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  1. Re:http://slashdot.org/?source=autorefresh on Microsoft Promises Not To Snoop Through Email · · Score: 1

    Another fantastically insightful post without an author to attribute it to.

  2. Another amazing fact: on More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some people are more prone to be in / cause an accident period. Distracted driving increases the likelyhood of an accident, be it texting, be-bopping to music, talking on the phone, enjoying the company of the fellow passengers, or just plain dealing with kids.

    There's a reason the pilot of a plane is sectioned away from the screaming babies.

  3. Re:Physical Stores on Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way · · Score: 1

    He's not talking about first run viewing ffs. He's talking about what is currently available for rent. If you can rent out the physical copy for $1-2 (say from redbox), a copy that has the ability to be copied and never rented again, then surely you can rent me a streaming version (that can't be copied and is of lessor quality than that of the blu-ray) of that same movie for the same price. They need to fix that problem.

    What he said...

  4. Any actual police work? on Anti-Game-Violence Legislator Arrested, Faces Gun Trafficking Charges · · Score: 1
    From the summary:

    in which [former school board president Keith Jackson] told an undercover officer that Yee had an arms trafficking contact. Jackson allegedly said Yee could facilitate a meeting for a donation."

    Didn't catch the guy with a cache of weapons...
    Didn't catch the guy with a known weapons trafficker...
    All they have is hearsay from a guy kicked out of public office, probably with an axe (non-assault weapon) to grind...

  5. Physical Stores on Why Movie Streaming Services Are Unsatisfying — and Will Stay That Way · · Score: 1

    Harking back to a few articles ago, about the inconvenience of DVDs.
    I can walk into a physical store 2 miles from my house, drop 5 bucks for a movie, and if I bring it back within 24 hrs, I get 4 bucks back.
    Why can't I just pay $1 /movie to stream any video I want whenever I want?

  6. Re:Rubio was doing so well on Tesla's Fight With Car Dealers Could Help Decide the Next Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    Which flavor do we have here at the ol' slashdot?

  7. Re:growing pains toward a better future, maybe? on Job Automation and the Minimum Wage Debate · · Score: 1

    How about learning a skill that requires you to use your brain in some way that is more valuable that anything I can code up in a couple hours.
    All the code samples in the programming books talk about makePizza() function that takes an array of toppings. We get all the users to order their pizzas online and I only need 1 guy at the store to manage the hand offs.

  8. Re:Solar cell that emits light.... on Scientists Develop Solar Cell That Can Also Emit Light · · Score: 1

    That has the potential to be an awesome troll argument later on. I'll be saving that one.

  9. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    This is the most insightful bit out of the whole conversation.

  10. Hunting is not for the poor on Drone-Assisted Hunting To Be Illegal In Alaska · · Score: 1

    I can still do a flyby in a brush plane.

  11. Re:ZOMG a bad thing didn't happen! on Earth Barely Dodged Solar Blast In 2012 · · Score: 1

    1. Knowing something is possible is better than not knowing

    spoken like a man who's never managed to get his balls sucked into a dustbuster

    Knowing and needing to verify are two completely separate things.

  12. Re:A faraday cage has to be grounded to earth. on Earth Barely Dodged Solar Blast In 2012 · · Score: 1

    I've had a couple mufflers welded on. The guy has never disconnected my battery; though he usually clamps an additional ground to the frame to absorb the energy.

  13. Re:Proper patent valuation on Apple Demands $40 Per Samsung Phone For 5 Software Patents · · Score: 1

    Prior art: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Eve...

    Interesting bit: I could not find any mention of a sliding bolt latch on wikipedia.

  14. Re:er, not really on Apple Demands $40 Per Samsung Phone For 5 Software Patents · · Score: 1

    Yes.

  15. Re:Proper patent valuation on Apple Demands $40 Per Samsung Phone For 5 Software Patents · · Score: 2

    I wonder how much the part that makes the phone calls is worth.

  16. Re:I wish them luck... on Genome Pioneer, X Prize Founder Tackle Aging · · Score: 1

    1. I suddenly see an emerging market for elderly war
    2. Oh for a mod point

  17. Re:In Other News... on Massachusetts Court Says 'Upskirt' Photos Are Legal · · Score: 1

    I fly about every other month. Once I showed up too close to boarding, and they swabbed my phone.
    Ideally, you would force the each airport to enforce the same rules, without getting the government involved, but individual states have to act like individuals. To enforce unilateral security it ha[s|d] to be a government agency. This is why once you clear checkpoint A you are free to roam around the entire USA without an additional search.

    What are you doing/saying/wearing/bringing that is causing you to get your colon rooted through? Of course, other than winking at the TSA agent...(btw, dig the sig!)

  18. Re:The next level of odd on Samsung Galaxy Glass Patent Plans To Turn Fingers Into a Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Already do.

  19. Re:Prior Art? on Samsung Galaxy Glass Patent Plans To Turn Fingers Into a Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the buttons will be 4 times the size of current keys and not have any text on them.

  20. Re:How about glass that doesn't break within 3 mon on Samsung Galaxy Glass Patent Plans To Turn Fingers Into a Keyboard · · Score: 1

    I find typing on a flat surface doesn't work, as my fingers are curiously all of different lengths.

    Of course your fingers are longer in the middle. How else are you supposed to reach the 3 & 8 keys?

  21. Re:In Other News... on Massachusetts Court Says 'Upskirt' Photos Are Legal · · Score: 1

    It is perfectly possible to voluntarily relinquish rights, which is what we do when we fly.

    Before we get to the TSA part, riding a public bus is a lot like riding a plane. You pay your fare, you sit down, you shut up. After a predertermined amount of time you exit the vehicle. It's not your bus. It's not your plane. I have rules you have to follow you're probably not going to like if you get in my car.

    I do not reliquish any of my rights when I pass through the TSA Inspection line.
    I willing subject my bag for a warrantless examination solely because that is what it takes to ensure the people that do have something to hide have to do the same. If you have something you don't want rooted through, don't bring it.

  22. Re:China not part of the US on Face Masks Provide Chinese With False Hope Against Pollution · · Score: 1

    I wonder where all these N95 masks available in US hardware stores are manufactured.

  23. Re:The home of 1984? Really? on GCHQ Intercepted Webcam Images of Millions of Yahoo Users · · Score: 1

    You realized why they are going to 4k?
    Pixel density of massive screens. At 3 ft away I can see the inidividual dots on my 55". My finger tip would barely cover the pixel of a widescreen that covered my livingroom wall.

  24. Re:The home of 1984? Really? on GCHQ Intercepted Webcam Images of Millions of Yahoo Users · · Score: 1

    How is it that the home country of the author of 1984 just doesn't get it?

    They've been treating it as a manual, instead of as a warning.

    Not funny.

  25. Re: Excuse me... Excuse me?!!! on Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    If ET is in range, they he probably has some way of announcing his presence. Say for example by taking over Channel 4, or possibly FOX News.