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  1. Not traffic generation on How Huffington Post's Clever Traffic-Generation Machine Works · · Score: 1

    This is simple sensationalism. Traffic generation means using bots to read your articles.

  2. Re:C Programming Language on Objective-C Overtakes C++, But C Is Number One · · Score: 1

    You can write object orientated code in C.

    Writing OOP code and reimplementing an OOP language are two different things.

  3. When an organisation wants to get a mandate to act, they always pick issues that are popular at the time to gain the support of the masses. Google interfering with other countries internal politics would set a very bad precedent.

  4. So how are they wanted? on NY Couple On "Wanted" Poster For Filming Police · · Score: 1

    Dead or alive?

  5. Re:For one moment there on Nanotech Surprise: Shooting Lasers at Buckyballs Makes Them Bigger · · Score: 1

    Researching them have led us to nanotubes, for example.

  6. Re:The Taliban denied.. on WHO Says Afghan School "Poison Attacks" Probably Mass Hysteria · · Score: 2

    The point of terrorism is to cause terror. Denying its existence would not be in the Taliban's interests if they were behind the attacks. Still, it's possible that they have just backed out.

  7. Re:Slashdot posts previews now? on Early Look at Steampunk Action-Adventure Game Dishonored · · Score: 1

    While RPS rarely sells out, even the review says that it was a waste of time, because the demo was too short to form an opinion.

  8. I just hope on Telefonica Shows Prototype Firefox OS Phone · · Score: 1

    that it will not be like ChromeOS.

  9. Viruses save themselves on Japanese 13-Year-Old Arrested For Virus Creation · · Score: 1

    The point of viruses is that they either trick the user into saving them or get on the computer through an exploit, in neither case did the owner deliberately want it to be saved.

  10. The implications? on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 1

    Not everything moves at lightspeed.

  11. Re:About time... on FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Servers Monday -- But Should It Cut Off 300k PCs? · · Score: 1

    But that also leads to the conclusion that the system is infected.

  12. Re:They had to publish all on Icelandic MP Claims US Vendetta Against WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    The US had plenty of time to act if they wanted to, they had already questioned them before the release of anything.

  13. Re:They had to publish all on Icelandic MP Claims US Vendetta Against WikiLeaks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Before Assange went rogue, the policy of Wikileaks was to only publish material where secrecy had been misused to cover up for bad things. That's a clear policy, and any organisation accusing them of cherrypicking is free to publish the context.
    Yes, that would have meant going over all the stuff which would have taken years, and Assange didn't have the patience for that. But if he did, the papers would have had to concentrate on the truly important parts, and maybe Wikileaks wouldn't be bankrupt today.
    This releasing everything philosophy have hurted the privacy of many, and is morally questionable.

  14. Re:About time... on FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Servers Monday -- But Should It Cut Off 300k PCs? · · Score: 1

    The machines infected can just as well be on a neglected company network. But even if they don't believe the popup the first time, if it pops up before every page they visit most people will realize that the chances of a malicious popup writer owning the whole internet are small.

  15. Re:About time... on FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Servers Monday -- But Should It Cut Off 300k PCs? · · Score: 3, Funny

    They can sign the message with the FBI key so users can ensure its validity.

  16. Re:About time... on FBI To Shut Down DNSChanger Servers Monday -- But Should It Cut Off 300k PCs? · · Score: 1

    They could notify them before shutting it down, for example.

  17. Re:3D printing is not an industry on How Open Source Hardware Is Driving the 3D-Printing Industry · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it's not useful for other things, what I said it that it's only used for tests in industrial environments because it's unsuitable for large-scale production. It's slow and the result is not durable enough.

  18. Re:Not too bad? on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    True, they are small but they also have to deal with an about 4m water level instead of 30 cm. And you don't have to cover the whole coastland, just the populated areas.

  19. 3D printing is not an industry on How Open Source Hardware Is Driving the 3D-Printing Industry · · Score: 1

    It's a hobby for creating plastic toys. Even industrial rapi prototyping is only used for test models, as 3D printing is unsuitable for mass production of reliable objects.

  20. Re:Every car has one? on EU Parliament Adopts eCall Resolution · · Score: 1

    The system only activates in case of accidents, the only people who should fear of it tracking them are hit-and-runners.

  21. Re:Maybe it has to do with results? on SETI Running Out of Money · · Score: 1

    A negative result is also a result.

  22. Not now on SETI Running Out of Money · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's quite sad that this happens now, when with the recent discoveries in exoplanets SETI could have actual targets for the first time instead of trying to find a needle in a haystack.

  23. Why is it Google's problem? on Google Proposes Fighting Piracy By Blocking Ad Money · · Score: 2

    The war on piracy hurts them much more than piracy itself, why is Google suddenly backing it?

  24. Lot of talk about selfdriving cars on Ford Predicts Self-Driving, Traffic-Reducing Cars By 2017 · · Score: 1

    still no independent tests.

  25. Re:Not too bad? on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Netherlands seem to be doing just fine below sea level. It might cause some economic harm, but it's not going to be a tragedy. Also, most low-lying islands are coral islands that follow sea level.