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  1. Re:Apportionment Problem on America's Technical Debt · · Score: 1

    Totally agree with you. I've been saying it for years as well. So many people don't realize how their votes have been diluted over time.

  2. Re:What next? on MenuetOS, an Operating System Written Entirely In Assembly, Hits 1.0 · · Score: 1

    I was thinking it would be cool to just write it all in LLVM's Intermediate Representation(IR) Language... Extremely low level, and could be optimized and converted to machine code for different architectures directly.

  3. Re:What's a "software program" on Judge: Warrantless Airport Seizure of Laptop 'Cannot Be Justified' · · Score: 1

    Quit making sense!

    Remember, this is /.

  4. Re:What's a "software program" on Judge: Warrantless Airport Seizure of Laptop 'Cannot Be Justified' · · Score: 1

    I used my PIN number to get some cash bills out of the ATM machine to pay for a software program?

  5. Re:Won't work on 'We the People' Petition To Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status · · Score: 1

    Has there ever been a response to the "We the People" petitions that actually seemed like it changed anything?

  6. Re:I'm all for this on Scientists: It's Time To Resolve the Ethics of Editing Human Genome · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I fear that there are also a supply of quite willing and rich guinea pigs who want lesser problems fixed, or bespoke babies. Even if regulated, research tends to follow the money.

    FTFY

  7. Re:Wow on Scientific Study Finds There Are Too Many Scientific Studies · · Score: 1

    I do believe we will need a study about studies of studies about studies. And if that study about studies of studies about studies gets repeated we will need to do a study of studies about studies of studies about studies..........

  8. Pepper Spray on 100 Years of Chemical Weapons · · Score: 0

    Speaking of chemical weapons used on civilians in democratic (and non-democratic) nations.......

  9. Re:Next Step on FBI Can't Find Its Drone Privacy Reports · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I think the FBI has control of the moderation system....

  10. In the meantime on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    My 5Mbps connection is giving me a solid 0.2Mbps per the nearest SpeedTest servers....

  11. Re:Secret Ballot? on How Bitcoin Could Be Key To Online Voting · · Score: 1

    That is when the rest of the voters vote to direct funding towards an army to clean up the violent crazies.

  12. Re:Valid release on 9th Circuit Will Revisit "Innocence of Muslims" Takedown Order · · Score: 1

    I think they were referring (correctly) to Moral Rights.
    Which unfortunately

    have had a less robust tradition in the United States.

  13. Hominid Aliens? on Swiss Scientists Discover DNA Remains Active After Space Journey and Re-entry · · Score: 1

    One day we'll find the answer...

  14. Re:How is that startling? on Mathematicians Study Effects of Gerrymandering On 2012 Election · · Score: 1

    Sorry, my math is way off.. should be more like 18 times more representatives... What would your government look like if each district was divided by 18 and there were 7830 seats in congress?
    Certainly would change the dynamic....

  15. Re:How is that startling? on Mathematicians Study Effects of Gerrymandering On 2012 Election · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest reasons why it matters is that the ratio of population per representative is getting worse. By now there should be at least 5 times more representatives then there are. Every election your vote gets less of a representative, and fewer representatives have to fight for your vote per capita.

  16. A standard gasoline-powered car with a 122L capacity at 30mpg would be capable of traveling 960 miles.

    What kind of "standard gasoline-powered car" that runs at 30mpg (forget about the odd units) has a 122L gas tank!?
    My car only has 42L... I know larger cars would have bigger tanks, but likely don't get 30mpg.

    So if we compare more realistic sizes with their weird mix of L and miles... A 42L tank might get 330 miles... Maybe better to compare with that. But then that wouldn't be highway driving... which I know I can do better then 30mpg.

  17. To quote QDB... on Critical XSS Flaws Patched In WordPress and Popular Plug-In · · Score: 0

    WordPress is an unauthenticated remote shell that, as a useful side feature, also contains a blog.

  18. Water Vapourware on Bicycle Bottle System Condenses Humidity From Air Into Drinkable Water · · Score: 1

    One way or another, this will be vapourware.....

    a) It is "a gadget created by Kristof Retezár, an industrial design student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna."
    b) It takes water vapour, or humidity out of the air.

  19. Another word for robbery on US Marshals Auctioning $20M Worth of Silk Road's Bitcoins · · Score: 5, Informative
  20. Re:Black and White? on Comet Probe Philae Unanchored But Stable — And Sending Back Images · · Score: 1

    I realize that, but then what colour is the ice? What colour is the dirt? This isn't for science, it is for general interest.
    I realize that using the filters they have they can create enhanced colour images, and I think that might be exactly what they should do...
    Do you really know it is grey? Ice can have some pretty amazing light distortion properties(go visit Alaska)... And not all rocks are grey.

  21. Black and White? on Comet Probe Philae Unanchored But Stable — And Sending Back Images · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a question... Does anyone know why are the photos in black and white? Is that for higher resolution, because of low/high light situations?

    Ok nvm, found my answer here: Why are images from space probes always in black and white?

    Still think they should take photos with RGB filters too so we can see what it would actually look like, you know, for PR photos...

  22. I like the idea.. on Mozilla Launches Browser Built For Developers · · Score: 1

    I just kinda wish it was Chrome that came out with it.. In general I just prefer the layout of their development tools. I'll definitely give this a try though.

  23. Re:Just what we need... on Researchers Develop Remote-Controlled Cyber-Roaches · · Score: 2

    That said, if I'm trapped under a building, and not knowing they had microphones and transponders.. I'm not sure how comforted I'd be to hear an army of cockroaches approaching. Talk about creepy sounds in the dark.

  24. Just what we need... on Researchers Develop Remote-Controlled Cyber-Roaches · · Score: 1

    I have enough problems with those damned creatures as is! /jk

  25. Re:The Turbo Button on Major Performance Improvement Discovered For Intel's GPU Linux Driver · · Score: 1

    and some it didn't even work.

    Probably because people like me wouldn't bother connecting the button on computers we built, and would instead just put a jumper.