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  1. Re:Almost... on Artificial Wombs In the Near Future? · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure they already sell those...

  2. Re:I don't understand on Artificial Wombs In the Near Future? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not so much a baby shortage as a baby distribution issue. Same with food, water, and most other essentials. We have enough for everyone, it's just some places have so much they waste it whereas other places have severe shortages.

  3. Re:This is simply collecting existing data on Google Patents Guilt-By-Association · · Score: 4, Funny

    I misread that as "Species 8472 +1 LIKED your shallow narcissistic plea for assimilation"

  4. Re:iPhone 4s? on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 2

    Wait, so you want to compare one model (GSIII) against two models (4S + 5)? That would seem to skew the numbers even more. If you're going to go that route, do all Samsung phones vs all Apple phones or all Android vs all iOS, etc.

  5. Re:The Galaxy S III is nice, but.... on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, the fact that this is the top seller implies that maybe, just maybe, bigger displays and more powerful hardware isn't necessarily what sells phones.

  6. Re:New dinosaur!? on New Dinosaur Named After the Eye of Sauron · · Score: 0

    In the context of archeology/paleontology, "new" usually means "newly discovered" or "newly classified". Same for astronomy, geology and other fields that deal with time on a scale that makes the whole of human civilization the blink of a Sauroniops's eye.

  7. Re:Uh... on The Web Won't Be Safe Or Secure Until We Break It · · Score: 4, Informative

    So they're... apps. People have been calling them apps long before the mobile market started calling them apps.

  8. Re:Fears of Self-Driving Cars on GM Brings IT Dev Back In House; Self-Driving Caddy In the Works · · Score: 1

    From a passenger's perspective, they have just as much control in an Airbus as they do in a Cessna - zero. It's that lack of control (as a passenger) that makes people nervous when flying that is analogous to being a passenger in a self-driving car.

  9. Re:Fears of Self-Driving Cars on GM Brings IT Dev Back In House; Self-Driving Caddy In the Works · · Score: 2

    I was involved in a big debate about this. A lot of people said that even if self-driving cars were proven to have a fraction of the accident rate of human drivers, people still wouldn't trust them because of those few times something *could* go wrong. It makes no logical sense, but I suppose it's similar to flying in an airplane (which is also significantly safer than driving, statistically) - it's that lack of control that's the scary part. If something goes wrong, you want to be the one controlling it.

  10. Re:One good reason for a landline on Is It Time To Commit To Ongoing Payphone Availability? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You also need to remember to keep a non-cordless phone around to use with it. If the power is out and all you have is cordless (as many people do these days), you're still out of luck.

  11. Slashdot too on PayPal, Symantec Hacked In Anonymous November 5 Hacking Spree · · Score: 5, Funny

    They also tried to deface Slashdot by correcting the spelling of "Symnatec", but the Slashdot editors kept them at bay.

  12. Re:Undecoded? on WW2 Carrier Pigeon and Undecoded Message Found In Chimney · · Score: 1

    I suppose if it were plain text, then it could be undecoded without being encoded.

  13. Re:News? on Judge To Newspaper - Reveal Name of Commenter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, because if I were on trial, I'd want a bunch of morons on the jury. Only idiots brag about getting out of jury duty. The idea is that you approach it as a civic duty and you hope to hell your jury members do too if you're ever on trial.

  14. Re:Dangrous precident on Judge To Newspaper - Reveal Name of Commenter · · Score: 2

    If you remove the Internet from the equation, how does it look?

    A credit card was used at Location X and the card is suspected to belong to John Doe, who is not lawfully allowed at Location X. The police request enough information to determine whether the card belonged to John Doe or not. If the card does not belong to John Doe, the matter will be dropped. If it does belong to John Doe, then the matter will be pursued as a violation of John Doe being at Location X unlawfully, but the credit charge itself is perfectly legal and will not be held against John Doe other than as evidence of being at Location X.

  15. Re:News? on Judge To Newspaper - Reveal Name of Commenter · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not about his speech act. It has absolutely nothing to do with what he said or where he said it. However, the act of posting may be evidence that he broke other rules/laws unrelated to speech - anonymous or otherwise.

  16. Re:I'm still waiting... on Curiosity Finds Volcanic Soils · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty sure that was their main reason for equipping it with a laser.

  17. Re:Even more naturally... on China Building a 100-petaflop Supercomputer Using Domestic Processors · · Score: 1

    But only Red Flag Linux

  18. Re:GIF on Camera Technique Captures New View of Space & Time · · Score: 0

    An animated GIF is a single file made up of several images... not a single image

  19. It depends on what "punishing" means. If it's in the form of bandwidth restrictions, traffic filtering, etc then I'd say it's well within the ISP's rights as long as its disclosed to the TOS or something similar. Fines and fees would be toeing an uncomfortable line. Dispatching agents to administer lashings would be a bit over the line but more in line with the RIAA's standard operating procedure.

  20. Re:Why disagreeing with Richard Dawkins isn't rape on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you really want to get that tattooed on you? People might think you have a Bachelor of the Arts in English and that would be embarrassing.

  21. Re:divine punishment on Hurricane Sandy Nears East Coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, we're being rewarded by having very mild storms compared to many of the other planets in our solar system.

  22. Re:why not a simple rocket on Paintball Pellets As a Tool To Deflect Asteroids · · Score: 1

    It's been mentioned quite often... probably why it's no longer considered news

  23. Re:Ripe for competition? on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    There's a big difference in usability between a simple noise amplifier and a properly tuned hearing aid. Something that just amplifies any noise is almost useless as a hearing aid. And as I said, there;s already plenty of hearing aids in the sub-$1000 market without an audiologist. Furthermore, ear molds are on the way out. My last pair has a different setup that doesn't use earmolds - it's a lot more comfortable as it allows airflow to the ear while wearing them.

  24. Re:Does it make a difference? on Green Grid Argues That Data Centers Can Lose the Chillers · · Score: 1

    Our server room is typically kept at 74 to 76 degrees. We've had a few close calls over the summer where the ambient temp got above 84 and some of the machines just up and froze or shut down (mostly the older gear... newer stuff does seem to handle heat better). As the room temp rises, the internal temperatures rise too - some processors were reporting temps near the boiling point.

  25. Re:Ripe for competition? on Why Can't Industry Design an Affordable Hearing Aid? · · Score: 1

    There are a number of competitors already out there. The problem is they don't come with the support of an audiologist, which is more than half the cost. The ability to keep going back for unlimited adjustments, professional cleanings, reduced repair rates, etc. It's not always worth it, but you are paying for a lot more than just the physical device.