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  1. Sweet software on Robots May Soon Put Surgery Into the Hands of Non-Surgeons (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    All I can think of when watching that video is how sweet the control software must be for that thing. That and "step up on the probe-u-lator".

  2. Re: if I have DirectTV on AT&T Brings Back Unlimited Mobile Data To Lure TV Subscribers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Finally, for some of the breaks, they just show the text "your program will return shortly" - that just seems so un-American not to have a commercial there.

    Wait, you are complaining that they didn't show you a commercial? Sounds like heaven.

  3. Damn Shame on Is Amazon Harming the E-reader Category? (teleread.com) · · Score: 1

    It really is a shame. Eink, for textual media, is superior in many ways to LCD. Before Amazon released the Kindle Fire there was rumor of them developing a color eInk reader. Amazon was the driving force behind eInk screen development. I am not saying that the eInk Kindle was open. But, now Amazon is just another multi-media pusher trying to get you to lock in to their bastardized Android tablet.

  4. I am shocked! on Volkswagen Boss Blames Software Engineers For Scandal (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Shocked I say!
    Well, not that shocked.

    Seriously. Who didn't see this coming?

  5. Re:This never works on Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs · · Score: 4, Informative

    For many it is the file size not the resolution that determines which one they will download.

  6. Re:Cull on NASA Teams Scientific Experts To Find Life On Exoplanets · · Score: 2

    Not all definitions of cull involve slaughter.

    cull
    verb
    1. select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

    noun
    1. a selective slaughter of wild animals.

  7. Cripple Linux? on Intel 'Compute Stick' PC-Over-HDMI Dongle Launched, Tested · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why in FSM's name are the Ubuntu version hardware specs lower?

  8. That's just cool on Carnivorous Pitcher Plant "Out-Thinks" Insects · · Score: 1

    I love reading about the complexities of the plant kingdom. Plants that communicate. Plants that delay eating for a bigger meal later. All cool things from organisms that have been evolving longer than any vertebrate.

  9. Yet another fact to support panspermia.

  10. Tough problem on Two Google Engineers Say Renewables Can't Cure Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Bill Gates' TED talk "Innovating to Zero" is a great talk on this subject.

  11. Be straight on Ask Slashdot: Handling Patented IP In a Job Interview? · · Score: 2

    Assuming that you are negotiating your contract you can very clearly outline what is and isn't part of your hiring. Don't pussy foot around the subject. If you don't want to share your IP then explicitly tell them they are just examples of past experience.

  12. Re:Low hanging fruit on A Garbage Truck That Would Make Elon Musk Proud · · Score: 1

    Fire trucks also have several power take-off accessories like water pumps that may run for hours fighting a large fire. In the context of this article if the turbine generator can supply power for all the accessories for an extended period of time then you should be OK. But that is definitely not going to make the cost of the truck cheaper.

  13. Whats with the aside? on New Global Plan Would Crack Down On Corporate Tax Avoidance · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why tack on the Micro Focus news? That is news all on its own and only remotely related to this topic.

  14. To the source on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of FOSS Documentation? · · Score: 1

    Often the only reliable up-to-date documentation is sadly the source code itself.

  15. PHP or Java?

    PHP has a number of CMS frameworks built in it.
    Java has the JavaEE stack.

  16. Fewer Cops on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    First thing I thought after reading the summary was... less money to law enforcement budget == fewer cops. I don't see that as a bad thing.

  17. Re:Next target, please on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    You example could be an unfortunate result of a technology grant. The school get a nice technology grant and they can't spend it on books even if it would be a better use of the money.

    In governments and large corporations buckets of money often come with strings attached limiting the end use. In government, departments will fight for part of the capitol budget or even worse frivolously spend surplus because once the capitol sees a department has surplus it will be reallocated to another department never to be seen again.

    The whole economic theory used for balancing government budgets is ridiculous. Spend at a deficit for years because the economic theory says the economy will swing back up and the budget will be in surplus and balance it all out.

  18. Re:well that was new... on Ultima Online Devs Building Player-Run MMORPG · · Score: 1

    That was my first thought as well. I loved playing and being a wiz on MUDs back in the day. Sounds like a good idea.

  19. Re: Please.... on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 1

    Really the gatekeepers shouldn't be the ones being sued. The applications in question often are set up to prey on children. Why on earth would you charge $50 or more for a stack of bobbles? In most cases the kid doesn't realize that they are spending real money. They are just pushing buttons to move along in the game. The endless stream of popups with a nearly invisible close button asking if you want to buy a stack of bobbles doesn't help the situation at all.

  20. Re:Please.... on Google Sued Over Children's In-App Android Purchases · · Score: 1

    Hah! That's nothing. My 4 year old daughter purchased $150 of smurf berries in about 5 seconds. The stream of email alert tones sent me flying across the room to see what on earth she was up to.

  21. Re:Sorry, officer... on Supreme Court Ruling Relaxes Warrant Requirements For Home Searches · · Score: 1

    All I am getting out of this ruling is that I should never let police into my house for any reason.

    That should have been your stance from the get go. Law enforcement only has the power that we give them. Make them do their job without taking shortcuts.

    Officers swear an oath uphold the law. Ideally, they do that in an honest and moral manner. If you innocently invite an officer into your house but you forgot to wipe up the ganja flakes off your counter and the officer notices they are bound by their oath, depending on local law, to investigate.

  22. Sure on Supreme Court Ruling Relaxes Warrant Requirements For Home Searches · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you consent to a search what is the point of requiring a warrant anyway?

    Anybody in their right mind would just tell the pigs to fuck off and get a warrant but I digress.

  23. Good on Oklahoma Schools Required To Teach Students Personal Finance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe students will fully understand the ramifications of going deep in to debt to with student loans.

  24. wow on Dogs Defecate In Alignment With Earth's Magnetic Field · · Score: 5, Funny

    sounds like a shitty job

  25. Re:Maybe this corn can be used for food again? on Lawmakers Out To Kill the Corn-Based Ethanol Mandate · · Score: 0

    Try again. Cellulosic ethanol is made from cellulose(corn stalks, wood, etc.). Production of cellulosic ethanol in the US is very low compared to corn and other grains.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulosic_ethanol_commercialization#Commercial_development
    http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=11551
    http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_production.html