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  1. Re:To stop child pornographers and organized crime on Canadian Govt To Introduce Massive Internet Surveillance Law · · Score: 1

    How are we going to fill (and justify) all of our fancy new super jails if we can only go after people who are actually commiting crimes?

  2. Re:Deprived Again on Missouri Law Says Students, Teachers Can't Be Facebook Friends · · Score: 1

    Not teachers and students, just teachers. A teacher should know that it is inappropriate to have students on your facebook. The fact that its a law must mean that there are too many teachers in Missouri who are crossing the line.

  3. Re:Different outcomes on Blue Gene/P Reaches Sixty-Trillionth of Pi Squared · · Score: 1

    Algorithms for computing Pi would likely need to evaluate some sort of infinite sum. Two different algorithms, evaluating two differernt sums which both converge to Pi. At any finite number of terms in the sum, both algorithms would be correct only up to a certain number of digits. There could be a difference in the number of correct digits after running both algorithms for the same amount of time. The fact that both algorithms are equal with the exception of the last couple of digits suggests that they are both still converging to Pi and that no computational errors have been made.

  4. The ones who don't belong on Which Grad Students Are the Most Miserable? · · Score: 2

    The most miserable grad students are the ones who do their PhD expecting to learn 'generalized skills' to prepare them for industry jobs.