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  1. Patent Capitalism on Uber Pushing For Patent On Surge Pricing · · Score: 1

    Economists call this supply and demand, perhaps I should patent capitalism and become one of the idle rich.

  2. South Korean Reactors on North Korean Internet Is Down · · Score: 2

    If the US an Ally, South Korea perhaps, are responsible this is more likely to be a result of the North started targeting Nuclear reactors in the South yesterday, than anything to do with Sony.

    The irony here, is that it that it looks like hacktivists were responsible for the initial Sony attacks, not the DPRK.

  3. WTF is Stephen Colbert ? on Viacom's Messy Relationship With YouTube and The Rise of Stephen Colbert · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Massive American cultural assumption or what!

  4. Indeed on Sony Leaks Reveal Hollywood Is Trying To Break DNS · · Score: 1

    Once this happens, the tenuous hold of the US on DNS would be broken.

    I would expect the industry heavy weights would not take a lose of control of 'their' domains lightly.

  5. Wrong on No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets · · Score: 1

    The Mash is boiled to produce Wort which is fermented to produce Beer. It is at that stage that pasteurised beer is boiled to kill the yeast and kegged. Whilst live ale is casked and undergoes a secondary fermentation.

    Despite outwardly similar appearances a keg and a cask are not the same thing. A Keg has a single opening on top into a throat or spear (a tube from top to bottom). While a Cast has two openings and no throat.

  6. Guinness on No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately most Guinness is pasteurised, the unpasteurised Guinness is said to not 'travel well' however if you can get it is vastly superior.

    This is a pity because with modern logistics it should be possible to distribute it to most of the UK while it is still fresh.

  7. Pasteurisation is the problem on No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets · · Score: 2

    Pasteurisation denatures the proteins in the keg Beer which why the head on keg beer don't last and that allows the C02 escape in the glass and that is why Keg beer has the metallic smell. The gas added to keg is also a mix of nitrogen and C02 to try and minimise that metallic smell.

    The naturally produced C02 of cask is retained by the head and also includes aromas from the Beer particularly the hops.

  8. Head on No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets · · Score: 1

    Beer should have a natural head formed by CO2 from fermentation. In the UK live Cask ale is killing off pasteurised keg beer with added gas because it tastes better.

  9. Gini Coefficient well proven on Should IT Professionals Be Exempt From Overtime Regulations? · · Score: 1

    I find it surprising that many ardent self identified capitalist have such a poor grasp of economics. They object to economic equality despite the fact the Gini Coefficient is well proven and demonstrates that increasing economic equality promotes increased economic growth and supports a larger over all GDP.

  10. Land Rover on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Hackable Car? · · Score: 1

    Land Rovers are like Meccano for grown men.

    Chassis come in 90,110,127 inchs. Engines in V8 Petrol, TDI, Drive/Transmission in 4x4, 6x6 and even tracked varients.

    Bodies include Utility, Pickup, Van, Station Wagon, Double Cab, Hicap, Light Weights and Forward Control, Trybacks.

    Special Vehicle varients as Ambulances, Fire Tenders and Pumps, Armoured, Recovery Truck, Fire Tenders, amphibious and breaching vehicles to name a few.

  11. Phytoremediation on Ask Slashdot: Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem? · · Score: 1

    There are a host of plants that will absorb heavy metal contamination, however the problem is that using them in this way is prevent by patents.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P...
    http://www.google.co.uk/patent...

  12. Does Dark Matter really exist? on The Milky Way Is Much Less Massive Than Previous Thought · · Score: 1

    While it has been widely accepted in recent years that Dark Matter fixes the standard model. Increasing problems suggest that Dark Matter might not actually exist.

  13. $110,000 on Russia Posts $110,000 Bounty For Cracking Tor's Privacy · · Score: 1

    I think the Russia Mafia would pay 10 times that at least

  14. Why are Librarians taking chances with Mein Kampf? on Why Are the World's Scientists Continuing To Take Chances With Smallpox? · · Score: 1

    It is stupid to think destroying lab stocks removes the 'problem'.

    The 'problem' is not these stocks but undiscovered natural reservoirs of diseases.

    Destroying the stock reduces capability of the biomedical community to respond to fresh out breaks.

  15. When the spooks ... on Ars Editor Learns Feds Have His Old IP Addresses, Full Credit Card Numbers · · Score: 1

    When the spooks treat the entire public as the enemy is probably the the time to recognise the spooks are the enemy of civil society.

  16. 'common' on Sexual Harassment Is Common In Scientific Fieldwork · · Score: 1

    The sample was self selective survey of those commenting on a blog about the subject matter. To claim that makes it 'common' is anecdote and not scientific.

  17. Insignificant on 'Hidden From Google' Remembers the Sites Google Is Forced To Forget · · Score: 1

    The page has 15 examples from a current estimate of 70,000 take down requests.

  18. Normal Humans effectively excluded from Cosmology on Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software · · Score: 1

    Now how stupid is the title of this article.

    Programming is difficult, doing it well is very difficult, doing it well in the modern world exceptional difficult.

    Now making it easy is all but impossible.

  19. "Never know" is wrong on Winners of First Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Remain Anonymous · · Score: 1

    The claim "we may never know who bought the confiscated coins" is wrong.

    The original address of these bitcoin is well documented, so they are be easily traced once they are transfered.

    1Ez69SnzzmePmZX3WpEzMKTrcBF2gpNQ55

    1i7cZdoE9NcHSdAL5eGjmTJbBVqeQDwgw

  20. SEC to investigate US Marshals... on Winners of First Seized Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Remain Anonymous · · Score: 1

    When this Ponzi scheme collapses the SEC will have to investigate the United States Marshals Service.

    Should make for interesting spectating.

  21. Yet more proof ... on Julian Assange Plans Modeling Debut At London Fashion Show · · Score: 1

    This is further proof of his insidious and insatiable Narcissism

    When will his loyal fanbois catch on that everthing he does is about his own ego?

  22. Re:War of government against people? on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 0

    Gun ownership has a negative correlation with IQ. ... a negative correlation with life span. ... a negative correlation with earning.

    Gun ownership has a positive correlation with Homicide as victim and perpetrator. ... a positive correlation with Suicide. ... a positive correlation with Racism.

    Correlation is not be a 'scientific truth' but it is a substantial truth.

  23. Name recognition is not influence. on Wikipedia Mining Algorithm Reveals the Most Influential People In History · · Score: 1

    You do not need to remember his name to heard about his taxonomy which starts with Animal, Mineral, Vegetable.

    Kingdom, Phylum (Vertebrate/invertebrates), Class (Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Fish, Reptiles), Order, Family, Genus, Species. etc, etc.

  24. Trivial numbers In the grand scheme on Mad Cow Disease Blamed For Patient's Death In Texas · · Score: 1

    UK Cause of Death 2010

    We are more likely to die of heart disease from eating Beef than CJD, the whole thing is a classic ersatz scandal.

  25. Sensationist Bullshit on Life Sentences For Serious Cyberattacks Proposed In Britain · · Score: 4, Informative

    The linked story is Sensationist Bullshit, there is no such measure announced in the Queens speech, (Queens-Speech-2014-The-full-transcript)

    The planned "Serious Crime Bill" will ensure sentences for attacks on computer systems fully reflect the damage they cause.

    Given the current Computer Misuse act is absolutely useless this is a good move.