jesus freak doesn't believe that animals have souls so there should be no ethical dilemma for them to get enraged over.

  16. Why only video games on Sweden Considers Adding "Sexism" Ratings To Video Games · · Score: 1

    I'm sure other Swedish media like TV and movies have a lack of female characters portrayed as the primary agents of action in their storylines. I would also bet that there is far more female nudity on display in these media than male. To be fair these forms of sexism should also be stamped out.

  17. Re:Not a security risk, but a fake risk on Ask Slashdot: Is Non-USB Flash Direct From China Safe? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

    The posters flash is almost certainly a fake if it's a mass market brand. Even if it's a generic Chinese brand, it most likely uses the same low-grade flash used in the fakes. I would not risk my data on these devices as the durability over the course of normal use is a big unknown since they aren't backed by a company doing extensive characterization.

  18. They said the same about LCDs on Window Washing a Skyscraper Is Beyond a Robot's Reach · · Score: 1

    It wasn't that long ago that all LCDs were produced with a manual process of wiping and buffing the liquid crystal onto the glass substrate. No machine could be made to perform the task. This limited the size of panels that could be made and reduced yield with flaws from mistakes and contaminants. They finally automated the process to achieve the panels we have today. The same will be true of window washing robots.

  19. Re:tl;dr on Ask Slashdot: How To Unblock Email From My Comcast-Hosted Server? · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Comcast phone slaves won't have a page on their script to fix his problem. Might I suggest pulling the power plug from the router and rebooting the PC, though.

  20. Re:What is under the hood? on Amazon Goes After Oracle (Again) With New Aurora Database · · Score: 1, Interesting

    MySQL/MariaDB can't be positioned as a competitor to Oracle. It takes too many liberties with one's data. PostgreSQL on the other hand...

  21. Re:Ok, they got ONE right... on Internet Sales Tax Bill Dead In Congress · · Score: 1

    If they were serious about protecting the constitution they'd outlaw the bogus concept of use taxes.

  22. Re:The providers on FCC Confirms Delay of New Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 · · Score: 2

    There is no "burden" to be shouldered. That's just a false play by the ISPs to paint themselves as victims.

    They are already being paid handsomely many multiples of the true operating costs to deliver packets to and from their subscribers. That is all ISPs should be allowed to do. They shouldn't be given tools to engage in anti-competitive practices like throttling packets coming from their competitors in preference for their own properties or demanding protection money to get fair treatment.

  23. Re:Need Majel's voice on Amazon's Echo: a $200, Multi-Function, Audio-Centric Device · · Score: 1

    There has been significant work on synthesizing real people's voices without their cooperation. There is a large enough body of her recorded voice to work from.

  24. Need Majel's voice on Amazon's Echo: a $200, Multi-Function, Audio-Centric Device · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This would be perfect if it only had a faithful synthesis of Majel Barrett's voice.

  25. Re:Pretty cool on 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Gets a Name · · Score: 2

    Suggesting that the force is central to the story by naming it in the title gives me hope.

    Would that be a new hope?