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  1. Re:It would be nice if the summary... on Requiring Algebra II In High School Gains Momentum · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly it was algebra for things more complicated than linear equations, powers, roots, etc.

  2. Re:I want these on Glasses Purge 3rd D From Films · · Score: 1

    Unless your theater is like ours and makes more money on the 3D showings so they only show 3D for the first week or two after a movie is released.

  3. Re:Fair enough on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    You can't be a good scientist and say that from a scientific standpoint that creationism is true or false. If scientists are following appropriate procedure it doesn't matter what their personal beliefs are, if they are not, they should be fired on those grounds and no other.

  4. Re:Cheating? on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    Creationism has not been and cannot be tested by the scientific method. Any evidence that seems to contradict it can be claimed to be God interfering with the test. Religion is not science and should not be studied by science, scientists should neither claim (as scientists) that a religion is true or false.

  5. Re:Bad Programmers on Hacking a Car With Music · · Score: 2

    Because they receive the most post-release testing to detect bugs.

  6. Re:Needs safeguards. on DNA Testing Proposed For All Felony Arrests In New Mexico · · Score: 1

    An ironclad absolute guarantee, the samples will definitely not be destroyed.

  7. Re:Booked for a felony no on DNA Testing Proposed For All Felony Arrests In New Mexico · · Score: 1

    Just hope that no one with access to the database ever decides to commit a crime.

  8. Re:Pretext on DNA Testing Proposed For All Felony Arrests In New Mexico · · Score: 1

    DNA evidence is 'better' than fingerprints, but the problem is that both are given far more weight than they deserve. The mere existence of DNA evidence, even when that evidence isn't necessarily linked to the crime, can be enough for a conviction.

  9. Except that some of the things he buys may not be MS products, meaning MS would have to pay for the goods he purchased.

  10. Re:$1.2 million worth of Microsoft Points on $1.2 Million Worth of MS Points Taken After Hackers Figure Out Code Algorithm · · Score: 0

    That and $10 will get you a cup of coffee.

  11. Re:Impact of video games on Go For It On Fourth Down? Ask Coach Watson · · Score: 1

    No matter who wins the house makes money.

  12. Re:And I thought Office 2010 was hard to use on Microsoft Shows Off Radical New UI, Could Be Used In Windows 8 · · Score: 2

    Or above average.

  13. Re:Time heals all trends on Talking To Computers? · · Score: 2

    Or someone making a Youtube video and trolling with it.

  14. Re:Doesn't pass the smell test on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    Majority vote for not guilty or civil cases would be reasonable, for a guilty vote in a criminal trial however a consensus should be required. The burden of proof being that no reasonable person would doubt their guilt, if anyone on the jury does doubt it, they should either be found not guilty or the case retried after a hung jury.

  15. Re:yeah, that'll fail. on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    Since it specifies that the access is free, I'd guess it means that the court's wi-fi is available to anyone for a fee and his office will pay their fee in exchange for friending.

  16. Re:That's Stupid on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    That or people who actually want to be on the jury and know how to hide their opinions.

  17. Re:that's an awfully Luddite sentiment for Slashdo on WA Election To Try Online Voting · · Score: 1

    We can build one, the problem is we don't trust anyone to actually do the building. With ATMs the builders have a vested interest in making them secure, with voting systems the opposite is more likely to be true.

  18. Re:A solution! on House Passes Amendment To Block Funds For Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    The big media companies aren't the only ones who will be charged, having to pay fees to all the ISPs that you want to carry your content would be a huge barrier for entry into internet commerce.

  19. Re:I would have thought this closer to 100% on 80% of Browsers Found To Be At Risk of Attack · · Score: 1

    It only counts exploits that have been patched.

  20. Re:The USG Wants Two Things From You, Narus on Out of Egypt Censorship, US Tech Export Under Fire · · Score: 1

    We have elections, but that doesn't mean our government changes in any meaningful way.

    I see no evidence that the changes in policy helped in the prevention of any of the cases you cited, though it's possible that the articles are inaccurate or incomplete. I also find it surprising that you could find so many cases where undercover agents barely managed to prevent an attack but there aren't any where they were successful.

  21. Re:Texas Budget Deficit on Amazon Pulling Out of Texas Over $269 Million Tax Bill · · Score: 2

    The company that owns the warehouse isn't selling anything, they're just distributing packages.

  22. Re:Not an YRO on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1

    The student has no authority over the teacher and is not paid to act in a professional manner.

  23. Re:Not an YRO on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1

    This is more akin to an employer badmouthing employees on Facebook and getting fired by his boss. There's a difference between complaining about those who have authority over you and complaining about those you have authority over.

  24. Re:I think it's time on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 2

    It's not an unrelated action, the MPAA complains about Google linking to/hosting copyrighted content so Google eliminates all links to the MPAA's copyrighted content, including their websites.

  25. Re:This line in TFA confused me on Oxford University Tests Universal Flu Vaccine · · Score: 2

    It's badly worded, it's saying that they were deliberately infected after being vaccinated not that they were already infected when they were vaccinated.