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  1. But assume we have Rubio's envisioned monitoring program in place. Could the attacks have been prevented? Doubtful, because everyone involved in country had a clean record and the chatter between 20 Middle Eastern guys would not have stood out as unusual.

    After the fact, phone records could have helped to sort out what happened and identify accomplices still alive. But I don't think any of them would remain behind to collect the deposit on a rental van after they made that mistake once. So the same shit would go down. We'd just know who pwned us sooner.

  2. Clock time is relative on Don't Hate Perky Morning People: It Might Be Their DNA's Fault. (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't roll out of bed at 10 am or noon. You do so at some time relative to external inputs such as light and temperature which affect your circadian rhythm. Temperature and to a certain degree light is under your control. Just like the time on your alarm clock. So set it. If you can't function until sunrise plus 5 hours, then get a light timer to turn on at 3 AM. Do whatever it takes to get up to speed for the 9 AM meeting. Even if that means going to bed at 7 or 8 PM.

  3. Re:UN rules in Assange's favor on Julian Assange May Surrender To British Police On Friday (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe. This will be a demonstration of just how much of a US sock puppet Australia really is.

  4. Watching ... on Julian Assange May Surrender To British Police On Friday (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the online flight resources for a group of Gulfstreams and other assorted aircraft.

  5. One of two islands that make up the country of San Serriffe.

  6. Re:A bit offtopic but... on Open Source Pioneer Michael Tiemann On the Myth of the Average · · Score: 1

    The average Slashdot editor posts politically motivated crap with poor summaries, no fact checking, late, no spell checking and dupes. timothy was the only one left that fit the all the parameters.

  7. Re:Of course it happened on Duplicate Login Details Enabled Hack of More Than 20 Million Chinese Consumers (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess what upset them most is that the most common password was 'Tiananmen'. Most common Chinese luggage combo is 888.

  8. Re:Please Explain on Open Source Pioneer Michael Tiemann On the Myth of the Average · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did I miss the part of the story that explains HOW it managed to kill 17 pilots in one day?

    Software debugging methodology. It killed one pilot and management said to run it again and see if it does the same thing.

  9. Re:One KEEPS working and solving new problems. Dic on Open Source Pioneer Michael Tiemann On the Myth of the Average · · Score: 2

    Proprietary software can get Diced, and there's a good chance that'll eventually happen to the one you choose.

    That isn't so! We just ported all our stuff to Windows 8 and re-trained all of our employees. It's a good system and will be around for the foreseeable future .... [Just a sec. Gotta deal with all these 'Upgrade Now!' popups].

  10. Re:Where's the article??? This is old news on Journalist Claims Secret US Flight 'To Capture Snowden' Overflew Scottish Airspace (thenational.scot) · · Score: 1

    Because the Slashdot Unicode post processor blocked on three symbols until now.

  11. What about all the people with nothing more than a Model 33 Teletype?

    NO MORE LOWER CASE.

  12. Re:That's DOWN?! on Yahoo To Fire Another 15% As Mayer Attempts To Hang On (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    secret rocket ship they have been building for their manned Mars mission.

    Crew of one: Marissa. One way.

  13. Since when ... on EU Proposes End of Anonymity For Bitcoin and Prepaid Card Users (thestack.com) · · Score: 3

    ... has it been shown that terrorists finance their operations through Bitcoin or prepaid cards?

  14. High density users on Utility Targets Bitcoin Miners With Power Rate Hike (datacenterfrontier.com) · · Score: 2

    Perfect timing for my new business model. Self storage warehouses and Bitcoin mining.

  15. Re:fresh clean water? on EasyJet May Trial Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Taxiing (thestack.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pure H20 cannot be consumed by humans.

    Flint Michigan public utilities, plz go.

  16. Re:fresh clean water? on EasyJet May Trial Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Taxiing (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    The Internet tubes have already been pre-treated with filth.

  17. Re:Hindenburg disaster on EasyJet May Trial Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Taxiing (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you need to compress it to a liquid.

    Why? High pressure gas might be sufficient.

  18. Re:Nope on Fine Brothers File For Trademark On Word "React" · · Score: 1

    I can't even think of a plausible video title that might be ambiguous.

    I can't find any REACT emergency services videos online. Only crap by those comedy jackasses.

  19. Why Coventry? on Jaguar Land Rover To Test Autonomous Cars In 'Living Lab' (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Why don't they do their R&D around the parent companies headquarters? Let a bunch of autonomous Land Rovers loose in Mumbai and watch the antics ensue.

  20. Nope on Fine Brothers File For Trademark On Word "React" · · Score: 2

    Acronym for Radio Emergency Associated Communication Teams. Any other use would cause confusion.

  21. IoT on Harvard: No, Crypto Isn't Making the FBI Go Dark · · Score: 1

    Washington State here. What with our recent legalization of pot, it's going to be fun watching the stoners after you tell them that their toaster is watching them.

  22. Re:Camera Pills getting small on Graphene Optical Lens a Billionth of a Meter Thick Breaks the Diffraction Limit (gizmag.com) · · Score: 2

    Unicode gives Slashdot IBS.

  23. Re:duh on The Feds' Freeway Font Flip-Flop (citylab.com) · · Score: 0

    Have Slashdot Media develop it. That way, no Unicode support.

  24. In related news ... on The Feds' Freeway Font Flip-Flop (citylab.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Caltrans is sticking with its time-tested custom font

  25. Arrrrggh! on Microsoft Serves Cloud From the Sea Bed (datacenterdynamics.com) · · Score: 1

    Welcome to Davy Jones BitLocker matey!