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Comment: Re:Hindsight? (Score 1, Insightful) 265

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#46293261) Attached to: Math Models Predicted Global Uprisings

Occupy wall street was a protest against the rich in the little country known as USA.

A typical muslim country is it ? Not really.

Well, it's at least a land full of religious conservatives who don't drink tea but rather push it into the river.
There are many people who read and think too much about ancient obsolete books and think they have all the answers.

Comment: Re:I guess theoretically... (Score 1) 141

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#46227013) Attached to: Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered

Knowing which is the oldest object in the world is like doing archaeology.

Looking at old objects we humans can determine more about how the world looked like when the object was created. The materials that was used. The way the object was formed.

It's important information that helps give a greater understanding of our universe and how it was created and the condition that then existed.

Comment: Re:CNAME under the publisher's domain (Score 1) 731

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#45996343) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are AdBlock's Days Numbered?

Yes, of course its trivial to block. Many already does that.

The name of the domain makes it easy to just block all content from just that domain.
Doesnt matter if they call it ad.name.com or partners.name.com or media.name.com or whatever.name.com

If its all ads from one of the "legit" subdomains, its easy to block just that domain.

If that is hidden behind a URL scheme with www.name.com/ads/ (or /media/ /partners /whatever/ ) its easy to block.

If ads is added bya specific script file that all webpages include - just block that script file.

Blocking ads speed up the browsing. If you never intend to buy from internet-ads anyway and instead
always use consumer compare sites for selecting which product to buy - who needs ads anyway ?

Comment: Re:Percentages that don't add up (Score 1) 185

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#45755279) Attached to: 90 Percent of Businesses Say IP Is "Not Important"

Actually the reverse is probably more true.

The fact that 25% of jobs are claimed to be dependent on IP does not mean that those job will get lost if no IP existed. There is alot to suggest that most of those jobs would still be in demand even if IP does not exists. Because someone need to program that software. someone need to write that music and someone need to write that book.

The business would change yes - but there still would be a demand for the products so how much loss in jobs would one see if all IP was no longer enforaceble ? And how many new business oppurtunies and new jobs would we not see if IP was abandoned ?

Removing IP can lead to a world with even more jobs available then before.

Comment: Re:Something I've been ruminating about all day (Score 1) 305

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#45571439) Attached to: Bitcoin Thefts Surge, DDoS Hackers Take Millions

Given the fact that the gain will reach 0 one day. Its built in that it will happen.
That day the bitcoins will slowly get eroded away and lost in the big bucket in the sky.

In the end most bitcoins will mostly be nothings - lost bitcoins that will never be recoverable and the total worth of the bitcoin market will be highly exaggerated without anyone knowing if they still exists or are lost.

Comment: Its never stopped its been going on for 4-5 years (Score 1) 201

by a_n_d_e_r_s (#45481797) Attached to: Microsoft Customers Hit With New Wave of Fake Tech Support Calls


