iamagloworm - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Inbreeding? In a Small Tribe? I'm SHOCKED! (Score 1) 109

by iamagloworm on Thursday December 19, 2013 @04:48AM (#45734119) Attached to: Genome of Neandertals Reveals Inbreeding

The summary clearly states inTERbreeding, the title turned it into inbreeding which is more or less the opposite. But this is Slashdot where the editors can't write and the posters can't read.

except that TFA includes the quoted title from the summary...

Comment: ping times (Score 1) 277

by iamagloworm on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @01:08AM (#45722813) Attached to: Surviving the Internet On Low Speed DSL

seriously, he's complaining about 80ms ping times? i just pinged google.com and it is over 1000ms. life goes on.

Comment: The law on chemical weapons is pretty clear... (Score 1) 659

by iamagloworm on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @01:58AM (#44805377) Attached to: Should the U.S. bomb Syria?

Even if they are have not signed, it is considered customary international law. the trick is getting them to the hague.

Comment: Something is going on in Qatar... (Score 1) 659

by iamagloworm on Monday September 09, 2013 @11:42PM (#44804935) Attached to: Should the U.S. bomb Syria?

an oil pipeline that would pass through Syria on its way to europe is blocked because of russian influence. while interested parties are keen to see the demise of Syria's government for many understandable, if not compelling, reasons, this is a major issue of economic competition. Russian has never been so good at economic competition and much prefers the monopoly.

Comment: Re:I don't understand the problem... (Score 1) 61

by iamagloworm on Monday August 05, 2013 @07:12AM (#44475617) Attached to: The Old Reader Will Stay Open To the Public Thanks To US Corporation

syncing

Comment: why only 1500 people (Score 1) 281

by iamagloworm on Monday July 29, 2013 @01:21PM (#44414171) Attached to: Most Americans Think Courts Are Failing To Limit Government Surveillance

why do these stupid surveys only ever ask 1500 people? is that the minimum number set?

Comment: this summary terrible (Score 1) 38

by iamagloworm on Friday July 19, 2013 @04:06AM (#44325163) Attached to: James Bond's Creator, and the Real Spy Gadgets He Inspired

seriously, it is full of mistakes. why is it so hard for editors to edit?

Comment: Re:Frankly, you're clueless (Score 1) 231

by iamagloworm on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @01:34AM (#43902441) Attached to: Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network

I wish I had mod points today. This is hilarious!

Comment: Re:Most frequent? (Score 1) 413

by iamagloworm on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @03:39AM (#43588165) Attached to: My most frequent OS migration path?

agreed!

It implies that one is going from say Windows to OS X repeatedly.

For me, with some overlapping such as windows when provided by employers, I went DOS - OS/2 - Windows - Linux - OS X.

Comment: satellite... (Score 1) 558

by iamagloworm on Thursday April 25, 2013 @07:41AM (#43544679) Attached to: Average latency to Slashdot.org?

Satellite connection in the middle of afghanistan. I expected worse... Pinging slashdot.org [216.34.181.45] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=865ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=980ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=1083ms TTL=235 Reply from 216.34.181.45: bytes=32 time=804ms TTL=235 Ping statistics for 216.34.181.45: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 804ms, Maximum = 1083ms, Average = 933ms

Comment: Re:Cultural Differences (Score 1) 164

by iamagloworm on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:47PM (#43528125) Attached to: Former Diplomat Slams Facebook For Inaction On Fake Pages

cultural difference of a dirt bag politician.

Comment: Re:I agree with the man (Score 1) 164

by iamagloworm on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @02:46PM (#43528109) Attached to: Former Diplomat Slams Facebook For Inaction On Fake Pages

he's a low-life politician, not a career diplomat. these posts get given away to former cabinet members to keep them from causing trouble. best to ignore him and whatever facebook pages contain his name.

Comment: FBT (Score 1) 631

by iamagloworm on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @12:26PM (#43402665) Attached to: No Such Thing As a Tax-Free Lunch At Google?

Fringe benefit tax is the norm in Australia. In my opinion, FB should be taxed. The extreme example of Steve Jobs announcing he would renounce his salary shows this. It is otherwise just a loophole to reduce tax. But if you're going to start closing loopholes, there are bigger fish to fry.

+ - Monsanto's Death Patents ..-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 22, 2013 @06:40PM

An anonymous reader writes "Monsanto has yet another case pending in the court system, this time before the U.S. Supreme Court on the exclusivity of its genetically modified seed patents. Narrowly at issue is whether Monsanto retains patent rights on soybeans that have been replanted after showing up in generic stocks rather than being sold specifically as seeds, or whether those patent rights are “exhausted” after the initial planting. But more broadly the case also raises implications regarding control of the food supply and the patenting of life – questions that current patent laws are ill-equipped to meaningfully address."
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+ - Researcher breaks Pi calculation record with the help of NVIDIA-> 0

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narcoleptic5052

on Saturday March 16, 2013 @11:41AM

narcoleptic5052 writes "Yesterday's self-congratulatory pat on the back to anyone reciting Pi to ten digits might feel a bit inadequate compared to Santa Clara University's Ed Karrels. The researcher has broken the record for calculating Darren Aronofsky's favorite number, taking the ratio to eight quadrillion places right of the decimal."
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