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  1. Physical vs Non Physical on How Curved Spacetime Can Be Created In a Quantum Optics Lab · · Score: 1

    Not sure the best terms for this but... I've noticed a lot of non physical theories (space time, dark matter(though this is only non physical in the sense we haven't seen it yet), dark energy) require manipulation of physical materials to produce the expected results. I still wonder if we will eventually see these theories get an actual physical source. Just my bent $0.02.

  2. Re:Republicans Control Michigan on Michigan About To Ban Tesla Sales · · Score: 1

    The South East vs the rest of Michigan differences are rather interesting: http://www.politico.com/2012-e... If Detroit keeps dropping in population it could actually have a pretty drastic difference in elections.

  3. Re:Republicans Control Michigan on Michigan About To Ban Tesla Sales · · Score: 1

    It actually seems kind of odd that Michigan is Republican controlled since we've voted for the Democratic presidential candidate every election in recent history.

  4. Keep it on Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video · · Score: 1

    If I want high resolution I'll go to the movie theater. At home I usually have Netflix movies on in the background and listen more than watch.

  5. Re:Victim Blaming vs Common Sense on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    Releases of this information from large scale hacks are rare. Does anyone know how often this hacks occur but the hacker does not release the information?

    I've taken classes on network security and there are so many layers to the security and if any layer breaks the whole system tends to break down.

  6. Re:WTF? on Ask Slashdot: Why Can't Google Block Spam In Gmail? · · Score: 1

    Same here. I use my gmail far less than my yahoo account (my Yahoo goes to all sorts of disreputable forums) but I think I see maybe a spam e-mail every week or month on gmail that misses the filter. On Yahoo it is more like a couple a day when I haven't given out my e-mail lately, as bad as ten a day when I do give out my e-mail.

  7. Re:Victim Blaming vs Common Sense on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 1

    I still don't expect to get blamed should I forget one day and my car gets stolen.

    No, but don't be surprised if people think you're none-too-bright for leaving your car unlocked.

    Yes I would probably be banging my head on something hard until I could forget I did that.

  8. Victim Blaming vs Common Sense on The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I live in a fairly good town but still don't leave my doors unlocked, EVER. I still don't expect to get blamed should I forget one day and my car gets stolen.

    Just like someone who has their digital media stolen from the cloud is not to blame and the law should back them up. However there are certain things you just do not do even if the law supports the activity. For example parking a Ferrari in a bad part of town with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition. The law needs to track down that car if it is stolen but the person doing this is still an idiot.

  9. Re:Or, just don't get married. on Statisticians Uncover What Makes For a Stable Marriage · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My wife and I were together for 7 years and lived together for 6 months before we got married. We had to deal with a lot of things happening before we could even move in together. We got married because we wanted to and being married did not really change anything from the way it was before we got married.

    8.5 years later things really haven't changed since before we got married. We still argue at times, sometimes fairly heated. We don't always make up after the arguments but we understand we are two different people who often see things differently but are committed to each other.

    I think having a wife that is just like me would be more relaxing but probably a lot less interesting.

  10. Living on a budget on Living On a Carbon Budget: The End of Recreation As We Know It? · · Score: 1

    Living on a budget killed my recreation outside of the home (well beyond the city anyway...).

  11. Re:Way to be offensive in the apology on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 1

    If you are looking for a proper apology from facebook I'm thinking you may be looking in the wrong place.

  12. Easy Solution on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 1

    I haven't logged onto facebook in like three, four years now?

  13. Re:Change is in the air on Boeing Told To Replace Cockpit Screens Affected By Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    I work in the avionics industry, certification efforts like this quite often result in a queue even if the GP did mean cue.

  14. Re:Note: Theologians on Are the World's Religions Ready For ET? · · Score: 1

    Somehow I can see the lawsuit involving the destruction of Westbror's business model and demands to be compensated for lost income.

  15. Re:Is ET on Are the World's Religions Ready For ET? · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Slashdot news for Nerds on FCC Rejects Blackout Rules · · Score: 1

    Ding, ding, ding! ... sorry, no mod points...

  17. Re:Of course they do on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Just because the bell curve shifts the right direction doesn't eliminate either extreme.

  18. Re:they will defeat themselves on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 2

    Even better, let them take over a couple of states for a while. Once they destroy the population the threat will be neutralized.

  19. Ada not a bad option on College Students: Want To Earn More? Take a COBOL Class · · Score: 1

    I've been kept pretty well employed thanks to Ada experience. Military projects are not a large niche but the companies I've worked for tend to have issue finding people with Ada experience and don't like training. Plus those projects pay a little better than average.

  20. Re:Well on Ask Slashdot: Have You Experienced Fear Driven Development? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    For me on the development side when I give an estimate with no accounting for problems along the way the answer is typically, great, here are your hours. When I get an estimate with a realistic estimate of problems that will pop up along the way I'm told, here is a quarter of what you asked for, see how far this gets you. Typically I tend to get less hassle if I ask for the minimum and then ask for more hours as needed (multiple times) with the reason why I need more hours (ex the same reasons I would have given for those hours up front).

  21. Re:Fear of changing code.... on Ask Slashdot: Have You Experienced Fear Driven Development? · · Score: 2

    Depends on what development model you are using. In aviation with software certification, improving the code produces short term nightmares even though it is valuable in the long term. Every time you change a line of code it has to be retested and certified which is expensive. Of course once the patch on patch on patch reaches critical mass and you have to rip off all the band aids, things get worse.

  22. Re:Crouching Microtransactions, Hidden DRM on The Growing Illusion of Single Player Gaming · · Score: 1

    Well low cost typically seems to put more effort into content rather than flash, which is also what tends to make indie games more popular.

  23. Re:Wait, these are for real? on Astronomers Find Star-Within-a-Star, 40 Years After First Theorized · · Score: 1

    Maybe it is just a red giant with abnormally high concentrations of lithium, molybdenum, and rubidium.

  24. Yay! on AT&T Proposes Net Neutrality Compromise · · Score: 1

    Make TOR faster than anything else on the internet! ... heh ...

  25. Re:Crouching Microtransactions, Hidden DRM on The Growing Illusion of Single Player Gaming · · Score: 2

    This is why I don't preorder games any more. I wait until the reviews discuss what crap it has that I can deal with and I wait for the next game.