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  1. Re:can it get me home from the bar? on Hidden Obstacles For Google's Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 3, Informative

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
    There are some other videos but this one was the neatest one I think. About 1:30 in it shows a cyclist.

  2. Re:can it get me home from the bar? on Hidden Obstacles For Google's Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, you got me. I'm part of the conspiracy. Google cars have not only hit but killed nearly 80% of people that are unlucky enough to wander into the 10 foot radius kill zone. Nobody wanted to speak out against Google because we were afraid they'd divulge our search histories and revoke access to youtube.

  3. Re:can it get me home from the bar? on Hidden Obstacles For Google's Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    They handle them fine, detecting when you use hand signals to indicate intentions, assuming you're one of the few people that remember those exist.

  4. slashdot on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I still come here looking for insightful articles and thought-provoking discussions.

  5. Re:Brought to you by... on Game Preview: Hearthstone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If it were full of accurate statements it wouldn't be on slashdot.

  6. Re:Let me be the First to Say... on Military Drone Lost Over Lake Ontario · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't that make it a lot easier to find?

  7. witch on Ask Slashdot: Can Bruce Schneier Be Trusted? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously we burn him at the stake. If he burns he was innocent.

  8. Re:It's why I love Perl on Learning To Code: Are We Having Fun Yet? · · Score: 1

    Perl attracts several of my personalities and my deep-rooted love of chaos. Since my code appears to be line noise I don't have to worry about others adding their personal touches or changing anything.

  9. Re:The playbook is now written on Court Orders Retrial In Google Maps-Related Murder Case · · Score: 5, Funny

    It literally drives me up the wall when somebody has pour gramer.

  10. Ask slashdot on Ask Slashdot: Video Streaming For the Elderly? · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, nobody has ever set up a Roku successfully. Netflix is a fad.

    WTF is up with these ask slashdot questions? If it's not "give me teh codez" then it's "I've got a leaky faucet, is that a thing that's fixable or do I need a new house".

  11. Re:And who's brain will it model? on Why We Should Build a Supercomputer Replica of the Human Brain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt Kim Jong Un would volunteer to help the project anyway.

  12. Re:There's this really cool app that... on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Ahead of Phone Tracking ? · · Score: 1

    Shit, so you're saying there's capacitors in my head too!?

  13. Netcraft on Webmail and Online Banks Targeted By Phishing Proxies · · Score: 0

    I think the bigger story here is that netcraft is still around. I haven't heard "netcraft confirms" in too long.

  14. Gitmo on How To Sneak Into the Super Bowl With Social Engineering · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they can use their social engineering to get out of Gitmo after this video gets labeled by people with no sense of humor as terrorist training material.

  15. Re:Government penalizers doing... on Loss of a Single Laptop Leads to $50k Fine Against Idaho Hospice · · Score: 2

    It took years before there were any fines. The BCBS fine of $1.5m was for 1m records. The only warning that says is that it is cheaper to ignore the regulations than do anything about it.
    Also, if you're going to lose records then lose big and you get a discount. It cost the hospice over $100 per record and BCBS $1.50. There does appear to be something to the statement that larger agencies have less to worry about.

  16. next product on New Google Tool To Find Trend Correlations · · Score: 2

    So when do they release the next product: Google Causation?

  17. Re:Now.. on Software Speeds Response To Road Accidents · · Score: 1

    I think they should put up those "traffic accident in 2 miles, merge left/right" signs and then about 1 mile later, put some temporary highway dividers up that splits the lane that you closed off. Make the dividers close enough together so that anybody that enters the area will not be able to merge and thus traps themselves in the new dead-end lane until the accident/construction is cleared. Also, make the dividers out of something more than regular construction cones or they'll just get run over. Or maybe just use cones and put landmines under them. Laughing gas, whatever. This will quickly teach the public to pay attention to signs and not try to get ahead like an asshole. I wouldn't mind it extending to construction jobs that take months.

  18. Printer friendly link on Top 10 Firefox Extensions to Avoid · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'll be happy when slashdot submissions list the allononepage version of articles.
    http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?com mand=printArticleBasic&articleId=9015599

  19. Re:Tera-Byte on Decent Co-Location or Virtual Server Hosting? · · Score: 1

    They are expensive on anything but their basic plan. But I use them for my own family & friends hosting. I've used them for several years and have had good results. They've done some basic upgrades for me and I've been generally happy.

  20. Re:Quit'cher Bitchin' on Daylight Saving Change Saved No Power · · Score: 1

    Robots, that's who.

  21. Re:this is very old news... on Water Logic Gates Built at MIT · · Score: 2, Informative

    You've obvioulsy never been into an orthopaedic surgery. The drill is electric, and pretty much what you'd find at your local hardware store ;) Most general dentists will use the air variety of tools. A surgeon can afford to buy the more expensive electric type. And if your surgeon is using a common hardware store DeWalt drill in your mouth, try getting your surgery somewhere besides the back of a van in an alley.
  22. Re:Printable one-page version on Mystery of Ancient Calculator Finally Cracked · · Score: 3, Informative

    I love moderators who blindly moderate informative. The site passes several hidden fields to the x.cgi script. Here is a working URL. http://www.networkworld.com/cgi-bin/mailto/x.cgi?p agetosend=/export/home/httpd/htdocs/news/2006/1127 06-antikythera-slides.html

  23. Re:greylisting not all that useful. on How To Fight Spam Using Your Postfix Configuration · · Score: 1

    I run a small server and I find greylisting to be very useful. Just because you still get spam doesn't mean it is pointless. About 90% of incoming attempted deliveries to my server are blocked before the mail even gets to spamassassin. The zombies aren't enough reason to throw away greylisting. It's a simple measure and even if it eliminates 1% of incoming spam, and doesn't cause any major headaches I figure I might as well put it in.

    Greylisting, conservative RBLs, some simple HELO checks (don't accept mail from somebody claiming to be your own mail server), domain name existance check, and SPF are all pieces that work together to at least slow down the onslaught.

  24. Re:if it's done well, and some are on People Suck at Spotting Phishing · · Score: 1
    Sometimes it is fun to play around with the phishing scams. If everone who knew what they were clicked on them, and provided useless and inaccurate info, Phishing scams would become so overhwhwlmed with usueless information that they just might have to come up with another idea. Do your part! Screw with a scammer.
    Somebody automated this process for us all. Do your part, help the phishers collect information.
  25. Re:Please wake me when it's done... on Electric Companies Get Involved With Broadband · · Score: 1
    after the local HAM radio operators put an axe through the power lines
    It seems to me that there can be a rather large penalty that is instantaneously enforced when crudely cutting high voltage lines.