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  1. april fool's on It's World Backup Day · · Score: 2

    Convenient. Day before the pranksters come out. Wonder what cmdrtaco has prepared.

  2. Re:My biggest complaint about Bill Clinton on Tevatron To Shut Down At End of 2011 · · Score: 2

    They should have picked a location that spanned four states.

  3. SU is a coping mechanism on Ray Kurzweil's Slippery Futurism · · Score: 1

    SU is a coping mechanism for technologists to deal with inevitability, death. Ray Kurzweil is our age's Ponce de Leon.

  4. Re:Anti-matter behaves as expected, like matter on LHC Scientists Create and Capture Antimatter · · Score: 1

    Just call it Negaton.

  5. Re:Only if... on LHC Scientists Create and Capture Antimatter · · Score: 1

    If antiidiot doesn't exist to take care of most of the worlds problems, what does that make you?

  6. Re:another Obama disappointment... on EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use · · Score: 1

    Ron Paul and others were vocally against the wars. The Dems supported it just enough. Remember, it takes an act of congress to go to war.

  7. Re:Lion's Share Server on Apple To Discontinue Xserve · · Score: 1

    One word: Magical!

  8. Re:A constant problem in NASA on House Passes NASA Authorization Bill · · Score: 1

    Just start calling it the "Federation" right now. First contact coming up soon anyway.

  9. Recall vs Recognition on Wired Youths In China & Japan Forget Character Forms · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_(memory)

    I've been studying Chinese off and on for 16 years; living in the region for 10 years. I speak fluently, I read at an advanced level and I input characters at a good pace on the computer. But, I write like I'm still in primary school.

    Our brains are literally offloading the recall function to external computational devices. But, as we play video games, watch TV and read, our recognition systems are tuned and trained to a fine degree.

    Look forward to what cognitive studies come out of this. I doubt we'll see a total loss, but if we lose the assistance, it'll be interesting to see how humans cope as the skill gap between recall and recognition gets wider.

  10. Re:Meet the 4 stages on Microsoft Claims 'We Love Open Source' · · Score: 1

    Are you speaking from the MS angle or the Linux angle?

  11. Re:Complimentary 7 point Slashdot troll guide... on Trojan-Infected Computer Linked To 2008 Spanair Crash · · Score: 1

    8. Write a trolling guide.

  12. Re:Indeed, he is a tool. on Cory Doctorow On For the Win, Gold Farming, and DRM · · Score: 1

    Who?

  13. Re:I like the idea on Restaurant Tells Diners To Eat Everything On Their Plate · · Score: 1

    It's a statement on conservation. Don't like it? Don't go. Just because you can throw money around doesn't make you entitled to whatever you want.

  14. Iron Man 2 on Russian Man Aims To Reinvent "Taser" Technology · · Score: 1

    Interesting to see this pop up on Slashdot on my return from watching Iron Man 2. You wouldn't have a chance to say, "dont tase me bro."

  15. Re:they don't need religion in CIV5 on An Early Look At Civilization V · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just mod the game to produce grassland instead of desert for global warming. It's a quick change in the xml config.

  16. Re:Shrimp free zone? on Air Canada Ordered To Provide Nut-Free Zone · · Score: 1

    Wear a full face mask with a filter, if it's that bad.

  17. Sci-fi publishers should close up on Has Sci-Fi Run Out of Steam? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Time to close scifi publishers. All ideas have been exhausted.

  18. Re:PST format a dad design idea from the start on Microsoft Opening Outlook's PST Format · · Score: 1

    In Unix, storing all your email data in one gigantic file is called mbox. And, there's all sorts of vim-vs-emacs-like threads about it and maildir. You'd also be surprised about various online email systems that do something similar with a bit of redundancy via replication.

  19. Re:You can't do what you want to do on Affordably Aggregating ISP Connections? · · Score: 1

    Carpentry?

  20. IE on Washington Post Says Use Linux To Avoid Bank Fraud · · Score: 2, Informative

    Beyond multi-factor authentication, there's another fundamental problem with many Bank websites. They only work in IE. It's difficult to convince non-power-users to drop a bank and go with another that works in Konqueror or even Firefox. This is especially a problem in a non-US country where every bank has the same problem.

  21. The Fix on BSA Says 41% of Software On Personal Computers Is Pirated · · Score: 1

    The fix is relatively simple. Make all copyright software (and media) 100% findable and purchasable in a simple way across ALL geographies, and you can get more revenue. Say NO to physical media, it doesn't help prevent piracy.

  22. Re:Mayo Clinic is falling behind on Mayo Clinic Reports Dramatic Outcomes In Prostate Cancer Treatment · · Score: 1

    Who wants Tang in their Miracle Whip?

  23. Re:Wow, Great Summary on Could Betelgeuse Go Boom? · · Score: 1

    We should move slashdot to twitter.

  24. 5 years? on BIND 10 Development Now Fully Underway · · Score: 1

    Haven't these guys heard of Agile?

  25. Business squandering money? on Why Isn't the US Government Funding Research? · · Score: 1

    I believe you make the false assumption that only businesses squander money and research projects do not. We shouldn't setup the government to compete with the free market nor manipulate it.