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  1. Re:right under our noses on Will Graphene Revolutionize the 21st Century? · · Score: 0

    don't you mean pencil graphite?

  2. Re:Experienced only? on Why the New Guy Can't Code · · Score: 0

    anyone can take what they learned and express that they know what they learned. it takes someone with talent to take what they learned, along with something else they learned, and teach themselves something entirely new. i had someone in a computer class who might have remembered everything taught and had properly formatted code but if you asked them to write the same code in 3 lines they'd have no clue what the hell to do. one time in math i didn't even remember learning the formula i was supposed to use to solve a problem let alone what the formula even was, so i coded it in bash instead. ask someone with a strictly studious mind rather than a creative one to do that and they'd likely not know where to begin.

  3. no conflict? on White House Explains Transport-Energy Future · · Score: 0

    if there's a conflict perhaps you should have explained? domestic production helps to WEEN us off of foreign production which we heavily rely on. so the people who still NEED gas like those who can't afford a new electric car won't be charged an arm and a leg, plus the incentive is there to make it CHEAPER to provide people with electric cars. sounds like a plan to me.

  4. Re:Very close to the "drug store PC" on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 0

    for all intents and purposes 'all intensive purposes' is not the phrase you are meaning it to be.

  5. Re:Where ? on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 0

    it came from the knowledge that it had a counterpart which would negate itself in some other part of it's reality.

  6. Re:I'm tired of Matt Welsh on NASA Gravity Probe Confirms Two Einstein Predictions · · Score: -1

    i tried to click the like button... but i agree i hate having to rescroll or hope i remember a key enough phrase to search for

  7. Theory del Gato on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 0

    Dear everyone. between the big crunch and the big bang there is what i believe to be nothing, mathematical 0, what happens past this point is simple mathematics, the creation of numbers out of nothing. 0 can be expressed as 1 + (-1) there goes your matter and negative matter (i call it negative matter because in the time between the crunch n bang i believe there to be no need for energy even as the creation of our universe is simply conceptual math. 0 could be expressed as (2+2) + (-4). you can play around with a bit, lets say within universe a we have a positive 2 and a negative 2, well negative 2 can be simply expressed as 0-2 which means we have nothing (0) from which we can seperate out even more universes. perhaps there is not a simple linear bang and crunch but a multidimensional fireworks show of crunches and bangs sometimes overlapping, sometimes completely seperate from each other.

  8. Re:Facebook to switch to SlashCode? on Crowdsourcing the Censors: A Contest · · Score: 0

    i got negative karma somehow that's why i thought it stopped giving it to me

  9. ohz noz evil feds on Feds Approve Google's Purchase of ITA Software · · Score: 0

    i do not believe those guidelines were stringent whatsoever

  10. millionaire on Ask Slashdot: Data-Only Android For Development? · · Score: 0

    dude i sling burgers around a restaurant for a living, supporting my wife and child... and i can afford a high end android phone for myself and wife... if you are developing for this platform just man up and shell out... it doesn't take a millionaire to buy one.

  11. Re:No GPS data please. on Postal Sensor Fleet Idea Gets Tentative Nod From the USPS · · Score: 0

    until someone does a man in the middle attack steals your package

  12. Re:A very sad day on UN Intervention Begins In Libya · · Score: 0

    Perhaps because this time it is UN backed? I don't know enough about the UN to know if their motives are atleast mostly pure. Atleast it is more of a consensus of the people of the world than a single country attaking another.

  13. i've got old bash scripts with better odds no ai on Can You Beat a Computer At Rock-Paper-Scissors? · · Score: 0

    lol 9 consecutive wins against it 21:11:9 i think it was easier for me to subconsciously learn what the computer thought it was learning about me and plan ahead than it is for the computer to learn from me as it's always a few moves behind.

  14. one solution on Ask Slashdot: Facebook Archiving? · · Score: 0

    Attach CP and post on /b

  15. comment subject goes here on If App Store's Trademark Is Generic, So Is Windows' · · Score: 0

    i'm in my after work haze right now so the article posted makes jack for shit to me however windows is a brand name i believe they have more right to keep others from using it when related to computers than the term app store, app store is short for application store. that's like having a trademark for hardware store. it is a description not a unique name. windows isn't a description however it is the name they are using for their company. hasn't apple had similar problems with the beatles record label? also i feel that this article is overly descriptive in an attempt to make it sound relevant while in reality it is two children bickering at the corporate scale.

  16. comment subject goes here on Ask Slashdot: Is the Recycle Bin a Good GUI Metaphor? · · Score: 0

    because it's never the baby or child or cat or whatever a sudden jerking movement or possibly a seizure that could cause the accidental deletion of something you really want to keep... too bad there's not a recycle bin that traps all deletes until you can further authorize the deletion while keeping the files out of sight with the ability to fully remove them all at once... oh wait!

  17. Re:The "game"? on Trying To Lure Suckers, Company Resells Open Source Blender · · Score: 0

    perhaps you just lost.

  18. Re:I want two phones on Why Dumbphones Still Dominate, For Now · · Score: 0

    agreed i would love to have a craptastic phone for sms and phone calls ONLY that is worth jack shit that i can carry all the time and a smart phone that can be stored safely used only when i have use for it. i've been lucky my exclaim has taken every beating i've given it it's just as crappy as it was when i got it however i plan on purchasing a new android phone soon and would hate for something to happen to it warranty or not.

  19. Re:"I'd rather not." on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 0

    unfortunately that would be one downside, it's should only be products containing pseudoephedrine or possibly dextromethorphan, unless you are at a 'drug store' or some smaller convenience store . i would imagine that were you to go to an actual pharmacy, or the pharmacy department of a drug store they would allow a valid passport as means to purchase the sinus medication.

  20. Re:Have to punch it in at the gas stations now on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 0

    is there such a thing as an unattended gas station? i always wondered as i don't believe i've ever been to one. however it seems as though there would be laws preventing such a thing due to the dangerous nature of people and explosive/flammable gasses. i know some stations will close the inside but still have an attendant for cash purposes.

  21. Re:Worse is on Court Says California Stores Can't Ask Customers For ZIP Codes · · Score: 0

    when i lived on ohio state's campus my zip code was 43210

  22. Re:swerves? on Gov App Detects Potholes As Your Drive Over Them · · Score: 0

    or instead of taking 1 or 2 minutes out of their time while screwing with traffic patterns to get over should it happen to be busy some developer out there could develop an app for your phone... where you can sit it oh idk on your dashboard or cupholder as the SUMMARY states... and if enough people running the app have a bump at the same spot then it could be bumped up to priority or if the accelerometer registers a larger than normal bump it could be indicative of a more serious problem. don't knock someones innovative way of solving a city wide problem just because you think you've got a better idea.

  23. i did my own personal study on 61.9% of Undergraduates Cybercheat · · Score: 0

    and came up with these results * In a US study, 50% of students admitted to cybercheating at some point while they were in college. * In another 30-40% of students admitted to copying text from the internet into their own work without citing the source. 10-20% did so for large sections of their assignments (i.e. more than a sentence here and there). * About 25% of graduate students engage in these same behaviors. * Typical profile of the most likely cybercheater: young male underclassmen experienced with the Internet

  24. cat has got my tongue on Statistician Cracks Code For Lottery Tickets · · Score: 0

    so the lotteries predetermined 'random number generator' for the actual scratched off space, and a closer to random number generator for the numbers on the outside? sounds like a simple fix yes?

  25. Re:wont last on Loophole Means Unlimited Data For AT&T iPhone · · Score: 0

    lemme guess, do you work for the cox?