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  1. 0.9 second yellow is mis-adjusted light on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    will get thrown out of court. http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/22/2269.asp

  2. Opportunity in disguise on Ask Slashdot: Starting From Scratch After a Burglary? · · Score: 1

    It got so hard farming bitcoins I had to find somehting else. I learned CFLs save $40 over the life of the bulb. Got a room with 300 in there now. Quit my job!

  3. I would have said the big problem is... on The Two Big Problems With Online College Courses · · Score: 1

    when taking a test for an online course, you can open a second browser and cut and paste the question, and be offered the right answer from any number of websites for a buck.

  4. Also a petition for a people's FCC chairman on White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures · · Score: 3, Informative
    There's also a petition to appoint Susan as FCC Chairman.

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/appoint-susan-crawford-fcc-chairman/73mtqt0q ,

    Susan Crawford, law school professor and author of Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly in the New Guilded Age, says “Truly high-speed wired Internet access is as basic to innovation, economic growth, social communication, and the country’s competitiveness as electricity was a century ago, but a limited number of Americans have access to it, many can’t afford it, and the country has handed control of it over to Comcast and a few other companies.”

    In a recent TV interview, she pointed out high speed access in Hong Kong costs a fraction of what it does in New York city, because the US providers don't enter each other's markets. She wants to change that.

    http://billmoyers.com/segment/susan-crawford-on-why-u-s-internet-access-is-slow-costly-and-unfair/

  5. Re:Retailers went too far on The End Is Near for GameStop · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why is it I don't see Ford lobbying against every single used car dealer, demanding they "outlaw" the sale of all used Fords?

    It was called Cash for Clunkers. Car companies lobbied for it. It required the gov't to subsidize the destruction of operational used cars.

  6. It's very clear... on Texas School Board Searching For Alternatives To Evolutionary Theory · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Textbook publishers take note, you'll sell Texas a ton of books if you pander to our religious beliefs in your science books.

  7. RTFA. About stolen file of hashed passwords on Deloitte: Use a Longer Password In 2013. Seriously. · · Score: 1

    "Most organizations keep usernames and passwords in a master file. That file is hashed... master files are often stolen or leaked. A hashed file is not immediately useful to a hacker, but various kinds of software and hardware can decrypt the master file and at least some of the usernames and passwords. Decrypted files are then sold, shared or exploited by hackers."

  8. There are ways to make employees feel valued on Ask Slashdot: Name Conflicts In Automatically Generated Email Addresses? · · Score: 1

    that are free. Letting them pick their own username is a good example.

  9. Re:My Takeaway on How EVE Online Dealt With a 3,000-Player Battle · · Score: 1

    UI issue leads to massive pant load.

  10. UPS has been doing this for over 4 years. on Peugeot Citroen To Introduce Compressed Air Hybrid By 2016 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Cheaper and simpler than exotic batteries, saves a ton of gas, and you don't need rare earths. http://gas2.org/2008/10/28/ups-is-first-in-delivery-industry-to-test-hydraulic-hybrids/

  11. Re:Pretty sure we know on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1

    So which was smarter, a tyrannosaurus or the big rock that killed it? Guns Germs and Steel won a Pulitzer. It'll change the way you think. It'll allow you to stand on the shoulders of 1000 smart people who came before you.

  12. Re:Pretty sure we know on Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby · · Score: 1

    Was the native american wiped out by lack of smarts? Incas wipes out by lack of smarts? The book guns, germs, and steel makes the case you can wipe a folk out with germs pretty easily if they don't have immunity, so that right there could have been the neaderthals's demise. The book goes on to point out advanced weapons aren't in the hands of advanced individuals, but merely individuals who've had the benefit of living in fertile areas that could support an educated class. The book actually argues that while advanced civilizations make advanced things, they also lower the bar for the culling of dumb individuals, and suffer more of them.

  13. How to crush serfs on A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing · · Score: 0

    1) take away their guns...

  14. a friendlier game than scrabble... on Scrabble Needs a New Scoring System · · Score: 3, Informative

    is Upwords. Scrabble can get adversarial with the rules on challenging a word. Upwords lets you challenge a word without fear of losing your turn. Also, you can play just fine with a more limited vocabulary due to the nature of play. If you are playing with kids or just want a more amicable game, try it.

  15. Can the mod community do a work-around? on Rejection of Reality: Apple Denies Endgame:Syria · · Score: 1

    Can you release a moddable game through apple that has fake flags and names, and rely on modders to alter flags/names to whatever the user wants? Or does Apple have a lockdown on mods, too?

  16. Re:We can already feed the world just fine on FDA Closer To Approving Biotech Salmon · · Score: 1

    Bravo!

  17. Norton Snap QR code reader on Malicious QR Codes Posted Where There's Lots of Foot Traffic · · Score: 3, Informative

    It'll check out the site before connecting you, and is one of the few free code readers that doesn't require location permissions.

  18. Re:Automation and Unemployment on A US Apple Factory May Be Robot City · · Score: 1, Informative

    The way you worded your dad's social security made me wonder if you are aware that current old folks are getting much more than they put in. I've read they hit parity after only 4 years. I looked for a reference and instead found this one saying they average triple what they paid in. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/256212/medicare-and-social-security-what-you-pay-vs-what-you-will-get-maybe-veronique-de-rugy The comparison to people living like kings are a comparison not to present day rich, but to the rich back in the days before automation. Central heat, hot and cold indoor potable water, autos, etc.

  19. The list of nice could've-hads besides the wars on Nationwide Google Fiber Deployment Would Cost $140 Billion · · Score: 1

    Fiber to every home, Bridges and roads in good repair, A national water grid, A balanced budget, And that's just getting the list started...

  20. are you sure about that? on How Yucca Mountain Was Killed · · Score: 1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NAAzBArYdw bird strikes are on youtube.

  21. Sprayers making a comeback, too on Some Apple iMacs "Assembled In America" · · Score: 1
  22. Re:you signed off with a cheap shot on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    You're just mad we got Shatner.

  23. you signed off with a cheap shot on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    on a country with a diversity immigrant visa lottery program. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa

  24. Re:How is AI on the list? on Cambridge University To Open "Terminator Center" To Study Threat From AI · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what a sneaky AI would post...

  25. catch-22 on Pirate Party MEP Helps Draft New Credit Card Company Controls · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What will finance companies do when one government's laws make it illegal to do business with some entities, while another government's laws mandate it?