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  1. Re:And what they did not publish on About Half of Kids' Learning Ability Is In Their DNA · · Score: 1

    Do you have a reference to research that supports your side?

  2. Re:A real-world aimbot on Point-and-Shoot: TrackingPoint's New Linux-Controlled AR-15s · · Score: 1

    I assume this would be more useful in an urban warfare setting where most engagements are under 250 yds, and a missed shot will hit something unintended.

  3. Re:Reality not sufficient, on Enthusiast Opts For $2200 Laser Eye Surgery To Enhance Oculus Rift Experience · · Score: 1

    Absolutely true. Some people get it so they can play sports like tennis or go scuba diving. Some do it for vanity reasons. Some just for convenience. VR is as good as any other reason.

  4. Re:So we've created George W Bush? on IBM Creates Custom-Made Brain-Like Chip · · Score: 2

    But can it read from a teleprompter? If so it should qualify for a Nobel Peace Prize.

  5. unconventional superconductivity on 'Unparticles' May Hold the Key To Superconductivity · · Score: 1

    unparticles may hold the key to understanding unconventional superconductivity

    Should it be called Unresistance?

    Would it still follow Ohm's Law? Or would it now be Un's Law?

  6. Re:That's okay.... on Network Hijacker Steals $83,000 In Bitcoin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Still not a problem. We have been told repeatedly that they have no intrinsic value. So the joke is on the hilacker

  7. Re:So.. what? on TEPCO: Nearly All Nuclear Fuel Melted At Fukushima No. 3 Reactor · · Score: 1

    The reason this is on /. is because the editors want to still up more traffic with irrational debate

  8. It'll be okay if you stare at it intently as you make random gestures and speak to it while driving.

  9. Re:not really that hard, theoretically on Algorithm Predicts US Supreme Court Decisions 70% of Time · · Score: 2

    The original intent was to prevent the government from having too much power by ensuring that citizens could form militias. Having arms available to everyone (not just the government's army) was an essential part of being able to raise a militia.

  10. are they doing calculus? on Researchers Make Fruit Flies Perform Aerobatics Like Spitfire Pilots · · Score: 2

    Next the researchers need to figure out if the flies are calculating the necessary wing beats to correct or whether it's just a feedback loop. And whether they see that they're tilted or whether it's a built-in accelerometer. I'm betting on acceleration and calculus since the flies went to Cornell.

  11. Re:Port facilities + cheap land on SpaceX Chooses Texas Site For Private Spaceport · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Key Largo, Florida is more than 54 minutes south of Boca Chica, Texas

    Key Largo is farther south, but I don't think it was ever an option. So Boca Chica is as far south as he can get.

  12. Re:Is the CEO really trying to argue.. on Ex-Autonomy CFO: HP Trying To Hide Truth · · Score: 1

    That seems to be their only defense at this point. May as well run it up the flagpole.

  13. Re:Port facilities + cheap land on SpaceX Chooses Texas Site For Private Spaceport · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And about as close to the Equator as he could get in the Continental US.

  14. Re:What is his job? on Satya Nadella At Six Months: Grading Microsoft's New CEO · · Score: 2

    He's the Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world. His job is to see that it remains that way.

  15. Re: American football on NFL Players To Use Tablet Computers During Games · · Score: 1

    They should wear helmets.

  16. Re:Read the source code on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of FOSS Documentation? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've never seen JavaDocs that add anything to the source. It's okay if you need a list of methods or parameters, but usage is lacking.

    Documentation needs to have several *working* examples (not snippets) from a simple Hello World to more sophisticated but still commonly used. A single example that illustrates every imaginable feature and use case is rarely helpful.

  17. Re:Easy to measure versus important on Psychology's Replication Battle · · Score: 3, Funny

    should both validate the idea

    Over the years we've heard that a good Waterfall process was the magic bullet with Data Flow Diagrams documenting everything before a line of code is written.. . No wait, it's Object Oriented Analysis/Design that will save the day...but no, that didn't work either - but Service Oriented Architecture is the way to go. The latest fad is whatever book sold well recently; none of it is based on any metrics or real science.

  18. Re:4th gen reactor consumes old waste ... on San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Dismantling Will Cost $4.4 Billion, Take 20 Years · · Score: 2

    It's not a law. Jimmy Carter issued an executive order against recycling spent fuel. I'd like to say that was one of his more stupid moves, but there are so many to choose from.

  19. Re:ORLY? on Study: Dinosaurs "Shrank" Regularly To Become Birds · · Score: 2

    And watch a chicken when it catches a mouse. Vicious carnivore will cross your mind.

  20. Re:Makes Perfect Sense on Study: Dinosaurs "Shrank" Regularly To Become Birds · · Score: 1

    Growing larger is a response to competition, prey grows larger to defend themselves from predators. Predators grow larger in order to hunt successfully. Dinosaurs were in an arms race against each other.

  21. Re:Easy to measure versus important on Psychology's Replication Battle · · Score: 1

    Completely different situation. In programming discussions are how to optimise the processes involved

    But the discussion is based on nonsense. "Separation of Concerns" is a Good Thing, right? Who says? Gang of Four patterns are the proper approach, right? Why?

  22. Tthe answer to unemployment on If You're Always Working, You're Never Working Well · · Score: 1

    There's a push among some to cut back the work week. That solves all the worlds problems right? Full employment, more leisure time, more people commuting, less expendable income...oh wait.

  23. Re:We need a Pi category so I can ignore it on Recipe For Building a Cheap Raspberry Pi Honeypot Network · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow. Imagine a Beowolf cluster of those.

  24. Re:Entrapment is so much fun is it? on Recipe For Building a Cheap Raspberry Pi Honeypot Network · · Score: 1

    GP gave a very good analogy. They're not leaving something valuable out in public where an honest person might happen by and pick it up. It takes a deliberate intrusion to get on a network and copy files or install malware. It's no different from entering a house through an unlocked window or noticing a car door is unlocked and helping yourself to a few DVDs.

  25. Re:Invisible Hand of the Market on Elon Musk Promises 100,000 Electric Cars Per Year · · Score: 5, Informative

    You think building an automobile manufacturing plant, engineering a new line of cars, and building a distribution network should be cheap and easy? Musk seems to be pulling it off, so yea, it's a free market. Albeit a more expensive one to get into than opening a hot dog stand.