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  1. Re:Good News on Huge Diamond Deposits Revealed In Russia · · Score: 1

    Sure they could get cheaper, but they'll also be larger and of better quality. The difference would be that your spouse would now demand the diamond that X amount of dollars would buy.

  2. Re:U.S. driver training on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 1

    At the age of 17 I received a license from Pennsylvania. My test had me go through a residential neighborhood no faster than 25 mph. At no point did I go through a stoplight, go on a major freeway, or encounter other traffic.

  3. Re:Rest of the world already ahead on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    German requirements to obtain a license are orders of magnitude more strict than in the States. Safe drivers make safe roads.

  4. From my understanding on Ask Slashdot: Where To Report Script Kiddies and Other System Attacks? · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's nothing anyone can legally do with that information. Weak attempts at breaking in and port scanning are just background noise.

  5. Re:Wait. What? on New Illinois Law Protecting Social Media Rights In the Workplace · · Score: 2

    We don't need government to fix stupidity, we just need an educated public.

    There's this thing called a legislature. People elect other people to go and make laws in the legislature. It makes it easier for people to get things done so they don't have to organize a concerted show of outrage towards companies. Instead they argue the merits of such a law and the elected persons make it so.

  6. Re:Wow on Modest Proposal For Stopping Hackers: Get Them Girlfriends · · Score: 1

    I'm going to take a guess and say that having a significant other means a great reduction in time spent in front of a monitor.

  7. Re:When Egypt or Libya does it, it's bad, of cours on Executive Order Grants US Gov't New Powers Over Communication Systems · · Score: 1

    What about in this election where no one party controls the whole of Congress?

  8. Re:Overall rise on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 2

    Current estimates place global sea level rise of 10ft if the West Antarctic ice sheet were to completely disintegrate

  9. Re:Then wtf am I doing driving this Prius?!? on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    Coal factories in my Prius? All this time I thought it was regenerative braking.

  10. Re:I wonder what happens with volume licenses? on Used Software Can Be Sold, Says EU Court of Justice · · Score: 1

    simple solution: craigslist

  11. Re:Why? You have to ask why? on After Recent US Storms, Why Are Millions Still Without Power? · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other words: cutting costs

  12. Re:Useless submission. on What's To Love About C? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you're not a developer then you don't care about the nuances of C.

  13. Useless submission. on What's To Love About C? · · Score: 1

    How is this news for nerds? We already know this old story.

  14. Better medicine on The Long Death of Fat Clients · · Score: 1

    With the advent of new medical technologies, our nation's obese are being kept alive longer than ever before!

  15. Re:Justice Roberts Gem on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 1

    Roberts mentions that it authorizes Congress to regulate commerce, not force people to engage in it. Filburn was already engaged in the market when he decided to grow his own wheat.

  16. Re:It's no surprise.. on Dotcom Search Warrants Ruled Illegal · · Score: 2

    We've four times had presidents who lost the popular vote.

  17. Re:probably not fast to market on New Manufacturing Technology Enables Vertical 3D Transistors · · Score: 1

    Crushing blow? Won't the read/write limit associated with flash prevent it from eliminating disks?

  18. Re:what are the entertainment options like? on Ask Bas Lansdorp About Going to Mars, One Way · · Score: 1

    A healthy supply of ebooks should keep you busy for the rest of your life on Mars.

  19. Re:Interesting on Google Vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Interviews · · Score: 4, Informative

    Considering that he was offered the job of "Associate Consultant" at Microsoft, I'd say he was interviewing for completely different positions.

  20. Now I know on Chuck Schumer Tells Apple and Google To "Curb Your Spy Planes" · · Score: 1

    Now I know how Streisand felt.

  21. Re:Quintuple play on The U.N.'s Push for Power Over the Internet · · Score: 1

    You're forgetting that the telecommunications industry is an economy of scale. It's cheaper for customers to have a monopoly as long as the company is not charging excessive fees. Remember the Telecom act of 96 that opened up the market to competition? It was still too expensive for many small firms to lease the lines so now we're back to RBOCs.

  22. Re: illegal on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Take On HTTPS Snooping? · · Score: 1

    I doubt that, legally, a server is a legal entity, or counts as a "communicating party".

  23. Re:Maybe patent officers think it's new on Invasive Species Ride Tsunami Debris To US Shore · · Score: 1

    Hence, New World monkeys

  24. Re:There are much better ways to resolve conflicts on Sprint Moves To Eliminate 'Blood Minerals' From Cell Phones · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, forget the protection of workers. Let's just compensate them. "Sorry you lost your home and your hand got cut off for not mining enough. But here's a tent!"

  25. Re:Papers please on VA Governor Wants Military Drones For Police · · Score: 2

    My first guess is to use them in a pinch when tracking down fleeing suspects. I didn't see the kind of drones mentioned, but somehow I doubt it's going to be global hawks. Rather, something to replace helicopters perhaps?