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  1. Re:Must everything in education be an overreaction on Estonian Tech University Bans Notebooks and Smartphones · · Score: 1

    If someone has a problem with laptops and/or smartphones (which we can assume to be silent and not playing 100db porn) in lectures disturbing their learning, the problem isn't the person using said device. The problem is your attention sucks and you need to figure out a way to get around it yourself. Electronic devices are absolutely non intrusive in lectures and if the prof has a problem because not everyone is looking attentive to the front then tough shit, chances are that person is paying attention even while using the device, wouldn't pay anymore attention without the device, or would not even be there.

  2. Re:A Victory for Consumers on Dutch Court Says Android 2.3 Violates Apple Patents · · Score: 1

    3.0 is only for tablets, so they won't update the phones to it. Next major update for phones will be Ice Cream Sandwich which isn't out yet.

  3. Re:Those crazy Sw*s and their politics ... on Anti-PowerPoint Party Formed In Switzerland · · Score: 1

    This is not big political news here in Switzerland, it's a twenty line side note on page 15. Slashdot just likes to pick out the curiosities.

  4. Re:In other news.. on Amazon Servers Used In Sony Playstation Hack · · Score: 1

    Not really. It would be more like a tow car rental company. Amazon only provides the basic hardware, they were used as anonymizer, just like a rental would if you provide fake information (which was done in this case).

  5. Re:Appz? on Amazon Responds To "App Store" Lawsuit From Apple · · Score: 1

    Riiiight, because the z isn't used as a 'cool' substitute for s and apps isn't the plural of app. Clearly nothing at all to do with app.

  6. Re:tell me if my understanding is wrong but: on US Alarmed Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis · · Score: 2

    therefore, the only real emergency solutions i see, correct me if i am wrong, is either: 1. get some new backup generators there asap, or 2. run some emergency electrical lines to the power plant asap

    Incidentally, this is what they are doing. But since power isn't restored just by clapping your hands, they're doing whatever they can to delay meltdowns and spread of radiation.

  7. Re:People like me on Researchers Track Mouse Movements and Hesitations · · Score: 1

    Yea, i do this as well. Move into white space, centered between either horizontal or vertical lines, or both. And when i scroll i will recenter it in the new white space... What?

  8. Re:WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    you might be interested in monte carlo algorithms.

  9. Re:Avatar is what? on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 1

    And the fact that the article is about emotions helps you how? You said the protagonists in avatar are scientists, they aren't. The scientists are very clearly side characters. That this qualifies for their "it just needs a bit of science sprinkled in to help us grow science-interested kids" is obvious since they point it out as an example, but it still doesn't make your statement true. How about you read what you write next time?

  10. Re:Avatar is what? on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 2

    Oh really? And there I was thinking the main character was a former marine who had absolutely no understanding of science and simply stumbled into everything. I was also under the misconception that the whole movie was resolved in an armed conflict, where scientists were hardly more than feel-good side characters that provided the necessary moral frame for the main act, which was senseless war.

  11. Re:findings misunderstood on Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception · · Score: 1

    Pointing out your mishap with a third account won't undo it. But don't worry, life goes on.

  12. Re:Does Sweden have laws? on Pirate Bay Defendant Aims For Sweden's Supreme Court · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what you're saying is that laws are made up by judges as they go along.

  13. Re:Disneyland Analogy on Look Forward To Per-Service, Per-Page Fees · · Score: 1

    There are loads. The first that just came to mind was xkcd. Most websites of corporations do not have any kind of ads since they do not need to make money over their internet presentation, it's simply an additional service. Web shops generally do not have ads either, they only feature their own products. Then there are tons and tons of personal web sites without ads because they are low traffic and hardly cost anything per month/year. The whole ad thing only comes into play for sites that have high traffic requirements but do not have anything to sell themselves (other than space for ads). So in conclusion mostly social platforms and information providers that aren't able to sell registrations because the information they provide is too easily accessible from thousands of other sources.

  14. Re:Discover Magazine has fallen for it on Exposing the Link Between Cell Phones and Fertility · · Score: 2

    If you read the article you linked to, you'd know that they didn't. People are just linking to the article explaining the honeypot, which is exactly what happens if you release an article about the experiment at the same time as the honeypot. This whole thing is utterly senseless.

  15. Re:Media Doesn't Get It on Designer Arrested Over Anonymous Press Release · · Score: 1

    Considering that even the Slashdot summaries (and many comments) refer to anonymous as a group, you can't really blame the mainstream media for doing so. I think we all have the urge to personify everything. We're not much interested in anonymous doing something. But if it's that headless dude in the suite, you know: Anonymous, it's much more interesting.

  16. Re:Death, huh? on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 1

    They are not responsible for deaths outside of Afghanistan.

    Not really. The war in Afghanistan drove large numbers of Taliban into Pakistan (they already had a presence there before). Pakistan military has been fighting them over territory for the last few years. They even signed a peace agreement that introduced sharia law in Pakistan at some point. So while the Taliban is not al Qaeda, they are not bound by Afghanistan's borders.

  17. Re:Argh (tangential rant) on Apple Bans Android Magazine App From App Store · · Score: 1

    Do you actually own a smartphone? I doubt it very much. I have, for example, the nytimes app on my Android phone. Why? Because their mobile website is a pos. It loads slower, has a horrible layout and a cumbersome navigation. Why on earth would i want to use it? Just out of principle, because it is platform independent? Give me a break.

  18. Re:Open? on Gaikai Ramping Up Open Beta · · Score: 1

    The term open beta has been watered down over the past couple of years. It used to mean that anybody could join as long as they can run the application. But these days it really doesn't mean anything specific anymore. In the MMORPG scene where this development has been observable, the NDA is typically lifted a few weeks before the end of the closed beta, so defining it that way would make no sense either. Then when the "open beta" stars, it can have any arbitrary restriction: Only the first x applicants, only if you have a subscription at gaming site y, only if you preorder the game, only if you bought our previous game z, etc.

  19. Re:Is this a Godwin-invoking comment? on German Military Braces For Peak Oil · · Score: 1

    here, let me give you some money so you can go buy grey color and don't have to be restricted to that black and white.

  20. Re:This proves global warming! on Scientists Cut Greenland Ice Loss Estimate By Half · · Score: 1

    actually falsifiability as a criterion of demarcation is for people stuck in the first half of the 20th century. philosophy of science has progressed after popper, you know.

  21. Re:Second purpose of my dance on Researchers Discover Irresistible Dance Moves · · Score: 1

    headbutts. it apparently works on ladies and gents.

  22. Re:What about cell phones? on Australia To Fight iPod Use By Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    there is a very simple solution to this: don't wear giant noise canceling headphones and if you already don't, adjust the volume so that you don't turn deaf from it. i have been listening to music pretty much everywhere for the better part of 5 years and i have never not heard a car or any other source of danger.

  23. Re:Is it just because I'm a nerd on Hands-on With the iPad Alternatives On Display At IFA · · Score: 1

    this would be very interesting if it had a touch screen and the screen was invertible. why make such a thin netbook if you can't use it as a tablet? it's just meh this way.

  24. Re:Provide better samples on UK Music Industry Calls For Truce With Technology · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I have never looked for movie soundtracks but can see how there is a problem with previews there. My experience with Japanese music has also only been one of a few months which was indeed mostly based on downloads. I guess the availability of good previews does really depend heavily on what exactly you're looking for.

  25. Re:Provide better samples on UK Music Industry Calls For Truce With Technology · · Score: 1

    You have a very good point. From my experience as a predominantly indie folk (music genres are odd and everybody interprets them differently, but i don't want to be vague here) listener, you will find the music of new artists first on their own page (normally MySpace) then on YouTube and once they become more popular as a torrent. Let me give an example: Haruko is an indie folk artist from Germany (no association) who released her first record about a year ago. You can find 3 songs on her MySpace page and multiple videos on YouTube where you have to search for 'haruko folk' because of the ubiquity of the name. You will however have a hard time finding her album (wild geese) as a torrent or .rar (there might be places, but searching MySpace and YouTube will be far faster).

    So for me the sequence for new artists normally is: (1.) Hear it on the radio (example - no association). (2.) Google it and find a MySpace page. (3.) If they haven't released a record yet, capture the songs and check back regularly for a release. (4.) Order the record, i prefer physical ones but i take digital as well.