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  1. Re:Great, more OSS fracturing on Alan Cox Exits Intel, Linux Development · · Score: 1

    Just use a car analogy. The car companies don't make all the parts that go into the cars, and all the car companies use parts from the same manufacturers.

    For grandma, I would go with a grocery store. She can go to Safeway, or Albertsons. They will both sell 99% the same product. The store layouts might be a little different, but they both sell all the stuff you need to make dinner.

  2. Re:I consider that a pretty good analogy... on CTO Says Al-Khabaz Expulsion Shows CS Departments Stuck In "Pre-Internet Era" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We blame civil engineers if their buildings collapse under normal use. We do not blamed them if someone plants a bomb in the building. More actually, we don't blame the architect if someone successfully breaks into your home.

  3. Re:Punishment to fit the crime on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 1

    The parent poster said he should have gotten it from a different source. That apparently could not be done. I understand your point, but interestingly enough, every one of your examples could be procured through other sources.

  4. Re:Better idea on 'Bankrupt' Australian Surgeon Sues Google For Auto-Complete · · Score: 1

    That could impact his business even more. If he is going to take that route he would be better off taking a vacation, quietly meet with a porn producer and pay them to use his name on a bunch of there film. Associate the link to a completely different guy. This would give the desired Google filtering, and when the filtering doesn't work, it will just look like a guy with the same name.

  5. Re:Punishment to fit the crime on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 1

    6 months for the crime. 6 1/2 years for demanding a trial.

  6. Re:Instapundit on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 1

    Plea bargaining is a completely corrupt system. It should be done away with. It is literally sentencing people to jail time for demanding their right to a trial.

  7. Re:OK, 35 years, then... on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 1

    The reason the prosecutor can make those charges is because that's the law. I agree that the law is too strict, but you can't blame the prosecutor for that.

    That is a cop out. The law isn't wrong because the prosecutor has prosecutorial discretion. The prosecutor isn't wrong because it is within the law.

  8. Re:OK, 35 years, then... on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 2

    Your description is even more corrupt than the 35 years + $1 million.

  9. Re:Punishment to fit the crime on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 2

    Could he have? I don't know what the content of the papers were, so I would ask... Could he have gone somewhere else for the content?

  10. Re:Price is what matters most on Swiss Federal Lab Claims New World Record For Solar Cell Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Personally, I would be satisfied with the cost of the panels today. The real problem is the cost of the equipment needed to install the panels, like the inverter. Plus the red tape in getting permits and whatnot for the installation.

  11. Re:Crap on Swiss Federal Lab Claims New World Record For Solar Cell Efficiency · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There are two places were putting solar would give the best bang for the buck. As you said, rooftops. If they covered the entire roof, they should make the roof last longer than without the panels. The other place is over roadways. There shouldn't be any problem with right of ways since the roads are already controlled by the government. Also, you would add protection from the elements to those roads which should both prolong the life of the roads as well as reduce the number of accidents caused by adverse weather conditions. Extra bonus points if location transmitters were added to the panel construction to aid in navigation and/or auto-drive cars.

  12. Re:Actually on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    I only wish that it were limited that subgroup. Unfortunately, it is not. It is just more prevalent in that group.

  13. Re:Actually on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    In American English, (And I presume all other forms of English) wide spread does not mean 100%. The people suffering from this affliction do out number those that don't in many parts of the country though. There are also varying severity levels to the disorder.

  14. Re:A European problem? on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It isn't just the horse culture. There is a widespread mental disorder in the US where people have a difficult time differentiating between humans and other animals. It seems to be getting worse as time goes on.

  15. Re:Go Vegan on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    No, then you have to worry about ANY meat being put into your food.

  16. Re:Actually on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe it is a cultural difference, but here in the US, the problem would most definitely not be the deception. It would be that it was horse. There is a wide spread mental disorder in the US where people cannot completely differentiate between humans and other animals. They believe that horses as well as dog and cats are simply humans in different form. They literally call buying a cat or dog "adopting".

  17. Re:Kardashian? on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1

    Sponsored by GIECO.

  18. Just buy one from Amazon on Ask Slashdot: Anti-Theft Devices For Luggage? · · Score: 1
  19. Re:Where does extra energy go? on Mathematical Breakthrough Sets Out Rules For More Effective Teleportation · · Score: 1

    Another equally likely option is that you would have just converted released gravitational energy. IANA Physicist, but as I understand it, we still don't completely understand gravity. We see it. We can measure it, but we don't really understand what makes it work. If we could teleport matter from a lower altitude to a higher one, it is conceivable that we could extract energy from the system without violating any laws of physics. Just as we can extract energy from a piece of wood if we light it on fire.

  20. Re:Transmetropolitan on The 3D Un-Printer · · Score: 2

    Steel gutters are basically made to size, on site, now. They come in pulling a trailer that has the steel rolled up on a spindle. The workers measure the size they need, and the machine rolls out that length, bending it into the proper gutter shape as it goes. The only seams are on the corners. Not exactly making the steel on the spot, but they are making the gutters on site.

  21. Re:Brilliant idea on Google Declares War On the Password · · Score: 1

    The context of this discussion is for logging in from everywhere. That means no human guards in most locations.

  22. Re:This will never get approved on Australian Scientists Discover Potential Aids Cure · · Score: 1

    I don't know what you are talking about. I personally know at least half a dozen people that have been cured of cancer.

  23. Re:Language is hardly relevant on Java Vs. C#: Which Performs Better In the 'Real World'? · · Score: 1

    tests were run on cloud servers

    That sums up the tests right there. Worthless.

  24. Re:so why would i buy a blackberry? on RIM Attracts 15,000 Apps For BlackBerry 10 In 2 Days · · Score: 1

    If that's what it takes to keep your self image intact, sure I missed your point.

  25. Re:Hopeful on Microsoft May Replace Xbox Live Chat With Skype · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately, it will likely require an Xbox Gold account, so you will have to start paying the monthly fees just like you do to use Netflix on an Xbox.