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  1. Re:And now Google Drive is down... on Ask Slashdot: Which Google Project Didn't Deserve To Die? · · Score: 1

    My own servers have not been down at all in the last few years.

    Well, thanks for that entirely statistically irrelevant anecdote.

  2. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    Giving out free champagne is fun until the hangover kicks in. The worst thing about Chavez dying now is that it will cement his cult, because all the good things are conveniently coming to an end after his death.

  3. Re:Fuck the medical profession on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 1

    And your solution is?

  4. Re:Have the parents been relieved of their duties? on Researchers Describe First 'Functional HIV Cure' In an Infant · · Score: 1

    And you know that they knew their status at the time how?

  5. Re:Shocking... on Evernote Security Compromised · · Score: 1

    That is the point I was making...

  6. Re:Shocking... on Evernote Security Compromised · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Not the worst breach I've ever seen, but a couple of stupid things still. Not least, the reset email linked you to http://links.evernote.mkt5371.com/ctt?kn=4&ms=NTcwNzMxMwS2&r=blahblahblah. I actually presumed it was a high quality phishing attempt and flagged it as spam. Later down the same email they advised "Never click on 'reset password' requests in emails - instead go directly to the service"...

  7. Re:That and... on Minority Report's Legacy of Terrible Interfaces · · Score: 1

    There is an option to switch back to text labels in settings somewhere, which I found about thrity seconds after first encountering these icons.

  8. Re:Dog on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive SOHO Crime Deterrence and Monitoring? · · Score: 2

    A dog is pretty defenceless against a piece of meat with some horse tranquilliser in it. And to be really honest, they're not much against a steady nerve and a hefty crowbar either. And we're talking about a storefront here, not a private residence.

  9. Re:Treason on Missouri Legislation Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    No, they are well-intentioned but misguided. The fact you are willing to use words like treason to describe this behaviour (and the fact your opponents do the same, in fairness), is a large part of the reason your country's a fucking mess.

  10. Re:I have a better idea... on Richard Stallman's Solution To 'Too Big To Fail' · · Score: 1

    Dude, you have no clear just how serious the meltdown would have been. I agree your response would have been the best in an ideal world, but it's not the one we lived in c. 2007. Katrina would have been nothing compared to what you're advocating.

  11. Re:Really puts the lie to... on Australian Economists Predictions No Better Than Flipping a Coin · · Score: 1

    The more general problem is that effective prediction creates arbitrage opportunities. If I can predict with >50% probability some future economic event, then I can act to profit from it. Simple supply and demand then pushes the probability to 50% - an economic Heisenburg, if you like.

  12. Re:Really puts the lie to... on Australian Economists Predictions No Better Than Flipping a Coin · · Score: 1

    And so your response is to throw your hands up and say "Wah! Too difficult!"? What's your suggestion?

  13. Re:Why should we believe in long-term growth? on The Biggest Financial Fraud of All Time · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's only been working since the 1750s. Probably due to fall apart any day now.

  14. Re:This is not new on The Mathematics of the Lifespan of Species · · Score: 3, Insightful
  15. Re:Batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Grounded In US and EU · · Score: 1

    I don't necessarily disagree with you, but lecturing the Chinese on thousands of years of experience is not exactly the way to win your argument here.

  16. Re:Intermittent Fasting works for me on Ask Slashdot: How To Stay Fit In the Office? · · Score: 1

    I've been doing it for a couple of weeks now and while I obviously can't speak to long term results, I can say I find it easy to follow and it comes without any of the worry or self-nagging that comes with most other diets. I would guess my calorie intake is somewhere around 60% of what it was before, and like the GP I just drink tea/coffee on off days. I don't find myself becoming insanely hungry, either.

  17. Re:DO AN AUTOPSY! Seriously! It could be murder! on Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide · · Score: 2

    [citation needed]

  18. Re:I used to believe correlation implies causation on America's Real Criminal Element: Lead · · Score: 1

    Sounds like the class helped.

  19. Re:Seriously? on What's In Steve Ballmer's Inbox? · · Score: 2

    Complaining to a senior company executive can be a very effective tool. One, most people these days read their own email. Two, they have PAs who can do stuff. I've done it a couple of times when I've run out of other options, and saved a lot of bother.

  20. Re:Why is this an Ask Slashdot? on Ask Slashdot: Should Scientists Build a New Particle Collider In Japan? · · Score: 2

    Note sure if whoosh....

  21. Re:Great... on High-Frequency Traders Use 50-Year-Old Wireless Tech · · Score: 1

    And everyone who needs the volume and availability. But thanks for trying.

  22. Re:Won't distributed power transformers change it? on Electrical Grid Hum Used To Time Locate Any Digital Recording · · Score: 2

    I'm not an Electrical Engineer either, but I took a class on it once. The whole grid is locked together and it's changes in load that cause the frequency variations. The transformers have no effect on frequency (presumably a second order fixed effect, but that's irrelevant).

  23. Re:Ack! PTHPPBPTH!! on Google CEO Larry Page Talks Apple, Android, Google+ · · Score: 4, Informative
  24. Re:Great... on High-Frequency Traders Use 50-Year-Old Wireless Tech · · Score: 1

    Umm, that's nice and all, but actually stock does not have to be sold through the stock exchange.

  25. Re:Is such a contract enforceable? on Adobe EULA Demands 7000 Years a Day From Humankind · · Score: 1

    EULAs are surprisingly untested in contract law. But in legal systems based on English law, including most of the US, they are probably worth very little - Denning's red hand and all that. It's strongly debateable whether they form part of a contract at all.