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  1. Re: They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    There is a trick to creating a AppleID account with no credit card. It does, however cost $5. First buy an iTunes gift card for $5 at the local grocery store. Next use that when you set up the account. It works great and is safe.

  2. Re:All or nothing on US Justice Blocks Implementation of ACA Contraceptive Mandate · · Score: 1

    Health insurance works more like the extended warranty I bought on my car. To add 4 years and and an extra 40000 miles to my cars warranty, it cost me $2,000. Car insurance of the normal type is about 800 per year for my car.

    I am not sure I would call the extended warranty ridiculously expensive.

  3. Re:Who cares about some damage to a few cars... on The New Ethanol Blend May Damage Your Vehicle · · Score: 1

    The poor Elbonain farmer can then not find a market for his corn because the 1st world country dump their surplus grain on Elbonia by the shipload thereby making an effective economy impossible in their little country.

  4. Re:Self-adhesive solar panels have long existed on Peel-and-Stick Solar Cells Created At Stanford University · · Score: 3, Informative

    Uni-Solar made some seriously crappy cells. If the plastic membrane on those cells got a scratch (and they scratched pretty easy) the cell would bloom into a rust ball that produced no power. Also the mounting adhesive could not handle multiple heating and cooling cycles without coming apart. The warranty department also had no idea how to fix the problems.

  5. Re:The ignorance abounds on With Pot Legal, Scientists Study Detection of Impaired Drivers · · Score: 1

    The problem with decriminalization as opposed to legalization, is that the supply chain is still unregulated. The upper chain are still criminals and can still adulter the product in dangerous ways. The product is still sold along side of harder drugs which is the mechanism for the gateway drug argument. And drug dealers exist outside of the law so there is no reason for them to not sell to children.

  6. Re:Good on Lawsuit Challenges New York Sugary Drink Ban · · Score: 1

    ++Or liter... which makes me think he's not an American at all....
    oddly enough one of the only metric things to stick after the ill fated attempt at using the metric system in the 70s was the that soda is commonly sold in 1, 2 and 3 liter bottles.
    I can't think of much else that stayed metric after the choice was given.

  7. Re:Why... on Concept Aquatic Rover May Explore a Lake On Titan · · Score: 1

    It turns out to be really hard to comunicate with stuff on the bottom of the ocean. Salt water absorbs RF like crazy at useful frequencies. ULF works but has an abysmal data rate. This means you either hang your submersible on a tether or let it go black and operate fully independently for long periods and surface to report back.
    There are a ton of unmanned craft using both methods.

  8. Re:that is not the point. on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    Part of adulthood is learning how to deal with difficult people and difficult situations. Turning violent every time you don't get your way is the way a toddler lives.

  9. Re:have you seen it? on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    They were told it was a completely different movie called "desert warrior" and all of the anti islamic stuff was dubbed in later. All of the interviews with the folks in it that I read, nobody bitched about not being paid.

  10. Re:Chicago Teachers Rip 'Big Money Interest Groups on Chicago Teachers Rip 'Big Money Interest Groups' · · Score: 2

    Let me tell you about what my union did for me. I am a federal employee in a large building for a large agency. I get paid well and have many fine benefits. One day some years ago a rat died in the subfloor under my desk. I called in a work order for the dead rat and not much happened. A week went by and the rat smell intensified. I asked for an update on the rat issue and was told it was in the system and awaiting a tech. Another week and it was unbearable. I spoke to my union rep, he made a few phone calls, and the next day they took apart my floor and removed the dead animal from under my cube.
    This is one reason you need the union guy. All of my managers agreed that there was a problem, but they all were powerless to fix it. The union guy put on his hat with the extra bit of legal force and the problem is solved.

  11. Re:have you seen it? on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    I read that the there was a cast/crew of 80 and that they were being paid $75 per day each (industry minimum is supposed to be $100, but sometimes you gotta eat). That gives about $6k per day or $30k per week. My educated guess is two weeks with most of the first week getting organized, and most of the second week realizing the budget was blown. My total estimate is somewhere between $75k and $100k.

  12. Re:that is not the point. on The Implications of Google Restricting Access To Anti-Islam Film · · Score: 1

    The protesters need to grow the fuck up. If I am walking down the street and somebody calls me a name I don't walk over and start a fight, because I am a gwon up and that is not how grown ups live. If the islamists want to be part of the global community they need to toughen up and let shit slide.
    Of course there is also the strong possibility that they do not want any part of the rest of the world.

  13. Re:Smell on Biodiesel From Sewage Sludge · · Score: 1

    As an engineer, I know that it is possible to get any results you want, given the right amount of money.

  14. Re:Not in the upper-left-hand corner on Slashdot Asks: Beating the Summer Heat? · · Score: 1

    Some of us in the lower left corner are also blanketed in a thick marine layer. The ground is wet and it is about 60 outside.

  15. Maps? on Autonomous Vehicles and the Law · · Score: 1

    Hold on, Maps is a poor example, I have a functional but low end Garmen GPS. Do you know where it gets its maps. It has them stored inside it. This is why it bugs me to hook it up to the internet for a map update (only $60). This is also why when I took it with me to japan it was basically a paper weight.

  16. Re:more interesting links on GoDaddy Backs SOPA · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that the cosmetics industry has a huge problem with counterfeit products. Many of the products are available online and it can be difficult to stop the sellers of these products. The counterfeit cosmetics are rarely made to quality or safety standards that the law requires and consumers expect.
       

  17. Re:Kim Jong Il, on North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il Dead at 70 · · Score: 1

    The Foxconn suicide rate was lower than the surrounding community. I would be curious what the comparable suicide rate is for GM, GE or any other large factory.

  18. Re:And here I thought.... on Red Cross Debates If Virtual Killing Violates International Humanitarian Law · · Score: 1

    Worse, this could seriously damage the Red Cross brand. If they start getting involved in the culture wars (a term I despise, but can not improve upon) they will lose there long earned reputation as an impartial provider of aide to those in need.
    This sort of action significantly reduces the likelihood of my donating to their usually good cause.
    They need to stick to their core "business" and avoid controversy.

  19. goodby on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Been a long time, the place won't feel the same without you.

  20. Re:Weird decision on Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright · · Score: 1

    >> How many Mickey Mouse cartoons have you seen lately ...?

    >>Mickey is used as a logo, and in merchandising.... but not as a character ?

    You are joking right? I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don't have a small child and the disney channel. I only visit folks with TV, but with toddler in tow I have seen the mickey mouse clubhouse show http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mouse_Clubhouse
    The animation is 3d, but they captured the whole fixed ear position from the original.

  21. Re:Hell has, indeed, frozen over. on Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children · · Score: 1

    To be fair, this is a post retirement Bill Gates.

  22. Re:timothy... on Unwise — Search History of Murder Methods · · Score: 1

    The default settings on safari doesn't. display the target of the link. It is pretty annoying.

  23. Re:Want to learn about corrosion the hard way? on New Air Conditioner Process Cuts Energy Use 50-90% · · Score: 1

    I live in a beach house. My toaster rusts. Everything I have rusts.
    I deal with this by buying less expensive stuff and budgeting for replacements.
    This would not be acceptable for my office.

  24. Re:Don't worry... on Microbe Mat the Size of Greece Discovered In the Sea · · Score: 1

    Can't remember the name, but that movie was abysmal... It either made no sense at all, or was a waste of half a day

  25. Re:Pushing the Limits on Ubisoft DRM Problems Remain Unsolved · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Now more and more x360 games are coming with one time only codes that you need to unlock a significant portion of the game. Forza 3, for example, had a bonus track area and a ton of bonus cars. mass effect 2 had a very effective character locked out by default but was unlocked with a one use code. I would expect that in the near future this trend will accelerate.