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  1. Re:Eclipsed .... on Double Eclipse Photographed, Sun, Moon, and ISS · · Score: 1

    His next shot will be the ISS transiting his web server, which due to this slashdotting has been catapulted into space and is glowing as bright as the Sun...

  2. Re:Interesting Favorites Chosen on NASA Names Best & Worst Sci-Fi Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't mind a unicorn, but I'd prefer one without Harrison Ford over it. That would be a bit weird.

  3. Re:Well that was the intention of the virus on Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges At Natanz? · · Score: 1

    Quick review- Siemens sells them expensive equipment that will do something no one (outside of Iran at least) wants the Iranians to do. Then they put Windows on the workstations.... Coincidence?

  4. Re:Time to play Devil's Advocate on Woman Sues Google Over Street View Shots of Her Underwear · · Score: 1

    ... ask her ex-boss if he fired her over them, find out if she was shunned by coworkers over the images, etc. ...

    Wouldn't that give her a case against her ex-boss, not Google (except if she worked for Google, which she didn't according to TFA)?

  5. Re:How wasteful we humans are. on Stuxnet Virus Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by 2 Years · · Score: 2

    "As if the Palestinians aren't killing (and attempting to kill) Israelis?"

    Yes, they do. Though they kill about 100 times less civilians than Israel.

    Certainly not for lack of trying. Also nice job trying to equate the two sides- most if not all Palestinians are killed trying to commit acts of terror (or are unfortunately nearby), while most Israelis killed were civilians who were hit randomly by snipers, or victims of random shelling of civilian areas. Hardly equatable. Just because the Israelis have bomb shelters in their houses and bullet-proof school buses (yes, they actually had to bullet-proof their school buses!) doesn't mean it's OK to shoot at them.

    "Please, do apply the same standard to them."

    Of course. Palestinian terror should be stopped.

    "They have no plans to commit genocide on Palestinians, either, and if you think they do, you're a fucking moron."

    Who knows? Israeli army might have these plans and is just waiting for a good moment to enact them (say, for a nuclear strike on Israel by someone).

    "Who knows?" Really, is that your argument? Using that logic, you could make any crazy claim. If they wanted to commit genocide on the Palestinians, they have had plenty of chances- and they've probably killed fewer Palestinians than other Palestinians have.

    Right now Palestine is living under apartheid conditions. Citizens of Palestine are not allowed to have their own country, foreign trade (even though they have access to seaports), etc. And yet they are also not citizens of Israel.

    There are plenty of 'Palestinians' who are citizens of Israel- living in Israel. Are the Israelis supposed to give citizenship to people who don't live in Israel? If the Palestinians want their own country, they need to stop attacking Israel, and elect better leaders. Those two just might be connected...

    Or how about recent demolitions of Arab houses in Jerusalem (because they don't have permissions) while at the same time building settlements (without any permissions - which is A-OK).

    OK, show me a civilized country where you can build a house without permits? Arab houses build with permits are not demolished. The Israeli construction has the permission of the local government, which again is usually considered sufficient. Israeli buildings without permits are also demolished.

    Or the way Israel is sabotaging peace talks - every time there's at least a hope for a good result, Israel does something to disrupt it. Like shooting rockets at wheelchairs, changing pledge of allegiance, etc.

    Israel sabotages the peace talks? Are those actions (btw, wtf are you talking about, please provide reference) really more damaging than, say, shooting mortars and missiles randomly into civilian areas like the Palestinians have been doing for years?

  6. Re:Universal Health, I mean, Internet Care? on Comcast Accused of Congestion By Choice · · Score: 1

    Well, to make a proper car analogy (if possible) you should note the problem being not the width of the highway, but where it exits to another highway through a two lane rutted dirt road. Improving the bandwidth between their network and the outside network would solve the problem, not increasing bandwidth internally.

  7. Re:Two questions on Equipping a Small Hackerspace? · · Score: 1

    They'll be hiring soon if he doesn't get any better answers than that...

    One suggestion- make sure there are two exits, so that when the robots decide they are done having you tinker with them there's a higher chance of getting out. Also helpful if anything catches on fire.

  8. Re:And on Medical Researcher Rediscovers Integration · · Score: 1

    Actually the headline should say 'Slashdotter Rediscovers Paper from 1994 '

    Shouldn't there also be a reference to the patent and the year it was granted?

  9. Re:first! on Sarah Palin 'Target WikiLeaks Like Taliban' · · Score: 2

    incontrovertible proof that the US has become a nation that worships morons.

    There's still doubt after Bush? Anyway, I would like to point out that it's not the whole country, just 49%.

    can you imagine what John Stewart could do with 4 years of Palin?

    After a month she'll probably have him 'targeted like the Taliban', which means, if she 'targets' as well as Bush did, that 4 years later he would still be making videos.

  10. Re:I've never been sick on Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick · · Score: 1

    No, you've never been well and don't know the difference...

  11. Re:Just for a laugh... on Underwear Invention Protects Privacy At Airport · · Score: 1

    would she be groped by a male agent or a female one?

    They would tag-team, with a female agent on top and a male one on the bottom. Then they would switch.
    However, if you made it a "small" insert, instead of "humongous", they would probably just let her go through.

  12. Re:"Heavily encrypted" on Malaysian Indicted After Hacking Federal Reserve · · Score: 1

    So it's a new meme. Yay.

    Sorry, not until there's an XKCD to link to...

  13. Re:BAN FAT PEOPLE! on TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes · · Score: 1

    Obviously, the answer is to force everyone to vomit before boarding a plane.

    So you're suggesting bringing back the in-flight meal as a pre-flight meal?

  14. Re:Just one minor complication. on Scientists Turn Skin Into Blood · · Score: 1

    Is that after 'growing' the skin to a larger size, like is done for burn victims or other skin graft recipients?

    Also, if they could make the IV bag out of 'growing' skin, it would never run out of blood!

  15. Re:sweet !! on Scientists Overclock People's Brains · · Score: 1

    Working with AC may be problematic... Are you comfortable only learning something for 1/120th of a second at a time?

    Might still be useful for people with ADD, as for some it matches the length of their attention span. They just have to be careful what they do on the negative of the wave.

  16. Re:The web is public domain? on Cook's Magazine Claims Web Is Public Domain · · Score: 1

    Then surely Cooks Source Magazine has some other tasty recipes or info they wouldn't mind sharing? It seems everything on their website is fair game. Attribution, apparently, is also optional.

  17. Re:They could actually confirm the Golf dimple on Car Produced With a 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    Soon they would develop an image of being HIP and NEW.

    Now I need a report stating that rust improves mileage, and my car will be the envy of every hybrid driver that sees it!

  18. Re:They could actually confirm the Golf dimple on Car Produced With a 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    For those of you that don't know, Mythbusters did an episode not that long ago that confirmed that placing dimples in a car body will increase fuel effecieincy, just as it increases distance for a golfball.

    Maybe they're afraid that if they get the dimples wrong the car will always slice to the left?

  19. Re:Accelerometers in phones? on Could Anti-Texting Laws Make Roads More Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Simple. Make texting while driving a primary offense. Penalty: loss of cell phone and one finger. After the tenth offense, the judge is allowed to be creative as to the exact penalty.

  20. Re:Young!? on Study Finds the Perfect Ratio of Attractiveness · · Score: 1

    Previously all evidence was anecdotal. Now they have a reference they can cite.

  21. Re:Treat anything from Debka cautiously on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1

    Well that explains it. They must have actually been at SeaWorld (except there the sharks swim over you, make your own 'in soviet russia' style joke) and just fudged their expense report.

  22. Re:oblig xkcd joke on In France, Hadopi Reporting Begins, With (Only) 10,000 IP Addresses Per Day · · Score: 1

    I wasn't thinking of that XKCD, but ironically I do have a copy of that on the wall of my office. Here's the link.

  23. Re:Missed golden opportunity on Pentagon Makes Good On Plan To Destroy Critical Book · · Score: 4, Funny

    He should have sold electronic copies and let the Pentagon keep buying until they "ran out"...

  24. Re:Perverting the course of justice. on Man Gets 12-Year Jail Sentence For Planting Child Porn On Enemy's Computer · · Score: 1

    my previous boss who fired me because "you were eating too much food at lifetime" ...

    Of course being a contractor I had zero rights ...

    I never knew contracts could be so restrictive as to limit the amount of food you are allowed to consume over the course of your entire life. Why would anyone sign such a crazy contract?

  25. Re:Carte blanche on In France, Hadopi Reporting Begins, With (Only) 10,000 IP Addresses Per Day · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's wrong with having the info tattooed on the back of a rabid dingo, to be released in the next board meeting of the company requesting the information? Assuming they're meeting within the 8 day limit.