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  1. Re:this is why we have crap for politicians on Larry Lessig Ends Presidential Campaign, Citing Unfair Debate Rules (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Any citizen can suggest laws. It takes a congressman to introduce a bill.

  2. This will end well. on App To Hold Police Instantly Accountable In Stop and Search (thestack.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Because the first thing you want to do when a cop starts illegally frisking you is quickly shove a hand in one of your pockets to get your phone...

  3. Re:Well, at least someone is willing to say it! on Busybox Deletes Systemd Support · · Score: 1

    No. Programmers proficient in bash can understand. Don't use "One" to describe every IT person out there.

    If one is an "IT person" working with Linux and one doesn't know bash/sh/csh/tcsh/ksh/zsh/any-scripting-or-programming-language/how-to-use-man/how-to-use-google then one isn't fit for one's job.

  4. Re:For what? on Batman Demands 12GB RAM For Windows 10 (steamcommunity.com) · · Score: 1

    They're probably loading everything into RAM all at once so there's no "loading, please wait" screen if you move through areas too quickly. HDD access can be a pain when you're throwing high resolution textures on every little mesh.

  5. [Technology Reqest #37,395] Need 12GB RAM on Batman Demands 12GB RAM For Windows 10 (steamcommunity.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I demand 12GB of RAM now that I have upgraded the Bat-Computer to Windows 10.

    -Batman

  6. Re:Only infects Windows MySQL servers? on MySQL Servers Hijacked With Malware To Perform DDoS Attacks (symantec.com) · · Score: 1

    WAMP is usually installed on desktop/laptop computers instead of servers. Often as a developer's testbed. Unfortunately, also in less restrictive networks.

  7. Re:Only infects Windows MySQL servers? on MySQL Servers Hijacked With Malware To Perform DDoS Attacks (symantec.com) · · Score: 2

    And most of the Linux ones have their firewalls blocking 3306. The trouble with WAMP configs is the installers often open 3306 by default on the Windows machines' firewalls, and they also don't auto-update for security patches. A double-whammy.

  8. spent much of 2014 attempting to acquire on Alabama Man Sold a Priceless Apollo-Era Lunar Rover Protoype For Scrap Metal (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    NASA spent much of 2014 attempting to acquire the priceless artifact for display in a museum

    Sounds like they didn't try too hard if they couldn't compete with a scrap yard.

  9. Relevant for humans? on Paternal Stress Is Passed To Offspring (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless humans women are breeding with male mice, I don't see this as being immediately relevant. Something to test for, to be sure, but there are some minor differences between the species.

  10. 99% just means a new biome will flourish. on 3D-Printed Teeth Can Kill 99% of Dental Bacteria (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    That 1% will grow unchecked. And how much of the 99% is good for us?

  11. And what kind of company are you expecting to hire you when you tell them you may have to leave in the middle of the day with no prior notice to go work for some other company?

    The kind that says "Holy $@&! that's a great idea. And he's apparently good enough that they think they might need him again. Let's talk with our lawyers about this severence package idea, and let the new hire know any time missed working for the former company is unpaid leave."

  12. Re:All they need to do... on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    The problem there is people have a nose for the independently wealthy. Someone's always eating out? Never without cash? Doesn't complain about their job? Always has free time? Independently wealthy. And even if people don't think they're rich, they'll still get hit up with requests for money or to enter into a business, etc. They'd have to get a job, or at least pretend they have one. But the enjoyable jobs (musician, artist) don't pay well even if you're okay at it, so eventually someone will figure out you're wealthy, then it's back to the drawing board (or away from if you were posing as an artist).

  13. Re:Highest Profit on Ask Slashdot: What Non-lethal Technology Has the Best Chance of Replacing the Gun? · · Score: 1

    A wooden stick

    Lethal. Way more lethal than people think nowadays because of Hollywood.
    "You honor, we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the second degree."
    "But I only hit him on the head to knock him out!"

  14. Like the doctors say on Study Finds Higher Rates of Premature Birth Near Fracking Sites (jhsph.edu) · · Score: 1

    Want to induce labor? Spicy foods or frakking.

  15. Except when you transfer the graph over to real life (half of all people etc), you have to recognize that the area under the curve is separated into exactly the same number of sections as there are people. There are no infinitesimally small or thin points or lines in the real measurements.

  16. Sigh. Even with a bell curve, it's still half!

    Not unless the bell curve dips suddenly to zero at IQ 100 (meaning no one has IQ 100). Also note that I defined average intelligence as a range (common parlance), not the exact spot of IQ 100. Less than half are below average and less than half are above average because a lot are average (close to 100). And if you do choose to say "no, only IQ 100 is average!" then still less than half are below and less than half are above because some are IQ 100.
    I'll feed one apparent troll today.

  17. Re: ...uhh on How To Make Messages Easy For an Alien Race To Understand (hackaday.com) · · Score: 2

    Will they assume we worshiped little sphere gods?

    His name is A Sphere and he has the same spacial dimensions as us.

  18. Half of all people are below average intelligence.

    No. It's a bell curve distribution, not a line with a point at 100. Half of all people being below average would mean that no one was average. The vast majority of people are average because "average" is a small range in the middle of the bell curve. The area under the section under the curve relative to the total area under the whole curve indicates the percentage of the population. Even if you assume IQ 100 and only IQ 100 as average there are still a lot of people in that slot. Also, a very large percentage of the smaller number of people who are below average are not going to see this movie or even think about the trailer to eventually make the fallacious "based on a true story" claim (or do any of the other stupid things that often prompt this meme). Many still aren't allowed in "polite society" or are confined to home or nursing home.
    So remember, when you hear about study results that say 40% of "adults on the street" can't point to Africa on a map, they're talking about a smidgeon of below average people, some of the average people, and even some of the above average people. Be happy that they know what Africa is, a map is, and that either can be on the other, but only in different ways. That they point to the wrong part of the map (or believe a movie to be "based on a true story") shows they know something.

  19. Morally right? Ethically right? Legally right? on Google As Alphabet Subsidiary Drops "Don't Be Evil" · · Score: 1

    Conveniently right? "Right" is more nebulous than "not evil".

  20. You just charged $5 for the perfect glass of lemonade. Your total profits for the week are down. Would you like to alter your lemonade recipe and pricing scheme?

  21. Re:just put everything in VM's on Ask Slashdot: Advanced KVM Switch? · · Score: 3, Funny

    just put everything in VM's

    You could use Linux KVM for that! Not to confuse the issue...

  22. "Are you carrying Ebola?" on An AI Hunts the Wild Animals Carrying Ebola · · Score: 1

    Anyone else imagine Arnold calling up wild animals from a pay phone?

  23. Re:No. No verbing for you. on IT Departments Try To Avoid Getting "Ubered" · · Score: 1

    Context can help, but even if the sentences are the same, capitalization will show the difference. Article, book, and other media titles and also comic book interior text over-use capitalization, so context will matter there.
    I binged on your pizza. (That's okay)
    I Binged on your pizza. (Why would you ever?)
    Florida Man Binges On A Pizza (News titles almost always use present tense)
    Florida Man Admits He Binged On A Pizza (confusing, but the rule of man-bites-dog lets us know what the news is)

  24. Re:Low Hanging Fruit on Ask Slashdot: Herding Cats, Aging Systems? · · Score: 1

    If they can't afford upgrades to newer operating systems (even with LAMP?) then they're not going to afford new solutions that require the newer operating systems as a foundation.

  25. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    Stupid phone. I typed your and got you're.