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  1. Re:I just glanced at the specs, but Sandforce? on Israeli Startup Claims SSD Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Israel is a bit older than that.

    I mean, they talk about it in the old testament, a 3000+ year old set of books.

  2. Re:Nice idea, but... on X Prize Foundation Wants AI Physician On Every Smartphone · · Score: 1

    More likely to be on the splash screen for the app, but the idea is there...

  3. Re:Get a vuvuzela! on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    Oh holy shit, millions of people didn't fly to South Africa to watch some soccer games and you guys had to buy tickets! All this, despite your government putting in a bid for the tournament and having to pay for the infrastructure to support it! The tragedy!

  4. Re:Meh. on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    Neutralization of Glenn Beck: The only noble use for the Vuvuzela.

  5. Re:Too much work on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    It's a 120+ db sound. It can easily cause hearing loss in people in the stadium.

  6. Re:Filtering is called for on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    It's a tradition America started in 2010, duh!

    Nine more years, and we can call it as much a tradition as these damned beehive instruments.

  7. Re:Am I the only... on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    No, let them keep doing it like retards.

    Then let the networks filter the feed if they wish.

  8. Re:I dont need it. on Digitally Filtering Out the Drone of the World Cup · · Score: 1

    No, coding contests.

  9. Re:Surveillance laws on FBI's Facebook Monitoring Leads To Arrest In England · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting theory. You'd suggest that since there's no obligation to the citizens of another country, that some other government would spy on you, and then your government would spy on their citizens, and then just trade information back and forth "as required, for national security matters"?

    I wonder they'd have a cool acronym for the program.

    It's also fairly blind to the fact that the UK is just as shitty about privacy as the US, just in slightly different ways.

  10. Re:KDawson Strikes Again on Washington's IT Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    bad mod...

  11. Re:2nd Amendment on Set Free Your Inner Jedi (Or Pyro) · · Score: 1

    9 times out of 10 when the public uses the word "theory" they really mean "hypothesis". Should that stop scientists from using the word "theory" correctly? Should that stop us from educating people about the real definition of the word "theory"? Should scientists have to change their language every time the public warps it beyond recognition?

    Should we require that everyone use the definition of theory that's accepted within the scientific community? Should we stifle common language and only allow experts to create definitions?

    Also, we're talking about a phrase where "beg" is substituted for "dodge" in the proper representation. I know when I "beg" for something, I'm sure as hell not trying to "avoid" it, but I actively am seeking it.

  12. Re:Science? What for? on The Real Science Gap · · Score: 2, Informative

    Faith works much better

    That attitude is part of the problem not the solution. Some people in this country feel that science and faith can not coexist. That kind of thinking will drag us back into the middle ages where science was no different than witchcraft unless use to create a weapon to defeat the enemy.

    You speak like the modern age has had a fundamentally different attitude towards science.

  13. Re:2nd Amendment on Set Free Your Inner Jedi (Or Pyro) · · Score: 1

    Does the right to bear arms cover arms which are for more awesome than ever conceived of by the writers of the constitution?

    I'd suggest you not have bare arms if this thing can set flesh on fire.

    I imagine it can also set clothes on fire, which begs the question:

    Should you let them set your skin on fire, or let them set the clothes just on top of your skin on fire?

  14. Re:Bad summary on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 1

    No, it isn't. You, just like the cyber-criminals, can compare 50 million to ~850 million, and go "let's go for the bigger target since only a small percentage will actually fall for our scheme anyway".

  15. Re:Bad summary on Australian Buyers Say They Were Told "No iPad Without Accessories" · · Score: 1

    Good thing OSX has 99% of all consumer software written for it.

  16. Headline...? on Doctors Reverse With Drugs Autism-Linked Fragile X Syndrome In Mice · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What the hell is with that headline?

  17. Re:Bullshit on Quant AI Picks Stocks Better Than Humans · · Score: 1

    The free market entails regulations and not an actual free market or else the whole system is over run by one monopoly, jackass. This kind of trading just makes that happen faster.

  18. Re:As they should be. on Pentagon Seeking Out Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Interestingly enough, Jordan has a system where they are a monarchy and have representation both via appointment (their Senate is appointed by the king) and via election (their House of Representatives).

    So barring the definitional requirement of "head of state not being a monarch", they do have the other defining characteristics of a republic.

  19. Re:Today they allow it, tomorrow it will be forbid on Apple Eases Restrictions On iPhone Developers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Guess what?

    Anyone writing an app that takes more than 1 person two weeks to create, like those real, groundbreaking apps that aren't rehashes of another app that's already been done, aren't going to waste their time with a company as inconsistent as Apple when they have other platforms to develop for.

    Especially when there's reason to believe that Android is beginning to exceed the iPhone.

  20. Re:Not you too, Slashdot on FBI Investigating iPad E-Mail Leaks · · Score: 3, Informative

    It wasn't reconfigured or reprogrammed to change the function of the script on AT&T's website. The system was doing exactly what it was intended to do, give the iPad information as a number was given to the script. It gave the information to the wrong people, because the script was public, but that doesn't qualify. These guys didn't change anything on AT&T's side, just utilized tools that were already there.

  21. Re:well, of course. on Adobe Goes To Flash 10.1, Forgoes Security Fix For 10 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, it's so shitty that Adobe targets their actual audience and doesn't give a shit about people who don't want to use their product. Bummer.

  22. Re:Here we go again on Microsoft Hides Firefox Extension In Toolbar Update · · Score: 1

    It was designed to give developers the choice as to whether a user can uninstall from Firefox.

  23. Re:"unpopulated" on NASA Astronomers To Observe Hayabusa's Fiery Homecoming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Best. Mail. Job. Ever.

  24. Re:"unpopulated" on NASA Astronomers To Observe Hayabusa's Fiery Homecoming · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any place called "prohibited area" in Australia must be a horrible, horrible place to live.

  25. Re:I was asked to join this .. on British Computer Society Is Officially At Civil War · · Score: 1

    Uncle Sam.