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  1. Poetic on Researchers At Brown University Shattered a Quantum Wave Function · · Score: 2

    "...cordoned off like quantum crime scenes." I like creative usage of metaphors in science.

  2. Re:If they're cheap enough... on The Lithuanian Mob Was Smuggling Cigarettes Into Russia With a Drone · · Score: 2

    According to the first google result on 'tobacco tax russia' the duty is about $25 per 1000 cigarettes. This is probably inte same order of magnitude as the profit you can make on smuggling cigarettes if you include costs of procuring, distribution and sales. Say a decent autonomous drone with some carrying capacity costs >$1000. That means you have to sell more than 40000 smuggled cigarettes for each drone you have confiscated by the authorities. I would say that you have to have a fairly decent success rate to 'win' when you are smuggling tobacco into Russia.

  3. Re:Thanks USPTO on Credit Card Numbers Still Google-able · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.

  4. The irony on A Live Map of Ongoing DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1

    This interactive map of denial of service attacks seems to deny it's own interactivity by freezing my browser every time I try to interact with it.

  5. Non tool specifics. on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 2

    My guess is that books not on specific tools or versions retain their value much longer. Titles like Design Patterns, Network programming, Computer Graphics are more likely to be useful after a couple of years. Also check if the editions are used in any university courses.

  6. Re:Political Correctness has no place in Kernel De on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you ask a humble question or make a polite request to someone who represents a system (political, corporate, cultural etc.) and get an aggressive response, you have acted politically incorrect. It's what you say to whom, not how you say it. Linus Torvalds might be a rebel in the world of tech giants but in the community of linux kernel developers, he is a person of power and should take it seriously when someone points out a problem.

  7. Re:First Row in the Database on A Database of Brains · · Score: 1

    If the MRI data is a bit noisy, you could try some Abbie Normalized Convolution.

  8. Re:How stupid is a Mac Pro Cylinder? on Apple Shows Off New iOS 7, Mac OS X At WWDC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, Apple has a lot of fans and they tend to be far from silent.

  9. Robot unemployment on Robots Help Manufacturing Recover Without Adding Jobs · · Score: 2

    Just wait until the robots get unemployed... Then we'll see true unrest and uprising.

  10. Re:It's been decades. on Gnome Founder Miguel de Icaza Moves To Mac · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yup. Representatives from my technology company of choice just knocked on my door. They are coming to chain me and send me to the cotton fields.

  11. Re:It is not 6 on Lab Rats Given "Sixth Sense" · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually Nr.6 is reserved for future use. 1) Sight 2) Hearing 3) Touch 4) Taste 5) Smell 6) 7) Temperature 8) Balance 9) Autokinectic etc

  12. Re:compare the files on Ask Slashdot: How To Catch Photoshop Plagiarism? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure it's a simple task to use imagemagick and bash/python/language of choice to make a map of binary differences comparing each image with the results file and with each of the other. Crude attempts to copy the result or another students image should be fairly easy to spot. Also, watermarks or lowering the resolution on the final results file might also help.

  13. It all started with Slackware on Ask Slashdot: What Distros Have You Used, In What Order? · · Score: 1

    Slackware Red Hat Gentoo Debian Ubuntu Debian I would say that using Gentoo and doing a stage 1 installation has taught me more about operating systems than anything else.

  14. Ligature on Microsoft Unveils First New Company Logo In 25 Years · · Score: 3, Funny

    The ft ligature looks a bit like its standing out. Like they want their name to be stressed MicrosoFT and you get spit all over your screen.

  15. Image sharing on Why You Shouldn't Write Off Google+ Just Yet · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use facebook,g+ and twitter, mostly for maintaining a presence rather than posting personal stuf. But I've discovered that google+ is quite good for sharing images with family and closer friends. The fact that you can can share things with people that doesn't have a g+ account just by their e-mail address means that I can show them whats happening in my life from a single place.

  16. Airport Security Nudity Day on Man Protests TSA With Nudity · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Let us declare April 17 as Airport Security Nudity Day.

  17. Re:Cool, but... on Macbook Owner With Defective GPU Beats Apple In Court · · Score: 1

    Because Apple makes and in many cases retails the end user product. In most countries, either the manufacturer or the retailer is responsible for consumer complaints and warranties. It's the car manufacturer who is responsible for the faulty floor mat, even if it is made by a subcontractor.

  18. Excellent on Bringing Auto-Graders To Student Essays · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's only a matter of time before someone writes a tool that generates top grade essays.

  19. Re:Don't be a jerk on The Unspoken Rules of Open Source Hardware · · Score: 1

    I'm no sociologist, but... Social groups with something in common usually has unwritten rules that can be summarized as "Don't be a jerk". As the community grows and more people, and therefore more jerks, join. The social control in the group loosens and a bigger need for a formalized set of rules emerge. I congratulate the OSHW movement for, by this article, taking the first steps towards formalizing their rules, and becoming a more jerk friendly (or unfriendly depending on how you see it) community.

  20. Re:How much would better cooling cost? on In Hot Water: The Effects of Even Modern Nuke Plants On Water · · Score: 1

    Well, the stirling engine requires a large temperature difference between a hot and cold medium. And will essentially need some kind of cooling source to operate. Stirling engines usually has a maximum efficiency of ~40% (number grabbed from the back of my head, don't take it too seriously) wich means that more than 60% of the heat energy will end up heating the cooling medium. Also, the mechanical energy generated by the stirling engine will turn into heat sooner or later due to the grim laws of thermodynamics.

  21. Re:So... on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It is probably very cheap since the music is public domain and the speakers is probably already in place. For scientific purposes they should not only compare the classical music with not music but also with a music perceived as crime inducing, such as gangsta rap.

  22. Re:Internet wins... on House Kills SOPA · · Score: 1

    To pay artists with public funds and give their works away for free would be socialist. To give the companies power over the law is associated with facism.

  23. Pouring water into volcanos... on Pouring Water Into a Volcano To Generate Power · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is also useful to generate cobblestone, especially on some pvp maps.

  24. O Rly on Harry Potter Blamed For India's Disappearing Owls · · Score: 1

    Wild animals should never be kept as pets. And there is a lot of people that shouldn't be allowed to have domesticated animals either.

  25. species on Carnivorous Swamp Beast Discovered In Madagascar · · Score: 1

    I hope they name it Jozin.