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  1. Re:His story is NOTHING to my story on Pennsylvania CISO Fired Over Talk At RSA Conference · · Score: 1

    Its times like this that I really want to apply a Post Humously moderation

    Surely you mean Post Humorous?

  2. Re:Oh god on The Story of a Simple and Dangerous OS X Kernel Bug · · Score: 1

    Seeing as Twitter uses UTF-8 encoded messages 140 characters long, you could put 560 bytes worth in a single tweet. Of course, if you're posting source code rather than an executable, then you don't have as much space.

  3. Re:Wouldn't this movie... on Sam Raimi To Direct World of Warcraft Movie · · Score: 1

    Posting to undo bad moderation.

  4. Re:Wake me when the Voynich is cracked on 200-Year-Old Cipher Finally Cracked · · Score: 1

    it certainly wouldn't be easy without some clues to the nature of the grammar involved.

    Rai of Lowani and Jiri of Ubaya at Lungha: Sokath, his eyes uncovered.

    Rai of and Jiri at Lungha: The beast at Tanagra.

    Kadir beneath Mo Moteh.

  5. Re:A good translation for default to other languag on On the Humble Default · · Score: 1

    In French, it's usually par defaut, which is unsurprising considering the number of words we share.

    The etymology of the word is more apparent in French: it can be understood as de faute, literally "by lack [of something better/else]". You could translate the whole thing as "because of lacking-of-something-betterness".

  6. Re:Mung on Has Google Broken JavaScript Spam Munging? · · Score: 3, Funny

    The email address is not munged, or you couldn't un-mung it.

    You munged it; you can't un-mung it!

    Stay tuned for more... Tales! Of! Internet!

  7. Re:True story .... on A Mathematician's Lament — an Indictment of US Math Education · · Score: 1

    No, that's just indicative of lazy teachers. Since most humans are lazy and all teachers are human, this is to be expected.

    Let's check that with a tableau.

    1. âfx (H(x) -> L(x))

    |

    2. âx (T(x) -> H(x))

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    3. ~âfx (H(x) -> L(x))

    |

    4. (H(a) -> L(a)) (1. âf)

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    5. âx~(H(x) -> L(x)) (3. ~âf)

    |

    6. ~(H(a) -> L(a)) (4. âx)

    Yep, your argument appears valid. (Of course, the conclusion won't be true unless the premises are).

  8. Frequency of tests on Website Does Homework For Kids · · Score: 2, Informative

    In France, it's not uncommon to have in-class tests every week or two, in every subject. So it would be hard to not do any work for a very long time without it being noticed.

  9. That's no moon... on Small Robots Could Build Landing Site For Moon Base · · Score: 1

    ... it's a parking lot. Is there any option to move the lander off the landing pad to free up the space?

  10. Re:I hate it when people venerate/elevate scumbags on Interview With an Adware Author · · Score: 1

    Double-whoosh!

  11. Re:Clothes on Sony Shows Off Flexible OLED Screens At CES · · Score: 1

    randomly turn it from invisible to a disturbing picture for microseconds to mess with friends and co-workers.

    OLED response time is 0.1ms according to Wikipedia. So, for at least 100 microseconds.

  12. Re:Maybe we should switch to... on The Environmental Impact of Google Searches · · Score: 1

    ... and by that I mean Blackle.

  13. Maybe we should switch to... on The Environmental Impact of Google Searches · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Oh no! on Carefully Timed Jerks Could Power Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    What about those involving the rate of change of acceleration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(physics) ?

  15. Yes, it is a backup solution on Why Mirroring Is Not a Backup Solution · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Since when is Slashdot in the habit of disagreeing with Linus Torvalds?

    Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)

  16. Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects on Terry Pratchett Knighted · · Score: 1

    Sorry, we're fresh out of Senate seats. But help yourself to a peerage, allegedly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_for_Honours

  17. Re:Just for the record, only UK subjects on Terry Pratchett Knighted · · Score: 1

    Actually, Britain doesn't have a constitution, so you're talking out of your ass.

    There's scholarly disagreement about this. As usual it really depends on the definition of "constitution".
    As others have noted, there is no single document headed "Constitution of the United Kingdom", so if your definition requires that, then you're stuck.
    However, there are some things that would normally be in the constitution (like who gets to be Prime Minister) that aren't actually written down at all. It's tradition, but not a requirement, that the leader of the majority party is the Prime Minister.

    More interestingly, some, like F.F. Ridley IIRC, think that constitutional laws must be distinct from other laws in that they are more difficult to change. This is not formally the case in the UK, except that extreme messing with the fundamental make-up of the state will be met by resistance at all levels (not least, in the courts which could just refuse to apply anything too extreme).
    Some EU laws do have a special modification process, in that to revoke them, it would be necessary to leave the EU entirely.
    There is also, according to Ridley, no reference to a pouvoir constituent, a constitution-forming body that gives authority to the constitution, which is necessary to the existence of a constitution.

    The most general definition is that a constitution regulates the relationship between the state and the citizen. Of course, that can be interpreted as broadly or as narrowly as you fancy. After all, the provision of public flower displays is part of the citizen-state relationship.

    There's quite a lot of debate, hence the saying that the UK has a one-line constitution (from Vernon Bogdanor, I think):
    "What the Queen in Parliament enacts is law."

  18. Re:Shouting in German on CCC Hackers Break DECT Telephones' Security · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mod parent herauf.

  19. Re:I already pay my tv licence on BBC's iPlayer Chief Pushes Tiered Charging For ISPs · · Score: 1

    Agree. The only sensible way to pay for intellectual property is with some form of tax: it costs nothing to copy, so why pay for copies? However, production does cost, so playing a flat amount for that does make sense.
    The BBC does have some excellent programmes, both TV and Radio, and the license fee works.

  20. What I still don't get is... on Ubiquitous Hydrogen Power Not Getting Any Closer · · Score: 1, Interesting

    ... is hydrogen an energy source or a way of storing energy?

  21. Oblig on Micron Demos SSD With 1GB/sec Throughput · · Score: 2, Interesting

    64 NAND flash chips in parallel should be enough for anyone!
    I'm curious, what are the applications for this kind of disk speed?

  22. Lead, meaning 1 on Researchers Getting the Lead Out of Electronics · · Score: 1

    It's great to see someone taking a lead on finding an alternative to lead. The chemical seems quite complicated, I wonder where they got a lead to that from. Where will it lead? They might even be able to make home entertainment leads out of it. They could start the lead-up soon.

  23. Opiate? on Unhappy People Watch More TV · · Score: 1

    TV can become a kind of opiate in a way.

    What does that make Slashdot?

  24. Has it been named yet? on Researchers Turn Tables and Walls Into "Scratch Input" Surfaces · · Score: 2, Funny

    I propose scratch 'n' navigate.

  25. Re:History Goggle Earth on Google Earth Recreates Ancient Rome · · Score: 1

    Goggles showing them in their original condition, and in their original usage, would turn those displays from mere trophy cases of booty into actual demonstrations of history and our global heritage.

    Whereas beer googles turn things into trophy cases of booty.