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  1. Re:Another reason not to fly via Heathrow on "No Scan, No Fly" At Heathrow and Manchester · · Score: 1

    Change in Paris, and you can take the TGV all the way to Munich or Switzerland, at full speed.

  2. Re:So... on Laser Fusion Passes Major Hurdle · · Score: 1

    No, that will become a corruption of the word, even if it enters common usage. If people start saying that Pi = 3, does that make it so?

  3. Re:Stealthy ? on Russian Stealth Fighter Makes Its First Flight · · Score: 1

    There are actually 28 of them in the photo, so it's actually pretty good.

  4. Re:Really? on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    North Korea has one of the highest literacy rates in the world at over 99%.

  5. Re:Extra things you'll need on Apple's "iPad" Out In the Open · · Score: 1

    Why compare it to an SSD? It's not an SSD. It's just basic USB-based storage, just like a dongle. There's no way Apple can get SSD-quality storage for $23 per 32GB.

  6. Re:Slipperly Slope UK population ends up on You Tu on UK Police Plan To Use Military-Style Spy Drones · · Score: 1

    They have had police helicopters for decades, which can do the exact same thing.

  7. Re:What about firefox (ogg video)? on YouTube Offers Experimental Opt-In HTML5 Video · · Score: 1

    It is when supporting them requires 1.5x their current storage. In that case, those browsers are shit out of luck.

  8. Re:h264 being "not open" confuses me... on YouTube Offers Experimental Opt-In HTML5 Video · · Score: 1

    Theora's PSNR is not as good as H.264s, so no, they're not comparable. The FFMpeg tests that showed it was better were flawed due to a bug in FFmpeg. People don't want to make do with second best just because it's free. They want the best even if it has patent issues. The product hasn't gained popular, widespread support because it's not as good as the other kids on the block. It's getting better, but people aren't going to start supporting a codec that will, some time in the future, be as good as other codecs are today.

  9. Re:This is great! on Open-Source JavaScript Flash Player (HTML5/SVG) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    When that's possible, sure! Until then everyone will keep using Flash, as it's released, wide-spread, fast, and works.

  10. Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand? on Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter · · Score: 0

    Sometimes they'd warn that a bomb was in one location, in order to get people evacuated from that location to where the actual bomb was.

  11. Re:What part of "use a proxy" can't he understand? on Police In Britain Arrest Man For Bomb-Threat Joke On Twitter · · Score: 1

    They usually will warn the person making the claim that they can be arrested under section 4 of the Public Order Act ('Fear or provocation of violence'). They don't have to warn - they can arrest immediately, but a warning is usually given, especially in circumstances like those described.

  12. Re:foot.shoot(); on HandBrake Abandons DivX As an Output Format · · Score: 1

    +4, Insightful? Et tu, Slashdot?

  13. Re:HTML forms on Learning JQuery 1.3 · · Score: 1

    Or Flash, using ExternalInterface...

  14. Re:My eyes on OpenShot Video Editor Reaches Version 1.0 · · Score: 1

    Content over appearance: the downfall of information.

  15. Re:TOO MANY LINKS man! on Mozilla To Ditch Firefox Extensions? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or you could uninstall the flash player...

  16. Re:Play with the spider woman on Details On Natal's Motion Capture Technology · · Score: 1

    Was it fraudulent? I could only find claims to that effect, not any actual evidence. I don't doubt you - I'd just like to know.

  17. Re:Sorry on Bono Hopes Content Tracking Will Help Media Moguls · · Score: 1

    Yes. He's an idiot. It would pain him to admit that looking out for people actually helps them, for some bizarre reason.

  18. Re:declining oil production on Thorium, the Next Nuclear Fuel? · · Score: 1

    Peaceful != Right. The Palestinians are still being occupied and treated like shit. Israel, at least, holds the upper hand and is quite content when there is peace, as they have everything they want. The Palestinians, however, are still fighting for their freedom. It's not anti-Semitic to say that. Criticism of Israel is not criticism of Judaism, even though that is a convenient excuse to whip out when the argument's not going one's way.

  19. Re:declining oil production on Thorium, the Next Nuclear Fuel? · · Score: 1

    That's all they can do when combat is so asymmetrical. Or do you expect them to fight for something they believe in by standing out in the open and getting shredded by jets, drones, tanks, etc.?

  20. Re:Obligatory on Sir Patrick Stewart · · Score: 1

    It's a lot less tenuous than that - Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada.

  21. Re:Sailing the myriad seas? on Proposed NASA Mission Would Sail the Seas of Titan · · Score: 1

    Heck - get some wings strapped to your arms, and you could fly in its atmosphere.

  22. Re:Shooting bombs? No bombs trigger when shot? on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    So you're comparing Israel to Egypt or Iran, like that's a good thing? So as long as someone's acting worse than you, that's cool, as you're not the worst? Jesus that's fucking pathetic logic.

  23. Re:Shooting bombs? No bombs trigger when shot? on Israeli Border Police Shoot US Student's Laptop · · Score: 1

    So there was a massive void in the middle east, where there was no land, no sea, and no sky. Then the UN came along, filled the void with land, mountains, water, covered it with sky, and the Jewish folks moved in. That's how it happened? I'd always assumed there was land there before Israel moved in. Those 'neighbours' used to own what is now Israel. Don't make it sound like no one lost anything.

  24. Re:The Norse Were Right! on Gigantic Spiral of Light Observed Over Norway; Rocket To Blame? · · Score: 1

    They do happen - Sir Patrick Moore is one. Every Brit knows who he is. He's been hosting the same TV show for 52 years, "The Sky at Night".

  25. Re:The Norse Were Right! on Gigantic Spiral of Light Observed Over Norway; Rocket To Blame? · · Score: 1

    So if someone mods down some of those posts about black people being lazy, that often appear on slashdot, they're somehow proving that black people are lazy? Just because someone calls you out on your bullshit doesn't mean your bullshit is the truth.