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  1. DOA on Congress Proposes Strategy For Fighting Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    This is dead on arrival because Schumer proposed it, and Schumer isn't exactly liked by Republicans in the House. I would be surprised if this thing makes it to law.
    And even if it does, it's so full of loopholes.

  2. Turn off http. on Keeping Your Data Private From the NSA (And Everyone Else) · · Score: 2

    We need a campaign to turn off http. Only https should be allowed, websites should be discouraged from allowing http access. Browser makers should help too, but having popups whenever someone goes to an http site.

  3. Re: Violence on Google Glass Banned At Google Shareholder Meeting · · Score: 1

    A discretely held phone is more useful for them than google glass since they would be noticeably staring with a phone you don't need to stare their direction while either holding it casually or a pretending to play a game or talk on the phone perpendicular to the action.

  4. Video on Google Patents Frowns and Winks To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 1

    This can still be fooled with video by using computer generated 3D models of the target face. It could use a video of the person to validate the computer model.

  5. I blame Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and (probably) IE on The Hunt For LulzSec's Missing Sixth Member · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why can't browsers tell me which tab or window (let alone frame etc) is playing sound and also offer a way to disable it? It's cause their customers are doing it. Oh well, I woulda expected better from Firefox.

  6. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    Find the video River of Myths by Hans Rosling in youtube. Overall global poverty has been reducing dramatically over the last few decades.

  7. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    Did you read the rest of my comment for the explanation? You can own shares in robots just like your current value comes from investing in education. The cost of education will be low in the future so you and the government can spend money on your gaining investments in companies. You can invest badly and suffer, just like you can not pay attention in class or get a bad education. But overall most should do OK. Poverty has been trending downwards globally. Look up the video River of Myths in youtube.

  8. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    0.1% ? That's not true. Lots of companies will exist and compete with each other. And lots of people will own shares in them. We already have a country where a majority of people own shares whether they realize it or not (401k plan, actually even social security). Some already even live off dividends (certain pension plans).

  9. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    "And how will all those unemployed people pay for the robotically manufactured goods? " I answered that question if you bothered to read beyond the first line.

  10. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 2

    Well no, I don't expect people to endorse socialism. Socialism is when government owns the factories and controls the industry. Instead, I am are talking about taxation and welfare. Not socialism. It's better than fascism (forcing people to hire humans instead of purchase robots) suggested by the people who are anti robots.

  11. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    I am sure there will be companies offering testing/certification services and also companies offering facilities for practical work. It'll be sort of like homeschooling.

  12. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    Unemployment checks. Savings. Welfare (like how Alaska pays people from their oil revenue). Lots of ways to pay for it. The replacement will be gradual over a decade or two minimum.

  13. Re:No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    Also, instead of paying $200,000 for a college education, you can get the education 100% free online (udacity, khan academy etc) and instead buy shares in a robot-using company. People will be able to pursue things they are interested in, they will just have a much greater safety net and more freedom to try out ideas.

    Of course this is the utopian vision, but at least you must concede that the reality will not be a dystopia either.

  14. No problem on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The economy functions fine with workers and companies right? Why wouldn't it function with robotic workers and companies?

    1. People can own shares in companies that own robots. Those shares will pay dividends (or increase in value etc).

    2. The government can tax the profits of the robot run factories. These profits can provide a dividend check to citizens who would hopefully invest wisely in the robot companies.

    Rather than work, people's time will be spent trying to figure out which robot companies perform well. You can use a computer program to do it .. which will let you decide if you want to be a risky investor etc. If you want to design robots for extra income, you can do that too.

    I didn't say products should be free. People will have to pay for the manufactured goods. Think of it this way -- it's the same as working. Instead of you physically going to work and getting a paycheck. Your robot does it for you.
    People who make bad investment choices will be worse off than those who make wiser choices. Hopefully nobody will starve, because government will have enough tax revenue for a welfare scheme that provides the bare essentials.

  15. Re:No one wants a one trick pony on Pirate Bay Co-founder Peter Sunde Running For European Parliament · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Obviously you're willfully ignorant of the pirate party, as well as about the other issues you mentioned. Take a few minutes to research topics before spewing nonsensical stuff.

  16. Build more towers on Congress Wants Federal Government To Sell 1755-1780 MHz Spectrum Band · · Score: 1

    Mobile operators dont need more bandwidth. They can build more towers and the problem is solved cell phones automatically reduce power output and prevent themselves from interfering with each other.

  17. Re:Wait..what?! on Liquid Hydrogen Powers a UAV For a Cool 48 Hours · · Score: 1

    Why don't they have RTG's? When one crashes in your backyard you'll be glad.

  18. I own one on Real World Stats Show Chromebooks Are Struggling · · Score: 1

    I have the Samsung chromebook, it's awesome. I also possess about 6 other laptops including the latest 13 inch Retina Mac. Guess what I like taking about with me? The Chromebook. For web browsing it's responsive, fast. I can even watch netflix on it. Having an SSD instead of an HDD helps a lot.

    I bought it at Best Buy, the guy tried everything under the sun to dissuade me from buying it. He told me all the negatives didn't list a single positive. Are those guys under commission or what? It seemed like he rathered me walk out without purchasing anything.

  19. Re:.. and why .. on Campaign Raises Funds To Send Wikipedia Readers To Kids Without Internet · · Score: 2

    Not all kids in the world need vaccines (do yours?) some have vaccines & red cross already and don't want a lifetime of dependency. You realize that there is a range of wealth in the world, right? Some people are poor, but not starving.

  20. Re:Bose never got a Nobel on Physicists Attempting To Test 'Time Crystals' · · Score: 1

    It doesn't, but I wish he hadn't made the timecube rant run off into anti-semitism .. that part sorta ruins it.

  21. Re:Bose never got a Nobel on Physicists Attempting To Test 'Time Crystals' · · Score: 1

    LOL .. that timecube .. time crystals .. hmm that dude could have been onto something.

  22. Re:Google glasses on Google Glass Is the Future — and the Future Has Awful Battery Life · · Score: 1

    So you rather be recorded discretely by a phone in a pocket or held in hands casually? At least with Google Glass you are able to tell you might be recorded as someone is staring at you or wearing one of those.

  23. Newton? on Physicists Attempting To Test 'Time Crystals' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the article: "How can something move, and keep moving forever, without expending energy? It seemed an absurd idea — a major break from the accepted laws of physics. "

    Isn't that what Newton's first law of motion says? Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it. Clearly the article isn't explaining this properly.

  24. Bose never got a Nobel on Physicists Attempting To Test 'Time Crystals' · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How the heck is it that Satyendar Nath Bose didn't get a Nobel prize?

    I guess back then they didn't know how awesome his ideas were?

  25. Re:Points at Lauren Weinstein on The Coming War Against Personal Photography and Video · · Score: 1

    Well without the cameras what hope would be had? You shouldn't expect privacy in public. If everyone has wearable cameras the criminals and police knows they are subject to multiple witnesses. Recording needs to be done before a crime takes place so that the perps are caught in the act and can be traced. What good are aftermath videos?