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  1. Re:We are living in interesting times on Half of Tor Sites Compromised, Including TORMail · · Score: 1

    Except this is a case where a warrant is not necessary... not because of some bullshit secret only-for-terrorists-promise law but because the crime is observed in progress. This is the equivalent of the dye bag in the cash stolen form a bank.

  2. Re:GET READY.... on Peter Capaldi Unveiled As the New Star of Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    it has only been two regenerations in a row where the actor playing the doctor starts at a younger age than his predecessor. Twice in a row is not a trend.

    This was the second time that has occurred in descending order (Pertwee-Baker-Davison, Eccleston-Tennant-Smith), and it has happened once in accenting order (Davison-Baker-McCoy)

  3. Re:Strangely... on Obama Administration Overrules iPhone Trade Ban · · Score: 1

    -1, irrelevant.

    No one is acting outside of the rule of law here. The US Trade Representative has the authority to make such a decision.

  4. Re:qualcomm is right on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 1

    The axis that everyone is forgetting is "depreciation rate of old fab line". If you can put 2x cores on an N-2 process where the the capital expenditure has already been written down and you otherwise have excess capacity, you can make an only slightly crappy part and move an insane volume at a relatively low price which still supports the high end due to compatibility. The relative performance gain from more cores is traded off against the relative performance loss of the old process.

  5. The greatest disapointment on Surveillance Story Turns Into a Warning About Employer Monitoring · · Score: 1

    A story like this ought to get the people who say "I'm doing nothing wrong, so I have nothing to hide" to shut the hell up, but it won't.

  6. Re:Date problems on How Did My Stratosphere Ever Get Shipped? · · Score: 1

    Sure there can be plenty of problem when trying to handle dates. The point is that solving problems with handling dates is *not optional in a calendar*.

  7. Re:Free market on How Did My Stratosphere Ever Get Shipped? · · Score: 1

    Can you cite an economist that has proven that external costs do not exist? Or are you just trying to make the baby Milton Friedman cry?

  8. Re:Walk before you run on Indian Army Mistook Planets For Spy Drones · · Score: 2

    Keep talking like that, and they'll take their concept of the number zero and go home. Then we'll be in big trouble.

  9. Re:Why "fix" what isn't broken? on Forget Apple: Samsung Could Be Google's Next Big Rival · · Score: 1

    There is a primitive but common sort of capitalist that thinks that money that some other entity earns is a loss to themselves. They are blind to the existence of complementary goods, and they make the baby Adam Smith cry.

  10. Re:113th congress on NSA Still Funded To Spy On US Phone Records · · Score: 1

    Need some trade disputes first...

  11. Re:How about .. on Door-To-Door Mail Delivery To End Under New Plan · · Score: 1

    By what stretch of the imagination do you think they've made promises to workers who have not even been born yet?

  12. Re:Sarcasm is not what it was on Maneuvering Continues For Control of Dell · · Score: 1

    If everybody knows that the profit margin is unsustainable, why hasn't the stock price corrected?

    Or are you saying that the market is wrong when you disagree with the market, and only right when you agree?

  13. Re:Fact. on Google Now Serves 25% of North American Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    On the upside, Google Analytics still comes from its own domain which has an obvious name, so it's easy to block and then continue with the target page. Some places will pull javascript from a dozen domains named with just random strings.

  14. Re:Linus management technique works on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 1

    Why yes, that is an excellent example of survivorship bias.

  15. Re:Article doesn't understand the point of patents on How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality · · Score: 1

    Patented technology is not a windfall, but the article is not about patented technology. The article is about the patents, which ARE a windfall.

  16. Re:ludicrous on How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality · · Score: 2

    You wish to participate in an economic discussion yet you do not know what an economic rent it? You make the baby Adam Smith cry.

  17. Re:Typical console developer rant, IMO. on An Interesting Look At the Performance of JavaScript On Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    There is no one so precious that they have slipped the surly bonds of Amdahl's Law.

  18. Re:How can this be? on Gladwell's Culture & Air Crashes Analysis Badly Flawed · · Score: 1

    Why would you believe Slashdot over some random blog you've never heard of before?

  19. Re:Surprised! on Mount Fuji Gets 4G Wireless · · Score: 1

    "you find vending machines"

    That's hardly notable in Japan.

  20. Re:En Français .. Espion! on Revelations On the French Big Brother · · Score: 1

    En soviétique France, le fromage sent-vous!

  21. Re:No permanent fix on Tech Companies Looking Into Sarcasm Detection · · Score: 1

    There is a qualitative difference that lead to an arms race, that incentives exist for evading the existing arms. For both lying and spam, some parties gain when detection rates go down while others gain when detection rates go up. On the other hand, no one really gains if sarcasm is harder to identify.

    I have not yet come to a conclusion on which category applies to trolling.

  22. Re:It was always episode IV on Disney's Titling Problem With Its Star Wars Movies · · Score: 1

    The original film prints did not say Episode IV in the titles.

  23. Re:Oh, look! Just what the economy needs! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 1

    We Americans are already imperialistic assholes. It's time to show those Yurpeans how it's done.

  24. Re: You keep using that word... on Proof Mooted For Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle · · Score: 1

    Or gravity

  25. Re:Passports and Visas on Wikileaks Aiding Snowden - Chinese Social Media Divided - Relations Strained · · Score: 1

    Russia requires a transit visa when traveling on a US passport for connections over 24 hours.Russia also requires that your visa be valid to leave the country, i.e. if your visa expired you have to apply for a new one before you can leave the country. Many countries have these kinds of restrictions, it's just that US passports are eligible for a lot of visa waivers,

    But as xelah alludes to, it all turns out to be moot, since in the case of a notable political situation a country can and will make up any new policy it likes.