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  1. A pass of the Turing test should be easy.... on Loebner Talks AI · · Score: 1

    ....easier than a human proving they are human, as many people are artificial enough to fail the test or pass someones programming attempt to pass the test.

  2. Re:python on How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course? · · Score: 0

    Ask Slashdot: How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course?

    Amazing how it seems nobody has yet made the headline connection to this programming language called "BASIC".

  3. Teach how to make millions from spamming on How Should I Teach a Basic Programming Course? · · Score: 1

    ...shrug...

    It'll get their interest, but then don't do it and you'll have taught them the most important lesson that can be taught in computer science.

    bait and switch.

  4. And of course the critical power lines would.... on EMP-Shielded Power Grids Under Development · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... be supporting the governments and their military for which an EMP would most likely come from.

    Just more terrorism from those we pay taxes to.

  5. Knowledge begets knowledge..... on British MoD Stunned By Massive Data Loss · · Score: 1

    And specific knowledge begets its own.

    Isn't it obvious?

  6. A form of protest... on UK Government Says More Spying Needed · · Score: 1

    You know how much Taxes you Pay to the government.

    In the US you file an Annual Tax return.

    Include in that return a Form stating what your taxes are to be spent on, and sign it.

    Spread the word, this is to do. Tell them what you want them to spend your Tax money on, for they obviously do NOT know.

    Other countries, I do not know your tax collection process , but if you have a record of the taxes you pay and who collects the taxes, start with them in communicating what your taxes are to be used for.

    Do not bother or be concerned with what you don't know as there are other tax payers who know what you don't and can chose/communicate what their taxes are to be spent on.

    How well will this effort be listened to?

    For the US, its everyday people who work at the IRS and the word will spread uphill and people have motive to make it happen.....with enough people stating their choice of what their taxes are to be spent on, those who see it will become more and more motivated to move it up hill, etc...

    If you do not state what you want your taxes to be used for, then it can certainly be used for whatever someone else decides to spend your tax money on.
    Maybe these others would spend it on what you want, but they need to know. I believe some of them are called politicians. In the US, current presidential election candidates present a fixed choice of which many don't like either.....however, this isn't about who are you going to vote for, but who ever the winner is, what you want them to do with your tax money.

    Do you want them to spend it on their spying on you?

    Who in this current hell would say yes to that question?

    Besides an exhibitionist.

  7. Re:A self supported dependancy... like drug addict on UK Government Says More Spying Needed · · Score: 1

    A suggestion:

    Choice. The Choice to chose from and honest and genuine list of what is needed and wanted by the people, as to what to spend tax payer money on.
    You pay Taxes, you get to Chose what it is spent on.

    Simple, peaceful, effective. And who would complain without exposing themselves, against such a direction?

    Its clear that by genuinely removing problems you can remove the expenditures of treating the symptoms of the problems. The saving then used to address and resolve the next problem, thereby increasing the ongoing overall savings... etc... to the point of then using the ongoing savings from solving real problems to then improve overall quality fo life of the planets residents.

    Choice.... Where is the CHOICE being honesty and genuinely provided to the people for what their Taxes are being used for?

    Where is it?

  8. A self supported dependancy... like drug addiction on UK Government Says More Spying Needed · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You have to spend tons of money on spying on those who will get pissed off about the tons of money that is being spent on spying, instead of doing far more productive things with the money that those who are being spyed on, would benefit by.

    As an example of what people want vs. the amount of money being spend to support pseudo defense against terrorism. Money that clearly should instead be being used to remove the reasons for any terrorist to exist or have the ability to gain support....

    It is interesting that the current economic ballout of $700 billion is ...... well see the chart at the above link to the then military budget. And note the cost of eradicating small pox from the world, and recall Bush publicly using small pox as a terrorist possibility....

    And the terrorist of 9/11..... a little investigation very strongly points to world stock market manipulation via nickel and dime draining of south east Asia as the main motivating and force behind the terrorism of 9/11. Even Ted Turner publicly said 9/11 was an act of desperation.

    Would you pay for a service that was not working for your benefit? I suspect the answer is NO.
    But you are paying taxes for a service that is not working for your benefit. Why? Because you are being threatened, terrorized to do so.

    Boston Tea Party is history.... we all need an organized "stop paying for a service that are being used against us" effort.
    Its very clear that there is an unhealthy power and money addiction being backed by threat from the government controlled military and police.

    The amount of money being spent today as "protection money" is most certainly criminal in comparison to what it can be better spent on to make this world a lot safer via. making it a better world to live in for everyone. (except for the power, money and war mongers which are less than 1% of the over 6 billion human residents of this planet...)

    A peaceful and effective effort to stop paying for a service that is so clearly and obviously not working. Any suggestions?
       

  9. Re:Gotta wonder.... on Homeland Security's Space-Based Spying Goes Live · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .......would have such a spy satellite seen the mortgage meltdown in time to stop it?
    And if not then what is more important than a 700 billion failure, that the spy system can see in time to stop?

  10. Gotta wonder.... on Homeland Security's Space-Based Spying Goes Live · · Score: 1

    ... if they could have spend the money on something more important....

  11. Support the Declaration of Independance and be ... on Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror List · · Score: 1

    ... considered a terrorist and placed in the terrorist database.

    Seriously.... read it.....

  12. Its time to seriously read the Declaration of .... on A Wikipedia Conspiracy and the Wall Street Meltdown · · Score: 0

    ....Independance and organize a mass public response the government will be forced to take note of and either get the Fu& out or make a serious change.

    And that mass public reaction is to STOP PAYING TAXES. Or would you pay for a service that wasn't working?

  13. Oh OK so this is where we can find the..... on Birth of a New African Ocean · · Score: 1

    ... melting ice cap water.

    and even more important we find out that pulling in water from the salty oceans across alot of land makes teh water much more drinkable.

  14. Well this explains what happened to him. on Steve Fossett's Unfinished Project · · Score: 1

    The water based ETs (The Abyss), took him, to prevent him from proving to the world they exist.

  15. Only under teh condition that China stop...... on Report Says China Will Demand Source Code · · Score: 1

    ... using melamine and other toxic chemicals in not only their exported foods, but their domestic foods.

  16. Seems to me there is plenty of this sort of thing on Microsoft Treating "Windows-Only" As Open Source · · Score: 1

    ...from MS that a website dedicated to it is warranted and worth linking to from everywhere.

  17. Re:Shocking secret of open source on Microsoft Treating "Windows-Only" As Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hmmmm, I discovered something with the latest Ubuntu......I could install it within MS windows and run it.... like an application.

  18. You can write anything of conditions of use.... on An Open Source Legal Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    ... and apply it to anything that can be used and so long as what you wrote doesn't break some other law, its binding. Basic Business Law 101.

    How this judge came to the opposite conclusion is good reason to question the judgments the judge has made on all other cases he has prevailed over.

  19. I KNEW IT!! ha ha ha ... on IBM Wants Patent On Finding Areas Lacking Patents · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... actually this is not a bad idea so long as it is used to support open source rather than to stifle it.

    However, the idea of Open Source As Prior Art being used to help just such a patent or use of such a process as this article is about. It shouldn't supprise anyone that IBM is a contributor to this OSAPA.... And IBM being a huge software patent holder.... uh errr FLOSS supporter...

    Apparently if you try to help improve the patent system and you support software not being patentable, you then risk screwing yourself.

    Stallman was right. The best thing to do is to ignore the patent system as it applies to software. OR Support "End Software Patents", Or better yet help prove Software is not of Patentable nature!

    This way mapping open source software for reuse becomes a clear benefit rather than a risk.

    I too was on the OSAPA list and contributed in support of open source.... as non-patentable Abstraction Physics.

  20. Isn't that change faster then what should be? on Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain · · Score: 1

    So Wall Street collapses and CS interest grows.... all in how many weeks?

    Sure buddy..... I suspect this is just more hype to try and get more CS students.
    Create a non-existent band wagon in the hope a real one will happen?

  21. The news media..... on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... is the voice that can be used to correct falsehoods.

    It is also the voice used to create falsehoods.

  22. Tougher copyrights will improve the web..... on Google Pushes Back Against US Copyright Treaty · · Score: 1

    ....hardon and breast size....

    as the only thing that will be allowed is spam.

  23. Re:All raise their had for turning this into a ... on EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney · · Score: 1

    The invasion of such a massive amount of information for terrorist clues is beyond our processing ability. There was once an underground railroad during teh break from slavery days which used song in the cotton field to pass the word along. Certainly terrorist communications would be at least as wise to hid their communication within common language use, where only the participating parties know what is really meant.

    What the tapping was used for with so the Bush admin. could better know the attitude of Americans so as to know what to say and promote in the media to get the majority of Americans on the bandwagon the war on Iraq for 9/11 or at least know what misinformation to give out to pacify American mentality against what Bush and company wanted to do.

    It wasn't specific information but the more general sampling of the American population and the American spending indicators.

  24. All raise their had for turning this into a .... on EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and VP Cheney · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ...class action suit. /me Raises hand.

  25. Well so much for .... on City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website · · Score: 1

    ...For the People, By the People.