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  1. Society will adapt on Eric Schmidt: Google Glass Critics 'Afraid of Change,' Society Will Adapt · · Score: 1

    but that adaptation won't necessarily involve buying Glasses.

  2. Re:I don't get it on Hollywood Studios Fuming Over Indie Studio Deal With BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    These options are not exclusive.

  3. Re:The LCD monitor will make a lousy touchscreen on $5 Sensor Turns LCD Monitors Into Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    There are LCD monitors with a hard surface. I'm using one right now.

  4. Re:Close - to the ground on Maryland Team Hopes To Nab $250k Prize For Leg-Powered Copter · · Score: 1

    And the parent's point was that they will just increase the rotor diameter so they can hover on ground effect higher.

  5. Re:Why have TLDs at all? on The Amazon Rainforest Wants Its TLD Back From Amazon.com · · Score: 1

    Without TLDs, a single namespace wouldn't be enough for all domains to fit in it. Furthermore, national TLDs are necessary so that governments can manage their own portion of the internet. Nobody is forced to buy more than one domain, but if they do they have to negotiate with its previous owners, ensuring that only companies who do business in the country will try to buy a local domain. The problem is with generic TLDs only.

  6. Re:EA is burning on Electronic Arts Slashes Workforce · · Score: 1

    Capitalism at work.

  7. Re:Absolutely on Ask Slashdot: Do You Move Legal Data With Torrents? · · Score: 1

    Eclipse, of course. Although I'm unsure whether the submitter meant "moving data" as using bittorrent for file transfer, not downloading.

  8. Why? on Apple To Launch Largest Stock Repurchasing Plan In History · · Score: 1

    Why do they increase the divident if they want to purchase their stock? They are driving up the price they will have to pay.

  9. It's not that hard on Overconfidence: Why You Suck At Making Development Time Estimates · · Score: 1

    It's easy to manage time if you keep this simple law in mind:
    The first 90% of the work will take up the first 90% of time, and the remaining 10% will take up the other 90% of time.

  10. Re:Wow! on Tweet From Hacked AP Account Causes High Freq. Traders To Drop DOW 150 Points · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they are this easy to fool then we have little to fear.

  11. Re:They're overanalyzing. on Dropcam CEO's Beef With Brogramming and Free Dinners · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's easier to accomodate to a uniform group. Although it's worth pointing out that this approach may not work outside the US, hiring based on age, sex and family status isn't exactly legal everywhere.

  12. Re:Not surprising -- and not a black eye for the U on China Leads in "Clean" Energy Investment · · Score: 1

    Depends on your definition of clean energy. For example, the Chinese have cornered the rare earth PV industry because they have very relaxed environmental regulations. Rare earth mining and refinement is an incredibly polluting process, but it's easier to just put our heads in the sand and don't ask about the real environmental cost of our newly bought "green" panel.

  13. Re:No surprise, really. on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 1

    As much as I love Futurama I have to agree, it has ran its time.

  14. Re:when I want to maximize entropy ... on Physicist Proposes New Way To Think About Intelligence · · Score: 1

    The point of the paper is that intelligent behaviour maximizes longterm, not immediate entropy gain.

  15. Re:I could be wrong but.... on Utility Box Exposed As Spy Cabinet In the Netherlands · · Score: 1

    Is there some percentage of the work that have to similar to justify the comparison?

    Yes, that's exactly what's missing in this case.

  16. Re:Weird on Utility Box Exposed As Spy Cabinet In the Netherlands · · Score: 1

    Industrial espionage, probably.

  17. To write software that can score baseball on Baseball Software Can't Score What Jean Segura Did Friday · · Score: 0, Troll

    we would need a human who understands it first.

  18. This is a classic libel case on British Woman's Twitter Comments Spark Expensive Libel Claims · · Score: 3, Insightful

    While I personally don't like the existence of libel laws, this is not the case of misusing it to censor criticism or somebody getting into trouble for an innocent joke. If the company can prove that they payed her promptly then this is libel, otherwise it's not and she can sue them back for wrongful accusation. Nobody has a right not to get sued.

  19. There's a difference on One Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead, Other At Large After Shootout With Police · · Score: 1

    The Jews don't attack civilians.

  20. Re:One Suspect Dead on One Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead, Other At Large After Shootout With Police · · Score: 1

    Unless your target is an armored vehicle, they aren't.

  21. Re:The PC isn't dying on Windows: Not Doomed Yet · · Score: 1

    It's not dying, but it has stopped growing which has a great impact on sales. It's a natural thing that happens to every device when it gets universally adopted, but Microsoft couldn't jump ship before that happened and that is biting them hard.

  22. Re:Fire Steve Ballmer on Windows: Not Doomed Yet · · Score: 1

    No need to fire, just put him in the position he's actually good at: marketing.

  23. Re:Specializations on Tracking Whole Colonies Shows Ants Make Career Moves · · Score: 1

    They definitely can learn.

  24. Re:It's to bad on Changing the Ratio of Women In Tech: How Etsy Did It · · Score: 1

    Why is it a problem that different people are interested in different fields? Should we also force boys to become nurses or secretaries?

  25. Re:One Suspect Dead on One Boston Marathon Bomb Suspect Dead, Other At Large After Shootout With Police · · Score: 1

    First, resisting arrest is a crime in itself, so these people aren't just suspects, they are criminals with 100% chance. And while I do think that the police should try to catch criminals alive, I'd rather they kill them then let them escape or put an officer to unnecessary danger. Police are expensive to train, not to mention the impact on morale if we sent them into a gunfight unarmed. You may want a police that evades violence at all costs, but you won't find people willing to become an officer under those conditions.