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  1. speaks to our inner life on The Disappearing Universe · · Score: 4, Insightful

    one of the allures for me (and i think a lot of people intrigued with cosmology) is how we can interpret the findings as a macrocosm for our own personal microcosm of awareness and being.

    the fact that seemingly inherent in our physical universe is a doctrine of the futility of outward movement (vis a vis reaching a sense of completion or boundary), to me, points to the individual quest for seeking oneself by focusing internally.

  2. Re:240,000 jobs for robots? on EU Launches World's Largest Civilian Robotics Program; 240,000 New Jobs Expected · · Score: 1

    dont forget cats and dogs getting along. they must get along before the utopia arrives.

  3. i hope they do closed casket on 'Godfather of Ecstasy,' Chemist Sasha Shulgin Dies Aged 88 · · Score: 1

    can you imagine all the touchy-feeling-corpsey groping otherwise? dude...

  4. cool tech, but... on Robotic Exoskeletons Could Help Nuclear Plant Workers · · Score: 1

    far too little too late.. the problems/near-impossibilty of cleaning up at Fukushima so mind-bogglingly outstrip whatever theoretical benefit these prototypes suggest as to border on the absurd. never mind the geiger counter.. check out our cool gear! tokyo 2020! huzzah!

  5. Patriot or Traitor? on In First American TV Interview, Snowden Talks Accountability and Patriotism · · Score: 1

    that was the headline on CNBC i saw yesterday, and it got me ticked off. id just like to point out that as is so often the case, the media is trying to steer the dialogue and mentality with a false-choice. The two words are not appropriate in my mind. He *is* a traitor, but to a lying deceptive system. But he is also a HERO for it. as far as patriot - that depends on what you believe the fundamental nature of our system is at it's core - right or wrong. Frankly, that to me is just semantics and jingoism. im more concerned with whether he acted in the interests of LIBERTY, which in this day and age, seem to have less and less to do with patriotism (and often appear at the other side of the table).

  6. Re:This is why we can't have nice tihngs... on Hackers Allege Mt. Gox Still Controls "Stolen" Bitcoins · · Score: 3, Informative

    absolutely NOT. wow - and how long have you been employed by the fed I wonder - bringing out the 'magic of 1913'? is that you janet? modern currency as a fiat currency is not 'backed' by anything other than what it says on the bills - legal tender.. that the currency is acceptable as a means of payment in the eyes of the court system and hence, the structural society in which we live (with the implicit backing of the powers that be within that system). the fact that hard assets are used as collateral to make loans in a given currency in NO way means that said currency is then 'backed by those hard assets'. that is simply a line of recourse to a default on the CREDIT extended - nothing to do with the currency used as a medium of exchange. I could just as easily lend someone bitcoins using their car as collateral. jeez. and to say that debt-backed currency is even relatively immune to manipulation is incredible - especially when we are living in an age where it stares people in the face every day under the guise of 'quantitative easing', rate-rigging, and lawsuits involving currency manipulation. i'm not saying cryptocurrency is a solution, but damn. before you start throwing barbs under the guise of being the one who understands economics, you should make sure you know what you're talking about, and/or put down the propaganda talking points.

  7. not 'law enforcement' on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 2

    remember when the fbi dropped law enforcement as a primary mission a week or so ago? http://thecable.foreignpolicy.... so now they are enforcing copyright law? oh - silly me.. not about enforcement. about being the muscle for their corporate bosses.

  8. needs work on Engineers: Traffic Studies Use Simulation Software, Not Lane Closings · · Score: 2

    Christie is going to have to practice his lying skills if he wants to seriously be a contender for president. I mean, come on.. .Clinton.. the bushes.. Obama.. they gotta be looking at him as total j.v.

  9. hah! nice try! here i come! on How Quickly Will the Latest Arms Race Accelerate? · · Score: 1

    - mother nature

  10. Re:Put it in writing on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    hurray for Neville! hurray mr. chamberlain!

  11. Re:govt takedown on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    cool - the squashes my theory, but I appreciate the clarity. nice to be able to tell one of the many consipiracy-hamsters running on the wheels in my head that it can take a break.

  12. Re:govt takedown on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    daytraders, sure - but that is not really the point of an alternative currency. im less curious of the market cap as I am of the depth of the trading market - ie, the flow not the stock. my question which I wonder out loud (in writing here) is - how much selling would it take to push the price down significantly?

  13. Re:govt takedown on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 1

    agreed. in fact, i have been suspecting for a while now that the volatility in btc pricing (which keeps people away, as who wants a currency that can swing +-20% in a day?) might be due to the government using their seized SilkRoad wallet (and whatever other seized bitcoins they have) to overwhelm the market. people have rallied around the fact that you can't 'short' bitcoins to artificially manipulate it lower - but if you own hundreds of millions of dollars of seized bitcoins (never mind mining for new one), and don't care about preserving the value of your holdings, you could crater the market whenever you feel like it. maybe im off about the ability to push btc prices down dramatically by say, indiscriminantly selling say, $1-2 million worth? i don't know how deep the market is.. maybe someone here does.

  14. govt takedown on Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Pledges Not To Execute '51% Attack' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    what's to stop a central bank or government with unlimited funds (and that sees cryptocurrency as a threat) from deliberately buying up mining capacity and doing it themselves?

  15. great stumble recovery on Japan To Create a Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 1

    ever walk down the street, and stumble, but mid-way turn it into a move that some part of you thinks will convince on-lookers that you did it on purpose? like you were just testing out a new dance move for the clubs? what - you mean those thousands of broken spent fuel rod assemblies? yeah - it's cool.. we're into EXPERUMENTING. oh - and if you ask questions in japan on this, off to jail you go!

  16. Re:great way to recover from a stumble on Canada Quietly Offering Sanctuary To Data From the US · · Score: 1

    oops - wrong story tab open.. delete...

  17. great way to recover from a stumble on Canada Quietly Offering Sanctuary To Data From the US · · Score: 1

    ever walk down the street, and stumble, but mid-way turn it into a move that some part of you thinks will convince on-lookers that you did it on purpose? like you were just testing out a new dance move for the clubs? what - you mean those thousands of broken spent fuel rod assemblies? yeah - it's cool.. oh - and if you ask questions in japan on this, off to jail you go!

  18. break bad passwords on Ask Slashdot: How To Protect Your Passwords From Amnesia? · · Score: 1

    write your passwords down on a piece of paper. then drive out to the desert with a gps, and bury them in a box in a random spot, noting the gps location. then come back home, go to a convenience store, and buy a lotto ticket with the numbers from the gps. leave it on your fridge with a magnet. you're done! p.s. this approach may result in you getting shot and killed by an automated machine gun of your own device. but on the plus side, your old frenemies will see to it that your kids are well taken care of.

  19. rush to the lowest common denominator on AT&T Introduces "Sponsored Data" Allowing Services to Bypass 4G Data Caps · · Score: 1

    so the big corporate sponsors can pay to keep the sheep quietly fed and herded. this sounds like the internet equivalent of corporate 'sponsors' making it so that the supermarket quality food and produce is so much more expensive than a sack-of-10 whitecastles or a greesy $5 pizza from papa johns that can feed a poor family of four.