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  1. Re:Typo, right? on Military Data Center In a Suitcase To Get Commercial Release · · Score: 1

    Ah. 300G. That makes more sense.

  2. Typo, right? on Military Data Center In a Suitcase To Get Commercial Release · · Score: 1

    and rated to survive 300g of shock

    surely it must be 300kg?

  3. Re:Right on Researcher Exploits 18-Year-Old Design Flaw To Compromise X86 Chips · · Score: 4, Funny

    everybody knows who originally requested it.

    Bush? Obama?

  4. Technically yes, but... on Facebook Allows Turkish Government To Set the Censorship Rules · · Score: 0

    Facebook has allowed the repressive Turkish government to set the censorship rules for billions of their users all around the globe

    1.5 billion +/- is technically billions, but this statement is inflammatory.

  5. Re:Missing the big picture on Google Rejects French Order For 'Right To Be Forgotten' · · Score: 1

    I don't see any geographic limit to the CNIL order. It just says "delisting must be carried out on all extensions of the search engine." There's no "in France" or "in the EU." Limiting to the EU or France may be the intent, but that doesn't seem to be how the order is worded.

  6. Re:Artificial? on General Mills To Drop Artificial Ingredients In Cereal · · Score: 1

    Trees? No. Corn? Yes, hence the name.

  7. Re:Just swear at the agent on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    I'm going to guess it went beyond swearing to threats of violence against the agent and/or the company.

  8. Re:Tolls? on Oregon Testing Pay-Per-Mile Driving Fee To Replace Gas Tax · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it varies by state, but here in Minnesota, the gas tax is dedicated to roads and bridges.

  9. Re:Yep, they were... on Keurig Stock Drops, Says It Was Wrong About DRM Coffee Pods · · Score: 1

    You clearly don't live in the US of A where verb is a verb.

  10. I see what you did there on Centimeter-Resolution GPS For Smartphones, VR, Drones · · Score: 2

    Put a question in the summary that only makes sense if you RTFA. Nice.

  11. Re:FTYF, Submitter on The Medical Bill Mystery · · Score: 1

    The numbers are silly, but they are real in the US.

  12. root cause on Broken Beer Bottle Battle In Debate Over Merits of Android Over iPhone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "In over 35 years as a cop, this is one of the oddest reasons I've seen for assault,"

    You mean alcohol?

  13. I don't think they're calling for ban of the pill on Birth Control Pills Threaten Fish Stocks · · Score: 4, Informative

    From TFA "It's a problem that we can certainly resolve with better waste water treatment,"

  14. That's just evil.

  15. Re:What are they waiting for? on It's Easy To Hack Traffic Lights · · Score: 1

    You can't be serious. Fixing something after it's been done wrong is even more expensive than doing it right the first time. Take the current example of traffic signals. Physical access is a huge problem. How do you address that? Work out a new design and retrofit hardware and software. Not free. Not anywhere is that even approaching cheap.

  16. Re:Happy Monday from The Golden Girls on Rightscorp's New Plan: Hijack Browsers Until Infingers Pay Up · · Score: 1

    "This site has been blocked because it has been determined by Web Reputation Filters to be a security threat to your computer or the corporate network. This web site has been associated with malware/spyware."

    Love it.

  17. Re:Its Fine. on Ask Slashdot: Is Running Mission-Critical Servers Without a Firewall Common? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think Target may disagree. Firewalls on database servers may not have kept their data safe but their experience proved that it is unwise to assume that all internal network traffic is trustworthy.

  18. Re:If people would fight their tickets... on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    Great idea. But fighting a ticket takes time, and the time it takes is usually going to interfere with work hours. Add in the fact that it could take a full day due to waiting your turn with the judge or bailiff or whoever. So, do I take time off work and take the chance that a ticket will be tossed out or pay the fine? It comes down to a financial decision for most people.

  19. Re:Who Cares? on 3D Printed Gun Maker Cody Wilson Defends Open Source Freedom · · Score: 1

    I'm just cavilling. There are quite a number of handguns and rifles that are designed specifically for competitive target shooting, not killling. Could they be used to kill? Of course, but that wasn't the designer's goal.

  20. Re:Is Access actually better for them anyways? on Ask Slashdot: Easy-To-Use Alternative To MS Access For a Charity's Database? · · Score: 1

    I hope you aren't serious. If that were the OP's mindset, we wouldn't even be having this conversation since the question wouldn't have been asked.

  21. Re: Hey Tim on First Arrest In Japan For 3D-Printed Guns · · Score: 1

    How many legal sources of cocaine are there in the US?

  22. ah, the materials are 2-d, not the devices on First Transistors Made Entirely of 2-D Materials · · Score: 0

    I am impressed, but I was hoping to be stunned.

  23. Tried it, wasn't impressed on Apache OpenOffice Reaches 100 Million Downloads. Now What? · · Score: 1

    My wife has a lot of technically unsophisticated clients. More than half came back with "I can't open this." Not worth the time to educate them, so we went back to Office.

  24. Re:Age and the constitution on Federal Judge Rules Chicago's Ban On Licensed Gun Dealers Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    Protected by, yes. Full access to all constitutional rights, no. Despite how US constitutional arguments are often presented, there are actually quite a few limits placed on things guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. The classic example is that it is illegal to falsley and intentionally yell "Fire" in a movie theater, which is a limit on freedom of free speech, a right guaranteed by the constitution. At some point it became established in US law that 18 years of life makes you an adult who is entitled to a number of things. This is an application of that principle.

  25. Re:Buy plain, decorate on Ask Slashdot: Recommendations For Beautiful Network Cable Trays? · · Score: 1

    Then you could post your project on pinterest!