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  1. Not exactly on Is There an Institutional Bias Against Black Tech Entrepreneurs? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Our whole society is biased against black people. They are denied education, and the people in power prefer their own kind. Most people who make more than maybe $60,000 a year aren't used to interacting with black people, are afraid of them, and assume they are stupid and shouldn't be trusted. However, I have observed that some of them do like to give black people menial jobs so they can congratulate themselves though.

  2. Justices can be replaced by algorthims on Predicting US Supreme Court Justice Votes · · Score: 1

    Yet another reason that people shouldn't fear the coming rule of the computer overlord...

  3. I have a physical input device for you... on Ask Slashdot: Physical Input Devices For Developers? · · Score: 0

    IN MY PANTS!!!

  4. Yes and no on Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger · · Score: 1

    They can still take out the drug business itself by legalizing them. Obviously these gangs are very powerful now, but they can still be fought on the fronts they operate on. Not to be insulting, but collecting extortion payments from Mexican teachers sounds like a pretty crappy business model.

  5. I hope Anonymous publishes what they have on Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger · · Score: 1

    I can't judge, because I'm not in their shoes, but there's a reason governments have policies of not negotiating with terrorists.

    At this point, I hope Anonymous posts all the info they have on them. Teach the Zetas that killing people is punished, not rewarded.

  6. Javascript boosts on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 5, Interesting

    We always hear about Javascript speed boosts with all the new browsers. Is there any info for JavaScript developers on how to maximize the benefits? I.E. do the changes mean you should think of a particular coding style to optimize your code speed on a particular browser?

  7. Big data in a small world? on IT's Next Hot Job: Hadoop Guru · · Score: 1

    The thing I always wonder about Hadoop is how important can it get? It's only useful if you have too much data for an RDBMS, right? It seems like only JPMorgan and other giant companies could make use of it. Am I wrong?

  8. Re:Question on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    What is the basis of these paranoid conspiracy theories? That flotillas of food want to come into Palestine and Israel won't let them? That is a sign that everyone wants to destroy is Israel? That people don't believe Israel should starve an entire people to death?

  9. Re:Simple really on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    The only way is to give into their demands? No, actually not lying usually goes pretty far on those fronts. If he just said Netanyahu is difficult, you might have a point, he said he's a liar. Are you saying the Sarkozy and the other leaders are part of a conspiracy to destroy Israel for no reason? Palestine is simply not an existential threat to Israel, despite your paranoid hysterics. The Palestinians just want to survive. Israel should just make an agreement with them.

    Most of the international community wants Iran to not have nuclear weapons. Israel should just form a united front with them.

  10. Re:Question on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    The president also signs health care plans into law. If he didn't, no one would be that interested in what he thought the best plan would be. My point stands. We have a president and a Congress. They share power in foreign and domestic affairs. The president picks the Secretary of State, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Agriculture etc.

  11. Re:Question on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    Who has authority to make treaties and declare war? Who proposes healthcare plans and makes speeches about the economy?

  12. Red Herring on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    Before Israel it was always Christians vs. everyone else. There is almost no historical tension between Muslims and Jews. The tensions are all the result of Israel's actions, not some ancient Islamic prejudice against Jews.

  13. Re:Simple really on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They have rational leadership? Is that why apparently everyone thinks he's an asshole? Wouldn't a rational leader try to gain the trust of important world leaders? Is that why he can't establish peace even with the most powerful nation on Earth on his side? And by what definition is a theocracy a form of rational leadership?

    A lot of the leadership in the middle east was installed by the U.S. I mean, I think it's kind of hypocritical for the U.S. to put an insane restaurant owner in charge of Afghanistan and then complain about a lack of rational leadership.

  14. Re:Question on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 1

    "Do you know that the Congress is the primary internal-facing Federal body in the US? Do you know that the President is the primary external-facing power in the US?"

    I did not know that. In fact, I think you just made that up right now to buttress your point. The Constitution gives the Congress plenty of power over foreign affairs. Likewise, the President has plenty of authority over domestic affairs.

  15. Re:Was it really an accident? on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 2, Funny

    No. For one thing, everyone knows Netanyahu is a lying asshole.

  16. Question on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why does the president of the U.S. have to talk to the President of Israel literally EVERY DAY? We give them all that military aid and side on them with every issue. We cut out funding for the UN cultural agency just because they allow Palestine to join. And he STILL has to talk to their president every day?

    Shouldn't he be more focused on the affairs of the US? I'm no isolationist, but why does he have to talk to the president of Israel every day? After a while, doesn't Israel have to become a viable nation that doesn't rely on the US for everything? I mean all they really have to do is stop building settlements so the international community will approve of them.

  17. The system cheats on Survey Finds Cheating Among Students At All GPA Levels · · Score: 1

    Cheating is prevalent at all levels of the economy. The students themselves are being cheating when you consider how much they are paying for their education.

  18. Opinions are like assholes on Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? · · Score: 1

    Our culture celebrates assholes, just as it celebrates talking heads. We've replaced real news and fact, opinions and jag-off talking heads. Listening to our opinion producers causes you to know less, not more.

    Instead, I'll tell you who I don't want to ask: Any politician. Anyone who is regularly on television. Anyone who can't footnote their answers.

  19. Re:Nate Silver on Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? · · Score: 1

    I agree! We need real statistical analysis. Not more opinions.

  20. Very clever public relations on White House Responds to ET/UFO Petitions · · Score: 1

    All they have to do is pick the wackiest petitions to respond to. They issue polite rejections or denials of the petitions. From there they make petitioners all look like wacka-dos. From their they can issue rejections of reasonable petitions that refer to serious issues with the same tone that implies insanity of the petitioners.

  21. Java needs new versions on Eclipse Launches New Programming Language · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Seems like cool language. Much like Spring and the new JVM languages, it seems like this exists primarily to address shortcomings that Java has because it hasn't come out with new versions for so long.

    Eclipse already writes a lot of Java for you, so this seems like a natural extension. Of course, this is a ridiculous state of affairs. When a most code in a language is boilerplate, it's time for a new version, that takes care of that for you. I mean could you imagine anyone releasing a Java-like language today that didn't have first class treatment of properties, didn't have syntax for applying a function to every member of a collection, and didn't have better type inference?

    It's interesting that it compiles to Java, I don't think it'll be long before, it'll start to completely skip the Java phase.

  22. Re:OpenJDK? on Apache Harmony Moves To Apache Attic · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the info.

    Does copyleft mean that if you use something what you release has to also be open source and free? Does that mean that Oracle is actually suing Google to be more open in their implementation rather than shut it down?

    Do we know why they won't open source the compliance tools? Does that effectively prevent other implementations of Java from existing? Do we know why Oracle wants that?

  23. OpenJDK? on Apache Harmony Moves To Apache Attic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm not completely up to speed on these issues. But is there anything about OpenJDK that people are unhappy with? Is it not open enough in some manner?

  24. Except for the rip a hole in spacetime part... on EU Scientists Working On Laser To Rip a Hole In Spacetime · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Another terrible headline, but the article is partly to blame. This isn't about ripping a hole in space time, it's just about putting energy in the vacuum so a bunch of virtual particles become real particles.

    P.S. THE DEVICE WILL GO ONLINE IN 2012 AND END THE WORLD!!! AREN'T I CLEVER? PULL MY FINGER!!

  25. What!? Apple is a greedy company? on Apple Threatens Bistro Over "AppleADay" Name · · Score: 1

    I thought Jobs "thought different" and Apple should be worshiped!