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  1. Re:Tip of the iceberg on FCC Issues Forfeiture Notices to Two Business for Jamming Cellular Frequencies · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It doesn't work that way.
    Your phone only indicates strength of the tower it's connected to, not noise.
    To show a really strong signal, the theatre would need to be operating a fake cell site.
    (Which is separately illegal)

  2. Can't do that. on Irish Artist Turns Google Maps Screen Grabs Into Pricey Art · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is a derivative work, and is not permitted under the google maps terms of service.
    You can do it with openstreetmap.

  3. Re:Great first step on California Law Would Require Companies To Disclose All Consumer Data Collected · · Score: 1

    False.
    Much research has gone into this. Most advertising works by shirt circuiting decision making.
    You are looking for a bottle of shampoo.
    The truly rational decision might be to examine each shampoo for price per wash, health effects, effects on the appearance of your hair, and the possible effects of the ingredients on you.
    This may take a couple of weeks for your typical shelf of shampoo.
    Advertising is designed to get you to the first step of recognising the product out of a couple of dozen alternatives.
    Once this happens, it is likely to be on a mental shortlist.

  4. Re:I don't get it on The Manti Te'o of Physics · · Score: 2

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Nowak
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_reiser
    Are a couple of examples that spring to mind.

    Being very smart, especially if you're somewhat sheltered from the real world can lead to really, really bad decisions.

  5. another fundamental problem. on Ask Slashdot: Should We Have the Option of Treating Google Like a Utility? · · Score: 2

    Your subscription has to not only exceed the revenue from the ads you may receive.
    It has to exceed the total loss to Google from the whole customer base.
    If I can buy Google with no ads for $10/mo, then Google ads become served to a whole lot less people for who $10/mo is irrelevant.
    These are some of the most lucrative recipients, and creaming off the richest customers from the ad-base reduces the amount advertisers will pay.

  6. Re:Keep a journal on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Feel About Recording Your Entire Life? · · Score: 1

    Consider however, both.
    A journal functions as a quick index to the video.

  7. Re:"bit by the HP TouchPad debacle"? on HP Back In Tablet Game With Android-Based 'Slate7' · · Score: 2

    Charge it occasionally, to at least 50%
    Some devices will permenantly kill their battery if actually left idle for years.

  8. Re:Uh ... What? on Pushing Back Against Licensing and the Permission Culture · · Score: 1

    View and fork, does not grant permission to compile and use the derived work.

  9. Re:the silly part on UK Government To Use PayPal For Identity Assurance · · Score: 1

    Ebay is not free.
    They get paid for every completed sale.
    They also get paid for advertising on the eBay site, for the actions of their subsidiary Paypal, and other money-raising activities in the UK.

  10. Re:Well no on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    Because the uploader was uploading it on behalf of a TV network.
    This was paid for (I presume) by four unskippable ads on the intro, and four unskippable ads in the middle.

  11. i have purchased the affected products. on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 0

    I would purchase them again today.
    Horses are not especially more intelligent than cows.

  12. Re:Can someone explain how multinationals work? on Google Invests $1 Billion To Build New London HQ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The unfortunate fact is that tax laws are fucking complex, and contain loopholes smart people can find and exploit.

    If you are a large corporation, do you:
    A) Pay a hundred million in tax.
    B) Pay 20 million in legal research to find completely legal loopholes and ways to arrange your corporate structure so you can pay 10 million in tax.

    There is then the wrinkle that to not do 'B' may be against your shareholders best interests.

  13. Re:"Fountain of Youth" Pill? on Researchers Study Mystery of the Toddler Who Won't Grow · · Score: 1

    If given a real motive to extend patent life - you think there wouldn't be a massive push for it?

  14. think of the possible implications! on Researchers Study Mystery of the Toddler Who Won't Grow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perpetual kittens.

  15. Re:Anybody have more details? on Fireflies Bring Us Brighter LEDs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's basically a misleading headline.
    Sort of like an advertising campaign a few years back, which compared a mouthwash to 'brushing alone' - which when you went into the small print was comparing it against brushing with no toothpaste.

    The picture shows a bare die LED.
    LEDs are basically never used like this, they always have a silicone or epoxy cover, which better matches the refractive index of the led die, so more light gets out.

    Is this useful in some cases, perhaps, and may inspire some modifications. But the flat figure is misleading,
    50% of light is _not_ lost at the moment in most designs of led.

  16. It's not a real issue. on Worldwide Shortage of Barium · · Score: 1

    The price of barium metal at the moment is $150/kg or so - in small quantities.
    Some of the 'unavailable' compounds mentioned above had a weight of around 340g, or 150g of barium, about $20.

    Sure, you need processing - which pretty much amounts to dumping it in a tub, along with sulphuric acid.

    Does the manufacturer of the barium compound have a problem sourcing product in a way that will result in a medically approved product without further applications to the FDA - perhaps.
    But it's not shortage of barium.

  17. Re:What is it to them if it has internet? on Ask Slashdot: Should Employers Ban Smartphones? · · Score: 1

    Because 6 out of the top 7 calculator apps have the required permissions to record audio, and ship it off to china on command.

  18. Re:Practical Implications? on The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software · · Score: 1

    If the SDK is indeed not required at all to build any part whatsoever of AOSP - then I apologise, as I misunderstood.
    I'd delete the original post, except...

  19. Re:Practical Implications? on The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software · · Score: 2

    "You may not use the SDK for any purpose not expressly permitted by this License Agreement", "You agree that you will not take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android".

    If they say any specific use of the SDK is fragmentation, then you have real problems arguing it's not.
    The argument that CM is fragmentation is not clearly ridiculous.

    This being the case, you are in real trouble arguing otherwise, especially as they have considerably larger lawyers than you.

  20. Re:Practical Implications? on The Android SDK Is No Longer Free Software · · Score: 2

    Combining the above term with others - such as '3.4 You agree that you will not take any actions that may cause or result in the fragmentation of Android, including but not limited to distributing, participating in the creation of, or promoting in any way a software development kit derived from the SDK.'

    Could for example be used to say that no, CyanogenMod, or any other 'distribution' - that is not an exact vanilla build is 'fragmentation' - and hence is not a permitted use.

  21. Re:Why is it not Android? on Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon · · Score: 2

    String theory is not physics.
    It's the purest math, until it's testable by experiment.

  22. Re:Theoretical Maimum on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    The average human being has less than two legs.

    While true, this is misleading to the casual reader.

    (assuming for the moment they don't know that humans have two legs)

    Comparing white light as mentioned in the initial post, to green is somewhat misleading.

  23. Re:A small handful... on China's Controversial Brain Surgery To Cure Drug Addiction · · Score: 3, Funny

    Even with the size of chinese doctors, I imagine one would be a large handful.

  24. Re:Theoretical Maimum on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    Indeed. I wish I had the energy to compute the integral of the total power under that curve, and work out an actual radiometric efficiency.
    (how many watts of light out vs watts in).

  25. Re:light and color quality on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 2

    It's basically not UV in white LEDs.
    It's deep blue.
    It is quite visible, and is the same colour as most normal blue LEDs.