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  1. Re:Some outrage motivated by image control/PR/mone on Reported iCloud Hack Leaks Hundreds of Private Celebrity Photos · · Score: 2

    So we can look forward to Judy Dench doing some excessive nudity now that she's firmly established?

  2. Re:People like you... on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 1

    Slashdot would die overnight if people were forced to wear cameras at work.

  3. Re:Daleks did it? on BBC and FACT Shut Down Doctor Who Fansite · · Score: 1

    I can just imagine the Daleks trundling into the office screaming "D-C-M-A!"

  4. Re:The problem with simulation is ... on Google Wants To Test Driverless Cars In a Simulation · · Score: 1

    With AC coming almost as standard nowadays, I wonder if it will ever come to a point where you can't open the window if the car is going over a certain speed. It uses a lot less energy to cool the interior of the car using AC, than the cost to aerodynamics of having a window (or 2) open while travelling at speed.

    I welcome the day when cars simply become a means of transport.

  5. Re:a CATHOLIC university is talking about evolutio on New Research Suggests Cancer May Be an Intrinsic Property of Cells · · Score: 1

    Evolution, and most other science is fine with Catholics.

    Well, there's also the possibility that if it wasn't caused by evolution, then God made us and everything this way. Would a loving god design us to have cancer?

  6. Re:Working from home on Calif. Court Rules Businesses Must Reimburse Cell Phone Bills · · Score: 1

    What about heating and electricity!

  7. Re:Coming from Methane on Scientists Baffled By Unknown Source of Ozone-Depleting Chemical · · Score: 1

    This is close to a question I was going to ask, and will do so now.

    Have we ruled out all possible natural methods of CCl4 production? Just like how volcano's spew out tons of CO2, there may be methods, like you post for natural production of CCl4 which has acted as an automated regulator of the biosphere. Increased animal population, increased methane production, increased Ozone depletion. This normally happens so slowly that it is more spread out around the globe, instead of fixed over the poles, so it would have a slower global impact, to increase UV pass-through which in turn increases plant growth etc or kills off animals to reduce the methane production.

    Humans came along an introduced a massive imbalance, in both methane production and directly introducing CCl4 to the atmosphere. We may have reduced greatly the amount of CCl4 usage, but all the agribusiness is still producing excess methane.

  8. Re:It's not like they've had 5 months to fix it... on Heartbleed To Blame For Community Health Systems Breach · · Score: 1

    Its temperature was checked by putting a thermometer in the back door.

  9. Re:But is it really plankton? on Scientists Find Traces of Sea Plankton On ISS Surface · · Score: 1

    And where there's Space Plankton, the must be Space Whales. Man the harpoons maties!.

  10. Danger Rating on Iceland's Seismic Activity: A Repeat Show for Atmospheric Ash? · · Score: 1

    I hear they would have given it the highest danger rating, but that would have involved changing the lightbulb. Since all those involved already knew, they didn't see the point.

  11. Re:Unfortunately on Iceland's Seismic Activity: A Repeat Show for Atmospheric Ash? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't understand the problem, you pronounce it exactly as it's written.

  12. Re:Darwinism as a team sport. on Ebola Quarantine Center In Liberia Looted · · Score: 1

    The Darwin Awards world cup?

  13. Re:INTENSE shit! on 60,000 Oculus Rift DK2 Orders, 20,000+ Units Shipped, New Orders Ship In October · · Score: 1

    My friend fell down that elevator shaft in "Unforseen Consequences" and his brain just about melted. An hour later, his real-world balance was still fucked up and he had to go to bed.

    I don't know if this was your intention or not, but this may be one of the best unintentional advertisements for the product I've seen in a long while.

    "My friend fell down an elevator shaft in game and had to quit and have a lie down to recover."

  14. Re: Playback at 24 FPS. on World's Fastest Camera Captures 4.4 Trillion Frames Per Second · · Score: 2

    My sex-life?

  15. Re:Knive are the problems. on Chinese Researchers' 'Terror Cam' Could Scan Crowds, Looking for Stress · · Score: 1

    No, give EVERYONE knives, so that if you try to go on a knifing spree, there's a good chance that you are going to come up against an angry mob armed with knives.

  16. Re:Old tech on Chinese Researchers' 'Terror Cam' Could Scan Crowds, Looking for Stress · · Score: 1

    For a split second I was thinking this tech would be useful in schools to spot people about to go on a murder spree, but then I remembered that a school would have an ungodly false positive rate. It would be interesting to see if it would be of much use to find people who are being regularly bullied, spot those who are under constant stress in school and reach out to them to provide assistance, long before they go on a murder spree.

  17. Re:Is there a way to cheat ? on Chinese Researchers' 'Terror Cam' Could Scan Crowds, Looking for Stress · · Score: 1

    Hyper = increased beyond normal range, like hyper-extension (joints) and hyperglycaemic.
    Spectral = light emission range.

    They are simply using UV or IR imaging (most likely IR, as increased oxygenation in the surface blood will alter the temperature of the skin) and since IR falls outside our typical range of visible light, calling it Hyperspectral imaging is quite correct.

    You may be mistaking Spectrum and Spectre here and ending up with a ghost who's ingested too much sugar.

  18. Re:A truly smart person ... on Is "Scorpion" Really a Genius? · · Score: 1

    I had to wait years so I could sign up to /. and have a UID that's larger than my IQ.

  19. Re:I don't get it. on Geneticists Decry Book On Race and Evolution · · Score: 2

    Yes, tell that to all the Kenyans of West Africa. *sigh*

  20. Re:What's a reboot? on Babylon 5 May Finally Get a Big-Screen Debut · · Score: 1

    I really liked Fringe :/

  21. Re:Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's on Experimental Drug Compound Found To Reverse Effects of Alzheimer's In Mice · · Score: 1

    It's interesting you bring this up, because Terry has lobbied quite a lot for permission to commit assisted suicide due to his affliction. Will he/we thank those people who prevented him from doing so if they do come up with a cure?

  22. Re:That's more than reversing the effect on Experimental Drug Compound Found To Reverse Effects of Alzheimer's In Mice · · Score: 1

    I know it doesn't do it justice, but a similar theme is obviously found in Lawnmower Man.

  23. Re:This would all be resolved... on Verizon Throttles Data To "Provide Incentive To Limit Usage" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I keep saying this too. For comparison: http://imgur.com/g0eYPCc this is my allowance for my mobile with Three (a mobile provider in Ireland). It's called unlimited (but I guess they put in a figure of 2 TB in the field just to put in something. I regularly pass the 50GB mark and never heard a complaint from them.

    I can't say for certain it influenced people, but I'm happy to and regularly do recommend my provider to people looking for a good provider. It might be intentional that Three never bother me, because as one of their customers who uses a disproportional amount of data, I act as an ambassador for them. Very recently, during the Steam summer sale, I almost hit 100GB in a month downloading newly bought games. Not a peep out of Three.

  24. Re:tin-foil tempest in a teapot on Edward Snowden Is Not Alone: US Gov't Seeks Another Leaker · · Score: 1

    Have you ever actually MET Snowden? How do you know he really exists and isn't a CGI construct like SimONE? He's probably acted by Andy Serkis. I've never seen Snowden and Serkis in the same room...

  25. Re:"Secret" on "Secret Serum" Used To Treat Americans With Ebola · · Score: 1