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  1. Re:Sometimes I wonder about half-assing it... on Latin America Exhausts IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 1

    four octets to IPv4 as an "area code"

    Kinda how IPv6 works; except there's only one two-octet area code (2002::, or 32.2. in dotted decimal) for the old IPv4 addresses, and all the other addresses work differently.

    (Of course, if the recipient only understands IPv4, and the sender only has an IPv6 address, then the packets can only be sent one direction. I'm not sure if or how an IPv6 host and an IPv4 host can establish a TCP handshake, starting from either end.)

  2. Re:That's what happens when you cry wolf on Latin America Exhausts IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The problem is with people not understanding probability or what a prognosis is. It's like a pack-a-day smoker whose doctor says "you're probably going to get cancer within ten years if you keep this up". Five years pass, ten years, fifteen years... nothing; clearly the doctor is an idiot and I am an immortal cancer-immune demigod. Twenty years... boom, cancer.

    "Realistic prognosis"? You can't accurately predict unexpected changes. So you err on the side of urgency, because if what you predict happens sooner than expected, that's much, much worse than if you respond sooner than you actually need to.

    Instead, people first ignore the warning, then see that the bad thing didn't happen on schedule, then deciding that this invalidates the entire warning.

    (See also: Climate change.)

  3. Oh no! on GoDaddy Files For $100 Million IPO · · Score: 2

    Surely once they are publicly traded, their days of being ethical and not evil will be at an end.

  4. Re:I'm ignorant on Evidence of Protoplanet Found On Moon · · Score: 1

    Well, parameters are something else, eg. coefficients in a function or the color of jelly beans.

    The more arbitrary parameters a theory includes, the easier it becomes to make it fit the data regardless of whether it makes any sense.

  5. Re:Cursed anusholes on Imparting Malware Resistance With a Randomizing Compiler · · Score: 1

    Instructions unclear, anus stuck in ceiling fan.

  6. Re:646 lines of Perl? on No, HealthCare.gov Doesn't Require 500 Million Lines of Code · · Score: 1

    You can do anything in one line of Perl.

    It might be a very long line, though.

  7. "mathematically proven" on DARPA Unveils Hack-Resistant Drone · · Score: 0

    What.

    The only thing you can mathematically prove to be secure is the encryption, and strong crypto is the very least of what even a very cheap commercial drone should have.

  8. Mutants! on Dump World's Nuclear Waste In Australia, Says Ex-PM Hawke · · Score: 1

    Good gods, Australia would be overrun with deadly monsters. ...

    oh wait

  9. DoNoEvil Bit on 5 Years Later, 'Do Not Track' System Ineffective · · Score: 1

    Isn't this like that April Fools RFC?

  10. They don't "oppose" the technology on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    They just threaten the life and livelihood of anyone selling it:

    http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...

    Not that this level of honesty is characteristic or anything.

  11. It's not a death-trap on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    It's a survival-challenging vehicle!

  12. such step on DogeCoin To the Moon Via a Google Lunar X PRIZE Team · · Score: 1

    much leap

    very dogekind

  13. many of them won't play won't play. on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    Apparently this post was transferred on a CD before being published.

  14. Re:Duck and cover on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 2

    Just tell everyone to do it, and those that happen to be far enough to not be incinerated or irradiated might survive.

    (And to those that aren't, it won't matter either way.)

  15. Re:Duck and cover on Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches · · Score: 2

    No. :-)

  16. Self-demonstrating on "Smart" Gun Seller Gets the Wrong Kind of Online Attention · · Score: 1

    "I have no qualms with the idea of personally and professionally leveling the life of someone who has attempted to profit from disarming me and my fellow Americans," one commenter wrote."

    In any discussion about gun control, the kind of people who oppose it inevitably show themselves to be the prime example for why it is needed. Bunch of Adam Lanzas and Anders Breiviks waiting to happen.

  17. Also, everyone has 2.4 legs and owns a hyena. on 7.1 Billion People, 7.1 Billion Mobile Phone Accounts Activated · · Score: 1

    Averages are funny like that.

  18. errr... what about the $200? on $200 For a Bound Textbook That You Can't Keep? · · Score: 1

    Is that like a renting fee?

  19. Re:His concern is touching on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 0

    It's a bit of a mixed message when conservatives compare things they don't like (abortion, birth control, universal healthcare, gun control, etc. - all happened) to slavery, while at the same time fawning over Cliven Bundy.

  20. And for the next trick on Skepticism Grows Over Claims That MH370 Lies In the Bay of Bengal · · Score: 1

    Watch as CNN devotes a week of reporting to a company that specializes in clairvoyance and Remote Viewing to tell us where the plane went. Following that, an interview with the leader of the Raëlians to tell us exactly which aliens abducted them, as well as a special segment on lizard people.

  21. His concern is touching on Rand Paul Starts New Drone War In Congress · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's so nice to see a Republican actually care about someone who does not reside in a uterus, provided they have a valid US passport.

  22. "Didn't he have lawyers advising him?" on Steve Jobs Defied Convention, and Perhaps the Law · · Score: 1

    .... haha that's adorable.

    If he didn't have lawyers advising him, do you think he'd have gotten away with this?

  23. If it's not too much to ask on Star Cluster Ejected From Galaxy At 2,000,000 MPH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Could we please use real scientific units when talking about science?

    How much is this in libraries of congress per fortnight?

  24. Re:But is it even usable? on Sony Tape Storage Breakthrough Could Bring Us 185 TB Cartridges · · Score: 2

    Yeah, if you really need to back up 180 TB per week, then you should probably save time by writing multiple tapes in parallel. They wouldn't need to be smaller, though - you could still save a lot of storage room by reusing the large tapes.

  25. There's just one vulnerability in IE: on Microsoft Issues Advisory For Internet Explorer Vulnerability · · Score: 0

    "IE".