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  1. And a dollar short on Dyslexia Seen In Brain Scans of Pre-School Children · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My dyslexia forced me to work harder in school at things others found easy. I was confused for a few years until I realized not everyone had my issues. Once I adapted, I started jumping grades and moving ahead. There are things about it that can be leveraged in terms of learning, after all.

    Finding issues like this out early can be a blessing or a curse depending on how the parents and the school system react. If it's used to hang a 'problem learner' sign on a kid and just stick them in a corner, I say it's a curse. If it's used to support a tailored teaching environment, it would be a blessing.

  2. Keyword on Wireless Devices Go Battery-Free With New Communication Technique · · Score: 1

    ....small.....

  3. Problem is... on Ask Slashdot: Printing Options For Low-Resource Environments? · · Score: 2

    'print on demand' has always carried certain basic requirements, that if unavailable for any reason force a rethink. Options include printing elsewhere, then bringing to the point of need, or not relying on printing at all.

    In this example, I'd do my best to avoid print all together.

  4. Talk to me when... on Twitter Buzz As an Election Predictor · · Score: 1

    ...we can vote in elections via Twitter.

  5. Ok, sure... on US Horse Registry Forced To Accept Cloned Horses · · Score: 1

    ...but good luck getting the Japanese horse racing community to follow that lead...

  6. Question on Hacking Lightbulbs To Cause a Sustained Blackout · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why do I feel like I'm standing in line at the supermarket reading the cover of some tabloid rag right now...

  7. Even better on Playing StarCraft Could Boost Your Cognitive Flexibility · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...start making apps. An hour or more a day for a year. Tacks will start saying they are as sharp as you.

  8. Re:Uhh... on 20 People Shot With BB Guns At LG G2 Promotional Event · · Score: 2

    "You get his phaser, Jim - I'll grab his wallet!"

  9. What about... on Apache Web Server Share Falls Below 50 Percent For First Time Since 2009 · · Score: 1

    Greg Stein - I'd like to here what he has to say?

  10. Re:Red tape is the problem on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    +1 mod up...good idea or not, govt. will find a way to get in the way.

  11. Or.... on Book Review: The Healthy Programmer · · Score: 1

    An alternative, of course, is to instead write a book about it, then profit and pay a personal trainer to drop by the beach house once a week.

  12. Re:Not a new concept on Book Review: The Healthy Programmer · · Score: 1

    +1 mod up.

  13. yawn on 3 Reasons Why Microsoft Needs 3 Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    Slow-news-day....very slow, apparently.

  14. uummm... on London Bans Recycling Bins That Track Phones · · Score: 2

    Bins tracking phones tracking bins tracking phones tracking bins....when will it all end?

  15. Smart move on Unlocked Firefox OS ZTE Open Is Now Available On eBay For For $80 · · Score: 1

    ...very smart. Thanks to ZTE (and F'Fox) for taking this route and making this device available.

  16. Thanks for the warning... on Microsoft Is Working On a Cloud Operating System For the US Government · · Score: 1

    As long as I have time to relocate outside the country before it goes online, I'm ok with it.

  17. Maybe...maybe not. on Bacteria Behaviour Can Shed Light On How Financial Markets Work · · Score: 1

    The last time the wonks tried going organic was was how leaf structure shows best networking. Problem with all this is that markets and networks are as far away from organic driven as they could be, so I don't see anything about this effort that bears interest, sorry.

  18. Just say'n on Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC · · Score: 0

    obama has other things on his plate right now (putin!) and he's already weighed in on one of these oh-so-recently, so don't expect too much attention from him on this one.

  19. Re:WiFi with anal probe on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    +1 ...if they'd throttle back on the mining and auto-completes, it might be useable.

  20. As always... on The Pirate Bay Launches Browser To Evade ISP Blockades · · Score: 5, Informative

    The internet sees any blockage as an outage and works to avoid it.

  21. Said it before... on There Is a Fly In My Tweet: Tracking Food-Borne Illness the Crowd-Sourced Way · · Score: 1

    Any organism, virus, germ, bacterium that tries to get onboard me does so at it's own risk. I've got enough chemicals and heavy metals in my system to open my own compounding center, so bring it.

    But yes, I'm all for crowd sourcing on this one. Those little buggers might know how to travel, but they can't be the speed of the internet.

  22. Re:From the summary: on Nvidia CEO: We Are Working On Next Generation Surface · · Score: 1

    Funny+ And right on :) Thanks for making my day.

  23. There is at least one benefit on Crunching the Numbers On Shared Cellphone Contracts · · Score: 3, Informative

    A shared plan can be billed to the main tax payer in the 'family', making it much easier to gang costs and take a reduction, especially when a small business is involved.

  24. Gee, ya' think... on Deutsche Telekom Moves Email Traffic In-Country In Wake of PRISM · · Score: 1

    ...those officials might know more than they let on? After all, this could be a simple contingency plan they've had ready.

  25. Re:Shelton is playing politics on Air Force Space Fence Being Shut Down · · Score: 1

    He's just ticked because the Chinese have a space-laser that can bring things down and he doesn't.