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  1. Re:They don't talk, huh? on Reverse Engineering the Technical and Artistic Genius of Painter Jan Vermeer · · Score: 0

    The Spiderman people aren't talking to the Avatar people

    Bullshit. Clearly someone knows nothing of the VFX industry and has never heard of SIGGRAPH.

    Wait, what? Are you actually taking that statement literally?

  2. anti-NSA on NSA Planned To Discredit Radicals Based On Web-Browsing Habits · · Score: 0

    I want to say something that is critical of the NSA and what they are doing. But im too afraid to say so, even on slashdot...

  3. Re:Priorities much? on Sex Offender Gets New Hearing After Hearing Officer Rants Against Arial Font · · Score: 0

    How can humans be prevented from having power over other humans if there aren't any humans with power over other humans to prevent the humans from having power over other humans?

    Robots.

  4. 0.7% of the mass of the core of a star is nothing to scoff at. It is an incredibly huge amount of mass that is getting converted to energy every second.

  5. Re:Sure there is! on U.S. 5X Battery Research Sets Three Paths For Replacing Lithium · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Trendy to "hate" on America? I can see its starting to bite now....getting sick of the backlash now are we? How about America stops its typical BS and stop giving the rest of us the reasons and opportunity to " hate" on you guys in the first place. Also, getting off your hypocritical high horse about how "free" America is, and how great a country and its being the Leader of The Free World it is, would do wonders for your reputation. That marketing speak BS has not worked since Bush

  6. Floppy Disk? on MenuetOS, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly Language, Inches Towards 1.0 · · Score: 1

    What is this "floppy disk" mentioned in the summary? It sounds weird, a disk thats floppy? how odd.

  7. Re:Units! on Duke Univ. Device Converts Stray Wireless Energy Into Electricity For Charging · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He was not discovered for that reason. A device known as a TDR ( Time Domain Refelectrometer ) is used by the industry to determine where, and what kind of faults, lie on the transmission line. It sends a pulse down the line, and then analyzes the reflection that comes back to determine the location ( distance down the line) and fault type ( open or short circuit ). This guy's unauthorized 'tap' on the transmission line would show up on the results. The lines company could then easily find out where the 'extra' transformer is located, and the guy is busted. Ive heard of farmers using overhead transmission lines to power their electric fences, and were discovered by this method.

  8. Re:Hangings on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    Dude, if you are having sex with a woman's period, you are totally doing it wrong.

  9. Re:Resistant to anti-ship missles? on USS Zumwalt — a Guided Missile Destroyer Running On Linux · · Score: 1

    Its quite simple. You dont let your ships get in range of said missiles. You have force projection capability ( usually by air ), and the capability to detect threats. Missiles a threat? Destroy them before they get an opportunity to launch, before they get anywhere near range of your ship. Coupled with proper military management of these assets, your ship is not always 'sunk'. The US Navy is not stupid.