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  1. Re:Is this a joke? on Ask Slashdot: Innovative Operating Systems/Distros In 2015? · · Score: 1

    And 3D UIs existed back then too - just watch a copy of Jurassic Park ;)

    Are you encouraging copyright infringement?

  2. Re:Simplicity on Revisiting Why Johnny Can't Code: Have We "Made the Print Too Small"? · · Score: 1

    Like a shell prompt?

    You could use BAT files or shell scripts to do this.

    They can test each command individually, and then learn how to link them together.

  3. Re:Regarding .40 S&W: on Makers Compete To Produce US Army's Next Official Handgun (military.com) · · Score: 1

    .45 makes for a fat grip. Small hands have trouble with those. 10mm and its little brother, the 40 S&W allow for a narrower grip, making the gun suitable for smaller people while still providing more power than 9mm.

  4. Re:Highest Profit on Ask Slashdot: What Non-lethal Technology Has the Best Chance of Replacing the Gun? · · Score: 1

    IF it was a licensed civilian citizen that would have killed that kid, you know they would have been in ass pounding prison

    Not in Florida (or Texas, or other states with gun-friendly laws).

  5. Re:To Fight Car Theft on San Jose May Put License Plate Scanners On Garbage Trucks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They will drop it when the councilman is found parked in front of the strip club.

  6. Re:Ahhh, well. on 'Banned' Article About Faulty Immobilizer Chip Published After Two Years · · Score: 0

    A little lower - Fall, 1999.

  7. Re:Yes, but can it launch Waze on Siri, Cortana and Google Have Nothing On SoundHound's Speech Recognition · · Score: 5, Funny

    The correct answer is a number around 650k. This program is smarter than multiple slashdot commenters.

  8. Re:About right on In Florida, Secrecy Around Stingray Leads To Plea Bargain For a Robber · · Score: 1

    The way the law is written is that a deadly weapon includes a firearm, or a facsimile of a firearm. So BB guns, toy guns, non-firing replicas, etc. are all considered "deadly weapons".

  9. Re:track record on US Air Force Selects Boeing 747-8 To Replace Air Force One · · Score: 5, Funny

    An airplane flying over the Atlantic lost one of its four engines, and the pilot came on to reassure the passengers. “Nothing to fear,” he said, “we’ll just be half an hour late arriving in New York.” A while later, another engine was lost. “Nothing to fear,” said the pilot again, “we’ll be an hour late now but we’re still safe.” Later, a third engine went out, and the pilot informed the passengers that arrival time would now be two hours late. One of the passengers turned to his seatmate and said, “If that last engine goes, we’ll be up here forever!”

  10. Re:Quadcopter on Secret Service Investigating Small Drone On White House Grounds · · Score: 1

    Put some seven segment displays with a countdown clock on it. Don't forget the red, green, and blue wires.

  11. Re:Yes on Ask Slashdot: Has the Time Passed For Coding Website from Scratch? · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you wish to make bread from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

  12. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    And wait 5-10 minutes waiting for them to get there.

  13. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 2

    Nothing worse than waking up in the drunk tank with a bullet wound in the chest.

    I think being dead would qualify as "worse".

  14. Re:These idiots are going to ruin it for everyone on Drone Sightings Near Other Aircraft Up Dramatically · · Score: 1

    Birds have an instinct for survival and will move away from the helicopter.

    Somebody flying a drone and looking through the camera at the fire/police chase/topless neighbor/whatever, will probably not be paying attention to the airspace around them.

    Heck, if you go out to the flying field, people crash into each other all the time, and that is when they are paying attention!

  15. Re:That's the way the gyoza goes on 3D-Printed Gun Earns Man Two Years In Japanese Prison · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If I recall, this goes all the way back to their first European contact, where guns were outlawed in order to preserve the advantage the feudal lords and their swordsmen had over the people.

  16. Re:to save others googling on IBM Creates Custom-Made Brain-Like Chip · · Score: 1

    Moore's law applied to transistor count and the atomic limit only applies if you limit yourself to 2 dimensional chips.

  17. Re:That's just a bad idea... on FWD.us: GOP Voters To Be Targeted By Data Scientists · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am Data Jesus and I have come to intelligently design a new kingdom by selecting leadership comprised of doomsday preppers, plumbers, and an Alaskan volleyball player.

  18. Missing Steps on FWD.us: GOP Voters To Be Targeted By Data Scientists · · Score: 1

    7. ???
    8. Profit!

  19. Re:No use/threat...right now on UK Ballistics Scientists: 3D-Printed Guns Are 'of No Use To Anyone' · · Score: 2

    Most of these studies focus on implementing a semi-automatic. Here the problem is going to be the higher case pressures of modern ammunition. If they made a 3D gun to an older spec (e.g. 45 Colt revolver cartridge instead of 45 ACP) they would probably have better results.

  20. Re:Killowatts are power, not energy on The Brakes That Stop a 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC · · Score: 1

    Saying power is energy is like saying speed is distance.

  21. Re:Power? on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 2

    The catapults (EMALS) are not railguns, they are essentially linear motors. As I understand they use different effects to operate.

  22. Re:Give 'em your Kool-Aid on Should Microsoft Give Kids Programmable Versions of Office? · · Score: 1

    Qt Creator

    Free, cross platform, open source. Who cares about Microsoft?

  23. Re:Also time to stop on Author Says It's Time To Stop Glorifying Hackers · · Score: 2

    "Timothy McGee" (NCIS), that occasionally needs to hack something to save a life

    The fact that a law enforcement agent breaks the law during the course of their duties should be cause for concern. We have the 4th amendment for a reason. You cannot make an action permissible for one person, while making it illegal for another. That sets up all kinds of trouble.

    Besides, he is rarely saving lives with his actions. The hacking is usually done to catch the perpetrator after the fact as a deus ex machina to move the plot along.

  24. Re:Assassination on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    We're the Russian branch of the Make The NSA Look Bad Front!

  25. Re: Test scores on How Good Are Charter Schools For the Public School System? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then teach them how to write or modify their own games or bake their own pizza. Use a game engine and have them mess around with the physics model. Have them learn some game design/simulation concepts. Learn the chemistry of baking and maybe some small business skills. Put them in the kitchen and see if they can cook better food than the staff.

    There is plenty of opportunity to teach "lazy gamers". Almost all of them want to change something about their favorite game, but our system just tells them to recite the Pythagorean Theorem. No wonder they want to drop out and play video games.