I'd like to respond to this, merely out of respect for such an opinion contrary to the /. mantra of: "getting high moderation means insightful or interesting posts". Long long ago, when I started /. I was fascinated by the moderation system. However, I also read posts by people complaining only finding the real gems at -1 or 0 (I do not have the time nor inclination for such tasks).

Now having posted with karma bonus, and getting moderated down, just for posting sincere videos and articles, I see what those people _10_ years ago meant.

I'm not saying I know everything. In fact, I'd LOVE to get a contrary opinion to my links, which do include independent nuclear scientists and medical experts, as well as ordinary people with children STILL IN Fukushima. However, when the "discussion" is promptly moderated down to 0 or sometimes -1 (they didn't have the nerve this time), then it just stops. No. Exchange. Of. Ideas. Anymore. Period.

See the videos. It's absolutely amazing: Japan is handling its nuclear crisis hundred times WORSE than Russians did Chernobyl. Something to think about while the media and politicians cheer on Japanese "efficiency".

My .sig also explains perfectly WHY /.ers have such problems with contrary opinions and free exchange of ideas. It's pretty sad really, thinking how highly intellectual they think of themselves. Myself, I do not have all the answers, but I know I have experienced enough to see that /. and mainstream do not have it either, and that you have to dig quite thoroughly in the unknown to find anything new. Yes, there's alot of mud and superstition, but there's gems also, and often, it's hard to know which is which.

I hate it when establishment-defenders mods a perfectly good post down (referring to moderators).

Exactly why I de-bookmarked /. years ago. Too many closed minded elitists who seek to mute those opinions that disagree with their own world-view. Good luck believing this latest propaganda-piece which is not based on any real measurements, but on theoretical models.

Can't be bothered reading facts of course. Feelings of cognitive dissonance with the establishment would hurt too much.

This is not even worth my time. Cowards.

I hate it when establishment-defenders mods a perfectly good post down (not referring to your post, but to moderators).

Exactly why I de-bookmarked /. years ago. Too many closed-minded elitists who seek to mute those opinions that disagree with their own world-view. Good luck believing this latest propaganda-piece which is not based on any real measurements, but on theoretical models.

Can't be bothered reading facts of course. Cognitive dissonance with the establishment would hurt too much. Cowards.

Crisis in Fukushima and Japan is far from over. It's just begun. Expect to see "lost decades" due to all kinds of sicknesses due to radiation exposure. Please study the material below, also for your own knowledge and safety:

MUST SEE VIDEO: Japanese officials confronted with question wether people in Fukushima has the same rights as other people to protect themselves against radiation, and their surprising answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rVuGwc9dlhQ

VIDEO: Fukushima children forced to drink radioactive milk at school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Aq4JG9ULVNE

Fukushima-get up to date on repressed news:
http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/much-of-northern-japan-uninhabitable-due-to-nuclear-radiation
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/media-2/fukushima-meltdown-caldicott-says-japan-may-become-uninhabitable-media-silent/
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/10/japan-deal-radioactive-sewage-crisis-produce-cement-25231/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/remember-fukushima-its-back

Secret pacts to NOT check for radiation in imported goods and foods from Japan (made after Fukushima started melting down):
http://www.nuclear-news.net/2011/08/20/hillary-clintons-pact-with-japan-to-downplay-fukushima-radiation-risks/
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/radiating-americans-with-fukushima-rain-food-secret-clinton-pact

Experts: Fukushima 'off-scale' lethal radiation level infers 100 millions dying:
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/experts-fukushima-off-scale-lethal-radiation-level-100s-millions-deaths

Closer to home:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article4151087.ece

Independent measurements (uncalibrated, non-discriminatory - but shows no "need" for global mass-panic yet):
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm

Independent news (only ones still covering Fukushima):
http://www.fairewinds.com/
http://enenews.com/

Japanese government changing the "safe health standards" just moments after disaster struck. Now includes absurd amounts of radiation 20-30 times more than previously, which were already 2-10 times more than most Western countries'. The change document is of course provided, also with a "safe" limit of "plutonium and other ALPHA emitters". Plutonium! The most toxic substance known to life!

Raising the exposure limits were allegedly done to increase safety for citizens, something you'd expect in a Hitchcock movie..

"Becquerels" and Japan's changing "safety" standards for radiation in food and water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc6FPIK1VaY

"Evacuate Children!" Rally & Demo in Koriyama City, Fukushima Pref. on Oct. 15, 2011"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6RAwEBxaa4&feature=related

"Detoxify or Die: Natural Radiation Protection Therapies for Coping With the Fallout of the Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown":

http://www.health-matrix.net/2011/03/19/detoxify-or-die-natural-radiation-protection-therapies-for-coping-with-the-fallout-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown/

Experiences after Chernobyl and the multitudes of diseases, chronic fatigue and lessened immune disorders inflicted upon Europeans, and how Fukushima can learn from history.

VIDEO: "Evacuate Children!" Rally & Demo in Koriyama City, Fukushima Pref. on Oct. 15, 2011"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b6RAwEBxaa4

MUST SEE VIDEO!!:
Japanese officials confronted with question wether people in Fukushima has the same rights as other people to protect themselves against radiation, and their surprising answer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rVuGwc9dlhQ

VIDEO: Fukushima children forced to drink radioactive milk at school:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Aq4JG9ULVNE

Fukushima-get up to date on repressed news:

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/much-of-northern-japan-uninhabitable-due-to-nuclear-radiation
http://www.independentaustralia.net/2011/media-2/fukushima-meltdown-caldicott-says-japan-may-become-uninhabitable-media-silent/
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/10/japan-deal-radioactive-sewage-crisis-produce-cement-25231/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/remember-fukushima-its-back

Secret pacts to NOT check for radiation in imported goods and foods from Japan (made after Fukushima started melting down):
http://www.nuclear-news.net/2011/08/20/hillary-clintons-pact-with-japan-to-downplay-fukushima-radiation-risks/
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/radiating-americans-with-fukushima-rain-food-secret-clinton-pact

Experts: Fukushima 'off-scale' lethal radiation level infers 100 millions dying:
http://www.examiner.com/human-rights-in-national/experts-fukushima-off-scale-lethal-radiation-level-100s-millions-deaths

Closer to home:
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article4151087.ece

Independent measurements (uncalibrated, non-discriminatory - but shows no "need" for global mass-panic yet):
http://www.radiationnetwork.com/Message.htm

Independent news (only ones still covering Fukushima):
http://www.fairewinds.com/
http://enenews.com/

Japanese government changing the "safe health standards" just moments after disaster struck. Now includes absurd amounts of radiation 20-30 times more than previously, which were already 2-10 times more than most Western countries'. The change document is of course provided, also with a "safe" limit of "plutonium and other ALPHA emitters". Plutonium! The most toxic substance known to life!

Raising the exposure limits were allegedly done to increase safety for citizens, something you'd expect in a Hitchcock movie..

"Becquerels" and Japan's changing "safety" standards for radiation in food and water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc6FPIK1VaY

"Detoxify or Die: Natural Radiation Protection Therapies for Coping With the Fallout of the Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown":

http://www.health-matrix.net/2011/03/19/detoxify-or-die-natural-radiation-protection-therapies-for-coping-with-the-fallout-of-the-fukushima-nuclear-meltdown/

Experiences after Chernobyl and the multitudes of diseases, chronic fatigue and lessened immune disorders inflicted upon Europeans, and how Fukushima can learn from history.

VIDEO: "Evacuate Children!" Rally & Demo in Koriyama City, Fukushima Pref. on Oct. 15, 2011"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=b6RAwEBxaa4

My magnetic cord in my former Macbook Pro was great, until the battery stopped working. Then it got REALLY annoying whenever the cord "jumped out".

No, I could not replace the battery. The heat-damage on the poor thing had twisted everything out of place already. The hardware was just too good to be true, and it was.

Now a happy owner of 18.2" Acer beast :)

You sure? Because I could've sworn security is nothing without taking into account unidentified security flaws.

Or else, you could argue the best security is blinding your eyes, screaming: "LALALALALALALA, no bugs heeere!"

This is why privileged account is so silly to be logged in to, something Windows Vista and 7 tries to fix using UAE. Unix has been superior in that department since day 0 using unprivileged accounts by default (ie. in the default Ubuntu-install). Even if there is a vulnerability, ie. in the Firefox UI or something similar, you're less likely to be seriously hit, by using an unprivileged account that doesn't automatically give exploits full root privileges.

Silly Microsoft. Yes, we blame them for every worm and trojan that exploit these silly security decisions.
However, security is a HARD problem, more of an ongoing process than something you can attach to any product.
Anyone serious about security, have to spend a lifetime studying and working for it.

If remote drone attacks, inherently less trustworthy than operating manually, is not hostile, then flying aircrafts into skyscrapers are not hostile either, rendering the entire Afghanistan war built on hypocricy, deceit and lies. Wait, that was Iraq and the lies about WMDs and Saddaim Hussein-Al Qaida connection wasn't it?

Why aren't these criminals caught and properly punished? What is wrong with you America?

This is hypocricy of the worst sort, even if "hostile" is per international treaty definitions, BECAUSE it's per the same definition of "hostile" in both circumstances!

Sounds like nerfing, which is all to often counter-productive to the group it caters to.

Makes sense though, as I'm not impressed with the development of /. the last oh, 10 years or more?

How is karma relevant in any way when it is maxed out so fast, and really, doesn't mean anything?

Mind you, just because I have a _different_ opinion, and communicate my experiences, does not mean it is an attack on Slashdot and its community. It merely means I'm friggin fed up with self-important over-intellectualized non-relevant and non-practical pricks ;-)

If you feel hurt, well, maybe that's because I hit something. If not, vica versa :)

Hear hear!

It doesn't matter if someone say, "we don't groupthink". It just displays the same ignorant and hostile attitudes bordering on the tyrannical that prevails in closed communities.

A reasonable response would be something like, "any community, any race, any group" always and without fail, always communicate around the established truths of the day. Nowehere in the known or unknown universe, can we suppose that someone is discussing "pure objectively", and if they did, it would probably be pretty boring!

Any voice that objectively, without defending their position or attacking others', has a _chance_ to get closer to a "truth". Like yours Sir. Bravo!

That the unpopular voices are drowned in this discussion also, and even the comments here does not show in the profile page, says all about the current crumbling system Slashdot is so dependent on.

Face it, Slashdot is a sect, and the sooner you admit it, the sooner you can fix it.

It works for you since you agree with 99% of the people here. Those who don't agree, leave this site because of all the abuse and one-sided discussions. Whatever, my karma is excellent, it's not about karma, that got maxed out almost at once years ago.

IMHO a discussion is a communication of differing ideas, usually not so on /.

Proof: All I have to do is mention Intelligent Design. Maybe all life on earth have an intelligent designer behind it. There are myriads of ways this could've been accomplished thousands of years ago, but watch the hostility and condescending attitudes mark me as a bible thumping idiot (in their minds mind you, I have read the bible, but don't really see it relevant today).

Discussion on /. is hopeless in my experience. Not due to the lack of intelligence, but due to the abuse of it.

The whole Slashdot moderation system is aged and obsolete. Even Disqus is better to weed out the trolls and keep discussion on-topic. I've been saying this for years now, but always been modded down or ignored. So there;)

Does nobody else see the irony of a comment like this being moderated to +4?

The fact that it's been validated by the system it critiques invalidates it.

Only for the intellectually lazy, which flourish on Slashdot, like it or not. Your own post is proof enough of that, but I've enough dealings with moderation-abuse to de-list Slashdot from my bookmarks for this very reason.