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  1. Re:It already found its place. on Figuring Out the iPad's Place · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and all that waking up takes a whooping 1s, during which I can already start doing something else.

    I quite don't see the purpose of getting notifications on a device I am not looking at anyway, but I'll grant you that one. I don't care but maybe it's important to someone.

  2. Re:Which way is the wind blowing today? on Washington Files First Consumer Protection Lawsuit Over Kickstarter Fraud · · Score: 1

    What about a case of the government coming at the right time, after the fact so as not to stifle innovation, but before the problem has grown like a monstrous chancre ?

  3. Re:It already found its place. on Figuring Out the iPad's Place · · Score: 1

    Any decent laptop is always on too, these days.

  4. Tying stock values and money valuation on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    This proposal would make bitcoins a catastrophic currency. When stock market crash, money value crash too, so instant deflation trap, lovely.

  5. Re:Triple dipping? on Netflix Confirms Deal For Access To Verizon's Network · · Score: 1

    It's Europe, not Africa.

  6. Re:Ukraine on Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure · · Score: 1

    from the inside ?

  7. Re:Snowden never had integrity on Snowden Queries Putin On Live TV Regarding Russian Internet Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Amusingly, the entire Crimean plan is in the Wikileaked documents from 3yrs ago.

  8. Re:Useful Idiot on Snowden Queries Putin On Live TV Regarding Russian Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Watch 5 minutes of Russia Today. Fox News is fair and balanced, in comparison.

  9. Re:Medicalizing Normality on Continued Rise In Autism Diagnoses Puzzles Researchers, Galvanizes Advocates · · Score: 1

    I retract that statement. I have no proof to support the claim. Unfortunately Slashdot doens't let one edit.

  10. Re:Medicalizing Normality on Continued Rise In Autism Diagnoses Puzzles Researchers, Galvanizes Advocates · · Score: 1

    Homosexuality is not genetic.

    Autism is linked to genetic (probably not only, but having relatives diagnosed increases one risk of having affected children).

  11. Re:ogahdno on Comcast To Buy Time Warner Cable In $44.2 Billion All-Stock Deal · · Score: 1

    They do that anyway, so what.

    At this point, we have an effective private monopoly. This merger should not have been allowed (actually wires and service should be split, like it is in Europe).

  12. Re:Range anxiety isn't really rational on Tesla Touts Cross-Country Trip, Aims For World Record · · Score: 1

    European union has enforced a norm. So you could expect that this will become somewhat pervasive. Except if USA decides to come up with its own norm as usual.

  13. Re:Don't want a legitimate account on Microsoft Researchers Slash Skype Fraud By 68% · · Score: 1

    You missed the point.

    Your credit score being 830 makes you a successful member of society, by definition.

    A low credit score is a verdict, you are a looser and a loner, true or not, it doesn't matter, the consequences are the same for you.

  14. Turn the question in the right direction on Why Do Projects Continue To Support Old Python Releases? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why doesn't the new version of Python interpreter support older dialects ?

  15. Re:Visitors not welcome on US Customs Destroys Virtuoso's Flutes Because They Were "Agricultural Items" · · Score: 1

    There's a machine for that.

  16. Yes and? on Scientific Data Disappears At Alarming Rate, 80% Lost In Two Decades · · Score: 1

    How is that different from the previous state of affairs?

    Before digital age, Scientists would have work booklets that would get lost or destroyed when they change job, or when they become too numerous.

    Drawning in an overflow of data is about as useful as having no data at all. It could be argued that forgetting is actually a good thing that puts forward important matter, those that we care to keep because they are valuable. Sure, some valuables get lost in the process, but anyway, who would go sort trough all data they ever generated, even if they had them available forever?

  17. Re:Everybody happy with iOS7 jailbreak? on Apple Pushes Developers To iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    IOS6 had a pretty poor UI design as well. It might have been prettier (subject to taste) but it was not very usable either. The poor state of affairs is that there is probably something to learn from Windows 7 at this point, in terms of interface consistency and logic.

    Now, as for being pretty and everything, as long as it is not ugly, I am happy. IOS7 is not pretty, but its not ugly, so whatever.

  18. Re:Music and muzack... on Ask Slashdot: Can Digital Music Replace Most Instrumental Musicians? · · Score: 1

    You may want to listen to better recordings on better quality hifi gear. Classical music is stunning when listened properly. Certainly not blend.

  19. Re:We vote on leaders not lightbulbs on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 1

    They come as a gas/powder and can be inhaled when the bulb break, which makes them a stronger hazard than the low concentration contamination in fish.

    On another node, it is not advised to eat fish at every meal because of, wait for it, potential mercury poisoning.

  20. Just the tip! on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 1

    It is just the tip, it doesn't count!

  21. Re:Get it now on Venezuela: Cheap Television Sets For All! · · Score: 1

    To be fair, there is a way. Cut on quality, deliver less, and meet the new price target. A fridge is not rocket science, it can be made for -very- cheap. Additional gadgets like wireless connectivity and other crap can be removed (anyway these are margin makers, they don't cost nearly as much as what they retail for). Insulation padding can be reduced (operative cost will be higher, but the price point will be met). Etc.

  22. Re:Google should just drop France on French Court Orders Google To Block Pictures of Ex-F1 Chief Mosley · · Score: 0

    Sure, Google should just drop the 4th largest market in the world, sounds reasonable.

  23. Re: Fine. on French Court Orders Google To Block Pictures of Ex-F1 Chief Mosley · · Score: 0

    This kind of nonsense is prevalent in every country (the us is certainly not the last in this type of behavior). As a matter of fact, have you read the court order, because I would be surprised that a French court would not be careful about jurisdictional extent of the order.

    And also, almost all companies have a French subsidiary, and France is receiving more investment money than most other OECD countries. But keep enjoying your misconceptions, "there is no such word as entrepreneur in French" and all that.

  24. Re:Thank goodness on US Government Shutdown Ends · · Score: 1

    BS. The death panel are sitting in the private insurance offices. They are the people that deny you coverage after you have paid your premiums for 20 years /wo any serious illness. They are not in Obamacare, that has no public insurer, remember.

  25. Re:What could go wrong? on Weaponized Robots Could Take Point In Future Military Ops · · Score: 1

    I would even add that democracy ends when the army has no remorse shooting its people for unjust reasons. Robots are very obedient.