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  1. Glad the saved 4 million euros on Munich Has Saved €4M So Far After Switch To Linux · · Score: 1

    But how much have they lost?

  2. Re:WTF? on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    It appears that his real punishment is for living in the UK.

  3. Another item I would like on FTC Privacy Framework Pushes For Regulation of Data Brokers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ability for consumers to request that their data is permanently deleted.

  4. Re:Interplanetary Space? on Record-Setting 100+ T Magnetic Field Achieved At Los Alamos · · Score: 0

    This information is unimportant to 99% of the people that read this article

  5. Re:But are democratic decisions better? on Do Women Make Better Bosses? · · Score: 1

    Most developers don't seem to want to be bothered with what management is up to. Just get them what they need to do their job and leave them alone!

  6. Re:It might depend on the organization ... on Do Women Make Better Bosses? · · Score: 1

    In IMHO the benevolent dictator model works best.

  7. Re:Power? on Seagate Hits 1 Terabit Per Square Inch · · Score: 1

    3w of output is a lot of laser power (burns through stuff readily) and most of the IR laser diodes are at least 50% efficient.
    Hard to imagine they would need more than that.

  8. Re:Some Advice on Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language · · Score: 1

    Used to work in a chemistry lab an 'aliquot' was used all of the time.

  9. Re:Probably won't affect cash position on Apple to Buy Back $10bn of Its Shares and Pay Dividend · · Score: 1

    No lines, plenty of stock are what I am hearing.

  10. Re:Probably won't affect cash position on Apple to Buy Back $10bn of Its Shares and Pay Dividend · · Score: 1

    Ipad sales were horrible over the weekend and the stock buyback is done to preserve the stock options of the board of directors when the stock crashes.

  11. Re:Tattoo removal? on The Laser Unprinter · · Score: 1

    you think grandma's tired of her tramp stamp?

  12. Re:Good luck, because... on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    Turning off the television is a start.

  13. Re:Actuarially, no. on Government Should Ban Skinny Models To Curb Anorexia, Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    One could make the case that overly thin models promote obesity too- ultra thin models are unrealistic role model for most women so they are ignored.
    Perhaps more fit and regular sized women in print and media would inspire some to care more about staying fit themselves.

  14. Re:Get ready for....nothing! on Cheap Solar Panels Made With An Ion Cannon · · Score: 1

    and we are already close (well within an order of magnitude)

    LOL anything greater than 10% meets this criteria.

  15. fishing with spider silk on Spider Silk Spun Into Violin Strings · · Score: 1

    Fishing with kites and spider silk

    http://sciencestage.com/v/5685/hd:-spider-web-fishing-south-pacific-bbc-two.html

  16. Re:Not smart Enough? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1

    Maybe they would have been smart enough but their critical thinking skills were dulled by television and other media?

  17. Re:Get out more on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    Automakers lobby for higher safety/emissions so they can sell you more car (both in weight and complexity).

  18. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    A good portion of the car bloat in the US is due to safety and emissions standards.

  19. Re:Three orders of magnitude on Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's · · Score: 2

    If you are talking about Windows 95, it booted fast and often! :-)

  20. Just for fun on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    Even if you could use an x-ray laser you would be stuck with a 1 E12 s upload, assuming you could pass 1 bit per wave.

  21. Re:Laser Beams on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 2

    How would you know the laser was fired before it hits you?

  22. Earth's Defence on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    A scaled up version of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) on the dark side of the moon, superconductive without cooling and free vacuum.
    The one on earth will penetrate 45m of copper.

  23. Re:Consider me fired. on Doctors "Fire" Vaccine Refusers · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's the rub though- vaccines used to be for life threatening diseases like polio and smallpox but are now more and more prescribed for things that are merely a nuisance(chicken pox anyone?).
     

  24. Re:Foxconn's policies shaped by China, not Apple! on Hackers Hit Apple Supplier Foxconn · · Score: 2

    No other company makes such obscene profits from this trade with Foxconn, so it is natural for people to hold them most accountable.

  25. Helmet for patient on Virtual Reality Helmet Designed For Deep Space Surgery · · Score: 1

    How about a patient helmet that does vitals/anesthesia?