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  1. Re:Why has the slashdot MS symbol changed? on Can Microsoft Really Convince People To Subscribe To Software? · · Score: 1

    This one is, but I don't think the fposter is referring to that. For example consider this earlier post.

  2. Re:...... so? on Wikipedia Scandal: High Profile Users Allegedly Involved In Paid-Editing · · Score: 2

    Also, there are many well-documented cases of situations of the type where a dog has a limp when the owner is around, getting all sorts of special treatment, but they if no one is in the has and the dog is observed through a window it does not limp.

    I love my dog, but I also accept the fact that 100,000 years of evolution has turned him from a noble animal into a manipulative little parasite!

  3. Video killed the radio star on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 2

    I wish I had my pre-internet CS back, in many ways. In most not I guess.

  4. How does the water bear survive in space? on How Does the Tiny Waterbear Survive In Outer Space? · · Score: 0

    It is FROM space.

  5. No surprise?? I dunno on Scientists Say Organic Food May Not Be Healthier For You · · Score: 1

    There's been no biochemical model that I know of that supported the organic is better assertion. Anyone know of one?

  6. Day 76 on NASA Working on Mars Menu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Human flesh, human eye ball, and human bone, with a just a sprinkle of martian dust.

  7. School Motton on Khan Academy Pilot Educators On Khan Academy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We offered them order!!"

  8. The 3 things that hurt it. on The True Challenges of Desktop Linux · · Score: 1

    1. Drivers (Music and Video mostly)
    2. Drivers (Music and Video mostly)
    3. Drivers (Music and Video mostly)

    And this quote

    "Linus, despite being a low-level kernel guy, set the tone for our community years ago when he dismissed binary compatibility for device drivers. The kernel people might have some valid reasons for it, and might have forced the industry to play by their rules, but the Desktop people did not have the power that the kernel people did. But we did keep the attitude."

  9. Universal Turing Machines on Universal Turing Machine In Penrose Tile Cellular Automata · · Score: 2

    There is a reason there are 50 different definitions of computable function - they are not hard to come by. As a professional mathematician/theoretical computer scientist I find it totally unsurprising to find one in the Penrose tiles. If it is useful for something, that's different. But you build almost any sufficiently rich mathematical structure and you can interpret a subset of them as Turing machines.

  10. Home economics and crafts! on ToorCamp: Adventures In an American Hacker Camp · · Score: 1

    They have a whole cooking class devoted to making dishes with foot cheese! Mmmm mmm!

    Foot cheese is really the only completely free cheese since you make it yourself.

  11. Re:Clowns have always creeped me out. on Jobs' Burglary Manhunt Yields Kenny the Clown · · Score: 1

    I stand in the spot where it happened...and it feels like it could be yesterday...

  12. Re:Clowns have always creeped me out. on Jobs' Burglary Manhunt Yields Kenny the Clown · · Score: 1

    Not only is it a joke but one I lifted from a comedian who was popular in the 1980s.

  13. Re:Can we have some real content, Slashdot? on Jobs' Burglary Manhunt Yields Kenny the Clown · · Score: 3

    True, but your post is a classic "slashdot is has gone to the dogs." I am sure you can find a many posts from 2002 saying something like "I can't believe slashdot posted another stupid article about Theo and all the dumbass BSD flaming politics. Can we get on with the real news, or do I just need to go over to Ars for good?"

  14. Clowns have always creeped me out. on Jobs' Burglary Manhunt Yields Kenny the Clown · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not sure why, but I've always felt that way. Maybe it has to do with when I was 5 and my father was killed by a clown.

  15. Re:What Gnome 3 Needs on GNOME: Possible Recovery Strategies · · Score: 2

    Dead on. FVWM especially. I regret the day I left FVWM, thinking there was something better out there...

  16. Re:I had this issue on Ask Slashdot: I Want To Read More. Should I Get an eBook Reader Or a Tablet? · · Score: 2

    Actually the display aspect of a pdf on the kindle was wonderful for pdfs. They wrote a good pdf converter a few years ago and it's awesome. I love the unlit background. But the killer is that it is hard to navigate through a document. The kindle controls are terrible. And the ability to flip pages by tapping the screen on the iPad is crucial for me. Also, I thought about the pre-retina ipad last year, but decided the resolution wasn't good enough. The retina display really is better, and I can tell because of reading the pdfs.

  17. I had this issue on Ask Slashdot: I Want To Read More. Should I Get an eBook Reader Or a Tablet? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I got an kindle dx which was terrible for pdfs, my main interest. Now I have an iPad and use goodreader and it is awesome.

  18. Re:He is right on Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of my wife's labor.

  19. Re:Also an obligation to create super soldiers on Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist · · Score: 1

    Clearly your not a 70s DC comics fan. Here's the goal:

    http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Superbaby_(Earth-One)

  20. Re:He is right on Genetically Engineering Babies a Moral Obligation, Says Ethicist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'll get one *only* when a fully open source one is available, which wasn't produced under unfair labor conditions.

  21. Also on How Plagiarism Helped Win the American Revolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You could write an article about how murder helped win the American revolution. True, but relevant?

  22. Question on Machine Learning Allows Actors To Create Games That Understand Body Language · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What exactly makes this require machine learning as opposed to some other method?

  23. Re:Emily Lakdawalla! on Curiosity Lands On Mars · · Score: 1

    Well, true. But she is also an educated person, having done some work in geophysics. Nasa needs more people like her.

  24. Re:LOL on Swiss Bank Threatens to Sue NASDAQ Over Facebook IPO · · Score: 4, Funny

    Basically it sounds like someone clicked the buy button like they were pushing an elevator button to make it arrive faster. That works, you know.

  25. Re:So... on Mysterious Sprite Photographed By ISS Astronaut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bjork was up there researching experiences for her new album.