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  1. Re:All contracts are negotiable, but not all are u on TOSAmend Automates Counteroffer Terms For Service Agreements · · Score: 1

    I argue that clicking the checkbox does not constitute acceptance of a contract. Clicking the checkbox to make the software run is a mere mechanical act no different than plugging in an appliance or turning the ignition key in a car.

  2. Re:ok i get it on Printing a Building · · Score: 1

    Counterexample: an igloo.

  3. Re:lack of real-world experience on Printing a Building · · Score: 1

    You'd offset the metal print head above the concrete print head vertically so that the metal on a layer would be formed before the concrete on the same layer.

    Or you'd just reinforce your concrete with fiber instead.

  4. Re:Glad I work in the private sector. on GPS Tracking of State Worker Raises Privacy Issues · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the problem was they were tracking him 24/7, and that's illigal.

    That, and attaching a device to his personal car should be considered some kind of tresspassing/vandalism.

  5. Re:Privatization? on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Yeah but who wants to attack Canadiens eh?

    John Candy, that's who!

  6. Re:Got my vote on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Anywhere else, a local monopoly is identical to a government monopoly.

    Particularly in places, such as Atlanta, where the airport is owned and run by the government.

  7. Re:Will be detrimental to human society... on The Rise of Robotic Labor · · Score: 1

    Their Master Degree is forced. That means the college will water down the Master Degree so most teachers will pass. If the school is known to be too hard on teachers then teachers will not go to the school to get their masters degree.

    The real problem is that teachers with Masters degrees all get paid the same (due to unionization) regardless of whether they went to a difficult school or not.

  8. Re:Read the writing on the wall on Appropriations Bill Threatens Future Space Science Missions · · Score: 1

    Where are the sane, rational and decent options?!

    I'm in exactly the same position as you -- and moreover, I feel like we probably represent the majority viewpoint in this country, but nobody realizes it because the politicians and media refuse to ask the right questions. Anyway, No Labels is about the closest thing I've seen to what we're looking for.

  9. Re:That should be a problem in the US... on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    That depends on how much insulation there is between units.

  10. Re:Whose name is the account under? on Ask Slashdot: P2P Liability On a Shared Connection? · · Score: 1

    How is a safe combination different than a key? You can be compelled to unlock the door to your house if the police have a search warrant, can't you?

  11. Re:weekly on USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the USPS is the largest US employer.

    No, I'm pretty sure that's Wal-Mart.

  12. Re:Ah wonderful on BMW Working On Laser Headlamps · · Score: 1

    you should be turning your headlights off and using the front foglights exclusively

    On many cars that's impossible because the switch is designed so that the headlights must be on in order to turn the foglights on.

  13. Re:Ah wonderful on BMW Working On Laser Headlamps · · Score: 1

    Cyclists are all the way over on the other side of the road.

    Cyclists are anywhere a car might be in the same situation, including right next to the centerline if they're about to turn left.

  14. Re:Shortage of engineering jobs, on Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage · · Score: 0

    In real engineering industries (i.e., mechanical, civil, aerospace, etc. as opposed to bullshit "software engineering"), supervising engineers have to be licensed and people with degrees as "Engineering Technicians" aren't eligible to become licensed.

    Employers may not care about your school history, per se, but they damn well do care whether you have the legal authority to stamp the plans or not!

  15. Re:Shortage of engineering jobs, on Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage · · Score: 2

    You can tell the federal government favors offshoring because it's zealously enforcing an Indian law that it has no obligation to enforce and that the Indians themselves apparently don't care about.

  16. Re:Easy! on How Do You Explain Software Development To 2nd Graders? · · Score: 2

    I recall in kindergarten being plopped down in front of an Apple IIe with Logo and letting my imagination run wild about what designs might be created on the screen.

    This!

    Sit them down in front of computers with LOGO, teach them how to get the turtle to move, and then leave them alone (except to answer their questions).

    And yes, LOGO is still the best language/environment to use for this. (There's also Squeak, but I think LOGO is much better, especially for 2nd graders.)

  17. Re:China, don't get ahead of yourself. on Chinese Want To Capture an Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Orbital velocity is inversely proportional to altitude. In other words, if you made the asteroid fall as slowly as possible, it'd have to be going really fucking fast horizontally relative to the ground. Even if you ignored the fact that it would just skip off the top of the atmosphere, there'd be no way to land it without it making a skid mark half a continent long.

  18. Re:"So why aren't we doing it?" on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    It's kind of fun to watch the wall clock get the "change DST" signal and "spin" its hands to the correct time (my wall clock can't "spin" backwards, so it has to make 11 complete revolutions in the fall). Hey, I'm easily entertained, what can I tell you?

    You know that happens at 2 AM, right? You stay up just to watch your clocks change?

  19. Re:Total Nonstarter in the US. on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    If it is such a good deal, someone with capitol will pony up the money...

    You mean like a government? Last I checked, only governments have capitol [cities]; corporations merely have capital.

  20. Re:Awesome on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    You can't run a cargo ship off solar.

    Sure you can, if by solar you mean solar-heated air currents, i.e., wind. Although traditional sails are out of fashion for freight shipping, there are companies designing kite-like devices for that market.

  21. Re:Why do politicians even look to NASA for cuts? on NASA Tries To Save Hubble's Successor · · Score: 1

    ...nuclear weapons are highly unlikely to be used to meet a conventional threat.

    Historically, 100% of the uses of nuclear weapons have been to meet a conventional threat.

  22. Re:Aaaaand, enter full bastardry. on Oracle vs Google: Copyright Claims Must Remain · · Score: 1

    This is the copyright law equivalent to giving WOPR the launch codes. If a court rules that a company can own an API, then everybody's software becomes infringing!

  23. Re:ACT score of 35 or 36? on Genome Researchers Wants Your Genes · · Score: 1

    There's no reason that SAT score couldn't come from an 800V and 780M, you know.

  24. Re:Can't price match the tablet on HP TouchPad To Be Liquidated At Fire Sale Prices · · Score: 1

    So instead of getting it price-matched, you just return it and buy it back for $99. Same difference.

  25. Re:Just like MS on Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik · · Score: 1

    That's great... now, when are they going to do that for their other phones, such as the Intercept? Not all of us can afford a Galaxy S2 (or, more to the point, are using a carrier that such a fancy phone is available on).