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  1. Windows 8 RT User Study on Is Oprah Cheating On Her Microsoft Love? · · Score: 1
  2. A.O. Smith on Foxconn Begins To Assemble Its Robot Army · · Score: 1

    In 1919 A.O. Smith fired up its automated car frame machine. The union shut it down then. What will happen in China? Either the Communists will Foxconn out or another civil war.

  3. Read books on The Coming Internet Video Crash · · Score: 1

    Maybe this will encourage more reading of books.

  4. Eat Bitter Dark Chocolate on New Study Links Caffeinated Coffee To Vision Loss · · Score: 1

    Eat bitter dark chocolate (over 70% cocoa and make sure not dutched, alkalized) with coffee. The cocoa lowers blood pressure. So net good.

  5. Re:Gerrymandering on Statistical Tools For Detecting Electoral Fraud · · Score: 1

    In my ward, I have seen seen more then one time an operative on a walky-talky talking "get more vans over here!"

  6. Non-thinking on What Happened To Diaspora, the Facebook Killer? It's Complicated · · Score: 1

    FB increased its membership numbers by infringing privacy via reading the email addresses of the person who signed up and sending out invitations to those email addresses as if they came from the person requesting those to join (network effects). If the infringed person would have read fine print, maybe this could have been avoided. But now we have the result. Net conclusion: idiots.

  7. Back Up Generator and UPS's on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Include In a New Building? · · Score: 1

    Put the server room on a separate electrical grid so you can easily install a backup generator. Since most smaller gas-fired generators are piston, they send out dirty power. To fix this only use 'Double Conversion Online UPS' which takes the dirty power and creates a perfect sine wave albeit using the battery for this so not as efficient as cheaper direct UPS.. If you use a regular APC UPS and the generator kicks, the UPS will freak and and die and it switched back and froth from battery too quickly. Buy a AV Tech environmental monitor http://avtech.com/ and monitor for heat, fire, water, and humidity. Also, you might want to log card scans to get into the server room since it holds expensive equipment that could be stolen, then you can prove whose card was used to enter. Put the server room on its own subnet and firewall it from general network and Internet. If an attack happens, then you can simply unplug the external networks cables. Honey Pot and IPS monitor are nice additions.

  8. Woz is Wacko on Woz Applying For Australian Citizenship Because of the NBN · · Score: 1

    No regard for costs? Why not move to where broadband is? And if you want to live in the sticks why not partner with neighbors to create long haul wifi? Because the gov won't let you do it? Tell that to the Woz. Will the Aboriginals have fiber???

  9. What is "Free"? on Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus? · · Score: 1

    Free? Is wasted computer troubleshooting time free? Buy ESET Smart Suite and be done with it. For Windows, you will easily break even in time saved! Plus your computer will run faster since most of ESET 's heavy lifting is written in assembly language.

  10. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Look up the research yourself. Grain-fed animals that naturally do not eat grain produce less nutrients in meat and fat. So human nutrition worsens for those that eat meats.

  11. HFCS is the culprit on Is the Can Worse Than the Soda? · · Score: 1

    HFCS is the culprit. See http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/ and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152650 Of course the corn lobby threatens researchers funding who pursue this research!

  12. DVR's on More Evidence That Multitasking Reduces Productivity · · Score: 1

    I have been spending more time at a property I acquired to see if I might want to live there. I did not sign up for cable tv etc so I only have OTA TV and my iPhone. Not using a DVR I have noticed I have to pay much better attention to programs (using DVD player for old series too). And the iPhone-only for Internet has let me refocus on long term tasks. 24x7365 is dead end. I am cutting the cable for tv to start.

  13. Paper and Pencil on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Take Notes In the Modern Classroom? · · Score: 1

    It is proven scientifically that humans learn better using paper and pencil and book. The speculated reason is our heritage on the savanna where 3D skills were the difference between life and death. I print out anything important to read and markup and form thoughts. Then I scan my mark up and type a summary into Evernote. Watch out for brainwashing in med school. Also, you will not pay off loans with obamacare cutting doctor income.

  14. Re:The question is... on Goodbye, IQ Tests: Brain Imaging Predicts Intelligence Levels · · Score: 1

    What is intelligence? A person could be very good at accepted finance, for example a nobel prize, but send the economy off the cliff that might trigger WW3 and end all human life. Is that intelligent?

  15. Re:This guy, Hacker, is a troll. on Political Science Prof Asks: Is Algebra Necessary? · · Score: 1

    "Knowledge without mental discipline is furniture without a room." LOL!

  16. Reasoning on Political Science Prof Asks: Is Algebra Necessary? · · Score: 1

    Algebra forms the basis for mathematical reasoning. How can you problem solve if you do not know how algebra works? The real problem is how math is taught. It is designed for teachers to teach to a test and formula, not designed for the student to immerse himself in fascination. So once again the problem is the teacher, not the student. Get rid of public education. Love this "It could, for example, teach students how the Consumer Price Index is computed, what is included and how each item in the index is weighted — and include discussion about which items should be included and what weights they should be given. " Really??? Then more Americans would understand how their government is lying about inflation. Understanding that and exponential growth would start a revolution.

  17. Re:They don't enforce snooping on everything on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 1

    Is that company's security (if they know how HTTPS proxy) any worse than the banks? We don't hear about bank compromises because like Fed loans they are hidden from us. A company's network is not your personal fiefdom. I prefer spelling out policy, including "reasonable time for personal matters." Then look at Internet reports to make sure there is no abuse. When you force HTTPS proxy, you block out the chance a user does a direct connect to a compromised site that loads malware.

  18. caps on Microsoft Ignores Usability With All-Caps Menu in Visual Studio · · Score: 1

    When ever I see someone using ALL CAPS in csr apps, I know we are not dealing with the brightest bulbs. There are very good reasons for punctuation let's innovate and use all lower case!

  19. In the Eye of the Beholder? on What Should We Do About Wikipedia's Porn Problem? · · Score: 1

    I have never come across porn on Wikimedia. Yes, you can look up porn stars with urls and see positions, but that is porn? German porn???

  20. Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne on Depressed People Surf the Web Differently · · Score: 1

    "Fuck it, I'm just going to stay home and watch every episode of Game of Thrones and eat Cheetos until I fall asleep." Funny!!!

  21. Re:iPad on Windows RT Browser Restrictions Draw Antitrust Attention · · Score: 1

    Apple makes it own hardware and associated software as the "whole" product. It does not have a monopoly as tablets are not commodity hardware dominated by Apple software practices locking out competition using threats and kickbacks like MS did.

  22. Monopoly on Overheated Voting Machine Cast Its Own Votes · · Score: 1

    That's what you get with monopoly government driven product. How about a physical button you have to hold for two seconds to register the vote to trip the digital relay to register the vote?

  23. Direct Strike on Ask Slashdot: Best Option For Heavy-Duty, Full-Home Surge Protection? · · Score: 1

    Not much will protect against a direct strike except maybe a high rod to attract it to ground. When I was in 6th grade running just behind my friend to get to his house in a bad storm a lighting bolt struck right between us leaving a mark. Talk about a weird, close call!

  24. P/E??? on Facebook To Go Public On Friday, May 18 · · Score: 1

    Does anyone understand what the P/E is anymore? Facebook will have earnings about 35 cents per share. That is a P/E of ~60. So an investor will need 60 years to get a return on investment assuming the share price and/or dividends pay out. And it is assured that FB will sell 2nd and 3rd rounds of stock so its P/E will stay high.

  25. Words and Phrases and Sentences on Physicists Discover Evolutionary Laws of Language · · Score: 1

    Words and Phrases and Sentences are only symbols to represent ideas and relations. The musics and contemplation and experience create new words as required. The strength of English is the connotations which if used right will amuse people without them knowing why.