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  1. Re:Peer reviewed? on Study Finds Porn Exposure Associated With Smaller Brain Region · · Score: 2

    Only by these guys http://www.xxxchurch.com/.

  2. Deeper Underground on NSA Surveillance Reform Bill Passes House 303 Votes To 121 · · Score: 2

    My theory is that any legislation will just put the covert back into intelligence gathering.

  3. Re:What about inbound? on Glenn Greenwald: How the NSA Tampers With US Made Internet Routers · · Score: 2

    You think the NSA really needs customs to help them spy on US citizens? They really don't have to be that clever about it.

  4. Re:Typcial on Physician Operates On Server, Costs His Hospital $4.8 Million · · Score: 1

    The answer is simple. Cloud based medical records and disallow local caching. A PC is disconnected, no problem. It scales and it allows you to consolidate security. I never understood why we trust IT staffs with medical record security. You really need a Dev Ops team for that.

  5. Open your mind on Ask Slashdot: Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? · · Score: 1

    There are other programming languages besides those listed in the article. It's interesting there is a whole resurgence of new programming languages.
    Some people need a little encouragement. Write formally verified code and learn Coq. Learn a functional programming language like haskell or take a blast from the past and learn smalltalk.

    You might never use these for anything practical, but what you learn from them is invaluable. You need to constantly be learning new things.

  6. Re:Ask the OSM community. on Ask Slashdot: Easiest To Use Multi-User Map Editing? · · Score: 1

    Works on android too as a pretty good replacement for the Google maps api.. I've found it fo be a little slow at times and google maps api is a bit more mature. Gotta get your hands dirty and write some code.

  7. Re:Stop on Crowdsourcing Confirms: Websites Inaccessible on Comcast · · Score: 1

    I use googles dns. I figure since they already know everything about me anyway, why let them know which domains I'm visiting. Cox redirects unresolved domains. I hate that.

  8. Re:Grooming propaganda for Google's Robot Tank on The Brief Rise and Long Fall of Russia's Robot Tank · · Score: 2

    The owners of Slashdot have been previously grooming you by constantly promoting the nonsense of 'self-driving' cars - the first stage of Google propaganda to prepare the way for their robotic killing machines. The self-driving algorithms, while utterly useless for a vehicle that could tolerate not even one mistake, are perfect for robot tanks that can crush and slaughter a bus full of the 'other' without a murmur of complaint from the sheeple of the USA. By self-driving, the LAST thing Google means is 'safe' for civilians.

    Tin foil hats are pretty fashionable, eh?

    Car companies are investing millions in this stuff.
    Without the DARPA we wouldn't have ARPANET, the precursor to the internet.
    Of course this technology is going to emerge out of defense research, but it doesn't mean it won't be used for automobiles.

  9. Re:i interpret it to mean on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 0

    Laws have been settled and theories haven't. Thats not to say laws shouldn't be challenged, but they can be considered more or less doctrine. Think about how much science would unravel without the 2nd law of thermal dynamics and there could easily be something akin to a religious war if it was ever disproven.

  10. Re:Obama on Is Traffic Congestion Growing Three Times As Fast As Economy? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We've equated job creation to economic growth. Not all jobs generate the same economic growth. The discrepancy mentioned in the article is a result of more people going to work to less productive jobs. This is a result of economic policies from republicans and democrats, but creating jobs is one of the reasons Obama was elected as president. Unfortunately that is only one side of the equation. The economy is a complicated system and any statement that overly simplifies it to create jobs and the economy will grow should be called into question.

    Politician are to blame on both sides of the isle, but we elected them, so we have only ourselves to blame.

  11. Re:Follow your fascination on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Change Tech Careers At 30? · · Score: 2

    Working on a cs undergrad at 27 has taught me a thing or two. The difference between older people trying to learn and younger people trying to learn is that older folks are stuck using the same skills and techniques and young folks are ready to adopt new tools, techniques and ideas very readily. If you maintain an open mind you are never too old to get a new career.

  12. Re:Excellent tool for high density+temperature pla on What Would You Do With the World's Most Powerful Laser? · · Score: 1

    I think you missed a proto-

  13. Re:I would.. on What Would You Do With the World's Most Powerful Laser? · · Score: 2

    Such a buzz kill, man. When I invent a shrink ray to shrink the laser, guess whos going to be the laser shark's first victim. Muhahahaha

  14. Re:Ticket use rules on How To Hack Subway Fares Using Fare Arbitrage · · Score: 1

    Can't get any clearer than that. They could use some form of biometrics to enforce this.

  15. Re:An inefficient exchange on How To Hack Subway Fares Using Fare Arbitrage · · Score: 1

    Though these arbitrage opportunities may exist, the act of exchange would render them worthless. Even with a hypothetically perfect market established, the amount of effort required by two parties to submit ticket info, match needs, and go through an exchange outweighs the efficiencies gained by the transaction.

    A mobile app and some clever marketing goes a long way. GPS would make this easy.

  16. Re:SF is easier to hack than that on How To Hack Subway Fares Using Fare Arbitrage · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you're in SF and just trying to go somewhere else in SF, just do what everyone else does and either hop a bus and don't pay the fare or hop the turnstyles and don't pay the fare. If you're trying to go across the bay to Oakland, be more careful, but still, if you don't want to pay, just don't. When I was living there in 2012, this worked 100% of the time that I couldn't afford a trip or didn't feel like paying. The buses are the easiest because you can board on the back. And another thing that's supposed to be happening is a tiered pricing system. But anyway, you don't have to go to much trouble to get around free/cheap in SF, but it seems like it would have been a fun study to conduct.

    I bet you like the smell of your own farts too. You do realize how unethical that is right?

  17. Re:VirtualBox on Ask Slashdot: Configuring Development Environment On a Shared Workstation? · · Score: 1

    Development PCs require a different set of tools for different developers. Even on the same project someone will invariably want to use their own favorite tool. A developer cannot depend on IT or a sys admin to install something that they might need. A virtual machine can allow for custom development environments without affecting other users. Virtual machines will also help when you need to do some testing.

  18. Re:Already found on Medical Radioactive Material Truck Stolen In Mexico · · Score: 5, Funny

    We don't get embarrassed at Slashdot. We just post stuff and hope it gets moded up.

  19. Motion sensor? on Apple Officializes Purchase of Motion-Sensor Firm PrimeSense · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Calling PrimeSense technology a "Motion-sensor" is like calling an iPhone a music player. Technically true; It can do that, but it doesn't really describe the product very well.

  20. Re:what about freeze tag? on Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's no joke. A 8 year old kid named Jordan Bennett was suspended in a florida school for that.

  21. Re:Flagrant Flatulism Posing as Reporting on Most Drivers Would Hand Keys Over To Computer If It Meant Lower Insurance Rates · · Score: 1

    When a person does it it's negligence. When a computer does it it's funny.
    If no one ever got hurt in car accidents, the cause of most car accidents would be funny.
    I'd pay to see robots get drunk and smash into each other.

  22. "if everything goes well" on India To Launch Mars Orbiter "Mangalyaan" Tuesday · · Score: 1

    No pressure. You only get one first.

  23. Re:Canonical might suck... on Debian To Replace SysVinit, Switch To Systemd Or Upstart · · Score: 0

    Upstart isnt bad, but Systemd is better. Upstart has a cooler name and is easier to support because packages don't have to be patched

  24. Re:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Lessons From the Healthcare.gov Fiasco · · Score: 1

    A individual plan for a healthy individual with adequate benefits and a reasonable deductible is somewhere between $175-$350. I used to pay $60 a month several years ago for the cheapest plan. I only go to the doc if I'm very sick or need stiches. $750 is a bit excessive unless you have some medical needs. Obama care does cover significantly more things than I use.

  25. Re:hmmm... on In Room With No Cell Service, Verizon Works On Future of Mobile · · Score: 2

    RF chambers feel like coffins and definitely are not for the claustrophobic. Additionally they are not that rare . Anechoic chambers are in practically every place that does RF testing or RF engineering. See if you can find one at your local University. This article was clearly not written for scientists or engineers.