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  1. Re:You must choose.... on Why New Antibiotics Never Come To Market (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, I think this is what happens when you construct the for-profit institutions this way: they're designed to maximize profit over useful function, so sociopaths inevitably end up running them.

  2. Re:Laptop on Ask Slashdot: Securing a Journalist's Laptop Against a Police Search? · · Score: 0

    Basically, don't do anything they don't want you to do and stay away from anywhere you could be seized. And if you're not sure what that is, don't do anything.
    Millennial democracy?

  3. Re:IBM acquires Weather infrastructure on IBM Acquires the Weather Company's Digital Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Look for weather infrastructure support opportunities opening up in Brazil and India.

  4. Generated data on IBM Acquires the Weather Company's Digital Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    4 Gb of data per second - and that's probably just the metadata from the client queries.

  5. Re:I found another unicorn! on A Fresh Take On Fake Meat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Are people who are concerned about what they eat going to embrace a chemical s**t storm just because it's meatless?

  6. Re:Writers won't be replaced on Replacement of Writers Leads Gartner's Predictions (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Which of course begs the question, how much of Gartner's output will be automated soon, and how many of their analyst/writers will be fired?

  7. Ethan? on Scandal Erupts In Unregulated Online World of Fantasy Sports · · Score: 2

    I read that as Eddie Haskell first time through.

  8. Re:Maybe the mayor is a suspect? on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 1

    According to the stories we have, he was never charged with a crime or told he was a suspect in criminal activity. And so we must proceed as if he is not a criminal and, from my casual knowledge of law and the situation, grant him his full rights and privileges as a citizen of the USA.

    The thinking that "it's possible he's a suspect" just reeks of Bush43 thinking, excuses, and bad leadership decisions that got us unto this heavy-handed, unneeded, and counterproductive security state that we now have.

  9. Re:If it's his work PC... on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 1

    The power and respect of the corporation can be invoked by announcing your loyalty, but should corporate fealty be needed to counteract invasive country laws?

  10. All your rights are belong to us on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 1

    from SFGate article:

    Silva was also told he had “no right for a lawyer to be present” and that being a U.S. citizen did not “entitle me to rights that I probably thought.”

  11. Re: Gun-free zone? on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 2

    Chris Kyle, the subject of American Sniper, was killed along with a companion at a shooting range where they had taken a disturbed individual, i believe to fire guns, let off steam, and discuss that person's problems being a veteran. Both were armed.

  12. Re:good on Europe Agrees To Agree With Everyone Except US What 5G Should Be · · Score: 1

    Bah - skip 5, like we skipped 4, and go straight to 6G. Or a reasonably marketed facsimile of 6G.

  13. Lying is part of the game on Edward Snowden Promotes Global Treaty To Curtail Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Saying what you need to say publicly - such as signing a no-spying treaty - and then gathering whatever you think you need to gather regardless, that seems like part of the game. Any declaration of the human right of privacy, while a great first step, needs to be backed up with consequences for violations.

  14. Re: Stupid people are stupid on 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb · · Score: 2

    People would rather fund elite sports programs than more egalitarian education programs , and you apparently see this as an opportunity.
    I see it as a problem.

  15. Re:Irrelevant on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, the cons outpay the pros.

  16. Big lie? on Silicon Valley's Big Lie · · Score: 1

    Big secret: companies run like this even after going public, even after getting large and mature.

  17. Re:Negotiating salaries is for the birds. on Google Staffers Share Salary Info With Each Other; Management Freaks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A huge disadvantage of private business is its lack of accountability, and lack of transparency that goes along with it. How can everyone understand if things are working well in an environment where as little is shared as possible? Salaries are only a part of it.

  18. Re:Technology on Emotionally Aware Apps That Respond To Feelings Are On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    Not just a mood ring in software, but one that will emotionally abuse you.
    You thought Spam was bad, wait until your app begins pushing your buttons.

  19. Re:Obvious Fraud on Techies Hire Witch To Protect Computers From Viruses and Offices From Spirits · · Score: 1

    Sometimes an intermittent bug is just an intermittent bug, not due to spirits.

  20. Re:Stoopid on UK Government Proposes 10-Year Copyright Infringement Jail Term · · Score: 1

    Not if the amount of money is tremendously large.

  21. What's the max sentence for copyright fraud? on UK Government Proposes 10-Year Copyright Infringement Jail Term · · Score: 1

    And is that rising too?
    I include unreasonable claims for copyright violation damages in my definition of copyright fraud (and I don't have a personal legal system) - your local definitions may vary.

  22. Re:A better solution on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 2

    Embed ads in the song, and data-mine the information in the requests you get.
    Where have you been for the last 20 years?

  23. Re:Chapel Hill/ Carrboro North Carolina on Ask Slashdot: If Public Transport Was Free, Would You Leave Your Car At Home? · · Score: 2

    Public transit in the SF Bay Area consists of buses and Bart. Bart is always late and congested, and its administration seems intent on reducing cars and frequency so that you have to wait a long time and stand up and elbow each other no matter the time of day. The buses take an insanely lengthy amount of time to get anywhere more than 7 miles away.
    Fix those things and I would get rid of half my cars.

  24. Re: magic is the same as science? on University of Toronto: Anti-vaccine Homeopathy Course Is Fine · · Score: 1

    Although my pseudo-understanding of quantum mechanics tells me that there's a chance it might be the mechanism behind homeopathy. And everything else.

  25. The first what? on Robot Performs Prostate Surgery Inside an MRI · · Score: 1

    Somebody did not fully explain this situation to the patient.

    I mean, I wouldn't ever be the first guy verifying the test procedures for something so, um, delicate.