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  1. Often, there is no grand conspiracy on FBI: North Korean Hackers "Got Sloppy", Leaked IP Addresses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sometimes, Occam's razor comes to bear.

  2. Re:Let's ban all guns! on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1
    GP is likely from France.

    Automatic weapons are available for legal ownership in the US with a special permit.

    Last time I checked in the south of America, if quasi-legal acquisition was your goal, you could get them pretty easily if money was no object.

  3. Re:Laywood on Hands On With MakerBot's 3D-Printed Wood · · Score: 1
    Cross-linking of the added material would (seemingly) be essential for the finished product to benefit from a material's properties, such as strength, flexibility, and durability.

    Though not particularly helpful with wood or non-ferrous metals, a future generation 3D printer may well align bits of injected ferrous metals by creating a simple magnetic field.

  4. Re:No shit! on Beware Headlines Saying Chocolate Is Good For You · · Score: 2
    As well as the majority of disease-ridden microbes.

    After sanitary water (chlorination, et al), cooking food reigns supreme as the alpha contributor to human longevity.

  5. surprise, surprise, surprise on Beware Headlines Saying Chocolate Is Good For You · · Score: 1
    It was too good too be true, anyway.

    The reigning rule of thumb is if it tastes really good, it's bad for you.

    If it's good for you, it doesn't taste really good.

  6. Yoda! Clearly Ganesha minus two arms and a trunk.

    Another Western plagiarism of Indian prior art.

  7. Upper or lower case zero? on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 1
    Given the Indians grasp of all things internet,

    it is not at all surprising that innovations by the many have stolen from them been.

  8. Re:Non-paywalled version on Experiments Create Particles Out of a Vacuum Using Neutrinos · · Score: 3, Funny
    Right.

    If you keep that shit up, people will start skipping the articles entirely.

  9. Re:Plant Recognition on What Isn't There an App For? · · Score: 1
    One better: How about an app for picture recognition?

    Snap, save, and sexy robot voice telling me, That's a seat and spring from a pre-1972 Delta.

  10. Re:If 95% of great programmers aren't in the U.S. on If the Programmer Won't Go To Silicon Valley, Should SV Go To the Programmer? · · Score: 1
    It doesn't matter how high a duck flies,

    you can always break a window with a hammer.

  11. Re:They want you there... on If the Programmer Won't Go To Silicon Valley, Should SV Go To the Programmer? · · Score: 1

    They talk a great game, but they produce little to nothing.

    I wonder if the two skills are generally mutually exclusive.

    Any thoughts?

  12. It's new to me on Doxing -- Something To Expect More of In 2015 · · Score: 2
    One of the tantalizing perks of Slashdot, for me, is that I regularly run across something here I am unfamiliar with.

    Bonus round... doesn't happen that often at work or play or grocery shopping.

    The trick is to embrace an unsettled World view.

  13. Re:Animals love to drink on Study: Birds Slur Their Songs When Drunk, Just Like Humans · · Score: 1
    That or perhaps a math deficiency...

    A difficulty with their division?

  14. Sometimes the handwriting's on the wall... on 2014: Hottest Year On Record · · Score: 1

    Could it be the literacy rate?

  15. Re:Great. Bat Genocide Incoming on Ebola Patient Zero Identified, Probably Infected By Bats · · Score: 1

    Not true.The Angolan free-tailed bats that are suspect in this ground zero case are frequently eaten by locals.

  16. Re:old news on Ebola Patient Zero Identified, Probably Infected By Bats · · Score: 1
    I read about this on ScienceMag's website. The tree that was previously home to a large bat colony was burned before it could be studied, and the researchers identified the bat species by examining droppings. It was said to be a popular play place for village children.

    Though not referenced in that article, I can't help imagining a correlation was made from the large bat population (and guano) at Kitum Cave on Mt Elgin.

  17. Re:Not that I have anything to worry about but on When FISA Court Rejects a Surveillance Request, the FBI Issues a NSL Instead · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If I received a NSL and I were in the mind to ignore it to whom should that hypothetical me send that NSL to in order to get maximum press coverage before being shuffled off to prison?

    Would a NBC or a CNN publish it?

    Apathy is really just conceding the other side has already won.

    Courts have ruled against them, admittedly in smallish numbers, but it has happened. In 2004, the US District Court for Southern NY ruled the Patriot Act's requirement that a respondent file a secret lawsuit in 10 days was ruled unconstitutional. This required Congress to redo the Act to allow 10 days response time to appeal by fax.

    In 2008, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in NY ruled that a provision absolving the FBI from having to justify a gag order in court was also, you guessed it, unconstitutional. Google has many more examples, if you're of a mind.

    An NSL comes with all the implied intimidation and dread of a certified letter from the IRS. Follow either blindly at your own behest, or fight if you want to... it's not merely rumor that you still have options.

  18. Other Tech Already Infiltrating Homes' Privacy on Doppler Radar Used By Police To Determine Home Occupancy · · Score: 5, Interesting
    This internet of things craze leads me to believe law enforcement will be able to determine not just if, but who is home from a desktop on the other side of the World.

    Nest-type thermostats, entertainment streaming, alarm systems, and the beat (down) that is voluntary surrender of privacy goes on.

  19. Snowden. For making the tinhatters correct. on Slashdot Asks: The Beanies Return; Who Deserves Recognition for 2014? · · Score: 4, Interesting
    If you recall the World before the revelations began, though the subject was touched on in movies and forums such as this, it was not recognized as a foregone conclusion by hoopleheads until his information dissemination began.

    Like him or not, call him hero or traitor... there is no way 'round observing the sowing of universal mistrust of governments he has instilled in our populace.

  20. Re:What's the real story? on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 1

    Yes, you are being paranoid, but Paranoia grants a 10% bonus to chance to detect stealthed enemies...

    ...and a 60% bonus chance of suffering from irritable bowel.

  21. Re:What about "The Day After Roswell" book? on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 1
    I enjoyed X-Files as much as the next bloke, but the reality is the size of the universe alone could preclude visits from other sentient life forms.

    Great filter dogma aside, there very well could be advanced, universe-exploring civilizations that are mathematically unlikely to visit earth.

  22. Re:Skeptical on CIA on UFO Sightings: 'It Was Us' · · Score: 2

    Indeed. Just as any random assertion posted nom de guerre is inferred to have been made by an accomplished expert in the field at hand.

  23. What he's doing is Not illegal on United and Orbitz Sue 22-Year-Old Programmer For Compiling Public Info · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nonetheless, the 22 year old founder cannot weather the legal storm that the duo of billion dollar corporations can wage out of petty cash.

  24. In all likelihood, that's what happens to life forms that perfect AI.

    Humans: 1st they're creators, then observers, and finally pets.... at least we play a role, eh?

    Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

  25. Re:Sony blaming everything on hackers.... on Sony PlayStation Network Back Up Now, Supposedly · · Score: 1
    I'm a confidant of a girl who's cousin's uncle is an expert,

    so I have it on quasi-reputable authority.