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  1. Best new feature: on Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since the summary is unsurprisingly lacking any details, I found this feature the most important:

    "Tesla is shooting for a battery cost for the Model E of 30 to 40 percent less per kilowatt-hour than the Model S. This will help Tesla hit its price target of $30,000 to $40,000, competitive with the BMW 3-Series. Part of the cost reduction will presumably come from the huge "giga-factory" Tesla envisions to build Model E batteries."

  2. 100% satisfaction and 10 years later? on Dyson Invests £5 Million To Create 'Intelligent Domestic Robots' · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sounds like Duke Nukem Forever.

  3. Re:We don't know that. on Graphene Conducts Electricity Ten Times Better Than Expected · · Score: 1

    Funny because the reason it started, and its name, implies they will be poaching from the slashdot community.

  4. Re:What's left? on IBM Looking To Sell Its Semiconductor Business · · Score: 2

    IBM stands for International Business Machines. They most certainly have evolved and will continue to do so, but their origins are quite fascinating and rooted in mechanics. Most importantly, the punch card system used for the 1900 census pretty much launched the success of IBM.

  5. Re:We don't know that. on Graphene Conducts Electricity Ten Times Better Than Expected · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Probably here

  6. Re:I've been here awhile on Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations · · Score: 1

    My thoughts is this is a spot on analysis. Concur 100%. Would vote you overlord.

  7. odd mods on Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations · · Score: 0

    Huh, I get modded down for asking this legit question and then modded up for an off-topic comment on the beta version of slashdot further down.. Mods, can you try and be objective before slashdot completely falls apart?

  8. Re:Beta woes on Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Am I the only one that still gets classic by default?

  9. money amount on Skinny Puppy Wants Compensation For Music Used in US Interrogations · · Score: 0

    How can they justify $666,000? I thought there were legal limits to what you can charge and based on evidence you could say they owe x amount for the number of infringements.

  10. Re:doesn't add up to 100 on IE Drops To Single-Digit Market Share · · Score: 1

    Yes, but an accurate chart would at least have an 'other' category with the remaining 2.7% of the market share represented.

  11. doesn't add up to 100 on IE Drops To Single-Digit Market Share · · Score: 3, Informative

    9.0 + 26.8 + 55.8 + 3.8 + 1.9 = 97.3

  12. mod up on Fixing Broken Links With the Internet Archive · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. That's a great solution.

  13. Re:Not new on A Thermodynamics Theory of the Origins of Life · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those too lazy to RTFA and comment section,
    Karo Michaelian says:
    January 22, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    The theory for the origin and evolution of life as presented above and accredited to Jeremy England is not new. It was published by myself in 2009, K. Michaelian, arXiv:0907.0042 [physics.gen-ph] http://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0042 and again in 2011, K. Michaelian Earth Syst. Dynam., 2, 37-51, 2011 http://www.earth-syst-dynam.ne... The observation that under a generalized chemical potential material self-organizes into systems which augment the dissipation of that potential should be accredited to Ilya Prigogine, “Introduction to Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes”, John Wiley Sons Inc., 1968. I have written a number of other papers on the thermodynamic dissipation theory for the origin of life, including an explanation of homochirality. These papers are freely available by searching for my name “Karo Michaelian” on ResearchGate. I welcome Jeremy’s contribution to the effort to understand life from a thermodynamic perspective.

  14. more than books on Ask Slashdot: How To Reimagine a Library? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Lend out tools, toys, computers, and other things. The grand idea should be for people to learn for free.

  15. first submission on Surveillance Watchdog Concludes Metadata Program Is Illegal, "Should End" · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also submitted by me 4 hours earlier... but who's keeping track :)
    http://slashdot.org/submission...

  16. New laws on Ukrainian Protesters Receive Mass Text Message Ordering Them To Disperse · · Score: 4, Informative

    This chart has some interesting tidbits on laws that were just put in place in the Ukraine.

  17. Re:eh? on Rosetta Probe Awakens, Prepares To Chase Comet · · Score: 1

    Yea, they're using a harpoon. Wild stuff! Personally I think this is going to be more difficult than the curiosity landing. The accuracy must be much higher for the comet rendezvous.

  18. eh? on Rosetta Probe Awakens, Prepares To Chase Comet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Landing on a high-speed small comet versus a giant planet, seems more difficult to me.

  19. free alternative showmypc on Short Notice: LogMeIn To Discontinue Free Access · · Score: 1

    If I need to do some remote tech support, I'll have the person download showmypc . It's not as robust as logmein, but easy for a person to install.

  20. Re:colbert on RSA Boycot Group Sets Up Rival Conference · · Score: 2

    *Stephen

  21. colbert on RSA Boycot Group Sets Up Rival Conference · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does anyone know if Steven Colbert is still headlining the conference?

  22. better than javascript? on Google Releases Dart 1.1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My understanding is that Dart will not be really useful until it has native browser support on all browsers. I have not used it, so please correct me if I'm wrong. I'm curious to know if anyone who has experience with it can explain the benefits.

  23. Re:Cry me a fucking river... on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is in the U.K.

  24. Re:Memory issue or disorganized? on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Improve My Memory For Study? · · Score: 1

    One thing I struggle with is implementing it online. I tend to use it more for paper-work, such as my file cabinet and writing notes onto note cards.

  25. Re:Memory issue or disorganized? on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Improve My Memory For Study? · · Score: 1

    Hah, well to be fair it was me that corrected my mistake. If you have read the book, you'll also know it has nothing to do with memorization. In fact, it is an organization system that allows you to separate thinking from working, and thus facilitates getting things done. I highly recommend it.