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  1. Re:why 100 computers? on Computer Network Piecing Together a Jigsaw of Ancient Jewish Lore · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should have used 40 computers. Its a biblical number, which would make the resulting prophecies more believable.

    Meanwhile, work is underway to recover old Slashdot posts on a 666 node cluster.

  2. Re:James Turrell is on the donation drive again on Artist Turns Volcano Into Naked-Eye Observatory · · Score: 1

    Destination art.

    He should put in a private airstrip (he's a pilot, so he may already have one) and let the rich folks fly in to look. For a fee, of course.

  3. Employee Efficiency on German Railways To Test Anti-Graffiti Drones · · Score: 1

    If shareholders could build a drone to track their companies CEO and other officers and make sure they are getting an honest day's work for their pay, I'm all for it.

    The ROI for tracking thousands of minimum wage grunts around to save a few pennies isn't worth it. One drone to keep an eye on $5 million a year? It could pay off.

  4. Re:Germany vs. USA on German Railways To Test Anti-Graffiti Drones · · Score: 3, Funny

    I like the American solution better. Its been shown to reduce recidivism.

  5. Re:I clicked "Caldera" on Artist Turns Volcano Into Naked-Eye Observatory · · Score: 1

    I think the poster wanted to find the price of an entire caldera. I don't think Santorini is for sale. Besides, the basement is full of water.

  6. Staring sensors on CurvACE Gives Robots a Bug's Eye View · · Score: 2

    With very wide fields of view and good motion detection. These could put a major dent in UAV operations.

  7. Re:Terminals: Wave of the Future on Xbox One: Cloud Will Quadruple the Power, Says Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Yes. By power, they mean theirs, not yours.

  8. Re:Notify GoDaddy on Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com · · Score: 1

    Seems shenannigansy.

    Not really. You can register a domain through them. If you don't configure the name to point to an actual site, it just stays 'parked' at GoDaddy with such a page.

  9. Re:Just registered XboxTwo.com on Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com · · Score: 1

    INB4 Windows 9

  10. Same as real estate on Microsoft Files Dispute Against Current Owner of XboxOne.com · · Score: 1

    Use a straw purchaser. Probably someone with a track record of domain squatting. So when people see them buying yet one more domain name, they'll think nothing of it.

    Yes, that's going to cost money. But in the overall product marketing scheme, its a minor cost.

  11. My office ... on Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients · · Score: 1

    .. is on the sixth floor. No elevators. New patients welcome.

  12. Re:Oh if only there were a free market in taxis on Mayor Bloomberg Battles Fleet Owners Over NYC 'Taxi of Tomorrow' · · Score: 1

    Seattle re-regulated in 1984, reinstating a restriction on taxicab licenses and fare controls.

    And now Seattle is full of less regulated 'Car Services'. Not cabs in that they can't park at taxi stands. But you can call one for a pickup at any other point.

    Its my understanding that these are no allowed in NYC. Allowing them and letting them use Uber or other business models in competition with medallion cabs might be a good idea.

  13. Re:UCMJ laws are not the same as non Military Just on Ex-Marine Detained Under Operation Vigilant Eagle For His Political Views Sues · · Score: 1

    He's an ex-marine. So civilian laws should apply.

    But then it appears that Operation Vigilant Eagle is an FBI operation and isn't targeting military or ex-military individuals. So, threats are threats and nuts is nuts. Round 'em all up and let the justice system sort it out.

  14. Re:What are you talking about? on World's Biggest 'Agile' Software Project Close To Failure · · Score: 2

    Open source developers will not flock to work on a bureaucracy-ridden welfare allocation and tracking platform, of all things.

    I will if I get to work on the 'open source developers benefits module'.

  15. Don't tell me ... on Ask Slashdot: When Is the User Experience Too Good? · · Score: 1

    ... let me guess.

    and wonder if we don't have some responsibility to artificially 'cripple' the solution and in doing so protect the user from themselves

    You are working for Microsoft on Windows 9, right?

  16. Re:No... on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 1

    But you are talking about a few jerks hogging bandwidth. Not running servers. If Verizon had a problem with hogging bandwidth, then that's whet the TOS would prohibit.

  17. First Post on Predicting IQ With a Simple Visual Test · · Score: 0

    Neener, neener!

  18. Free to choose on White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care · · Score: 2

    I'd like a car with a metric speedometer/odometer. The only version of the model I want equipped this way is the Euro spec one. The White House says I can have it. NHTSA, the EPA and my state's DOL can go f*ck themselves.

  19. Re:Sounds reasonable to me. on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, if his answer would have been, "Porn. 77TB of porn" Verizon would have had no recourse?

    The whole 'server' restriction is more about pushing business to Verizon's partners then limiting bandwidth. I have a couple of home servers for e-mail and my video security system. Nobody gets into them but me, so I don't pop up on anyone's usage radar*. If Verizon doesn't like the bandwidth, then have them address that in the ToS (specifically with an upload restriction). But they can't say they don't like competition by users who roll their own because of antitrust issues.

    *I don't have Verizon service.

  20. Re:Roach Motel - Free Wifi on Cockroaches Evolving To Avoid Roach Motels · · Score: 1

    Don't look now, but they are here.

  21. Re:Congratulations! on Tesla Motors Repays $465M Government Loan 9 Years Early · · Score: 1

    You need to get out of the whole concept of everyone having their own personal box on wheels and find more efficient means of moving people from A to B.

    So, take the bus. That will free up more road space for me.

  22. Re:let me say on Congressional Report: US Power Grid Highly Vulnerable To Cyberattack · · Score: 1

    Who the fuck makes this shit
    ....
    USA should be turned into DIM

    Well, the PLCs targeted by Stuxnet are made by Siemens. So yeah. Rant about the USA all you want.

    On second thought, it was the US gov't that wrote Stuxnet and let it leak out into the wild. So we do have our share of knuckle-draggers in positions of power.

  23. Need to move a ring? on Transporting a 15-Meter-Wide, 600-Ton Magnet Cross Country · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get a hobbit to do it. Its the only way.

  24. Re:Wonder what they collected? on Transporting a 15-Meter-Wide, 600-Ton Magnet Cross Country · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why are all these people tailgating me?

  25. Re:Helpful hint. on Aurora Attackers Were Looking For Google's Surveillance Database · · Score: 1

    Steganography plus photos of the "kids".

    Yeah, but in regular e-mails to an address in the PRC intelligence division? Even if they are only about the wife and kids, that's suspicious.

    Better to hide the messages in pics of underage teenage girls and post them to 4chan. At least you have a plausible audience in half the male population of China.