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  1. Really? on How the Critics of the Apollo Program Were Proven Wrong · · Score: 2

    I wouldn't consider any "moon program" a must have for a single nation. Maybe for a world-wide international organization.
    While fighting the poverty, the illiteracy, the lack of food and water and so on, should be a must have, and a no.1 priority, for every single nation and for every international organization.
    IMHO.

  2. There are only a few options, so far on Japan Aims To Abandon Nuclear Power By 2030s · · Score: 1

    to shut nuclear plants down at a "country" level.
    Either you reduce (axe) your power hunger, or you buy electricity from another country.
    Replacing that by natural resources (non renewable) would be overkilling for the health.
    There's also the theoretical renewable energy solution. But the time and the investments needed would scare all politicians.
    A solution at planetary level it's a different thing. Probably photo-voltaic plants in a few main deserts plus a planetary power grid could be enough.
    But also this would scare all politicians!
    So, forget it.

  3. Of course it won't run Linux on Intel Says Clover Trail Atom CPU Won't Work With Linux · · Score: 1

    The chip embeds a new silicon technology that will recognize Linux by efficiency of code to be executed.
    If that'll be too much efficient, then the chip will melt itself.

  4. Japan Aims To Abandon Nuclear Power on Japan Aims To Abandon Nuclear Power By 2030s · · Score: 1
  5. Glenelg? on Curiosity Gearing Up for Drive to Next Study Location · · Score: 3, Funny

    Curiosity will certainly end up in a palindrome loop!

  6. That's really insane! on Dutch Court Rules Hyperlinks Can Constitute Infringement · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hyperlinks are just references. Just like we have done so far in speeches, in books and articles.
    References don't contain the referenced information, they just direct the reader/listener to another "information container".
    Back to the web technology, a reference to a file is not the file itself (like the information author+title+publisher is not the book).
    A reference to a "pirated" file (whatever the content is) is still a reference, not the "pirated" file.
    You could say the reference helped the pirated file to be spread on the net. Yes, indeed it did.
    But still that's not infringement. They should ash to remove the reference and that'd be all.

  7. Re:It will certainly succeed on Nintendo WiiU Price and Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    Why buying a WiiU when with the same amount of money you can have a couple of PS3?

  8. It will certainly succeed on Nintendo WiiU Price and Release Date Announced · · Score: 2, Interesting

    in being a big flop.
    The controller (the distinctive part of this box) is too expensive. You can by a PS Vita or a 3DS for the same price. And play on the go.
    All that CPU power is almost irrelevant. 2x would be enough. 10x is not different from a 2x from the user perspective.
    1080p is the maximum? No dual screen? What's all that power for?
    You can buy a PS3 for less and still have a very good gaming experience.
    In one question: is the WiiU a better gaming console than a PS3?
    I don't think so.

  9. Re:If you make enough changes on Magic: the Gathering Is Turing Complete · · Score: 1

    ... is it ok for you to slightly change the meaning of a few cards just to accommodate the experiment?
    If so, also Monopoly will be OK. More or less.

  10. You're (and not "your") wrong Mr. Anonymous! on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 1

    said the guy with UID > 2e+6

    Gal, sir!
    "Because the first will be last!" said someone that got killed at once!

  11. Re:Prior art! on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 1

    his immensely popular books

    I think I've missed something, somehow!
    Maybe it was the anonymous irony...

  12. Re:Prior art! on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 1

    Correct, Cpt. Hook.
    So how can I infringe a traded mark like "Carnival of Souls"?
    I should sell books with that very same title and fairly similar plot. Which was not the case, AFAIK.
    Or I should sell anything with the same mark.

  13. If you make enough changes on Magic: the Gathering Is Turing Complete · · Score: 1

    you can make Turing complete also Yu-Gi-Ho, Scopa and even Monopoly.
    Anyway, next week I'll demonstrate that SlashDot is Turing complete and NP-hard at the same time.

  14. Prior art! on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 1

    Carnival of Souls is surely prior art!

  15. Soon /. on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 1, Insightful

    will only talk about patent trials, copyright trielas and related counter-trials.
    Which will make the site boring (and sued by almost all comment publishers).
    Please, Moderators and meta-Moderators, quit from letting that crap to be published.
    We need the ol' good /. ! (aka SlashDotBang)

  16. Simple answer on More Warnings About High-Frequency Trading · · Score: 1

    As there's no limit to human stupidity, there will be none to HFT!
    HFT can only work as long as there are humans directly involved in the trade chain and inclided to make (evaluation) errors.
    Algorithms can be easily adjusted and even made "intelligent" to auto-adjust and auto-tune.
    Then, once all trading will be done by computers with adjustable and tunable algorithms, HFT won't bring any real advantege any more.
    Just infrastructure costs.

  17. Re:Pandora on Ask Slashdot: Hackable Portable Music Player For Helicopters? · · Score: 1

    This seems to be the very first post to give a meaningful answer to the original question: which device?
    Everyone seems to be discussing about anything else!
    I don't have any mod points left to mod you up!

  18. Re:Please, stop that insanity! on Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Christians already have their own class that they can take, it's called going to church on Sunday.

    ... but you are not obliged to go to church by law.
    While you are obliged by law to go to school.
    Anyway, in certain countries like Italy, they have Catholic religion course in school. From 6 to 18. They can opt out, since few years now.

  19. Re:This fundamentalist applauds loudly on Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Because they're brain-damaged. Or lead by.

  20. Please, stop that insanity! on Science Wins Over Creationism In South Korea · · Score: 0

    We can put evolution theory in science books because we have "scientific" (which rhymes with "science") evidence that the theory is reasonable and makes some sense with the observations anyone can do.
    We could put intelligent design and creationism in science books if we had some similar evidence. Which we have not.

    Do you want to promote you theory? Well, create a new course, call it "religion", convince your Govt. to add it to schools (some countries have that) and put there your 6-days creation process. None will be allowed to stand out against it, for sure.

    But don't even think to put non-scientific stuff in a science book. Please!

  21. But Usain Bolt on DARPA's Robo-Cheetah Is Now Faster Than Usain Bolt · · Score: 1

    also carries his own energy source with him.
    What if we cut those chords hanging from the ceiling and the metal brace on the side?

  22. Re:All these attacks to freedom will end on Jimmy Wales Threatens To Obstruct UK Government Snooping · · Score: 1

    Internet? Why Internet?
    Mesh wireless networks!

  23. All these attacks to freedom will end on Jimmy Wales Threatens To Obstruct UK Government Snooping · · Score: 1

    Once we'll all switch to peer-to-peer encrypted communication.
    Using HTTPS is not enough, though.

  24. Re:Mars menu on NASA Working on Mars Menu · · Score: 1

    Mars-calories

  25. Mars menu on NASA Working on Mars Menu · · Score: 1