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  1. Re:Another hint on Snow Falls On the Most Arid Desert On Earth · · Score: 1

    A more important point is ... slashdot comments arent the scientific consensus on climate change.

  2. Wait... on Ask Slashdot: How To Safely Saw Up Motherboards? · · Score: 1

    You are asking an IT forum about an industrial health and safety question?

    You are definately in trouble... :p

  3. Re:One thing I've noticed about large organization on Congress Dumps James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 2

    People fixate on the human space program too much. NASA has had an almost constant string of fantastic science missions since Apollo.

    No one wants to pay to put people into LEO, hell people were bored of the Moon landings after a couple of missions.

  4. Re:Absurd on Congress Dumps James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 1

    While you have gone off the deep end with your conclusions :) ...

    I think the evidence shows the neocon plan is to remove social welfare, which isnt a shock. They pretty much say that up front.
    Trying to bankrupt the country to get medicare + social security dumped is kinda insane though.

    I often wonder how many of the republicans really know what they are doing or just listen to the party rhetoric and don't question it. I can't believe they all really understand what they are doing.

  5. Nerdy is cool but.. on Google Bid Pi Billion Dollars For Nortel Patents · · Score: 1

    You have to wonder if all the wires are plugged in when you make billion dollar bids based on math constants.

  6. What a plan... on How To Get Websites To Ban Sign-ups From Gmail.com Accounts · · Score: 1

    Cause people would never write an exception for gmail/yahoo/hotmail etc. That has to be the biggest waste of time reading an article on here for a while. Did this guy post this himself?

    I love the comments on the site calling him a genius, I hope they aren't working in IT :p

  7. Re:8000 miles = Close shave on Asteroid To Pass Near Earth On Monday · · Score: 1

    Half the asteroids can't be detected until after they pass us. You can't easily (especially for small ones) see asteroids coming from the direction of the sun.

  8. Re:Again ? on Australian ISPs To Start Filtering the Internet · · Score: 1

    It's not going to be long before we are behing the great kangaroo firewall while this dipshit Conroy is around.

  9. Re:It does not go far enough on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 1

    This guy invented a car that runs on water while high on marijuana! WOW!

  10. Re:"Screaming, Mindless Christians" ?? on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 1

    They had their time 2000 years ago :)

  11. Re:"Screaming, Mindless Christians" ?? on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 1

    Those people have a nasty habit of not dying though, maybe we should just kill them huh? :/

  12. Re:"Screaming, Mindless Christians" ?? on Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally · · Score: 1

    The reason an athiest can't be elected is because religions, Christianity in this case, teaches that you get your morals from the bible and people who don't believe in god have no morals.

    When most people are brainwashed into this thinking its pretty hard fight it.

    Although we have an Athiest prime minister in Australia at the moment. Though she hasn't (as far as I know) "come out", but its well known.

  13. Re:Sigh on White House To Announce IT-Powered Smart Grid · · Score: 1

    Clearly.

  14. Re:Sigh on White House To Announce IT-Powered Smart Grid · · Score: 2

    Private companies are going to pay for multi billion dollar infrastructure without anti competitive exclusive usage of it?

    What is the point you are trying to make?

  15. Re:Safari is similar... on Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support · · Score: 1

    Apple has had a Windows version of Safari for some time.

    Though Safari is based on webkit and so is chrome its not that amazing.

    Why they can't have IE10 run on vista makes no sense. Its just marketing. If IE was so fast using the latest tech to be in the lead. You could make that argument. But its the slowest of the major browsers now.

  16. Re:Things have changed. Get over it. on Tron: Legacy — Too Much Imagination Required? · · Score: 1

    CG not saving a bad movie anymore? I assume you haven't heard of Avatar.

  17. Re:Argh, recursion on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    Yeah, for sure. Its not like the technology has changed over time.

    Im still touching my as400 and getting hard.

    Its a glorious age of mainframes that will never end!

  18. Re:Sounds nice, but.. on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    Hear Hear!

    The parent post was some seriously uninformed fud. Painful to read.

  19. Re:Great on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    lol

    Microsoft started the software industry. Even if you hate them, who cares?

    Ignore them. What sort of empty person cares so much about the failure of company they dont like?

    BG has never come over and ass raped you.. yet

  20. Re:Security problems with a MS product? nah. on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    Definately, we should never leave our homes.. its dangerous!

  21. Re:H.264 licensing on Silverlight 3.0 Released, Allows Apps Outside the Browser · · Score: 1

    How do you figure that? Microsoft is supporting Moonlight.. they could destroy them if they were against cross platform.

    Microsoft has changed a lot since vista bombed (perception wise) and google has become such a force. I can look at most of the .Net framework source code now. Who could have imagined that before?

    MS has supported Windows + Mac from the start with silverlight and Moonlight will give linux support. Microsoft know that they are dead if they dont go cross platform and stop the loss of mind share.

    I think Silverlight is a dead end. People hate MS too much.. it wont be adopted enough on other OS's for companies to commit millions of dollars on it.

    Couple that with such amazing increases in javascript performance and html5/canvas, flash and silverlight are going to keep looking less attractive. Already most web sites dont need flash for what they do and html is the 800 lb gorilla when it comes to cross browser.

  22. Steve Fossett really deserved to die on NTSB Says a Downdraft Killed Steve Fossett · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Who cares about this guy? He is called an "adventurer"? Our navy (Australian) already had to fish this idiot out of the sea after he failed *another* balloon flight. He was a billionare.. but he cant even have a fucking plan b? His many rescuers should get the credit, not this idiot.

    What sort of adventurer goes man vs nature... fails (often), lives only cause of others... but is still considered so brave / adventerous?

    Even I can fuck up and get saved by the professionals. Its not that impressive!

    Fossett flew off, no one knew where he went exactly... he didnt take sufficient supplies in case of trouble. What sort of retard is he? He knows better than anyone how often his stupid ass would crash. Its the one time he couldnt call for help to save his ass.

    I assume the Fossett family wont ask me to speak at any family functions :)

  23. Re:I can't believe it... on NYC Wants Ideas For "Taxi Technology 2.0" · · Score: 1

    The biggest issue with "driverless" cars isnt tech.. or even unions (depending on where you live). Its that when a driverless car has a bug and runs over 10 school kids. Who is responsible? The driver? Hard to make that case, what did they do? If you buy a tv and it blows up and kills 10 people its not your fault... so, it is the car company. The risk of such a think is completely off the scales, even one in a million type issues would sink any company.. let alone a startup who is more likely to try this.

  24. Re:I hate it when people venerate/elevate scumbags on Interview With an Adware Author · · Score: 1

    Yeah, if I dont have a steel door with dead bolts that lock it to my double reinforced wall. Its my fault I get robbed. Hell if I dont wear a propper metal underwear with a big lock, its my fault I get raped.

    Sure, software is somewhat different. The intangable makes it seem less real. There is a case for breaking to improve it.. but these guys arent doing that, they are doing it to make money. They have no genuine grievance for being ignored for trying to help. Have someone break into your house and steal all your personal items and then I want to see you defend them.

  25. Re:I'd rather have 4/36 on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 1

    haha, the US pay almost no tax, its hillarious you complain about it. Its like petrol, sorry gas :) You pay half what the rest of the world does, but complain like its rape. /end common usa bashing :)