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  1. Also does't own a drawing compass. on Putting a MacBook Pro In the Oven To Fix It · · Score: 1

    Or a piece of string. Or a paper clip.

  2. I'm a Catholic and a scientist. on Science Cannot Prove the Existence of God · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's not that hard. Somehow I make sure that I use the science part to understand the physical world and not poison living things or get hit by a bus, and I simultaneously use the spiritual part to understand people can behave and how to treat them better. But I don't make the mistake of using science to worry about which bed linens might be Jesus' and I don't use the religion part to pray my way out of jams or explain why butterflies look nice. I know science is always subject to new data, and that the Bible was a milleniums-long game of telephone (OT) and written by at least four people each with an agenda (NT). So take it all with a grain of salt and read for deep meaning - it's not a day planner.

  3. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. on 10 Years In, Mars Rover Opportunity Suffers From Flash Memory Degradation · · Score: 1

    Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid.

  4. No. If you can drink beer and smoke on Should Video Games Be In the Olympics? · · Score: 1

    while competing then no, it is not athletics.

  5. Re:So, the sum of humanity's problems ... on The World Is Not Falling Apart · · Score: 2

    Many of those are in fact due to the behavior of individuals - deciding who gets money and who gets water, food, fuel, space and time. Humans interact on an individual level first, and lots of that gets lost when you believe an entire corporation is functionally (not just for the original narrow purpose of legal liability) is a person. We do not have a food problem on this planet. We have a distribution problem. That means a network isn't working, and that network is at its core made of individuals.

  6. Ok... on The World Is Not Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    Don't think Stephen is under any illusions about those are tradeoffs - but then given the numbers, it's up to each individual to decide if they're worth it. There are also people who imagine the world could be Burning Man with better cell service, and that also has unforeseen consequences.

  7. Why we need coders. on Many DDR3 Modules Vulnerable To Bit Rot By a Simple Program · · Score: 0

    "just two memory reads with special relative offset and some cache control instructions in a tight loop" Yuh hurt yer what?

  8. Really? Proof-of-concept run requires this much on NASA 'Emails' a Socket Wrench To the ISS · · Score: 1

    snark and terminal dissection? It's a first shot at something useful-ish. There's plenty of small parts on the ISS that could benefit from sooner-than-resupply-mission times.

  9. Seeing as it's Texas... is it "discrete mesquite"? on Apple and Samsung Already Working On A9 Processor · · Score: 1

    There's probably a better pun there somewhere but it's been a long day.

  10. My mother will be so disappointed. on How Identifiable Are You On the Web? · · Score: 1

    Turns out I'm only one in 22,473. Maybe if I switch to Firefox I can once again be 1 in a million...

  11. Doc Martin yes. As Time Goes By no. on Proposed Theme Park Would Put BBC Shows On Display · · Score: 1

    Just put Doc in the park infirmary. Think of the money saved.

  12. Mostly I want to know on Computer Error Grounds Flights In the UK · · Score: 1

    who kicked the power cord out of the wall or failed to renew the license for Excel because you know, you can use Excel for any data challenge you're not willing to research. i.e., "Computer glitches" are notoriously hard to pin down and are a great diversionary tactic.

  13. Re:Strunk & White Rolling Over... on Book Review: Spam Nation · · Score: 1

    It raises the question. We are now in the midst of reconfiguring the meaning of a (very useful) phrase just because some people can't remember that "raise" and "beg" are two different words.

  14. Fatal flaw was that Uber biz model on Uber Banned In Delhi After Taxi Driver Accused of Rape · · Score: 1

    seems to think the whole world is made of west coast techno-hipsters with Foresters and just a hint of a schedule to stick to.

  15. Patent attorney spotted at local aquarium. on Electric Eel Shocks Like a Taser · · Score: 1

    Film at eleven.

  16. Good. on New Effort To Grant Legal Rights To Chimpanzees Fails · · Score: 2

    This was nonsense to get as far as it did.

  17. Because missed / excused local PD work? on Obama Offers Funding For 50,000 Police Body Cameras · · Score: 2

    For the most relevant example to this funding, go read the detailed incident reports Darren Wilson wrote about the Michael Brown incident, or the mandated ones from the Ferguson PD. Oh wait, you can't, since they contain little more than time and date and statement that there was a shooting, and were done too long after the incident. With an event like this, where the documentation is all but nonexistent - for whatever reason - cameras provide a more-reliable narrative. Wish it weren't so, but it is.

  18. Well, thanks a lot. on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    I had just entered an extended period of relative calm in dealing with the concept of regular old blame, and then you have to plant the mindworm of "It means that something you do today causes something to have happened several days ago." Great. All hands - brace for therapy bills.

  19. ^^^ This. Thanks. on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    Well put. (Already commented so no mods at hand)

  20. No publication matches the old SciAm. on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    They had a particular mix of hitting a HS reading level (most mass market periodicals are 6th grade) and picking the right people to re-explain the essence of things. Just engaging and challenging enough, with Gardner thrown in to remind you to be human about it all. Think Atlantic Monthly for STEM. For me, WIRED comes the closest, if you can ignore the occasional hipster-cool slant and vertigo-inducing layout.

  21. "It's all theory work." Even theoretical on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 2

    physicist have to eat. And raise families and live like civilized people who have actual lives. This of course is incomprehensible to some US TV viewers who suspect that Big Bang Theory is just slightly not a documentary. People are as amazed watching Tyson and Hawking hold their own on Colbert or Oliver a if they had just seen a talking squirrel. So it'll be an uphill slog for a while here. It takes money for faculty positions and the time to do the work. Einstein's work was pure theory until it was tested, but you never get to test it unless someone has the theory. So yes. Pay for it. Just as you pay coders to come up with new models for how things can work - also completely useless until they see the inside of a machine that actually does something with the code.

  22. Seen the e-Golf? on France Wants To Get Rid of Diesel Fuel · · Score: 1

    Most impressive electric I've seen. 90 mile range. A stock 2015 Golf in every other respect. $700 four-hour Bosch home charger.

  23. Guarantee you've passed by a VW TDI on France Wants To Get Rid of Diesel Fuel · · Score: 1

    and never knew it by sound or odor.

  24. You'll get through Swift faster. on Ask Slashdot: Objective C Vs. Swift For a New iOS Developer? · · Score: 1

    Recent EDU Apple Tech Update led a bunch of us educators with mostly ancient programming skills through a simple app build in remarkably little time. Then see if you want to continue on to Obj-C.

  25. With any luck they have Abrams fitted on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    with a cattle prod - a la GoatBoy - that automatically fires if he so much as utters the first "Jar-"