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  1. Cook or heat faster? on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    Wait, does it cook the food faster? If pot heats faster by 40% it may not mean food will be ready in 40% less time. That's usually when you use pressurized cooker like Papin pot.

  2. The Machine from Person of Interest? on HP Unveils 'The Machine,' a New Computer Architecture · · Score: 1

    And the name of programmer from that TV series is Finch. Clever, HP, I see the reference there :-)

  3. What if scenarios turn real on Edward Snowden's New Job: Tech Support · · Score: 1

    Events around NSA, Snowden etc. bring whole new dimension to playing Splinter Cells and watching Person of Interest. It's always interesting when scenarios that were "what if" during the time game or show was made actually meet reality. "Told you so!" syndrome?

  4. Does Icahn know about the buyout? on Blizzard Breaks For Independence As Kotick Plans $8.2 Billion Dollar Buyout · · Score: 1

    Does Icahn know about the buyout already?

  5. Have you tried turning it off and on again on Immigration Reform May Spur Software Robotics · · Score: 1

    Indeed, "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" sentence can be read by any automaton, if you call their outsourced helldesk.

  6. Hackerspace on Ask Slashdot: Software For Learning About Data Transmission? · · Score: 1

    Do you have any local hacker/maker space nearby? May be great and practical way to get introduced to tech and engineering.

  7. Re:Wow on Samsung Sets New Guidelines For Alcoholic Beverages · · Score: 2

    I have always thought it's Russians (former ostblock eventually) who can outdrink anybody in the world.

  8. Re:I see it both ways on Ask Slashdot: When Does Time Tracking at Work Go Too Far? · · Score: 1

    Does the work get done by those salaried employees? Because that's all that matters. If it does, what's the problem they take hours in breaks? They may be reading e-mails and chasing up stuff at 1am in bed from issued Blackberry while you're happily sleeping. This is significant for many IT professions, I used to wander around office when there were days without too much of actual work besides preparations, but then hell broke loose between 1 and 4 AM during migration.

  9. Re:A thought on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 1

    Yes, I used to use denyhosts, it's a great way of blocking unwanted login attempts. There are databases that people share and you get your hosts.deny updated from internet. You just have to type your own password correctly :-) Or use keys.

  10. Re:1 Do for being a user on 10 Dos and Don'ts To Make Sysadmins' Lives Easier · · Score: 1

    There is a myth about computer being magic device that amplifies stupidity and causes normal intelligent people loosing common sense when they sit in front of it. True fact!

  11. Re:It *was* more rigorous back then.. on Do High Schools Know What 'Computer Science' Is? · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's because of amount of knowledge and information and everything in this rapidly developing industry? 25 years ago it may not be that hard to absorb most of the knowledge when it came to computers (you know those cliche pictures of men in white coats running around computers the size of cabinet or boys programming first software in garage on Amigas), Turings etc. were basic of all, but now - what would you consider being true computer science? Designing hardware? Microprocessors? Algorithms? Programming? Networking? Which field or technology in networking? Systems administration? Even project management? It's too much diverse today.

  12. Re:WTF? on D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener · · Score: 1

    OTOH I am glad /. informed about this, at least I know which shortcut URL to avoid and installing noscript in browser was useful. Because this says willing participants - b ut you never know how many will be unwillingly ddosing from some other sites using this technique.

  13. Re:Oh wow. on UK Gov't Wants To Block Internet Porn By Default · · Score: 1

    Yes, there is some sort of trend - whatever gets "invented" in US, EU takes it, screws it in it's own way and applies it. Meh.

  14. Re:The silver lining on The Clock Is Ticking On Encryption · · Score: 1

    ...and the use of rubber-hose cryptoanalysis will go up.

  15. Death on People With University Degree Fear Death Less · · Score: 1

    When you die, biology and chemistry takes care of your body. Desperate, huh? People realized this, therefore created "there has to be something beyond", afterlife, energy beings, heaven, hell, etc. to make it more bearable. Then built whole system around it, based on "what you do during your life ... and here you have religion :-)

  16. Re:Eheh, been following the news lately? on China Views Internet As "Controllable" · · Score: 1

    Excuse me, I have a question regarding free speech: what's this article posted while ago exactly about? http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/03/2326207/Graduate-Students-Being-Warned-Away-From-Leaked-Cables

  17. Re:The Bumblebee is the funnest on Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking · · Score: 1

    I don't need wallet for tracking transactions, my mobile serves the same purpose when it receives notification from bank. And yes, it buzzes too :-p

  18. Re:Don't Update on USAF Unveils Supercomputer Made of 1,760 PS3s · · Score: 1

    No, you get it from wrong point of view. Seriously, if Sony was smart enough they could use this as marketing, or even sell this kind of solution to potential customers interested in entry-level supercomputing. Just like nVidia does with dozen of graphic cards bond together and sold as Tesla. (Only problem is - I think - Sony is smart enough, but they would get their fingers slapped by IBM or whoever made those chips that they are competing in business with them now.)

  19. Re:TSA-steria is way over-rated on US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans · · Score: 1

    Headless scans? I see those pictures are pretty matched to real photography of scanned person.

  20. Re:who is asking you? on The Demographics of Web Search · · Score: 1

    Aren't engines doing it anyway as long as you're logged on? Part of the customization. Or whats my tagging with stars and irrelevant links in google results?

  21. Screw Them attitude on ASCAP Declares War On Free Culture, EFF · · Score: 1

    If all they want to achieve by this is people saying "Screw them, I donate to EFF right now just to make them angry" they may actually succeed.

  22. Re:Fulltime Job on Pakistan To Scour Google, Yahoo For Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    Seriously, by "Actively go out and find stuff that offends and appalls you" they mean browse p0rn all day?

  23. Deja-vu from history? on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Isn't this how Germans started thinking they are chosen nation, then educating their youth the right way, then establishing clear race, and you know the rest. For me, as European, I stop seeing difference compared to let's say Middle East countries with their own way of expressing religion into educational system. Hello Texas, Deja Vu? What comes next? Denying voting rights to women?

  24. Re:Holy shit? on Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class? · · Score: 1

    No, Europeans do pay insurance. It's part of the higher taxes - at least in my country and many neighboring. Everybody who pays taxes pay certain amount for health insurance as well. It goes to insurance company - commercial or state owned. It's not mandatory, but you better have insurance else you pay cash at doctor's. If you cannot pay because of certain reasons (kid, student, unemployed, sick, maternity leave) state pays for you.

  25. Re:Here's an idea on ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches · · Score: 1

    World does not consist only of US, Canada and Mexico. There is couple more continents behind oceans.