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Comment Eugenics (Score 2, Insightful) 259

We have a word for this, and the word is eugenics. How long until the threshold for undesirability is softened to a heart condition, or baldness? How long until the decisions are politically or religiously motivated? Killing the undesirables so that the "proper" children may thrive is a lesson we should not have to learn again. Yes, Godwin, but here the analogy is apt.

Comment Re:Argh... (Score 1) 774

Have you used one for more than a minute or two? You'd be surprised how quickly you adapt to it; it's just another muscle-memory thing. When I'm using a more traditional two-button mouse, I find it quaint that it has actual physical buttons, and that the scroll button/wheel is only two directional.

I support macs, and use mighty mice frequently and involuntarily. I have adapted to lifting up the my left finger when right clicking. The ergonomics of these mice is horrible. Not only is there the issue with the "buttons," but the whole mouse is not shaped for a human hand and the track ball is too small. A mouse should be usable first, and beautiful second. Almost all of the problems with macintosh UI can be traced to not understanding this. Blaming the user for not being fashionable enough is not the correct approach. Fixing the mouse design is.

Media

Creative Commons License Flaws Claimed 233

bloosqr writes "Dan Heller, in a series of three articles, claims to have found a number of problems with the Creative Commons license, particularly within the realm of photography. In the first article he states there is a problem with people relicensing copyrighted work under the CC license and having subsequent users of that copyrighted work sued by the original owner. In the second article he fleshes out these ideas and states that there is an increased risk of being sued if you use a CC license. Finally, in the third article, he states that people can 'game the CC license' for profit, by suing people who use your CC'd work which you have subsequently revoked from the CC license. This series of blogs has generated a fair amount of discussion on several photography forums, and I would like for the Slashdot community to clarify matters."
Businesses

Why the US Consumer Doesn't Deserve A Decent Robot 311

SkinnyGuy writes "PC Magazine has up a lengthy look at how differing cultural approaches and expectations for robots are setting the stage for Amercian consumers to miss out on the best robots have to offer. The first paragraph is kind of funny: 'Someday the robots will rise up and kill us all. They'll record our lives, obliterate our privacy, set off nuclear war, and eventually turn on us and eat our brains. If any of this ever did happen, it would serve us right. We, at least American consumers, don't deserve the future that robots really have to offer.'"

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