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  1. Re:Gun control however... on California Lawmaker Wants 3-D Printers To Be Regulated · · Score: 1

    because some knucklehead wanted to fire off a dozen rounds in the air on New Years Eve

    [citation needed]

  2. Re:Can't offer much on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 0

    Oh you've never run into banks that come up with brand new fees. Or banks that go under, Cyprus style, and take your money with them. Banks can take your money involuntarily sometimes.

  3. Re:How do you deal with dentists who haven't? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 1

    Buy them a Cessna and point them to the nearest IRS building?

  4. Re:perspective on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 1

    It's not hard at all if you know what you're doing. It's hard when you're copy-pasting code from somewhere else, and it's hard when you really don't know what you're doing and trying to fudge your way through things.

  5. Re:Are universities teaching concurrency? on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 1

    Any decent programmer should be able to write his own basic multi-threading OS anyway. There is no need to, but you should at least have an idea of what your OS is doing when you ask it to do something via the API.

  6. Re:Can't offer much on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Programmers Who Have Not Stayed Current? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Money is given, not taken. Unless of course you're a bank or the government.

  7. Re:CO2 at an active volcano? Who wudda thot? on CO2 Levels Reach 400ppm at Mauna Loa For First Time On Record · · Score: 1

    Isn't it interesting how average CO2 levels fluctuate throughout the year. As if colder temperatures actually decreased CO2 levels, while warmer temperatures increase it. In fact this correlates well with ice core data that shows CO2 levels lagging behind higher temperatures. You'd think they were somehow related, like perhaps all that water on our planet is perfectly capable of absorbing/releasing CO2 depending on TEMPERATURE. Wow this even explains why the oceans are getting more acidic. But no. Hey, are we going to claim that the year's seasons are also caused by the CO2 cycling mysteriously back and forth between "low" and "high"?

  8. Re:No shit sherlock. on Spoiler Alert: Smart Kids Become Successful Adults · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dumb people tend not to stay rich for very long.

  9. Not out of the woods yet on Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice · · Score: 1

    There's a bit of a caveat. Will old atherosclerotic arteries be able to supply the oxygen that young healthy myocardial tissue demands?

  10. Great on ATMs Compromised, $45M Taken · · Score: 2

    Now all the bank has to do is ask the Fed for a zero interest $50 million loan and it's all good, like nothing happened. Because too big to fail means we reinforce failures and give them all the support they need so they can keep failing. Seriously, what kind of bank lets people into their database? Do they have happy hour in the vault, too?

  11. Noticed on Watch a Lockheed Martin Laser Destroy a Missile In Flight · · Score: 2

    The rockets were painted black. What happens when a rocket is not painted black?

  12. Re: Well at least... on India Rolls Out Central Monitoring System To Snoop On All Communications · · Score: 1

    Yup, so now it will be the US government AND the Indian government.

  13. Re:Well at least... on India Rolls Out Central Monitoring System To Snoop On All Communications · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They'll be spying on you, too. You have no idea exactly how much stuff is outsourced to India. Well, now it's all fair game.

  14. Re:ulimately this will erase barriers on US Senate Passes Internet Tax Bill 69 To 27 · · Score: 1

    You're not paying your "fair share" either, considering that the US government spends far, far more than it takes in.

  15. Re:Uh, 87 zillion volts? on Fermi and Swift Observe Record-setting Gamma Ray Burst · · Score: 2

    electron volts, not volts. Wikipedia is your friend. It's how energy is measured when you talk about small things.

  16. Re:Need expert opinion on Fermi and Swift Observe Record-setting Gamma Ray Burst · · Score: 2

    I guess this is probably related to the neutrinos that were detected a few days ago?

  17. Absolutely not on Ask Slashdot: Would You Accept 'Bitcoin-Ware' Apps? · · Score: 0

    That business plan stinks, and you have no ethics what so ever for bringing it up. Is it ok to steal from someone if you say please and thank you? The only reason people would let you do this in the first place is because they are ignorant of both the costs (in terms of wear and tear on processors and equipment, and electricity) and the gains (most people have never heard of bitcoin). Inform them of either, and people will want to be a) paid for their expenses and b) given no small portion of the profits. So your "business" model is merely the exploitation of people's ignorance. While that's perfect for religion or politics, it's not something you'll be able to build a solid business on.

  18. Re:Sounds handled fairly well on E-Sports League Stuffed Bitcoin Mining Code Inside Client Software · · Score: 1

    No, they've admitted to $4k.

  19. Re:Sounds handled fairly well on E-Sports League Stuffed Bitcoin Mining Code Inside Client Software · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We're also supposed to take them at their word that only 29 bitcoins were mined. Sure they provided the dumps. How much are they holding back?

  20. Re:Mosquitos on Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting · · Score: 1

    You said it yourself - attracts ALL mosquitoes. Therefore there is no selection of one set of genes over another. Fail. Idiocracy ftw.

  21. Re:So basically on Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates · · Score: 1

    However the game maker decided to release a pirated copy of their own game, therefore they don't see piracy as a loss at all but rather a means of free advertising and publicity. Therefore the game doesn't simulate real life at all.

  22. So basically on Cracked Game Released To Get Back At Pirates · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So the game company is admitting that it's a really crappy simulator because if they were willing to "pirate" their own game, surely the real losses from piracy can't be that bad because they are willing to take them.

  23. Re:Mosquitos on Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If not having the gene provides a survival advantage to the mosquito, expect all your efforts to be for nothing until you understand natural selection a little better.

  24. Re:Will not stop terrorists... on Sandia Labs Researcher Develops Fertilizer Without the Explosive Potential · · Score: 1

    Yup that's the problem - people think other people are stupid. Gunpowder was being made 1,000 years ago so anyone who thinks this will "solve" anything is seriously delusional. Explosives are not HARD to make. They are EASY to make.

  25. Re:Not enough publicity on What's Holding Back 3-D Printing · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really help the argument. In fact, you're making the point. These things look bad.