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  1. gray image on Finally, Hi-Def Streaming Video of the ISS's View of Earth · · Score: 0

    ISS over China at the moment or perhaps crossing the UK.

  2. Re:Spoiler at the end. Answer is "No" on Is There a Limit To a Laser's Energy? · · Score: 1

    So it wouldn't be possible to construct a reflective surface that's not solid in the traditional sense but a reactive field of energy, which would guide the process at the point of interaction - to bypass the limit?

  3. AOL ahead of its time on AOL Finally Admits They Were Hacked · · Score: 1

    News travel 20 years late. Spam at eleven.

  4. Re:Old phone cords? on New Shape Born From Rubber Bands · · Score: 2

    Now re-create that technological relic with two joined flat and straight surfaces by simulating a natural growth pattern, and maybe apply what you found to study plant root formation for example. The summary is a bit over the top, but the science is sound in the experiment anyway. This deepens understanding how nature has worked out the mechanics of the helical forms.

  5. Re:All that and water resistant, too on The $5,600 Tablet · · Score: 1

    It's not unlike the professional field recorders. Who would need a field recorder that costs thousands of dollars? Quite a many. Durability, longevity, solid service promise and practical usability costs, and the production numbers are not high It's not about the price but having the right tool; the users of such tools also readily know what to do with them and are a demanding bunch of people.

  6. Re:This approach has gone nowhere for years on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Create a Culture of Secure Behavior? · · Score: 2

    Exactly. What helps is a step by step process which doesn't allow any missteps, and which guides on the way. Encryption is perceived as sorcery; something summoned by the high priests. Even a shortcut key combination and a password is too much. Strong passwords are hideous monsters from the netherworld anyway. The concepts are too complicated. They need to be hidden away or in some way built in. Maybe a key analogy would work, something like the final key or similar setup.

    Anyway, the process should function as a learning platform for all. In the corporate world the security culture is often found only in the proper IT department, and everybody else are more than happy to throw out their responsibility of the matter, because the days are too busy nevertheless. What is needed is a common vision about what is IT security and why is it so important. If the users know why does it matter the process becomes natural.

  7. Re:Not at that price on Reinventing the Axe · · Score: 1

    The price of this one won't come down easily. It's almost thoroughly hand made from a man of the woods to another and comes with 10 year guarantee. Sure mass production would bring the price down but it would still be expensive. It's a high quality designer tool nevertheless. Quick searching shows that splitting mauls can go over $100 too. From the description / faq it's evident that a whole lot of thinking how to improve the axe experience has been put to practice.

  8. Re:informal poll on Linus Torvalds Suspends Key Linux Developer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I currently run software on Linux, Windows and OS X simultaneously on a single machine. It's true: the issue is not about the best OS but choosing the best tools regardless. The whole question of which OS is the best is so 90s. There really are no borders these days.

  9. Another blow for Redmond on Classified X-37B Space Plane Breaks Space Longevity Record · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It did it without windows.

  10. Re: Fuck Hypermilers on Prototype Volvo Flywheel Tech Uses Car's Wasted Brake Energy · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't you just leave a few moments earlier to catch the green wave then?

  11. Whoa on Scientists Develop Solar Cell That Can Also Emit Light · · Score: 1

    A window with tunable coloring.

  12. Divorce or separation on Ask Slashdot: Fastest, Cheapest Path To a Bachelor's Degree? · · Score: 0

    by airplane.

  13. Re:Good for NSA on NSA Hacked Huawei, Stole Source Code · · Score: 3

    So NSA does its job by stealing documents from China. Chinese do their job by stealing documents from the US. Snowden as a whistleblower does his job by exposing the documents. Its win-win-win for all.

  14. Re:We need a US base in the Ukraine on Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Moral obligation only means acting if it serves the interest of the protector. Otherwise we would live in a world of peace already.

  15. More Airtime on Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos' · · Score: 1

    Seems that the Designer blundered with the respiratory system and lungs then.

  16. It's their job. That's actually the defense many use when they are blamed of taking part in atrocities. It was my duty, it was my job. One way to externalize oneself from what's happening, and from the moral and ethical dilemmas. The fact that ones duty is to maintain an undemocratic bureaucratic structure should be proof enough that the system is rotten from inside. The human interaction can be structured in multitude of ways.

  17. Re:Not that much more dystopian... on New Facial Recognition Software May Detect Looming Road Rage · · Score: 1

    So naturally being a location aware and personalized the system parks the car by the beach or slows the car down.

  18. Re:Not that much more dystopian... on New Facial Recognition Software May Detect Looming Road Rage · · Score: 1

    Probably they settle for the eye tracking. Sensing distraction and sleepiness would prevent a lot of accidents. The car would alarm the driver or gently park by itself.

  19. Re:Insightful study... on NASA-Funded Study Investigates Collapse of Industrial Civilization · · Score: 1

    The most profitable thing to do is to steer the change into one's pockets. Uncontrolled collapse evolves into a controlled collapse. The so called elite will stay in power once they understand this - and I don't doubt a bit that this scenario is already drawn. The long term capital survives. The ones who make the most noise (poser elite) are just a decoy, and this study has also been fooled.

  20. Re: which he at first found "abominable", on Einstein's Lost Model of the Universe Discovered 'Hiding In Plain Sight' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Depends on dice. The universal constants are not randomly changing at least, so the outcome is based on certain rules.

  21. Re: so let me get this straight on Tim Cook: If You Don't Like Our Energy Policies, Don't Buy Apple Stock · · Score: 1

    Cook did care and the result was that basically all of the Apple does care. They just don't give a flying fuck about unscientific drivel, that's all. They care about what they do and how they do it. It's in the best interest to follow the green policies. The brand value just inched a bit higher.

  22. Re:It's just a tool I guess on Doctors Say New Pain Pill Is "Genuinely Frightening" · · Score: 2

    Heroin is used as a medicine in some countries; in UK for example.

  23. Money shot on Astronomers Catch Asteroid Striking Moon On Video · · Score: 1

    At the bright side though...

  24. Re:Another mobile operating system on Jolla Announces Sailfish OS 1.0 · · Score: 1

    They are nil, but displacement is not needed. Almost exactly one billion smartphones were shipped last year. 1% of that is already a huge business and dream come true for niche players. Jolla has stated that they would have a viable business with sales in hundreds of thousands. Their goal as stated by the CEO is million devices (at the moment), while they are also licensing the OS.

  25. Re:Natural outcome on Scientists Study Permian Mass Extinction Event As Lesson For 21st Century · · Score: 1

    That new equilibrium doesn't have to be one that's survivable

    That's true. The nature (encompassing not only the living organisms) will thrive on regardless. Human species is not limited by scarcity of ingenuity, but the extra energy from the activities is becoming a limiting factor.