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  1. The car is modified for disabled drivers on Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph · · Score: 1

    The headline and summary is missing vital information: the car has been modified for disabled drivers. Hugh Pickens and Timothy have both practiced bad journalism/editorialism by bringing this article to Slashdot and hiding important facts within the summary.

    Suggestions to shift to neutral, stop the engine and so forth are uninformed as the severity of the modifications are as yet unknown (not published).

  2. Re:which bay would that be? on NASA Planes Fly Over Bay Area To Measure Air Pollution Levels · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Actually, I'd guess from the article this was about the Chesepeake Bay. Everything in it is completely relevant to the East Coast and Virginia.

  3. Re:here we go on Lego Accused of Racism With Star Wars Set · · Score: 2

    Almost interesting question, but it is unrelated. Why? Because establishing a Communist Dictatorship was their goal, not a Atheist Dictatorship, Islamic Dictatorship, Jewish Dictatorship, Hindu Dictatorship, Buddhist Dictatorship, etc.

  4. Re:SEO gone wild on 'Bankrupt' Australian Surgeon Sues Google For Auto-Complete · · Score: 1

    I prefer to Yahoo myself, thank you very much!

  5. Re:I will still use my desktop computer on Intel Leaving Desktop Motherboard Business · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that you believe the price of the components is more important in the design of a machine than whether or not the selected components meet the requirements of the task. Would you also prefer Monster HDMI cables over the Monoprice DVI or HDMI variety for the same reason?

  6. Re:Overpriced on Intel Leaving Desktop Motherboard Business · · Score: 1

    A board that crashes once every 5 years

    Sounds an awful lot like a different kind of fault than

    A board that crashes once every 5 years

  7. Re:Because there's already an LTS Ubuntu: Debian on Canonical Could Switch To Rolling Releases For Ubuntu 14.04 and Beyond · · Score: 1

    I run Debian "unstable" at work. They have frozen it for months now and it will remain that way until the next "stable" release comes out. "Unstable" is running kernel 3.2 and Gnome 3.2. The current kernel is 3.7 and Gnome is 3.2.

    Ergo, Debian "unstable" is not a rolling release nor is it current or "unstable".

  8. Re:Be careful on Canonical Could Switch To Rolling Releases For Ubuntu 14.04 and Beyond · · Score: 2

    They aren't?

    I left Debian because they decided that freezing their rolling release "unstable" branch was needed for many months before their next official release. I switched to Ubuntu 12.10 (an Interim release) and gained improvements in Kernel, GUI, and utilities. If Ubuntu would go with a rolling release, I'd be pleased as punch.

    Some choose LTS for some really reasons. My company (software developer) long stood by Ubuntu 8.04. Now they're regretting that decision. New employees are trying to get an install, but lo-and-behold, none of the servers have the needed updates or packages for that old and now unsupported release. Other issues arise with trying to move to the current LTS 12.04, as none of the software we're working on doesn't compile with the newer libraries.

    Whose fault is that? I blame my company, we depend upon broken anachronisms and aren't putting in the effort to try to stay current (like our customers).

  9. Re:Yay, I think? on Canonical Could Switch To Rolling Releases For Ubuntu 14.04 and Beyond · · Score: 1

    Lies!

    I'm rockin' Debian "unstable" and it is frozen, and has been for some time. No new packages or updates will be accepted until the next Debian release is made, unless they are of a bugfix nature. Gnome 3 is stuck at Gnome 3.2, but Ubuntu 12.10 is rollin' Gnome 3.6, and it behaves much, much better.

    In short, Debian is not a "rollling release" right now, nor is it current, even in the "unstable" branch. God have mercy on those fools who try to work with "stable" or "testing."

  10. Re:Dieter sprake on MS Won't Release Study Disputing Munich's Linux-Switch Savings · · Score: 1

    Kind of gives a new meaning to the "Ballmer Peak."

  11. Re:We could start by ending the double standard. . on Islamist Hackers Shut Down Egyptology Research Journal · · Score: 1

    Thank you for citing examples supporting your argument. Oh, wait.

  12. Re:Noise on Ask Slashdot: What Practices Impede Developers' Productivity? · · Score: 1

    It was kind of hard to explain to the customer with a downed server that we were not celebrating the fact that his server was down by holding an impromptu dance off and banging a gong.

    This is the shit sitcoms are made of!

  13. Re:Stuff that makes a developer wait. on Ask Slashdot: What Practices Impede Developers' Productivity? · · Score: 1

    It needs to be reviewed regularly to make sure the benefit is worth the cost.

    Are you saying there should be some sort of process for managing processes?

  14. Re:Mix on Man Charged With HIPAA Violations For Video Taping Police · · Score: 1

    That's not a public space.

  15. Re:Anonymous has become Batman. on Anonymous Helps Find Evidence In Gang Rape Case · · Score: 1

    I believe there may be more evidence that Anonymous is more frequently held accountable through arrests, prosecutions, and institutionalization than the police.

  16. Re:And still no death penalty for rape on Anonymous Helps Find Evidence In Gang Rape Case · · Score: 4, Insightful

    BTW...there's a big difference between what happened in India which was violent and evil with the intent to harm/kill which went far beyond rape vs the kind of rape that involves having sex with a passed out girl.

    What we have here is a kinder, gentler rape.

  17. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    You aren't paid to have personal liberty. And now these nurses aren't either!

    A job isn't a right. It is giving up something in exchange for money. Usually this means exchanging time and expertise, but there can be other concessions as well.

  18. Re:Shoot down? on German Laser Destroys Targets More Than 1Km Away · · Score: 1

    There's definitely use to destroying an object in a nose dive. For example, if the device is on a ballistic trajectory, you'll separate it into smaller components increasing drag and lessening the damage by spreading it across an area. If it is explosive, you may force the weapon to detonate prematurely, reducing the threat of the explosive. If the device is on a controlled flight path, you remove it's ability to control. If the device is not a missile, but rather a vehicle, you've eliminated the vehicle's ability to deploy arms or perform reconnaissance.

  19. Re:What's the replacement going to be? on US Nuclear Lab Removes Chinese Tech · · Score: 1

    The claim was initially made by AndyKron without supporting evidence. The onus is on him to back up his argument.

  20. Re:Or they could just increase gas tax on Oregon Lawmakers Propose Mileage Tax On Fuel Efficient Vehicles · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is that Imperial gallons or US gallons? They're VERY different!

  21. Re:Great! on EFnet Paralyzed By Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    That really dirty one? You know, THAT one!

  22. Re:C strings strike again! on EFnet Paralyzed By Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    The Intel 8086 included string instructions. It was released in 1978, which puts these instructions back at 34 years ago. Decades? A third of a century ago!!!

  23. Re:20% of nobel prize are jewish.. 0.2% of populat on Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, Nobel Winner, Dies At 103 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There have been studies into this. Normally studies to determine whether one genetically similar group (race, ethnicity, etc) has a predisposition towards advantages in intelligence, athletics, etc. has been looked down upon and stifled. But as studies into hereditary illnesses progressed, it turns out that some illnesses bring advantages. For example, sickle cell anemia brings a resistance to malaria. Another example is Tay-Sachs, a debilitating neurological disorder that usually brings about childhood death and is more common amongst Ashkenazi Jewish persons, however carriers of a Tay Sachs gene without the disease have an average of a couple IQ points bump.

    A couple IQ points is nothing tremendous, mind you. The average Tay-Sachs carrier is going to be just as average as everyone else, but on the high end of the normal curve, you'll find there will be an over-representation of Jews to the other ethnicities. This may explain in some part the effect you've seen. It should also be noted that there is a large many Jewish Nobel Prize Laureates and other persons of note who do not share the faith (Einstein, Feynman, Asimov, Edward Teller, etc), so conversion will only likely fill your mind with things that bring no value towards life successes.

    Here's a Wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jewish_intelligence

  24. Re:I'll auto-Godwin myself on China's Controversial Brain Surgery To Cure Drug Addiction · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Lack of GOOD alternatives.

    The political landscape is dictated by who has money, usually money coming from external sources with political interests.

  25. Re:Initialism on Ada 2012 Language Approved As Standard By ISO · · Score: 1

    Amusingly, yes. The language standard adhered to is to capitalize each word AND separate words by underscores. To make matters a little more "interesting", the language is case-insensitive, so the capitalization is only a (unnecessary, imo) luxury for the reader.