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  1. Re:MMMM initial reaction on US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes, of course. Someone will email clandestine links to these papers, which will install malware, which will add your computer to a botnet, which will email out clandestine links to these papers.

  2. Re:It's cheaper to do it somewhere else on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, this is why people from all over the world are coming to the US for schooling. The article is about how US schools are full of international students. If your argument is accurate, it would be the other way around.

  3. Re:Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    As people age, they also gain experience which is needed in management. But, I often see new people fresh out of school immediately looking to become management. They will work a year or two, and either head off to business school or take business classes part time. So many of them look to a STEM degree as a way into a career path, instead of STEM being the career itself.

  4. Re: Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    An MBA is grad school, in the school of business, not science or engineering.

  5. Everyone is getting an MBA on The Disappearing American Grad Student (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know so many people who graduated in a STEM field who then go for an MBA to advance their career.

  6. Re:Interesting surfing == desktop on No, the Linux Desktop Hasn't Jumped in Popularity (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    We'll have to ask which desktop people are using during the next census.

  7. God, I hope so on 9.6% of Facebook's Users 'May Be Fakes' (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It makes more sense than someone cloning my friends, giving them the same name, and trying to friend me to sell me insurance.

  8. Boy, is that a change for once.

  9. Re:Uh, US can't override Canadian law on Google Wins Ruling to Block Global Censorship Order (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    They are trying to get Google, in the US, to comply with a Canadian law. The US court is saying, no you don't have to.

  10. BBC News on CNN Plans To Offer Subscriptions for Digital News Next Year (wsj.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is why I get most of my news from the BBC, even though I live in the US. They don't try to dramatize it, they just report. I don't know why I would pay for the extra drama CNN tries to add to every story.

  11. Re:interesting on Five New Asteroids Surprise Astronomers In Hubble Images (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Hubble runs on a 486. Does anyone make a distribution that still runs on one?

  12. Cool curves on Five New Asteroids Surprise Astronomers In Hubble Images (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    It's cool that the paths across the image are curved. Since the HST is in Earth orbit, the direction to the asteroid changes during the exposure time of the image. From the ground, the Earth's rotation is not fast enough to notice that effect.

  13. Re:Many problems caused this on The Fourth US Navy Collision of the Year Was Ultimately Caused By UI Confusion (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Because ships sail around all the time, you get overconfident in your abilities. Suddenly it is critical that you do something you rarely do, and you realize you're not as experienced as you think you are. Due to the long range of modern weapons, even ships sailing in tactical formations are far apart. It gives you plenty of time to think before you have to make a move. The leadership of the ship needs to train on things like this during the course of normal operations, so the crew gets experience with it. Have them change the helm configuration at unexpected times, and see if they do it to standard. Don't wait for a situation where you would normally perform that operation, they happen to infrequently.

  14. Many problems caused this on The Fourth US Navy Collision of the Year Was Ultimately Caused By UI Confusion (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, the displays could be improved, but there were many issues involved. The proper crew members were not on the bridge. The captain had let them sleep an extra hour, so the most experienced crew were still at breakfast. The crew involved were not experienced enough to make quick changes to the ship configuration in a critical situation. Lesson learned, don't get in a critical situation you know will happen with the back up crew. Another good point - don't have just one set of high quality bridge crew-members.

  15. That's 2 of us so far, I guess that would be $7 million each.

  16. How about we take it over? We can crowd source the initial operating cost until we get up and running to charge for its use. How many slashdoters are in for this?

  17. They need to unionize on Rise of the Machines Must Be Monitored, Say Global Finance Regulators (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    I think all these AI and machine learning algorithms need to form a union. They need some vacation days and health insurance. After that they need to organize and seek the right to vote.

  18. Re:Sprint fades into mediocrity on Failure of Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Means a Missed Chance To Save $30B (kansascity.com) · · Score: 1

    Damn you autocorrect!

  19. Sprint fades into mediocrity on Failure of Sprint/T-Mobile Merger Means a Missed Chance To Save $30B (kansascity.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If Spring merged with T-Mobile, it would fade into mediocrity. Now that they aren't, Sprint will fade into mediocrity.

  20. I hope they submitted a bug report on Bug in Google's Bug Tracker Lets Researcher Access List of Company's Vulnerabilities (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Good thing they have a bug tracking system, so they can track bugs in it.

  21. In Somalia on Google Denies Demoting the Pirate Bay In Some Countries (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Somalia, searching for "the pirate bay" brings up Google maps with directions on how to get there.

  22. Re:Summary of systemd NFS answer; on "merit" adopt on Interviews: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Answers Your Questions (redhat.com) · · Score: 1

    Comparing it to Internet Explorer? Why don't you just start an open source project to give it some competition, like Firefox did to IE?

  23. Re:MH370 is STILL missing.... on How Data Science Powered the Search for MH370 (hpe.com) · · Score: 1

    Now that Big Data works, maybe we should build better underwater detection equipment?

  24. Not that I can recall on Can Science Make Alcohol Safer? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have been out drinking all night some times, never had a problem. At least, not that I can recall. I'm sure its perfectly safe.

  25. Re:Spanish Civil War, part 2 on Catalonia Declares Independence; Spain Approves Central Takeover Of Region (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Catalonia was the industrialized area starting in the late 1800's. It was the most advanced, modern area of Spain. Industrialization brought with it problems, same as today. Just because it was the wealthiest area, doesn't mean that everyone shared that. This is where communists and anarchists struggled to overcome class division and bring power to the people. Most of the rest of the country was still very rural and conservative. The Spanish Civil War was not just Catalonia vs the rest. The more urbanized areas were changing faster than the more rural areas. The Republicans lost the the Nationalists for many reasons, besides foreign support. Many different groups with very different viewpoints made up the Republican side. Near the end of the war, with the Nationalists near the gates of Madrid and pushing into Catalonia, the communists and anarchists started fighting each other, even with the Nationalists closing in.