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  1. Re:wasteful on All-Electric DeLorean Car To Hit the Streets In 2013 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't really matter what the electric motor is rated for. It matters how much power it is asked to produce. Even a 500HP Shelby V8 is only producing about 20HP to drive the car at 65mph on the highway.

    You probably think your computer's 500W power supply is always drawing 500W from the wall..

  2. Congress has other priorities... on Congressmen Worried About Amazon Silk Privacy Issues · · Score: 1

    Congress should be worrying about it's criminal ignorance of the constitution and not micromanaging the entire economy...

  3. Tabs are generic on Samsung Lawyer Fails To Differentiate iPad and Galaxy Tab In Court · · Score: 1

    The reason they can't be distinguished is because tablets are completely generic and shouldn't be patentable anyway.

    Asking someone to differentiate between two tabs is like asking to differentiate between two different sheets of toilet paper. They all look the same, because they are generic.

  4. Hahah, it's already bugged on US Blocks Huawei From Building LTE Network · · Score: 1

    All of this equipment is already manufactured in China, so what's the difference who installs it?

  5. Guy Fawkes! on Company Offers Creepily-Realistic Masks of Clients · · Score: 1

    I guess they can redo V for Vendetta now using a much more realistic mask...

  6. Photogs who know what they're doing... on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    ... will never ever need this feature.

  7. Re:Motion Blur not Focus Blur on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    Did you happen to notice the "here, let me just load some parameters" step for each photo?

    That is the curious bit, and while it may have been just a couple of clicks for the demo, I imagine there was a significant amount of work put into generating those 'parameters'.

    For all we know, the "parameters" were just the unblurred versions of the photographs.

  8. Re:"I'm just going to load some parameters..." on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    This caught my attention immediately, and I think you are right. He loaded different parameters for each photo, leading me to believe that there was a significant amount of pre-processing done even before the "analysis" step he demonstrated.

  9. The rate hike remains, of course on Netflix Kills Qwikster · · Score: 1

    Don't overlook that...

  10. Close to real life on High School Kills Color-Coded ID Program · · Score: 1

    This is the big disconnect between us and our children. They live the first 18 years of their life under constant, state-mandated praise, being told they are special no matter what, and that they can do no wrong.

    Then, when they are older and out of the house, they wake up to the harsh reality that those who do not perform are not constantly showered with praise and reward.

    The ability to cope with failure and disappointment is a lesson we have completely abandoned and refuse to teach our children anymore, and is one of the major reasons children in the rest of the world are beating the snot out of ours when it comes to achieving success.

    This program is a good representation of real life. While they may need to come up with a way to deal with Privacy Act of '74 issues, the program is definitely in the right place. Teaching kids that there are consequences to underperformance is a necessary step in childhood development.

  11. Re:totalitarian control on DHS Goes Ahead With 'Pre-Crime' Detection Project · · Score: 1

    Your post is a troll because Ron Paul is a batshit crazy lunatic with nothing but archaic, 19th century ideas when it comes to global political and economic policy.

  12. Re:What happens to Clear? on Sprint Details Shift To LTE · · Score: 1

    Ahh, I didn't know that, and yes, nice hedge.

  13. What happens to Clear? on Sprint Details Shift To LTE · · Score: 1

    Since they use Sprint's WiMax network, I suppose Clear's customers will all have to throw away those $100 modems and buy new $100 modems?

  14. Re:Ferromagnetism on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 1

    I agree.

  15. Re:Turn the Game Around on Judge Rules Boss's "Firing Contest" Created a Hostile Work Environment · · Score: 1

    They are already paid for being "good."

    Following company rules is the minimum standard of conduct, and no reward is warranted for meeting the minimum standard. That is what hourly compensation is for.

  16. Does it really matter? on Tom's Hardware Pits Newest Firefox, Opera and Chrome Against Each Other · · Score: 1

    I don't care if one browser is 2.4 milliseconds faster at loading a standard test page than another. I honestly don't even care if it takes my browser 13 milliseconds longer to load Slashdot or Newegg.

    What I do care about is whether I can forget to close the browser on my work PC on Friday, and come in Monday and not find a smoldering pile of ashes on my desk from it leaking all of the system memory, consuming 100% of the CPU from various crap crashing in it, and generally being a piece of crap.

  17. Re:Wait for Top Gear on Tesla Model S: 0-60 In 4.5 Seconds · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can probably rest assured that, now that Tesla is in the back pocket of the Obama administration, it will be seen to that anyone who might have the capacity to take an objective look at Tesla Motors will be prevented, by any means necessary, getting their hands on one.

  18. Re:IBM warning for cost overrun?? on Behind the Parting of IBM and Blue Waters · · Score: 2

    Isn't that the truth? IBM is definitely the consultant to call if you want to learn how to do things as inefficiently and as expensively as possible.

  19. College is already online on Should College Go Online? · · Score: 1

    Whoever wrote this hasn't been paying attention. Colleges have been going online for years to capture revenue from sources that would not otherwise become revenue generators.

    Even by the time I graduated Ga Tech in 1999, they were starting to offer online courses, and now it is big business for them. There's a lot of money to be made from revenue sources that cannot relocate to Atlanta

  20. Re:Last one out... on Groupon Loses COO, Drastically Cuts Reported Revenue · · Score: 1

    I am sure the power company will take care of that.

  21. In-Private Browsing on Facebook Cookies Track Users Even After Logging Out · · Score: 1

    Does Firefox In-Private Browsing have any effect on Facebook's (and others) ability to track you?

    I suppose one could always spin a virtual machine for the express purpose of browsing Facebook (and only Facebook), and a VM that reverts to the image after every machine reset at that.

  22. Re:And what about the African population control? on AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    The same people who pay for every other goddamn forsaken cesspool in the world - the American Taxpayer.

  23. No doubt, there will be a user fee as well on IBM Seeks Patent On Retailer-Rigged Driving Routes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would bet that there is also going to be a way for the user to pay a fee not to be sent on the suboptimal route.

  24. Like IMing in the same house on Wi-Fi Cards Can Now Detect Microwave Ovens · · Score: 2

    "Honey, did you leave the microwave on?"

    "I don't know, Dear, let me log into my PC and check."

  25. Chances are, you don't own the rights anyway on Ask Slashdot: Best Copyright Terms For a Thesis? · · Score: 1

    Check the application you filled out to get into the school. Chances are it contains an assignment of rights to anything you develop while enrolled as a student (both on and off campus, and on the school's dime or your own).

    If that's the case, the school owns the copyright to your Thesis.