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  1. Good guys wear white. on RMS Responds To NPR File-Sharer's Blog · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hmmm, a black and white opinion in a world of gray. How refreshing.

  2. Vigilante circus. on NVIDIA Kills Online Store In Response To Hacker Claims · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The claimed attackers wrote, 'We aren't acting extremely maliciously, we've used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.'"

    1-what crime?

    2-Who died and made them the long arm of the law?

  3. Benefits, benefits, benefits. on Has the 3-D Hype Bubble Finally Popped? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Revenue from 3-D films is also dropping, and while 3-D television sales are rising, only 14 percent of potential buyers think 3-D is a 'must have' feature."

    Has 3D technology really benefited anyone but the display makers and the content industry?

  4. My personal cloud. on Ask Slashdot: Building a Personal FOSS Cloud? · · Score: 1
  5. Star Trek: Next Generation. on fMRI Lets Israeli Student Control Robot In France With His Mind · · Score: 1

    "An Israeli student has become the first person to meld his mind and movements with a robot surrogate, or avatar.

    LaForge will be happy to hear this.

  6. A heavenly sight. on UAV Cameras an Eye In the Sky For Adventurous Filmmakers · · Score: 1

    It's still a young, niche industry, but as costs come down, these little vehicles could become a common sight on the film shoots of the future.

    Porn! And don't give me that look. You all were thinking it too.

  7. Re:Power Privoxy on Ask Slashdot: Are Smart Meters Safe? · · Score: 1

    In the absence of a battery the transformer will perform a similar function. Basically the goal is to decouple the information gained from inside and deliver a sanitized version outside.

  8. Wear and tear. on Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice · · Score: 1

    Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice

    Is that anything like used underwear?

  9. Power Privoxy on Ask Slashdot: Are Smart Meters Safe? · · Score: 1

    I see a market for a whole house power regenerator. Incorporate an isolation transformer into the design. Basically it will be to power what Privoxy is to the internet.

  10. Same thing as always: DRM. on Nvidia Engineer Asks How the Company Can Improve Linux Support · · Score: 2

    It's unnecessary, and likely impossible, for Nvidia to open source its proprietary driver, due to licensed software they don't own (they have stated in the past).

    It also can break DRM.

  11. Re:Getting real with AI on Strong AI and the Imminent Revolution In Robotics · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So in plain English instead of making an AI more capable of dealing with greater complexity (like say animals), you artificially constrain the problem set till you get something that present systems (don't need to be AI) can handle then?

  12. Re:They solved the failure problem? on Strong AI and the Imminent Revolution In Robotics · · Score: 2

    Why shouldn't they? Failure after all is part of the learning process. Also I just don't think it's going to be a realistic goal to create a failure free machine.

  13. They solved the failure problem? on Strong AI and the Imminent Revolution In Robotics · · Score: 4, Interesting

    And humans have never failed the frame problem? It seems to me in our quest for strong AI, we're setting the bar higher than ourselves. We fail too and yet we're the metric by which strong AI will be judged.

  14. Re:Bad Idea? on Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How does one "meltdown" a centrifuge?

  15. Oh, stop acting overloaded. on Iran Claims New Cyber Attack On Its Nuclear Plants, Blames US and Allies · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, the easiest way to disrupt our network communications is still a well placed physical disruption.

    It's called a Slashdotting. Pioneered it, back in the day.

  16. Parallel world. on How Steve Jobs Changed Google Plus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Privacy advocates beware, as the problem is almost certainly worse than ever anticipated.

    Good thing we have alternatives, right?

  17. Computing on the run. on Ask Slashdot: How To Evacuate a Network · · Score: 1

    These would be perfect for emergencies.

  18. One ring to rule them all. on Odd Laptop-Tablet Hybrids Show PC Makers' Panic · · Score: 1

    They all exist because of the cheap components now available, and because Windows 8 will make touch interfaces possible — but mostly they exist because PC makes are starting to freak out about being left behind by the tablet revolution."

    What is being left behind is the device that'll allow all the rest from big to small, local and cloud, to all work together in a unified manner, without drawing attention to itself.

  19. Purile. on Startup Applies For 307 GTLDs · · Score: 1

    There will be more names geared toward what consumers are looking for,' Nevett said.

    Fetish

  20. Higher-level Context. on Why Kids Should Be Building Rockets Instead of Taking Tests · · Score: 0

    Students sit passively, expected to absorb all the content that is thrown at them without much context. The context that's missing is the real world."

    Right. So what is Calculus good for again?

  21. Signs of butter. on SSID As the New Community Bulletin Board and Yard Sign · · Score: 1

    SSID As the New Community Bulletin Board and Yard Sign

    How about WeLuvURob?

  22. Waldo too! on Russian Satellite Takes Most Detailed 121-Megapixel Image of Earth Yet · · Score: 3, Funny

    The detail in the pic is just amazing.

    And they still can't find Carmen Sandiego.

  23. Re:Tried to use their comments, but fail..... on The Best Streaming Media Player · · Score: 1

    Note: this would have been a better arrangement if SiliconDust had gone with separate inputs on the tuners. One for OTA and the other for cable. Just like on the originals.

  24. Re:Tried to use their comments, but fail..... on The Best Streaming Media Player · · Score: 1

    Flexibility at minimum would be a WD Live (with local storage) on the front end, and a SiliconDust HD Homerun Prime on the back-end. Some local media like CD/DVD/Blu-ray is of course absent.

  25. Alternatives? on Google's SPDY Could Be Incorporated Into Next-Gen HTTP · · Score: 2

    What about alternatives like UDT, and SCTP?