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  1. Let's all just agree on "Synthetic Tracking" Makes It Possible to Find Millions of Near Earth Asteroids · · Score: 1

    That this is cool. Anything that will help humans identify the source of their ultimate demise is a good thing.

  2. Robot rulers. on Technologies Like Google's Self-Driving Car: Destroying Jobs? · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our automated driving overlords. I can sleep on my way to work. I can work on my way to work. I can eat on my way to work. I can text or call someone on my way to work. But by the time we get all the AI worked out I won't need to go anywhere to work. I can work from my home or anyplace in the world for that matter. Robotics can really help humans do a lot of crappy jobs and activities. But I often wonder why we insist that robots do our drudge work the way we do it. Why not just change the way things are done so drudge work is eliminated all together?

  3. Re:I am shocked shocked I tell you on NSA Officers Sometimes Spy On Love Interests · · Score: 1

    Not surprised. I actually expected this was the case. But that doesn't mean I condone it. And your short retort to the story only serves to diminish the issue. This is some serious shit. And everyone should be outraged by this. And outraged at teh NSA overall. But one wonders what other organizations, those that are less well know, are up to. Organizations like the NRO.

  4. When they say get rid of 90% on Why the NSA Can't Replace 90% of Its System Administrators · · Score: 1

    What does the NSA mean? Lay offs? Ship to Guantanamo? Make disappear? They can't let all those folks just wander the streets with the knowledge they have. Can you truly leave the NSA and remain alive or condemned to a life in hiding?

  5. Wish my employer did that. on New Tech Money, Same Old Problems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Driving in the Bay area is horrid. Getting bus service to and from work would be great. Could get some extra sleep too.

  6. Super Conducting? on US Intel Agencies To Build Superconducting Computer · · Score: 1

    That is so 1990's.

  7. Everybody like to look at hot chicks on Sexism Still a Problem At E3 · · Score: 1

    Even women. Sure they complain when guys do it but they like to look as well. So the more hot chicks at these shows the better.

  8. Re:Treason on Facebook and Microsoft Disclose Government Requests For User Data · · Score: 2

    Have to agree. Obama is actually complicit with all this so should be brought up on charges. In fact Obama more than others since he explicitly states he will uphold the U.S. Constitution when he takes the job.

  9. Hahahahahaha on Should the Power of Corporate Innovation Shift Away From Executives? · · Score: 1

    Man that was a funny write up. Giving the keys to the kingdom to young upstarts and relatively new employee is hilarious. Every work with these kids? They can't balance their own checkbooks without their mothers' helping. And they expect these same kids to spend millions of dollars on their pet projects. Sure, let it happen. We could always use all kinds of mods to World of Warcraft. The facebook and twitter models are not the norm in the world of business.

  10. Cops should be worried on Speeding Ticket Robots — Laws As Algorithms · · Score: 1

    With drones doing the surveillance and now automated speeding tickets cops won't have anything to do but go after real criminals. You would think the police unions would be getting out ahead of this stuff and start fighting it asap.

  11. Big Bang Theory on Interviews: Ask J. Michael Straczynski What You Will · · Score: 1

    Does it piss you off or bum you out that they keep dogging and putting down Babylon 5 on the show "Big Bang Theory?"

  12. Don't care where the docs came from on Massive Data Leak Reveals How the Ultra Rich Hide Their Wealth · · Score: 1

    When is the information going to be published in an easily accessible place for the public? The problem with all these data leaks is that they rarely make it to the main stream population. For this information in particular, will /. post names and banks from this data?

  13. Time to say some money on Boston Cops Go Undercover Online To Crack Down on Concerts · · Score: 1

    Seems the cops in Boston have a lot of free time these days. Time to save the city some money and reduce the police workforce a bit.

  14. Give the kid as much as he can take on Ask Slashdot: How To (or How NOT To) Train Your Job Replacement? · · Score: 2

    He will absorb what he/she can and then with the new found skills find a better job someplace else. You will be called back at which point you can raise your rate. Everybody wins!

  15. Conspiracy? on Evidence For Comet-Borne Microfossils Supports Panspermia · · Score: 1

    When dealing with information like that presented in the original article one should always ask, "What is gained by debunking the notion of earth being seeded by life instead of life fully developing on this planet without external help?"

  16. So you can't bring in products.. on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 1

    from outside the country and lie about their value but you can bring in H1-B visa people and lie about their salaries? Nice.

  17. Boo Hoo on No Wi-Fi Around Huge Radio Telescope · · Score: 1

    So some kids can't get Wi Fi. A vast majority of people around the world grew up without WiFi and of those most who went to school did so without WiFi.

  18. Gates said this before on Microsoft Wants Computer Science Taught In UK Primary Schools · · Score: 3

    When he was trying to get schools in the U.S. to train more children to be able to work in a world with IT. But all Bill was really trying to do was get schools scared about falling behind in their technology knowledge and then have Microsoft save the day by selling school districts a whole bunch of Windows software. At an educational discount of course. Bill Gates is not your friend and doesn't care about anyone's kids IT knowledge.

  19. Did we learn nothing from "The Terminator" movies? on The Human Brain Project Receives Up To $1.34 Billion · · Score: 1

    Drones, autonomous factories, interconnected battlefield communications, and now smart AI.

  20. Drone Pilots on China Reviewing Game Consoles Ban · · Score: 1

    They are realizing that they need drone pilots and our gamers are the best in the biz. So they too want to get some of that training for their current and future drone pilots.

  21. FINALLY!!! on Robot Serves Up 360 Hamburgers Per Hour · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Although the food at most fast food restaurants isn't that great sometimes one gets the urge to get a greasy burger. But then you go and see who is working the grill or fryer and your appetite goes away. Robot food service....Yes!!!

  22. What movies? on Why You'll Pay For Netflix — Even If You Don't Subscribe To Netflix · · Score: 1

    Netflix doesn't have much in the way of any good movies. Along with this hi-def stuff is Netflix going to actually have movies people want to watch? Currently this isn't much of a selection on line. If their price goes up and they don't start getting betting movie selections I unsubscribe. Sure I like watching old TV shows and other such things but I can live with out it or just get it from vudu or hulu.

  23. Re:This is a rare breed of human. on Anti-GMO Activist Recants · · Score: 1

    You jest but you may not be too far from truth.

  24. Its all about correlation on IQ 'a Myth,' Study Says · · Score: 2

    A high number on an IQ test correlates to someone with a more agile and efficient mind. That is all. Would you hire someone as a programmer who had an measured IQ of 100 over someone who had an IQ of 120? We have no absolute measure for intelligence. If we did we would be able to identify intelligence in other animals as well as in humans. We just have a few tests whose results are correlated to something resembling intelligence. I would think those with higher IQ have already figured out that once money is given to do a study a paper has to be written and it better be a good one.

  25. A couple of things on IBM Predicts the Next 5 Years of Computing · · Score: 1

    1. Seems all these predictions are things that the DOD, Justice Department, and DOE would love to have to keep tabs on everyone. 2. How do I get a job as one of IBM's Forward Thinkers. Sweet gig. Predict almost anything and they will take you seriously.