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  1. Re:Child porn? on CHP Officers Steal, Forward Nude Pictures From Arrestee Smartphones · · Score: 1

    When there is a clear and unambiguous violation of the law, prosecutors don't have a lot of choice as to whether to bring charges or not.

    simply because prosecutors want to rack up convictions because it plays well during political campaigns.

    So, is it because they have to, or is it because they want a Highscore?

  2. Re:Bad summary? Or horrible editorializing? on "Double Irish" Tax Loophole Used By US Companies To Be Closed · · Score: 1

    Public opinion always matters. Now I don't mean our little tech-y corner of the internet, but once you start to get like 70% of america on the same page about something- there is real power behind that non-legal opinion. After all- laws can be changed

  3. Re:remember: executive orders on The Executive Order That Redefines Data Collection · · Score: 1

    burrrn! so [not] topical!

  4. Re:Could be improved on Miss a Payment? Your Car Stops Running · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking Logan's Run [https://www.google.com/search?q=logans+run+crystal&source=lnms&tbm=isch]

  5. Re:Simple set of pipelined utilties! on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 2

    Isn't this what ECC RAM is for?

  6. Re:Wrong Title on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 1

    that is not quibbling. That is answer the question correctly as they are operating w/in the confines of the guidance they've been given.

  7. Re:Wrong Title on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 1

    ...tolerance...

    I can do my job well and voice my dissenting opinion at the same time

  8. Either the small people subsidize the large people ( large because of natural high/size, or large because of poor nutrition ), or people pay more proportionally to the actual costs the of carrying them ( weight of person + baggage ). This is like the difference between data rate or total data caps on ISPs

  9. I worked at a year wrong elementary school on Slashdot Asks: Should Schooling Be Year-Round? · · Score: 1

    In grad school I got some funding by being a science assistant to a teacher in a school that was designated as "needs help". In this particular case it was because of shitty test score because of a large immigrant population. To address a couple of the big comments- The teachers loved it because it broke up when they were ALLOWED to take vacation. Basically 6 weeks from the large summer vacation were taken and 2 weeks were dispersed to winder, fall, and spring. Also, teachers optionally taught fun 'camps' during those weeks (parents paid $, teachers got more $ for teaching more), I personally assisted in a science camp one time which was pretty fun. Additionally, they did see positive results as far as the infamous, back-to-school knowledge loss. It seemed easier for kids to pick up where they left off after a few weeks as opposed to a few months. So, after that positive experience, I'm for it.

  10. Re:Free market economy on US Senator Blasts Microsoft's H-1B Push As It Lays 18,000 Off Workers · · Score: 1

    These two things are not at odds with each other. Most recently well documented in "A place at the table", it is quite possible to be obese and poor and malnurished in a 1st world country. In the united states, acquiring certain foods is pretty easy: refined grains, while aquiring healthy foods like vegetables can be almost impossible.

  11. Re:If the editor really matters on Ask Slashdot: Correlation Between Text Editor and Programming Language? · · Score: 1
    I used to agree with you, and then came Java, and I got tired of writing a bunch of crap by hand just to prove I could.

    Use the right tool for the job. You _can_ build that house with just a hammer, but, there are nice tools that save you a lot of time for specific jobs.

  12. Re:Are you getting it yet? on Germany Scores First: Ends Verizon Contract Over NSA Concerns · · Score: 1

    you say that as if it were OTS equipment in the 1930's. This was customized at Hitler's request by IBM -- https://www.jewishvirtuallibra...

  13. Re:Gotta agree with it being illegal on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 1

    How long do you think such a service would last if all it did was sell "information" about where someone was leaving a parking spot?

    As long as it wants. THAT'S. ALL. IT. DOES. The app doesn't hold parking spaces. It doesn't do anything illegal. If the people using it violate the law, that's their business. But as I understand the law, the app isn't doing anything illegal.

    Ask napster how well that argument worked out

  14. Re:Communism on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 1

    The only place I've lived that was parking permit on public [city] roads I did pay for my parking permit. It was dirt cheap for the first one (requiring proof of address), and pretty expensive for the second one. The point is when a city gets so popular that the people that live there can't park anywhere near their own rowhome, this is a common solution.

  15. Re:Shut up and take my money on Man Arrested For Parodying Mayor On Twitter Files Civil Rights Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    My parents.

  16. Re:Here we go again on Clueless About Card Data Hack, PF Chang's Reverts To Imprinting Devices · · Score: 1

    Again, chip-an-pin would be less work that rolling out imprinting devices, and would be much more secure.

    Except not by PFChangs. The whole point is to be able to get money from customers, but, PF Changs's US customers don't have a CC with chip&pin. It has to come from the credit card companies.

  17. Re: "by a team hired by the U.S. Army Corps of..." on Scientists Race To Save Miami Coral Doomed By Dredging · · Score: 1

    Well the army has to maintain a staff of ...

    It does? why...

  18. Re:Seems reasonable... on Virginia DMV Cracks Down On Uber, Lyft · · Score: 1

    LOL! This is EXACTLY like when I pay for internet and then netflix also has to pay Comcast. (except it's completely different, but I thought it was funny)

  19. Re:Controllers for PC? on Microsoft Confirms Disconnecting Kinect Gives Devs 10% More GPU Horsepower · · Score: 1

    They might, but they are not necessarily right. And simply cannot be for the general case of "gamming".

    The keyboard / mouse are direct position inputs, this clearly has some benefits in certain game

    The controller isn't less accurate though, it is a completely different input device, it is a rate input (think velocity)

    The classic counter example would be flying/vehicles. It is simply easier to fly and drive aroudn given the ability to control the derivative and not the abolute position.

    And it still gets more complicated in competative gaming. Clearly the point and click of the rts the mouse is suprior by an order of magnitude. But in FPS, when man is running across your screen, the ability to match his rate of movement (angular velocity) is much better with a controller. though, at the same time, in an insta-kill headshot type game, a man running at you, a mouse will let you pin point the head over the center of mass better

  20. Re:C strikes out again on GnuTLS Flaw Leaves Many Linux Users Open To Attacks · · Score: 1

    I don't know in this particular case. But in general, C compilers are much easier to write than c++ compilers; so they exist on more platforms.

  21. Re:In other news on Apple Says Many Users 'Bought an Android Phone By Mistake' · · Score: 1

    Sure, but vendor lock-in is much less of an issue right?

  22. Re:Shoulders of giants on Study: Royalty Charges Almost On Par With Component Costs For Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Which has happened multiple times in history; and has not been that hard to prove.

  23. Re:Shoulders of giants on Study: Royalty Charges Almost On Par With Component Costs For Smartphones · · Score: 0

    if it was simple enough to copy quickly, then your invention wasn't so revolutionary anyway.

    I disagree. The innovativeness of an idea is almost completely independent of the challenge of reproducing the work.

  24. Re:What you're really saying is on Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For Important Work · · Score: 2

    Props to the email server admins that handle ~100MB attachments.

  25. Re:Error in first example on The Major Theoretical Blunders That Held Back Progress In Modern Astronomy · · Score: 1

    I disagree that one could consider this an error. It is a mountain, and its name is "Palomar". The order is scientifically irrelevant.