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  1. What did Apple know? on FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case (recode.net) · · Score: 2

    It's very likely that Apple knew the FBI could break in, but they figured it would take some time and therefore chose the good PR route by saying they wouldn't help ...yada yada ... civil liberties... yada yada.

  2. Bad timing ... on Jeb Bush Comes Out Against Encryption · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are (reportedly) 10,000 govt employees in the Ashley Madison hack that would probably disagree with you, Jeb.

  3. Good news/bad news on Allstate Patents Physiological Data Collection · · Score: 1

    Well, the good news is that by the time they get this working, we'll all have self-driving cars. The bad news is that we'll all have self-driving cars.

  4. Re:This is going to be hilarious. on Apple De-Certifies Monster Cables After Lawsuit Against Beats · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know what they say: All is fair in love and war and overpriced A/V accessories.

  5. Missing one detail ... on George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The linked article leaves out one important detail. This isn't about retaliation... Marin County Supervisor Steve Kinsey told the station: 'George Lucas said, "if I’m not going to do what I wanted to do there, what can I do that would be really beneficial to this community?"

  6. Survival of the ... on Stephen Hawking: Biggest Human Failing Is Aggression · · Score: 1

    "It may have had survival advantage in caveman days..." Oh, it still does. It's just not the survival of our particular species.

  7. Who uses Perl anymore? on An Army Medal For Coding In Perl · · Score: 2

    The next time someone asks "What good is Perl anymore?" or "Who actually uses Perl?" or "Why use Perl?" you can point them to this article. Perl is perfect for this type of quick development. Sometimes the older languages still have a lot of value.

  8. Volvo or any other for that matter on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 2

    Nobody buys Volvo because of who assembled it. They buy because of who engineered it. There is a difference there. Parts are made all over the world, are interchangeable to a degree, and can be assembled rather easily. What differentiates cars is who engineered them.

  9. Al Franken on FCC Chairman Will Reportedly Revise Broadband Proposal · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Al Franken has earned my vote for pretty much any office he ever runs for, ever.

  10. Learning? Who is learning? on Is Google Making the Digital Divide Worse? · · Score: 1

    Don't assume that access to the internet is making anybody smarter. I think that's the real question. If anything, access to the internet is making people less intelligent, and I think there is more evidence to support that claim. The child who walks to the library and picks up a book and reads is going to end up smarter than the kids who hits up wikipedia, youtube, and various blogs to get his information.

  11. Not a language on Kentucky: Programming Language = Foreign Language · · Score: 2

    A programming language is technically not a "language" at all. The word "language" is used as a sort of nickname for what programming really is. That's like giving physical education credits for "web surfing" just because it has the word "surfing" in it, or biology/entomology credit for debugging just because it has the word "bug" in it.

  12. Re:What will replace Facebook? on Facebook Mocks 'Infection' Study, Predicts Princeton's Demise · · Score: 1

    "Currently there is no "successor" to Facebook". Well, of course there isn't. And there wasn't a successor to Myspace for a while either. What we are saying is that we "can't imagine" a successor to Facebook, because, let's face it, if we could we would certainly build it. But the way these things work is that something will come out of nowhere and we'll immediately feel like we "need" to be a part of it. It will fulfill a need we didn't even know we had. Oh, there will be something that knocks off Facebook and probably Google as well.

  13. It can't be that hard to disable or remove the GPS. I'm sure anyone who can assemble their own computer (which is probably everybody at Slashdot) could do it in an hour. My assumption is that it won't be illegal to tamper with either.

  14. Tijuana on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    A worse punishment would be for them to have to live the rest of their lives in Tijuana. I'd say they got off easy.

  15. Not a right on Facebook Comment Prompts Arrests In Cyberbullying Suicide Case · · Score: 1

    Use of the internet is NOT a basic human right, no matter how much Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg want us to think it is. It's a privilege and should be revoked as such.

  16. Math is not important at all on Ask Slashdot: How Important Is Advanced Math In a CS Degree? · · Score: 1

    Math is irrelevant. You'll never use advanced math in your career. What you are learning is advanced problem solving, which is invaluable.

  17. Sure is a telling sign ... on 3D Printers For Peace Contest · · Score: 1

    It's a telling sign of the state of the human species when 3D printers are finally invented and the first thing we make with them is weapons and armor. Anthropologists are probably having a field day, or certainly will 100 years from now.

  18. Cigar Aficionado on Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read? · · Score: 1

    Cigar Aficionado. It's like if "GQ" was mature and sophisticated. I like that the articles are actually the size of articles and require an adult attention span to read. They aren't tiny blurbs and blog posts which most magazines have resorted to (as the web has decreased everyone's attention span).

  19. Re:Copyright on Scientists Have Re-Cloned Mice To the 25th Generation · · Score: 2

    Have you seen me? Let's just say, that's not going to be a problem.

  20. Re:Contacting Server... on How Experienced And Novice Programmers See Code · · Score: 1

    The network is down right now, apparently.

  21. Re:Civilization removes natural selection. on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 1

    Keep in mind that Nickelback are the most popular and most successful rock band. If we let natural selection use "most popular" as its selection criteria, we'll end up with a bunch of Nickelbacks, Michael Bays, and Stephenie Meyers.

  22. Precedent on 'World of Warcraft' Candidate For Maine State Senate Wins Election · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Fortunately she is very well qualified. It actually sets a nice precedent. Video game playing, as a hobby, should not reflect poorly on someones character or ability to hold a position of public office. From now on everyone will remember how this tactic backfired. Thank you Ms.Lachowicz.

  23. The entire generation on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    We will have an entire generation where all of their knowledge of the military comes from playing video games, and so their opinion of war, fighting, etc. is going to reflect that.

  24. Do you want the good news or bad news first Mr. Z? on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 1

    The good news is that today you lost about $8 billion. The better news is that you still have about $12 billion.

  25. God particle on Why Were So Many "Crazy" Higgs Boson Stories Published? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Calling Higgs boson "The God Particle" is probably the greatest marketing decision in the history of science.