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  1. Every time a scientist calls another scientist is a secret meeting now? There's a difference between 'private' and 'secret', folks.

  2. Re:WTF on Apple's Messages Offers Free Texting With a Side of iPhone Lock-In · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not "by default" - it's just because they already have a iMessage window open with you. This whole "article" sounds kinda "contrived".

  3. Re:The numbers don't add up on New Study Shows One-Third of Americans Don't Believe In Evolution · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they don't poll everyone. Margin of error, my friend.

  4. Re:Can it be invalidated? on The FBI's Giant Bitcoin Wallet · · Score: 5, Informative

    They took physical possession of the wallet.

  5. Re:Used to design HDD's on For First Three Years, Consumer Hard Drives As Reliable As Enterprise Drives · · Score: 1

    So you tested 5 drives to determine how WD is doing with hard drives? Strong work.

  6. Re:Horse already left the barn on Is a Postdoc Worth it? · · Score: 1

    5 years is an average PhD in my field. I finished in 4+, so it took me 8+. I think you are off by 50% or so.

  7. Re:Horse already left the barn on Is a Postdoc Worth it? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where you got your information, but this is NOT the case. Those numbers are basically a recommendation.

  8. Re:Post docs on Is a Postdoc Worth it? · · Score: 1

    You've inadvertently made my point. Every postdoc thinks that the academic track (straight to tenure and maybe dean!) is for them, since they 'made it' to the postdoc stage. It is possible that the postdoc struggle [e.g., a second or third(!!) post doc] is a sign that the person isn't cut out for the academic career. Ask a well-respected, well-funded tenured professor what their postdoc was like. Then ask a struggling assistant professor. I think you might get different answers, and I believe these answers are predictive rather than random.

  9. Radiolab covered this well on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 2

    If you haven't heard "The Bitter End" segment from Radiolab, I highly recommend a listen: http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/

  10. Post docs on Is a Postdoc Worth it? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Postdocs aren't all bad. I'm convinced that the issue with academia is that everyone thinks they are outstanding. As a result, postdocs that have a rough time of it blame the postdoc, not themselves. In other words, I made a decent wage and had normal hours. YMMV.

  11. Dangerous inference on US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test · · Score: 1

    This post seems to suggest that American adults are just grown up American kids...

  12. Breaking Bad on Apple Offers Refund To Stiffed Breaking Bad Season Pass Customers · · Score: 1

    This is basically Breaking Bad's fault for sucking at numbering their series.

  13. Re:BullSHIT on Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    > This is a way to crowd out a gaggle of perfectly-good $2 cables in favor of their $20 cables. Apple thinks those $2 cables suck, since they make $20 less on them than their cables.

  14. To be fair on Apple Starts Blocking Unauthorized Lightning Cables With iOS 7 · · Score: 1

    Their phones DO come with a cable. It's not like you have to pay extra to get one. They are just trying to protect their customers from dying because they buy cheap knockoffs.

  15. Of course on NSA Bought Exploit Service From VUPEN · · Score: 1

    Of course they buy exploits. Why wouldn't they? I would be somewhat surprised if they didn't leverage every available tool..

  16. The twist is ... on How a Grandmother Pioneered a Home Shopping Revolution · · Score: 1

    Everything is a 'computer'...

  17. I have one on 13-Inch Haswell-Powered MacBook Air With PCIe SSD Tested · · Score: 1

    I have one and it rules.

  18. Re:Wake me when I can run .Net apps on Wine 1.6 Released With 10,000 Changes · · Score: 1
  19. Fishy on Got Malware? Get a Hammer! · · Score: 2

    I'm sure nothing fishy was going on in this government center. I imagine they didn't want 3rd parties looking at their computers too closely. #tinfoilhaton

  20. Re:Use print AND electronic backup on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Store Data In Hard Copy? · · Score: 1

    Came here to say this. Just print it out and also put a flash drive in there.

  21. Re:Indian University? on Harlan: a Language That Simplifies GPU Programming · · Score: 1

    Came here to say this.

  22. The iPad Maker on Apple Details US Requests For Customer Data · · Score: 1

    Why is Apple referred to as 'the iPad Maker'? That's the best description they could come up with?

  23. Re:I covered my dorm room with Pink Floyd... on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If I had mod points, this is where I'd spend them. If this question is serious, the OP needs to get out more.

  24. Re:It's a flawed way to keep a site up. on Game Site Wonders 'What Next?' When 50% of Users Block Ads · · Score: 1

    It's Destructoid, not Demonoid. (Ironically enough, Demonoid is that torrent site you use to steal software, music, and movies. Good thing you unblocked them on ABP so *they* don't disappear...)

  25. Re:Don't do research! on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Summer Before Ph.D. Program? · · Score: 1

    I got started early in the lab and I'm glad I did. So each to their own.