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  1. Re:WTF Just Not Enough on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 2

    And Paul, as much as he may appeal to some people, is one fall away from a hip replacement

    So, you are saying Ron Paul is an excellent candidate, but you are discounting him based on age alone? I hope you are not in a role of hiring employees...

  2. Preventing behavior on SOPA Creator In TV/Film/Music Industry's Pocket · · Score: 1

    Why are campaign contributions allowed? Would it be possible to ban these? If not, due to the people 'in power', it seems like our system needs better checks and balances in this respect to better enforce the will of the people. Are people just voting in bad apples or is the entire political system corrupt? Does a majority of the people really believe in the things that are occurring, or has control been taken away from those in the general public?

  3. Overuse of laws on US Bans Loud Commercials · · Score: 1

    Should the legal system really be messing with things like this? Sure, it is annoying, but I don't think that laws should be created because some dude doesn't feel like turning his volume down during commercials. Laws should only maintain peace, if anything, and I don't think that this issue is causing many deaths.

  4. Re:Documents Containing More info: on DARPA Seeks App Developers For War App Store · · Score: 1

    Based on the documents contained in the parent post, it sounds like your company or organization would be acting as a government contractor. As with similar contractor work, you submit a full proposal with bid. This in no way relates to how an app store may work.

  5. Documents Containing More info: on DARPA Seeks App Developers For War App Store · · Score: 3, Informative
  6. Re:What about chargebacks? on Anonymous Threatens Robin Hood Attacks Against Banks · · Score: 1

    So... they could in theory select a target, 'donate' money to them, and force them to pay chargeback fees. What if they donated money to a single bank? Would the banks start charging each other charge back fees?

  7. Trial States on FBI Plans Nationwide Face-Recognition Trials In 2012 · · Score: 2

    Michigan, Washington, Florida and North Carolina

  8. Re:Prices do not compare! on Google Opens First Retail Outlet In London · · Score: 1

    Who is this /, crowd you speak of? Must be some rebellious script kiddies. Get off my lawn!!!

  9. Re:It is in fact virtually impossible on A Few Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Recreate Shakespeare · · Score: 1

    Yes! I could reproduce all of the works of Shakespeare in nearly zero time on a single computer. All I would need to do is reduce the comparison from 9 characters to 1 bit. A random bit generator could randomly reproduce a bit. I would then compare that one bit to a Shakespeare work and save it if it matched. Heck, we could 'optimize' this and just flip the bit if it didn't match, being that it's the only other possible permutation. Bam, O(n). My point is, as I believe others have noted, the saying is referring to the comparison of a single monkey's output with the only validation being that the monkey reproduced said Shakespeare work in it's entirety. Validating a subset of the work is essentially the same as the validator writing the work, not the monkey.

  10. Re:Who is paying the electricity bill? on Ask Slashdot: Clusters On the Cheap? · · Score: 1

    Free? where?

  11. Re:Unlikely on Single-Chip DIMM To Replace Big Sticks of RAM · · Score: 1

    No matter how fancy you make the cooking grate the burgers in the middle are gonna fry even if the guys on the end are raw ...

    So if I understand you correctly, we need to devise a ram-stack rotisserie. Wendy's may be able to provide guidance, at least regarding a double stack implementation.

  12. If you can escape an infinite loop... on Escaping Infinite Loops · · Score: 1

    ...is it really infinite?

  13. I, for one, welcome... on Evolution Machine Accelerates Genetic Engineering · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new genetically immune overlords!

    PS: Farewell mankind.

  14. side n on Algorithm Solves Rubik's Cubes of Any Size · · Score: 1

    required for a cube of side n

    I don't even want to think about solving a cube with n sides. Not to mention, how a cube ever got n sides to begin with...

  15. Re:link is blogspam on Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview 2 · · Score: 1

    Instead of the blogspam link you could have linked the official page[...]

    Are you new here? It's a requirement for Slashdot submissions to have at least two levels of indirection from factual information. The first level of indirection is the addition of a bias and the replacement of actual facts with misinformation -- this would be the referenced "blogspam link". The second level of indirection provides a summarization of misinformation, with the addition of opinions regarding a misquoted section of the misinformation -- this would be the summary. If the second level of indirection lacks any of these characteristics, said misinformation must be present in a third level of indirection -- this would be commenting system.

    I would recommend a down-vote of the parent poster, for disrespecting the Slashdot submission system and the Slashdot culture as a whole, by spreading factual and/or relevant information.

  16. Oh, that's their new UI? on Netflix's New Web Interface Gets Thumbs Down From Users · · Score: 1

    I thought their CSS was just broken on their main page..

  17. Adventure Games... on Ask Slashdot: Best Adventure Game To Start With? · · Score: 1

    Day of the Tentacle. You quest together by trading turns using the mouse.

  18. The entire Web community should decide? on Schema.org — Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Agree On Markup Vocabulary · · Score: 1

    Brilliant idea, then quality decisions will be made, just like in our political system.

  19. Loss of security, or just obscurity? on Skype Protocol Has Been Reverse Engineered · · Score: 1

    One thing that making this protocol public is doing is allowing government agencies to more easily wiretap skype videos. I've interviewed at companies working on that very type of tool. Of course, the real security should be the encryption itself. However, without the platform itself being open source, only Microsoft will be able to make improvements to this encryption, if it is lacking.

  20. That's not all!!! on Google Deprecates Translation API · · Score: 1

    These APIs are now deprecated but have no scheduled shutdown date:

    • Wave API
    • Code Search API
    • Diacritize API
    • Feedburner APIs
    • Finance API
    • Power Meter API
    • Sidewiki API

    These APIs will be shut down as per their deprecation policies:

    • Blog Search API
    • Books Data API and Books JavaScript API
    • Image Search API
    • News Search API
    • Patent Search API
    • Safe Browsing API (v1 only)
    • Translate API
    • Transliterate API
    • Video Search API
    • Virtual Keyboard API

    (via http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-cleaning-for-some-of-our-apis.html)

  21. What is the next step? on NSA CS Man: My Tracking Algorithm Was 'Twisted' By the Government · · Score: 1

    What can Americans do to put an end to this monitoring of US citizens? What steps should we take to stop this?

  22. You may be a terrorist if.... on Porn Reportedly Found At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. You may be a terrorist if... You wear a Casio watch
    2. You may be a terrorist if... You use large amounts of shampoo and like to travel
    3. You may be a terrorist if... You dislike low-tech fondling by strangers
    4. You may be a terrorist if... You refuse maid service
    5. You may be a terrorist if... You pay for a hotel in cash
    6. You may be a terrorist if... You use a video camera in a non-designated video recording area
    7. You may be a terrorist if... Your car has boxes or bags in it
    8. You may be a terrorist if... You own a GPS unit
    9. You may be a terrorist if... You take pictures of buildings and landmarks
    10. You may be a terrorist if... You are unemployed and in possession of cash
    11 You may be a terrorist if... You are a pregnant women and carry around bulky diaper bags
    12. You may be a terrorist if... You or somebody you live with is in possession of pornography

  23. Hackers! on A 9V Battery To Your Brain Can Improve Your Gaming · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder when the 9V bug/feature will be added for the Valve Anti-Cheat System..

  24. Re:I'm using the 105Mbit service and the cap is re on Comcast's 105MBit Service Comes With Data Cap · · Score: 3, Informative

    how exactly do you use more than 250GB in a month?

    Backing up a single hard drive over the internet. To The Cloud!

  25. Re:It won't help on The Hobbit Filming at 48fps · · Score: 1

    Oh, I see, you can't enjoy it, so nobody else should either.

    Oh good, my point of view is finally catching on!