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  1. Re:finally.... on U.S. Democrats Propose Legislation To Ban Internet Fast Lanes · · Score: 1

    Not going to happen. Sorry. It is a good idea, but there's a good enough mixture of corporate shilling and pointlessly oppositional partisanship to make this not actually make it through the whole process.

  2. Re:Can a company patent it? on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure why an agriculture company would get a patent on a psychiatric medication. I get that Monsanto and Big Pharma are both "bad guys", but the patent(now expired) on Ritalin was granted to Novarta, a swiss pharmaceutical company, and most of their current work revolves around vaccines.

    This is all information turned up in a few seconds of basic research(yay internet era). The point is that you shouldn't go crazy with every single thing being one big conspiracy.

  3. Re:Why reverse? Increase!! on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 1

    Well, I think we all agree that enforcing "normality" is both stupid and impossible, because two people can pass each heading opposite directions looking for "normal".

  4. Well, so much for slashdot on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any idea what will be at this domain when its entire userbase is cured?

  5. Re:Ummm on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1

    That's what I'm doing now. Incentivizing a change in another person because my own personal leverage against a monopoly is too small.

    I convinced you, right?

  6. Re:FYI: remove from Youtube not from 'Google' on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, so when Microsoft was forcing people into other products because of the de-facto standard of windows, you didn't care, right?

  7. Re:Oh, good on Wikipedia Forcing Editors To Disclose If They're Paid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, but it's step 1.

    If [asshole practice] isn't explicitly against the rules, then that's the first defense any person who engages in [asshole practice] rushes to.

  8. Re:Ummm on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 1

    One thing you can do:

    duckduckgo.com

    Another
    mozilla.org or opera I guess

    Don't use google anything. They're done.

  9. Re:FYI: remove from Youtube not from 'Google' on Google: Indie Musicians Must Join Streaming Service Or Be Removed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That distinction helps no one. They're leveraging an effective monopoly on streaming video.

  10. Re:And another on the ban pile on Kingston and PNY Caught Bait-and-Switching Cheaper Components After Good Reviews · · Score: 3, Funny

    No they don't. We're the people they turn to when their crappy dell support won't help them fix "the internet"

  11. Re:And another on the ban pile on Kingston and PNY Caught Bait-and-Switching Cheaper Components After Good Reviews · · Score: 1

    Attempted paraphrase:

    So what you're saying is that free market behavior correcting activities don't work in the presence of panopolies?

  12. Re:And another on the ban pile on Kingston and PNY Caught Bait-and-Switching Cheaper Components After Good Reviews · · Score: 2

    Because for every slashdotter that hears of this, a hundred non slashdotters won't, and they never imagine they'll get caught.

  13. Re:Nuclear deniers ... on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 1

    So... just wind is, and this kind of a vaguely misunderstood economic question, not exactly anti-science dogma as you were describing. I mean... I get that people have misconceptions about nuclear power, but I've never really noticed a partisan slant in it, especially not the way global warming does. Which was my original thesis way back in the thread.

  14. Re:Nuclear deniers ... on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 1

    Could you be more specific, especially as to what you consider "speeches that parrot the dogma"? These are still very vague accusations that make it hard to establish whether the argument is valid and demonstrates the point you intend.

    I think I have a factually valid counter-argument regarding the funding, but I'd like to understand what is the main point before I derail.

  15. Re:Nuclear deniers ... on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 1

    What has any president since Carter done that's anti-nuclear, other than underfunding energy research?

  16. Re:What The?!? on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 4, Funny

    There should be an exemption to disliking grammar nazis any time someone goes out of their way to emphasize a word, and uses it completely incorrectly.

    (or if your failure at grammar introduces serious ambiguity problems)

  17. Re:Marketing hype on Artificial Pancreas Shows Promise In Diabetes Test · · Score: 1

    While I appreciate healthy skepticism about medical advances, "google it" is a phrase I associate more with pseudoskepticism than the real deal.

  18. Re:Nuclear deniers ... on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 1

    And again, I have to wonder how much of that perception is mired in stereotype versus any kind of real substantial population. I don't know, and I won't presume to assert that you're factually wrong, but I do feel the need to wonder.

  19. How much more can we squeeze? on EU, South Korea Collaborate On Superfast 5G Standards · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There's only so much theoretical bandwidth on the broadcast range e/m spectrum. How much gets reserved for non-consumer purposes? How many towers/area can we afford? There's gotta be a theoretical fundamental limit, somewhere, right? Like there is with Moore's law?

  20. Re:And hippies will protest it on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 2

    Uh, usually if you're making an argument by example, you're supposed to cite that example.

  21. Re:And hippies will protest it on "Super Bananas" May Save Millions of Lives In Africa · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How many liberals faking scientific literacy making that argument do you see on slashdot? Global warming denialism is more endemic to American conservatives than any of the commonly cited stereotypes about liberals.

    That's not to say we deny the existence or alignment of the idiots, but we do know they're idiots.

  22. Re:Uh, what? on Why United States Patent Reform Has Stalled · · Score: 1

    No, what was overturned was not the traditional filibuster, and they elected to only overturn it for judicial nominations, since something like 30% of seats were empty.

  23. Re:This ruling .... on Canadian Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win For Internet Privacy · · Score: 1

    Or maybe I was commenting on the inanity of the part before. Does that scenario seem plausible to you?

  24. Re:This ruling .... on Canadian Supreme Court Delivers Huge Win For Internet Privacy · · Score: 1

    Your post history(sorry) suggests you're American. Why do you feel like you have jack shit to say about how Canadian government works?

  25. Re:"May" is not a synonym for "prone". on European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating · · Score: 1

    No, I'm "blinded" by basic respect for the conventional understanding of the English language, and not being literally insane.

    What the hell is wrong with you?