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  1. Re:Title Bad Need More Better on Foxconn Building Factories In Indonesia · · Score: 1

    In the Philippines, there are factories dedicated building parts of buildings and then shipping them worldwide.

    Foxconn may not only be getting less expensive labor, but a marketing coup by making 'Indonesia's Smartphone'.

  2. XR Drugs on Big Pharma Presses US To Quash Cheap Drug Production In India · · Score: 1

    This is a common tactic of drug manufacturers as their patents run our they suddenly find a way to color it pink or something equally trivially unimportant change and try to start the patent clock all over. This is a total subversion of the purpose behind patents.

    Or formulate an XR "Extended Release" version of the drug under the same name.

    On the other hand, the profits from existing drugs helps pay for research into new drugs to some degree, so could India be similar to a big company that uses Open Source but doesn't release any of their own code?

    #iamslashdot

  3. Re:Sucks to your ass-mar! on Simple Emergency Generators and Radio Receivers (Video) · · Score: 1

    That was an evolution, not a trash and replace.

  4. News for Nerds Stuff that Matters at Technocrat? on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1

    Bruce, thanks for all the magic you work.

    If you're willing to let Technocrat take over the "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." mission, it would take off quite nicely. That would be a change from the prior mission, but if you'll do that, I'm willing to submit, edit, and post articles.

  5. Free Slashcode! Open Slashcode! on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since Slashdot is abandoning the Classic design and code, can Dice release the final version of Slashcode so it is free/libre? It would be entirely in the spirit of the "audience" here.

  6. Re:Time to leave, Slashdot is dead. on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1

    Too bad the latest Slashcode isn't open source anymore. Any ideas how we can get it? Break into Taco's house?

    #fuckbeta #iamslashdot

  7. Slashdot Beta = Digg v4 on Designer Seeds Thought To Be Latest Target By Chinese · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And that's an excuse for this rampant idiocy? Because last I heard the mature approach would be to provide constructive criticism, wait and see what happens, and then simply leave if the outcome is unbearable and the feedback is ignored. I voiced my opinion to them and if they do nothing to alleviate my concerns I'll simply stop using the site.

    This site has been something special to a number of readers and posters here, and seeing the place go down in flames like Digg did when they ignored their users' feedback is a highly suboptimal emotional experience.

    all without turning the whole place into a fucking kindergarten.

    Saying that turns the place into the kindergarten you wanted to avoid.

  8. Panasonic and Dice Holdings on HTML5 App For Panasonic TVs Rejected - JQuery Is a "Hack" · · Score: 1

    Neither one apparently wants to hear what actual users think, but they probably ignore their own users and support departments while spending money on focus groups.

    The thread in TFA has been full of people asking for an application just like the submitter's app, which adds value to their Panasonic TVs, and yet management keeps on pushing the beta site. Oh, what were we talking about again? MyCleanPC?

  9. Digg Version 4 = Slashdot Beta on Former Red Hat COO Helps Health Care Providers Work Together (Video) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Force the beta on me? I'll move along. It's garbage and there's no reason for garbage to be in my browser.

    So we'll no longer get to read your comments about MyCleanPC and GNAA?

    The new site is a work in progress so Classic Slashdot will be available from the footer for several more months.

    If I'm reading that right, that means we're all going to be forced into the awful new version whether we like it or not. Apparently Dice hasn't learned from the spectacular fall from grace that Digg had when they badly botched version 4 of their site, even when many users complained. The parallels here are clear, we the readers have been clear we don't like what we see. That Dice is willing to say "tough luck" anyway gives the best hint why Monster.com is the dominant job board and Dice is just a niche player. Users opinions matter, especially on a user-driven site.

    Anyway, I wish Technocrat.net would come back.

  10. Relation to Debt Crisis? on EU Commission: Corruption Across EU Costs €120 Billion · · Score: 2

    Why are countries most affected by the debt crisis also the most corrupt?

  11. Re:And then it gets defunded on NPR Labs is Working on Emergency Alerts for the Deaf (Video) · · Score: 1

    If NPR sounded less like MSNBC, I doubt the Republicans would bother with their pittance of the federal budget. NPR is so left wing that commercial talk radio is almost exclusively right wing.

    In any case, this program doesn't sound as likely to produce future advances as the space program could.

  12. If the Internet is killing Newspapers on Elsevier Opens Its Papers To Text-Mining · · Score: 1

    If the Internet is killing newspapers, why isn't it killing this dead tree company?

  13. Re: Sad times on South Koreans Using Kinect To Monitor DMZ · · Score: 1

    Maybe because the Mexicans haven't sent commandos to assassinate our President or have an uneasy truce with the US?

    Or because the Democrats view Mexicans as future voters, and the Republicans look at them as cheap labor?

  14. Re:(sigh) we all know what's coming. on 3D Printing of Human Tissue To Spark Ethics Debate · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why the sigh?

    Genital regeneration may lead to the restoration of parts lost via genital mutilation. And science looks a lot more appealing than this foreskin restoration method. NSFW.

  15. Adobe's Red Hand on Google Planning To Remove CSS Regions From Blink · · Score: 3, Informative

    What a surprise two of the three editors of this standard are Adobe employees.

  16. Re:Sales Problem and Technical Problem on Old-school Wi-Fi Is Slowing Down Networks, Cisco Says · · Score: 1

    Why do you think that standard was setup that way?

  17. Sales Problem and Technical Problem on Old-school Wi-Fi Is Slowing Down Networks, Cisco Says · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with the current system, where we use multiple letters? The answer is it's not just technical problem with unnecessary signals filling the airwaves, it's a sales problem. Customers don't grasp the differences between letter versions (a/b/g/n) so they purchase the one with the most letters, perpetuating the filling of the limited bandwidth available.

  18. My Computer, One Drive? on OneDrive Is Microsoft's Rebranded Name For SkyDrive · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can hear this now:
          "I saved it on one drive."
    "Which drive did you save it on?"
          "On my one drive."
    "Like your C drive?"

    If they hadn't dumped all the Live branding, they could have gone after LiveDrive.

    Are copyright laws in Europe stricter about customer confusion? Or is this a case where if they can't use it in one country, MS won't use it anywhere?

  19. It's Not Hate on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not hate to want factually incorrect, archaic, dropped-from-the-mainstream facets of Christianity removed from public education in Tennessee and Louisiana.

    Only the literalist interpretation of the Bible demands such teachings, but such followers are caught between their own sense of reason and their own faith. Those followers feel if they bend on this, and say the Bible is not perfect, it is the same as denying their entire faith. Most versions of Christianity no longer hold such literal interpretations, so based on the map, it may be a Baptist thing?

  20. Re:Good on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 5, Funny

    More what?
    Stoning of adulterers?
    Slavery?
    Animal sacrifice?
    Other things Bronze Age religion requires?

    If Christ turns water into wine, does the Anti-Christ turn wine into water?

  21. Re:Why is this on Slashdot? on Russia Plans To Extend Edward Snowden's Asylum · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's on here because Snowden is the biggest whistleblower of his generation, and this article will get generate views and comments for a less-than-interesting Friday afternoon/evening.

    Last time I checked, Russia's continual asylum was conditional on not releasing more information, otherwise Snowden had a year to find a new place to avoid a drone strike. One wonders if he made a deal, or the Russians just enjoy annoying the US.

  22. Ask the Students? on Ask Slashdot: How To Reimagine a Library? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    We'll tell you to stock the shelves with Calvin and Hobbes, How Stuff Works type books, and dinosaur stuff. This may be some of what the boys want, but it can't hurt to actually ask all the students what they are interested in. Skip the card catalog, and encourage exploring.

  23. Cook on Gas on Will Electric Cars and Solar Power Make Gasoline and Utilities Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    It seems the vast majority of professional chefs and most home cooks prefer to cook with gas. Electric ranges aren't as quick to turn on and off, and stay hot longer, so they're slightly more dangerous.

  24. Firmware Lockdown by Law on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    If something like this happens, there will be workarounds, but due to 'safety concerns' promoted by the automakers, cars using such firmware will be illegal.

  25. Correlation with One Child Policy? on 'Web Junkie': Harrowing Documentary On China's Internet Addiction Rehab Clinics · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There is a longstanding trend in the USA for parents to be ever more cautious about where and what their children do, and it seems to have correlated with the century-long decrease in the number of children per woman. Many kids now spend more time inside than previous generations, so they don't develop as strong social skills as they might have. This allows the Internet to somewhat supplement face-to-face contact, and adds considerable anxiety to going outside.

    So I wonder if there is a correlation with China's One Child Policy, where parents may be more likely to shelter their only child? Or is there some other cultural cause?