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  1. While we're at it on The Man Who Invented the 26th Dimension · · Score: 2

    Why not postulate an infinite number of dimensions?

  2. Re:Smile on Study: Dinosaurs "Shrank" Regularly To Become Birds · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, because of the expansion of space-time, the dinosaurs stayed the same size.

  3. Re:This naming trend has to stop on The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi · · Score: 1

    Why is it that OSS projects always seem to pick names that are, at best, obscure, and at worst, completely nondescriptive, yet have cutesy sounding names?

    Because OSS projects are led by unpaid software engineers, and they don't have a communications/marketing department?

  4. Re:Who didn't see this coming? on How Google Handles 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests · · Score: 1


    !#noindex

    There should be a right not to be indexed in the first place.

    This is much like robots.txt, but should apply to any social media website, including forums.
    Putting a special token somewhere in (e.g. the top) of a post, for example, could mean that the post should not be indexed, like I have done in this post.

    Of course, in the future, I will change my user-name to Striped !#noindex Cow.

  5. Academics on If You're Always Working, You're Never Working Well · · Score: 1

    How do we shift business culture to reward effective work more than the appearance of work?

    In the academic world, stop the "publish or perish" mentality.

  6. robots.txt on Google+ Photos To Be Separated From Google+ · · Score: 1

    The first post I made in Google+ is this:

    # go away
    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /

  7. Real world equivalent on Critics To FTC: Why Do You Hate In-App Purchasing Freedom? · · Score: 4, Informative

    You go to a theme-park with your children.
    If the kids want to have an ice-cream, they just go to the ice-cream stand, order and say the name of their parents (you), so they get the bill when you leave.

    Who thinks this is not a brilliant idea?

    (Sorry for not posting a car-analogy)

  8. Best strategy depends on where it is located on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do With Half a Rack of Server Space? · · Score: 1

    If it is in San Francisco area, take out the servers, furnish the rack, and rent it out.

  9. Re:Meh on How Stanford Engineers Created a Fictitious Compression For HBO · · Score: 2

    Meh. You only need the basic rules of physics to compute the universe from scratch, including all possible movies.

  10. Re:Data will be anonymous? on Google Looking To Define a Healthy Human · · Score: 1

    Relax, this is just two very rich guys being concerned about their own (future) health.
    Which is a good, and smart thing.

    This has nothing to do with collecting and improperly using sensitive, private data.

  11. Re:Whelp. on Siberian Discovery Suggests Almost All Dinosaurs Were Feathered · · Score: 1

    You think a T-Rex "chicken" wouldn't be scary?

    And imagine what a Jurassic geek (*) would look like.

    (*) geek: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken.

  12. ads on Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Rests On Battery Drain Claims · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ads are also draining my battery...

  13. Re:Yet another reason to turn off Ecmascript on A New Form of Online Tracking: Canvas Fingerprinting · · Score: 1

    But the Amish *do* use technology: hammers, nails, rakes, plows, et cetera are all technology.

    We are more like the 'people who know how to use condoms' of the internet.

    The most effective way of spreading your beliefs is to preach *not* to use condoms.
    This can be confirmed by many religious leaders.
    Just sayin.

  14. Re:Yet another reason to turn off Ecmascript on A New Form of Online Tracking: Canvas Fingerprinting · · Score: 1

    People who have Javascript disabled are the Amish of the internet.

  15. Re:Mission creep. on How One School District Handled Rolling Out 20,000 iPads · · Score: 1

    Do the iPads have any specific features that are required for their plans? Are there specific apps that they want to use? What platforms are those applications available for?

    Educational apps should be written for the web, in the first place.

  16. Re:You are the beta tester on Why My LG Optimus Cellphone Is Worse Than It's Supposed To Be · · Score: 1

    And have choice over just 1 or 2 models?
    This is insulting in a way. OP is still an individual, ya know...

  17. So on China Has More People Going Online With a Mobile Device Than a PC · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does that mean that TOR is available for mobile phones now too?

  18. Re:My favorite test on Can the Multiverse Be Tested Scientifically? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that you would probably have to lock the complete universe into your death chamber, because Occam's razor says that the universe has *one* soul.

  19. Re:My favorite test on Can the Multiverse Be Tested Scientifically? · · Score: 1

    According to the theory, you could *both* win the lottery, because the universe would split into two copies.

  20. Re:The war on drugs failed only.... on World Health Organization Calls For Decriminalization of Drug Use · · Score: 0

    In fact, it is even a success for the military and the weapons industry.

    Because dump a shitload of drugs into a real warzone, and you've effectively stopped the war.

  21. Re:Translation on New York State Proposes Sweeping Bitcoin Regulations · · Score: 2

    "Also, we like the tracking capabilities of these virtual currencies, which is another reason for nurturing this industry."

  22. Eye contact on Coming Soon(ish) From LG: Transparent, Rollup Display · · Score: 1

    ...capable of letting through about 30% of the light that strikes it.

    Does this mean I can finally see my office mate, who is sitting opposite to my desk?

  23. Re:So what? they can be tapped to. on German NSA Committee May Turn To Typewriters To Stop Leaks · · Score: 4, Funny

    My father used to work for the NSA as a cryptologic studies teacher and told me stories about how back in the 70s they had tech that could read back what was being typed simply by listening to the pattern of the clicks the type writer was making.

    Perhaps you can ask your father what this man was typing:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  24. I'd make a CDC-6600 into my home, just for fun.

    I guess that would make you a mechanical turk.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

  25. Solution on 'Hidden From Google' Remembers the Sites Google Is Forced To Forget · · Score: 1

    Change your name into John Smith.

    Alternative solution: use your own name in so many different and unrelated places on the internet, that people must believe there is at least 2 or more of you with the same name.