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  1. Re:I had to put down my 15 year-old dog. on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Hardest Things Programmers Have To Do? · · Score: 1

    It's so true. if you have some talent and experience programming is a piece of cake- you have the opportunity to solve tens or even hundreds of problems in a single day, it can be addictive. If only real life was that simple...

  2. Re:Now it gets worse. on US Government Shutdown Ends · · Score: 1

    When spending outruns GDP you are headed for catastrophe, it's a mathematical fact.

  3. Re:Google WTF are you doing? on Google To Support Windows XP Longer Than Microsoft · · Score: 1

    I hope he has a disaster plan for when the basement floods...

  4. Re:Use a language that no one ever heard of on How To Develop Unmaintainable Software · · Score: 1

    APL works perfectly with Twitter Bootstrap. Send me some money and I will tell you how...

  5. Re: How do we get Congress to sign up? on Buried In the Healthcare.gov Source: "No Expectation of Privacy" · · Score: 1

    You could probably buy it for a lot less in another country. The monopoly enforcement of the US drug companies is outrageous.

  6. Re:How the fuck... on Buried In the Healthcare.gov Source: "No Expectation of Privacy" · · Score: 1

    Yes, because 'health' trumps every other consideration, even quality of life. (not that quality of life is great in the UK!)

  7. Re:It's unfortunate. on UK Court Orders Two Sisters Must Receive MMR Vaccine · · Score: 5, Informative

    You missed the part about the father wanting the kids vaccinated.

  8. Did he use Photoshop on Extreme Complexity of Scientific Data Driving New Math Techniques · · Score: 1

    Loading a MRI in to Photoshop and using a sharpening tool- novel concept!

  9. Re:Weird on Fukushima Nuclear Worker Accidentally Toggles Off Cooling Pumps · · Score: 1

    I was envisioning a small guillotine but what was in your link would do...

  10. Re: One for one on The Most WTF-y Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Kind of like the saying about drunks being the only ones steady on rough seas...

  11. More importantly on The Difference Between Film and Digital Photography (Video) · · Score: 1

    Is this the slowest of slow news days?

  12. Re:More like Gamma-ray devices on 3mm Inexpensive Chip Revolutionizes Electron Accelerators · · Score: 1

    My first thought when reading this was that it would an interesting exercise to make a free electron laser using this electron source.

  13. Re:This is highly illogical. on Scientists Create New "Lightsaber-Like" Form of Matter · · Score: 1

    Better to put them in a torpedo....

  14. Re:Not being well reviewed ... on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    BYOD is going to prove to be a failure and Microsoft will be providing a device that will fill that niche.

  15. Re:Overrated? on Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 Released in HTML Format · · Score: 1

    No.

  16. Re:A lot of people are missing the best feature on Sony Unveils the PS Vita TV and Slimmer Vita Handheld · · Score: 1

    This could be really cool if it could 'split screen' multiplayer FPS across televisions. This would be like having to PS4s.

  17. "American manufacturing plants are no longer necessarily dank, dirty places where large men without shirts sweat until they drop."

    Really did anyone believe this?

  18. Re:gamefly wins to lose on GameFly Scores In Longstanding DVD Mailing Complaint · · Score: 1

    I've had netflix movies delivered that looked like a copy made by Netflix. I think it is legal to have a backup copy of the DVD and legal to use it if the original is destroyed.

  19. Re:I think its safe to say on Sleep Found To Replenish a Type of Brain Cell · · Score: 2

    Look into melatonin to increase your REM sleep.

  20. Re:Well of course on Scottish Academic: Mining the Moon For Helium 3 Is Evil · · Score: 1

    Only 1/3 of the cost of electricity is the fuel- the rest is infrastructure and upkeep.

  21. Desktop computer on Ask Slashdot: Hands-On Activity For IT Career Fair · · Score: 1

    The demise of desktop computers is greatly exaggerated. However, demonstrating virtualization, pushing policy and installations might be a little more modern activity.

  22. Re:An outlet on Study Suggests Violent Video Games May Make Teens Less Violent · · Score: 1

    Then having your 12YO whip you soundly at the game.... luckily ps3 controllers are pretty tough.

  23. Re:Missing the forest for the trees on How Human Psychology Holds Back Climate Change Action · · Score: 1

    I read the link and thought it pretty amusing, both the content and to equate it to what I am asking.

    1) I am not saying it is the end of the world, I am just asking what it will cost. It's going to cost billions/trillions- I think I have a right to know.

    2) They basically admit that there is no assurance kyoto will work.

  24. Re:Missing the forest for the trees on How Human Psychology Holds Back Climate Change Action · · Score: 1

    And the other prisoner(s) are hostile to us and have shown zero regard for the environment. What is the wise choice?

  25. Missing the forest for the trees on How Human Psychology Holds Back Climate Change Action · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1.) What is the societal cost of cutting energy usage. How much does this cost in comparison to warming.
    2.) Explain how using less carbonaceous fuel here will prevent it from being burned there.

    Please invent some psychobabble to explain common sense.