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  1. So does this mean that.... on Google Flu Trends Gets It Wrong Three Years Running · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that all that shiny blue racks of gleaming hardware in the Google Coud adverts around Slashdot don't actually work??? I really feel sorry for the guys at Google who installed it all and thought they were actually on to something. Only to find that it comes out with the wrong answer every time.

  2. Message from a farm in Somerset, UK.... on Meat Makes Our Planet Thirsty · · Score: 2

    Does anyone need some water?

  3. According to more recent research on First LSD Test In 40 Years Reveal Drug Helps Terminal Patients Prepare For Death · · Score: 1

    According to this scientific paper. Acid blows holes in your aura, man, ain't nothing but a quick buzz and they won't take no LSD.

  4. Re:I could use it on Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I need MS VS, MS expressions web, ventrillo, star wars the old republic, and yes sadly office as my resume won't be formatted correctly with any other package.

    Office works very well with under Wine. I use it myself on Linux. Also, why would you send a resume in an editable format? Do you want them to see your editing history? PDF would be better. The page format doesn't slide around and it's universal.

  5. Re:The first rule of UI Thread. on Background Javascript Compilation Boosts Chrome Performance · · Score: 1

    That's old hat! On Android, everythinng blocks the UI thread!

  6. Interview test on Netflix: Non-'A' Players Unworthy of Jobs · · Score: 1

    I bet the interview includes this test.

  7. Re:"and the traders count milliseconds" on How Microwave Transmission Is Linking Financial Centers At Near-Light Speed · · Score: 1

    The fact that the traders count milliseconds is proof that they are just scam artists. Parasites, producing nothing of value. High-speed trading is nothing but a mechanism for funneling money to the rich from everyone else.

    It adds a whole new meaning to, "pulling a fast-one"!

  8. Re:First world problems on Wikimedia Sends Cease and Desist Letter To Firm Providing Paid Editing Services · · Score: 1

    Paid editing isn't banned. Frowned on a bit, maybe, but not banned. It is creating loads of sockpuppets and editing deceptively and disruptively that seems to have got these guys in trouble.

  9. Wikipedia on 'Eraser' Law Will Let California Kids Scrub Online Past · · Score: 1

    So does this mean that I can, like, cause massive disruption, troll WP:ANI and be a total WP:DICK and then apply for adminship without creating a new account? Cool!

  10. Mini ITX? on Intel Rolls Out Raspberry Pi Competitor · · Score: 1

    That's what it looks like to me. Maybe a bit smaller but not much. Also having a price that high defeats the whole object. It might be good but it isn't a competitor to the Raspberry Pi. Wrong size, wrong price backet.

  11. OK, OK. I get the message! on It Takes 2.99 Gigajoules To Vaporize a Human Body · · Score: 1

    I'll leave my phasor set to "stun" in future. It will help extend the battery life.

  12. Freemason-friendly phones on Google Patents Frowns and Winks To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 1

    But does it recognise handshakes?

  13. Re:Too little, too late on OSI President Questions WebM Patent License Compatibility with Open Source · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No one uses WebM. Google dropped the ball. Now even Mozilla is allowing their browser to use the underlying OS to support H.264 playback. This ship has sailed. Better luck next time.

    The very presence of VP8/VP9 means that the license terms for H.264/H.265 can't become too unreasonable. If they do then there is an alternative. If there is no alternative then MPEGLA can jack the license fees up as much as they wish.

  14. Test run? on British ISP Bombards Users With Deleted Emails · · Score: 1

    Surely if they did a test run on a few mailboxes they would have discovered this.

  15. My new patent on Google Patents Staple of '70s Mainframe Computing · · Score: 1

    I have just patented a system of composing Slashdot posts where the attention span expires after......

  16. Re:Well, as long as the summary is trolling on Could Testing Block Psychopaths From Senior Management? · · Score: 1

    What you are describing is a sociopath. A psychopath is much more calculating and purposful.

  17. Re:States Needs on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    India? Lifespan there is short and everybody dies of heart problems.

    That's all the heroic levels of salt, cheap cooking oil and sugar in the food.

  18. Re:I can't think of anything either on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    What has ever caused more human suffering than religion?

    Another religion?

  19. Re:Meat eaters lie and commit sex crimes? on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    I reckon a meat-eater must have written that meat eaters lie more than vegetarians because it is so obviously not true.

  20. Parliament video format? on UK Takes Huge Step Forward On Open Standards · · Score: 1

    So I guess this means they will drop H264/Silverlight?

  21. Re:conventional malware = windows malware on Malware Is 'Rampant' On Medical Devices In Hospitals · · Score: 1

    Windows is not intended to be used in life-critical situations such as medical hardware or nuclear reactor control. It's right there in capital letters in the EULA.

    Someone's being a cheapskate here and decided to use windows instead of paying to develop a custom medical OS.

    Why develop a custom medical OS. Just about anything is more appropriate than Windows. There's QNX, LynuxWorks etc.

  22. Re:Difference between adding and subtracting on The Rise of Paid Wikipedia Consulting · · Score: 2

    What does work more effectively on Wikipedia is "promoting the bad" by using weak sources or completely mus-representing, or making up, what the sources say (whoever checks a reference is being used properly for a relatively unknown organisation anyway) and "hiding the good". This is because people are generally more sensitised to shilling, probably because it happens more often, than they are to a psychopath owning an article.

  23. Re:WTF? on Monkeys Made Smarter With Prosthetic Device · · Score: 2

    Am I the only one that finds it disturbing that a scientific study gives a dangerous drug to primates in 2012?

    It's like feeding caviare to pigs! What a terrible waste.

  24. Re:Two statements: on Ubuntu NVIDIA Graphics Driver: Windows Competitive, But Only With KDE · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that you can't fix Windows in a hour either.

    Last time I installed Linux over Windows it took less than 10 mins.

  25. Re:If I recall..... on Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers · · Score: 2

    No. No it wouldn't. Quantum entanglement does not allow for faster than light communication. Common myth.

    -- MyLongNickName

    Then what are these guys saying?