Slashdot Mirror


User: Megol

Megol's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
2,826
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 2,826

  1. Re:Why the focus on bicycle helmets? on Science and Bicycling Meet In a New Helmet Design (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Professional racers doesn't drive in normal traffic, they drive faster, their cars don't have airbags. A bicycle type helmet would be useless and anything that could protect the head from car accidents would also limit the movement of the head so increasing accidents, be heavier therefore increasing some kinds of injuries, get in the way for airbags, and be very uncomfortable for longer rides therefore increasing accidents.

    If you are trying to make a point you've failed miserably.

  2. Re:Yet Assange kept himself in prison for 7 years. on US Government Admits It Doesn't Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Speculation: He were probably more worried about being convicted of rape. His narcissistic tendencies combined with PR makes being a "martyr" for many years better than spending a year or so in prison if convicted, add the ridiculous crap about Swedish collaboration with USA plus torture plus death penalty etc. which are obvious bullshit feeding his ego.

    Now while these things are true and he offered to help crack a code that would perhaps be worthy of a conspiracy charge however he wasn't on US soil at the time and so for the civilized world the USA can't have jurisdiction. Let's see if UK courts are reasonable.

  3. Re:Bradley on US Government Admits It Doesn't Know If Assange Cracked Password For Manning (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even if you think so the name is still Chelsea Manning.

  4. Jellomizer, can't you read? And why should we care about your opinion user-I've-never-seen-before?

  5. I've heard some things from people that actually met him... If those things are true he isn't a nice person from the start and keeping himself as a fugitive eremite for a such a long time will have severe mental impact on all but the strongest.

  6. If you can't be bothered to depress the shift key why not skip the period key too? And why should people Sonic Hedgehog Tarantula Flea?

  7. Re:Embarrass the EU on EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content' (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    A bureaucrat is someone implementing something the decision makers ordered them to - if you want to complain direct that towards the decision makers. What you are describing is something illegal as a bureaucrat isn't allowed to make law, just regulations how to implement the laws they are given to enforce.

  8. Re:Well, to the publishing companies anyways... on EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content' (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    And this is upvoted... Is there any hope for humanity when something failing so thoroughly in everything is seen as truth when truth is now so easy to find?

    We need a new internet where every user have to prove they are capable of logical and critical thinking before being granted access.

  9. Re:They should tell the EU... on EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content' (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    And Stalin was part of the humanity. This fails your argument at the first sentence as something A being part of something B doesn't make B equal to A - basic logic.

  10. username or STFU.

    (shut the fuck up)

  11. Yes science was a thing in the 1800's (but too colored by superstition) as were techniques of measurement. Maybe you confused doing physical measures to determine if a certain gene expression influence skull size with something completely different?

  12. Re:I hope they just let him go on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of evidence of Assange being a self-promoting narcissist, have you been following the whole thing? Assange have made known false statements to make _him_ an important person in several cases, he have wailed how people are mean to him when choosing not to face serious accusations and breaking his word (to come back to Sweden). This is a narcissistic scumbag* if there ever were any.

    (* not directly related to the release of secret information but what information he choose to release and when)

  13. Re:I hope they just let him go on Wikileaks Co-founder Julian Assange Arrested in London (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He is not an enemy combatant so will not be put into Guantanamo, he doesn't hold any secret worthy of "strengthened interrogation", he is known to the world unlike the people tortured and put into Guantanamo, and the US will not make themselves a pariah of the civilized world for this narcissistic small fry. There is no need for secret trials as there isn't anything secret about who Assange is and what he did, if there are secret parts in the trial there are established ways to handle that in a normal trial.

    Try to join us in the real world - you are pretty far out there ATM.

  14. Fascism have a definition and no, censorship isn't the same thing. Next time you want to claim anything maybe do a quick search so you'll not look foolish?

  15. Next you'll tell me you cook and eat babies.
    If you can't argue don't bullshit.

  16. Re:Finland's UBI experiment shows deadbeats are ha on Finland's Basic Income Experiment Shows Recipients Are Happier and More Secure (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    First your description is off, second you draw conclusions not supported by your "data". Was going to post some real information but then realized who you are - no reason to waste any time.

  17. Re:This is actually the long tail of CJD. on Alzheimer's Disease Affects 'Twice As Many People' As Experts Thought (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    No U.

  18. Re:SAD - Standard American Diet on Alzheimer's Disease Affects 'Twice As Many People' As Experts Thought (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice that you have the cause of and solution to one of this disease, have you published your scientific findings yet? We're all waiting. /s

  19. Re:Biological markers on Alzheimer's Disease Affects 'Twice As Many People' As Experts Thought (nypost.com) · · Score: 2

    Ever wondered if maybe it's you that have difficulty understanding the world rather than there being conspiracies everywhere?

  20. Re:Free to buy anywhere in the EU on EU Charges Valve and 5 Game Publishers With Unfair 'Geo-Blocking' (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    The whole idea behind the EU is creating a single market and your example is really bad.
    Does a digital delivery cost more to Romania* than Luxembourg? No. Does it cost more to operate a bistro in Luxembourg than Romania? Yes.
    Are there several Steam companies competing to deliver games? No. Are there several bistros in Luxembourg (and Romania) in a competitive market? Yes.

    (* I'll keep your city-to-country comparison but that's... bad)

  21. Re:Why is anyone buying anything from this company on Huawei Laptop 'Backdoor' Flaw Raises Concerns (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Normally I'd expect such an opinion to be based on facts and not fear-mongering produced without proof. Here we are served an article without technical data, without any actual information at all but the speculation of some unknown person (to me at least) in combination with scary words from an obviously nontechnical writer. No links, no description of the exploit, no reason to actually believe the unknown person.

  22. Re:We have space program b*itch! on Debris From India's Anti-Satellite Test Poses Threat To ISS, Says NASA (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Starting to wonder how to force the internet-genie back into the bottle so that anonymous idiots have to communicate via newsletters again...

  23. Machines doesn't think as you probably understand which is why this is a problem - the machine can be fooled but doesn't detect that what fools it isn't logical. A human generally detect those cases and adapt to the situation. The problem is the reliance of pseduo-AI pattern matching without the actual AI, the part that would make the machine "think".
    Another problem is the sensitivity of current systems in that small patterns that just would make a human somewhat confused instead is detected as a highly accurate match for something completely different, this have been demonstrated with many types of NN image classifiers with funny examples like a turtle being detected as a weapon: https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

  24. For a second I thought you were a idiot before remembering it's April 1, almost got me. :)

  25. Re: Jif... on What's The Correct Way to Pronounce 'GIF'? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    I hope you're trying to be funny. If so you are failing, if not... Well, then you fail even more.