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  1. Re:Simple answer... on Colorado Sued By Neighboring States Over Legal Pot · · Score: 1

    And technically, a cop can pull you over for going 1MPH over the speed limit, but they don't because they have some discretion in enforcing the law. There is always wiggle room. Now, if the limit were 100g and you were carrying 200g, for example, then they have a stronger case against you and they're more likely to get a conviction.

  2. Splashdown! on NASA's Orion Capsule Reaches Orbit · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, NASA. I'm pleased to see this launch go off without a hitch (as long as you don't count the scrub of the launch yesterday...)

  3. Re:Wait a minute...Ronald Reagan? on The Plane Crash That Gave Us GPS · · Score: 1

    ...and I suppose Jack Benny is the Secretary of State!

  4. Accountability? on Ford Develops a Way To Monitor Police Driving · · Score: 1

    Will this information be publicly available? Seems unlikely.

  5. Re:Will they just pull the words, and ask... on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that still be illegal? I mean, you can't ask about a person's marital status. Why should you be allowed to ask about their religious beliefs? Let the nutters raise the money on their own without using state funds.

  6. Re:Existence of this... on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of the other ark. You know, the one that Indiana Jones was after... Dun dah dun daaaah, dun dah daaaa....

  7. Re:Commonwealth? on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky are the four Commonwealths in the U.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

  8. Mars... on Why India's Mars Probe Was So Cheap · · Score: 1

    Mars needs MOM's. OK, Disney, where's my kickback? :p

  9. Re:Corporate taxes on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 1

    That's just asking too much. I know corporations are people and all, but we can't exactly expect them to have morals as well, can we?

  10. Re:Corporate taxes on To Fight $5.2B In Identity Theft, IRS May Need To Change the Way You File Taxes · · Score: 1

    I think you meant "inversion" rather than "evasion"...

  11. Worst video... on Sci-fi Predictions, True and False (Video 1) · · Score: 1

    ...ever. Where are my tractor beams?

  12. Re:How is that supposed to work? on The Site That Teaches You To Code Well Enough To Get a Job · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points. Spot on.

  13. Re:Interesting, if optional on New Usage-Based Insurance Software Can Track Drivers Using Smartphones · · Score: 1

    I guess you could thwart this by installing the software on an older device you don't use anymore and just leave it at home or the office.

  14. Re:More useless statistics... on Canada Tops List of Most Science-Literate Countries · · Score: 2

    I am an anglophone from Texas, but I have a love of learning foreign languages, of which French is at the top of the list. On several occasions while visiting Montreal, I endeavored to speak French *only* and my experiences ranged from delight that I was speaking French so well to the other person answering me in English, which didn't exactly encourage me to continue in French. Perhaps the ones who answered me in English could hear my accent, or maybe they were anglophones themselves and thought it simpler to reply in English. Overall, I enjoyed my visits there and I'm looking forward to going again in the future.

  15. Vote for Pedro on Murder Suspect Asked Siri Where To Hide a Dead Body · · Score: 1

    Bravo, Pedro. Bravo!

  16. Re:Big Challenge on Google Is Backing a New $300 Million High-Speed Internet Trans-Pacific Cable · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nope.

  17. Re:Submitter is unable to spell a 3-letter word on Long-Wave Radar Can Take the Stealth From Stealth Technology · · Score: 1

    Also, "to" vs. "too". What about "these wave"? Did anyone proofread the fucking summary? Oh, why do I even wonder....

  18. Re:Do they still support Windows 3.11? on Skype Reverses Decision To Drop OS X 10.5 Support, Retires Windows Phone 7 App · · Score: 1

    I would keep my unsupported system to avoid using Skype.

  19. Re:miscreant? on Network Hijacker Steals $83,000 In Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    You work as a miscreant now? Interesting. Does it pay well?

  20. Only $83,000? on Network Hijacker Steals $83,000 In Bitcoin · · Score: 2

    Piker. Should have applied himself.

  21. Re:Yes, but no on Ask Slashdot: "Real" Computer Scientists vs. Modern Curriculum? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points right now. Excellent post.

  22. Re:timothy can't spell on Google's Mapping Contest Draws Ire From Indian Government · · Score: 1

    "Defence" is a British spelling of "defense". Perfectly acceptable.

  23. Seriously, India... on Google's Mapping Contest Draws Ire From Indian Government · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have you never heard of the Streisand Effect?

  24. Re:Amputees on Wearable Robot Adds Two Fingers To Your Hand · · Score: 1

    Additionally, they didn't even touch on this in the video.

  25. Amputees on Wearable Robot Adds Two Fingers To Your Hand · · Score: 1

    I can see this being most useful for amputees that have only the use of one hand. The use case where one would normally use one hand to stabilize an object and the other to manipulate it would be very useful to this group of people.