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  1. programming cannot be dumbed down on Dumbing Down Programming? · · Score: 1

    regardless of the language in use, programming still requires the ability to think logically to develop a solution to whatever problem the programmer is trying to solve.

  2. i bet the supercomputer on IBM Takes a (Feline) Step Toward Thinking Machines · · Score: 1

    is nowhere near as cuddly as the real thing

  3. Re:The problem is not an efficient algorithm on What Computer Science Can Teach Economics · · Score: 1

    actually, it has nothing to do with reaction time. you hinted at the correct issue: desirability

    you can program a computer to model desirability within an economic actor, but it will never be more than a simplified model of the real thing. the possibility for tangential expansion of error is enormous.

  4. get an ipod on Simple, Cost-Effective, Multiroom Audio? · · Score: 1

    now you're got music in an infinite number of rooms

  5. those stickers are edible on Low-Energy Laser Etching May Replace Fruit Labels · · Score: 1

    they don't taste that bad, really.

  6. there's no law at work here. only the contract between comcast and the customer.

  7. Easier to reprimand, really. on Rise of the Robot Squadrons · · Score: 1

    You turn it off and replace the code. Try doing the same with a human soldier, pilot, etc.

  8. Re:we care on Towards a Permission-Based Web · · Score: 1

    The people running stores choose what gets sold in them. It has nothing to do with public or private owners.

  9. why look at anyone? on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    i wasn't aware it was the responsibility of the federal government to deal in internet access

  10. how about outlets? on Universal Phone Charger Approved By UN Body · · Score: 1

    could we at least get an international standard outlet? same prongs? same voltage?

  11. Re:Net Neutrality must be forced on companies on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 1

    slashdot is owned and opreated by SourceForge Inc., a business. if you really think the net would be better off without any businesses, stop posting here or any other websites that aren't run by non-profits or government departments.

  12. i still don't understand the push for this on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 1

    government regulations have a long history of unintended consequences. it's good to see that these lawmakers recognize that.

    furthermore, the internet has done exceptionally well so far without such rules. i think we're better off without them, in spite of the few incidences of filtering and blocking some providers have tried.

  13. Re:slow down investment in broadband on Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push · · Score: 1

    prove it

  14. Re:Sucks to be missing any fingers.. on 10/GUI — an Interface For Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    alternatively, there could be keyboard shortcuts for many of these actions.

  15. Re:DNS on Tim Berners-Lee Is Sorry About the Slashes · · Score: 1

    how would his second form work with subdomains? the name of a server is a distinct piece of information from the path to some piece of data on that server. if everything's a slash, there's no obvious way to distinguish between the two. "com/example/foo/bar" could mean either "foo.example.com/bar" or "example.com/foo/bar", both of which are perfectly valid.

  16. Re:is there any other way to prevent crowd dispers on Revisiting DIY HERF Guns · · Score: 0, Troll

    voting hasn't changed a single thing in the US in the last 200 years

  17. that's not a motorcycle on New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph · · Score: 0, Redundant

    it's twenty feet long and fully enclosed. calling it a motorcycle because it has two wheels it really stretching the definition of the term.

  18. Re:Dodgy statesmen on Microsoft Tax Dodge At Issue In Washington State · · Score: 1

    State resources like ...?

  19. Re:Sure it does on Rome, Built In a Day · · Score: 1

    Most university research groups do not have funds to buy bits of computing time here and there. For a project like this, the research group more likely has a dedicated computing cluster bought with grant money or sponsor money.

  20. Re:Some people fear guns like they fear bugs on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    Symbolic speech is all well and good, but the trigger-happy cop who mistakes you for a rifle-toting terrorist is going to shoot first and ask questions later. There's no reason to put yourself at risk by openly carrying around something that resembles a weapon unless you intend to use it.

  21. Re:Sobriety, please on New Zealander Invents Segway Alternative · · Score: 1

    i bring my road bike to my office

    so does one of my other employees

    they don't really take up that much space

  22. Re:That Analogy Falls Apart on Sending Astronauts On a One-Way Trip To Mars · · Score: 1

    Mars has dust. Some iron, too, but mostly dust. We know what's over there already, and it's not much of a product if we don't have a way to get it home.

  23. Can the IRS find me on Mars? on Sending Astronauts On a One-Way Trip To Mars · · Score: 1

    If not, I'm game.

  24. flock 2.0? on Netscape Founder Backs New Browser · · Score: 2, Insightful

    we all know how popular flock turned out to be.

  25. the rules are to combat porn on EFF Says Burning Man Usurps Digital Rights · · Score: 1

    the event has had an increasing problem with guys showing up with cameras just to snap pics of the naked ladies, post them online, and charge people a fee to check them out. this certainly isn't the best approach to solve the problem, but there's little else they can do.