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Comment Re:Less Popular (Score 1) 275

Why, because search terms aren't auto-completed? You can still search for them, they just don't show up in instant search nor are suggested for users - much like adult content. IMO this is a good move. I don't want to be searching for "minified js engine" on google and have some sysadmin on my ass about why I had a google suggestion packet coming to me that was for "mininova.org".

Comment Re:You what? (Score 1) 382

Unity definitely does, at least in it's current state. I used it all last month, and experienced some major slowdowns/memory leaks if I left my computer running for more than a week. At the worst of it, it took ~2 minutes for their app launcher (think alt+f2 equivalent) to open. Not the app itself mind you, that's just the time that was needed for the launch prompt to display. Granted it's not ready yet, but I just don't see it catching on in 11.04.

Comment Re:Driving shouldn't be for the public (Score 1) 1065

Yea. Actually there's a budding market for it. They even made a class of vehicle for those who enjoy it. They're dubbed, "Recreational Vehicles".
Snarky comments aside, it absolutely is. A hammer is a tool to get work done in one man's hand, and an instrument for another man's hobby. Ever seen a biker gang moseying down a highway on a sunday morning? They aren't going anywhere, they're just there for the ride. Classic vehicle owners often go for joy rides. I personally enjoy going for a ride in old diesel pickup trucks, something about the purr of their motor and the way they lazily meander down the road does it for me.

Comment Re:Heuristic (Score 1) 394

4 days for 5 flowers? A brute force approach to the traveling salesman problem is a n! growth rate. For 5 flowers, you only have 120 combinations. That'll take a few microseconds to solve on my phone. You wont start seeing time being measured in days until you hit 14 flowers or so. Not saying you're wrong about the fact that we have problems, but just that 5 flowers isn't going to stress anyone.

Comment Re:more importantly... (Score 1) 63

Yes it can, but only temporarily. Severed limbs still have living cells in them. Applying an electric charge to them *will* make them move, although this process uses the existing neural pathways to deliver the charge (similar to how the body does it). These pathways run out of steam pretty quickly though, so it'd probably only work for a few minutes after the limb was removed.
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Motorcyclist Wins Taping Case Against State Police 485

stevegee58 writes "Slashdot readers may recall the case of a Maryland motorcyclist (Anthony Graber) arrested and charged with wiretapping violations (a felony) when he recorded his interaction with a Maryland State Trooper. Today, Judge Emory A. Pitt threw out the wiretapping charges against Graber, leaving only his traffic violations to be decided on his October 12 trial date. 'The judge ruled that Maryland's wire tap law allows recording of both voice and sound in areas where privacy cannot be expected. He ruled that a police officer on a traffic stop has no expectation of privacy.' A happy day for freedom-loving Marylanders and Americans in general."

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