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  1. Re:Abolishment is stupid on Economists Argue Patent System Should Be Abolished · · Score: 1

    Well, people aren't beaten to death, instead they're sued into financial ruin. Marginally better.

  2. Abolishment is stupid on Economists Argue Patent System Should Be Abolished · · Score: 1

    Well I for one welcome back the days of secret crafts passed down in guilds and enforced with thuggery. Forget patent reform; down with patents!

  3. Re:Unrealistic problem on Making Sure Interviews Don't Turn Into Free Consulting · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My guess is this stems from interviews where the hiring side asks questions about a problem they recently solved, then someone who gave a great answer didn't get hired because someone else was a better fit for the job. So the "great answer" person thinks the company was trolling for solutions.

  4. Remember when... on Leaked: Obama's Rules For Assassinating American Citizens · · Score: 1

    The rules for assassinating American citizens were one word? "Don't" I was going to end with a pepperidge farm joke, but this isn't a topic for levity.

  5. Re:Write your Congressman and Senator NOW!! on HR Departments Tell Equifax Your Entire Salary History · · Score: 1

    Writing congresscritters does nothing. I do it about something every once in a while. The result is always a letter back that says, to an extent, "I'm right and you're wrong." My congressman is essentially a representative of corporate and GOP interests.

    Then speak to his (presumed) conservative leanings. Couch your concerns in terminology he understands and cares about. The "I'm right and you're wrong." response means that someone at his office is reading your letters, otherwise you'd be getting the "We have received your letter and agree that this is something to which much thought needs to be directed. Please enjoy the enclosed lolli." letter.

  6. Re:One More Tool to Fight the Rise in Workers' Pay on HR Departments Tell Equifax Your Entire Salary History · · Score: 1

    I think the point of this article is that employers are "paying" for previous salary data by reciprocally sending equifax their current salary data. Even if that's not the case, I'm pretty sure companies would happily pay $100 per interviewed candidate to save them $4000 per year salary on the person they do hire.

  7. Re:Comes with Free SOPA/CISPA Style monitoring too on FCC Proposal Would Cover the US With Public Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is if my destination is a Tor exit node, then I don't need to worry about encryption, but if my destination is my bank, I should still worry about encryption. Thanks for clearing that up.

  8. Re:Comes with Free SOPA/CISPA Style monitoring too on FCC Proposal Would Cover the US With Public Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    From entry node to exit node, but not from exit node to destination.

  9. Re:Cue the on FCC Proposal Would Cover the US With Public Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Yeah, competition is working out oh so well for those who have basic needs. Gosh, look, internet up here is $100 per month!

    You don't have competition, you have government mandated monopolies (unless you're talking about dialup, which is dirt cheap).

  10. Re:Stallman's a Brilliant Engineer on Richard Stallman's Solution To 'Too Big To Fail' · · Score: 1

    He's known to be... extreme.

    So were the founding fathers. Xtreme to the maX! *air guitar solo*

  11. Stick a fork in it on Gnome Goes JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Or make a fork from it. It's done either way.

  12. "Flipping a coin" =/= "roll of the dice" on Australian Economists Predictions No Better Than Flipping a Coin · · Score: 1

    The official quote is "all of this so-called science â" has produced nothing more than what a roll of the dice could produce."
    Dice are generally used when you want something other than 50/50 odds. And even with just two six sided dice, you have many options of how to read them (they could be differently colored). Sure, the whole predictive nature of the "science" arising from recognition of cause and effect is broken if you just toss some dice, but weather forecasts toss dice all the time. (60% chance of precipitation today).

  13. Re:Good for them. on Apple Angers Mac Users With Silent Shutdown of Java 7 · · Score: 0

    Apple doesn't like to think that they have "big customers". Notice the Xserves and decline of professional media editing software. They treat everyone like home users because iTunes is their cash cow now, and businesses don't buy hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of mp3s and iOS apps. If you're trying to get work done with apple software, you're doing it wrong.

  14. Re:iterative innovation on Are There Any Real Inventors Left? · · Score: 1

    Maybe not, but whatever the heck it is, it has changed more lives than OLEDs.

  15. Re:Yes on Will Renewable Energy Ever Meet All Our Energy Needs? · · Score: 1

    can't run a tractor on hydrogen?

    It's not the tractors, it's the fertilizer. I suppose you could use solar or nuclear power to synthesize the fertilizers, but it will be another cost added to what we need.

  16. Re:Is Scientology Really Different? on Book Review: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainism They sweep the floor in front of themselves lest they step on a bug and kill something.
    Ironically, their religious symbols include an outstretched palm and a swastika (co-opted by the Nazis).

  17. Re:Does Gimp suck so much? on Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 · · Score: 1

    Does Gimp suck so much that people are willing to go and beg Adobe for a 17 year old version

    CMYK.

    I see CMYK in my GIMP 2.6.8. Is yours broken? You should ask for a refund.

  18. Your Cloud Provider (Probably) Isn't Spying On You on Your Cloud Provider (Probably) Isn't Spying On You · · Score: 1

    Oh, good. I always knew he was such a nice man

  19. Re:I'm curious to see how many retailers actually on Credit Card Swipe Fees Begin Sunday In USA · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you people shop, but in my local supermarket I start looking for another line if someone pulls out a credit card. The usual scenario: they swipe; they swipe again; they clerk reminds them to push the Credit button; they swipe a third time; the clerk gives them the receipt to sign; the clerk asks to see the card; they hand back the receipt; they fumble with putting their card away; the clerk takes one copy of the receipt and gives them the other. Compare this to my transaction: I hand the clerk and a $20 bill and a penny (because I don't want to get four pennies in my change); she gives me $2.35 in change and the receipt.

    I see this constantly. Then there are the stores where they have slow connections for their cc, or the connection drops altogether. A lot of places that deal with cash a lot have those automatic change machines, so they only have to count the bills.

  20. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 1

    Given that the silicon will be extracted from SiO2 or silicates, the process of creating the nanoparticles in the first place will release oxygen bound to the silicate raw materials, the oxygen balance will even out.

    Didn't think of that. Thanks!

  21. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 1

    Because if we don't take the oxygen back out from the acid, then the hydrogen will be burning atmospheric oxygen, and the oxygen in the acid will just keep getting trapped. If you're looking to sequester oxygen, this is a good plan. If you're looking to feed a currently adopted cycle, burning plant matter (or organic sludge from ancient plant matter) is a better option. So, you have to look at the energy costs both to create the silicon and the energy costs to free the oxygen. If together they don't match the energy it takes to just free both via electrolysis, then you're at a net energy loss.

  22. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 1

    Then we'll be overrun with gorillas!

  23. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 1

    That's why I qualified it with "a little less". This isn't an "almost forever" technology like fusion or solar usable for millions of years. Pumping CO2 into the atmo is nothing compared to reducing available O2. With the exception of anaerobic bacteria and archaea, everyone likes oxygen, even plants (the CO2 variety of oxygen at least).

  24. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 1

    We already have a process for putting that oxygen back into the atmosphere: plant photosynthesis. What is the process for this acid?

  25. Re:The key question becomes on Silicon Nanoparticles Could Lead To On-Demand Hydrogen Generation · · Score: 2

    No need to, the oxygen wasn't in the atmosphere, it was bound to the hydrogen in the water molecules. Water is burned hydrogen, so this oxygen was already "lost".

    Except this method doesn't release the oxygen. The oxygen gets bound into the acid. So when new water is created from the burned hydrogen, it comes from the atmosphere (or some oxidizing agent). With a net "loss" of oxygen to the acid.