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  1. Vikram Buddhi on Online Call To Shoot President Ruled Free Speech · · Score: 4, Interesting
  2. Re:they expanded too quickly during the last boom on Borders Books, Dead At 40 · · Score: 1

    They shouldn't have bought Waldenbooks.

    They didn't buy Waldenbooks.

    KMart bought both Borders & Waldenbooks & merged them.

  3. Opt-in or Opt-out on Belgian Newspapers Delisted On Google · · Score: 1

    Google does support a noarchive robots extension tag, so instead of suing Google, you could have had just the search results without content by simply adjusting your server output.

    My mailing list has an opt-out feature. So I am going to add you - please use the opt-out if you don't want in.

  4. TFA on Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    TFA doesn't say anywhere except the headline that Zuckerberg quit it because of privacy concerns

  5. The Age of Privacy is over on Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A wise man once said this.

    Facebook's Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over

  6. Google on Banks Find Way To Sell Consumers' Shopping Data · · Score: 1

    How is this anyway different from what Google does?

  7. Handball on In Robot Soccer, US Team RoMeLa Dominates Robocup 2011 · · Score: 1

    Ok - let me start. How the hell can you call a game where ball spends more time in the players hands as football.
    In football, there should be a penalty any time someone(except the goalkeeper) touches the ball with his hands when the ball is in play.

  8. Re:Linux is a kernel not an OS on Drawing the Line Between Android and Linux · · Score: 1

    Why are you posting anonymously, Richard?

  9. Pear Anjou on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 1

    No - this does.

  10. If a brick and mortar business tried this on Facebook Blocks Google+ App, Google Removes Twitter From Real Time Search · · Score: 2

    Once you post that, they'll all get an email telling them about google+. google are leaving the signup door open for hours on and hours off each day, it seems, so tell them to keep trying - I do it in the status update.

    Can you imagine inviting your friends to a bar saying - it remains open for many hours on & many hours off each day. Keep coming there & checking it out again & again to see if it's open.

  11. Re:hate to post off topic, but is it just me? on China Grows Its Own Twitter · · Score: 1

    May be China grew it's own slashdot & and all them previous posters are posting there.

  12. Correct Link on Survey Shows Support For New Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    Link to the Yes Minister dialogue

  13. Yes Minister on Survey Shows Support For New Privacy Laws · · Score: 2

    You can get a survey to get any result - Check a href="http://users.aims.ac.za/~mackay/probability/survey.html"

    If your survey question is "Do you support Privacy Laws" - the answer will be Yes. "Do you want the Govt to prevent terrorism or protect the children" - the answer will again be Yes.

  14. Free Software Philosophy on The Enterprise Is Wrong, Not Mozilla · · Score: 1

    The customer is always wrong.

  15. Dilbert on Europe Plans To Ban Petrol Cars From Cities By 2050 · · Score: 1

    Today's Dilbert is also along the same theme.

  16. Downloaded on Ask Slashdot: How Prepared Are You For a Major Emergency? · · Score: 1

    You probably downloaded it from here

  17. Taiwan on Is the Business Card Dead? · · Score: 1

    A Taiwanese vendor visited me today in my office. I took him to a conference room. He handed me his business card. I took a cursory look at it & placed it on the table. My business card was on my desk, so I didn't give it to him immediately. At the end of the meeting, we went past my office & I handed my card - he took it with both hands & read it as if I am handing out the new 10 commandments to him. I was surprised but didn't think much about it.

    I am a not at the business end of things, so I very rarely hand our business cards, but this slashdot story still helped me understand stuff.

  18. Lenny on Debian 6.0 Released In GNU/Linux, FreeBSD Flavors · · Score: 1

    Just finished an upgrade from etch to lenny a few weeks back!

  19. Kernel in userspace? on Debian 6.0 Released In GNU/Linux, FreeBSD Flavors · · Score: 0

    'Debian GNU/kFreeBSD will port both a 32- and 64-bit PC version of the FreeBSD kernel into the Debian userspace

    I don't get this? How can a kernel be in the userspace?

  20. Original the best on Volume 4A of Knuth's TAOCP Finally In Print · · Score: 1

    Part 1 was the best. Reloaded & Revolutions were OK. I hope 4A is better.

  21. Re:Really the best we can do? on Catholic Bishops Support Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    9 out of 10 convicts really like Walley Toothpaste!

    Citation Needed.

  22. Re:10c text messages on Cell Phone Industry's Six Biggest Failed Schemes · · Score: 1

    This seems to be a US-Specific thing. I don't think one has to pay for incoming text messages in most other countries.

  23. Vanguard on Hackers Find New Way To Cheat On Wall Street · · Score: 1

    The simplest secret about Wall Street is that the average investor can forgo using a trading firm, and just invest in an index fund instead (like the S&P). Those funds have very low fees, and require zero understanding about Wall Street. They go up as the economy gets better, they go down as it doesn't. And less than 20% of firms out there can *BEAT* the S&P, meaning that 80% actually do worse. In addition, they charge higher fees. So if you throw your money into the index fund, you don't have to know anything, and you do just as well as 80%+ of the firms out there, and keep the fees they'd charge you to just meet the same ROR in your pocket.

    Sadly, you'll never hear about this on the Street, because it would ruin their whole scam.

    If you consider the fact that Vanguard which specializes in index funds manages 1.4 trillion in assets & is one of the biggest mutual fund companies, I think people have already heard about this.

  24. Constitutional Law - a bloody joke on Democrats Crowdsourcing To Vote Palin In Primaries · · Score: 1
  25. Re:College is a choice... on Should Colleges Ban Classroom Laptop Use? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Read an article about teaching in Iraq - how different it is from teaching in USA.
    http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2010/12/20/owens