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  1. A fine example of the nonsense on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 1

    This is a great example of the self serving nationalist nonsense that has so much currency in India.

    Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Not generous misreading of religious texts.

    Re: Aliens - the indulgence by Hollywood of pet Aryan origin theories is not proof of anything. I can't believe I have to say that.

    P.S " jews (the gem trading race) "....that is a priceless phrase.

  2. Are you sure its Big Data? on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Data Warehouse Server System? · · Score: 1

    Don't confuse a regular data warehouse with Big Data. If Big Data is a "thing" your company wants to get into, it probably does not apply to you.

    As for your data warehouse, MS SQL Server and is a good enough base to start with. IBM's DB2 is another underrated platform. Don't feed Oracle please.

  3. Did black Africans reach America before Columbus? on Maps Suggest Marco Polo May Have "Discovered" America · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

    "While in Egypt, Musa explained the way that he had inherited the throne after the abdication of the previous ruler. He explained that in 1310, the emperor financed the building of 200 vessels of men and another 200 of supplies to explore the limits of the sea "

    The story suggests that 13th century Malian emperor Abu Bakr II led an expedition that reached the mouth of the Amazon river before disappearing forever into the rain forest.

  4. Re:A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare on Energy Utilities Trying To Stifle Growth of Solar Power · · Score: 1

    Superb use of strawmen. The grid and its operators are more adaptable than they will let you believe.

    If the Europeans can do it so can the U.S.
    Since when is the American response to a problem a litany of received wisdom as to why it can't be fixed?

  5. Been Done before on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    The Turbopot has a finned aluminum base and promises a 59% improvment in efficiency.

    http://www.turbopot.com/Soluti...

  6. Re:Good! on 2 US Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase · · Score: 1

    Considering that Toronto is more diverse than New York, they've got plenty of demographics to deal with.

  7. Abuse of Market Dominance on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1

    Youtube has the most eyeballs by far, and many "influencers" use it to discover new acts. This makes Google's policy an "Abuse of Dominance".
    http://www.competitionbureau.g...

  8. Saab Gripen JAS 39E on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 1

    I think the Swedish Saab Gripen fits the bill nicely. In a cost effective manner to boot.

    Brazil went with them, partly out of reaction to the Snowden revelations, but I think the decision stands on the merits of the plane as well.

  9. Re:Russia on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 1

    A NATO response would not necessarily be confined to the Arctic theater. All of Russia would be a target.

    The Kremlin is well aware of this - they don't make their moves based on Hollywood plot ideas.

  10. Re:When 'contempt for system' goes mainstream on FCC Website Hobbled By Comment Trolls Incited By Comedian John Oliver · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And now that once great FCC is being run by the former head of the cable industry's lobbying arm.

    Politeness and restraint will not get you anywhere when you are up against big corporations.

  11. Re:If you have the opportunity on U.S. Drone Attack Strategy Against Al-Qaeda May Be Wrong · · Score: 1

    Shame on you for believing the simplistic islamaphobic narrative......The jihadists have not got Islam right with their selective theology.
    You're supporting their claim to the ownership of the religion...funny how hate can collaborate across enemy lines. The hundreds of millions of devout Muslims living peaceful lives - who are you to say that their faith practice is inauthentic?

    Every theological argument that the jihadists have used from the Quran and Sunnah to justify mass murder can and has been refuted with the same sources. Religion is what you make it.

  12. Time unit on The Brakes That Stop a 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC · · Score: 2

    "managed to absorb 4.6 kilowatts of energy"......per what? The number is meaningless without a unit of time.

  13. Re:Arabs? on $250K Reward Offered In California Power Grid Attack · · Score: 1

    or how about the SF anti-gentrification movement that seems to be targeting tech workers?

  14. Re:Static languages coming back on Facebook Introduces Hack: Statically Typed PHP · · Score: 1

    Difference is the static typing here is "opt-in". I think that helps. "If you like your current type practices you can keep them".

  15. Re:Taking one course solves a "shortage"? on How St. Louis Is Bootstrapping Hundreds of Programmers · · Score: 1

    >>There is a 57.67% cost of living difference between here and the west coast. What people see is that we offer $40K starting where as the coast will offer $63K. Yet, they are the same amount as far as cost of living goes.

    How is that rationalization working out for you?

  16. Dominates in exotic places on Who's On WhatsApp, and Why? · · Score: 1

    In countries like Rwanda, Pakistan and India it rules the roost. I'm sure many others too. The Internet is bigger than than U.S millenials. Their strategy of being on so many platforms (iOS,Android, Blackberry, Nokia Symbian, J2ME for dumb phones) really helped with the "network effect".

    And don't underestimate the international angle. It's a globalized world, many people have contacts across borders, and they want to use their phones to talk.

    For those talking about free SMS being a replacement, the killer user story here is the persistent group chats, with seamless picture sharing.

    Frictionless signup (it just uses your phone number and automagically fills in your contacts) certainly helped too.

    The behind the scenes story is that they extended XMPP to make it mobile friendly with proprietary customizations. I'd like to see a similar effort with the open standard itself. Then I'd like to see a mobile XMPP client open source project that makes quality execution on all platforms a priority. The Internet is being balkanized and the fight for standards based mobile messaging is the new battlefield.

  17. Re:BS junk science on Darker Arctic Boosting Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Good thing we have you to refute those damn scientists.

  18. In the words of Dan Harmon on Former Dev Gives Gloomy Outlook On Linux Support For the Opera Browser · · Score: 1

    As a long time Opera on Linux user, the "pivot" the company has taken towards Webkit and a dysfunctional UI is like "being held down and watching your family get raped on a beach"

  19. Attack on individual rights on Court Says Craigslist Sperm Donor Must Pay Child Support · · Score: 1

    Yet another attack by the family courts on the ability of adults to make contracts amongst themselves.

  20. Offline/remote situations on Have 100GB Free? Host Your Own Copy of Wikipedia, With Images · · Score: 1

    This will be great for offline/remote/low speed situations. Imagine being on a merchant ship or even a cruise ship with a pricey connection package. Scientific expeditions etc.

    How about preloading it on OLPC?

    What if your high school kid can't do his homework without getting distracted online, but says he needs Wikipedia for research. Bam, here's your air-gapped PC son.

  21. Oh God on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    WHY. Incremental updates would have been better. And this is a generic low information density design.

  22. Re:The real agenda? on Intel, Red Hat Working On Enabling Wayland Support In GNOME · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Canonical is free to go its own way, but no one should be surprised if other don't join it.

    I've got a new tagline for them.
    NIH: Not just for closed source.

  23. Re:He's right - Android is eating iOS's lunch on Larry Ellison Believes Apple Is Doomed · · Score: 1

    Maybe for a power user like you. For many people though iTunes is a confusing file system abstraction.

  24. Blackberry Q10 on How Did My Stratosphere Ever Get Shipped? · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you want a keyboard that badly try the Blackberry Q10. Its not terrible.

  25. Re:The trouble with using Google accounts on How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The Onion · · Score: 2

    Personally I just dont' want google to have my mobile phone number. They know too much already.