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  1. Re:Global cooling - ice age coming up on Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change · · Score: 1

    [Citation Needed]

    I've heard this repeated a lot. A few pundits reported it, and people who want to believe it believe it.

    There was a scientific paper that said there is an ice age coming up, but it's thousands of years away (not "Pretty soon").

  2. Re:10 feet of me. on "Smart" Gun Seller Gets the Wrong Kind of Online Attention · · Score: 1

    You seem to be missing the point. The guy you're shooting doesn't have to wear the watch, you do.

  3. Re:HFT as 'insider trading'. on SEC Chair On HFT: 'The Markets Are Not Rigged' · · Score: 1

    I don't want to sound pro-HFT, but it's not "insider trading". Everybody who is paying attention has access to the information, the high-frequency traders are just reacting to it more quickly.

  4. Why not just use sedatives? on Oklahoma Botched an Execution With Untested Lethal Injection Drugs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why are they experimenting with 3-drug combinations when they could just use sedatives? They work just fine for putting pets "to sleep".

  5. No Benedict Cumberbatch? on Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Officially Announced · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought he had to be in everything these days

  6. Re:And the horses? on NYC's 19th-Century Horse Carriages Spawn Weird, Truck-Size Electric Car · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll take them to a nice farm... um out in the country... um where they can spend all their time in a field chasing rabbits.

  7. On the other hand on Google: Better To Be a 'B' CS Grad Than an 'A+' English Grad · · Score: 1

    exactly the opposite is true when hiring a barista.

  8. No thanks on Detroit: America's Next Tech Boomtown · · Score: 1

    I grew up in the midwest and prefer the west coast. When I want snow, I can go to the mountains to experience it.

    I have a few relatives who expressed displeasure because I bought an imported car 16 years ago (don't blame me for wanting a well made car when America's big 3 where producing a lot of junk). I still drive that car today; they've had to replace their American made cars a couple times. They lived a couple of states away from Michigan, I'd guess that Michigan itself would be worse. As a techie, I want to be able to figure out what works instead of clinging to tradition.

    I also wouldn't want my kids anywhere near Detroit schools.

  9. but a million bucks doesn't go as far as it used to

  10. Re:Completely missing the point on The Security of Popular Programming Languages · · Score: 2

    The problem with that is that many programming languages have "features" that programmers misuse resulting in security holes (especially in PHP).

    If a language makes it difficult to do things safely, it's reasonable to blame the language.

  11. Re:Why in the FUCK on Google Buys Drone Maker Titan Aerospace · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mark Zuckerberg wanted to replace Facebook's "What are you doing?" prompt with "How much will you pay us to not tell everyone what you're really doing?"

  12. Re:Some are more equal than others... on Mozilla CEO Firestorm Likely Violated California Law · · Score: 1

    There's a big difference between fired and resigning.

    That external pressure you mentioned is a form of the free speech that you're saying no longer exists. I think it was an overreaction, but people are free to have and express their opinions.

    The only question related to this article is how much internal pressure their was and whether it caused the resignation.

  13. I blame Mentos on Smart Car Tipping Trending In San Francisco · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mentos must be stopped.

  14. Seems reasonable on U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Rule On Constitutionality of Bulk Surveillance · · Score: 0

    why would search without a warrant be unconstitutional?

  15. Re:Microsoft does not want kids coding... on Should Microsoft Give Kids Programmable Versions of Office? · · Score: 1

    If kids want to code now, the options are expensive, complicated, and are not included in the price of 'Windows.'

    There are a ton of open source tools out there (not to mention Microsoft's Visual Studio Express is free). I'm not sure how much teachers know about these tools, but that's a different issue.

  16. Thanks, Obama! on TCP/IP Might Have Been Secure From the Start If Not For the NSA · · Score: 2

    grumble grumble

  17. Re:Bad training for programming careers on State Colleges May Offer Best ROI On Comp Sci Degrees · · Score: 1

    Back in my day we DID do all of our work in a room full of other students (the computer lab). A few people had computers (Apple IIs and Commodore 64s), but they weren't connected to the network.

  18. Re:Where are the farmers? on UN Report: Climate Changes Overwhelming · · Score: 1

    Worldwide average temperatures. According to NASA and NOAA.

  19. Information wants to be owned!! on New York Public Library Releases Over 20,000 Hi-Res Maps · · Score: 1

    Don't these commies see that information is only valuable if you lock it away and charge people to use it? How can something be precious if everybody can get to it?

  20. Re:The climate is changing, it's colder than norma on UN Report: Climate Changes Overwhelming · · Score: 4, Informative

    It may be colder than normal in some specific places (like the eastern part of the United States). In spite of that, worldwide temperatures are way above average (NASA released a report recently saying 2013 was one of the warmest years on record and every year in the top-10 was in the last 15 years).

  21. Re:Climate change conferences in 2014 on UN Report: Climate Changes Overwhelming · · Score: 1

    Does that long list really mean anything? I bet googling "comic book conference 2014" would give you a significantly longer list. I doubt any one person goes to all of them, but maybe there are a lot of them so people don't have to travel far to get to them.

  22. Re:ain't gonna happen on Darth Vader Runs For President of Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Disney (the real evil empire) bought them out

  23. If you don't like it, don't use it. on U.S. Court: Chinese Search Engine's Censorship Is 'Free Speech' · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of other search engines out there. It doesn't bother me that search engines I don't use wouldn't give me results I want.

    If somebody wants to set up a search engine that caters to a certain demographic (members of a religious group, political persuasion, age group, whatever) then people are free to use it and the rest of us are free to not use it.

  24. When it's illegal for criminals to get books... on UK Bans Sending Books To Prisoners · · Score: 2

    then only criminals who are criminals will get books

  25. A few things to consider on Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? · · Score: 2

    I don't know much about on-line options.

    I got my degree from a local state university that has a lot of non-traditional/part-time students. I'd suggest seeing what colleges in your area are like that.