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  1. POS research on Twitter-Based Study Figures Out Saddest Spots In New York City · · Score: 1, Informative

    I really hope everyone stops reading and reporting arbitrary but easy statistics that don't prove Jack.

  2. MO Lead on NRA Launches Pro-Lead Website · · Score: 2

    I lived in Missouri, MO, for a while and had noticed that the place is full of lead deposits. I think it's pretty common for the ground to contain large deposits of lead without harming the children. You need more than just lead in the ground to have a problem.

  3. MIcrosoft Sky Drive on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Just add Microsoft in front. That is the only way they got away with Windows.

  4. A Clockwork Orange on Psychopathic Criminals Have "Empathy Switch" · · Score: 2

    Where have we seen this before...

  5. Driver signing is more interesting on Anonymous Source Claims Feds Demand Private SSL Keys From Web Services · · Score: 1

    I would think that SSL certificates are much less interesting than the certificates used to sign drivers and programs.

  6. Salt? No lead! on US Gained a Decade of Flynn-Effect IQ Points After Adding Iodine To Salt · · Score: 1

    Jeez, most everybody knows that it was lead from gasoline that lowered the quality of the IQ test and thus raised the IQ test results.

  7. Yep, I can visual software but not... on Spatial Ability a Predictor of Creativity In Science · · Score: 1

    I can run software in my mind and find bugs in my sleep but I can't can go to the beach and visualize everybody with their clothes off. Well, that may not be a bad thing.

  8. They are vitamin takers... on Hollywood's Love of Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Blockbuster Flops · · Score: 2

    They are all probably mega-dose vitamin takers and believe what they want to believe.

  9. Re:Scary thought on Confessions of a Cyber Warrior · · Score: 1

    I wish you hadn't said that...

  10. distraction/diversion? on Russia Captures Alleged American CIA Agent In Moscow · · Score: 1

    You think that maybe this guy is a distraction/diversion? I sure do, and I suspect the Russians do too.

  11. Re:false positives? on New Device Sniffs Out Black Powder Explosives · · Score: 1

    Yep, just stand by the elevator in the parking garage at the airport and unravel a few firecrackers and then walk over to the security line and fire up the video camera for some laughs.

  12. Re:Oh, good on EU To Ban Neonicotinoid Insecticides · · Score: 1

    They'll kill any pollinator unlucky enough to be on the wrong plant.

    Actually, Neonicotinoid residues are found in pollen and nectar consumed by pollinators such as bees and butterflies. The residues can reach lethal concentrations in some situations.

    http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit/news/2012/new-report-on-neonicotinoids-and-bees

  13. The Facts on The ATF Wants To Know Who Your Friends Are · · Score: 2

    "On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama used an Autopen to sign a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act while he was in France: roving wiretaps, searches of business records (the "library records provision"), and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" â" individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups."

    This is an issue of freedom. As a card carrying, non pot-smoking, member of the Libertarian Party, I'm more than happy to point out the failures of Dems and Reps. Too bad people can't always see the real issue because their party politics blinds them.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act

  14. Re:Red Scare v3? on The ATF Wants To Know Who Your Friends Are · · Score: 1

    Actually, this would be version 3, and again, it would start under a Democratic Party president, although I don't know why that matters.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Scare

  15. This is scientific research? on New Research Sheds Light On the Evolution of Dogs · · Score: 1

    This doesn't seem like research to me. The part were data is collected and analyzed seems to be missing so there really shouldn't be any conclusions. This seems more like a request for a grant to do research.

  16. slash dotters do understand math! on How the U.S. Sequester Will Hurt Science and Tech · · Score: 1

    I guess it should come as no surprise that slash dotters do understand math and know BS when it involves numerical slight of hand. Too bad the press and a lot of politicians can't figure this out.

  17. Re:Write a virus that on What a 'Six Strikes' Copyright Notice Looks Like · · Score: 1

    I think that is a good idea. Someone who doesn't think they should pay for content is going to rent a bot army and share files that trigger the CAS system for the sole purpose of annoying people in the hope that false positives will bring down the system.

  18. XP means FF on IE Standardization Fading Fast · · Score: 1

    I help a company who's IT guy likes XP. They use Firefox and I can't really blame them. I'm more than happy to test with FF1X but IE 6,7 or 8 is not on my radar.

  19. Yeah Right! on Is the Era of Groundbreaking Science Over? · · Score: 1

    OK, so how does gravity work again? We don't know Jack!

  20. Florida permit info is confidential (mostly) on New York Paper Uses Public Records To Publish Gun-Owner Map · · Score: 1

    Concealed Weapons Public Records Request

    On July 1, 2006, a new law went into effect that makes personal identifying information pertaining to a Concealed Weapon or Firearm license confidential and exempt from Section 119.07(1), Florida Statutes and Section 24(a), Article 1 of the State Constitution.

    Exceptions to this exemption are:

            With the express written consent of the applicant or licensee or his/her legally authorized representative.
            By court order upon a showing of good cause.
            Upon request by a law enforcement agency in connection with the performance of lawful duties.

    If one or more of these exceptions applies to you, please send your request and supporting documentation to Whitney Shiver, Public Records Liaison, via facsimile (850) 245-5493 or by US Mail [P O Box 3927; Tallahassee, FL 32315-3927] and your request will be reviewed and responded to accordingly.

  21. No studies on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    Of course there are no studies because everybody just KNOWS it matters.

    I switch between javascript, C#, html and sql all day long, and once in a while some php. I can even deal with minified javascript if I have to.

  22. Oil may not be a fossil fuel then? on Cassini Discovers First River On Another World · · Score: 2

    Hmm, hydrocarbons and not a plant in sight? I'm thinking we might want to stop calling oil and natural gas fossil fuels.

  23. It was just on the military channel on CIA: Flying Skyhook Wasn't Just For James Bond, It Actually Rescued Agents · · Score: 1

    http://military.discovery.com/videos/top-secret-weapons-revealed-sky-hook.html

    Seems like they found a few good uses for the system.

  24. Seriously? Jayson Blair wannabe! on The Day Leo Traynor Confronted His Troll · · Score: 1

    What a crock of shit.

  25. Re:Not useful on Torvalds Uses Profanity To Lambaste Romney Remarks · · Score: 1

    Just Like Hope and Change. Everybody had some hope for some change. What an all inclusive guy that one.