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  1. Re:If he's really innocent he should confess on Japan's Alleged Death Threat-Making, Cat-Hacking Programmer Says He's Innocent · · Score: 1

    There was an organization, I believe it was Lawyers without border, did an analysis of the high conviction rates in Japan and they found that it was mostly because the prosecutors only took cases to court in which they were absolutely sure they had enough evidence for a conviction.

    However, after watching the dramatized documentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt07... a documentary of the the systemic faults of the Japanese court system which is convicting innocent people, I have some doubts that it is actually the reality rather than the courts convicting innocent people.

  2. Re:Yelp? They should have ruled against 4Chan! on Court Rules Against Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    I would love to see that. Care to share some of that popcorn or do I have to make my own?

  3. Too bad on Astronomers Get Picture of Nearby Exoplanet · · Score: 2

    Sadly the image seems a little bit out of focus as well as zoomed out way too much to see any details. Hire a photographer next time!

  4. Better question on Ask Slashdot: Which International Online Music Stores Are Legit? · · Score: 1

    I have a better question, which internationally online porn stores are legit?

  5. Re:Google faked some of the pictures on How Google Cools Its 1 Million Servers · · Score: 1

    furthermore if you look at the shadow reflected by the cables on the floor you will notice they are the exact same shadows on both left and right.

  6. Re:LOL, American "democracy"! on Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots · · Score: 1

    So you prefer the roman word rather than the greek, got it!

  7. Re:Maths on Solid State Quantum Computer Finds 15=3x5 — 48% of the Time · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why is this anonymous coward moderated funny. The anonymous should be moderated insightful cause it is correct that for very large number of two. 2+2=5. Let me demonstrate:

    By writing 2+2=5, we merely have one significant digit of precision. It is very possible that the 2s are for example 2.4 or 2.1 or whatever number which would be rounded down to 2 when written with a one significant digit.

    Imagine that the twos are actually 2.4999... which when added together would be 4.999... As we are only have a single digit of precision we are forces to round that to 5. Hence we have proved that 2+2=5 for very large numbers of 2.

  8. No images means it doesn't exist. on Dark Matter Filament Finally Found · · Score: 1

    Pics or it didn't happen!

  9. Re:Search (as most people use it) not CLI on Has the Command Line Outstayed Its Welcome? · · Score: 0

    The average user can keep windows while I run the superior operating system. I am glad the average user do not want to run my preferred Linux distro.

  10. Re:Fork it, then on Mozilla Leaves Out Linux For Initial Web App Support · · Score: 1

    Alright, I'll use UZBL from here on. The twats at Mozilla obviously doesn't care for their Linux users anymore so now I am turning my back to them as well.

  11. Re:CGI wishes on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 1

    Replacing photographers are already being done. I know from friends of mine who work in IKEA PR-department as 3D-artists, that they have been constructing scenes instead of photographing for least the past 3 years as they have been employed at IKEA. Arranging furniture, decorating, photographing the lot and then retouching it takes longer than just doing it in 3D software from scratch.

  12. Already being done on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Already being done, I know from friends of mine who work in IKEA PR-department that they have been constructing scenes in 3D modelling software instead of photographing for at least 3 years already.

  13. Re:Backwards perhaps... on Is Humanity Still Evolving? · · Score: 0

    These masses you are talking about, you probably knew them, they are you, me and our present and past friends. The myth of the sheeple is highly over exagerated.

  14. Re:Logan's Run on Solar Cells That Emit Light Break Efficiency Record · · Score: 1

    The only thing I can concentrate on in this image is that there is a freaking rabbit on the left.

  15. Re:Alternative theory on Open Source Project Licenses Trending Toward Open Rather than Free · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really matter, small projects without any money do not have any money to enforce a GPL license anyhow.

  16. Re:Trial and extradition were never the goal on US Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried or Extradited · · Score: 2

    In times like these, it is important to ask. For what do you want the economy? Is the continued perpetuance and growth of the economy the goal? I do not see it as such, I believe the goal of the economy is to provide a better life for people and in order to do that any part of the economy that is rotten, absurd and wicked should be cut off and left to wither.

    Now when we have everything we could wish for, perhaps it is time to reconsider what could make ones life better, could it perhaps be more materialistic wealth or could it perhaps be more time to enjoy the company of ones peer, to socialize and to enjoy art and culture? Perhaps it is shorter workdays, shorter workweek.

  17. Almost impossible on Ask Slashdot: Finding an IT Job Without a Computer-Oriented Undergraduate Degree · · Score: 1

    I have studied computer science but never finished a degree. I am a skilled programmer and the companies do want to interview me but they never care to hire me for some stupid reason or another.

    Probably the best bet is to try to start your own enterprise.

  18. Re:Hegemony, schmegemony on Cheap Solar Panels Made With An Ion Cannon · · Score: 1

    I also like the idea of storing excess energy by another molecule. The problem with hydrodgen is that it is a gas and hence is rather volumoues and being the smallest possible molecule one can think of, hydrogen tend to be rather difficult to contain in any container as it leaks catastrophically through seemingly solid walls. I would prefer creating ethanol from the carbondioxid in the air and water.

  19. Re:But still slower then a "real" video card... on Early Ivy Bridge Benchmark: Graphics Performance Greatly Improved · · Score: 1

    I will buy an Ivy Bridge with HD4000 and sell my dedicated graphics card.

  20. Re:Only when they don't already know? on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 1

    Without a warrant the law-enforcers are not permitted to do a search, getting a warrant permits them to do so. Usually with a search warrant for a house that means they either ask the owner to cooperate and open the door but if the owner is not cooperative, they will simply break the door. The same principle should logically be applied to search warrant for a hard-drive. Though I would like to see the law enforcers try to break into the hard-drive. :)

  21. Re:Only when they don't already know? on US Appeals Court Upholds Suspect's Right To Refuse Decryption · · Score: 2

    Some locks simply does not have keys. They may try to force me but they will be unsuccessful.

  22. Re:Nickel-Iron batteries are available again on Small, Modular Nuclear Reactors — the Future of Energy? · · Score: 1

    Storage is done by using the power the solarcells generate to syntehsize ethanol in the summer, lettings the damns fill up and so on. These reserves can then be used in the winter and in remote locations where the electrical grid can not reach.

  23. Re:There is a Future on Half Life of a Tech Worker: 15 Years · · Score: 1

    Yet, most companies demand 20 years old to have your resume.

  24. Re:Then fail them on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily, one can agree with parts of a theory but find flaws that needs to be patched in other parts. As a scientist, it is then your job to prove wrong the parts you believe are wrong.

  25. Re:US is the problem on Copyright Isn't Working, Says EU Technology Chief Neelie Kroes · · Score: 3, Informative

    You cells will explode due to osmosis if you drink pure H2O.