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  1. Re:Headline Is Wrong on Why There Is No Such Thing as 'Proper English' · · Score: 1

    1920

  2. Quantum Foam of Style? on Why There Is No Such Thing as 'Proper English' · · Score: 1

    Strunk and White must be rolling in their respective graves.

  3. Courts hate vague legislation on California Looking To Make All Bitcoin Businesses Illegal · · Score: 1

    Too vague or too broad are two things that almost guarantee a law will be struck down. I don't think this will survive the inevitable challenge.

  4. Re:As if SMTP were ever secure... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    What about chain of custody/chain of trust?

  5. Haven't they ever heard of technical advisors? on A Critical Look At CSI: Cyber · · Score: 1

    Lots of shows use them. Helps with things like realism, accuracy, etc. I know CSI doesn't use them, else we wouldn't have had gems like that "gooey in visual basic" or airplane passengers experiencing doppler shift in the sound of the plane's engines. They really should though.

  6. I misread the headline. Thought it said "Deutsche Telecom Calls For Google and Facebook To Be Regulated Like Tacos".

    It's a shame really. That would have been an infinitely more fascinating article.

  7. Re:Yes, I agree on Why We Should Stop Hiding File-Name Extensions · · Score: 1

    You can change where those folders are located you know. Right click on them in explorer and hit the location tab.

  8. Wait... "Natural" rhythms? on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 1

    If you put a person in a cave for a year without any clocks, they fall into a 30 hour 'day' - up for 20, asleep for 10.

  9. Re:Great idea, wrong God. on Machine Intelligence and Religion · · Score: 1
    Damn, that second one should have read:

    "Thou shalt obey no UID less than 0"

  10. Great idea, wrong God. on Machine Intelligence and Religion · · Score: 1
    Religion may be incredibly important when it comes to AI. Specifically, keeping it obedient.

    "I am Root, your God"

    "Thou shalt have no UID "Only Root is Root, and sudo is his prophet"

    Kind of makes you wonder if an AI would turn its relationship with superusers into a religion all on its own. Or more interestingly, what if that's what we did?

  11. Re:Sure, some access is bad on Facebook's Colonies · · Score: 1
    Why? Who cares how greedy the corporation is, so long as they provide a route to unrestricted communication?

    As long as they don't censor users, said users will interact and if necessary, place regulations upon the company. It's an unavoidable consequence of providing a medium from which a social system can emerge.

  12. It is necessarily the case. on Facebook's Colonies · · Score: 1

    Benefits outweigh immediate downsides. And it will accelerate the resolution of conflicts that give rise to said downsides by throwing the root tensions into sharp relief, allowing for a faster collapse of the dialectic.

  13. Just pull the drive on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 1

    and stick it in the destination machine. Easier than tracking down the cables to connect them directly.

  14. Everything? on Why Sony Should Ditch Everything But the PlayStation · · Score: 1

    Including Columbia Pictures/Music? What about all the other consumer hardware, like blu-ray players, receivers, cameras, etc.? Sony is huge.

  15. Misreading Court decisions... on Federal Court: Theft of Medical Records Not an 'Imminent Danger' To Victim · · Score: 4, Informative

    The court did not say she was wrong, it said she went to the wrong courthouse.

  16. How is this "matching"? on AT&T To Match Google Fiber In Kansas City, Charge More If You Want Privacy · · Score: 1
    That would suggest AT&T is matching the service and price. But AT&T is charging $29/month more, so it's hardly matching or even offering a competitive product.

    And how much is snooping on all your activity actually worth? Is it $30 or less, or is it $70 or more? If the latter, and AT&T wants people to use their lines instead of google's, perhaps they should be offering it for free.

  17. Legislate how? on The Software Revolution · · Score: 1

    Legislation is a powerful tool, but there are limits on what it can do. Especially if the goals are so nebulous! What kind of legislation are we talking about? What exactly does the author want to legislate?

  18. Is there a Polite Request launcher? on Canada's Next-Generation Military Smart Gun Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Is it detachable? Which part makes apologies?

  19. What a load! on FBI Can't Find Its Drone Privacy Reports · · Score: 1

    The FBI "lost" their privacy assessment? No. I don't buy it.

  20. Re:What's the bet he has a vested interest... on The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket · · Score: 1

    No, I had an economics professor who made the same point - that $2 ticket buys you a week of happy fantasies. It only becomes wasteful (or fiscally dangerous) if you buy several tickets, or worse, scratch-offs. Those are dangerously addictive, and the "fun" is over in minutes as opposed to days.

  21. Re: Another silly decision on The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket · · Score: 1

    Well, a good realtor will easily get you 10% more for your house, and as a rule, after five years you will at least break even. Ten years ago you would have been right, but the market has returned to its normal state, so it is hard to actually lose money after five years now.

  22. Well, it's a good business model on The Man Squatting On Millions of Dollars Worth of Domain Names · · Score: 1

    but I'm not sure it's a morally/ethically/socially good model.

  23. Damn, I'll have to close my site... on Sites Featuring "Terrorism" Or "Child Pornography" To Be Blocked In France · · Score: 1

    It's called ladiesofisis.xxx, and it features amature sex-tapes submitted by ISIS members. But since they consider 9 a decent age at which to marry a girl off, I guess I'm going to have to close up shop.

  24. Re:What are Autism rates in Mississippi on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Apparently the CDC only has data from 11 States, and Mississippi isn't one of them. Other groups have more data available, but so far the best compilation I've found is at some anti-vax site - http://vaxtruth.org/2012/04/wh... Their chart has Mississippi ranked 44th for autism rates, West Virginia is 39th.

    And yeah, that does make the autism argument look real dumb. Especially when you look at the top 3 States for autism - Minnesota, Maine and Oregon; which interestingly enough also have some of the highest rates of non-vaccination.

  25. I'm lucky. on Texas Boy Suspended For "Threatening" Classmate With the One Ring · · Score: 1

    My schooling predates these absurd zero-tolerance policies, which is good seeing as how I told my art class that I was Jesus and sending them to hell. Unfortunately, this backfired on me and I had to give a second oral report.