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  1. I wish they'd stop calling it that. on Building an 'Invisibility Cloak' With Electromagnetic Fields · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it's only justified to call something an "invisibility cloak" when it does what people actually expect an invisibility cloak to do, that is, make things actually not visible. How about calling it a "stealth cloak" because that's what I imagine most people would associate with being invisible to a radar, as opposed to the naked eye.

  2. I think it would be better on Dutch MEP Petitions To Ban Export of Surveillance Software · · Score: 1

    if they didn't ban just export but import as well.

  3. Re:How hard can that possibly be? on A Math Test That's Rotten To the Common Core · · Score: 2

    Why would you put pennies in a coffee cup...?

  4. Re:Drones? on Ask Slashdot: Time To Regulate Domestic Drones? · · Score: 1

    Let me blow your mind: there are also bees called "drones". They are neither machines nor remotely operated, all they do is fly!

  5. Re:"Domestic"? on Ask Slashdot: Time To Regulate Domestic Drones? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure if it's a good idea to have regulations on drones in one single country in the world, they're a good idea everywhere.

  6. "Domestic"? on Ask Slashdot: Time To Regulate Domestic Drones? · · Score: 0

    Does that mean drones flown within the borders of your country, or drones owned by citizens of your country? If this is another NSA-esque "it's OK to spy on just about anybody in the world as long as they're not a citizen of the US of A" thing, I'm going to be angry.

  7. But how do you use the Kinect... on Ben Heck's Plan To Make Gaming Open To All · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...if you're an amputee?

  8. Re:I dont see the difference on SCOTUS Says DNA Collection Permissible After Arrest · · Score: 1

    A cheek swap does not equate to GATTACA.

  9. Re:Jeeze, Now I have to support the UN? on UN Debates Rules Surrounding Killer Robots · · Score: 1

    But humans are more easily swayed by fear, emotion and political pressure. Let's just remove the human factor already and welcome our new electromechanical overlords.

  10. Re:Google hates privacy on Google, Apple Lead Massive List of Companies Supporting CISPA · · Score: 1

    If it's anonymity you want, there's software for that. Anonymity online hasn't ever been guaranteed unless you take some steps to ensure that.

  11. Re:Google hates privacy on Google, Apple Lead Massive List of Companies Supporting CISPA · · Score: 1

    How is getting targeted ads going to "end the Internet as we know it"? Stop exaggerating.

  12. Re:One antimalarial course per child on OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One antimalarial course per child isn't going to help them get what it takes to stop being third world. That is, information. Teach a man to fish etc

  13. So does this mean that on OLPC To Sell 7-Inch XO Tablet In Wal-Mart · · Score: 2

    Walmart is a third-world country now?

  14. Re:jobs are going away on Japan Getting Real-Time Phone Call Translator App · · Score: 1

    Tough luck. Nobody has an obligation to guarantee a job for you. You need to make sure that people will want to employ you - even as things change and technology advances.

  15. Re:Great. on Japan Getting Real-Time Phone Call Translator App · · Score: 1

    I speak (or well, at least type) reasonably fluent Japanese. But what does that have to do with anything?

  16. Re:"Cut Costs" on Japan Getting Real-Time Phone Call Translator App · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because jobs and labor unions and whatnot are very uninteresting from a tech perspective.

  17. Great. on Japan Getting Real-Time Phone Call Translator App · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yet another reason for the Japanese not to learn English properly. As if we didn't have enough Engrish already!

  18. Re:an example where algebra is useful? on Promoting Arithmetic and Algebra By Example · · Score: 2

    ...but most people would probably just prefer to google for "how much paint needed", enter some parameters and have software do the hard lifting (multiplication) for them.

  19. It makes me feel inferior on Get Your 15 Years of Slashdot Shirt (For free, Depending) · · Score: 0

    When people categorize me under "Other" as the last item of a drop-down menu. Ah well .__.

  20. SI units, please on Synthetic Materials Set New World Record For Greatest Amount of Surface Area · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Could we have the equivalent of "a desktop" and "one-and-a-half football fields" in a more scientific unit? I'm not American enough to remember how big a "football field" is.

  21. The most anticipated smartphone, huh on Chinese Students Say They Are Being Forced To Build Your Next iPhone · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Based on which measurement?

  22. Re:Write & scan (plus the oblig Raspberry Pi c on Ask Slashdot: Recording Business Meeting Audio On an Intranet? · · Score: 1

    Handwriting? Surely you meant typing.

  23. Obligatory on Nearly Half a Million Yahoo Passwords Leaked [Updated] · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm more surprised that Yahoo still had almost half a million users.

  24. Re:Why is it illegal? on Japanese 13-Year-Old Arrested For Virus Creation · · Score: 1

    Let's see you, say, download the wrong song at the wrong time and see what the US thinks about *YOU* doing things on *YOUR* computer then.

  25. Re:Editors??? What is this I don't even on Japanese 13-Year-Old Arrested For Virus Creation · · Score: 1

    It's a Google Translate link. What did you expect?