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  1. Redundancy on Clever Clues Clobber Crossword Computer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not being able to guess a few words might not be a problem, skip it and solve the other ones, once there are enough letters in it a computer can easily look up the available words, and if there are more than one even use a nonlinear approach. Even without any clues, a few words can't be that hard to bruteforce.

  2. Bad data on The Numbers Behind the Copyright Math · · Score: 1

    So he tries to test the claims of RIAA with data bought from them and we are supposed to believe him that those numbers "can be trusted"?

  3. Re:So they're.... what, exactly? on Michael Bay To Remake TMNT As Aliens · · Score: 1

    So what, Superman and Justice League also had aliens in them, it's just a comic about mutant ninja turtles it1s not like aliens will make it any weirder.

  4. Re:Quite the opposite on U.S. Missile Defense Against Iran Makes China/Russia Mad, Might Not Even Work · · Score: 1

    The Russian defence industry is very different from the American one. Russia have lost the last weapons race, and wouldn't have better chances in a new one. They make plenty of money from selling weapons, stockpiling it would cause them a huge loss. The Russians wouldn't want a weapons race unless they feel that it's necessary.

  5. There should be a warning on the bill. on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    [citation needed]

  6. They didn't use weather modeling on Optimize Offshore Wind Farms Using Weather Modeling · · Score: 1, Informative

    They used weather statistics to model their theoretical windfarms.

  7. Re:Quite the opposite on U.S. Missile Defense Against Iran Makes China/Russia Mad, Might Not Even Work · · Score: 1

    Which is why I stressed that it requires further development. This could be one of three things: one, the US tells the truth and the goal is to defend against small rogue nuclear powers; two, this is another bluff like SDI; three, this is the first step in development of a large-scale missile defence system. Knowing America's past intentions the third option can't be ruled out. And if indeed the truth is the first one, then the US should be more willing to compromise and knowing how sensitive this topic is should try to get above any suspicions instead of playing it hard and walking out from the discussion with Russia.

  8. Quite the opposite on U.S. Missile Defense Against Iran Makes China/Russia Mad, Might Not Even Work · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The big problem is not that it makes Russia mad, but that with further development it could make America not MAD. Without mutually assured destruction, the nuclear peace will come to an end. It's like the US is deliberately trying to force a WW3. It's about time to realise that the cold war is over.

  9. Re:Obsolete on Detecting Chess Cheats Taxes Computers · · Score: 1

    Also, while the computer can beat me in chess I'm still the better at boxing.

  10. Re:Obsolete on Detecting Chess Cheats Taxes Computers · · Score: 2

    And not just because of computers. Chess has been researched to the point where in most professional matches more than half of the moves is predetermined. Matches are not decided near the table, but in the research before that done by the players' teams. It's not about fighting each other on the board anymore, but finding a better variant before the match.

  11. Re:Yessssss, Google... on Google Files Amicus Brief in Hotfile Case; MPAA Requests It Be Rejected · · Score: 2

    Because when you elect politicians you are not indirectly electing an other set of companies?

  12. Re:Ctrl-Alt-Del on Java Web Attack Installs Malware In RAM · · Score: 1

    In this case it's more general, you have to press the reset button which is the most frequent solution to any computer problem on any platform.

  13. He chose a wrong name on Kim Dotcom's Assets Seizure Order Ruled "Null and Void" · · Score: 5, Funny

    If he named himself Kim Dotnz the Americans wouldn't have any jurisdiction over him.

  14. Re:3 edu-sites already. on TED Education — Video Lessons For Students · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Many fields require dealing with hardware you don't have access to unless you go to college. Also, the ability to learn from smart people is a huge untapped potential, once online learning becomes mainstream universities will realise that they have to offer more than just giving students books /notes to memorise.

  15. Re:Quality is subjective on Mastering Engineer Explains Types of Compression, Effects On Today's Music · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem is not that bad quality records exist, but that good quality records do not.

  16. Re:Musicians demand loudness on Mastering Engineer Explains Types of Compression, Effects On Today's Music · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just tell them it goes up to 11.

  17. Re:The people will be the ones who suffer on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 1

    Well, that was an interesting read. According to Wikipedia, Iranian industrial production is smaller than their agriculture, which in a desert country is especially embarrasing.

  18. Re:Mindcrimes on Rutgers Student Ravi Convicted of Bias Intimidation and Spying · · Score: 1

    Oh, so it allowed the federal police to intervene? Thanks for explaining it to me.

  19. Re:Kinda digging Python on Van Rossum: Python Not Too Slow · · Score: 1

    Being able to return multiple values is nice (although you can do that in C++ with a Pair template object, it isn't frequently done).

    But you can't deconstruct the returned values, like in Python: x,y=f().

    Just remember there's a lot of pitfalls. For example, if you use the frequently used for loop replacement
    ...
    If size is big, you're hosed on memory and time.

    Not exactly true. In Python3, range only returns an iterator, not a list. And in Python2 there is xrange that does the same.

    Now try and do the whitespace issue in a large company with people who aren't used to Python. It's cost me at least a month of my working life. I once spent 2 weeks debugging a 100K program where the sole author left, it turns out on 1 line out of 100K he tabbed instead of spaced.

    In my experience Python3 doesn't seem to mind mixed whitespace (although I don't recommend doing it). And Python2 explicitly states when there are tabs and spaces mixed, after that it's just ctrl+f->\t.

  20. Re:Python's problem on Van Rossum: Python Not Too Slow · · Score: 2

    Multithreading is only a problem in CPython. Other interpreters like Jython, IronPython or PyPy all have facilities for multithreading.

  21. Re:Why is this on Slashdot? on Rutgers Student Ravi Convicted of Bias Intimidation and Spying · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, one article was already more than enough of it.

  22. Re:Mindcrimes on Rutgers Student Ravi Convicted of Bias Intimidation and Spying · · Score: 1

    The theory of "Hate Crime" was introduced to combat people with a shared belief system looking the other way. It was very hard to fight the KKK during the 20s because so much of the local police forces were members.

    So what does raising the sentence help if they weren't caught or charged in the first place because the police looked the other way?

  23. Re:Notice how the "crypto guys" are the "old guys" on NSA Building US's Biggest Spy Center · · Score: 1

    Because codebreaking has been obsolete since 1978, as the NSA will find out the hard way.

  24. Re:Paypal on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 1

    No, they will switch to bitcoins.

  25. Re:The people will be the ones who suffer on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 1

    Although, still Iran do have a quite high standard of living.

    Which will only last as long as their oil does, since they invest all their money into nukes. Do you know what will happen when their oil runs out? They will go around threatening everyone with their new nukes to pay them like North Korea does.