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  1. Re: what a waste of money on NASA Launching Satellite To Track Carbon · · Score: 1

    In addition, the NSA errm sorry, NASA said they are particularly interested in keeping a close eye on the carbon emissions from Russia, Syria, China, and North Korea.

  2. H2O wireless - Sim without Phone on Ask Slashdot: SIM-Card Solutions In North America? · · Score: 2

    BestBuy sells H2O wireless SIMs that do not come with phones. The card says use with any unlocked GSM phone.

  3. Re:When you have 3 jobs on In the US, Rich Now Work Longer Hours Than the Poor · · Score: 1

    Wait... If I understand this correctly you're saying "It's hard to get extra hours when you're busy working all the time" ?

  4. Re:ADD = The Business of Curing Stupidity on The Business of Attention Deficit Disorder · · Score: 1

    Obviously a comment by someone who doesn't have it.

  5. Re:A tragedy in any other country is success here on How the Lessons of Columbine Saved Lives At Arapahoe High School · · Score: 1

    In order to own a gun, at least in Victoria, you have to compete in a certain number of competitions per year. Essentially making it cost prohibitive. You can however join a club and rent "gun time" at the target range and use one of their guns. I know a girl who's a "gun nut" near Melbourne and she said on the one hand she feels that they should be allowed to own a gun but she said that everyone there's a horrible shot because they have no experience.

  6. Re:no you just have lots and lots of stabbings and on How the Lessons of Columbine Saved Lives At Arapahoe High School · · Score: 1

    Just because there are no guns in the UK doesn't mean people aren't murdered.

  7. Re:Awesome for spam/tracking on Google Makes It Harder For Marketers To Collect User Data · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now all the spammers will get their servers overloaded. If they send out millions of e-mails and they all immediately get "opened" by google trying to pull in the picture data.

  8. How will this work with emissions? on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    EPA emissions on cars regarding greenhouse gas emissions have to cover all amounts emitted including gasses released from paint, used in the making of plastics and tires. By adding this button they facilitate a way to release smoke and other gasses from the tires into the air.

  9. Poor websites on Google Bots Doing SQL Injection Attacks · · Score: 1

    You'd have thought they learned their lesson when dealing with Bobby Tables, aka "Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;

  10. Re:Forget ratings, measure ROI. on Obama Seeks New System For Rating Colleges · · Score: 2

    US University costs are high because they know you're going to get loans and grants to help pay for it. If it wasn't so easy to get assistance from the government they would have to compete. Before all the loans and grants you could easily afford a college degree on part time wages.

  11. Not for long... on Facebook's Newest Datacenter Relies On Arctic Cooling · · Score: 5, Funny

    With all those datacenters the town won't be that cold for long.

  12. Can't see it working on Twitter Launches the World's Umpteenth Online Music Site · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nobody wants to listen to songs 160 bytes at a time.

  13. Re:Like Obama? on Ask Slashdot: Will You Shop Local Like President Obama, Or Online? · · Score: 1

    No I won't shop like him. He's obviously not very good with money.

  14. Uninstall? on Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they'll be uninstalled shortly.

  15. The problem with beer glasses on Drinking Too Much? Blame Your Glass · · Score: 2

    Is they stop working after about 5 minutes and someone has to replace or repair it so it starts working again.

  16. It's simple! on Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users? · · Score: 1

    Just just tell them that some industry analysts predict 2012 to be the year of the Linux Desktop!

  17. Why IE9 did well on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because the browser is part of the OS, the RAM is already in use as part of the windows explorer.

  18. Re:Voyager on Ask Slashdot: How To Introduce Someone To Star Trek? · · Score: 1

    My wife who in general has no interest in Science Fiction has sat and watched episodes of Voyager with me, she seems to show interest in this show more so than other sci fi shows I've watched. (If she doesn't whip out the kindle, I know she's interested). I think she likes Neelix. She actually asks questions about characters and I think likes Janeway as a character. And whenever the Kazon are around I think I can tell she's thinking "oh that bitch Seska is back". We haven't made it to any 7 of 9 episodes yet, but we'll see how that goes. Perhaps it's the number of strong female characters in the show that interests her. I do get irritated at times though with a lot of the non-action Voyager episodes, ala lets strand two characters on a planet like Neelix and Tuvok and watch them argue, or lets strand Janeway and Chakotay and see if they have sex. I've seen pretty much all the TOS and TNG, I didn't really care as much for DS9, but will watch it if on. I think the freshness of Voyager and the lack of connection to TOS or TNG makes it good for beginners. You don't have to explain the nuances of nearly as many species, just Klingon and Vulcan, everything else explains itself as it goes along.

  19. Re:The fuck? on Audio Surveillance, Intended to Detect Gunshots, Can Pick Up Much More · · Score: 1

    I think it's like a DVR, it is technically always recording, it just doesn't start holding the stored data until you hit the record button, or in this case a sound spike related to a gunshot. That's why you can go back up to 15 minutes on most DVR devices as long as it had been on and tuned to the same station. I'd bet when it hears a shot, it immediately "Saves" the data in the buffer so you have a lead-up to the shot being fired. Assuming that the shot spotter is being used to gather evidence rather than just call the police when the sound spikes.

  20. Anyone can be a part of Anonymous on Member Claims Anonymous "Might Well Be the Most Powerful Organization On Earth" · · Score: 2

    It seems like any hacker can do something and claim to be part of Anonymous. Just like any middle eastern group can claim to be part of Al Qaeda or Hamas. Osama Bin Laden actually wrote that he was concerned that so many groups claiming to be tied to Al Qaeda was confusing and diluting their message and also they didn't like getting credit for shoddy or failed operations.

  21. Re:Back, to the Future... on HP Shows Off Power Over Ethernet Thin Client · · Score: 1

    And then they eliminate you...

  22. Better idea - Don't feed the beast! on GOP Blocks Senate Debate On Dem Student Loan Bill · · Score: 1

    How about we stop sending government money to schools that keep their rates too high? Schools have found out that they can make more money if they raise their tuitions and still get money from the government. They've found out that they can keep their rates so high because they know that students can get loans and grants. Everyone complains about the 1% and high fuel prices, I say we look at the accounting books at colleges. I would say this is a better way of helping more people get into school than feeding the schools. Remember that cat or dog that arrived at your door one day when you were a kid? What did your parents tell you "Don't feed it! Otherwise it won't ever leave" and what did you do? You fed it, and what did it do? It stayed and wouldn't leave.

  23. Re:Welcome to our world on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but your government has significantly higher taxes on gasoline. Which to me doesn't make since because the UK has a population density of 255/KM^2 and the US has a density of 32/KM^2 and we have many many times the miles of roads that the UK has.

  24. Re:So how do they know if they actually wrote it on New Technique Promises Much Faster Hard Drive Write Speeds · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would think that you would still have to read the location of the cluster before writing to it. Sure you can flip magnetic particles N > S or S > N at bazillions per second speed but if you don't know what you're flipping that's not good.

  25. As much as I want one... on First Run of Raspberry Pi Boards To Be Completed Feb 20th · · Score: 1

    I'd love to have one with more than 128 or 256MB ram. I wonder if the Broadcom SOC design allows for piggybacking a larger chip on top? I'm sure a model B with 1GB of RAM wouldn't be out of the question at a price point of $50. I realize we're just going more and more "I want" in price but I think it would be nice to have that extra headroom