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  1. Re:Zotero is a felony on Mendeley Acquired By Elsevier · · Score: 2

    Zotero doesn't allow you to do bulk downloads. It automatically downloads the pdf relating to the article on the current page but only when you add that article to your database (which requires a click). And I don't even think that option is on by default. At most it saves you a few clicks.

  2. Re:That's his right on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 1

    Sure, but not one that can draw at 30fps.

  3. Re:That's his right on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have the absolute natural right to videotape anything my eye can behold, period.

    That's a weird point. Your eye does not have perfect vision, you do not hold your memories indefinitely and you cannot feed what you see to a computer to be scanned and analyzed forever. It's one thing for you to look at me, it's a whole other thing when your machine does it. I agree that's the way the world is going, but shouldn't we feel sad about it? We can marvel at the technology, and as geeks we do, but seriously? Perfect infinite crowd-funded surveillance? Of everyone and everything? How is that a good thing?

  4. Why 48fps is better on Why The Hobbit's 48fps Is a Good Thing · · Score: 1

    I'm glad they did this. The movie was already too long, at 3 hours. At 24fps it would be 6! 6 hours of things not happening. Brrr

  5. Re:Exactly on File-Sharing For Personal Use Declared Legal In Portugal · · Score: 1

    Also, possession of personal quantities of just about every drug has been decriminalized in Portugal, for about 10 years now. The result has been a decrease in drug use and all associated problems.

    This is a closely-guarded secret held under wraps by the US government, corporate-owned media, Big Pharma, and most especially the sickening for-profit prison corporations. You as a US citizen will NEVER hear about this on the news. Bill Maher should open every show talking about Portugal and compare it US prison statistics.

    Indeed. I must admit that I'm a quite well-educated libertarian-ish American who has been online since the early 90s and find my way to all kinds of alternative media outlets, and yet this is actually the first I've heard of Portugal's drug policy.

    Hell, I'm Portuguese and this is the first time I've heard of Portugal's drug policy.

  6. Re:Good to keep in mind on How the Critics of the Apollo Program Were Proven Wrong · · Score: 1

    Nihilism sure is a crappy life choice. That doesn't mean you're not right, mind you. Just unhappier

  7. Re:Remember that thread from the other day... on Ubuntu NVIDIA Graphics Driver: Windows Competitive, But Only With KDE · · Score: 1

    Biology is based on chemistry, which is applied physics.

    Which is applied mathematics. There's an xkcd reference somewhere in there.

  8. Re:It's not iTunes or Apple, it's RIAA on Bruce Willis Considering Legal Action Against Apple Over iTunes Collection · · Score: 1

    That was very nicely put. Thanks for that!

  9. Re:Tech ignorance is worse than you think on Super Wi-Fi Isn't Really Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Which means the other half is above average?

  10. Re:How Not to be Seen on Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/538/