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  1. Re:Waiting.... on CNN iPhone App Sends iReporters' Passwords In the Clear · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Those "vetting eyeballs" seem to be incompetent if they let through an app sending passwords in plain text. They're probably just making sure you're not making a web browser (without webkit) app or something else Apple doesn't like.

  2. Re:Um, here's a simpler way on Researchers Create Origami Wheels That Can Change Size · · Score: 2

    Yes, but it can also get smaller, to be able to squeeze through small spaces. The point is not being able to climb over things, but being able to adapt to the current situation. Depending on the size of the thing it need to climb over and how fine it's movement needs to be, it can adjust the wheel size.

  3. Re:No public drug use on World Health Organization Calls For Decriminalization of Drug Use · · Score: 1

    Drug use is not OK for many reasons, just as tobacco use is not okay. It's bad for you health, addictive, expensive, and effectively useless. It also makes people more likely to get hurt by doing stupid things like operating machinery. Concentrations of drug use will have a serious negative impact on the local community by draining it's money (people will be paying for drugs rather than for local services, etc), making the people unhealthy, putting a bad name on the community, repelling people from moving in, and making it a worse place to do any other business, due to the drainage of money.

  4. Re:Simple answer is on Will Google's Dart Language Replace Javascript? (Video) · · Score: 1

    AngularJS was also created by Google.

  5. Re:kind of like a small town fireworks show? on The View From Inside A Fireworks Show · · Score: 1

    It's helpful when your "progressive" government doesn't regulate the industry to the point where it's $20 for a pop-it.

  6. Re:Let them drink! on NYC Loses Appeal To Ban Large Sugary Drinks · · Score: 1

    It actually works out. Idiots vote for people like Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio, who make laws that make them seem less idiotic, if you're following. This leads to a place tailored toward that type of person, which leads to an increase of them, which puts your back at step 1. Eventually, you get a nanny state.

  7. Re:normally id be all for this. on The Military Is About To Get New Augmented Reality Spy Glasses · · Score: 1

    We might spend more money on defense than other countries (which happens to be the most important part of our budget, though I'm not saying it's not a tad large), but it helps to look at the budget as a whole. Only 16% of the said budget is spent on defense. Our problem is that the whole pie is too big ($3,900,000,000,000 or $3.9 Trillion).

  8. Re:It's too slow. on Ask Slashdot: Best Way to Learn C# For Game Programming? · · Score: 1

    No, it's not.

  9. Re: Two languages on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 1

    The self parameter increases clarity, especially for beginners. Concerning automatic code generation: I don't think python was built for that. Maybe something like Lisp might be better for the job than say, Python or Groovy. So, categories are like monkey patching in Ruby?

  10. Re:Doesn't this already happen? on Canadian Court Orders Google To Remove Websites From Its Global Index · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, the important part is that it's the global index.

  11. Re: Two languages on Ask Slashdot: Best Rapid Development Language To Learn Today? · · Score: 1

    Enforcing style isn't a bad thing. It's not like they're telling you what type of indentation to use. If you don't indent, then you shouldn't even be writing code anyway.
    What's wrong with calling the first parameter 'self'. Is that just bothersome? If you don't want to call it self, call it whatever you want. Python does not force you to name it that.
    I'm not sure what categories are, so I can't refute that.
    Groovy being simpler to read and write is highly subjective.

  12. Re:I suggest we send them to Japan on EU's Top Court May Define Obesity As a Disability · · Score: 1

    In Japan, it seems to be illegal to be obese.

  13. Re:Annoying. on Hundreds of Cities Wired With Fiber, But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unusable · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the question is whether it's a good idea to buy out the backbone companies. Internet, which is similar to other utilities such as water and electricity, should not go down the path of those two, which are much more expensive where they have been nationalized (like where I live), both in price and government spending (taxes).

  14. Re:I don't get it on Big Telecom: Terms Set For Sprint To Buy T-Mobile For $32B · · Score: 1

    However, it seems Deutsche Telekom AG only has 67% of T-Mobile shares (see this article for more details).

  15. Re:I don't get it on Big Telecom: Terms Set For Sprint To Buy T-Mobile For $32B · · Score: 1

    I don't know about the 67%, but T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, which could get the 15% share of the merged corporation.

  16. Re:gene linked to intelligence? on Small Genetic Change Responsible For Blond Hair · · Score: 2
  17. Re:That's not true and you know it. on Pirate Bay Co-Founder Peter Sunde Arrested In Sweden · · Score: 1

    What is the normal number hypothesis?

  18. Re:environmental benefits on The Energy Saved By Ditching DVDs Could Power 200,000 Homes · · Score: 0

    Environmentalists say that less people leads to a better environment. Therefore, if the researchers dies it would be good for the environment (according to the environmentalists)!

  19. Re:Raise the Price on Fiat Chrysler CEO: Please Don't Buy Our Electric Car · · Score: 4, Insightful

    s/Republicans/progressives

  20. Re:It's called the tenth amendment. on Why Lavabit Shut Down · · Score: 1

    It's not like the federal government has ever complied with the tenth amendment, especially after the government expanded tremendously during the 20th century (and continues to do so, at the expense of the states and people).

  21. Re:Hmmm... on Can Google Influence Elections? · · Score: 2

    If that's what you're concerned about, try DuckDuckGo.

  22. Re:Pavlovian Psychology? on Applying Pavlovian Psychology to Password Management · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I was going to say. This has absolutely nothing to do with classical conditioning. Operant conditioning? Maybe... if the person successfully associates having to change their password constantly with bad password strength.

  23. Unicode on Applying Pavlovian Psychology to Password Management · · Score: 2

    Why don't most password systems support unicode passwords? Besides the small accessibility problem, I'd like someone to try to crack some japanese, chinese, thai, or arabic text, whether it makes sense or not.

  24. Re:Low on Heartbleed Pricetag To Top $500 Million? · · Score: 1

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the CAs make money from all the new certificates?

  25. Re:obamacare says "no way" on $42,000 Prosthetic Hand Outperformed By $50 3D Printed Hand · · Score: 1

    Posting this to undo bad moderation.