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  1. More elegant computers on How Analog Tide Predictors Changed Human History (hackaday.com) · · Score: 0

    Not to say that they are more elegant, but they are elegant, and another example thereof. Sorry English is such a shitty language that it routinely introduces serious ambiguity with as few as three words.

    In any case, Naval fire control computers were cool as shit back in the 1950s.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  2. Hearsay is not evidence on A Remarkable Number of People Think 'The Martian' Is Based On a True Story (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 2

    So they found a bunch of tweets where someone said they heard someone say that their third cousin's step-brother's ex-wife's kid from a former marriage asked the guy at the Quik-E-Mart if The Martian was a true story...

    Yeah, that's a reliable polling method.

  3. Phew, I was worried there for a second. on Experian Breached, 15 Million T-Mobile Customer's Data Exposed · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank God my Credit Card numbers weren't breached, because those are impossible to cancel and replace. I'm so thankful it was only my Passport number, Driver's License number, social security number, full legal name, birth date, and address that were stolen, because those are a snap to cancel and replace.

  4. Platform for Slander and Defamation on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    I think they're asking for trouble with this.

  5. Re:Where's the pudding? on Scientists Discover How To Get Kids To Eat Their Vegetables · · Score: 1

    I think your reference is lost on 99% of modern Slashdot.

  6. Clarification? on Newly Found TrueCrypt Flaw Allows Full System Compromise · · Score: 1

    Is the bug in TrueCrypt, or is the bug in Windows? It seems to me that Windows should be able to stop a limited user from gaining administrative privileges, regardless of the software that is being used to attempt it.

    Why is it the responsibility of TrueCrypt to prevent user rights elevation in Windows? It thought that was Windows' responsibility.

  7. Re:Not quite the same thing on How the FBI Hacks Around Encryption · · Score: 1

    Except that using encryption at all makes you a suspect automatically.

  8. Re:Simple math on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    Trust me, it's magic.

  9. Re:What About Nutrition? on WWII Bomb Shelter Becomes Hi-Tech Salad Farm · · Score: 1

    LOL now THAT is hilarious!

  10. What About Nutrition? on WWII Bomb Shelter Becomes Hi-Tech Salad Farm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article (or shall I say shameless advertisement) goes out of its way to talk about how much they shower the growing plants with "nutrients," but says not one iota about the nutritional content of the final product and how it compares to organic or conventionally grown produce.

  11. Re:What I'd do on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 1

    "1) Pay off the mortgages of family and maybe friends."

    Why don't you feed all the neighborhood cats while you're at it, since you like having extra mouths to feed...

  12. Re:Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Except "being necessary ... militia ..." is not an operative clause, it is a prefatory clause. The operative clause is "the right of the people ... shall not be infringed."

    Prefatory clauses are used to give some reasoning or approach, but not a binding condition.

    You could rearrange the second amendment in today's parlance as such:

    "The Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed for reasons including, but not limited to, that a functioning and ready militia is necessary to the security of a free state."

  13. Re:I in fact have a Federal license on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 1

    Only if you have sufficient output power. My AL-811H does about 600W CW, which would burn, but probably not kill you before you let go of it screaming.

  14. An Autonomous Driver Must Obey Rules on When Should Cops Be Allowed To Take Control of Self-Driving Cars? · · Score: 1

    If an officer gestures for you to stop, you must stop. Period. This is no different for an autonomous driver than it is for a human driver.

  15. LOL Yeah Right on Comcast Planning Gigabit Cable For Entire US In 2-3 Years · · Score: 1

    2-3 years? It would take them that long just to get a court case to attempt (futilely) to overturn all of the State-mandated monopolies and franchise deals in South Carolina, let alone to roll out the actual infrastructure.

  16. Yes on Do You Have a Right To Use Electrical Weapons? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Constitution does not say "firearms." It says "arms."

    "Arms" include firearms, electrical weapons, slingshots, bows and arrows, and any other sort of weapon.

  17. F-35 is not a Dogfighting airplane on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 4, Interesting

    F-35 is not meant to be a mission-specific airplane. It's meant to do many different things, and do each one of them very poorly in the name of saving cost.

    Oh wait... it doesn't save cost either. In fact it is orders of magnitude more expensive than 4th gen fighters. But, look at the bright said, at least it's an economic boon for certain well-connected congressional districts.

  18. At $363/month per person, not sustainable on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 2

    How are urban hipsters supposed to come up with $363/month PER PERSON, in addition to the rent on their industrial loft, $15/day coffee habits, and fixed-gear bicycles?

  19. Re:The tipping point will be on Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? · · Score: 1

    What you are talking about already exists, and has existed for decades, and is in use on tens of thousands of households across the fruited plains.

  20. This is not a "full spectrum" laser on Researchers Demonstrate the World's First White Lasers · · Score: 1

    It is a discrete laser that can emit three distinct wavelengths.

  21. Detailed insight? on DOJ Vs. Google: How Google Fights On Behalf of Its Users · · Score: 2

    I don't know who this "Lauren" person is, but their blog post is about as insightful as, I dunno, Luke Skywalker, or maybe a pet rock. Why can't editors just link to the real detail?

    https://drive.google.com/file/...

  22. Re:Wow, one mature reaction among the usual knee-j on Unreal Engine Code Issues Fixed By Third-party Company · · Score: 1

    That is not workable in practice on a large scale, because it would involve admitting to a defect in a product. If that defect were to cause some actionable tort, the admission would be used to wring the company dry.

  23. What script was he reading from? on Should Edward Snowden Trust Apple To Do the Right Thing? · · Score: 1

    His statement reads like an Apple marketing "press release."

    Or, maybe he's dead, and his identity assumed by a State Actor.

  24. If you want better support... on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Service Providers When You're an IT Pro? · · Score: 1

    ... buy a commercial/business connection. Yes, it is more expensive. Yes, you get what you pay for, and nothing more.

    If you're an IT pro, you'll appreciate the US-based support, static IP address, absence of blocked ports, and other services that typically come with business internet connections.

  25. I stopped using it 5 years ago on So Long Voicemail, Give My Regards To the Fax Machine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I turned off voicemail at my company 5 years ago, saving thousands per year, which i was able to move to the employee incentive program.

    Nobody misses it at all.