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  1. Re:Doesn't matter on Ashley Madison Blackmail Letter Revealed (grahamcluley.com) · · Score: 1

    While being an active user of Ashley Madison may indicate an intent to cheat, a vanishingly small amount of men are successfully cheating with women who use the site.

    The site only sells the fantasy of cheating with their bots.

    Yes, if it's safe to assume that a man who already has a mistress wouldn't pay for the site, registering for Ashley Madison is pretty good evidence that a mad did not actually cheat on his wife. There were 39 million men registered, and only perhaps about 12,000 women using the site.

  2. Re:Based on the /. headline... on Audi Creates "Fuel of the Future" Using Just Carbon Dioxide and Water · · Score: 1

    All the energy you put in will come out again.

    Wouldn't getting 100% of the energy out violate the second law of thermodynamics? I will note that I'm neither a chemist nor a physicist

  3. Re:Isn't Cheaper, the American Dream? on IT Worker's Lawsuit Accuses Tata of Discrimination · · Score: 5, Informative

    The previous sentence in the Wikipedia article says that those restrictions (that is, the requirement to attest to recruiting U.S. workers, and to have not laid off U.S. worker in equivalent positions) apply only to "certain banks and other financial institutions." It's not the general rule.

  4. Re:something new. on What Language Will the World Speak In 2115? · · Score: 1

    Latin transformed into the Romance languages after the collapse of the Western Empire caused the lines of communication to break down, allowing regional differences to become exaggerated. With 21st century communications media, that won't be able to happen.

  5. Re:VOIP != video teleconferencing on Therapy Over IP Draws the Young, Isolated · · Score: 1

    Someone should point out that the article actually is about Web video conferencing, and not VoIP, despite what the summary may say.

  6. Re:Oh ffs on Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock · · Score: 2

    People that buy Apple stuff "because it just works" are just like people who voted for Hitler because "at least he'll make the trains run on time". Worse in fact.

    Mussolini took credit for making the trains run on time. I'm going to hazard a guess that German trains were running on time all along.

  7. Re:I like his IRS plan! on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we need a forum for this.

    Maybe we should call it politics.slashdot.org? Seriously, if you want to exclude politics stories, you can do that from Options, but you are presently in the forum you describe.

  8. Re:Not bound by the statute of limitations? on NASA Sues Apollo Astronaut To Return Moon Camera · · Score: 1

    Did I just read that the government is not bound by the statute of limitations? ..and here I thought the statute of limitations was specifically there to bind the government.

    Actually, TFA says the Federal government is not bound by state statutes of limitation. I imagine that's to, say, prevent Texas from setting a 30 second limitations period on federal claims, thereby allowing all federal property within the state to be confiscated.

  9. Re:Fender Bender because of Smart Phone App on IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System · · Score: 1

    Apps designed to be used behind the wheel shouldn't be made.

    I heard a SF official interviewed about this, and the official position is that the intention is that you would check overall parking availability before you leave wherever it is that you were.

  10. Re:Summary of snobbery on Ask Slashdot: Large-Scale DIY Outdoor Cooling of Cairo's Tahrir Square? · · Score: 1

    . .. . a city that has been around longer than almost any other city on the planet.

    Cairo dates back to the 1st century, so it's not really a contender for the oldest city on the planet. On the other hand, you could try to bridge in the history of Memphis, which was only 12 miles away.

  11. Re:Punish Trolls on Lawyer Attempts To Trademark Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    The name "Hamburger" is trademark to McDonalds too, and corresponds to the simplest hamburger sandwich.

    Thanks for spreading some FUD. Not that I'm a fan of McDonalds, but they actually have a trademark on the phrase "McDonalds Hamburgers". Note the disclaimer: Applicant disclaims the right to the exclusive use of the word "Hamburgers" apart from the mark as shown..

  12. Re:messing with air-traffic controllers get some h on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: 1

    Or are you simply an idio,t and think it's a magical $30.00 device and all you have to do is switch it on?

    OK, sure, it's not enough to switch it on. According to FA, you then have to drive past the airport on the New Jersey Turnpike.

  13. Re:And this is news? on Facebook Linked To One In Five Divorces In US · · Score: 1

    Once phones were being switched automatically there was slightly more privacy than when Gladys was connecting Bob to Mary across town, and Gladys just happened to mention it to Bob's wife one day when she ran into her at the market.

    If you're going to go back as far as the switchboard, most people would have been using party lines, which pretty much guaranteed that your neighbors were all up in your business.

  14. Re:Harsh Sentence on IT Worker's Revenge Lands Her In Jail · · Score: 1

    A man mysteriously appears and jumps into the river to save your child. When he gets out of the water, you recognize him as an escaped convict from the news. Do you tell the authorities?

    Inspector Javert says "You betcha," with an outrageous French accent of course.

  15. Re:Worlds largets vs TFA on Airship Inflated To Create Monster "Stratellite" · · Score: 1

    Generally held usage of "world's largest" implies the title remains such until something larger comes along, not just until that particular thing is "retired".

    Quick, what's the world largest land animal? I'm pretty sure most people will say "elephant."

  16. Re:500 years? on Lawmakers Want a Space Shuttle In New York City · · Score: 1

    Yeah; last time I checked, there aren't *ANY* structures in North America that have been around for 500 years.

    How about Teotihuacan? The structures there have been around for about 2000 years. Admitted, they're no longer occupied.

  17. Re:How do you think it works in the EU ? on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    Actually, this is a more appropriate link for the discussion at hand.

  18. Re:How do you think it works in the EU ? on NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes · · Score: 1

    . . . create a GIS-style database, continuously updated, that determines the sales tax rates of every address in the country. License it, along with an API . . .

    You're not the first to have thought of this, naturally.

  19. Re:The question is... on Ambassador Claims ACTA Secrecy Necessary · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid in America, lo those many decades ago and long before the 'new education' craze, "cooperate" and similar words did indeed bear such diacritical marks (or more rarely, were hyphenated).

    I can confirm that you'll often see the diaeresis used to break a diphthong in older books in English, but I'm not quite old enough to have been taught to use them. Wikipedia indicates that the New Yorker Magazine still uses this style.

  20. Re:But on Bernie Madoff's Programmers Arrested · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless the programmers were committing fraud by asking people for investment money with no intention to return it, how are they breaking the law?

    I understand Madoff would provide quarterly statements showing a more-or-less constant rate of return, listing fictitious trades that would justify the rate of return, using knowledge of actual prices in the past quarter to get the numbers to come out just right (which is easy enough in hindsight). I'm all for presuming these guys innocent, but I think your outrage is misplaced. It's hard to imagine a spec for this software that wouldn't be at least a bit suspicious, so you can hardly blame them for looking into the programmers.

  21. Re:Houston Has Similar Plans on Vermont City Almost Encased In a 1-Mile Dome · · Score: 1

    . . . no self-declared "nerds" would ever make such an elementary mistake as to call a town of 7000 people a "city".

    To be fair, any self-respecting geography nerd knows that "Vermont city" is an oxymoron, and would have seen right through the headline. Burlington has a population of about 40,000, and that's as big as they come.

  22. Re:Is medical advancement stagnating? on Common Diabetic Drug Fights Cancer Stem Cells · · Score: 3, Informative

    How long is it before this drug treatment is avaliable? 2025?

    It's available now. Doctors in the U.S. are allowed to prescribe medication for off-label uses if it's approved for any use, so you might be able to get a prescription metformin for anti-cancer use this afternoon if you make a few calls. There may be a more general problem, but this is not a good illustration of it.

  23. Re:You're wrong Shakrai. on "Wiretapping" Charges May Be Oddest Ever Recorded · · Score: 1

    How does a Federal special prosecutor give immunity against State charges?

    It doesn't, which is exactly why Maryland was able to indict her despite the federal grant of immunity.

  24. Re:Poor Title on F-22 Raptor Cancelled · · Score: 1

    The U.S. . . . hasn't had to fight a war on its own turf since the Spanish-American war.

    Puerto Rico and Guam were ceded to the U.S. by Spain at the end of the Spanish-American war, and as far as I know, none of that war was on land that was U.S. territory at the time. So it would be more accurate to say that the U.S. hasn't had to fight a war on its own turf since before the Spanish-American war, which supports your point. However, it might be possible to quibble about Pancho Villa in New Mexico and Texas, and the Japanese in Guam, the Aleutians, and of course, the attack on Pearl Harbor.

  25. Re:one or two nukes in Washington on Pentagon Confirms Cyber Command, Under NSA Control · · Score: 1

    We here down south would probably be just fine.

    Hollywood says you'll have a few months at best. But at least you'll have some time to work on your bucket list (assuming northern hemisphere locations aren't involved).