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  1. Reminds me of Ham Radio on World's Youngest Microsoft Certificated Professional Is Five Years Old · · Score: 1

    I remember back after 9/11 when everyone and his uncle got their 5 year old to memorize the FCC question pool answers and get their ham radio license...

  2. Not-so-subtle coercion on AT&T To "Pause" Gigabit Internet Rollout Until Net Neutrality Is Settled · · Score: 1

    The real message is: "We're not going to roll out anything new or better unless we can charge premiums for access to it."

  3. Re:false positives on Duke: No Mercy For CS 201 Cheaters Who Don't Turn Selves In By Wednesday · · Score: 1

    They're just conditioning the students to life in a police state.

  4. Which VPN solution were they using? on US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach · · Score: 1

    Does anyone know?

  5. Thought Police Grasping at Straws on How To End Online Harassment · · Score: 1

    This is nothing more than the thought police grasping at straws trying to project an aura of legitimacy.

    People say nasty things to each other. Nobody is more nasty to each other than young women. That is a fact. And, if I had a nickel for every time I overheard a nasty conversation between females at the water cooler about some man, I'd be pretty darn wealthy.

    So, let us stop lying to ourselves by saying that gender hostility is a one-way street, shall we? People are people, and people will always say nasty things to each other. The thought police need to get over themselves and learn that the ability to deal with adversity and hostility internally is necessary for survival.

  6. Re:People are stupid. on Dealer-Installed GPS Tracker Leads To Kidnapper's Arrest in Maryland · · Score: 1

    TFA said the car belonged to his girlfriend.

  7. The logical next step on Big Data Knows When You Are About To Quit Your Job · · Score: 1

    The logical next step is to figure out how to convince the software that you are planning to leave your job (even if you aren't) so your employer will offer you incentives to stay.

  8. Short sighted on Computer Scientists Say Meme Research Doesn't Threaten Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Sure, the study itself is not a threat to free speech, but the goal of the study is to enable government to suppress free speech. That much is obvious to anyone with one eyeball not laser-focused on the big pile of taxpayer cash.

  9. Re:Better than cesium on New Atomic Clock Reaches the Boundaries of Timekeeping · · Score: 1

    I think the word you're looking for is "resolution," not "accuracy."

  10. Dihydrogen Monoxide Vapor on UN Climate Change Panel: It's Happening, and It's Almost Entirely Man's Fault · · Score: 1

    Dihydrogen monoxide vapor is a far more prevalent and effective greenhouse gas than CO2. Though methane is even more powerful, dihydrogen monoxide wins on overwhelming volume.

    CO2 is a red herring. Methane is a red herring. We have to get handle on dihydrogen monoxide emissions if we are to have a prayer of halting global climate change.

  11. Wait, this wasn't common knowledge already? on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who _didn't_ already know he was gay? Show of hands...

  12. The Zombie Apocalypse on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    The Sun just bathed Earth in an enormous X-Ray flare, knocking out power globally. Unable to restore power quickly, governments stand idly by bickering while people run out of food and water, and begin the rioting that ultimately causes the demise of civilization.

    In the ensuing civil wars, 50% of the population is wiped out, starting with the educated, who are blamed by the bottom rung for the disaster.

    The few who remain postwar get together to "reboot" civilization.

    "Shit, there are no computers. We're all fucked."

  13. Re:Sandy was not a superstorm on Study: New Jersey e-Vote Experiment After Sandy a Disaster · · Score: 1

    Either not realizing it, or being willfully ignorant of it because it doesn't fit in with the "it's W's fault" narrative.

  14. Re:Retarded feminists make me sick on Solving the Mystery of Declining Female CS Enrollment · · Score: 1

    "P.S: Has Slashdot degenerated into a cesspool of women's rights activists? This is a tech blog/forum, so behave like a proper one."

    No, it has simply degenerated into a cesspool.

  15. Re:Ironic: if you "OK" the manifesto it shares on on Ello Formally Promises To Remain Ad-Free, Raises $5.5M · · Score: 2

    The page also has Google Analytics tracking bugs in it.

  16. The vulnerability *IS* telnet. on Cisco Fixes Three-Year-Old Telnet Flaw In Security Appliances · · Score: 1

    FTFY...

  17. Re:CFAA violation! on Facebook To DEA: Stop Using Phony Profiles To Nab Criminals · · Score: 3, Informative

    The CFAA has an exception for law enforcement operations and criminal investigations.

    Paragraph (f):

    (f) This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States.

  18. Re:Bose headphone worth it? on Despite Patent Settlement, Apple Pulls Bose Merchandise From Its Stores · · Score: 1

    I have a Bose-X pilot headset and it works pretty damn well. The consumer-variant noise canceling headphones, on the other hand, have a very unsettling low frequency rumble to them that makes me nauseated.

  19. Way to spread the FUD on If Your Cloud Vendor Goes Out of Business, Are You Ready? · · Score: 1

    Especially with this article on the SAME PAGE.

    http://tech.slashdot.org/story...

    Whenever a company says it is losing money on something, you have to take that information with a grain of salt. AWS is probably just paying another Amazon division for services at an astronomical rate. Corporations shift money internally all the time, and the result is that it can appear that one part of the business is hemorrhaging money.

  20. Re:Overstated or misrepresented? on Fuel Efficiency Numbers Overstate MPG More For Cars With Small Engines · · Score: 1

    It's not that trivial, actually. Fuel expands and contracts with temperature, and measuring fluid flow accurately is actually pretty damn hard, especially for very small flows. It's easy to estimate within about 5% based on injector duty cycle, fuel rail pressure, and temperature, but even then any kind of nonideality in the injector could radically change the accuracy of the "measurement."

  21. Re:Obligatory metric troll on Fuel Efficiency Numbers Overstate MPG More For Cars With Small Engines · · Score: 1

    How much of my money do you think I should be allowed to keep? Be honest.

  22. Re:"May have"... "suggests".. on Past Measurements May Have Missed Massive Ocean Warming · · Score: 1

    They are using weasel words in a transparent attempt to mislead readers into believing the conclusion is true.

  23. Submitter has never applied to a real University on Is It Time To Throw Out the College Application System? · · Score: 1

    Real universities require essays, character references, demonstrated public service, and have other opportunities for applicants to demonstrate qualities not necessarily related to academic performance.

  24. Yes. It's called "informed consent." on Ask Slashdot: Is There an Ethical Way Facebook Can Experiment With Their Users? · · Score: 1

    That's all there is to it.

  25. I am completely done with the GOP on Conservative Groups Accuse FCC of Helping Net Neutrality Advocates File Comments · · Score: 3

    This is utter bullshit. The GOP used to be more of a classical liberal party, but has become nothing more than the political arm of Wall Street.

    Fuck them. I'm done. I'll never vote for another one.