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  1. Re:This has gone too far on Swedish File-Sharers File For Religious Status · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I guess that's why comedians don't tell jokes any more.

  2. Re:Super pre-mature on Verizon Net Neutrality Case Rejected · · Score: 1

    That would not be a c language compound-or statement that would evaluate false with the first false term to evaluate false. That would be a compound-and statement.

  3. Re:I love the divide between the US and EU on Europe Plans To Ban Petrol Cars From Cities By 2050 · · Score: 1

    That's the incandescents that have the microchips so the gobmint can see who's using them.

  4. Re:I am suddenly reminded.... on The Simpsons Reviewed For Unsuitable Nuclear Jokes · · Score: 1

    The Two Towers depicted in the movie were the wrong ones. They were supposed to be Minas Tirith and Minas Morgul. Minas Tirith was not really a tower, but a system of concentric fortifications built on a steep hillside. Minas Morgul had been ruled by the Gondor Kings until Sauron took it over and it became the home of the Nazgul. They were not near each other either.

  5. Re:Human beings on Japan Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth's Axis · · Score: 1

    Just because water rose up due to a plate under it rising doesn't mean something else that was heavier didn't go under that plate. That would decrease the moment of inertia. After all, this was due to a plate sliding under another plate.. (Not saying that is just what happened, but there may be other factors.)

  6. Re:Damn! on Japan Earthquake May Have Shifted Earth's Axis · · Score: 1

    And the Earth's rotation isn't constant anyways. http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~rfisher/Ephemerides/earth_rot.html The second is (as posted by others) constant.

  7. Re:Funny story... on Court Rules It's Ok To Tag Pics On Facebook Without Permission · · Score: 1

    This could have practical ramifications for long term computer facial recognition. If those tagged pictures became public or were sold to AI researchers working in the field, it could provide a nice large set of data to teach and test against. This is assuming passport and license pictures from gov't are off limits.

  8. Re:Tough luck on A Letter On Behalf of the World's PC Fixers · · Score: 1

    We are. We're giving them a nice soft padded ipad.

  9. Re:They have support on Politics: Libyan Rebels Announce Creation of a Republic · · Score: 2

    There was some confusion a few days ago when some ex-justice that worked with the Gadaffi govt tried to form a provisional govt without support from all the rebel cities and not all the human rights people backed him. Ghoga at that point had stated they were working already on a council of some kind with all the rebel city councils.

    http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/02/27/1385560/libya-rebels-set-up-first-political.html

  10. They have support on Politics: Libyan Rebels Announce Creation of a Republic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This group actually has backing from the local city councils that have been working to keep the local infrastructure running.

  11. 2nd order effects on Google Cars Drive Themselves, In Traffic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The 2nd order effects from this are going to be interesting. If you only have robot drivers (and you will, cause with lower accident rates, you'll have lower insurance rates if you always let the computer drive), you won't need visible signs or traffic lights. How would this affect pedestrian crossings? Would pedestrians feel irrationally unsafe crossing a road with robot drivers on it? Will we remove speed limits as computer reaction and cognitive ability gets faster?

  12. Re:Download Your Profile on Ask Slashdot: Facebook Archiving? · · Score: 1

    Every 2 days, Eric says, we upload as much info as we have in all of history till 2003. That rate of increase will only get faster.

  13. Re:...and language skills on A Car You Can Drive With Your Thoughts · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if you rtfs, this car is in _Germany_ .

  14. Re:No worries - they already sell it to us. on Leaked Cables Reveal US Thinks Saudi Oil Reserves May Be Overstated · · Score: 1

    Maybe electric bicycles or maybe someone could invent some kind of gasoline powered bicycles. I don't think every couch potato is cut out for pedaling.

  15. Re:The million geek army says "NO" on US Seeks Veto Powers Over New TLDs · · Score: 1

    And what does that have to do with domain names?

  16. Re:Not just US, but any of 100 countries could vet on US Seeks Veto Powers Over New TLDs · · Score: 1

    Hate replying to my own comment... but just to point out that it's the title that is kinda misleading. It says that the US seeks the veto powers... but that is what makes one think that the veto powers would reside with the US only rather than all these other countries, which is what is being sought.

  17. Not just US, but any of 100 countries could veto on US Seeks Veto Powers Over New TLDs · · Score: 1

    It's not just the US gov't that would have veto powers, it would be the gov'ts of a hundred nations, as per the article. So the veto would not be limited to just Obama, but an international conglomerate. Wonder what the reasoning was which they used to pick those 100 countries rather than all of them...

  18. Re:Sigh on HBGary Federal Hacked By Anonymous · · Score: 1
  19. Well, if the DOT had to contract a licensed engineer initially to commission the first report which said the lights are not needed, then yes, they don't have the engineering skill on hand to handle this. It falls to reason that they also wouldn't be able to argue against engineering level work that says the opposite. They either pay another contract to have this looked at or get this work looked at for free by the licensing board. It would put them in a bad legal position liability wise if they took the word of someone that isn't licensed and used taxpayer money to pay for the lights or some unforeseen accident occurred because of the lights if they weren't needed (just in case this guy is wrong, rather than just trying to manipulate the city to get property values raised)

  20. Re:Colbert on The Hidden Reality Draws Ire From Physicists · · Score: 1

    Can't in Canada (British Columbia). We have to watch from a cable channel's site. (comedy central)

  21. Re:Killing DNS on Egypt Cuts the Net, Net Fights Back · · Score: 1

    It may be one of the ways. The majority of their outage is via modified bgp entries (border gateway protocol) so that the routes themselves are gone.

    http://bgpmon.net/blog/?p=450
    http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/telecommunications/how-egypt-pulled-its-internet-plug
    http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2011/01/28/how-egypt-cut-itself-off-from-the-net/

    DNS alternative would be easier to fix (alternative dns server, distributed hosts files, whatever)

  22. Re:Updated TOS on Italian Consumer Watchdog Sues Microsoft Over 'Windows Tax' · · Score: 1

    I bought Leopard in Oct for $35 at the Apple Store cause the initial cds got left on another continent.

  23. Re:I call baloney on Italian Scientists Demonstrate Cold Fusion? · · Score: 1

    We'd have to worry about peak nickel.

  24. Re:Sorry Google on Google Fires Back About Search Engine Spam · · Score: 1

    There is duckduckgo.com. I don't know how good it is cause I hardly use it.

  25. Re:Early Development on College Students Lack Scientific Literacy · · Score: 1

    You misunderstand what he is saying.