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  1. Re: Well that didn't take long on Airbnb Gives In To Regulator's Demand To Test For Racial Discrimination By Hosts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There is nothing civil about racism. Those who discriminate no race or ethnicity are ... bad.

  2. Rampant racism can KILL Airbnb. Besides, racism doesn't belong in a civilized society.

  3. Re:Come on, not that "Terminator" BS again... on A Rogue Robot Is Blamed For a Human Colleague's Gruesome Death (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    In my mind, industrial robot are still the most dangerous piece of hardware you'll ever work with, period.

    I programmed welding robots for a few years in the 90's, and I agree. Close calls are common. I once got very close to breaking a coworker's arm with a robot, except that I released the deadman switch in time.

  4. Well I guess that means on Starbucks and McDonald's Announce Porn Blocks On Their Wi-Fi Networks (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    they can start by blocking yesterday's Trump-Pence logo.

  5. That is marked as funny, but a robotic "turtle" that receives GPS coordinates and can swim to show would be a creative solution.

  6. Re:Great! on Chinese Rare Earths Producer Suspends Output · · Score: 1

    I have an uncle working with the electrical powerplants there. They're really working on it.

  7. Re:Holy fuck on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 1, Interesting

    it seems to be largely the social norm that the word is OK to use if you're black, and offensive if you're not. That's a bullshit standard, and it bothers me. Either it's OK for everyone, or it's OK for no one.

    It is really a matter of context. It would not make sense to call someone that word when they could not call you that same word too. If you are content to be called that word in a group, then it would be ok.

  8. Re:Simple solution... on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 1

    You have rejected answers here that seem quite reasonable to me, so you have your own criteria. Let's spin it around; can you personally imagine or propose falsifiable hypotheses for global warming? You don't have to give an answer for that here; its just a personal exercise.

  9. Re:Simple solution... on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 1

    Here is another way of looking at this: you are on the side of modern science when it comes to Evolution and Astronomy. Now, what is it about Global Warming that is different than those other two? Is it that you do not really understand it yet?

  10. Re:Simple solution... on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 1

    Doesn't natural climate change occur slowly, over thousands of years? Are you aware that the recent climate change pattern for the 20th century is much different that the historical changes? I encourage you to study this deeper, for your own benefit. It takes some skill to interpret scientific data while filtering out noise...to see the forest from the trees.

  11. Re:Simple solution... on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oh, and FWIW, Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming *doesn't* qualify, unless of course some brave soul would like to make a clear falsifiable hypothesis statement for it :)

    Rising temperatures are not falsifiable? Hmm..

  12. Improve access on Ask Slashdot: Copy Protection Advice For ~$10k Software? · · Score: 1

    Can your potential customers easily get in contact with your support staff before the sale? Once they get in contact with live human beings, the piracy rate should drop.

  13. Re:seems to be about a name clash on GNOME and KDE Devs Wrangle Over 'System Settings' Name · · Score: 1

    Anyway...this doesn't deserve to be on slashdot front page.

    Slashdot is "New for Nerds", right? Can you think of anything more nerdish?

  14. Re:This may be a stupid question... on US Warns of Problems In Chinese SCADA Software · · Score: 1

    This may be a stupid question...

    What kind of moron connects their factory-internal manufacturing systems to the Internet?

    -- Terry

    Those who run uranium enrichment machines. That's who.

  15. Re:One Way on NASA Wants Spacecraft For Mars Return Trip · · Score: 1

    Well, we can better analyze the samples they collect back on earth. Also, travelling the Mars will be hard on the astronauts, and the experience they gain would be invaluable for future missions.

  16. Priort Art - "Terminal Time" on IBM Patents Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movies · · Score: 1

    The audience-driven video project, Terminal Time combines audience voting (by applause) with video, so it may count as prior art.

  17. Perhaps on How To Enter Equations Quickly In Class? · · Score: 1

    .. you should stick with typing text, as you have been. By translating those equations to text form, you may be helping yourself understand them better.

  18. UPDATE - Lance showed up on CentOS Project Administrator Goes AWOL · · Score: 1

    From the Centos.org home page:

    Note: The CentOS Development team had a normal meeting today and Lance Davis was in attendance. In the meeting a majority of issues were resolved right away and a working agreement was reached with deadlines for any unresolved issues. There should be no impact to any CentOS users moving forward.

    The CentOS project is now in control of the CentOS,org and CentOS.info domains and owns all trademarks, materials and artwork in the CentOS distributions.

    We look forward to working with Lance quickly to complete all the agreed upon issues.

    More information should follow very early next week.

  19. I felt a great disturbance on Black Hole Swallows Star · · Score: 2, Funny

    in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

    Sorry, couldn't resist.

  20. Come home with your shield, or on it. on Study Finds the Pious Fight Death Hardest · · Score: 1

    The pious tend to view this world as a battlefield, not a vacation spot.
    They are here to die fighting, much like the Spartans. Refusing treatment is seen as quitting; what kind of soldier lies down to die, who has a chance to take some of the enemy beforehand?

  21. Re:lol on Symantec Support Gone Rogue? · · Score: 1

    Do you know why they call it Norton 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away.

    Did you pass High School Geometry?

  22. Re:Is she related to... on Esther Dyson Grudgingly Defends Internet Anonymity · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, Freeman Dyson is her father. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_dyson

  23. Re:Interactive Storytelling ... on Breaking Into Games Writing? · · Score: 0

    Interactive storytelling could be a way to show you talents, without dealing with hard-core programming.

    Check out Storytron , and the free authoring tool there called SWAT.

    (I posted the parent anonymously by mistake)

  24. Netcraft confirms it -- on Unholy Matrimony? Microsoft and Cray · · Score: 1

    Windows HPC Server 2008 is dying!

  25. Solution: Outsource on Cost-Effective Server Room Air Conditioning? · · Score: 1

    Find a good dedicated server provider (i.e. Softlayer, Liquid Web) or a colocation facility. You would have an much easier time controlling costs, and would have time to get some real work done.