It's actually funny because you've noticed the issue but can't seem to understand it.

Let's try and think: if a data set shows as noise, it means one of two things. One, it could be that the data is noise. Two, it could mean that the trend requires a much larger amount of data to determine. Bingo! If your uncertainty is significantly higher than any possible trend, it's pointless to use the data. Instead, you look for more data, and lo and behold, you find that when you include the full range of data all the way back to 1980, you get a nice upward slope. 15 years isn't enough, for a system as complicated as our planet, to plot a trend from. Even 35 years isn't enough, really, which is why you generally try to get other data sources going back farther (which is what climate scientists do, go figure).

Yes. Make it 100 years though and I think you'd see a very different, self-serving response.

In general, this is true, but this is targeted. If the Germans were running Linux instead, they would've been attacked anyway, just through a different vector. For casting wide nets in the hope of fooling common folk or stealing sensitive information, aiming for Windows is the logical choice due to the size of its user base alone. For targeted attacks, though, any platform is vulnerable.

I know Slashdot isn't really up to date on gaming, but I'll just drop a hint: if someone's looking at the 980Ti, they are NOT the target market for a 750Ti.

So the solution to rampant corruption is to rebrand it, spin it as a corporation, and hope for the best? That sounds like great logic, especially in Russia.

I believe I have identified, after much research, what your problem may be, good sir.

All that will cause is for a few puppet ISPs to come up, offer token plans to reach the magical number (be it 3 or something else), and then continue as per usual.

I know it's Slashdot tradition not to RTFA, but it should be rather obvious even at first glance that they photoshopped a Tesla S's front onto a regular pickup. The author says so in the article.

Quebec never signed the constitution when it was patriated in 1982 (all other province PMs signed it in secret and the law was passed). Nobody's wanted to touch the thing ever since, it'd be like opening Pandora's Box. This does mean that whether Supreme Court decisions are binding in Quebec is rather unclear, as well as whether laws from the province can affect the rest of Canada and vice-versa. By and large, Supreme Court decisions are respected, but on the flip side the court and the federal government avoid touching some laws which could cause a ruckus and have no negative effect on the rest of Canada.

You can drop the LoTR though because there's no DRM here. Galaxy still installs and executes DRM-free games, so you can uninstall it at any point and the games will function. What Galaxy provides is value-added features like CrossPlay, automatic updates, etc.

Windows Phone also has fragmentation issues, and iOS has as well, though generally for older phones comparatively. The only way to get timely updates in the mobile space is to vertically integrate hardware and software. OEMs will never turn mobiles into PC-like open platforms, so you may as well stop dreaming with that part.

I wouldn't even say it's about killing machines or rockets. Republicans hate big government, but they love pork. They know they can say pretty much anything to the people who vote for them, so long as they also pork them up a bit they'll get reelected. As it turns out, military equipment and space equipment are two of the best means of pork.

The thing is, being "tough on crime" isn't about rehabilitating the convicts, it's about making the jailers feel good about themselves.

I'm surprised because every review process I've seen was blind. Papers are submitted with just an ID, authors are not disclosed until the paper is accepted (they are never disclosed if it is rejected, as far as I'm aware). PLoS One is reputable enough that I would've expected the same.

Or make each incremental update increase the total cost of the patent application by 10x. I'd love to see them squirm at that.