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  1. I think you may have made a bad assumption on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    Its pretty funny actually. Ya might want to backtrack and re-read the conversation. Pay special attention to the capitalization if that helps.

    Silly rabbit.

  2. Who told you about the god or gods? on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    Is this an idea you came up with all on your own? Or did a bunch of people get together to try to convince you of these beings? Did they write books, build temples,and hold ceremonies to convince you of the existence and benevolence of these creatures?
    Are you disbelieving the idea, or the people who told you the idea? The problem is, the people who told you didn't claim credit for the idea. They told you it was the TRUTH.

     

  3. That is very correct on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    Its not much different at all. A "Hard Atheist" may be just as religious and biggoted as any other kind of person devout to their beliefs.

    The real question is: Is there a word for people who "Could care less if there is a god",

    I think the pasta people might be closest to that ideal, but I could never embrace it.

  4. How did I come to this idea? on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 1

    By thinking it through. There is a lot of time to do that when you are an Atheist.

  5. Perhaps Atheism is misunderstood. on Why Atheists Need Captain Kirk · · Score: 0

    People say that Atheism is the disbelief of god, but that is not correct. Atheism is the disbelief of people. By being an Atheist, you are in fact saying; "I dont believe anything that anyone has -ever- said in support of the existence of god'. You are saying: "Those people have been misled or deceived in some way and I dont believe them no matter their opinion, credibility, or station in life."

    Atheism will never be popular or accepted. Because that acceptance would not be reciprocated. Atheists don't believe in people.

  6. So, figure a way to hang on the undercarriage on To Really Cut Emissions, We Need Electric Buses, Not Just Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    The batteries could even have small motorized wheels of their own that allow them to automatically detach from the bus and self-navigate to a charging station. Then a new battery could crawl up under the bus and hoist itself into position and lock-in.

  7. Maybe it is trying to preserve sig figs? on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Strangest Features of Various Programming Languages? · · Score: 1

    Maybe it does not want to promote the number of significant figures that integer represents?

  8. Zombie Processes on You Got Your Windows In My Linux · · Score: 1

    Do current distros (systemd or not) still allow for zombie process to remain in the process table? Does systemD fix that problem now?

  9. Why use drones at all? on Hidden Obstacles For Delivery Drones · · Score: 1

    Drones seem un-necessary. Why the return trip? Why not make the delivery vehicle....a "smart-bomb". A delivery vehicle that could be dropped from a [very] large plane and that descends in a very controlled fall to its destination. Maybe homing in on GPS, or using a small camera.. It would have just enough smarts to control its descent and make adjustments, but be disposable otherwise. Or tough enough to ship back to Amazon by "ground" shipping.

  10. Thanks for the effort you put into your response. on Dell's New Alienware Case Goes to Extremes To Prevent Overheating · · Score: 1

    It looks like a really nice case, but too far outside my "minimalist" envelope. I do need to shake things up though; I haven't built a machine in too long. I need to bring a new one to life.

  11. So why dont cases breathe out the top? on Dell's New Alienware Case Goes to Extremes To Prevent Overheating · · Score: 1

    There were reasons which I cannot seem to remember right now. Fan noise maybe? But why dont cases blow air up?

  12. beta.slashdot.org STOP on Telegram Not Dead STOP Alive, Evolving In Japan STOP · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    beta.slashdot.org STOP
    beta.slashdot.org STOP

    Message repeats at 10 second intervals.

  13. Uber on Where are the Flying Cars? (Video; Part One of Two) · · Score: 1

    Flying Cars. Uber. Flying Cars. UBER! Hmm....

  14. Hmm, the example on that page is interesting on The IPv4 Internet Hiccups · · Score: 1

    So the "compressed IPv6 address" has the low order bits used to reflect an IPv4 address. But I thought the low order bits were going to be MAC address bits in IPv6? The two seem inconsistent.

  15. Are the sites you want to visit ready? on The IPv4 Internet Hiccups · · Score: 1

    If they can't hear/speak IPv6, then the Internet is going to feel like a very big empty room. Everyone needs to change to the new protocol. Everywhere. And IPv4 still has to work. Everywhere.

  16. A standardized interface for changing passwords on DARPA Wants To Kill the Password · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every single site has a different way of giving you a way to change your password. This makes it impossible to write programs to write programs to change your password....like a password manager for instance. Imagine if you could just type in your new password into your password manager program, and it changes all the passwords it manages with one click. They could all be randomly generated and different for every site. Hints, recovery, email addresses, could all be updated with one click. With a history as to the previous versions in case something went south.

    Instead of struggling with writing all the captcha's, and strength meters, and interfaces, and all the CRAP that the every site on the planet does differently. Just standardize the interface and maintenance of passwords. And then standardize the strength of the generator programs. And voila, permanent security that is controlled where it should be: in your hands.

  17. Will sunlight break down the chemicals? on Paint Dust Covers the Upper Layer of the World's Oceans · · Score: 1

    The upper millimeter of the ocean is a very sunny place to be.

  18. The mass of the galaxy seems fundamental on The Milky Way Is Much Less Massive Than Previous Thought · · Score: 1

    But maybe its harder to measure MilkyWay than to measure the mass of other galaxies. Still, they cannot directly measure the mass of anything out there. So they are implying the mass by looking at the light coming from them and from neighboring objects. I would rather look forward to them being proven wrong about their assumptions because we would learn more. Maybe they might learn something that could help us out here on Earth.

    So I prefer to look at theories which challenge the accepted science in the hopes that new discoveries might spark new technologies here at home.

  19. The new Pi has a redesigned power supply on Raspberry Pi-Compatible Development Board Released · · Score: 2

    Maybe that will solve the problems. The form factor is a little different though, so not all the old toys work.

  20. This one is closer on The Milky Way Is Much Less Massive Than Previous Thought · · Score: 1
  21. I am not sure that was what the article said on The Milky Way Is Much Less Massive Than Previous Thought · · Score: 1

    http://www.sott.net/article/28...

    I'm not sure that this is the same article, but it points out new measurements that may force us to alter the speed at very long distances to deal with quantum effects. (attenuation?)

    http://beta.slashdot.org/story...

  22. Start from scratch on The Milky Way Is Much Less Massive Than Previous Thought · · Score: 0

    If they can be that wrong about something so fundamental, then how can they possibly claim to understand things or be right now?

    I read an article recently about scientists saying the speed of light is not constant. Has their new variable speed of light calculation been plugged into all these other cosmology equations? Maybe this dark matter fudge factor would disappear and we would stop being wrong by the 1/2 the mass of a galaxy.

  23. Just a theory, but... on World's Largest Amphibious Aircraft Goes Into Production In China · · Score: 1

    But maybe rising sea levels might begin to threaten some of the airstrips close to the water. Planes like this might be used as a temporary measure to deal with the loss of a tiny airport on the beach that worked until now. Some airstrips terminate in the ocean.

  24. Never watched it on Lenovo Halts Sales of Small-Screen Windows 8.1 Tablets Due To "Lack of Interest" · · Score: 1

    Do the dome people have internet? What is allowed through, under the dome, and what isnt?

  25. Well, they were on the free market... on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 2

    Then they got bought and are no longer on the market.