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  1. Re:Amazing how it can boomerang on Testers Say IE 11 Can Impersonate Firefox Via User Agent String · · Score: 1

    It has Karma written in the container.

    It may say karma, but it smells an awful lot like poetic justice to me.

  2. Re:Tyranny of Age on Google Reportedly Making a Smartwatch, Too · · Score: 1

    The idea of a smart watch when you already have a smart phone...

    When I read the summary, my first thought was, "can I get one of these instead of a smartphone?"

  3. Re:Book written by a comittee on CS Faculty and Students To Write a Creative Commons C++ Textbook · · Score: 1

    A book written by a committee will be a painful read.

    Then FORK IT!

  4. Re:"This situation points to the need..." on Sarah Brightman's ISS Trip In Peril · · Score: 1

    That's exactly what I thought. I think it would be more correct to say: "This situation points to a demand for more flexible transportation options..."

  5. Re:And after the pigeons get loose and take over.. on Berkeley Scientists Plan To 'Jurassic Park' Some Extinct Pigeons Back To Life · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No problem. What're they going to do, lame you to death?

    No, they'll repopulate, and bury the planet in their droppings...

    Maybe they will repopulate North America, and in the process apply pressure to reduce numbers of imported, invasive pigeons.

  6. Re:Ah, the consequences of closed-source on Russian FSB Can Reportedly Tap Skype Calls · · Score: 1

    Much nicer AC reply than the "Whoosh!" I was expecting.

  7. Re:Goodwill on Ask Slashdot: How To Donate Older Computers to Charity? · · Score: 1

    I've done this in the Chicago area, and the Goodwill staff told me they only attempt to resell LCD monitors and the rest will be recycled. They partner here with Dell for the recycling.

  8. Re:"Japan Extracts Natural Gas From Natural Gas" on Japan Extracts Natural Gas From Frozen Methane Hydrate · · Score: 1

    How about: "Japan releases imprisoned natural gas from its icy jail."

  9. Re:"But they gave us a LOT of money" replies ICANN on Amazon's Quest For Web Names Draws Foes · · Score: 1

    So the same sort of wild-west name grabs we saw with .com domain names will simply be repeated here, just on a larger scale.

    Amazon is hoping that it is perceived as simply a "larger scale", and that people miss the distinction between a domain and a top-level domain.

  10. Re:Electricty has made daylight savings obsolete on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    I would say instead that modern lighting, combined with the prevalence of air conditioning and population growth in warmer climates is what's made it obsolete. It used to be that lighting was a more substantial share of the energy budget for buildings, so it made sense to be at work when the sun might reduce your need for lighting. Now, lighting has gotten way more efficient, and A/C is a bigger share (and expected in most commercial settings) so it makes sense to be at work when the sun isn't roasting the building. I think it's time for Siesta Savings Time.

  11. Or maybe... on Copyright Trolls Order Wordpress To Disclose Critics' IP Addresses · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...Prenda just wants proof that lots and lots of unique visitors have viewed the allegedly-defaming content as justification for seeking a giant-size judgement.

  12. How about... on Copyright Trolls Order Wordpress To Disclose Critics' IP Addresses · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...even if you've never visited those sites, contact WordPress and tell them you want them to refuse.

  13. Re:No longer awesome on North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike · · Score: 1

    Actually, he already said that. Right after he was told, "That's not PSY!"

  14. Unmanned drone? on Drone Comes Within 200 Feet of Airliner Over New York · · Score: 1

    What's the difference between an unmanned drone and a pilotless drone?

  15. When I read the headline... on Developers May Be Getting 50% of Their Documentation From Stack Overflow · · Score: 1

    ...I thought it meant that developers were showing a preference for documentation generated as a result of an actual stack overflow. Stupid ambiguous capitalization...

  16. Re:Recycle it on Ask Slashdot: Projects For a Heap of Tech Junk? · · Score: 1

    Recycle it

    Yes, and do it before the cost to recycle it goes up.

  17. Re:Editing on HTML5 Storage Bug Can Fill Your Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Where did Mozilla come from, and where did Apple go?

    The first part was talking about bugs; the second was talking about storage limits. Mozilla has no bug but does have a storage limit. Apple presumably has the bug, but we don't know what its storage limit is.

  18. Re:wordpress.com? on HTML5 Storage Bug Can Fill Your Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    It's only difficult to follow (in that particular case) if the all wordpress blogs you read have a need for local storage that exceeds the limit.

  19. How long until... on What a 'Six Strikes' Copyright Notice Looks Like · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...someone takes the CAS screenshots from TFA and incorporates them into a phishing scam popup?

  20. Re:"In-browser popups?" on What a 'Six Strikes' Copyright Notice Looks Like · · Score: 2

    Except that Comcast users have probably already agreed to Terms of Service that allow them to do what they're doing.

  21. Alcohol on Fruit Flies Medicate Offspring With Alcohol · · Score: 1

    Isn't the alcohol generated by yeast to keep bacteria at bay to begin with?

  22. Re:Yahoo mail too? on Zendesk Compromised; Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest Users Affected · · Score: 1

    They've been trying to fix a cross-site scripting issue since early January. I wouldn't be surprised if this is related.

  23. Re:The Next Zendesk Hack... on Zendesk Compromised; Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest Users Affected · · Score: 2

    Really someone should do that kind of thing once in a while... Hack into a previously-hacked company's public website to replace the advisory with a "Report of hacking is a hoax" statement.

  24. Location? on Ask Slashdot: Starting From Scratch After a Burglary? · · Score: 1

    Are you in the US? Listen to your Vice President and "buy a shotgun, buy a shotgun." Seriously, though... I would advise you take your time instead of going on a shopping spree, take your time buying.

  25. Copyright term on Interviews: Ask Derek Khanna About Government Regulations and Technology · · Score: 1

    Your example copyright term reform (under "Heavily limit the terms for copyright, and create disincentives for renewal") seems only to consider copyright held by corporations. What do you think of separate term limits for copyrights held by individual creators (maybe aligned better with human life expectancy which has greatly increased since 1790) versus those sold by their creator or created as "works for hire"?