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  1. Re: Should have started with old videogames. on eBay To Combat Counterfeiters With Professional Authenticators That Inspect High-End Goods · · Score: 1

    If the ROM contents are cloned, would you care to explain what is so different from the original cartridge to justify the prices?

    For the same reason a poster of the Mona Lisa is worth much less than the actual Mona Lisa.

  2. "I am standing on a fire escape in 1945, reaching out to stop my father, take the cogs and flywheels from him, piece them all together again... but it's too late, always has been, always will be too late."

  3. God-fearing country folk have down so well at shunning them heathen city types with their satanic "medical science" that Jaysus is rewarding their faith by bringing them to Heaven faster.

  4. Fun with Misplaced Modifiers... on More Than One-Third of Schoolchildren Are Homeless In Shadow of Silicon Valley (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "More Than One-Third of Schoolchildren Are Homeless In Shadow of Silicon Valley"

    Since only 1.3% of the school children in the country live in Silicon Valley, I guess you could technically argue the other 98.7% are homeless there.

  5. Re:Oh well... on Pregnancy Alters Woman's Brains 'For At Least Two Years' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    There's been numerous studies showing that people suffering depression tend to be better at various forms of contingency rating then non-depressed people. Rather than a sign of being immature, it's a sign of being realistic. Happiness depends on being delusional.

  6. Re:automated tracking on U.S. Proposes Car-To-Car Data Sharing Standards (networkworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    On the road sensors will be able to monitor you and issue a speeding ticket every time you were driving 66 miles per hour, when only 65 mph is allowed.

    No, because then everyone would stop speeding and the revenue source would dry up. The system depends on the chance of being caught so low that most people are willing to risk it.

  7. The Fine Print on California To Adopt First US Energy-Saving Rules For Computers (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    It should be noted the regulation is going to effectively ban open source operating systems in California.

    The regulation requires a certification that includes testing of the OS's power management capabilities, which means only OS's with a big enough corporate backer to get them through the certification process are going to be legal.

  8. The various types of voting machines aren't distributed randomly, so the first question is the assumption that any difference between electronic voting machines and optical scanners is the result of tampering and not a difference in the types of municipalities that choose electronic voting machines vs the types of municipalities that choose optical scanners.

    In particular, electronic voting machines are more expensive, so you'd think they represent wealthier tax bases than the area that went for the cheaper options. The fact wealthy areas are slightly more republican leaning isn't exactly a huge shock.

  9. So now when that 13 year old gets pissed you beat him, it will be extra easy for him to start harassing you outside the game because he has your real name and the names of your family, friends, and co-workers!

  10. Re:Biometrics are still vulnerable on LastPass Makes Password Management Free Across All Of Your PCs, Tablets and Smartphones (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The other big problem with biometrics is that once a breach does occur, you can't change to a new set of fingerprints, eyes, etc.

    Conversely, if you're in some sort of accident, you now have no way to access any of your accounts.

  11. The hardest part of this XPrize will be finding an interpreter who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

  12. Re:The answer is obvious... on Nintendo Unveils 'Switch', Its New Gaming Console and Tablet Hybrid (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't it obvious?

  13. That's Supposed to be a Deterent, Right? on Project Include Drops Y Combinator As Peter Thiel Pledges $1.25 Million To Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm not sure Ellen Pao promising she won't have anything to do with your startups from now on is quite the punishment she seems to think it is.

  14. One limiting factor in human reproduction rates is our ability to afford food, housing, and healthcare. To the extent that UBI would meet those needs, I would expect human populations to grow even further, until other limiting factors imposed an equilibrium.

    This is demonstrably false; developed nations have much lower reproduction rates than the undeveloped nation. Once the risk of childhood mortality is eliminated, our species preferred reproductive strategy appears to be to use additional resources to improve the quality of our offspring rather than the quantity.

  15. Sad... on GlobalSign Error Causes Widespread Internet Issues (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    To discover the headline was "(Global Sign) Error..." and not "Global (Sign Error)..."

  16. Wyden's plan eliminates secret ballot so that people who vote the wrong way can be properly retaliated against.

  17. Re:The blame can be shared on Scientists Study How Non-Scientists Deny Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Life: Record lows in winter

    e.g. If the three months of winter on average way above normal, but I can find one day over the three month period that was unusually cold, I am going to pretend the entire winter was record cold.

    Life: They haven't, they aren't.

    e.g. Only hurricanes that make land fall in the continental US count because they're the only ones I hear about on the news

    Life: Flooding and heavy rains.

    e.g. Ignore the widespread droughts, it's always raining somewhere.

  18. It's the Science News Media's Fault on Scientists Study How Non-Scientists Deny Climate Change (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Science news is largely presented by reporters with journalism educations who don't have any background in the science they're covering and as a result don't really understand the nature of what it is they're covering.

    As a result, when they report an issue like climate change, they're completely unqualified to explain the actual science and instead of covering the work that scientists do, they cover the scientists instead. Instead of explaining the research that led Dr. Jones to conclude climate is changing, we get an appeal to authority.

    So the reason non-scientists deny climate change is that the argument for climate change is largely being presented to them via non-scientific arguments.

  19. Gee I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't Techies Improving The World? · · Score: 1

    Is there a systematic bias that channels technology workers into more profitable careers?

    What could possibly bias people toward careers that offer a comfortable life instead of poverty!?!?

  20. Missing the Obvious Implication on Comcast Says There's 6 Million Unhappy DSL Users Left To Target (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    In fact, Comcast says the company still has around 6 million DSL subscribers in its territory, many of which are likely frustrated by outdated speeds.

    And what does it say about Comcast as a company when there's 6 million people willing to suffer through crappy DSL rather than have to deal with Comcast?

  21. As long as FB maintains their real name policy, FB integration is a deal breaker for pretty much anything with me.

  22. Re:sigh on The Rise and Fall of the Gopher Protocol (minnpost.com) · · Score: 1

    At the time of gopher, before the web, ordinary people didn't have any interest in the internet.

    How could they have? Ordinary people had no way to access the internet.

  23. Terrible Headline on Walmart Buys Jet For $3 Billion, Hopes To Turbo Charge Ecommerce (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    I saw this in my RSS feed and thought, "$3 billion is a lot of money to pay for one jet"

  24. Terminal Ergonomics on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    This seems like a minor complaint, but one thing I've noticed is a lot of the chip readers are really awkward to get the card into, particularly if the terminal is bolted into one of those angled terminal stands. They should put the chip slot on the left side or the front face of the terminal instead of on the bottom.

  25. Ultra-pasteurized milk already lasts for three months.