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  1. Re:Just kick him out. on Dad Hires In-Game 'Assassins' To Get His Son To Stop Gaming · · Score: 2
  2. Half and half on Flexible, Fiber-Optic Solar Cell Could Be Woven Into Clothing · · Score: 1

    Make half the shirt solar cells and half battery cells. I just want to be able to use this as a nice electric shock to unsuspecting people.

  3. Re:Too bad... on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    Or they are considered freedom fighters if you agree if with their cause. You just named the Americans in the American Civil war terrorists.

  4. Re:both sides on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    Where are your stats from? Because this is what I could find, it seems to contradict what you say. Unless you meant "not orthodox or Traditionalist". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel#Religion

  5. FUD all over on Study Finds Alcohol, Not Marijuana, Is the Biggest Gateway Drug For Teens · · Score: 1

    People that say marijuana harms those around through smoke must never have heard of edibles or vaporizing. Don't make the whole argument about a single method, of which there are quite a few. Secondly, obligatory Bill Hicks: "We are losing the war against drugs." You know what that implies? There's a war being fought, and the people on drugs are winning it."

  6. Re:Conclusions... on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    Bingo! Hubbard was a genius. Most religions appeal to the poor and lower middle class by letting them know that having too much money is a bad thing and they will get their reward in the afterlife where, presumably, the rich will get punished. Hubbard made it a good thing to have money. You can buy your way! Brilliant! Wish I would have thought of that :(

  7. Re:Great Idea on British MPs Propose Censoring Internet By Default · · Score: 1

    How the hell do people "stumble" into information/pictures that they don't want to see? I go all day every day at work and manage not to bring up a single porn site or questionable image with zero filtering.

  8. Re:Seen this trick before on Magician Suing For Copyright Over Magic Trick · · Score: 5, Funny

    GOB: Illusion, Michael. A trick is something a whore does for money. [GOB notices children in earshot] ... Or candy!

  9. Re:Not to be rude about it, but on Medicaid Hack Update: 500,000 Records and 280,000 SSNs Stolen · · Score: 1

    Ha! 15%, I wish. The cheapest rate I got for my first car loan was 20%, and they made it clear that they were doing me a favor while they were gouging me.

  10. Re:Disagree on Egypt Banned Porn, But How Much of the Internet Is That? · · Score: 1

    Oops. Think you are right. Apparently I am not good with computer.

  11. Re:Disagree on Egypt Banned Porn, But How Much of the Internet Is That? · · Score: 1

    Try an add-blocker on your browser? Personally I am way more offended by add then I am by nudity.

  12. Blame the US on Anonymous Claims To Have Defaced Hundreds of Chinese Government Sites · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Seems like China would just blame the US government... the same way that if we see any attacks from China, we blame the Chinese government.

  13. Love buying online on Dysfunctional Console Industry Struggles For New Profit Centers · · Score: 1

    Personally I wish that every game was available to be bought online for consoles. I am actually pretty shocked that there are quite a few games that I can't buy online, especially new releases. When the closest game store is at least a half hour away in traffic, I would just rather not buy the game. It also encourages more impulse buying from me. When I end up with some free time and read about an interesting game... I want to play it now. If I can't play it now, I will just find a good book to read, which I can easily find online.

  14. Little bland on details on Studies Link Pesticides To Bee Colony Collapse Disorder · · Score: 2

    It looks like there are still more studies needed if we really want to understand what is going on here.

    The treated bees were about two to three times more likely to die while away from their nests, and the researchers said this was probably because the pesticide interfered with the bees' homing systems, so they couldn't find their way home.

    That seems like quite the leap in logic, but I don't have the actual study in front of me. That pesticide harms bees sounds like a REALLY obvious conclusion, I kinda like bees and what they do for us.

  15. Lot of lame excuses on Blind Man Test Drives Google's Autonomous Car · · Score: 1

    Tons of lame excuses in this thread for not accepting the start of a great technology. I have been saying for years that I wish my car could hook up to railroad tracks and autopilot me along them. This system would be so much better. Most of the complaints are from not RTFA. I know, must be new here. The rest of the complaints most humans cannot even deal with. The amount of energy that it would take to be as alert as these sensors 100% of the time would probably kill a normal human or at the very least, the humans senses would quickly degrade. I think a great start to this would be patches of straight, uncluttered, highway that is designed to handle this type of vehicle. Go from there! Sign me up!

  16. Re:Partially true on US Mobile Carriers Won't Brick Stolen Phones · · Score: 1
  17. Just block Nigeria on AT&T Charged US Taxpayers $16 Million For Nigerian Fraud Calls · · Score: 1

    Just block the whole country. All I see is issues from Nigeria, Brazil and Russia that account for 90 some percent of the attacks and spam.

  18. Who does that? on Facebook: Legal Action Against Employers Asking For Your Password · · Score: 1

    Who asks for that type of information? Tell them they can have it, but it is the same password to all of your financial information and that they will be liable if there is any breach in information. Seriously though, there is no way someone could get a password out of me, to me that is akin to asking my PIN number to my DEBIT card.

  19. Tactile feedback! on Nokia Applies For Vibrating Tattoo Patent · · Score: 1

    I assume this could be used for alerting you for various things. Cell phone on vibrate. Or it could be used for feedback in video games. How about invisible fences for humans? Hikers could use this to be warned of dangerous areas or conditions. Could also be quite the distraction when you are driving.

  20. Re:Back to the Future on Teacher Suspended For Reading Ender's Game To Students · · Score: 1

    They don't have to burn a book, they just remove them.

    ~RATM

  21. Tons of uses on Changing the Texture of Plastics On Demand · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or turn a walkway from grippy to slippy at the right moment. How about changing the texture of a glass from grip-able to something smooth and easier to wash? Perhaps this could be used for airflow changes.. maybe a helmet that can alter its skin to allow more or less internal airflow? Sounds like fun!

  22. Just like DRM on Browsing the Broken Web: a Software Developer Behind the Great Firewall of China · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seems to work just like DRM. Gives the company a sense of power and usually just inconveniences the average user. The power user probably has very few issues.

  23. Re:That's what America needs to be competitive! on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    How much time does posting/reading slashdot account for that 80 hour work week? How about doing other things other than working?

  24. Re:That's what America needs to be competitive! on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    I think it also depends on the type of work. If I am doing labor jobs, I have easily worked 70+ hours a week. Working a job that actually makes you think is another matter. If you are so comfortable with your job that you are not really learning anything "new", I could see being able to go beyond this time frame. Working in a job where everyday you are hit with one or more new concepts or ideas could definitely limit your effectiveness. Many studies have been done on how much the brain can handle of new material at a time before becoming fatigued and ineffective.

  25. Re:Better than RIAA lawsuits on US ISPs Become 'Copyright Cops' July 12th · · Score: 1

    I really hope when you say that "downloading is a crime" you don't include content that has already been purchased, free content, open-source content, moving content from one place to another, etc...