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  1. Re:He shouldn't be arrested on Obama's Twitter Account "Hacked" · · Score: 1

    Pet's first name?

    Are you implying that pets have first names, middle names and family name? Maybe we can also throw in a maiden name for that bitch?

  2. Re:Why can't I just use a social network... on Social Networks As Gaming Platforms · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most if not all social networking services are free, and they have to somehow making a living.

    So users are like batteries and they will think of million ways to squeeze the last juice out of us.

    Same thing is happening to YouTube and Twitter. Once they have enough users, they will start thinking how to make money off those users.

  3. Re:Robot Wars and the Three Laws on Robot Warfare Going Open Source · · Score: 1

    I think you're talking about Cyber Warfare, which I agree is a great way to end a war.

    However the article here is about Robot Warfare, mostly unmanned machines engaging in battles.

    My question is still the same -- If we want safety of the Three Laws, how do we, in your word, dominate the enemy with these robots?

    You can have Ravens flying overhead all day, but if it's not going to destroy lives, it can hardly achieve anything, it can't even destroy buildings with lives in them.

  4. Robot Wars and the Three Laws on Robot Warfare Going Open Source · · Score: -1

    What's the point of fighting wars with robots if they are to follow the three laws?

    I mean, how is a battle won and how does a war end?

    If you can win by destroying enough robots, countries might as well just play a game of C&C to determine the outcome.

  5. Quarantine on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 0

    Is this like quarantine without isolation?

  6. Re:But where does all that money go? on Intel Receives Record Fine By the EU · · Score: 2, Funny

    Depends when Intel has to pay for it.

    In 2020, this "Record Fine" is probably worth 2 CPUs.

    Which is why all these records are meaningless.

  7. Getting to ISS on Minor Damage Found On Space Shuttle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If something goes wrong on this mission, Atlantis's astronauts will not be able to shelter on the International Space Station (ISS). The station orbits at around 350km (220 miles) above Earth, while Hubble occupies an orbit about 560km (350 miles) up.

    Can someone speculate the feasibility of "dropping" to meet ISS?

    I mean, does NASA have equipments/knowledge/training to do such maneuver?

  8. Still the cheaper option? on Spirit Stuck In Soft Soil On Mars · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does anyone know if managing the twins is still cheaper than sending a new rover?

    This occurs to me recently when I had to copy a 600MB file via USB1.0 port to thumb drive, which would have taken about 20 minutes.

    I decided to stop the copying, took out my laptop, connected to the network, mapped drive and copied that file in 2 minutes, altogether less than 10 minutes.

  9. Re:Math is hard, let's go shopping! on The Electronic Police State · · Score: 1

    North Korea and Belarus (in the top 5 according to the PDF) are not even mentioned anywhere in the raw data XLS

    Covert Hacking
    State operatives removing - or adding! - digital evidence to/from private computers
    covertly. Covert hacking can make anyone appear as any kind of criminal desired.

  10. Re:So this is a comprehensive set of rankings on The Electronic Police State · · Score: 1

    Additionally, is "Enforcement Ability" as(or more, or less) significant as "Financial Tracking"?

    Every item gets a score between 1 and 5, but do they all carry the same weight in the study?

  11. Scores vs Rankings on The Electronic Police State · · Score: 4, Informative

    I downloaded the raw data. Some countries are missing, and the results are quite different from the PDF:

    59-China
    54-United Kingdom: England & Wales
    53-Singapore
    53-United States of America
    52-France
    52-Germany
    51-Malaysia
    50-Ireland
    49-Netherlands
    49-United Kingdom: Scotland
    48-Israel
    48-Russia
    45-Australia
    45-Belgium
    45-Japan
    44-Austria
    44-New Zealand
    43-Norway
    41-Italy
    40-Denmark
    40-Taiwan
    39-Canada
    39-Greece
    39-Hungary
    39-Switzerland
    38-Finland
    38-Poland
    38-Slovenia
    38-Sweden
    37-Cyprus
    37-Estonia
    37-Latvia
    37-Lithuania
    37-Malta
    36-Czech Republic
    36-Iceland
    36-Luxembourg
    36-Portugal
    36-Spain
    36-South Africa
    34-Argentina
    33-Romania
    32-Thailand
    31-Bulgaria
    30-Brazil
    28-Philippines
    27-India

  12. Re:Nothing to do with the virus? on Mapping Hidden Twitter Data For Epidemiology · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Maybe it's more about privacy than epidemic.

    Unlike other social networking services, Twitter is a lot more talkative, thus a person is more likely to reveal more information in a more timely manner.

    And the timing of information would play a significant part in tracking things.

  13. Re:Awesome on The Pirate Bay Seeks Interesting Route To "Pay" Fine · · Score: 1

    However if TPB has set up a bank account with the same bank with account number similar to "79 31 21-5", then it might be possible to claim that it was a genuine typing mistake.

    The money still has to go somewhere so that your intention is unchanged.

  14. Re:Sports addiction = games addiction on The Real Story Behind Gaming Addiction · · Score: 2, Insightful

    people don't die from playing sports for 18 hours a day.

    Actually they can die from playing sports for 18 hours a day, but they won't because they will get tired before they can kill themselves.

    Like smoking, it's a slow death because it's so subtle and enjoyable. I don't think any smokers would enjoy living in a room full of smokes though.

  15. Re:What kind of cowards do they hire? on Angry Villagers Run Google Out of Town · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... Maybe someone should put a 'Googlert' somewhere, so that residents know when Google's coming and put GIB boards all over the area, making anything taken useless.

    Or just have people running alongside the car blocking its camera.

  16. Re:Alternatives on Angry Villagers Run Google Out of Town · · Score: 1

    Well, at least it shows determined villagers are out there patrolling and protecting their village.

    Moral of the story?

    Burglars should still target this area but bring some weapons and keep an eye for angry and alert villagers.

  17. Ciggy Break on Australian Study Says Web Surfing Boosts Office Productivity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If taking a cigarette break, coffee break or gossip break is allowed, I cannot see any difference in internet break or game break.

  18. Growing barley on Is Alcohol Killing Our Planet? · · Score: 1

    Just grow barley next to the beer plant:

    1. Plants absorb CO2
    2. Less transportation

  19. Re:Exactly, women love cute and adoreable. on How Do I Make My Netbook More Manly? · · Score: 1

    So how long was it before you regained consciousness?

    Wrong question. Should be:

    How long was it before he woke up?

    Obviously it was a dream because we don't have girlfriends.

  20. DO NOT RTFA! on Tickets On Sale In Sweden For Space Tourism, Starting In 2012 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried to read the friendly article but got distracted by a Swedish bird-flipping girl and some chicks running in bikinis.

    You've been warned.

  21. Who Says What? on TechDirt's Masnick Responds To Warner's Jim Griffin On Choruss · · Score: 1

    Wow! There are so many "says" and "states" that I almost lost track of what's going on.

    Anyhoo, someone said this, maybe it was Masnick, maybe Griffin, maybe someone else:

    it's just a covenant for the labels not to sue, rather than a license, it doesn't cover all of the other rightsholders, such as songwriters and the music publishers -- meaning that those who file share will still be wide open to lawsuits from those parties.

    I don't think the labels care if other rightsholders get a fair share, they only care about their own pockets and as long as they get paid, they don't sue. Similarly other rightsholders only care about their own pockets, as long as they get paid, they don't sue.

    So I guess the question is, will this kind of covenant work? If it will, why not extend to other rightholders?

  22. Ask Slashdot on How To Get High-Schoolers Involved In Real Science? · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm a high school student and my physics teacher always comes up with ideas to get us to participate in or donate to real science projects. He even encourages us to help out with things like Galaxy Zoo (which has just released a new version, grrrr, dreadful updates again) and even gets us to install BOINC on our PERSONAL computers. Do Slashdotters out there have any suggestions that would be appropriate to satisfy this 35-year-old physics teacher? Extra credit if you can think of a way that I can fake my progress so that I can get extra credit."

  23. BTDT? on DIY Space Photography · · Score: 1, Redundant
  24. Re:And then? on New Laser System Targets Mosquitoes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Screw the snakes.

    In this economy climate, how many Pied Pipers will be laid off?

  25. Advertisers on Adbusters Suggests Click Fraud As Protest · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If I was an AdWords user, I would pull all of my bids now and let other advertisers exhausted theirs first.

    Then a "word" will be easier and cheaper to get.