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  1. Re:what could possibly go wrong on Plastic-Eating Bacteria Could Help Clean Up Waste (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you want the Andromeda Strain? Because that's how you get the Andromeda Strain.

  2. Re:HEY WHIPLASH . . . on MIT's New 5-Atom Quantum Computer Could Make Today's Encryption Obsolete (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I would like to suggest that the moderation process be revised, so that usernames are kept hidden until the moderator is finished. This should certainly help prevent the bias against ACs. The validity of a comment should have nothing to do with the poster's history.

    Admirable, but a malicious moderator can just as easily log in anon with another browser to match up comments with users.

  3. Re:from the not-so-bright department on Scuba Diver Survives Being Sucked Into Nuclear Plant (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    And better off with no grate than letting it get clogged with divers.

  4. And why would you want to rack-mount this system? It's a workstation, not a server.

    Because Apple's other suggestion for "OS X Server" hardware (after they nuked the Xserve line) is a Mac Mini. They have no serious server hardware.

  5. Demanding answers is foolish on Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I've found that when you demand review answers, you get flippant responses. Let the reviewers or beta testers respond when they want. If you need more feedback, provide a carrot. But if you try to push people, they will push back.

  6. Re:my submission was plagiarised. on The Heat Is On: Climate Change Causes Birds To Hatch Early (australiangeographic.com.au) · · Score: 1

    The editors are actually editing stuff? How'd that happenn?

  7. Re:False headline... on iPhones Bricked By Setting Date To Jan 1, 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    After using petalobe screwdrivers to gently remove the casing. It's not quite as easy as with other phones (and yes, I know, as I too am an iPhone junky).

  8. Re:Less than zero is a valid timestamp on iPhones Bricked By Setting Date To Jan 1, 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If I want to play iNethack, changing the time so that I only play on full moons, I'll need to be able to set the time back multiple years. Or are you some sort of Rogue-like purist who doesn't take advantage of being able to modify the system?

  9. Re:False headline... on iPhones Bricked By Setting Date To Jan 1, 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    You could just remove the battery. Oh. Well, at least it's not soldered on to the motherboard.

  10. Building blocks of the universe.

  11. Re:It is still a net energy loser on Carbon Dioxide From the Air Converted Into Methanol (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    The point is to make methanol itself for industrial use or to use it in a chain to make more energy dense fuels. Some energy use-cases require being unplugged from the grid.

  12. Re:That's why you should have a package manager on Java Installer Flaw Shows Why You Should Clear Your Downloads Folder (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    Or compiling your own from source.

  13. Re:like an electric toothbrush? on Google Working On Wireless Charging For Self-Driving Cars (inhabitat.com) · · Score: 1

    Might be the difference between getting through en entire day and having to swap out the batteries for a bus or taxi.

    But with an automated bus/taxi fleet (or even a manned one), the vehicle that's running low on juice can be swapped out for a freshly charged one, sending the low-charge vehicle back to the charging station (and to be inspected). This fills two needs: energy efficiency and regular maintenance. You could also have forklift-loadable batteries always charging to be swapped out as needed during high volume days to get vehicles back out sooner without the maintenance checks.

  14. Re:AIr bags are the problem on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 2

    Put a sharp and pointy object in the center of the steering wheel instead.

    In terms of safety, that sounds like a Wash.

  15. I, for one, on DNA Makes Lifeless Materials Shapeshift (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new technorganic Phalanx overlords and look forward to joining the glorious union of the Babel Spire.

  16. Re:Overkill on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 1

    If my matchbox car sets from my youth are any indication, loops in the road would require a significant increase in vehicle speed to work. And they'd have to be really big.

  17. Re:legalism is a crap philosophy. on Homemade Speed Trap Made By Former UVA CS Professor (cvilletomorrow.org) · · Score: 2

    What happens in Europe is that they start making the streets in such a way that they are automatically so that you drive a lower speed. Especially in neighbourhoods where people live.

    I live there. What happens in practice, is that the people that were already obeying the speed limit are slowed down. And the people that were speeding before, see it as an obstacle course challenge, going as fast or faster as before, but now also swerving dangerously... Also, when you put a big obstacle on the road, people tend to focus on that, instead of watching out for pedestrians.

    Where I live, there's a sudden road divider and recombiner intended to slow drivers down from a 40mph zone to a 25mph zone. But every part of the street is well lit with overhead lamps except this road obstacle. There are always dark tire marks on the curbs there.

  18. Re:Captain Obvious to the rescue!!! on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    It used to be done on purpose on sacrificial systems to show how processes stay resident in memory. Now they have to be really sacrificial.

  19. Re:Captain Obvious to the rescue!!! on Running "rm -rf /" Is Now Bricking Linux Systems (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    I always tell new admins to type the path being deleted first, then type /bin/rm -r at the beginning of the line. Those pesky / and \ are too close to the enter key. Especially a problem for Windows.

  20. Re:Take back Slashdot on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    Do you just ignore the comment rating slider at the upper-right of the conversation area

    I use the classic view because that "comment rating slider" will show score 0 posts, but not score -1. You can't properly moderate without seeing all the posts.

  21. Re:Take back Slashdot on Slashdot and SourceForge Sold, Now Under New Management (bizx.info) · · Score: 1

    Sourceforge switched overnight from my go-to for open source software to my "how badly do I really want this" last resort.

  22. Re:How is that legal without a warrant? on EFF: License Plate Scanner Deal Turns Texas Cops Into Debt Collectors (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Using lights and siren for a non-traffic violation or without a warrant to enforce (or other probable cause like awareness of danger, etc) is dangerous itself, especially to the officer making the stop (getting out of the vehicle in traffic). If these people with debts have a valid plate but are otherwise "deadbeats" that the collection agency can't track to a physical address, they must be going to the DMV to get their plates renewed. Serve the debt notice then.

  23. Re:no spoilers, haven't seen it yet (really.). on Disney IT Workers Allege Conspiracy In Layoffs, File Lawsuits (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    It was a solid "meh". Easily forgettable as not great and not terrible. In fact, I'll probably forget about it until the next advertising blitz.

  24. Re:Crescent won't learn on What's In a Tool? a Case For Made In the USA (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    As a tool user, I'll admit to buying from Harbor Freight for the things that are intended to be used up. You can't beat their deals on "rotating tool (compare with Dremel!)" heads which are designed to get used up anyway. But their tools that are supposed to last? The hammers loosen after the first few hits. Your options then are to take them in for the lifetime warranty replacement, or hammer another shim in the top. Their other "lasting" tools aren't that great either. Although they do have the biggest adjustable wrench I've ever seen (at over four feet long), I'm sure if you need something like that regularly, there are better ones online that cost more but are worth it not to break while you're turning whatever giant bolts you're turning.

  25. I would like to see ants do that and might try to offer them tips on improvement in weapon design and other areas. But if they shot sand in my eyes, I might accidentally step on them while stumbling blindly.