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  1. Re:Unusual way to be offended on Court Rules Fan Subtitles On TV and Movies Are Illegal (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    God that would be horrifying... Just imagining him as a poltergeist killing all those people. yip......e......kai.........yaaaaaaay

  2. Wow on Physicists Observe 'Negative Mass' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    This sounds actually groundbreaking. Does anyone have more details? Were the authors trying to generate negative mass or was this an unexpected side effect? Obviously this is going to require some replication, but I'm excited.

  3. Re:Relevant XKCD on The Slashdot Interview With Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John B. Goodenough · · Score: 2

    You are right to note that these effects vary by area, case in point horse drawn transport was used in rural America into the early 50's. I think you are underestimating how quickly incompatibilities can mount. In practice, there was nothing keeping the model t and the horse from sharing a city street. The roads were the same and speeds were low. The infrastructure, however, was vastly different. Horses need stables and fodder, cars need gas and mechanics. In a similar way, functionally EVs and ICE vehicles share the same characteristics, but in terms of fuel and maintenance they are quite different. Especially in urban areas where land is at a premium, gas stations could be forced out by the drop in demand (or raise prices to exorbitant rates), quickly making the territory unfavorable to ICE.

  4. I think we need to teach that orbit is a condition, not a place.

  5. Re:Clothes line in the sun on Scientists Invent Ultrasonic Dryer That Uses Sound To Dry Your Clothes (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    What is this "spare room" that you have?

  6. Re: The Market at Work on Google's Featured Snippets Are Damaging To Small Businesses that Depend On Search Traffic (theoutline.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    This isn't enough in the US, see Feist Publications, Inc., v. Rural Telephone Service Co. Rural had fake listings that were copied, but still lost their claim.

  7. Vote breakdown on Hollywood Is Losing the Battle Against Online Trolls (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 2

    So there is a breakdown of the vote, and it's quite amusing. Looks like they could just skim off the 1's and 10's and get a decent picture of the actual score.

  8. Re:100 years ago, who cares? on Hollywood Is Losing the Battle Against Online Trolls (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, it was 100 years ago. If Turkey would own up to it, then maybe it would be forgotten history. But their failure to own up to it isn't history, it's happening right now. It's not a matter of paying for your ancestors crimes, it's a matter of lying day in and day out about historical fact. If you can't come clean about things a century ago that you aren't even responsible for, how can anyone trust you to be honest about the things you are responsible for right now?

  9. Re:The Real Evil Here on The Woman Whose Phone 'Misdiagnosed HIV' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I don't believe you. Nor does, I imagine, anyone else. I would suggest you look up the Dunning-Kruger effect, as the mere fact that you are making these claims leads me to believe that you actually know relatively little about fabrication, otherwise you would realize how outlandish they sound.

  10. Details? on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The article is sketchy, is this heads-up, no-limit?

  11. I have to agree, the title is misleading of the both the article and the facts. However, I don't think you are helping. There was no talk of making internet free for Chattanooga. What EPB (who charges money for a very good product) wanted to do was extend their range out of Chattanooga into the surrounding rural area, asking for no state money whatsoever to do this (It would be "free" to the state). The state decided not to allow that. Then, in a separate move, the state legislature threw a big bucket of cash at AT&T and Comcast to improve rural service. Overall, this shows a strangely inconsistent set of priorities.

  12. Re: Reminder: "Hacking" was mere illumination on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The Washington Post was not upset that Trump gave a speech in front of the CIA Memorial Wall, which was expected. The issue was with the speech he gave, which was bizarre, self-promotional, and had little relevance to the CIA.

  13. Re: Apple ][+ on Celebrating '21 Things We Miss About Old Computers' (denofgeek.com) · · Score: 1

    I had to do some research on this, because in all my time with Apples I had never seen such a thing. Turns out they were made in '89 or so by Zip technologies. 20MB wouldn't have been bad at all for the time. I certainly wish I would have had one for my IIgs.

  14. Re:Not going to change anything on NYC Poised to Ban Firms From Asking Job Candidates About Pay (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, yes. Thus the fear that they will leave. So the firm hires a different candidate they imagine will stay longer or work for less.

  15. Re:Not just "rare" diseases on The Cost of Drugs For Rare Diseases Is Threatening the US Health Care System (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    With $996 potential profit per pill and a GDP of $1,500 per capita I can't imagine that is going to work all that well.

  16. Re:More US warmongering on US Strikes Syrian Base With Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Assad is (I assume with Russian permission) testing the waters. Trump has talked a lot on isolationist themes, but would he stick to them? Overall the damage isn't devastating for Assad, one airbase out of action for a couple months and a handful of jets destroyed (the Syrian air force is surprisingly large). If he finds out he can use sarin without reprisal, then it's a big boost to him, especially in terms of regional power and deterrence. It also lets Russia know how Trump is affected by civilian casualties. While they aren't likely to use chemical warfare themselves, they are fond of cluster munitions and MLRS (rocket artillery), and have shown a willingness to use them in urban areas. This will be a bellwether for them.

  17. Re:More US warmongering on US Strikes Syrian Base With Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the phrase "numerous totally credible reports that are definitely not propaganda" is a not very subtle indicator of sarcasm. Your info about the precursors being stored separately is interesting though.

  18. Oh boy, here we go again on Uber Said To Use 'Sophisticated' Software To Defraud Drivers, Passengers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Another anti-Uber story. Who's paying for all these?

  19. Re:Gee, ya think? on Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person (hbr.org) · · Score: 1

    Did you read the post? I very much doubt that the grandparent is/was a help desk jockey.

  20. Re:Nothing new here on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative
    No, this is incorrect. The key feature is that the ISPs used to be under FTC jurisdiction, who has rules in place covering user data. When the ISPs were declared common carriers, oversight of them was moved from the FTC to the FCC. Now the FTC has no jurisdiction over the ISPs, only the FCC does - and the FCC has essentially been banned from regulating them where user data is concerned.

    Common carrier rules could be abolished, and regulation of ISPs could be moved back to the FTC, but that would take time and have other negative consequences.

  21. Re:So... Can they sell past history? on US Congress Votes To Shred ISP Privacy Rules (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This is the question I am really interested in. Since the law mandated they had to store this information, are they going to go back and comb through what they have on file?

  22. Re:Ask Slashdot - Why are Cities more Expense? on Americans' Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    Competition and rent is a big part of it. Generally in the city you don't own your space, and rent is competitive. If I'm not willing to pay for my apartment, someone else is. If a restaurant wants to be a in a popular area, they are going to have to pay for it, and their prices reflect that. High rents mean high labor costs, meaning goods and services are more expensive. This compounds on itself in other ways as well: If everyone in an area makes $100,000 a year just to live there, then the goods available are going to be goods that appeal to that income group, and lower-quality goods are going to be less available.

  23. High-density suburbs on Americans' Shift To The Suburbs Sped Up Last Year (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    One of the suspicious item I see in this analysis is the inclusion of "High-density suburbs". I've seen a bunch of these kinds of stories where the "suburbs" in question are comprised of high-rise apartments.

  24. Re:When people are dumb enough to rely on the clou on Hackers Claim Access To 300 Million iCloud Accounts, Demand $75,000 From Apple To Delete the Cache of Data (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Careful not to cut yourself on all that edge.

    Edge? What edge are you even talking about? Did you just see someone else use that response and copy it without understanding what it means?

  25. I certainly won't disagree with you. I've read more than my share of research and I'm well aware of how counterproductive open-plan offices are, but they are what the market demands. Employers do not want to pay for floorspace. Especially now, when they use telecommuting as an excuse to shrink office space even further .