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  1. Also on 'There's No Good Way To Kill a Bad Idea' (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't reason someone out of an idea they didn't reason themselves into.

  2. unique on Lucasfilm Creates A 4K Ultra-HD Restoration of the Original 'Star Wars' (4k.com) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    a very unique treat

    "unique" is a binary term. Something is either unique or not unique. There are no "degrees" of uniqueness.

  3. Video on Giant Dinosaur Unearthed In Argentina · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nice video with the researcher here

  4. Re:slashdot already tagged this stuff on When Customer Dissatisfaction Is a Tech Business Model · · Score: 1

    I believe this was it.

  5. Re:Are customer able to evaulate that objectively? on The Bursting Social Media Advertising Bubble · · Score: 1

    So you pre-pick the brand of soap your going to buy?

    Uh, yes.

    All the more reason advertisers want your eyeballs-- you're loyal to your brand. One day you're going to need to buy diapers, or ointment, or any of a million other things you don't currently purchase. They want you to have some pre-existing knowledge of their brand. All other things being equal, it'll make it more likely you'll pick them. And become a customer for life.

  6. Re:Haven't had this issue with GMail, but with oth on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Misdirected Email? · · Score: 1

    Consider an exit strategy from your current e-mail address, no matter how much is attached to it.

    Why should I change? They're the ones who suck.

  7. Re:Kids don't have much disposable money on Researchers Claim Facebook Is 'Dead and Buried' To Many Young Users · · Score: 1

    After spending all their money on cell phones, kids cannot afford to buy products advertised to them on Facebook.

    What? Parents buy the phones most of the times and pay for the minutes/data as well, which leads to point #2: kids have no bills. Every single dollar they have is disposable. Advertising gold.

  8. Re:Join the conversation on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    Or, just start recording their conversation using an app on your phone.

    People hate being recorded.

  9. Re: Greetings, Professor Falken on DARPA Makes Finding Software Flaws Fun · · Score: 1
  10. so true on Nelson Mandela Dead At 95 · · Score: 2
  11. Re: I think people just won't own these cars on Nissan Leaf Prototype Becomes First Autonomous Car On Japanese Highways · · Score: 1

    Could open up some new and interesting avenues in highway robbery too

    Doors are locked. If a window is broken and a door is opened, the car drives to the police station.

  12. Re:I think people just won't own these cars on Nissan Leaf Prototype Becomes First Autonomous Car On Japanese Highways · · Score: 1

    very well written, and I agree completely.

    The question is, will they put all those cash savings towards the loss in revenue from speed traps and red light cameras?

    Me? I'm betting they find new ways to fine us.

  13. You don't have to approach them as if you are blowing the whistle on your boss. Just tell them you are concerned about your personal liability should you get caught breaking the law.

    Remember, the lawyers are there to protect the company, not you. Seek your own counsel first.

  14. Re:Porn browsing? on NSA Planned To Discredit Radicals Based On Web-Browsing Habits · · Score: 1

    .... followed by the obligatory snopes:

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp

  15. Re:Taste vs Effect on Scientist Seeks Investment For "Alcohol Substitute" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't drink Alcohol for the effect/buzz etc. I drink it for the taste.

    I love the taste of alcohol, too, but the buzz is part of the reason we got to liking it in the first place-- simple classical conditioning.

  16. Re:water is wet on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 1

    Here is the actual link:

    http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lincoln.asp

  17. Re:This is one area we've regressed. on FBI Wants To "Advance the Science of Interrogation" · · Score: 1

    the point of this "Science of Interrogation" is exactly that-- using existing scientific research to improve how to interrogate detainees (i.e., no torture). You'd be surprised how little they know about the topic-- they've mostly been winging it.

    I met with two very nice and non-tortuous ladies from the FBI who were quite interested in our research on question-asking. They wanted to know, among other things, what type of question gets a certain type of response.

    And as to your question about MA in interrogation, the FBI does have a post-doc position available to research the subject. I was encouraged to apply, but I declined, for personal reasons. But it's all above board.

  18. Re:StackOverflow competior? on Upcoming Changes To 'Ask Slashdot' · · Score: 1

    "most trolls aren't willing to pay to troll"

    They gotta pay the Troll toll!

    You gotta pay the troll toll if you want to get into that boy's soul.
    You gotta pay the troll toll to get in.
    You want the baby boy's soul
    You gotta pay the troll toll.
    You gotta pay the troll toll to get in.
    Troll toll!
    What'd you say?
    Troll toll!
    Hey, hey, hey!
    Troll toll!

  19. Re:See. Patents/Copyright spur innovation. on Patent Expires On Best Selling Drug of All Time · · Score: 1

    A good rule of thumb: if your "right" requires others to do something for you, it's not a right - it's a service.

    I have the right to a trial by jury, with a lawyer provided for me if needed.

  20. Oh and Dude, on Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player Legal? · · Score: 1

    Using web-based.... for musical.... in a cloud.... yeah that ain't legal either

    What are you, a fucking IP lawyer now?

  21. Re:RFID chips implanted in the ass on Tennessee Makes it Illegal To Share Your Netflix Password · · Score: 1

    "So let me get this straight Mr. Johnson, you finished up watching Inception in your home in Long Island, then six minutes later began watching it in Texas?"

    That's right-- I had to VPN into my company's headquarters in Austin in order to access my files. Then I started watching the movie again because I liked it so much. What's your point?

  22. Re:Then don't publish there on Copyright Law Is Killing Science · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I highly doubt that journal publishers charge academic institutions $40 per article.

    Ha! Not if you don't already have a subscription

  23. Re:Tales of old. on Stopping the Horror of 'Reply All' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    agreed. I use 'reply all' every time, mostly because it's imperative to not leave people out of important emails. If my boss was CCed on an email to me, say, if I don't CC him on the reply, it looks like I'm avoiding him or didn't want him to have this information.

  24. Re:Meh on Top 10 Things You CAN'T Have For Christmas · · Score: 1

    The speakers were also only $8000. Not that expensive, and not outside affordable.

    Yeah, but it's an extra $2000 to make them go to 12

  25. Re:This would scare the hell out of me on Airbus Planning Transparent Planes · · Score: 1

    There is an interesting phenomenon that I dont recall the name for. basically the reason you freak in a skyscraper but not in a plane is the fact that there is nothing in your view to "connect" you to the ground.

    when you are in a skyscraper, your brain sees the line of the building to the ground, makes the connection and says "F***! I'm high up!".

    In an aircraft, there isn nothing for your brain to connect the plane to the ground, so you are less prone to that freak out.

    I have the same problem-- fine in planes, freaked out at places like the Grand Canyon. Your theory is interesting, but the hot-air balloon thing destroys it (for me, at least). Nothing to connect me to the ground, but Freaked. Me. Out. My personal feeling is that it's due to control. Ironically, I'm fine if (like in planes) I have no bearing on if I fall. But I could manage to make myself fall over the edge of a railing or balloon basket.

    Just a thought-- thanks for your (and others') post! It's nice to know I'm not the only one that has the same height issues.