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  1. Not a barrier on Einstein@Home Set To Break Petaflops Barrier · · Score: 2

    1 PFLOPS is an arbitrary threshold or milestone. It's not a barrier because nothing special happens at that point. The speed of light is a barrier. Even the speed of sound is a barrier. 10^n somethings per whatever is rarely if ever a barrier for any positive integer n.

  2. Re:Video and first thoughts. on Ubuntu Phone OS Unveiled · · Score: 1

    It says it uses the Android kernel and drivers to be compatible with the hardware, so will OEM(s) shipping devices with this OSes fall foul of Google's anti-fork rules[1] for Android?

    The Android kernel is a derivative work of the Linux kernel, so it's GPL and Google can't prevent anyone from forking it.

  3. Re:Over reactive driver - added to the tragedy on Moscow Plane Crash Caught On Passerby's Dash Cam · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The driver lost control because the car was hit by flying debris not visible on the dash-cam. After that he actually did a pretty good job of not making it worse.

  4. Re:Lanier is a dipshit on What Turned VR Pioneer Jaron Lanier Against the Web · · Score: 2

    Post on Wikipedia without logging in, and unless you have something really productive to say, you'll probably be reverted

    More succinctly: "Post on Wikipedia, and you'll probably be reverted."

    Seriously, change "virii" to "viruses" or "loose" to "lose" and watch your edit get reverted because "either spelling is acceptable" and your edit doesn't "focus on content". Even the simplest, most obvious and least controversial corrections raise the hackles of writers/editors who have staked their wiki-territory and will defend it to the death.

  5. Re:Don't Hide Behind "Blasphemy" on EFF Looks At How Blasphemy Laws Have Stifled Speech in 2012 · · Score: 1

    That's because the water from outside an airport is exploding water. You need to get your water for $5.00 a bottle inside the airport so that you get that special non-exploding water.

    One time I bought the special magic $5 bottle of water in the airport only to have it taken away by "security" goons at the boarding gate. Better safe than sane!

  6. Re:Extra safety on How Do You Give a Ticket To a Driverless Car? · · Score: 1

    Agreed: Routine daily driving does nothing to prepare you for emergencies.

    A few hours of high performance driver training each year will do far more to prepare you to react to traffic emergencies than an hour or two of daily commuting will. In your first HPDE course you will learn just how comically bad you really are at driving. Yeah, yeah, you're a great driver, top 5% ... you still suck.

    BTW, it turns out that in "must stop now!" situations in a modern car with ABS you're almost always better off mashing the brake (not break) pedal all the way down as quickly as your reflexes will allow. What you do with the steering wheel at that point is pretty important and takes a lot more finesse. If you're already in the middle of a curve you have to be careful, but you shouldn't be driving so fast that you don't have plenty of traction left over for emergency maneuvers. Even if a collision is inevitable and acceptable (it's just a dog) you still want to slow down as much as possible first.

  7. Re:A clear example of how lobbying hurts everyone on The New Ethanol Blend May Damage Your Vehicle · · Score: 0

    Ethanol from corn and other plants is carbon neutral. An ethanol-burning vehicle consumes more fuel, but less fossil fuel, and therefore increases net atmospheric CO2 less than a petroleum-burning vehicle.

  8. Re:one condition on Over 1000 Volunteers For 'Suicide' Mission To Mars · · Score: 1

    Radio waves are slower than light, period

    ???

    Radio waves are electromagnetic radiation, which propagates through vacuum at the speed of light.

  9. Re:Another stupid summary on Prediction Market Site InTrade Bans US Customers · · Score: 1

    HR 313: criminalize any drug activity by U.S. citizens overseas, even if legal in the foreign country

    I haven't dug into the full text of the bill, but the summary on govtrack clearly does not agree with your summary.

    "Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that anyone within the United States who enters into a conspiracy to possess or traffic in controlled substances outside the United States, or who aids or abets others in such conduct, shall be subject to the same penalties that would apply to such conduct if it were to occur within the United States. Excludes simple possession of a controlled substance from the application of this Act."

    The law would only apply to people conspiring or aiding or abetting within the United States. It also explicitly does not apply at all to some drug activity ("simple possession", whatever that is).

    So as long as you wait until you're out of the country before you begin conspiring or aiding or abetting, then you're clear of this law. You can still fly to Amsterdam with intent to toke up. Just don't make specific plans with anyone else (that would be conspiracy) to do anything more than "simple possession" before you leave.

  10. Rudy Rucker on Ask Slashdot: Mathematical Fiction? · · Score: 1

    Mathematicians in Love

    Also:
    Postsingular, Hylozoic
    White Light

  11. Re:Fairness on Internet Providers To Begin Warning Customers Who Pirate Content · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the fee for the review should only be charged if the customer is found guilty. If the customer is innocent, then the accuser should be charged a fee. In addition to the amount for the review, the accuser should be forced to pay for at least one month of service for the customer, to compensate him for the inconvenience.

    No, to be fair the accuser should always pay. If the customer is found guilty the accuser has extra ammunition for a lawsuit, where they can recover that fee as part of the damages.

  12. Re:Version numbers are like body language on First Community Release of Diaspora · · Score: 1

    You were right, version numbers really are like body language: whatever you "read" from them is your imagination, projection, or wishful thinking.

  13. Re:Don't speak for me on Study Shows Tech Execs Slightly Prefer Romney Over Obama · · Score: 1

    The word for that is "anarchist".

  14. Re:Government roads on We Don't Need More Highways · · Score: 1

    I think it's reasonable to own 1000 cars, but you should not be allowed to drive more than 10 at the same time.

  15. Re:Labelling on Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. · · Score: 1

    Just last week I replaced some R20 incandescent reflector bulbs with brand new Philips CFLs. They take about 10 minutes to reach full brightness. I smell bullshit.

  16. Re:You think this is a Game? on GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Claims Responsibility · · Score: 2

    Resolvers generally query multiple (or all) name servers for the domain simultaneously, and take whichever response comes back first. As long as one server is responding reliably, everything will work transparently for clients, though perhaps a bit slower. If that one server ever drops a packet then clients could see a long delay or outright lookup failure.

  17. Re:galaxy s 3 shouldn't be under the banhammer. on Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung · · Score: 1

    Or maybe because Fuck Apple In The Ear. I will never give a fucking cent to Apple because of this patent bullshit they're pulling.

    Well, I might reconsider IF they drop all their patent suits, AND open-source all their software, AND donate all their cash reserves to charity, AND move all their manufacturing to America, AND a lot of other impossible things happen.

    Fuck you, Apple. Fuck you.

  18. Re:It's okay on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    There are some atheists who don't care whether bible-style gods exist or not, because they consider such gods contemptible and unworthy of worship or even consideration.

  19. Re:What is the point on Police Don't Need a Warrant To Track Your Disposable Cellphone · · Score: 1

    Why in the world do you expect that lawmakers will be beholden to the laws they make?

    It's a reasonable expectation in an unreasonable world.

  20. Re:Deep Space on Romney Taps Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan As Running Mate · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, it's more important that we kill each other than understand our place in the universe. Have a good day.

    Understanding our place in the universe doesn't cost billions of dollars. Just open the bible!

    /satire
    (not serious)

  21. How many of me? on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    Either 0 or 1, depending on what I'm doing. Usually 0 but occasionally 1.

    Protip: Always write to a singular audience. If you want to pluralize the audience, use first-person ("How many of us...?").

  22. Not an iMac on Thin Mini-ITX Platform Enables DIY iMacs · · Score: 1

    Please stop feeding Apple's "we invented everything!" hubris. This is just a computer attached to a monitor, which is an obvious combination that has been around since there have been computers small enough to attach to monitors.

  23. Re:Migrate! on The Nuclear Approach To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    If it costs us a mere 1-2% of our GDP each year to prevent that change, over the course of 100 years that adds up: Current World GDP (About 64 Trillion USD) * 1.02 ^ 100 = $ 460 Trillion Dollars

    wat

    That does not add up.

    Try 0.01 * $64T * 100 = $64T. Or $128T for 2%.

  24. Re:No HDCP == Good. on Budget 27" IPS Displays From Korea Are For Real · · Score: 1

    Last time I flew international (trans-Pacific) the luggage allowance was something like 50 kg per person. If you don't have a lot of other crap you could easily take a boxed monitor as your second "bag" and be well under the allowance. I saw lots of people with big boxes at check-in.

  25. Re:I have this CRAZY idea on how to cut the defici on Senate Bill Raises Possibility of Withdrawl From ITER As Science Cuts Loom · · Score: 1

    Holy crap, you just dumped a few million more people into the pool of unemployed, while reducing unemployment benefits. The economy will not adjust gracefully to that kind of drastic, sudden change. Can you say, "Great Depression II"?