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  1. Re:Mechanics on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 1

    I can tell you first hand that (Israeli) ladies that are for the first time confronted with an uncircumcised penis love to play hide and seek with the glans :)

  2. Re:Interesting on Frankenstein Code Stitches Code Bodies Together To Hide Malware · · Score: 1

    No sane person will ever be attracted to this site

    Most successful cures started with diagnosis, this should be a good start for recovery.

  3. Re:Sweden in general on Gottfrid Svartholm Warg Arrested In Cambodia · · Score: 1
    Maybe it's a function of the perceived freedom and independence Sweden was associated with for so many years.

    People were under the impression they were allowed to do things that were harder in other places.

  4. Re:Keep it simple: Ice. And lots of it. on Ask Slashdot: Keeping Personal Tech Cool In Extreme Heat? · · Score: 1
    Don't use ice but use something solid and heavy.

    With the exception of some exotic materials the thermal energy stored in a material is related to it's weight.

    The main advantage of an ice is that there is additional energy needed for the solid to liquid transient, something you probably don't want to try with a rock or piece of steel...

  5. Re:Sorry, but... on GNOMEbuntu Set To Arrive In October · · Score: 1
    Kubuntu is just as official as Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu or Edubuntu.

    What you need to set it up and keep it running is distributed via the same repositories and servers where you get the Unity encumbered Ubuntu.

    So Canonical is still spending money on it and I am grateful for it.

  6. Re:Its all about latitude... on New Flat Lens Focuses Without Distortion · · Score: 2

    Hey thanks for introducing me to the concept of latitude, I've been photographing for many years and hadn't heard of it.
    But when I look at raw pictures of my D800 they have significant information hidden in the dark and bright parts of an exposure and with software it can be brought out, effectively lowering the contrast for the whole picture.
    Meaning the limiting factor is the contrast range of the screen or printed media, contrary to our eyes they are not dynamic.

  7. Re:Be as nasty as you want to the Baby Boomers... on Astronaut Neil Armstrong Has Died · · Score: 1
    Because it recorded several thousands of years of human experience?

    And who claimed it was "factually accurate"?

  8. Re:Does Windows 8 have an opt-out feature? on Windows 8 Tells Microsoft About Everything You Install · · Score: 3, Insightful
  9. Re:useless aspect ratio on Sources Say ITU Has Approved Ultra-High Definition TV Standard · · Score: 1
    When I look around parts of Europe I notice an inverse relation between the size of the TV screen and the education of the owner.

    Maybe it's due to space restraints but the concept of a dedicated TV room is over here quite rare.

  10. Re:Great! on Sources Say ITU Has Approved Ultra-High Definition TV Standard · · Score: 1

    Generally the cameraman will take a (very) different shot depending on the resolution and expected screen size the work is destined for.
    Something recorded for a typical (SD) TV program would look odd on a big screen, even when the resolution would be right because it's shot with a relatively narrow view.
    I suppose this UHDTV format will result in more immersion due to use of wider angle shots, the significant centre bit would have even greater detail while a good perifial view would now also be available at the same resolution providing you'd moved your eyes or head.

  11. Re:Oh my God! on Microsoft Unveils First New Company Logo In 25 Years · · Score: 1
    Whow fanboy, ease up and save your tears!

    This is not the rumoured cubistic Apple logo!

  12. Re:It's okay on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    Indeed.

  13. Re:Numbers don't add up? on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    Surely the authors don't claim that 86% of rapes in the U.S. go unreported?

    It might very well be, as a matter of fact it would not surprise me when so few rapes (non consentual sex) go unreported.

  14. Re:And this is tech news on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    That raped woman had her physical integrity broken which even without the social pressures and drama you describe is sufficient reason for her to be seriously hurt, not only physically but also mentally.
    She experienced how she was forced to give up any control what so ever over her own body and dignity, that she was at the mercy of an uninvited person.
    Surely that in itself is good reason to not be surprised her suffering goes well beyond the time the physical act took.

    Of course we should help her build herself up again instead of giving her further guild and grieve.
    But who in his right mind can suggest a woman is not at least to some degree a product of her social environment.

  15. Re:It's okay on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    You seem to forget the implications of the 7th. and 10th. commandments, in the authors day any unwedded woman would be the responsibility of her father or (oldest) brother, 'desiring' her is therefore forbidden.

  16. Re:Net Neutrality is NOT smaller government on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Even before the court's interference all subscribers of the affected ISP (xs4all.nl) were able to use IPv6 where the DNS block doesn't work :)
    No, blocking due to a court order based on infringement of IP rights isn't censorship.

  17. Re:Why is it legal at all? on Judge Rejects Settlement In Facebook Sponsored Stories Case · · Score: 1

    Who's the blasphemer, I live in a Constitutional Monarchy, don't you insult the Queen!

  18. Re:Care to specify which one? on Bill Gates To Develop a Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor With Korea · · Score: 1

    Iran and N Korea have had lots of substantial offers of help with their nuclear program, they routinely dismiss them.
    One of the offers made was that Russia would enrich the needed Uranium.
    Russia is regularly on the receiving end of fundamental Islamic terrorism, all together we can conclude you don't follow the news very much...

  19. Re:My God on Bill Gates To Develop a Revolutionary Nuclear Reactor With Korea · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But is a general rule good enough when the subject includes a nuclear reactor AND Bill Gates?

  20. Re:Why is it legal at all? on Judge Rejects Settlement In Facebook Sponsored Stories Case · · Score: 2
    Why should in this day and age having sex result in getting children?

    I mean like here last year there were on every 1000 teenagers 5 that had a baby, in the USofA it's 64 or so.
    Because I'm pretty sure our teenagers have the same sex drive as in other 1st. world countries this has a lot to do with education.
    Have you instructed your kids on the subject?

  21. Re:Nor am I on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    You are fo full of it, NN has nothing to do with limiting something like torrent traffic.
    Quite the contrary, they are not supposed to distinguish between any sorts of traffic, all is handled equally.
    When a court or legislator deems it necessary to limit or stop a certain type of IP infringement it's easier to mandate right now, NN would only get in the way of the actual filtering.

    You are purposely lying or ignorant to state (American) ISP's are right now not shaping traffic based on content or protocol.

  22. Re:Net Neutrality is NOT smaller government on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    You have a warped vision of society.

    First off, in the examples given the court had every reason to decide as they did, like the government needed to prop up the price of wheat and the guy clearly sabotaged it, however sympathetic I as a farm boy can be to his plans.

    Selling raw milk is a known health hazard, that stands entirely separate from other health hazards like antibiotics resistance.
    The banning of the Pirate Bay in some EU countries has nothing to do with net neutrality or even censorship, it's the outcome (for now) of a simple civil law case driven by the IP-rights holders.

    In a country without NN the ISP's could have used DPI to frustrate the use of bit torrent, because of our NN law they had to find the solution on DNS level and we all know how well that works :)

  23. Re:Which is the only logical stance on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    It sounds you agree with the claim corporations are human.

    The government is there for and of the population, the (human) population consists for 100% of consumers and that's where a government should firstly pay it's allegiance, only secondary with the corporations.

  24. Re:Here's how it works. on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1
    Crap.

    In my country we have net neutrality by law and anyone can start an ISP just like any other company.
    Would an ISP break the NN rules he can be fined and/or shut down like any other company that breaks the law, no special registration needed.
    NN makes deep packet inspection rather pointless so there is a lot less chance the ISP would install such an expensive system, it would serve no purpose.

  25. Re:Two can play on Where the Candidates Stand On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1, Troll

    These are not different networks, they are al IP.
    Of course even under NN rules there is a possibility for an ISP to allot a certain part of their bandwidth for extra services like IPTV or VOIP, it's for a reason called Triple Play.
    But they should not be allowed to restrict the use of other, possibly competing, TV or phone services on the part reserved for internet.

    NN is about opening up, not about restricting.