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  1. Shades of grey ... on The Paradox of Grey Hat Hackers (windowsitpro.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This dichotomy is the whole point for the Grey Hat moniker. There is no Black and White, it is always shades of Grey,.

    One man's Black Hat is another's White Hat. Where many Black Hats believe they are fighting for the greater good and conducting Illegal activities but for ethical reasons and also so called White Hats acting legally but unethically while taking the corporate dollar.

  2. Income inequality harms everybody ... on Poverty Stunts IQ In the US But Not In Other Developed Countries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
  3. However a few million dollar is very cheap as insurance for Google.

    There is absolutely no firm scientific evidence that anything is actually being computed by so called quantum computers, hence Google hedging its language.

  4. It reminds me a lot of Cargo Cultism.

    A lot of people think that associating themselves to selfish right wing politics they will also be successful, instead of recognising that is a consequence not the the cause.

  5. Isotopic Tracer for the double win on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Making sure to make the tracer Isotopic for the double win, trigger a Geiger counter to convince them this is real and make it easier to track.

    http://www.britannica.com/scie...

  6. The Fermi paradox tell us that Interstellar Travel is impossible practically and not that there is no other life in the universe.

  7. Wrong target on Google Loses Ruling In Safari Tracking Case · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This problem was caused by a bug in Safari that ignored the no tracking setting and accepted and returned the cookies. This court case is just absurd. The target should be Apple not Google.

  8. No it's not on On the Dangers and Potential Abuses of DNA Familial Searching · · Score: 1

    It is more like searching an existing database, such as finger prints for close matches then proving the match with more up to date reference sample.

  9. PPRune favour Hypoxia on A Year On, What Flight Simulators Can't Prove About Flight MH370 · · Score: 1

    There is an extensive thread about this on the Professional Pilot rumour network and they favour Hypoxia

  10. Extremists ... on How Activists Tried To Destroy GPS With Axes · · Score: 1

    Extremist are rarely able to reconsider their opinions when proven wrong. That is what makes them extremists in the first place.

  11. Mostly mute on Firefox 37 To Check Security Certificates Via Blocklist · · Score: 1

    This is mostly mute given the single process model used by Firefox is deeply flawed from a security perspective.

  12. Dunning Kruger effect on Ask Slashdot: Terminally Ill - What Wisdom Should I Pass On To My Geek Daughter? · · Score: 1

    Dunning Kruger effect

    Or more succinctly put by Charles Darwin

    "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."

  13. Last week ... on How Walking With Smartphones May Have Changed Pedestrian Etiquette · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Last week when I was driving to work as was approaching a traffic light that turned from red to green as I approached. I noticed a youth crossing the other side, head phones in and face down in his phone, slowed down in anticipation of him walking out in front of me. He did, I braked and blew my horn in warning and stopped and stepped backwards onto the central refuge and launched into a tirade of abuse and offensive gestures. Despite the fact I'd just saved him from serious injury at minimum as a result of his own stupidity.

    You just cannot help some people.

  14. The Universe is a simulation on Theory of Information Could Resolve One of the Great Paradoxes of Cosmology · · Score: 1
  15. Measure twice on Ask Slashdot: Are General Engineering Skills Undervalued In Web Development? · · Score: 1

    Really?

    The most important Engineering Principle is to measure everything using metrics to guide the process, in a word continuously testing your assumptions and decisions.

    This IS applicable to software engineering through the application of test driven development, to ensure the component meets the requirements and continues to do throughout the development process.

  16. Web Developers are not engineers on Ask Slashdot: Are General Engineering Skills Undervalued In Web Development? · · Score: 2

    Web Developers are craftsmen not engineers and generally know little about what it means to be an engineer, despite all the automated tools they have at their disposal.

  17. Yes on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: 1

    Yes, links have been established with increase of antibiotic use and increase in weight. When I read the summary this was the first thing that came to mind as the likely cause.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/heal...

    http://www.theguardian.com/sci...

  18. And ... on One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake · · Score: 1

    Comprise: to be made up of (something) : to include or consist of (something)
    http://www.merriam-webster.com...

    Comprise: to have as parts or members, or to be those parts or members:
    http://dictionary.cambridge.or...

    to include; contain
    to constitute the whole of; consist of
    http://www.collinsdictionary.c...

  19. Pervasive Networks on Eric Schmidt: Our Perception of the Internet Will Fade · · Score: 1

    Pervasive Networking will become like electricity and only be noticed when it is absent.

  20. Sea water Hydrolysis on Toyota Opens Patents On Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology · · Score: 1

    The hydrogen will be provided by sea water hydrolysis powered by off shore wind farms with off peak surplus power.

  21. Lingua Franca on What Language Will the World Speak In 2115? · · Score: 2

    "English becoming the defacto global lingua franca"

    That sentence suggests why. The English language is proven very adapt at including words and phrases from a whole host of other Languages.

    e.g
    German: Blitz, Bratwurst, Delicatessen, Ersatz, Flak, Frankfurter, Larger, kaput, Muesli, Spritzer, Zeitgeist,
    French: au-fait, belle, blase, brunette, cafe, critique, de-rigueur, deja-vue.
    Spanish: Amigo, banana, barbecue, breeze, cannibal, cargo.
    Japanese: Bonsai, haiku, karaoke, origami, manga, satsuma, tycoon.
    Chinese: char, chow, Ketchup

  22. Confirmation on Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack · · Score: 1

    We still seem to be missing any independent confirmation of the Lizard Squad twitter claims. Until we do the most likely explanation is peak demand, they were slash-dotted by Christmas.

  23. What he really means... on North Korean Internet Is Down · · Score: 1

    Is that he saw this documentary, were John Sweeney said almost the exactly same thing.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programme...

  24. Yes it is... on North Korean Internet Is Down · · Score: 1

    When compared to the size of the DPRK army.

    Compared to north Korean standing army of 1 Million it is 2.5%.

    Then consider their 8m reservists.

    Then it really is tiny.