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  1. Re:launch in a 3rd world country on Regulations Could Delay or Prevent Space Tourism · · Score: 1

    French Polynesia is, like the name says, French, not a third world country.

  2. Titanic on Regulations Could Delay or Prevent Space Tourism · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh, like the Titanic stopped boat traveling, right ?

  3. google on Who Makes the Best Hard Disk Drives? · · Score: 1

    I'd like to know Google's numbers for drive failures. Or something as statistically significant.

  4. Re:I believe it on New Study Shows One-Third of Americans Don't Believe In Evolution · · Score: 1

    The measure of IQ is tailored so that the average is ALWAYS 100, and the standard deviation 25.
    It's reevaluated every few years...

  5. what about the type that engulfs into the supermarkets on black friday ?

  6. yeccchhhh on Xbox One Controller Cost Over $100 Million To Develop · · Score: 0

    I don't care to use a controller that would fit that many people.

  7. Am I the only one to see immediatly that this is 3D Computer Graphics ??
    It's very realistic but still computer generated...

  8. french on New Framework For Programming Unreliable Chips · · Score: 1

    am I the only french who thinks that the "Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory" sound like this in french :
    CS-AIL ?

  9. serious ? on File-Sharing Site Was Actually an Anti-Piracy Honeypot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they were anything serious they wouldn't have gloated that way.
    Sounds so much like a whining kid trying to annoy people...

  10. police on Schneier: Metadata Equals Surveillance · · Score: 0

    You guys still haven't understood you lived in a police state ?
    What's it gonna take ??

  11. farewell on GPS Spoofing With $3000 Worth of Equipment and a Laptop · · Score: 1

    Say goodbye to your laptop onboard :)
    problem fixed \o/

  12. always on Why JavaScript On Mobile Is Slow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You always need to think about memory. Like you need to think about what you're doing.
    Too bad for the "write app get rich" idiots.

  13. brute force on Google Aims To Cull Child Porn By Algorithm, Not Human Review · · Score: 1

    Do you think it could be possible to reconstruct those images by brute-force trying all combinations until you get a positive answer from the database ?
    It would take time, but doesn't sound impossible...

  14. Re:The Fine Print on Researchers Report Super-Powered Battery Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    So it will NEVER be really out, since you *only* lose 5% each time, there's always 95% left !!!!

  15. update ? on Possible Cyber Attack Against South Korean Banks and TV Stations · · Score: 2

    So, they updated to windows 8 finally ?

  16. err on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Block Noise In a Dorm? · · Score: 1

    a shotgun ?

  17. facebook on The Fallout From a Flickr DMCA Takedown · · Score: 1

    This is what would happen everyday if facebook *did* really erase pictures that people delete.
    But I agree, they should at least keep it *some* time.

  18. End of Days on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 1

    all I can says is : Go NAD !

  19. Re:and speed on Will Capped Data Plans Kill the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    adblockers !
    It should be part of the standard !

  20. and speed on Will Capped Data Plans Kill the Cloud? · · Score: 2

    There are datacaps, but also, and most of all I'd say : connexion speeds !
    Even when you have a fast download bandwidth, upload is usually shitty, like 10-15% of the download on usual DSL...
    FTTH is another story and could make the cloud worthwhile, but I'm still waiting for that to happen, and I live in Paris...

  21. Re:Haha. on Should a Web Startup Go Straight To the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    punching ball ?

  22. millions on NYT Paywall Cost $40 Million: How? · · Score: 1

    They spent so much BECAUSE they already had all the separate parts,
    written probably by separate contractors, and had to dig into them, and
    make them work together...

  23. Re:Metric that counts on Apple Asks Security Experts To Examine OS X Lion · · Score: 1

    yup or reply to this simple question :
    how many windows users don't have any antivirus installed, like I do, on my mac ? :)
    And how many never ever had any virus in the last 20 years ?

  24. Re:There's a really useful aspect to these. on A Peek At South Korea's Autonomous Robot Gun Turrets · · Score: 1

    unfortunately, landmines are so "cheap" and so easy to deploy and forget,
    that I doubt they'll replace them unless a law is passed to ban them...

  25. Re:oh fuck off on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 2, Insightful

    names are redacted.
    Read the articles.