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  1. Re:Upside Down? on Breakthrough In Face Recognition Software · · Score: 2

    We are finally going to catch this guy!! - http://img.izismile.com//img/i...

    (the problem is the background - your brain is very good at understanding what upside-down means, but an algorithm trained by seeing tons of right-sided up images only understands that a silo is rounded on top and straight on the bottom. - The question I have, is what are the pratical implications of all the extra processing power that might take? Finally figuring out who that gymnast was from that circ-du-soleil screenshot? )

  2. Re:Since when are terms of service court enforced? on Company Promises Positive Yelp Reviews For a Price; Yelp Sues · · Score: 1

    Kind of slanderous statement for an AC to make. Yelp has been in the spotlight for this kind of thing ever since a class action lawsuit in 2011. Any evidence of them doing what you are claiming would garner tons of attention and congratulations btw you would have a pretty strong case against them. I call flat out shenanigans on this post and encourage modding this down unless you can provide some degree of evidence backing such a claim.

  3. Re:Another silly decision on The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket · · Score: 1

    It is an expression of impotence.

    It is an attempt to remove one's sense of responsibility for a prior comment that should have either not been said or said and stood behind.

    I advise against using it all together.

  4. Re:Another silly decision on The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket · · Score: 2

    I think you meant to say "just sayin'"

    just sayin'

  5. Re:Why not get someone to make it for you? on Ask Slashdot: Automated Tool To OCR CCGs Like Magic: the Gathering? · · Score: 1

    I think he meant if you are dumb enough to take this AC post seriously, I will happily take your $25.

  6. ooh, my eyes on YouTube Launches Multi-Angle Video Experiment · · Score: 1

    I tried to watch the sample video thing. Terrible issues with audio-continuity between the views. Seeing that dude's fanny pack was a great example of why nobody needs \ wants this. I might have had some degree of respect for the guy despite his annoying voice if I hadn't switched to the view that showed the bejeweled fanny-pack. Editing exists for a reason, just like elected political representatives. This is like those people that show you their completely unedited vacation photos- all 568 of them. It kills the magic. If done very very well, I could imagine this maybe being useful for porn (but only until good holograms become available).

  7. Re: In other news... on The NSA Is Viewed Favorably By Most Young People · · Score: 2

    my guess is that the NSA ha.... {carrier interrupt.... flagged term detected...refrence auto replace library S:\NSA\project pawn everything\standard response1.txt} "is really just so awesome, all kids like it, totally rad like {auto field\ insert up to date NSA authorized popular rap music singer}! .{\resume native post}

    and that's probably why the results look that way.

  8. biofuels on The Gap Between What The Public Thinks And What Scientists Know · · Score: 1

    The scientific response to using more biofuels plays nicely in juxtoposition to the very next /. story: http://science.slashdot.org/st...

    These results simply reflect more the culture of scientists than actual science.

  9. Some front page editing? on Anonymous Asks Activists To Fight Pedophiles In 'Operation Deatheaters' · · Score: 1

    C'mon /. editors. The example at the end of this summary paragraph is really graphic, jarring and terrifying. It's a little much for a front-page headline summary and frankly unnecessary to the subject of the story anyway. A little bit of journalistic couth would be appreciated.

  10. Re:Get What You Pay For on In-Flight Service Gogo Uses Fake SSL Certificates To Throttle Streaming · · Score: 1

    Yes. your question has only a few limited scenarios - there are many many more that could be listed - trying to reasonably rank those without context is completely unreasonable. Even looking at your examples I'm having a hard time figuring out what order to try to rank those options in - I'm sure there would be as much agreement as with selecting pizza toppings.

    A good ISP (there aren't many) should announce their average upload download rates and paying users should expect to experience those numbers regardless of how they choose to use the bandwidth. Sliding scale charges for very high usage isn't unreasonable in my mind - shady throttling is.
    Go-go charges a lot for their air service, and every time I have used it I can barely tolerate basic web-page load times. My prodigy dial-up account was faster than their wifi. They should probably be offering it as a free teaser for now and charge more when they have a reasonable service to offer.

  11. Re:May want a disclaimer here... on Putting a MacBook Pro In the Oven To Fix It · · Score: 2

    Here is a simplified guide for those wanting to try this.

    Step 1: place macbook pro in oven at 340 degrees
    Step 2: Remove (with mitts!).

      Now for decision tree:
        Option A: your mac is fixed! the apple logo has melted off and it boots Ubuntu just fine.
        Option B: your macbook has melted shut - if you've been using Mac products long enough you are used to all kinds of restrictions on hardware and software that you thought you "owned" so this probably doesn't even bother you.
    Option C: The fumes from your oven wake you from your fugue state - Go and buy a Surface Pro - but turn your oven off first.

  12. Re:Remove != Improve on Microsoft's Age-Old Image Library 'Clip Art' Is No More · · Score: 3, Insightful

    exactly. I don't know why the responses here are so positive. Getting rid of a primarily vector based library that takes up little space and is available locally is not a great move at all. If you don't like it, fine don't use it. But your points are well taken - this move to online everything is tedious, slow, and frustrating. I need my documents in a cloud, but I sure don't need my bloody word processor in the cloud.
    Think Global, install Local.

  13. Re:who cares? on Forbes Revisits the Surface Pro 3, Which May Face LG Competition · · Score: 1

    Have you tried any of those apps on an ipad? They are really dumbed down and extremely frustrating to anyone that has experience with the full flegged versions of any of those packages. I got a keyboard and wireless mouse for my ipad (jailbroken of course for simultaneous use) and tried my darned best to make it replace my laptop with apps such as you described and all kinds of jailbreak hacks. It drove me to near madness always getting near what I wanted to accomplish done or getting it done with 5 extra steps each time. I switched to the surface 3 and have never looked back - it is so gratifying being able to run real software for content creation but being able to switch to tablet mode for consumption.

        You have to keep in mind that Apple does not want you creating content on the ipad, thus it is not at all optimized for it. If you question this for a second, consider why in the world you would need to jailbreak the darn thing just to use a mouse and keyboard. Eventually the surface will force Apple to make a content capable tablet, and who knows, it could be better than M$'s. Until then, M$ has the most advanced and capable tablet currently in my mind.

  14. According the government it's not a problem if they kill good guys either - they are now authorized to kill Americans on american soil if so inclined for instance.

  15. Re:For Starters on What Will It Take To Make Automated Vehicles Legal In the US? · · Score: 1

    Can you clarify? This was modded as a 3 so there must be some people out there that understand what you meant. At first glance I thought you meant a compelling reason for pushing forward with self-driving cars - but that would clearly have been flame-bait.

  16. Re:One of the biggest challenges? on WSJ: Google X Display Team Works Toward Bezel-Free Modular Displays · · Score: 1

    agreed. pay article, but I suspect the summary may be leaving some detail out here. I'm not sure why this would be an issue at all. Pixel 4000 is last one on screen one - pixel 4001 is first on screen 2. Giant jumbo tron screens are modular - this seems like a solved problem. I wonder how you protect the edge of a bezel-free monitor though?

  17. Re:Clippy sings a Beatles song on What To Expect With Windows 9 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    c'mon now- how is this not modded up?

  18. Not Surprising at all on Cable Companies: We're Afraid Netflix Will Demand Payment From ISPs · · Score: 1

    "Related: an article at Gizmodo explains that it takes surprisingly little hardware to replicate (at least most of) Netflix's current online catalog in a local data center. "

    It's not surprising. It all boils down to the compression algorithm used. By maintaining a library of nearly exclusively B list movies Netflix is able to seed their algorithm with just a few titles like "Plan 9 from Outer Space", "Catwoman", and "Gigli". The rest of the movie files contain quite a bit of material that has a high degree of overlap with these films which allows for heavy compression. Did you know that "Hitch" for example only takes up 6mb when referenced across a library of these 3 films using the netflix compression schema? It's true.

  19. Re:Not really on Slashdot Asks: Do You Want a Smart Watch? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    What do you mean a specific phone or vendor? The Pebble has been around for a long time and has no such allegiances.
    And ugly? Have you seen the Steel? It's more handsome than the majority of watches I've owned.

        Calendar alerts, live weather, caller ID, and text messages all have made me a fan of my Pebble. Try one for a couple of weeks - I'm pretty sure you'll become a convert. I'm sure it varies based on style, but I've discovered that I probably only respond to about 30-40% of text messages (some are ignored, others are received ends of conversations). The rest can be viewed on my watch without having to ever mess with the phone.

      With a watch and a blue tooth head set soon enough the question will not longer be who needs a smartwatch, it will be who needs a smartphone - I think the mini-tablet will ultimately reign supreme and act as a hub for tiny peripherals. That's what I'm hoping for at least.

  20. Gross on A Dispatch From Outside the Prison Holding Barrett Brown · · Score: 1

    "Yesterday, I got as close as any media physically can to Barrett Brown"

    Gross.

  21. Depends on... on Ask Slashdot: Should I Get Google Glass? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do you already have a moustache? If yes, you are probably creepy enough to wear google glass - consider it if you have funds left over after buying a nice pair of tight leather pants.

  22. Aren't ground lasers what laser guided missiles use to target precise locations? A couple example cases of jets equipped with these should get the message across.

  23. Can't blame him... on Schiller Says Apple Is the Last PC Maker From the Mac Era, Forgets About HP · · Score: 1

    I've forgotten about HP too. I think we all should.

  24. Re: OpenBSD on Backdoor Discovered In Netgear and Linkys Routers · · Score: 1

    probably the linksys hardware. As the parent mentioned the solution is a good Buffalo Router. I have run dd wrt on my buffalo for over a year at a clip and still going strong about 9 years out now.

  25. command line spelling on Ask Slashdot: Command Line Interfaces -- What Is Out There? · · Score: 1

    great. I've been looking for a good command line spell check. All the graphics on the gui spell checkers are very distracting.