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  1. Re:When should you abandon a service for error? on Western Digital 'MyCloud' Is Down 5 Days and Counting · · Score: 1, Funny

    WD ordered some parts to be replaced a few weeks ago, parts coming from Malaysia. The aircraft suffered some delay but everything is under control.

  2. How To Handle Unfixed Linux Bug on Ask Slashdot: How To Handle Unfixed Linux Accessibility Bugs? · · Score: 1

    Posting a "Ask Slashdot" question may give enough publicity to this bug to have an emotional dev take care of your problem. It seems it's the way to get things done, nowadays. There was a time where open source developers guided by passion were always keen to perform lengthy anti-regression tests and urged to fix main problems. According to the more recent versions of Gnome, Gimp, VLC, ... this time is gone [the Linux kernel being an exception].

  3. Re:Random? on eBay Japan Passwords Revealed As Username+123456 · · Score: 1
  4. Half-life on Physicists Produce Antineutrino Map of the World · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Researchers know that almost all this heat is generated by the decay of radioactive elements such as potassium-40, thorium-232 and uranium-238

    Half-life of (K40, U238, Th232) is (1.2, 4.5, 14.0) x 10^9 years. Age of Earth is 4.5 x 10^9 years. That explains why we still have such elements...

  5. Re:Little disturbing on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Did the Malaysian government just make a statement to the families based on a statistical probability?

    Maybe based on the families + China exasperation. The debris were not found, let alone the plane, and families kept (desperate) hope. Malaysia could have made a similar announcement earlier.

  6. Re:Joy on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Your 3rd link gives a 403.

  7. Re:Meditation......... on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Indeed meditation is a good way to reduce stress, and have the brain generate serotonin. Opposing religion and stress to argue about brain capacity is ludicrous. To put it simply, strong believers in a religion accept things as they're told and, thus, have less to think and wonder about life, death, present, future and the universe... and that reduces stress. But a regular practice of some sports, a well balanced diet, friends... are some of many ways to reduce stress - while keeping one feet in true and sometimes harsh reality.

  8. One MP3 in 1952? on How Data Storage Has Grown In the Past 60 Years · · Score: 1

    that low quality crap? That's one too many!

  9. Re:PI! on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    At least you know how to copy and paste

  10. Re:37% on How Steve Jobs Got the iPhone Into Japan · · Score: 1

    The reason of this increase is because DoCoMo, the main Japanese carrier, started to sell iPhones from end of last year. Thus, today, iPhones are the smartphones the most sold in Japan.

  11. Re:3/14/15 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    Nope, 3/14/15, then 0.92653589 of a day, i.e. 3/14/15 22:14:12

  12. 3/14/15 on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...will make a even better PI day next year...

  13. We found a dam good developper! on Study: Happiness Improves Developers' Problem Solving Skills · · Score: 1
  14. Re:snark on The $100,000 Device That Could Have Solved Missing Plane Mystery · · Score: 1

    Why, would that somehow bring [the passengers] back to life?

    For the time being, no crash has been reported, and nobody offically died. Satellites past footage indicate no explosion in the area. Since the plane cannot be found anywhere around its last known position, where sea is 100 meters deep at most, some scenarii suggest that the pilot(s) went mad and drove the plane away from its planned route. Who knows where it actually is now?

  15. Re: which he at first found "abominable", on Einstein's Lost Model of the Universe Discovered 'Hiding In Plain Sight' · · Score: 1

    The universal constants are not randomly changing

    or they all change uniformly, giving the impression, in our referential, that nothing changes.

  16. Don't be so harsh on How Ireland Got Apple's $9 Billion Australian Profit · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple probably used Apple Maps to locate the tax office.

  17. Re:What could possibly go wrong on NASA Wants To Go To Europa · · Score: 4, Funny

    Europe discovered America and now, a few years letters, America wants to discover Europa. They must be subconsciously influenced by the mother continent name from which they originated.

  18. Re:Evolutionary questions not allowed in Dutch exa on Jewish School Removes Evolution Questions From Exams · · Score: 1

    In England this may be incidental, but in the Netherlands, it is institutional. Questions about evolution are up to this day not allowed in Dutch highschool exams, as ruled by law.

    This is where a link is welcome

  19. Try the naive way on Apple Refuses To Unlock Bequeathed iPad · · Score: 1

    Go to Apple store and
    - Hello I don't remember my password, and, no, never synced the device since I've no computer
    - Well we can reset it but you will lose all your data
    Enjoy anew iPad

  20. XP a catastrophe on Microsoft's Attempt To Convert Users From Windows XP Backfires · · Score: 1

    the decrepit operating system

    Looks like they're talking about a crippled nuclear plant. Like that poor OS was hit by a mag 9 earthquake and a huge tsunami!

  21. Re:Slightly biased... on Android Beats iOS As the Top Tablet OS · · Score: 2

    Considering the iPod Touch limitations, why would you need iOS7 anyway?

  22. Re:Is Win 8.1 that bad? on Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon · · Score: 2

    a free version of Win 8.1 (even one bundled with bing') sounds like desperation

    Doesn't resemble MS to give stuff for free. So until we see the real deal, stay cautious. It's likely the offer will be something like "Free, but...".

  23. Re:The home of 1984? Really? on GCHQ Intercepted Webcam Images of Millions of Yahoo Users · · Score: 1

    The real problem is that without Snowden nobody would have known / suspected the slightest spying scandal.

  24. Re:Why all the popularity? on Code.org Resurrects 'Flappy Bird' As Programming Lesson · · Score: 1

    Flappy Bird didn't gain popularity thanks to a great and innovative concept. It succeeded thanks to 1. initially fake reviews from the author 2. many people downloading it 3. and talking about it (basically asking the same question as yours) 4. more downloads. In other words, the snowball effect...

    Well, actually, in a way, it won thanks to an "innovative" concept..

  25. Re:Why all the popularity? on Code.org Resurrects 'Flappy Bird' As Programming Lesson · · Score: 2

    Flappy Bird didn't gain popularity thanks to a great and innovative concept. It succeeded thanks to 1. initially fake reviews from the author 2. many people downloading it 3. and talking about it (basically asking the same question as yours) 4. more downloads. In other words, the snowball effect...