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  1. Simple question on Global Warming Shifts the Earth's Poles · · Score: 2

    What are the implications?

  2. iTunes slows down my PC on iTunes: Still Slowing Down Windows PCs After All These Years · · Score: 4, Informative

    superuser.com is too busy and /. comes to the rescue. Thanks /.

    1 Answer:

    - First of all, you can charge your iPhone without having iTunes loaded/loading (see this).
    - Then, many users don't have such problem: be sure you have the latest windows SP, and the latest iTunes.

    Possible duplicate from Prevent iTunes from starting when iPhone is plugged in on Windows

  3. Re:I regretted submitting this story immediately. on Microsoft Developer Explains Why Windows Kernel Development Falls Behind · · Score: 1

    It is a non-story / I got my first story submitted

    Bravo! What's your (secret to get your stories published)??

  4. Re:That's sorta up to you; on Ask Slashdot: Becoming a Programmer At 40? · · Score: 2

    Basically agree with this. However, you were able to learn, among other things, Java, Spring, Hibernate... in a year, with no prior real programming experience. That's great. Nevertheless, experience plays an important role in programming, because there are some many different fields that are always linked in some way (eg, you learned Java and do not have to care about C pointers, memory allocation - however knowing how all of that works under the hood (ie like knowing C well) gives a huge advantage when it comes to create structures, guessing the complexity of algorithms etc... As a beginner you will reinvent the wheel a lot... and this is what usually do the young beginners - and that's good because at that age, one is eager to learn, to spend a lot of time on algorithm details etc... Will you?

    Don't know about your background, but if by chance you have a degree in mathematics, or if you like (and succeed at) puzzles, riddles ... you get immediately an advantage over the majority of programmers (experienced or not). Most of programmers can produce a very bad code as soon as an algorithm that is a bit more complex than what's done during the daily routine is required - that represents maybe 1% of the programs, in size, but may weight 99% in terms of complexity, efficiency, maintainability etc...

  5. Ouch! on Tool Reveals iPad and iPhone User Locations · · Score: 5, Funny

    The divorce rate will increase dramatically if Apple doesn't fix this ...

  6. Re:For those outside of the UK on Did the Queen Just Resurrect the Snooper's Charter? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Let's Put Upper Cases Every Where.. :-)

  7. Re:Those idiots at Microsoft on Backdoor Targeting Apache Servers Spreads To Nginx, Lighttpd · · Score: 0

    Oh you mean if MS wouldn't have existed, many people wouldn't have converted themselves to virus makers and the world would be better?

  8. Re:Fix on Backdoor Targeting Apache Servers Spreads To Nginx, Lighttpd · · Score: 1

    At first it made me laugh... but then wondered... maybe you were serious after all??

  9. Re:I would volounteer. on Mars One Has 78,000 Applicants · · Score: 1

    The thing is, can you legally volounteer, provided that this can be considered as a suicide?

  10. Re:India Rolls Out Monitoring To Snoop Communicati on India Rolls Out Central Monitoring System To Snoop On All Communications · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Didn't read the link deeply enough... should be logically flamebait-ed :-)

  11. Re:Just cut'n'pasted, or did this get read first on Interview: John McAfee Answers Your Questions · · Score: 0

    Slashdot can: in the range [32, 127] ...

  12. India Rolls Out Monitoring To Snoop Communications on India Rolls Out Central Monitoring System To Snoop On All Communications · · Score: 2, Informative

    So do you mean India does officially what the US does unofficially ?

  13. Re:CSS is Awesome on CSS Zen Garden Turns 10 · · Score: 4, Informative

    CSS indeed brings a lot to webpages, compared to no-CSS design. Too bad the CSS creators, while they had some good ideas, were not able to realize what programmers/designers really need.

  14. Re:Why is this a problem? on The First Fully 3D-Printed Gun Has Been Successfully Test-Fired · · Score: 1

    Why is it suddenly a problem that someone can 3D print a gun

    because when the price of the 3D printers will drop, and the guns CAD models become available anywhere on the Net, the first retarded person will be able to make one in no time and play with it in his closest mall or school.

  15. Re:I have become.... on Tylenol May Ease Pain of Existential Distress, Social Rejection · · Score: 1

    Almost forgot how that Pink Floyd song is great. Back to our subject, it is remarkable how scientists will deeply analyze the slightest effects of known drugs, but, on the other hand, ignore the effects - at least as appreciable - of the everyday food, celery, carrot, parsley, rosemary etc... Instead of takings drugs, many could improve their daily by simply eating in a more balanced way, some more selected dishes.

  16. Re:Goodness me! Was that a Whooosh? on USAF Hypersonic Scramjet Successfully Scrams · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't feel too cocky yet, my American friend. The difference between America and China is that China doesn't make the headlines with such a military/scientific/technical achievement. When time will come, they'll show up..

  17. Re:Following best architectural design practices on Following Best Coding Practices Doesn't Always Mean Better Security · · Score: 1

    Following best driving practices doesn't mean you drive safely... uh..

  18. Re:Completely agree on CSS Selectors as Superpowers · · Score: 1

    You don't need another "I do agree 100% with what you said" since you already got the +5 In. But you just said a very nice way.

  19. Interesting but... on Linux 3.9 Released · · Score: 4, Interesting

    it's not in TFS, not in TFA... what's new in 3.9?

  20. Re:Major source of privacy loss on Google Releases Glass Kernel Source Code · · Score: 2

    CCTVs in UK are owned by local authorities. They can do pretty much what they want with the cameras. You, OTOH, as an individual, cannot.

  21. Re:Answer not in summary on Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed · · Score: 1

    It's because of Auger recombination

    You knew that! You should have told the University of California and France'X, they've been searching desperately for years.

  22. Enjoy Tetris to fix your lazy eyes, but on Play Tetris To Fix Your Lazy Eye · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately most of the Tetris games available today are of far less quality compared to the original 1988 Tengen Tetris.

  23. Re:why is this on slashdot ??? on Police Capture Second Marathon Bombing Suspect in Watertown, Mass. · · Score: 1

    why did you click the title if you don't like what you read?

  24. One Suspect Dead on One Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead, Other At Large After Shootout With Police · · Score: 2

    Police did what they could to take them alive, since a dead person doesn't talk much. In that kind of situation, couldn't they use some kind of anaesthetic bullets? Sure, many people prefer them dead, but taking them alive is a way to collect more relevant information.

  25. Coincidence? on Huge Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant · · Score: 1

    or is it related to the Boston bomb attack..?