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  1. Re:It's not... green? on New High Tech $100 Bills Start To Circulate Today · · Score: 1

    It's Matrix money. It could only harm you to analyze it too deeply.

  2. Re:Hurrah Slashdot! on Popular Science Is Getting Rid of Comments · · Score: 1

    I can't fathom why an institution grounded in the scientific method couldn't scientifically develop an effective participant-moderated comment system.

  3. Re:It looks fantastic! on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    There's rumors an LTE version will be announced soon.

  4. Re:space & time as emergent properties on Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics · · Score: 1

    But over an average of many observations, the path of a particle is seen to be able to be obstructed and prevent the interaction from occuring where it would have had there not been an obstruction, i.e. shadows cast by objects blocking light sources.

    Also, radiation is proven to take time to traverse space, i.e. when communicating with a satellite.

  5. Student remember best by writing notes on No Child Left Untableted · · Score: 1

    This is a well known fact. Personal electronic gadgets can only distract, or make the learning process more efficient, reducing mnemonics that help retention.

  6. Freddie Wong on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 1

    http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew He must be lined up for the death penalty then.

  7. Re:Physical cables the same? on HDMI 2.0 Officially Announced · · Score: 1

    Nice to see that they seem to have planned ahead in the original physical specs.

  8. Re:could be double speak on Microsoft Has 1 Million Servers. So What? · · Score: 1

    Hey now, 5 billion transistors!

  9. How does it "navigate"? on SpaceX Grasshopper Launch Filmed From Drone Helicopter · · Score: 1

    I don't see any control surfaces or retrothrusters, and rocket engine only has a single nozzle. How does it steer? Maybe an internal gyro?

  10. Re:Not that I would try it on Stem Cells Used To Grow Miniature Human Livers In Mice · · Score: 1

    Pst... it would still taste like meat.

  11. Re:Everybody welcome petabytes or more on USB stic on Low-Cost Micromachine Writes Calligraphy With Atoms · · Score: 2

    We come back full circle to punch cards.

  12. The tinfoil hat on To Counter Widespread Surveillance, Stealth Clothing · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now made fashionable.

  13. Re:Keep pointing at the chinese on Book Review: The Chinese Information War · · Score: 1

    Obama's recent summit with the Chinese president was probably so successful because they both agreed to spy on each other's countries and exchange intelligence so they could each avoid the flak from their own constituents!

  14. Re:Please stop naming organs after people on Researchers Discover Another Layer To the Cornea · · Score: 1

    What the bejeezus are you talking about?

  15. Please stop naming organs after people on Researchers Discover Another Layer To the Cornea · · Score: 0

    We don't need more organs with names that imply nothing about their function. Stop boosting the egos of these scientists, their goal should not be self-immortalization but advancement for the good of the scientific community.

    I thought we were transitioning away from those obscure, hard-to-remember names; such as the Eustachian tube in the ear getting renamed to simply auditory tube.

  16. Yes, pressing the unlock button is a hassle. on Motorola Building "Self-Aware" Smartphone · · Score: 1

    So put it on the side of the phone within easy reach; much better making a phone that tries to know when you want to turn it on.

  17. Re:NAND flash = transistors on a chip on Moore's Law Fails At NAND Flash Node · · Score: 1

    Then it's more like Moore's Theory then, isn't it? There's certainly nothing concrete about Moore's Law.

    Violations? More like statistical deviations.

  18. Re:How does this help? on Computer Network Piecing Together a Jigsaw of Ancient Jewish Lore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Should all of mankind's endeavors grind to a halt until the world is in a state of perfect harmony and prosperity?

    Humans, in our great numbers, are capable of multi-tasking. Is every penny not spent on helping the helpless a selfish waste?

    An infinite amount of money cannot solve all of the world's problems in a day, and there are more problems everyday. More often it is not a question of money but of resources, money is only a means to trade for such finite resources. With finite resources like time, energy, innovation, and persuasion, every do-gooder has to pick their battles.

  19. Start8 on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 2

    http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/index.asp

    This start menu blends well with Windows 8's theme, replicates all Windows 7 start menu features, and has options to boot to desktop and disable hot corners. Only caveat is that it does cost $5, but is probably the best polished Windows 8 start menu out there.

  20. Therefore, if you want Google Keep to survive... on Google Keep End-of-Life Date Forecasted · · Score: 1

    use it. The more people who do, the better its chances.

  21. Re:Isn't this just Google Notebook? on Google Launches 'Keep' To Rival Evernote · · Score: 2

    In that case, at least there is the assurance that Google has always given you plenty of heads-up and a good amount of time to migrate your data.

  22. Re:Isn't this just Google Notebook? on Google Launches 'Keep' To Rival Evernote · · Score: 1

    Um... try using it and see for yourself?

  23. Re:Google Notebook on Google Launches 'Keep' To Rival Evernote · · Score: 1

    And Google Tasks? Which is a pretty recent product. I don't understand why they didn't just expand Tasks a little bit. Keep is kinda an awkward name.

  24. And there you have it, folks. on Solaris Machine Shut Down After 3737 Days of Uptime · · Score: 1

    Story of the day: nobody gives a damn about uptime bragging.

  25. They would sell you a flying car if they could on The Hypocrisy In Silicon Valley's Big Talk On Innovation · · Score: 1

    Capitalism is supposed to be beneficial for mankind in that advancing technology is supposed to be profitable, which is the reason for the recent incentives to privatize the space industry. Of course the link between innovation and profits isn't direct, so oftentimes innovation will steer off course towards designing a more visible animated billboard for the underside of that flying car rather than increasing redundancy in its lift components.