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  1. As a consumer why does this matter? on How Videogames Help Fund the Arms Industry · · Score: 1

    Video games(especially console ones) have pretty well accepted standardized prices for new releases. If the guns are made up and EA saves some cash do you really think that savings is going to be passed along to me? Pay to license guns or not, I will end up paying the same price in the end.

  2. Is this news? on The Mathematics of the Lifespan of Species · · Score: 1

    At least with regards to animals I believe this has been known for some time. In my early teens I attended a zoo camp. One day we discussed animal lifespans and the zoologist giving the lecture made a similar statement about all living species having roughly the same number of heartbeats in a lifetime. That was over 20 years ago.

  3. Re:Field Sobriety Test on With Pot Legal, Scientists Study Detection of Impaired Drivers · · Score: 1

    "Saliva testing only shows up marijuana usage in the last four to five hours, but 24 hours for all the other drugs, including amphetamines (speed), opiates (heroin, morphine, codeine), cocaine, benzodiazepine (valium and so on) and THC (cannabis).

    I've always understood THC to be the "active ingredient" in marijuana. Can someone enlighten me to the difference referenced above.

  4. Re:State gone Mad on Buckyballs Throws In the Towel · · Score: 1

    Guns, knives, fireworks, blowtorches, and chainsaws are dangerous by the very nature of what they are intended to do. Even small children immediately understand their capacity to destroy things. The CPSC does not ban chainsaws because they cut or blowtorches because they burn. But it does ban toys when they tend to cause harm in totaly unexpected ways.

    Children do not immediately understand the capacity of these things to destroy. There are plenty of unfortunate accidents involving children and firearms. Responsible parents understand the capacity of these things to destroy and teach their children about them accordingly. The problem with rare earth magnets is some people fail to take heed to the hazard these can potentially cause despite multiple warnings on the packaging. If you can understand why a child shouldn't play with a firearm you should also be capable of understanding the warning label on that desk toy you just bought yourself. The warning label is there for a reason.

  5. Pandora's box is already open... on DRM Could Come To 3D Printers · · Score: 1

    The sooner business adapts to new models the better off everyone will be. We keep retreading the same ground with every industry that gets shaken up by new technology. Adapt and let's just get on with the New Victorian Age.

  6. Up is down, day is night... on Comcast Refusing To Comply With Piracy Subpoenas · · Score: 2

    An article featuring Comcast in a positive light on Slashdot, truly this is the end of days.

  7. Re:That's *it* for me and Blizzard, man!! on Diablo 3 Banhammer Dropped Just Before RMAH Goes Live · · Score: 1

    I lost mine about a month after buying the game and could only remember a few of the codes. Playing the game meant restarting it until "knight" worked.

  8. Then I will reject the Xbox 720. on Xbox 720 Might Reject Used Games · · Score: 1

    And I thought Sony could be bad...

  9. Re:What Google can do on Reddit Turning SOPA "Blackout" Into a "Learn-In" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They should do a Doodle that is just a symbolic black censorship bar. I'm sure people would click on it just to find out why, and then it would lead to info on SOPA.

  10. Re:Interesting... on Skilled Readers Recognize Words By Shape · · Score: 1

    I have this problem too, and it was diagnosed as a specific form of dyslexia. I can read very very quickly, but I have an extremely hard time editing my work(and others) because I tend to read things as the correct way rather than the way things are actually written.

  11. You get what you pay for... on Eight Major 3G & 4G Networks Tested Nationwide · · Score: 1

    In DC I normally get around 6 Mbps down and 2 up on Sprint 4g, but I pay $53 a month. I'm pretty happy with that.

  12. Jaguar Controller finally improved upon... on Nintendo Announces New Console: Wii U · · Score: 2

    I always liked my Atari Jaguar, but the thing that always bothered me the controller wasn't big enough. Thank god someone finally got around to making an even bigger controller to finally accommodate me.

  13. Re:Worried. on Neuromancer Movie Deal Moving Forward · · Score: 1

    Well its easy to butcher a movie adaptation ofhttp://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/11/05/20/1519252/emNeuromancerem-Movie-Deal-Moving-Forward?utm_source=rss1.0&utm_medium=feed# a story that was all of 21? pages. They had to make up new content for 80% of the movie.

  14. Seinfeld on Apple Deemed Top of Movie Product Placement Charts · · Score: 1

    For someone that never once used the computer in the entire history of the show, Jerry sure had a lot of different Macs pretty. He even had the twentieth anniversary edition.

  15. I see all the big ones but... on Netflix Compares ISP Streaming Performance · · Score: 1

    Where is Xfinity? I don't see it on this list.

  16. Re:And then what? on Cheaters Exposed Analyzing Statistical Anomalies · · Score: 1

    93% of all statistics are made up on the spot, 77% of all people know this.

  17. Production costs were higher then. on Game Prices — a Historical Perspective · · Score: 1

    Cartridges are more expensive than discs. In addition to the chips that contained the game, many cartridges also included batteries so they could store saved data. That's why if if you try to access saved games on old NES carts today they are more than likely not there.

  18. Finally a way to end all our economic woes... on 100/1 Odds On 'First Contact' Within a Year · · Score: 1

    All we have to do have the Treasury Department put everything on Aliens and then have Obama make announcement of exis announcement.

  19. Company declares competitor's product useless... on Xbox Head Proclaims Blu-ray Dead · · Score: 2, Interesting

    in other news the sky is blue and water is wet.

  20. Old News... on Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? · · Score: 1

    My girlfriend from Iowa said they were doing this in her middle school(different school district) 10 years ago.

  21. heirloom quality? on The $8,500 Gaming Table You Want · · Score: 1

    More like epic