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  1. Re:Vigilances on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    Its not a sit-in.

    When you try a sit in you take one place. When you DDOS you're using much more resources on purpose. So is the equivalent of sitting in and bringing 100 extra spaces with you.

  2. Re:....What??? on XML Encryption Broken, Need To Fix W3C Standard · · Score: 1

    Apparently its a standard.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xml_encryption

    Yes its a stub article. Nobody really cares.

  3. You ever wonder sometimes... on NAND Gate Built From Bacteria · · Score: 1

    Now we have organic computers, and we use bacteria to make stuff for us like insulin and plastics and stuff...

    Ever wonder whether we're all a giant part of a large computer?

  4. Oh cool on Starships In a Century? · · Score: 1

    When's the 100 year butler robots and 100 year flying cars convention coming?

  5. Does it come... on Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents · · Score: 1

    In a circular box?

  6. Hmm on Renaming the Very Large Array · · Score: 1

    The Array Formerly Known as Very Large Array

    Legendarray (see what I did there?)

  7. Stand up a bit on Ask Slashdot: Ergonomic Office Environment? · · Score: 2

    Don't stay sitting down, every so often walk around a bit. Go to the water cooler or slack off or something. It's good for you.

    Even the best chair setup will damage you eventually.

  8. Oh Right on Samsung Lawyer Fails To Differentiate iPad and Galaxy Tab In Court · · Score: 1

    Because we all know the usual using distance for using these things is 10 feet.

    Anyone who is using the device, planning on buying the device, or even examining the device (it doesn't even need to be on) can tell the difference.

    If there are people dumb enough to fork out a few hundred euros/dollars to buy an item without looking at the stats, an image, the box, the brand or the company is a giant idiot. Which is why when buying these sorts of things the standard protocol is to stand less than 10 feet away.

  9. People torrent on their mobile phones? on FTC Settles With Android Developer In Data Exposure Case · · Score: 1

    What a waste of limited bandwidth and battery life...

    Or am I missing some very large good idea behind it?

  10. Re:And? on Linux Kernel Developer Declares VirtualBox Driver "Crap" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its a non-existant three dimensional cube

  11. Re:Amazon did it on Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad's $500 Pricetag · · Score: 1

    So every large hardware maker should get its own store, then lock people and force them to use only that.

  12. Re:Amazon did it on Tablet Makers Try To Beat iPad's $500 Pricetag · · Score: 0

    Yeah but they're selling at a loss, and relying on their market and web-thingy to get them money.

  13. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    If you give a plant 1000ppm CO2, they will still depend on soil nutrients, temperature and sunlight.

    You can't expect plant growth to flourish at a huge rate just because there's more CO2 in the atmosphere. And the fact that we're reducing available space for plants to grow in can't help either.

    When I said balance I didn't mean that CO2 was stable, and 'before' did not mean compared to a few million years ago.

  15. Re:If it aint broke don't fix it on .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro · · Score: 1

    • Metro is good, the move towards it is because it's better,

    Like the move to the newer FB interfaces right? Or Unity. Or GNOME 3.

    The move towards it is because whoever is in charge of product development said so.

    C# and Metro don't compete (like Java and Swing don't compete),

    Wasn't it written in another article that Metro would be programmable in HTML 5 ? That looks like competition to me.

  16. If it aint broke don't fix it on .NET Programmers In Demand, Despite MS Moves To Metro · · Score: 1

    .NET is pretty much a winner in my opinion. There is a heavy demand for it, and if you know C# you pretty much know Java (and vice versa).

    I don't know the point in trying to move people off something which works already. Also the new metrosexual UI is garbage and I'm hoping most people will give it a miss, and anyway tech companies aren't generally eager to move off a working system.

  17. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 2

    If I remember correctly, obviously depending on where you live - small panels pay for themselves in 5-10 years.

    Panels are currently guaranteed for around 25 years.

    So basically you're paying 5-10 years of your electricity bill now (sure, its a high cost, that has to be admitted), but then you're getting at least 15 years of a free ride.

    I don't know too many places where investments are secure and give you 150%.

    And this is just for you putting them on your roof. If you're investing in a large power station with focusing lenses and less Silicon, then the costs are likely to be much less.

  18. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 2

    If we're using less oil, the energy costs should diminish by an amount, meaning that in the end we're doing better from a purely economic perspective.

    Its not really broken window, because the upkeep you need on solar panels (aside from replacing every 25 years or so - by which time technology moved up), is incomparable to the upkeep you need on oil.

  19. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 2

    Uh no.

    Carbon Monoxide is unstable and will eventually decay. Its only toxic if you're in a very confined space (which is why you shouldn't run a car in a closed garage).

    Plants do use CO2, but we're also cutting rainforests down (good job) and anyway there is only a limit to how much CO2 plants can take. There was a balance before we started with heavy industry.

    Other problems with fossil fuels are oxides of sulfur (which contribute to acidic rain and are toxic), Oxides of Nitrogen (pretty much the same), and lead (which is a metal poison which will kill you slowly over time).

  20. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 1

    or the fact that energy prices are climbing precisely when Americans are suffering through the toughest economic times since the 1920s?

    But there was such a huge backlash against the banning of certain lightbulbs...

    Over in this country the government gives grants for people to put solar panels on their roofs. They always get snapped up within half a week. Its an investment which pays for itself (granted over 10 years or so) - you have to pay less (its free energy), and you're not killing the environment.

    That's the way forward. Not polluting more so we add farming problems due to climate change , enviromental damage, and lung cancers to the problem.

  21. Re:Reserves isn't the only reason... on Oil May Be Finite, But U.S. Production Is Ramping Up · · Score: 2

    there should be more than enough for the growth of plants.

    In unrelated news, we're also cutting down tons of forests and rainforests. And there is a limit of CO2 up to which plants will grow, more than that and its just extra.

  22. The first link... on Was the iPod Accessory Port Inspired By a 40-Year-Old Camera? · · Score: 1

    I always thought it was satire, because the reasons given were so stupid.

  23. Re:how to call it? on Russian Telco MTS Bans Skype, Other VoIP Services · · Score: 1

    Its called free market. Because the government isn't doing anything to 'interfere' in it, and the buisiness and the customers are taking care of it themselves.

    So the customer gets screwed over with very little chance to do anything.

  24. Re:Why bother? on Kernel Bug Means Linux Power Usage Remains High · · Score: 1

    Grandma isn't going to install Linux on her laptop -- you are. .

    Grandparents are incapable of installing anything which isn't an adware-ridden mess.

    Its actually quite amazing that they can't set up anyhting else.

  25. Re:In Before... on Oldest Submerged City Visualized With CGI · · Score: 1

    "[...]a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. [...] there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. [...]Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent."

    Someone is going to be VERY disappointed.