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  1. Re:real easy innit on Apple AirPlay Private Key Exposed · · Score: 2

    s/vi/perl/g #for example

  2. Re:Uh, don't we maybe NEED that hormone? on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Meh, million of women mess around with their hormones every month just as a method of birth control, even though much more successful methods exist, and even though many

    • (non-manogamous)

    should probably be using other methods anyway to protect against diseases. Most people have no problem with stuffing their body full of chemicals, especially when it's prescribe by a "doctor" or in a tasty meal.

    That should be non-manogamouse!

  3. Re:is it lactose free on Chinese Scientists Make Cow Producing Human-Like Milk · · Score: 1

    ^descent
    words are hard.

  4. Re:is it lactose free on Chinese Scientists Make Cow Producing Human-Like Milk · · Score: 2

    As one who is lactose intolerant (and of European decent) I can only tell you from my personal experience:

    Nausea, heartburn like symptoms, and diarrhea are what I can expect after a glass of milk. Continued lactose has resulted in GI tract agitation to the point of bleeding.

    I don't drink a lot of milk any more but I do love me some cheese.

  5. Re:Format Shifting on CD Ripper 'Incites Law Breaking,' Says British Regulator · · Score: 1

    Though not set in stone, this is from the EFF website.

    Although the legal basis is not completely settled, many lawyers believe that the following (and many other uses) are also fair uses:

            Space-shifting or format-shifting - that is, taking content you own in one format and putting it into another format, for personal, non-commercial use. For instance, "ripping" an audio CD (that is, making an MP3-format version of an audio CD that you already own) is considered fair use by many lawyers, based on the 1984 Betamax decision and the 1999 Rio MP3 player decision (RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia, 180 F. 3d 1072, 1079, 9th Circ. 1999.)

    http://w2.eff.org/IP/eff_fair_use_faq.php

  6. Re:8 hour backup on Nuclear Risk Expert: Fukushima Fuel May Be Leaking · · Score: 2

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Power_Grid_of_Japan.PNG

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/japan-power-grid/

    Take the above 2 links into account and you have a pretty serious picture. South half of Japan uses different a different frequency than the northern half. Post-tsunami the northern half had severe power failures.

    Additionally, you don't just plug in a motor to a transmission line. You need transformers and switches for that. You'd also need to drop power to wherever you connected it to and protect the "temporary" power source so people don't accidentally wander into it (there is a reason those power lines are way up in the air).

    Also, for the lengths they were talking about, resistance of the line and availability of wire is a concern.

    They have done an excellent job of getting power back to the plant to continue doing what they are doing.

  7. Re:One more reason to not do metering. on AT&T's Metered Billing Off By Up To 4,700% · · Score: 1

    They personally did not get the money to build a nationwide network. That money was put into a fund for under-served communities to request the funds so they could offer projects back to anyone that could build it out for them.

    The county I live in was one of those counties. Within the next year or so I'll have an actual ISP in my area (likely WISP for me, I'm too far for the fiber they're running).

    Anyways, none of the major carriers are in my area. I know that whoever is the ISP that will be taking over this area will feed directly onto AT&T's backbone though.

  8. Re:Cheating? on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    Creationists make claims that are in conflict with well established scientific claims. You can, in fact, test many of their claims against very well known scientific evidence.

    See here for a list of claims that Creationists have made and then tell me again that "it has not been tested."
    http://talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html

    Scientists don't have to claim religion is true or false. They only need to keep doing what they are already doing and the claims made by religions will be eroded away until we have nothing left but truth.

  9. Re:Yeah right on DirectX 'Getting In the Way' of PC Game Graphics, Says AMD · · Score: 1

    Never attribute to malicious intent that which can be attributed to ignorance.

    If you're like most people out there, you haven't really given *nix a try.

    I'm not a dev. I don't know why OpenGL is not as popular as DirectX. I only know that DirectX has all the games I currently play. I can only guess why that is.

  10. Re:Waiting on Getting Past Censorship With Unorthodox Links To the Internet · · Score: 1

    Sorry. Our sun is to small to supernova. Just sayin'.

  11. Re:Nothing but respect... on Heroism Is Part of a Nuclear Worker's Job · · Score: 1

    You need to look no further than your pocketbook for the answer to your question.

    You can't simulate real world conditions. You can only guess what you think real world conditions might be. The next systems built using this disaster as a guide will (hopefully) be able to handle what they just experienced. No guarantees though.

  12. Re:Cheating? on Texas Bill Outlaws Discrimination Against Creationists In Academia · · Score: 1

    The ancient people knew a lot of things. They did not know genetics. Plato made up the story of Atlantis. Egyptians did not have helicopters and submarines.

    Yes, I've read the bible. Even Nostradamus made some predictions that were pretty close to real world events. It's like a shotgun. Shoot it in a direction and you're bound to hit something, but a lot of stuff misses the mark.

    Creationism should be (and has been) tested by the scientific method. On that basis alone it has failed. Still, no person should be discriminated against for whatever they believe in. That doesn't make them any less retarded in my eyes though.

  13. Re:I, for one, salute our new sock-puppet overlord on US Military Commissions Sock Puppet Program · · Score: 1

    You sound like a sock puppet.

  14. Re:Don't forget consoles! on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    Herpa Derp...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC

    First line of Wikipedia entry on PPC:
    PowerPC (short for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC â" Performance Computing, sometimes abbreviated as PPC) is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Appleâ"IBMâ"Motorola alliance, known as AIM. PowerPC, as an evolving instruction set, has since 2006 been renamed Power ISA but lives on as a legacy trademark for some implementations of Power Architecture based processors.

  15. Re:Nothing new here on Mideast Turmoil and the Push For Clean Energy · · Score: 1

    I work in the power industry and I keep a pretty close eye on this. There are a number of nuclear plants that are coming.

    This link lists the currently planned plants for nuclear alone. (see the .xls on the right)
    http://www.nei.org/resourcesandstats/documentlibrary/newplants/graphicsandcharts/newnuclearplantstatus/

    This link discusses the progress of the NRC to implement nuclear options.
    http://www.nei.org/keyissues/newnuclearplants/

  16. Re:For once, Microsoft support gave good advice .. on Windows Phone 7 Update Jams Some Phones · · Score: 1

    According to comments on a blog...

    According to my comments I'm right 100% of the time and the Win7 phone never crashes.

    It's retarded to get bent out of shape over one user being sent back to a store over a broken update. It's happened plenty of times with Android phones (and every other phone that's been upgradable) and I've yet to see an article posted about it here.

    This story is a non-story.

  17. Re:So the answer is yes on Microsoft Vehemently Denies Google's "Bing Sting" · · Score: 1

    So pick your poison.
    Microsoft mines your clicks to increase relevance.
    Google sells clicks.

  18. Re:Clearly an unbiased voice in this discussion on Google's Search Copying Accusation Called 'Silly' · · Score: 1

    Now you're just being silly.

    Google could do the exact same thing through Chrome and probably will start doing it. As reported here, Google was already doing some funky redirect from their search results pages:
    http://search.slashdot.org/story/11/01/31/0146222/Researchers-Track-Mouse-Movements-and-Hesitations#comments

    Google didn't read the EULA, opted in to a Microsoft study, and it bit them in the butt when they orchestrated a poorly engineered sting.

  19. True fact on Chrome Is the Third Double-Digit Browser · · Score: 0

    Nobody uses multiple browsers.
    Also, once you switch you can't change your mind.

    I use FF and IE on my main monitor and chrome on the 2nd. IMO Firefox got worse in the last release and IE9beta is better than it was. I am indifferent about Chrome. I'm not going to lie and say I use IE a whole lot, I don't. I wouldn't be a geek if I didn't at least look at it and form my own opinion though.

    I'm only one more failure from dropping Firefox again though. Go ahead Mozilla, lose all my bookmarks during a crash again. I dare you.

  20. Re:Let's do a test. on Google Would Beat Bing At Jeopardy, Says Wolfram · · Score: 1

    Yeah, Bing just won that one.

    It really is too bad you can't just use both engines at the same time.
    http://www.bing-vs-google.com/?q=slashdot

  21. Re:Fake 3D ftw on A Kinect Princess Leia Hologram In Realtime · · Score: 1

    Where do I sign up for the beta test?

  22. Bad conclusion on Model Says Religiosity Gene Will Dominate Society · · Score: 1

    As the availability of scientific texts increases, we'll see a decline in religious affiliation.
    Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/111/

  23. Re:Questionable testing method on Experiment Shows Not Washing Jeans for 15 Months is Disgusting But Safe · · Score: 1

    It might partially invalidate his results but it opens up a whole new market for coin freezing (laundry).

  24. Re:I really wish people would tell Sony to fuck of on Sony Planning Serial Keys For PS3 Games? · · Score: 1

    I had stopped before that due to a slew of poor quality purchases. There needs to be more of us around.

  25. Re:Regarding IE on Australian Government Denies Microsoft Bias In OOXML Choice · · Score: 1

    You pretty much nailed it. The company I work for is exactly the same (in the US).