Comment Re:Yep it is a scam (Score 1) 667
Agree, logic is an implementation detail, the constitution has nothing to say about it.
US Senate Set To Vote On Whether Climate Change Is a Hoax 667
sciencehabit writes The U.S. Senate's simmering debate over climate science has come to a full boil today, as lawmakers prepare to vote on measures offered by Democrats that affirm that climate change is real—with one also noting that global warming is not "a hoax." In an effort to highlight their differences with some Republicans on climate policy, several Democrats have filed largely symbolic amendments to a bill that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. They are designed to put senators on the record on whether climate change is real and human-caused.
Comment Re:Perl, my favorite language is rated higher... (Score 1) 386
Old languages - C has been on top of every survey I have seen for the last 25yrs.
Comment Re:Killer AI will kill journalists for slandering (Score 1) 227
The Blue brain project have modelled a rats brain down to molecular resolutions, they are now working on a human brain. The project is directed towards medicine not AI, however I believe IBM's Watson is a spin off from the BB project,
Comment Re:The pendulum swings too far... (Score 1) 441
The reason oil prices dropped is because of a massive new increase in supply.
The current oil glut is a deliberate move by OPEC, they are trying to put Iran out of business.
Comment Re:Jurors (Score 1) 303
Fast uptake, minimum fuss: Tell them to read the doc, then talk to them.
Comment Re:Jurors (Score 1) 303
Shhhh, if IT actually worked most of us would be out of a job.
Comment Re:Is Uber a big government straw man? (Score 0) 299
I think they're willing to ride out the fines, even if the fines are big enough so they're losing money they've got the bank to do it for a while.
They didn't get $40B by paying fines issued to the driver, if the driver could afford the fines he wouldn't be working for uber in the first place.
Comment Re:Bitcoins - Good Enough for Government Work! (Score 3, Interesting) 129
Parts of the US government hold that Bitcoin is property, namely the IRS. However, the government certainly counts it as money with regard to money laundering - just ask Charlie Shrem.
Laundering can be done with any tangible asset, from cash to diamonds to Bitcoin. That's hardly news and doesn't suggest the Government considers Bitcoin to be a currency. Bitcoin can be considered a currency when it's legal tender for all debts, public and private. Until then it's merely an asset. The fact that some people are willing to trade it for goods and services does not make it a currency. You could exchange everything from beer to securities for goods and services. Maybe I'll start charging people shares of GOOG for my labors....
Comment The More Things Change.... (Score 5, Insightful) 164
.... the more they stay the same.
I keep telling my friends that "cloud computing" is not a new concept. We used to call them "dumb terminals." Not a precise analogy of course but close enough for our purposes. You just know that's going to come full circle in another decade or so.
Comment Re:Bribocracy (Score 0, Troll) 484
Stop using common sense and logic. You'll undermine the Democrat's argument for campaign finance "reform" (aka: incumbent protection)
Comment Re:rubbish (Score 1) 164
Welcome to my life every time Slashdot posts one of their misinformed anti-patent rants. (Signed, a patent attorney.)
Comment Re:Yes. (Score 4, Informative) 227
Your mistake is not being alarmed by the facts.
Comment Re:The beast and the hero (Score 1) 640
First Contact sucked. Hate to say it because I'm a TNG fan but it's the sad truth. It was 90% dumbed down action movie and 10% (the final scene with First Contact) Trek.
I was mostly going for the cheap laugh though.
Comment Re:The beast and the hero (Score 2) 640
They're kind of like Star Trek movies that way.
