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  1. Re:Free software wouldn't have helped on Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along · · Score: 1

    There's no relationship between government overstepping the mark and buying a proprietary product from a company you respect because you want to use the product and are willing to sacrifice unrestricted access to its innards.

    Yes there is. The relationship is risk.

    HTH.

  2. Geospatial mapping of voter preferences/issues on Slow Start For Mobile In 2012 Presidential Campaign · · Score: 1

    What positive power is there to leverage when it comes to tablets and smart phones? I honestly can't even come up with a very convoluted answer to that one.

    House by house, categorization using GPS.

    The reverse of this is grouping issues by area and inform campaigners of the biggest issues nearby, potentially street by street. Direct targeted messages to individual streets/houses.

    This is a most vapid submission.

    Of course.

  3. There have been fart apps for years on Slow Start For Mobile In 2012 Presidential Campaign · · Score: 1

    I'm really not sure you need more.

  4. They are not getting enough ADHD users on Google Testing Completely Revamped Look · · Score: 1

    They are the ones who click the adverts.
     

  5. They don't want engineers talking to headhunters on Ask Slashdot: Re-Entering the Job Market As a Software Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Not directly anyway, because you go down in their little black book, even if not looking for a position now, and in 9 months when they have position X which pays 50% more than your current salary, they phone up and the business's Human Resources vanish.

    So HR get's put in between.
     

  6. China is still suppressing it's currency on China's Green Data Center Plans · · Score: 1

    (Most of the time, recently they've been dumping to counter the bubble bursting)

    So imports are more expensive than they would be if it was allowed to find it's own level. Coal, oil are substantial inflows. By making use of "green" energy using locally produced products, they can continue to suppress their currency for longer, with the benefits to labour costs that implies to the rest of the world.

  7. Re:Just pay more on Google Health's Lifeline Runs Out · · Score: 1

    I would actually pay to keep services alive.

    I doubt it. You are a most likely a cheapskate who expects everything for free. So live with it.

    A solid P2P network where people can set up services with even more ease than we do now.

    Yeah so you can leach off other people's resources. You wouldn't be willing to pay for that either.

  8. 2011, year of the fart app on Google Health's Lifeline Runs Out · · Score: 1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVN6-yd-xU

    2012, year of the fart service.
       

  9. Just pay more on Google Health's Lifeline Runs Out · · Score: 2

    I'm sure Google would be willing to keep the service running if you were willing to pay for it.
     

  10. Already done. on Optical Furnace Bakes Better Solar Cells · · Score: 3, Informative

    Virtually all caravan and recreational vehicle/motor home devices are 12v.

    The problem is the amperage with a 12v supply.

  11. The oil price is Iran's primary weapon on Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War · · Score: 2

    They don't actually have to close the straights. They can ratchet tension up to $150 oil again.

  12. Re:The end is what matters on What's Wrong With the US Defense R&D Budget? · · Score: 1

    Second, taxpayers rake in ~$12 Trillion in income but only pay $900 Billion currently, so we could easily run a surplus by raising taxes.

    So... Income taxes are only 7.5% for everyone in the US? Wow.....When's the next imigration intake? Just on a relative order of magnitude thing. Do you want to take another look at this? Hint. Not everybody pays income tax or earns income, and the per capita number and total population may not be the best choices for extrapolations.

  13. The end is what matters on What's Wrong With the US Defense R&D Budget? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The means are down to your conscience.

    The American government spends so much money that even if every single income tax payer was paying 100% of their income in tax, there would still be a deficit. Most of that deficit is military spending.

    Yet all it takes to kill a $4 million M1A1 is a $50 IED. To disable a $4 billion aircraft carrier, a $1 million missile.

    Perhaps in a conventional confrontation the US military would win but nobody (apart from saddam) would be stupid enough to fight that fight. You don't fight your opponent's strengths, you fight their weaknesses. That is the last war you're gearing up for, not the next one.

    And in the meantime, the debt climbs exponentially... Have you ever thought you might already be losing the next war? As I said, the end, defeating your opponent is what matters.

  14. Ordinary table salt is a mood enhancer. on Russia Building World's Largest Li-Ion Battery Plant · · Score: 1

    Ordinary sodium chloride. Doesn't have to be lithium.

    http://www.science20.com/news_releases/salt_may_be_antidepressant_which_would_also_explain_why_its_addictive

    Some people may use too much in order to counteract depression. Or perhaps, modern diet being high in salt causes depression when salt levels drop.

  15. The advertisers on How a Gesture Could Get Your Google+ Profile Picture Yanked · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't like it. It damages their image.

  16. Re:Search has negative value? on Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    Now that is one of the most insightful comments I've seen on the market for a long time.

  17. Re:The beancounters are there. Facebook is 50 bill on Why the Occupy Movement Skipped Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Google's P/E is about 20. i.e. A bit on the high side, but they do actually have an income. Cut Googles price in half to be worth investing in. Facebook's P/E is estimated to be about 125; It'd take 125 years to earn the value of the shares from their earnings. Think 8 billion on the high side for Facebook as it stands. i.e. a drop of about 80%.

  18. Re:The app store has over 500000 apps on Why We Agonize Over Buying $1 Apps · · Score: 1

    Have you checked them all?
     

  19. Re:You thought you were the user? on Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    I'm assuming he's trying out new "Designed to make you look stupid" speech to text translation software.

  20. Re:You thought you were the user? on Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    Apple's new voice to text technology in action?
     

  21. There are 40 million Americans on food stamps on IT Managers Are Aloof Says Psychologist and Your Co-Workers · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, it'll soon be the 1% vs the 99%.

    The US is now in Cameroon territory when it comes to Gini coefficients. That's when heads start rolling.

  22. It's a surprise because god is on their side on Insects Rapidly Becoming Resistant To GM Corn · · Score: 1

    Clearly god wouldn't have changed the insects if the farmers were on god's good side, so they must have done something wrong. I suggest they sacrifice their first born to get him to change the insects back.

  23. You thought you were the user? on Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, you're the product.
     

  24. The app store has over 500000 apps on Why We Agonize Over Buying $1 Apps · · Score: 1

    Why would you pay?

  25. It's called a securid token. on Data Exposed In Stratfor Compromise Analyzed · · Score: 1

    HTH.