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  1. "Issued a call" vs. "Chavez to limit" on Venezuela's Chavez To Limit Internet Freedom · · Score: 1

    But, of course, it's slashdot reporting here :).

    In other news, once he decides to censor his citizens, friendly US companies will jump in with solutions... As they did for China and Iran.

    Why democracies do not limit such kind of products being made and sold? Don't talk freedom here - chemical/biological agents are limited already and it's good they are.

  2. Cuba weekend trip? :) on Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    Or some other backwards location :)

  3. Don't tell on The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work · · Score: 1

    Funny observation about remote saving.... We have people who made reverse engineered version of battle.net and now author questions hacker's ability to recreate some load/save stuff.
    Give me a break.

  4. Re:Middle schools in England... on Fingerprint Requirement For a Work-Study Job? · · Score: 1

    There is nothing stupid in this for companies selling biometric sensors. Demand has exploded, probably due to money they paid to senators/whatever so they can promote this false security agenda.

  5. Re:"Mature"? on Switzerland Pursues Violent Games Ban · · Score: 1

    Nothing strange in that... Being old topic here....

    Problem is - people carrrying modifiers around often see slashdot as some sort of Mature FPS. Don't you dare to criticize "adult" rights to enjoy through extreme violence!!!

    Although... I doubt biological maturity of people enjoying this sort of games. Didnt they met with sex already? :) Do they think only "adult" antertainment is one where you enjoy your adultness by drinking liquor and beating/raping people on their Wiis?

  6. Of course gov's will spy on Mozilla Debates Whether To Trust Chinese CA · · Score: 1

    And of course, it's in interest of it's citizens. Use irony at will :).
    Some news are just boring these days. This government good, that government bad.... I suppose we just need simplemindedness of Animal Farm, it's soo good.
    Thus said, any person who trusts her privacy to Windo*s is just ridiculous when she starts worrying about governments. Who needs government with spyware stargate on his desk?

  7. Re:This has its perks on Making It Hard For Extraterrestrials To Hear Us · · Score: 1

    If they invade it can be preemption. Seeing our broadcasts they will learn nothing flattering about us. They can come just to make sure we will not come first. Or they can send some kind of planet/sun killer. It would be cheaper alternative.

  8. Thank God for China... on Twitter Developing Technology To Thwart Censorship · · Score: 1

    Because US (and of course many other) developers can work on anti-censor tools in stealth mode!

    If for not such a noble reason, such technologies would never be allowed to be even talked about.... But I doubt if noble reason is protection enough - secret orders for implementing backdoors are normal thing to expect.

    Probably some people in Iran and China are making tools to counter censorship in US as we speak. :)

  9. Re:Nice mission overall on Mars Express Captures Phobos and Deimos · · Score: 1

    "So much fuel" being one of crown problems with whole landing thing. Until we don't have very energy/fuel_mass efficient fuels and very sophisticated drives landing (and esp. returning it back to orbit) will present problems ranging from very hard to impossible.

  10. Nice mission overall on Mars Express Captures Phobos and Deimos · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Movie is only one of mission returns, and it surely looks like a video game to many who don't think further than WoW when thinking about exploring unknown :).

    Mission itself is what is important here - being technologically advanced far more than Voyagers and giving us previews of what will come in future.... Better cameras and other instruments, better communications, faster spacecraft.... We are only beggining to see around solar system (Voyager is only 32 yrs old) and Mars Express is BIG THING.

    What is also expected is downplay of whole thing, not-invented-here syndrome... But it's ok and it's temporary - results will surely be used without discrimination in world's scientific communities.

    What I can't understand is why they're still inventing whole lander thing when technology for safe landing (and going back up) of people is tried FORTY years ago?!! One would expect it wil be everyday thing after so much time. Just think about how other technologies developed in 40 years span. Just compare already mentioned cameras and communications.... Weird.

  11. Few things.... on Dumbing Down Programming? · · Score: 1

    a) Any system even fools can use - will be used only by fools.

    b) I really liked these "up to"s... They tell so much.

  12. When kids go to bed.... where's this world going,, on Is There a Future For Mature Games On Wii? · · Score: 0, Troll

    I was a bit suprised seeing this phrase... And reading this article... Every day brings new knowledge, this one about mature being euphemism for violent...

    Being father of three, I know as every other parent here it's fully trash talk - 66% of these "mature" titles sold will be played by kids. But, ok - whatever floats ones triremes.... I suppose only thing that counts is money made. School shootings are just unimportant side effects...

  13. (Trivia) knowledge? on The Golden Age of Infinite Music · · Score: 1

    He's probably into subject since he was 3 or 4, kind of Mozart phenomenon :).

    Seriously, I just hink you were blitzed by trivia-type expertise. To become expert in anything, time's required.

  14. Re:The space race isn't over.. same with cold war. on Russia Develops Spaceship With Nuclear Engine · · Score: 2, Informative

    Obviously, there's people thinking only in we vs. them, nuke this and nuke that. Probably nothing unusual as country is at (constant) war with somebody. After a while it probably becomes state of (united?) mind.
    As for article, it's poor. No dimensions, no comparisons, nothing about size and power of current reactors used in ships and submarines. No expected speeds/ranges/whatever, just some blurb on Moon|Mars bases - as if bases have anything to do with ohw exactly same solar system "colony ships" for are powered.
    Pity.

  15. Cloud made of little boxes full of sand... on Could the Cloud Derail a $300 Million Data Center? · · Score: 1

    This thing is local politics. Two largest provider will probably make it happen - make taxpayers spend more than $300M but look like it it is less and cheaper.

    Whole subject of clouds makes me think of clouds ingredients. Vapour and bits of dirt.

  16. Ironic on Main Toilet On ISS Craps Out · · Score: 1

    This story is dripping with, well, irony. Costly toilet breaks down, and US crew has to use magic word in Russian quarters, that same people they barred from their high tech whizbang gadget of toilet. What price Russians put on toilet usage now?

    I agree with another poster who hints there is nothing in recent ISS news what is really newsworthy. Toilet policies and breakddowns....

  17. Eastasia* on Amazon Pulls Purchased E-Book Copies of 1984 and Animal Farm · · Score: 1

    War is waged against Eurasia.

    In other news, my wait for Kindle DX cloned/hacked continues.

  18. Re:Tape shortage on NASA Releases Restored Apollo 11 Video, But Originals Lost · · Score: 1, Troll

    If we can send a man to the moon, why can't we store the damn tapes of the event properly?!

    IF, of course, being the key word.

    I worship logic.

  19. Be original, creative, non-corp - be OSS on What Can I Do About Book Pirates? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Take a look around web cartoon community, for example. Some of these guys (notably sluggy.com) have what looks like efficient models where people can pay some small money per month/year/whatever for access to privileged areas of their sites. People will get to know you through downloaded works (like me - I've never saw your book except in PDF form) and in "defender" (sluggy term) area they can get access to things like your work in progress, articles you write on random or not so random themes, discuss things with you in your forums.... And whatever you have people can find worthy and you choose to be semi-public.

  20. Re:OMGPONIES on Hints of a Link Between Autism and Vinyl Flooring · · Score: 1

    Here goes ME TOO.

    Slashdotnalism is even more on April 1st.

    And one was sure it's impossible.

  21. It's simple death-of-instincts on Study Shows Males Commonly Mistake Sexual Intent · · Score: 1

    When (fe)males get social programming instead of natural. Both males and females look at movies and "learn" how to express themselves, or to understand others. Nature is forgotten, and then all are asking themselves why simple tests fail. Some things we knew thousands of years ago, we find difficult now. Because commerce replaced them with brand new things we need to know and appreciate.

  22. Threading through library, and other things on More Interest In Parallel Programming Outside the US? · · Score: 1

    Slightly offtopic, Hans Boehm had it's say in 2006, but author, who promotes his own book/project using it as a base for his "research", is obviously one of opposers of these claims.

    Adoption problem, IMnsHO, arises because there is real friction between usual C* approaches and threading. Experienced programmers (as other posters claim) are used to their ways and easily discouraged by these frictions. Java's threading approach is a bit of pain in the ass too, so this leaves big majority of programmers out in the cold when it comes to threading.

    Threading goes against usual development style in US, where problems are attacked with workforce, not with any kind of optimized approach. Or original. "Why experiment, when we make tons of money old-style all these years?"

    dd

  23. And we are supposed to believe it's not committee on The Children of Hurin · · Score: 1

    working "on behalf" of dead writer. Now, and in years (and chapters) coming.

    And buy it, at least in volumes we bought LotR. More is better.

    Special price if you get it bundled with Elvis' latest.

  24. Re:pretty sure on BattleBots & ESPN Strike TV Deal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's editors stirke time now.

  25. Re:MiniOne on German Police Raid 51 CeBIT Stands Over Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    You are only partly right. In exploding production environment like Chinese, you can find absolutely everything, and it varies with money you'd like to spend.

    Don't forget China is also source of most of "brand" electronics world spends. Something they don't even have to reverse engineer. They just have to talk to other departments of their companies.