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  1. Re:It's not Unreal Tournament either on Changing the Rules of a 15-Year-Old Game: Quake Live Update Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    UT was the game skilled people played

    I liked the pr0n mod... *MONEYSHOT*

  2. Re:It ain't no Team Fortress Classic on Changing the Rules of a 15-Year-Old Game: Quake Live Update Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    TFC was the game for wallhacking n00bz0rs :)

    FTFY :P

  3. Re:Come see a large bank being cheap on Euro Bank Santander Commissions Study On Bitcoin's Impact On Banking · · Score: 1

    Everybody tell us their best ideas on how we should do our jobs and one of you might win $5000 whilst we save millions. Yay \o/

    Awesome. I'm surprised they didn't post a question on Slashdot!

  4. Re:maybe on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Repeated Internet Overbilling? · · Score: 1

    The GP; duh.

  5. Re:maybe on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Repeated Internet Overbilling? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't really matter though, you can't charge somebody for bandwidth used to move data, only the bandwidth the end user used. Imagine if you went to buy milk and bought a gallon but were charged for 1.25 gallons because of spillage in the bottling plant. Not legal. Not even a little. You have to work that cost into what you charge for a gallon, and then charge for the gallon the end user buys.

    I had a similar experience in Paris; upon arrival of an ordered taxi, the driver explained that she was going to charge twenty Euros for the drive from her previous drop-off location to our pick-up point in addition to any charge for *our* journey. Is this a one-off or systemic? In the UK, your milk-pricing model is in force for taxis.

  6. Re:Land of insanity on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 0

    I'm not clear that members of the CIA consider themselves patriots so I'm going with 'nope' on that.

  7. Re:Land of insanity on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 1, Informative

    You might want to watch the video for yourself.

    I'm particularly fond of the way they fabricate a justification to kill complete strangers who at worst would be guilty of defending their country from an invading force.

  8. Re:Land of insanity on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Putting aside that these people are retards for thinking he's serious and that they massively overreacted... if you recall, your whole culture (certainly, appears to) celebrate guns, killing etc (certainly movies/tv, film, youth culture). Your armed forces have been at war overseas for hundreds of years. Relatively recently there was video of two good old boys laughing it up whilst shooting news cameramen from an attach helicopter with a 50mm gun. Your own police are now paramilitary organizations quite happy to use armed troop carriers, rubber bullets, tear gas, etc... on civilians.

    So, doesn't it seem pretty much like the horse has not only bolted but has evolved into an entirely new life-form and is on a beach somewhere drinking Piña coladas? Hint: yep, it does.

    For moderation purposes, troll != you-have-inconveniently-reminded-me-that-I-live-in-a-police-state.

  9. Re:Hardened Operating Systems on Operating Systems Still Matter In a Containerized World · · Score: 1

    Windows 8 ? :D

  10. Uhh on Why Chinese Hackers Would Want US Hospital Patient Data · · Score: 1

    Why Chinese Hackers Would Want US Hospital Patient Data

    So that they know who to send the "we realize you're not getting decent healthcare but come to China and have that rectified asap" letters?

  11. Galaxy S4 on New HP Laptop Would Mean Windows at Chromebook Prices · · Score: 1

    As a Galaxy S4 owner (yep, owned not leased on contract) I'm forced to have part of my phone taken over by HP's "Print Service Plugin" which may not be removed - this despite not owning (nor intending to) any HP devices.

    Given this single data point, one can only speculate at the severity of crap-ware storm which rages when one willingly opts in to the HP universe.

    *sigh* if only rants could fix problems.

  12. Re: Women should earn more than men. on Women Founders Outpace Male Counterparts In Certain Types of Kickstarter Funding · · Score: 1

    "Your ancestors treated them like shit" is a good excuse if those ancestors are still alive. If the ancestors paid no compensation then who does?

    At the same time, the idea that persons A are made to suffer as recompense for their ancestors' actions, over which they had (literally) zero control so that persons B may benefit seems harsh.

    Although, I guess suffering is relative when persons A have benefited greatly from the compound interest on the value of stolen land over the last few hundred years.

  13. A 302 to play.google,com? :P

  14. Re:Quickly now, tell us about the breach. on US Defense Contractors Still Waiting For Breach Notification Rules · · Score: 1

    One would assume that this would be basic common sense.

    Tune in tomorrow when we'll bring the results of the multi-billion dollar, decades-long study on how best to drink a glass of water.

  15. Re:Wolfram Alpha... on New Watson-Style AI Called Viv Seeks To Be the First 'Global Brain' · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google has some catching up to do.

    Yah...

  16. Re:Overages and legal liability on Connected Collar Lets Your Cat Do the War-Driving · · Score: 1

    When someone uses your connection excessively in the opinion of your ISP, watch "an choice" become "an bill". Or when someone uses your connection for copyright infringement or child pornography, watch "an choice" become "an lawsuit" or "an criminal charge".

    When someone does the same over your secured connection, either because you shared your password with the wrong friends, someone guessed your password, or you got hacked, good luck explaining to a jury that it's possible for others to use your secured connection.

    Nooooo. He has a one-to-one identity-relation with his IP address; the music industry told me.

  17. Re:Open WiFi on Connected Collar Lets Your Cat Do the War-Driving · · Score: 1

    All it does is say you have something to hide

    It's a sign of the times that this is considered wrong / bad / anti-NSAmerikkkan.

    Unwash ur brain.

  18. Re:Sorry, had to be asked on Connected Collar Lets Your Cat Do the War-Driving · · Score: 1

    I can haz internetz?

    I can haz lotz EM radiation thru ma hed.

  19. AR-15 on Point-and-Shoot: TrackingPoint's New Linux-Controlled AR-15s · · Score: 1

    Ideal for home defence.

  20. Re:What makes them think this is even possible? on US Intelligence Wants Tools To Tell: Who's the Smartest of Them All? · · Score: 1

    Indeed - one use of IQ tests - demoralize a section of society in to accepting whatever BS no-one else will accept.

  21. Re:What makes them think this is even possible? on US Intelligence Wants Tools To Tell: Who's the Smartest of Them All? · · Score: 1

    Simply give any potential employees the option of a marshmallow now or waiting a period of time to receive two marshmallows. At the very least we should use this procedure to test our police force for poor impulse control.

    I'd propose option (c), no marshmallows - at all; I really dislike marshmallows.

  22. Re:What makes them think this is even possible? on US Intelligence Wants Tools To Tell: Who's the Smartest of Them All? · · Score: 1

    Gives, in a sense.

  23. Re:What makes them think this is even possible? on US Intelligence Wants Tools To Tell: Who's the Smartest of Them All? · · Score: 1

    hings like willpower, dedication, creativity, work ethic, etc... all play
    into whether someone is successful at accomplishing tasks. I don't see how a brain scanner is going to
    accomplish this or how it would be any better than existing testing methods

    In the sense that they've not had a budget request for this type of project before and have demonstrated considerable creativity in coming up with this potentially-everlasting think-of-the-kids style project? Did I win?

  24. Re:But they're Americans, aren't they? on 40% Of People On Terror Watch List Have No Terrorist Ties · · Score: 1

    Burn/drown them to know the truth.

  25. Is it an unfair generalisation to say that on Alleged Massive Account and Password Seizure By Russian Group · · Score: 1

    Within the phrase 'Russian crime ring', the last two words are redundant?