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Comment Re:Standard Scientology practice (Score 1) 628

I'm not sure how you got psychopathic from my statement. I'm an atheist and as such I see that the core belief tenants of Scientology are no less ridiculous than those of other religions. Scientology is to Judeo-Christianity is as pulp scifi is to fantasy, stylistically different but equally unlikely.

So some governments have classified them as a cult. So what? Christianity was classified as a cult once upon a time as well. All religions that I'm aware of start off as small cults. True, the leadership of Scientology have done some very detestable things, but what religion isn't guilty of this at some point of its history?

Comment Re:Standard Scientology practice (Score 2) 628

I would argue that many religions scam their followers in one way or another. Religions have been monetized before and used as tools to promote politics.
The fact remains that (despite the intentions of the leadership), avid followers of Scientology don't think that they are scammed, and truly believe in what they are told, just like other avid believers of other religions.
Games

Submission + - Unity 3D Game Engine Adds Linux Support (ubuntuvibes.com)

dartttt writes: After more than 14,000 votes by Linux users and efforts by Brian Fargo, Unity 3D has added Linux support to their popular game engine. Starting with Unity 4.0, Linux will be supported as a publishing platform allowing Unity games to be played natively on Linux. Only standalone desktop games will be supported initially. There is no word on Linux support for game editor and web player.
Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft Relents On Metro-Only VS Express (infoworld.com)

snydeq writes: "After hearing objections from developers, Microsoft will offer a version of its Visual Studio Express 2012 package for desktop application development after all. The company had previously announced that Express 2012 editions, which are free, platform-specific versions of the Visual Studio 2012 IDE, would be limited to Windows 8 Metro-style development as well as development for the Windows Azure cloud platform, Windows Phone, and Web applications. 'We heard from our community that developers want to have for Windows desktop development the same great experience and access to the latest Visual Studio 2012 features at the Express level. ... And it will enable developers working on open source applications to target existing and previous versions of Windows.'"
Encryption

Submission + - Flame uses a yet unknown MD5 chosen-prefix collision attack (arstechnica.com)

SpanglerIsAGod writes: We have confirmed that Flame uses a yet unknown MD5 chosen-prefix collision attack," Marc Stevens and B.M.M. de Weger wrote in an e-mail posted to a cryptography discussion group earlier this week. "The collision attack itself is very interesting from a scientific viewpoint, and there are already some practical implications.
Entertainment

Submission + - NPR's "Car Talk" Closing (yahoo.com)

stevegee58 writes: After 25 years on the air, Tom and Ray Magliozzi (aka Click and Clack, The Tappet Brothers) are calling it quits in September.
With their nerdy humor, explosive laughter and geek cred (both MIT alums) Tom and Ray will be sorely missed by the average NPR-listening Slashdotter.

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