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  1. click of a button? on Google's BigQuery Vs. Hadoop: a Matchup · · Score: 1

    That's so 2008. Wake me up when I can process terabytes of data with the sound of my voice, the wave of my hand, or the wave pattern of my brain. ;P

  2. required to leave... on DARPA Cyber Chief "Mudge" Zatko Going To Google · · Score: 1

    DARPA managers sign up for 3yr stints. They are generally required to leave after that time. It's part of the design of DARPA...to constantly rotate industry/academia leaders through their ranks.

  3. input? on Taking the Pain Out of Debugging With Live Programming · · Score: 1

    how would it integrate data/network/user input?

    how does it know when to start live testing, as pieces of interdependent code are being written?

  4. Re:Immigration on Zuckerberg Lobbies For More Liberal Immigration Policies · · Score: 1

    It says she just graduated 2 yrs ago. That's a pretty good salary for 2 yrs out of school. Especially considering that she doesn't have an engineering degree/job. Don't forget that avg USA salary across all levels of experience is $30K/yr.

  5. immigrants have always been the future of America on Zuckerberg Lobbies For More Liberal Immigration Policies · · Score: 1

    We are all immigrants here in the USA. Therefore immigrants and their descendants have always been the future of our society. Getting the best and brightest and/or those willing to work hard to make their dreams come true is one of our country's greatest assets.

  6. Re:dangerous? on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 1

    damn it. i laughed.

  7. still living in mommy's basement? on No Such Thing As a Tax-Free Lunch At Google? · · Score: 1

    You sound like a young guy who is oblivious to health care costs. Most medical expenses occur between the cold/flu type stuff and the catastrophic. You will be a burden on the rest of us for your poor planning/insight if given your way.

    1. there's no such thing as health insurance for cheap. you're looking at $10K/yr and up for a family for basic coverage. If you want extensive coverage or have existing conditions, you're paying 2x or 3x this amount...if you're even insurable.
    2. nearly everyone will have catastrophic health care problems. it's just a matter of when. some happen to children, some young adults, some as old men.
    3. my medical expenses in the past yr alone have been roughly $80K (about $6K out of pocket bc I have good insurance). And thats just for routine surgery, a baby, some dental work, checkups, and prescriptions. I mean shit, a CT scan alone is $5K. you think people can handle expenses like this?

  8. subsidized? on No Such Thing As a Tax-Free Lunch At Google? · · Score: 1

    when I was in college/grad school the cafeterias were not subsidized. they were expensive, but very good and self sufficient.

  9. dangerous? on The Search Engine More Dangerous Than Google · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is google dangerous? Sure, it can be used to do bad things. But that's like saying we've discovered a liquid more dangerous than water.

  10. Re:Feinstein is an idiot. on Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control · · Score: 1

    We already have video came control! It's called DRM!

  11. Re:Not raaaaaiiiiiiiiiaaaaain on your wedding day. on Film Studios Send Takedown Notices About Takedown Notices · · Score: 2

    By making the notices available, Google is unintentionally highlighting the location of allegedly pirated material, say some experts.

    Ha.."unintentionally"

  12. reinstalling... on Non-Volatile DIMMs To Ship This Year · · Score: 1

    your RAM!

  13. Re:batteries are not rechargable on Israeli Firm Makes Kilomile Claims For Electric Car Battery Tech · · Score: 1

    Not for military applications...where silence and long range are paramount...or when the device detonates upon arriving at its destination. Or as a supplemental battery to provide emergency power.

  14. MSFT should have made the OS look different on Major UK Retailers Mislabel Windows RT As Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    MSFT should have made the OS look different enough that there wouldn't be this confusion on the tablet side and rejection on the desktop side.

  15. Re:This doesn't make sense! on Build a Secret Compartment, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    in which order?

  16. like when the teacher is not in class... on Virgin Launches Glass-Bottomed Plane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Being on Slashdot on April 1st is like being in class when the teacher doesn't show up. Lots of random undirected conversations spring up, and everyone says that they are justified to leave since there's no teacher, but people kind of mill about for awhile nonetheless.

  17. Re:How old was the grandfather? on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Explain That Humans Didn't Ride Dinosaurs? · · Score: 1

    drum roll please....

    he was so old, some used to call him a dinosaur!

  18. Re:Sad on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Explain That Humans Didn't Ride Dinosaurs? · · Score: 1

    bring your dinosaurs

  19. Re:Well that's stupid. on United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea · · Score: 1

    because we'll tell them about it after the fact. They will be scared shitless that they didn't know!
    It will be like the ninja parade!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtR2m20C2YM

  20. hiroshima... on United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea · · Score: 2

    I've been to the Nuke museum in Hiroshima, Japan. They have USA DoD declassified documents from the time of WWII which discuss the decision to drop nukes on Japan. The US DoD state that Japan was on the verge of surrender to Russia, who was negotiating a conditional surrender at the time of the bombing. In the end, the nukes were dropped to force an unconditional surrender and to short circuit a Russian backed peace agreement. The American DoD documents from the highest officials are clear about this, despite the protest of many people in the gov at the time.

    As an American that was an eye opener. We were always taught that it was done to save the lives of millions of Americans who would have died in a ground invasion of Japan. There was no mention of Japan being on the verge of surrendering to Russia at the time of the bombing.

  21. just feel bad for this guy... on Creationist Bets $10k In Proposed Literal Interpretation of Genesis Debate · · Score: 1

    I just feel bad for this guy that he feels the need to bet money on the truth of creationism as told by the old testament. It's it enough for him to drink the cool-aid? Why does he require that others believe in his insane world view?

  22. If your faith flew apart, what are you doing converting to Catholicism? Don't you realize it's just as absurd and at least as evil as other Christian beliefs?

  23. Not if MSFT/Windows supports it on The Leap Motion Controller is Sort of Like a Super Kinect (Video) · · Score: 1

    If OEMs start incorporating it into their PCs and MSFT/Windows supports it...I'm sure Windows will be fine.

  24. Eye-fi SD card... on Ask Slashdot: Encrypted Digital Camera/Recording Devices? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Get an eye-fi SD car for $50.

    It transfers your photos/video from your camera to your laptop/tablet/smartphone and then deletes it from its local storage.

    So you can show an empty SD card. And your laptop/tablet/smartphone is password protected and/or encrypted.

  25. Re:That's awesome on USPS Discriminates Against 'Atheist' Merchandise · · Score: 1

    well there are certainly passages about destroying property of the non-believers (i.e. smashing their idols)
    and killing them all (too many passages to cite)