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  1. The way to fight this on Jury Decides Artist's Gory Images On Website Are Art · · Score: 2, Interesting

    is not to give publicity to these attention whores.

  2. Re:Used to never test on Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your New Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that some shadier shops tend to resell used or returned parts as new.

  3. Re:What's off limits for a game? definitn. of "gam on Game On War In Syria Explores Ongoing Conflict · · Score: 1

    Theoretically, there could be other forms of interactive art that's not a game. I just haven't seen one, maybe we got too fixed on the gamer mindset to think about anything else.

  4. Re:Mass-Media Report on Specific Gut Bacteria May Account For Much Obesity · · Score: 1

    My guess is that like many other gut bacteria, it helps digestion. Without the bacteria, people become unable to digest certain nutrients. It sounds like a risky thing to try on humans, and could have some nasty longterm effects.

  5. Re:Low quality Heat Sources on Mini-Tornadoes For Generating Electricity · · Score: 1

    This is basically a cooling tower, that's also capable of recycling some of the waste heat.

  6. Re:They don't do much on Vivos Founder Builds an Underground City Where You Can Ride Out the Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    I can't decide whether it's good or bad. On one hand, they get old unmaintained shelters into usable condition once again. On the other hand, in case of a gradual escalation, the government would've done the same, and then use it to shelter loads of people instead of just a bunch of millionaires.
    I couldn't care less what people spend their money on, or how rich this guy gets from it, I just don't buy that he does the whole business out of pure altruism.

  7. I find that hard to believe on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    Human fists are a very ineffective weapon. Most animals have claws, sharp teeth or horns for fighting, a fist is nothing compared to that. If a human had a cagefight with a chimpanzee, my bet would not be on the human. Fists aren't even much help against a defenceless animal: a wolf can bite a sheep's neck off within a minute, but beating a sheep to death would be a long, tiresome and painful procedure for a human.

  8. Re:I call BS on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    Or don't target the head, the most protected part of the body. There are many other organs to choose from.

  9. They don't do much on Vivos Founder Builds an Underground City Where You Can Ride Out the Apocalypse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The business is basically buying up old government shelters for cheap, put some furniture in and then sell it for 100 times more. However much would this guy like to portray himself as a modern-day Noah, he is just a smart businessman preying on people's fears.

  10. Don't mess with what you don't understand on UK Cookie Consent Banners Draw Complaints · · Score: 1

    Governments should keep their hands out of the internet.

  11. Why online games? on New York Culls Sex Offenders From the Online Gaming Ranks · · Score: 1

    Lat time I checked, you can't rape people over the internet.

  12. RTFA on IQ 'a Myth,' Study Says · · Score: 2

    The paper doesn't mention IQ anywhere. It's about intelligence. IQ is just a (very bad) way of measuring intelligence. The paper makes the claim that there is not generic problem-solving ability (intelligence), but different people excel at different tasks. It's a much stronger claim than saying that IQ is bullshit.

  13. Re:No property without jurisdiction on Property Rights In Space? · · Score: 1

    But that's very unlikely in the foreseeable future. What will happen is that private entities will make visits or send machinery to the spot. So if somebody else has rights to that place, they can prosecute on Earth.

  14. Re:Games are violent on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    Caliber doesn't really matter, every type of gun is capable of killing in one shot. Accuracy also doesn't matter when someone is shooting unarmed people at close range. Rate of fire, on the other hand, does.

  15. You don't need porperty rights to mine on Property Rights In Space? · · Score: 2

    I don't think ownership of celestial bodies is necessary to conduct business on them. We shouldn't write laws concerning the future, because we simply have no idea what space enterpreneurship will be like. Once we have reached a level where getting profit from outer space becomes possible, we can create our laws while having much more information available. TFA's claims that private space projects are limited by legal problems is bullshit, ambitious space activities are limited by financial and technological problems, not legal ones.

  16. Re:Games are violent on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 2

    You can't really commit mass murder with your bare hands. While it's possible to kill someone with your fists, it's very very hard. Guns also desensitize their users, it's very different to pull the trigger and to beat a guy slowly to death.

  17. Re:Games are violent on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    I knew some shooters and you are right in that it requires you to be calm, but that doesn't necessarily mean stable. Also, there's a big difference between a sportsman and a gun nut. You don't need an assault rifle for target shooting. And unlike games, shooting does train in the use of a gun.

  18. Games are violent on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But hoarding guns and spending your time on a shooting range apparently isn't.

  19. What about those already found guilty? on Chilling Guidelines Issued For UK Communications Act Enforcement · · Score: 1

    Do they get a new trial?

  20. Re:Chinese on Ask Slashdot: 2nd Spoken/Written Language For Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    But Indian English is pretty much a different language you have to learn.

  21. Never believe anything on Instagram: We Won't Sell Your Photos · · Score: 1

    until it's been officially denied.

  22. Re:Quit blaming the victim on Hacker Behind Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos Gets 10 Years · · Score: 1

    we could actually try to promote public awareness and give people constructive advice

    What do you think he did? Pointing out that the people involved have made security mistakes is very different from putting all the blame on them (which he didn't do).

  23. Why? on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 1

    Why destroy evidence if he was going to kill himself anyway? Something isn't right here.

  24. Another advantage of nuclear on Will Japan's New Government Restart the Nuclear Power Program? · · Score: 0

    Other power plants would have simply been washed away, leaving Japan without electricity. But most nuclear plants were strong enough to withstand the extreme conditions and can be restarted once the Japanese grow tired of the blackouts.

  25. Re:Scared on Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests · · Score: 4, Informative

    This doesn't look much different from how the heart regulates itself naturally. It's definitely more natural than a machine pacemaker, and also has less chance to fail. The only problem is that it's much harder to control, unless they find a way to hook it up to the nervous system your heartbeat will be pretty much constant.