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  1. ...

    If bowel_is_nicked
    { //Throw exception: I can't tell if the colon is perforated because I have no nose because I am a machine!
    }

    The problem is: we know life better than machines.

  2. The Age of Anti-American American Agencies. on FBI May Be Opening A Security Hole To Federal Agencies (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Our founding fathers would be pissed.

  3. Who will be the first to die by it? on Google Self-Driving Car Might Have Caused First Crash In Autonomous Mode (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 2

    It never had to take a driving test like you did.
    It will come defended by one of he largest companies the world has ever seen.
    It will put thousands of people out of a job.
    It's not likely to see a woman in woman in a black fur coat.
    I can't decide whether a child or an adult dies.
    It can't see at 400hz like your eyes can.
    [Yes, we have persistence of about 16-24 hz, like you though you did, but we can see a new object enter the scene at about 400hz. Try it with an Aduino if you don't believe me. You can plainly see the difference between 60-120hz in monitors.]

  4. And I scoff at his opinion. on Judge Favors Apple In iPhone Unlocking Case In New York (google.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everyone who stands to gain power will surly opt for totalitarian control.

  5. Applehater Agrees With Apple. on DoJ Says Apple's Posture on iPhone Unlocking Is Just Marketing (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    'nuff said.

  6. Find myself in a moment of Apple Admiration on Congressman: Court Order To Decrypt iPhone Has Far-Reaching Implications (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, one Apple-Hater hates a little less.

  7. In this country, our freedom from warrant-less searches is specifically protected in our Constitution; your personal safety, however is not.

    If you stay, you might be killed by terrorists, but if you don't like that prospect get off your sorry coward ass, pack your bags, and leave!

    But if you choose to stay, obey they U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

  8. Re:Could they filter most common wavelengths? on UK Pilots' Union Calls For Laser Pointers To Be Classed As Offensive Weapons (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    This seems like a good idea. Laser light is largely monochomatic, in that if 680mm, 532mm, 470mm, were filtered with a narrow bandpass filters the likelyhood is the pilots would be safe.

    One of the greatest inventions of our lifetime, do you want to be prevented in owning it?

  9. Welcome to Paradox on Scientists Have Discovered How To 'Delete' Unwanted Memories (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Welcome to Paradox had an excellent episode about removing memories: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt07...

    Personally, I don't think it's a good thing because so much of who we are is founded in our memories: good and bad. For many people with a dissociative disorder has this happen anyway. eg: Now, how did I get here.

  10. Don't Put Extra Crap in It on The Best Ways To Simplify Your Code? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    "Tis a fine barn, but is no pool," Early Simpsons. Does you thing really need a blah--just because everyone else is doing it. Do we really need a internet connection for a notepad application? How much work is the "Managers" and now, the "Centers" doing?

    Just don't put useless crap no one needs in your software.

  11. Unlawful, UnConstitutional on NY Bill Would Force Decryption of Smartphones On Demand (onthewire.io) · · Score: 2

    4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

            Perhaps, as an American I would rather die than comply, rather than give up my rights.

  12. Wait! Has the FTC Done Something?!! on FTC Fines Software Vendor Over False Data Encryption Claims (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    OMG, I can't believe that FTC did something. This is where people would chime in and point out a list of FTC accomplishments, if people could.
    Ha-ha!

  13. Yawn, more spy software. on Apple Purchases Software Company To Read Users' Expressions (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    People love being spied on--right?

  14. People here have to work all the time because... on Why Do Americans Work So Much? · · Score: 1

    People here have to work all the time because it's hard to make money working for others, and nothing in our government functions for the poor and middle income brackets.

  15. Only Chinese Hackers? on Pirates Finding It Harder To Crack New PC Games (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Story has an provocative propaganda payload.

  16. The Crash Before the Crash on Microsoft Teams With Automakers To Put Windows, Office In Cars (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh come on. I use Windows too, but it has not place where reliability is needed.

  17. We are seeing a massive surge in progress in many computer controlled machines, so why shove it back in the privatization jail?

  18. Proof It Has Little to Do With Airline Safety on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    The authorities do not want citizens to know what's going on.

  19. The Atom was Just a Theory. on Why String Theory Is Not Science (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we have to be careful here, as the atom was only a theory for over a hundred of years.

    There is also an issue that classical physicists would not want to believe that their theory fits into anything larger, as Newtonian physicists likely did not want to believe in relativistic physics, as religious types did not want to believe....

  20. Our FTC is a Failure on FTC Issues New Rules for Native Advertising on the Internet (blockadblock.com) · · Score: 1

    I cannot see how the Federal Trade Commission can in good conscience accept money from the American people. They don't protect a level commerce field. They don't do anything to stop anti-competitive legislation. They don't do anything about monopolies. The don't certainly don't protect consumers.

    Why should the good tax payers pay them?

  21. Seperation Between Church and State has Failed on NORAD's Amazing 60-Year Santa Tracking History (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't mean to be negative, but in their highest wisdom, America's founding fathers wanted a clear separation between church and state.

    I am sorry, but I feel it's wrong for tax dollars to spent to pander to any religion.

  22. It's Unamerican on FBI: Just Don't Call Them Backdoors (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Amendment IV: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

  23. Insulation or Indoor/Outdoor Carpet on Ask Slashdot: Cost Effective Way To Soundproof My Home? · · Score: 1

    Indoor/Outdoor carpet is fairly cheap, and deadens sound pretty well because it has both fuzzy stuff to deaden high frequencies, and also a rubber backing to deaden low frequencies, as in suspended lossy mass.

  24. Chomp, chomp, chomp.... on Japan Defends Scientific Value of New Plan To Kill 333 Minke Whales (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Culinary science?

  25. Fascist, racist piece of crap isn't so funny anymore, is he.