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  1. Re:Fewer shows? LOL on Will Streaming Media Lead To A Massive Writer's Strike? (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Seasons of 22-26 episodes were standard for a long time, now they're doing half and quarter length seasons. This typically results in less content at a higher quality. (keeping in mind that higher quality trash is still trash)

  2. Re:"Golden Age of TV"?! on Will Streaming Media Lead To A Massive Writer's Strike? (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    They're including streamed shows as TV.

  3. Re:No way the simulation is wrong on Simulation Suggests 68 Percent of the Universe May Not Actually Exist (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Rather, the author of the article decided that. The scientists decided that instead of a 5/27/68 distribution it was actually a 16/84/0 distribution.

  4. Re:Superior tech on The Story of the First Human Head Transplant Won't Die (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't mind people using it more frequently. I do mind that people are using it to mean figuratively.

  5. Re:A way better solution on Red-Light Camera Grace Period Goes From 0.1 To 0.3 Seconds, Chicago To Lose $17 Million (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So long as the yellow phase is a legally-safe period of time to come to a safe and controlled halt from the maximum speed of the road, everything else is moot.

    This is part of the problem in the US, once red light cameras are installed, municipalities often shorten the length of the yellow light to increase their income.

  6. Re:I've noticed that, but something else interesti on Satellite Navigation 'Switches Off' Parts of Brain Used For Navigation, Study Finds (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 2

    Makes me wonder what happens if you have a passenger using the SatNav in a way that the driver can't eavesdrop.

  7. Re: Of course it's easy for Mozilla... on WikiLeaks Won't Tell Tech Companies How To Patch CIA Zero-Days Until Demands Are Met (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    There's a good chance you could count Firefox's market share percentage using the fingers on one hand.

    That's hardly surprising, I can count to nearly a 1/3 market share with the fingers on one hand.

  8. Re:Of course it's easy for Mozilla... on WikiLeaks Won't Tell Tech Companies How To Patch CIA Zero-Days Until Demands Are Met (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would Mozilla tell other browser developers about problems with Mozilla?

  9. The point is that it doesn't matter what the ends are if the means are the problem.

  10. Re:5000$ fine and 20000$ donation on Court Fines Canadian $26,500 For 'Unconscionably Stupid' Balloon-Chair Flight (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Maybe from this:

    The judge agreed that $20,000 of the fine should be donated to a charity of Boria's choice

  11. Even if the fine is required to go to a charity?

  12. Re:Why is this so difficult to understand? on Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want to argue from that direction, you also have to argue against mandatory education on the same grounds.

  13. Re:Banning children of uneducated parent from scho on Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool (newscientist.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course the Republicans here want to do that since they're anti-science and support mandatory vaccinations.

    Make up your mind, are they anti-science or do they support mandatory vaccinations? Or did you throw in the anti-science as an unrelated insult?

  14. Re:GOOD. on Australia To Ban Unvaccinated Children From Preschool (newscientist.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You seem to be confusing vaccinations working with vaccinations providing complete immunity. Vaccinations work, in that they greatly reduce the chance of catching the disease. If more people are vaccinated the effectiveness is even greater per herd immunity.

  15. I don't know of any such applications that would be best described as a national security issue.

  16. Re:difficult to tell who is at fault from article on Work-Life Balance: Cryptographer Fired By BAE Systems For Taking Care of Dying Wife (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if that is actually part of the job requirements and not something HR said as an excuse to get rid of an employee likely to cause work for them.

  17. Re:difficult to tell who is at fault from article on Work-Life Balance: Cryptographer Fired By BAE Systems For Taking Care of Dying Wife (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't say he was required to be at the office 24/7, he said he was required to be available 24/7 to be at the office.

  18. Obligatory XKCD on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Solve the Instant Messaging Problem? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Obligatory XKCD

  19. Re: Here in Seattle they certainly did: on Millions of Smart Meters May Over-Inflate Readings by up to 600% (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Nonsense, Seattle is trying to move poor people out of valuable apartments and into much cheaper tents.

  20. Falling back gives a far smaller benefit than the problems from moving forward, in some cases it even is a negative on its own.

  21. Re:National DST Day on Proof Daylight Saving Time Is Dumb, Dangerous, and Costly (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Because it's the Tuesday after the time change that gets the biggest spike.

  22. Re:How about DST all year, for solar power purpose on Will Montana Become America's Third State To Ditch Daylight Savings Time? (missoulian.com) · · Score: 1

    Changing the time they're contributing only helps if the peak usage doesn't shift along with it.

  23. Re:What is worse than keeping or dropping DST? on Will Montana Become America's Third State To Ditch Daylight Savings Time? (missoulian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, saying 3pm EST will still work, (unless you don't actually mean EST) it's saying 3pm Eastern that won't.

  24. Yes, but we're not trying to use fear to effect political change, we're trying to eliminate one side of the argument to effect political change.

  25. Re:More Useful Daylight in Summer on Will Montana Become America's Third State To Ditch Daylight Savings Time? (missoulian.com) · · Score: 1

    The farmers work by the sun, their machines work by the clock. For some farmers it may take most of the day to adjust the scheduling on all the machines they use.