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  1. Re:Genius judge on Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are plenty of paid internships out there already. The paid internships are actually much more likely to get the student a real job after college, too. Also remember that the students are still paying tuition for the credit hours their internship earns them.

  2. Re: Someone start a defense fund on USA Calling For the Extradition of Snowden · · Score: 1

    I think the majority still want everyone else to pay taxes.

  3. Re: 1.7tb of stuff.. on Hacker Releases 1.7TB Treasure Trove of Gaming Info · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but when he gets arrested and the key is released it will be pretty awesome to have the file already.

  4. Re:Wait, what? on Cometary Impacts May Have Provided Key Elements of Life · · Score: 1

    So all those other peoples found it first, and then said 'No need to follow up'.

  5. Re:"If ... would ... presumably ... don't appear t on American Targeted By Digital Spy Tool Sold To Foreign Governments · · Score: 1

    I'm inclined to believe that Turkey may be responsible here. Remember, these aren't actors capable of writing their own spyware. They simply bought a package from someone else and, presumably, put in their email address where it called for an email address in configuration. Hanlon's razor.

  6. XBox wants to die on Can Microsoft Survive If Windows Doesn't Dominate? · · Score: 1

    I get the impression that Microsoft really wants the XBox to fail. The new XBox is going to a DRM heavy no used games model [http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-always-on-drm-used-games-faq/]. I'm sure they could have run a few focus groups and realized how much they are going to destroy their relationship with gamers, so I can only surmise that they really just don't care about continuing dominance in the game market.

    Seeing them treat one of their bigger successes in this way really leaves me dumbfounded when it comes to their long term strategy.

  7. Catchphrases on World of Warcraft Film Shooting Begins Early 2014 · · Score: 2

    I really hope the catchphrase during the advertising of this movie is LEEROY JENKINS

  8. So now, after all these years, Sneakers finally starts to look implausible. Not because of some dramatic change in technology, but because computer dating services discredit the antagonist.

  9. If an OK data center can withstand 300MPh winds, what can a good data center withstand?

  10. Overclocking potential on Intel Haswell CPUs Debut, Put To the Test · · Score: 1

    I don't know what the OP is talking about saying it has only the same overclocking potential.

    The -K series has unlocked the base clock multiplier allowing it to be set up to 166MHz without destabilizing the other controllers on the die. This should allow for considerably more fine-tuning.

    Also, the theoretical maximum overclock is 8GHz (80x100MHz, 64x125MHz, or 48x166MHz). 4.6GHz may still be a reasonable goal for an air cooled system, but there is certainly more potential.

  11. Re:Prior Art - ATM? on Kim Dotcom Wants Money From Google, Twitter For 2-Factor Authentication · · Score: 1

    1992- Swipe card. My voice is my passport, verify me. Is that prior art here?

  12. New Golden Age of PC Gaming on Paul Thurrot Predicts November Debut, $500 Tag For Xbox 720 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's my hope that the over the top DRM on consoles will push ever more people back to PC gaming. Sure there is DRM on PCs, but cracked versions inevitably turn up. http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/04/26/1318214/paul-thurrot-predicts-november-debut-500-tag-for-xbox-720#With consoles making a crack isn't so easy.

  13. I still like my mouse on HP To Package Leap Motion Sensor Into — Not Just With — Some Devices · · Score: 3, Informative

    While I appreciate what was said in the video, I can't imagine that I'd ever prefer leap motion, or even touch screens, over a mouse. It all boils down to the physical exertion of lifting my arm to perform input vs resting my arm on a desk and lightly moving my wrist. I can overcome intuitive input by learning to use a less intuitive system, but I will never overcome more physically exertive systems being more physically exertive.

    I recall hearing that Chefs learn to manipulate a whisk with their wrist because the smaller muscles are less tiring in the long run, even though it's more natural to want to use your shoulder and arm to perform the action. This seems to be analogous to these new input styles.

  14. Only 250 miles to the ISS on European Researchers Propose Quantum Network Between Earth and ISS · · Score: 2

    While the ISS may be only 250 miles above the ground, I can't imagine they only intend to do tests when the ISS is directly above the transmitter. I suspect the journalist completely failed at understanding the spatial relationship between a space station and a spot on the ground.

  15. Travel Adivsory on Man Accused of Selling Golf Ball Finders As Bomb Detectors · · Score: 4, Funny

    Travelling Golfers should be aware that the TSA (or UK equivalent) may not take kindly to the presence of Golf Balls in your luggage.

  16. Re:DRM is the least of the problems... on EA Offering Free Game to Users After SimCity Launch Problems · · Score: 1

    They took what is inherently a single player game and turned it into social networking garbage.

    Funny, what I remember from Sim City 4 was that the one key use of regions was off-loading your trash to a neighbor. Now you have multi-player regions, so social networking your garbage sounds exactly right.

  17. Not Evil on Google Will Cut 1,200 More Jobs At Motorola Mobility · · Score: 1, Troll

    Buying companies to gut them and fire the employees is not evil, otherwise Google would never do it.

  18. Re:Wrong lesson. on SimCity 5: How Not To Design a Single Player Game · · Score: 2

    How can you hate MOO3 so much? It's one of the all time top 10 games released in February 2003.

  19. Re:Cable Replacement on Time Warner Cable: No Consumer Demand For Gigabit Internet · · Score: 1

    I don't believe Netflix offers their super HD service to TWC customers. At an initial glance their website didn't mention TWC, but it did have an 'and more.'

    Also, as if often the case with cable, if your neighbors were doing the same thing you wouldn't have such a nice experience. There is drastic difference in quality of cable internet depending on where you live.

  20. Cable Replacement on Time Warner Cable: No Consumer Demand For Gigabit Internet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course TWC customers don't need that much bandwidth. Right now the amount of bandwidth they'll give you is generally not enough to stream HD video reliably. This would be a problem for many people, but since their customers all subscribe to cable it clearly doesn't affect them. Streaming 1080p video to multiple devices simultaneously over the internet would kill their core business. Bias is expected.

  21. Change Password on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Brute force attacks take time, lots of time. Just start changing your key every week and he will probably go away. Having your computer run 96 hours to get a password that then changes 72 hours later just isn't worth it, even for a criminal. If he keeps at it then someone just enjoys the challenge, and you should hunt them down just for the mystery.

  22. Re:Sucks, I guess, on The Only, Lonely Protester at CES (Video) · · Score: 1

    Car companies don't sell parts to independent repair shops. They sell parts to dealers who then go on to resell them to independent repair shops.

  23. I bet this is immensely helpful... on Accessorize Your Phone With Another Phone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... for calling your phone when you misplace it.

  24. Re:Did they give him an anal probe? on How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer · · Score: 1

    Searching the spectators would hardly be relevant. Spectators are generally not allowed to use electronic devices in the tournament hall. If someone was coming in, looking at a board, and walking out every move the tournament directors would notice and investigate. Chess tournaments usually have a small army of directors.

  25. Re:Did they give him an anal probe? on How Do You Detect Cheating In Chess? Watch the Computer · · Score: 2

    They didn't really even perform a strip search. He voluntarily removed his shirt and they checked his pockets. A crotched phone would have sufficed.