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  1. Re:Say what?!? on How the Militarization of the Internet is Changing Warfare · · Score: 1

    And all these attacks coming out of Chinese universities are what, game playing?

    Industrial espionage. Very far from war.

  2. Re:Get a better cyclist? on Gamera II Team Smashes Previous Best Human-Powered Helicopter Flight Time · · Score: 1

    Which is what I find amazing about this project, that there is so much room for improvement. The gear ratios are wrong, the pedals are placed suboptimally, and the whole thing shakes like it's falling apart, and yet it still flies. By fixing the flaws this vehicle can be made much better. I guess the reason they didn't use a professional cyclist is that they want to create a helicopter that an average man can ride.

  3. Obviously on Georgia Apple Store Refuses To Sell iPad To Iranian-American Teen · · Score: 3, Informative

    As Apple's devices are locked and the company isn't allowed to deal with Iranian carriers, her cousin couldn't use the device even if they sold it to her.

  4. Re:Immoral, but shouldn't be illegal on IP Lawfirm Sues Typosquatting Security Researcher · · Score: 1

    True, but that happens to be the only thing they didn't sue him for.

  5. Immoral, but shouldn't be illegal on IP Lawfirm Sues Typosquatting Security Researcher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What this guy did is certainly not ethical but shouldn't be illegal. You shouldn't have a right to every domain similar to one that you have bought just because you are a big corporation. If a company wants to own all variations of a domain, fucking pay for all of them.

  6. They got it backwards on Biotech Report Says IP Spurs Innovation · · Score: 2

    Over time, the countries that U.S. biotech and pharmaceutical companies have invested in have moved up the IP barometer

    So it's not patents that help the growth of biomedical research, but American biotech companies help the growth of patents (either by lobbying or US pressure).

  7. Re:malice or incompetence? on Microsoft Blocks FSF Donation Website As a 'Gambling Site' · · Score: 1

    In any case, the damage done is the same. Saying "I didn't mean to!" is not an acceptable defence for a bug.

  8. Re:no, they are still quacks. on Cyanide-Producing GM Grass Linked To Texas Cattle Deaths · · Score: 2

    There exist plants which don't crossbreed naturally but lab chimeras can be created from them so being a hybrid doesn't necessarily mean that it's not GMO.

  9. Re:Umm on Sexy Female Scientist Video Draws Fire · · Score: 1

    And why would we want girls whose number one concern is that in science?

  10. You can't deflect what you can't see on Laser Treatment For Earth-Bound Asteroids · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Our current ability of detecting asteroids and predicting their course is not nearly enough to interfere with them, there's a lot of development in both detections and simulation that has to be done before we can even think of trying to deflect an asteroid.

  11. How do you know a politician is lying? on SOPA Protests 'Poisoned the Well,' Says Congressional Staffer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Her lips are moving.

  12. Google isn't human on Free Speech For Computers? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Free speech is a human right, the speech of corporations can be limited.

  13. Re:Probably not very useful on The World's First Supercavitating Boat? · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, if they can modify this technology to be usable on submarines that would be a huge change.

  14. Re:Excellent! on DarwinTunes Iterates, Mixes And Culls To Create Listenable Music From Noise · · Score: 1

    Joke's on you, the recording companies have already patented that.

  15. Re:The Real Crime on US District Court: Game Elements In Tetris Clone Infringe Tetris Co.'s Copyright · · Score: 1

    Interesting idea, but the problem is that it's hard to tell whether a certain length of copyright hurts the market because it decreases the financial incentive, or because it makes old works available thus saturating the market. In the first case, lengthening the duration of copyright would encourage the creation of more works. But in the second case it wouldn't be a good move, as works that could only compete if access to old works was restricted aren't a worthwile addition to our culture and shouldn't be encouraged.
    Another problem is that with Hollywood accounting you can never be sure when the industry is actually hurt, and if they really are it's also very hard to tell whether that was a result of decreased copyright length or some other reasons.

  16. Re:Anyone surprised? on Android App Lets You Steal Contactless Credit Card Data · · Score: 1

    Except if they use secure encryption, it's not magic.

  17. Re:Customers? on Hacker Group Demands "Idiot Tax" From Payday Lender · · Score: 1

    Apparently, their costumers' data doesn't worth $20000 to them (or they don't trust the hackers.).

  18. Wrong audience on University Students Become Superheroes To Teach STEM Education · · Score: 1

    The kids who are into comic books are most likely already interested in science.

  19. While there are some good ideas on EFF Announces New Patent Reform Project · · Score: 1

    But ultimately this is still pro-software patent, they just try to modify the existing rules somewhat.

  20. First they came for the ICANN on Microsoft Wins Congressional Backing For Do-Not-Track Default In IE10 · · Score: 1

    Now they are testing the W3C. Do not track is a popular and easily understandable topic so they can make people believe that they know better than an independent standards organisation.

  21. Correlation is not causation on Belief In Hell Predicts a Country's Crime Rates Better Than Other Factors · · Score: 1

    In a large analysis of 26 years of data consisting of 143,197 people in 67 countries, psychologists found significantly lower crime rates in societies where many people believe in hell compared to those where more people believed in heaven."

    Aren't those basically the same people? The number of those only believing in one is small enough to make the study basically random alone. Even worse, those few people are scattered across 60 countries, with the crime rates of those countries were used to determine how guilty the participants (who may all have been innocent) were. There are many flaws with that: for example, couldn't it be possible that higher crime rates drive more people to seek refuge in faith?

  22. Re:And the conclusion? on Women's Enrollment In Computer Science Correlates Negatively With Net Access · · Score: 1

    Or less developed countries have more women in sciences.

  23. Re:Obama's Record on Schneier Calls US Stuxnet Cyberattack a 'Destabilizing and Dangerous' Action · · Score: 1

    Compared to an armed attack reaching the same goals, that is setting back the nuclear program of Iran by 2-3 years. Cybersabotage, complemented by Israeli covert actions like assassinations achieved th same with minimal casualties. Also, as a pacifist the only casualties I care about are the civilian ones, those who chose to work on creating nuclear bombs knew the risks.

  24. Re:Governments fall on Romanian Prime Minister Accused of Plagiarism · · Score: 1

    The government and the party behind them chose that one cretin as their leader, making them also responsible. That doesn't necessarily mean that the government will fall, but it certainly isn't good publicity.

  25. Re:Obama's Record on Schneier Calls US Stuxnet Cyberattack a 'Destabilizing and Dangerous' Action · · Score: 1

    On a completely different scale. Just like Stuxnet caused the death of two people while an armed attack would cause tens of thousands of casualties.