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  1. Re:rights eroding away on Exclusive Look at FBI's New Sentinel System · · Score: 2

    200M Russians died during WWII.

    I believe it was more like 20 million.

  2. Re:Since the EPA didn't ban DDT on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that the GP means that continued use of DDT would have eradicated the mosquito population, which would have eliminated malaria. Given that there is malaria, you might want to use ani-malarial drugs.

  3. Re:I'd imagine ... on In Your Face, Critics! Red Hat Passes $1 Billion In Revenue · · Score: 1

    I've read that Louis XVI wrote much the same thing on July 14, 1789 (Bastille Day).

  4. Re:Not Surprised on Munich Has Saved €4M So Far After Switch To Linux · · Score: 1

    How can they survive without Flash?

    That's a feature, not a bug.

  5. Re:maybe they dont exist on 13-Billion-Year-Old Alien Worlds Discovered · · Score: 3, Informative

    They're only 375 light years away.

  6. Re:What kind of congress is that? on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    Except now it is the conservatives who are making "radical" proposals, at least in the US.

  7. Re:What kind of congress is that? on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    No, but I have been to Las Vegas. Can Cleveland be any weirder?

  8. Re:What kind of congress is that? on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    No, I'm just wondering why the GP used that phrasing.

  9. Re:What kind of congress is that? on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    Is Cleveland more of another planet than Las Vegas?

  10. Re:What kind of congress is that? on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And if the facts are on the "liberal" side?

  11. Re:PITA Time? on Militarizing Your Backyard With Python and AI · · Score: 5, Funny

    PITA?

    People for the Intelligent Targeting of Animals?

  12. Re:But my orgies! on Meet the Hackers Who Get Rich Selling Spies Zero-Day Exploits · · Score: 2

    You have porn on Microsoft Word? Wouldn't LaTeX be safer? Just don't use a petroleum-based editor.

  13. Yea! on Linux 3.3 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea!

  14. Re:3 edu-sites already. on TED Education — Video Lessons For Students · · Score: 1

    Should Bill Clinton be lecturing on the state of undress of world leaders?

  15. Re:Slowing down. on Baumgartner Completes 13.5-Mile Free-Fall Jump, Aims For Record · · Score: 1

    At what altitude did he break the sound barrier? His maximum speed was 988 km/hr, and wikipedia gives the speed of sound as something over 1000 km/hr. Of course, the speed of sound is not constant.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound#Tables

  16. Re:Pointless waste of time on Ask Slashdot: How To Give IT Presentations That Aren't Boring? · · Score: 1

    It's not even your time if you're doing it at work (of course, it might force you to do unpaid overtime if you're already maxed out for time).

  17. Re:Being entertaining is not a requirement. on Ask Slashdot: How To Give IT Presentations That Aren't Boring? · · Score: 2

    Unless he moonlights as a deodorant salesman.

    Wouldn't that be anti-perspirant? You really can't smell him in the video?

  18. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 1

    If the machine is powerful enough to serve ten users, will it be easy enough to deploy in such a setting?

  19. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 1

    But you can pick up your external monitor and use it on the train to wotk?

  20. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 2

    Oops, it appears that one needs an external program to complie the source files.

  21. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 2

    Why use a tablet at all in such a case? I guess if you had ten users your setup might make sense, butwhy not just use desktops?

    Yeah, no portability, but portability isn't the be all end all for many users.

    Then why use tablets?

  22. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 2

    Thats where connecting it to an external monitor or TV comes in...it works wired or wireless.

    Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a tablet? Why not just use a desktop?

  23. Re:No, its still an expensive toy. on VisiCalc's Dan Bricklin On the Tablet Revolution · · Score: 1

    Go ahead, try and write a thesis on your iPad.

    There's an app for that (at least if you're in math).

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tex-touch/id377627321?mt=8

  24. Re:Just as important... on Report: Amazon Cloud Backed By 450,000 Servers · · Score: 1

    But how much fuel do they have on hand? What if it snows so much that they can't get more diesel (OK, not likely in Virginia)?

  25. Re:Very cool. on Scientists Work Towards Naturally Caffeine-Free Coffee · · Score: 1