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  1. Re:Justified? That depends... on The Only, Lonely Protester at CES (Video) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Remember, a manufacturer, unless obligated by law, does not have to provide anything post-sale unless they've stated that they will.

    Would like to watch when car manufacturers (all at the same time, sure) will start to follow NIKON'S policy.

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  2. Re:Source? on FCC Proposal Would Cover the US With Public Wi-Fi · · Score: 4, Informative
    Quote: "The five-member FCC panel has yet to vote on the proposal. Mashable (http://mashable.com/2013/02/04/public-wifi-networks/) has reached out to the FCC for comment and will update this post with any response."

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  3. Probably a Good Read on Australian Economists Predictions No Better Than Flipping a Coin · · Score: 1
    THE RISE AND FALL OF CATASTROPHE THEORY APPLICATIONS IN ECONOMICS: WAS THE BABY THROWN OUT WITH THE BATHWATER?

    Quote from the introduction: "The science writer, John Horgan (1995, 1997), has ridiculed what he labels “chaoplexology,” a combination of chaos theory and complexity theory. A central charge against this alleged monstrosity is that it, or more precisely its two component parts separately, are (or were) fads, intellectual bubbles of little consequence. They would soon disappear and deservedly so, once scholars and intellects realized what worthless dross they truly were (or are). As the culminating centerpiece of his argument, Horgan introduced the label, “the four C’s,” which consist of cybernetics, catastrophe theory, chaos theory, and complexity theory." (emphasis mine)

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  4. Re:Past performance... on Researchers Mine Old News To Predict Future Events · · Score: 1
    unbiased scientific terms

    Dark matter theory vs. MOND - who is owned by the bias?

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  5. Re:Asimov was here on Researchers Mine Old News To Predict Future Events · · Score: 1
    which is the empire that will break down

    Easy, the US - mind that it probably takes a century.

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  6. Re:2 are better than 1 - ancient wisdom on Two Heads Are Better Than One For Brain-Computer Interfaces · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Would have never thought that a quote from The Bible would hit me that hard, but my wife died Jan 2 - so.

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  7. Zaphod Beeblebrox on Two Heads Are Better Than One For Brain-Computer Interfaces · · Score: 1
    Did not know yet that Zaphod Beeblebrox was probably Tasmanian.

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  8. Re:Wow on Two Heads Are Better Than One For Brain-Computer Interfaces · · Score: 4, Funny
    Its is not like two pilots in a jet liner would miss something as big as their destination airport.

    Not always.

    http://spantax.webs.com/rodolfobay.htm - Quote: "In May 1967, Spantax had received bad press in Germany. To counteract this Rodolfo Bay decided to fly a flight from Palma to Hamburg with German press on board to get good press for the airline. Unfortunately he landed at the wrong airport in Hamburg."

    Yes, it is true, I lived in Hamburg that time. They had big trouble to get the bird into the air again as the runway was way too short.

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  9. Re:Links? on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Patent Trolls Seeking Wi-fi License Fees? · · Score: 4, Funny
    U.S. Patent No. 5,506,866

    I doubt that you are competent enough to evaluate the patent givien that you are not able/willing to shoulder the burdon of three/four extra clicks to arrive at the relevant documentation.

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  10. brand awareness on Google Announces 2,000 Schools Now Use Chromebooks, Up 100% In 3 Months · · Score: 1
    Of course there will be no chance to improve on brand awareness if you own the education market (or part of it). And even if it were so, we need not be concerned, no evil would be involved.

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  11. Schmidt also says that if you want a job in the future you'll have to learn to “outrace the robots,” ...

    Stanislaw Lem, EDEN, ... A crew of six crash-land on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. They set forth into a strange world that grows ever stranger. The sun is not completely circular. The desert ground is soft, spongy, it exudes acrid vapors. Thickets of plants are shaped like hanging spiders; trees, violet and blue, breathe noisily; flower petals lift into the air like a flock of startled pigeons. The men come to a wall that moves in rhythmic waves; they enter an automated factory where mysterious objects are created, destroyed, and created again in a meaningless cycle.

    Final state after the problem that robots do not buy was not properly fixed.

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  12. Re:Reasons for either on ITU To Choose Emergency Line For Mobiles: 911, or 112? · · Score: 1
    Weren't telephones using a rotary dial ...

    You could dial with the cradle, which is why 111 was considered.

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  13. Re:Huge difference on Australian Govt Pledges Action On Google Tax Evasion · · Score: 1
    Ireland, for example, has almost no taxes.

    But is proud to collect money from other EU countries because it is bancrupt.

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  14. Re:Closing the barn door after the horse is gone on GNOME 3 To Support a "Classic" Mode, of Sorts · · Score: 1
    This trend for dumbed down interfaces has become disturbing.

    There must be users who appreciate^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H need those, and that is disturbing indeed.

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  15. Re:Don't give him a game on Ask Slashdot: Best Linux Game For Young Kids? · · Score: 1

    It's a good way to improve hand-eye coordination and brain development.

    It's a good way to confine hand-eye coordination and brain development to narrow spaces and concepts.

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  16. Plans ... on Shut Up and Play Nice: How the Western World Is Limiting Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Next up: Discovery of plans of some three letter org to distribute 'offending' material in order to create a basis for regulation of speech.

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  17. Re:Devil's advocate here... on The UK's New Minister For Magic · · Score: 1

    Empirical proof

    Happens when theory of science is only administered in homeopathic doses.

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  18. Re:Slow down on HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards · · Score: 2

    We need to speed up! ... Why should the best experiences ...

    The more speed, the less experiences.

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  19. Re:Slow down on HTML5 Splits Into Two Standards · · Score: 1

    The whole world should slow down.

    The Day the Earth Stood Still ...

    Well, probably.

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  20. First Thought on Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus · · Score: 1
  21. Evidence of Progress on O2's UK Network Crash Hits Offender Monitoring System · · Score: 1

    it has emerged how other services rely on mobile networks

    In times when people were able to plan ahead instead of having to confirm each and every date and action (of course by cellphone) immediately before execution one would have said 'gave evidence of how other services rely on mobile networks'.

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  22. Vactrain on Why Ultra-Efficient 4,000 mph Vacuum-Tube Trains Aren't Being Built · · Score: 2

    Probably its time that /. posts links to Wikipedia entries to be at least a little more informative.

    If one would have looked up Wp, one could have found this, quote: "Vactrains have occasionally appeared in science fiction novels, including the works of Arthur C. Clarke (Rescue Party, 1946), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, 1950), Peter F. Hamilton (The Night's Dawn Trilogy), Joe Haldeman (in his novel Buying Time), Larry Niven (A World Out of Time), Robert A. Heinlein (Friday), Jerry Yulsman (Elleander Morning), and Jasper Fforde (the Thursday Next novels). Flash Gordon (1947) and the movie Logan's Run (1976) featured similar high-speed transport trains. The Space: 1999 TV series, featured a Lunar Vactrain. 23rd century San Francisco has one stretching across the Golden Gate Bridge in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Earlier Gene Roddenberry television productions, Genesis II and Planet Earth, featured such transport systems.".

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  23. Scanner Data Calls for Integration on British Airways Plans To Google Passengers · · Score: 4, Funny

    the airline could end up seeing a lot more than your face

    Sounds like they also want to integrate the results from full body scanners.

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  24. Re:Cost of some where other than South-East Asis on Tech Manufacturing Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen · · Score: 0

    What is the next area we're going to be exploiting?

    It already happens (has happened). It is called along the lines of 'bailout' or 'parachute'. All who pay taxes are exploited.

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  25. Re:Cost of some where other than South-East Asis on Tech Manufacturing Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen · · Score: 2

    In 2002, for example, the top 10 drug companies in the United States had a median profit margin of 17% ( http://www.cmaj.ca/content/171/12/1451.full ).

    Just to give an idea. 'Obscene' seems appropriate.

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