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  1. Re:Very little changes on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 1

    Slightly more:
    Now they try to see if it's the same type of Higgs as expected by the Standard Model.
    If it is, then we use it to learn more about the Higgs field, and find the properties thereof.
    If it's not, then we have new physics to discover. We try to see which of the many alternate models fit it best, and if any fit it exactly we assume it is correct (until further evidence comes.)

  2. Re:Current model will fall? on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 1

    It's exactly as doomed as Newton's laws. It will still be useful once a new theory is created, as long as it is simpler and being used in the domain which we currently use it for. Einstein's theories reduce to Newtons. Quantum gravity will reduce to General Relativity and the Standard Model as conditions are appropriate.

  3. Re:Probably on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 1

    The higgs mechanism is about inertial mass. This certainly seems to be the same as gravitational mass, but without a working theory of quantum gravity we don't know why they act the same.

  4. Re:Rest mass versus relativistic mass on LHC Discovers New Particle That Looks Like the Higgs Boson · · Score: 2

    One thing to beware of is the naive assumption that p=mv. That is true for objects with a rest mass, but for photons p=hbar*k, where hbar is the reduced Planck constant and k is the wave vector of the photon. Confusing this leads to incorrect conclusions.

  5. Re:Easy peasy on World's Hardest Sudoku · · Score: 1

    800 000 000
    003 600 000
    070 090 200

    050 007 000
    000 045 700
    000 100 030

    001 000 068
    008 500 010
    090 000 400

    There is a unique solution. The puzzle in the parent and GP is different from that in the article.
    Correct solution:
    812 753 649
    943 682 175
    675 491 283

    154 237 896
    369 845 721
    287 169 534

    521 974 368
    438 526 917
    796 318 452

    Brute force must be used to place digit 2 in R6C1
    All other used techniques:
    Full House
    Mixed Single
    Box Single
    Row Single
    Column Single
    Naked Single
    Locked Pair
    Locked Candidates type 1 & 2
    2-string Kite
    Sue De Coq
    Almost Locked Sets
    Table Conflict
    and Last Digit.

  6. Re:WOOOOO! on Guild Wars 2 Release Date Announced · · Score: 1

    I think my favorite thing about crafting is the unlimited crafting materials storage. That you can deposit the materials into from anywhere. No more need to worry about special crafting bags, and your bags can be full of the actual important loot.

  7. Re:It *should* be part of the marketing on Google On-shores Manufacturing of the Nexus Q · · Score: 1

    $50 for 6 feet? It's not so bad as to be sickening.
    http://shunyata.com/Images/Reviews/RobertHarley_012012.pdf
    Read that review. Note that the prices are considered quite reasonable, since they are under $10,000 per meter. ($2250 per meter for the top end, $995 per meter for the low end cable.)

  8. Re:I'm actually trying to be nice when I say this. on New Mineral Found In Meteorite · · Score: 1

    The above is a good example of why technical language gets used. Anyone skilled in minerology understood the two-line version. Laypeople need the 3-4 paragraph version. Technical language is far more information dense than basic language.

  9. Re:Only in America... on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 1

    This is why laws need to be narrow in scope.
    EG
    The use of a firearm for purposes other than defense in outside a shooting range in an area listed as "red flagged" by the fire marshal, without clearance from the fire marshal, shall be illegal.
    Vs
    Reckless use of a firearm shall be illegal.

    One is much easier to expand to cover almost anything, the other is narrowly defined and thus harder to abuse.

  10. Re:Prior scientific publication no longer prima fa on Laser Treatment For Earth-Bound Asteroids · · Score: 1

    ...

    First to file is still invalidated by prior art. Publishing the invention makes it unpatentable (in theory, things with plenty of prior art still get approved.)

    First to file system, pretending the patent office actually did good prior art searches:
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and both keep it secret for a while, whichever one files for a patent first gets the patent.
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and one publishes it publicly, neither one gets the patent.

    First to file system, in reality:
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and both keep it secret for a while, whichever one files for a patent first gets the patent.
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and one publishes it publicly, the other files files and first gets the patent. Then after years of court battles the patent gets invalidated due to prior art.

    First to invent system, pretending the patent office actually did good prior art searches:
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and both keep it secret for a while, after years of court battles whoever can show they invented it first gets the patent.
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and one publishes it publicly, neither one gets the patent.

    First to invent system, in reality:
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and both keep it secret for a while, after years of court battles whoever can show they invented it first gets the patent.
    If two people independently invent the same thing, and one publishes it publicly, the other files files and first gets the patent. Then after years of court battles the patent gets transferred to the other who invented it first. Then after more years of court battles it gets invalidated due to prior art.

  11. Re:Weird ruling on Google To Pay $0 To Oracle In Copyright Case · · Score: 1

    Bill Gosper is still alive. He's what, 68, 69 now? Knuth is probably more expert, but Gosper helped him write part of TAOCP.
    John Conway is also alive. He's not as well known as a programmer, so I'd not say he's quite as good an expert witness, but he's another one who can very clearly describe how all software is math.

    Otherwise you're correct. And I doubt either of them would claim to be more expert than Knuth.

  12. Re:What do they have to bring to the table? on Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future · · Score: 1

    See, Owncloud is reasonably cool. But the name...
    That's up there with legal ethics and military intelligence for oxymoronic naming.

  13. Re:year of the? on Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future · · Score: 1

    I've only fixed very basic problems with my car.
    The service manual I bought was $20. An OBD-whatever-the-version reader is about $80, so I've not picked one up. Similar issues with many other tools needed. That said, I CAN fix most problems with my car, it's just cheaper to take it to a mechanic than to buy the tools.
    Can I walk into a shop and buy the service manual for my phone/tablet? No.
    It's not just hard to fix problems, it's harder to learn HOW to fix problems.

  14. Re:Obligatory on FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism" · · Score: 2

    Noooo! My penguin!

  15. Re:Never fool-proof on Samsung Galaxy S3 Face Unlock Tricked By Photograph · · Score: 1

    The pattern can loop over previously activated points, they just won't activate again.
    You can also, of course, use the phone after unlocking, which will tend to swipe over the pattern. Finally, the pattern can be deliberately wiped off by the user.

  16. Re:News at nine on Android 4.0 Upgrade For Sony Xperia Smartphones Opens a Pandora Box · · Score: 1

    I still have a Galaxy S (T-mobile Vibrant) and it's still a good phone. The GPS chipset bad (it only gets a lock after being rebooted, and that prevents it from going into deep sleep. Still haven't figured that one out after hours of combing through the source) but I get about 30 hours battery life with moderate to heavy usage on the original battery. If I leave it on idle it lasts nearly 3 days. It's overclocked to 1.3 ghz, I've added a front-facing camera, and of course am running ICS. It's quite fast, and I will buy from any manufacturer that puts out good unlocked hardware. I'm not likely to be running their software for any longer than it takes to flash CM or AOKP, so I don't care about such issues. That said, I'm no Samsung loyalist, I'll use whatever phone has the hardware I want and is supported by Cyanogen.

  17. Re:not actually that unpopular locally on Japan Restarts Two of Its 50 Nuclear Reactors · · Score: 1

    What else would you call almost a third of the population polled? Sure, there's a larger group that is either apathetic or supportive, but 32% is pretty widespread.

  18. Re:A coincidence? on Move Over, Quantum Cryptography: Classical Physics Can Be Unbreakable Too · · Score: 3, Funny

    As a bagpipe player, I am highly offended! Thermal noise would be a step up for the accordion.

  19. Re:Interesting... on Chords To 1300 Songs Analyzed Statistically For Patterns · · Score: 1

    4 Chords is a parody, and thus has a good legal defense.

  20. Re:Which editor? on Emacs 24.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Don't use ONLY X, make sure you can use the baseline.
    This is why I can use ED and vi. I prefer EMACS, and use it when I can, but if I have to fall back to another I can.

  21. Re:Found happiness elsewhere on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't You Running KDE? · · Score: 2

    The KDE foundation was quite clear about what 4.0 was supposed to be.
    4.0 was the stable-api release of the KDE 4 series. It was not feature complete, but was intended for program developers to be able to have a stable, supported version to make the new programs run on. KDE 3 was still supported upstream, and was the version that package maintainers were supposed to ship.
    Package maintainers wanted the latest and greatest, so they shipped the 4.0/1/2 dev releases. A lot of people left KDE because of it.

    KDE made the mistake of expecting people to read their info about what the release was for. That's a silly mistake, everyone will try to get the latest "stable" version no matter what, and will then complain if it isn't what they expected.

  22. Re:Easy on An HTTP Status Code For Censorship? · · Score: 2

    Your use of "bad" has been noted, and is doubleplus ungood.

  23. Re:IPV6 is BROCCOLI!? on After Launch Day: Taking Stock of IPv6 Adoption · · Score: 1

    Or roast them. Put them on a baking sheet, brush lightly with olive oil, turn the oven to a medium temp, and roast for about a half hour. Works for most vegetables.

  24. Re:slashdot? on World IPv6 Launch Day Underway · · Score: 1

    We had that. It was very pink.

  25. Re:Any 8 character password? on MD5crypt Password Scrambler Is No Longer Considered Safe · · Score: 1

    The list of leaked passwords from linkedin.