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  1. Oh please on Team Builds Viruses To Combat Harmful "Biofilms" · · Score: 2, Funny

    We already have stuff to combat this. For the human body, they're called "showers" or more broadly "hygiene". For medical instruments, they're called "autoclaves". None of which introduces foreign living biologics to the body.

  2. Correct me if I'm wrong on Singles, Not Albums, Define Music Industry Success · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But I think the music industry has known that for about 50 years.

  3. Re:Prehaps instead.. on UK Proposal To Restrict Internet Pornography Sparks Row · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Prehaps it would be smarter to spend resources finding and providing care for unbalanced people"

    I'd rather have them ban some porn than spend resources "finding unbalanced people". I think that is a much more slippery slope.

  4. Ah, another: on Software Speeds Response To Road Accidents · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    $program helps $agency do $task faster.

  5. Hmmm on Thompson Says Florida Bar Requested Psych Test · · Score: 1

    For a second, I thought this would be an article about a Law & Order episode.

  6. Bah on SAP Admits to 'Inappropriate' Downloading of Oracle Code · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just a little harmless copyright infringement. There shouldn't be a problem here.

  7. Re:Mod parent down if you have any decency on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but "Ricard McBeef" is funny. And I don't measure my cock size by my uid. I have much, much lower uid accounts that I no longer use simply because I don't want to.

  8. Re:Mod parent down if you have any decency on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 1

    In this day and age, it is never too soon to laugh in the face of tragedy. Get used to it because the damn is breaking and there is so much more to come.

  9. Re:Huh? on Bush Commutes Libby's Sentence · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, the power to pardon is absolute according to the Constitution.

    Wrong. The constitutions says no pardons for impeachment.

  10. Apples the king at failing on The Economist on Apple, the iPhone, and Innovation · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, hell, they've been a doomed company for what 10 years now? 12?

  11. Good old Slashdot. on Genetic Information on Major Diseases Uncovered · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The first five posts are about how evil this could be. Take off your tinfoil hats for once people. This is good science.

  12. Re:The liberal hand wringing in this thread is: on White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    It is convenient - when you need to shut someone's whinehole in person. This, of course, doesn't work online, what with all the wikipedia pseudo-intellectuals and the hive minds in which they live.

  13. Re:The liberal hand wringing in this thread is: on White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    I never said I had the answer, I just said I know what the answer isn't.

  14. Re:The liberal hand wringing in this thread is: on White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    You are correct in that it is not completely true. However, it is true enough, that if you pick someone off the street and ask them the above questions, the vast, vast majority will give those answers or some small variation. Of course the voting might be more like 2 in 5 or even 1 in 2, instead of 1 in 3. And please note, in doing something, I don't mean simply "expressing displeasure". You can find plenty of that right here. By doing something about it, I mean more than:

    Putting a "witty" bumper sticker on the back of your car
    Going to a protest rally - this does not make you an activist
    Posting on blogs - repeatedly posting talking points is pointless
    Signing an online petition - or a real one for that matter
    Whining in person with your friends
    Donating $5 to the Democratic party or some other similar donation

    These are all empty gestures.

  15. Re:The liberal hand wringing in this thread is: on White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Say that to me in person and you'll be trying to pick up your teeth.

    You know how to get someone to stop complaining about Bush? You ask them:

    A. Did you vote? (2 out of 3 will answer no - usually followed by a hilarious excuse such as my car was broken or I live in a blue/red state so my vote doesn't matter - so you can stop there, that is enough.)

    For the other 1 out of 3, ask them what they, personally, have done rather than complain amongst themselves.

    Invariably, the answer boils down to 'Nothing'.

    And if you want to make threats, post logged in. I'd be happy to arrange a meeting with you, but I suspect your threat is about as empty as the posts on Slashdot are.

  16. The liberal hand wringing in this thread is: on White House Derails Attempts to End Illegal Wiretapping · · Score: -1, Troll

    Priceless.

    It's a shame all you can - nay all you will - ever do about it is whine on Slashdot.

  17. Newsflash: on Online Shoppers are Willing to Pay More for Privacy · · Score: 3, Informative

    People look for the "shipped in plain brown packages" when buying porn related items.

  18. Re:Please... on RIAA Accused of Extortion & Conspiracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    IANAL, but clearly you've never read State Statute H834.b, page 42 subset 11D paragraph 15 sentence 1 (v1.32).

    In Alabama, ANAL is strictly prohibited by Penal Code 5432.427c(a).

  19. Please... on RIAA Accused of Extortion & Conspiracy · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you look at Section 72 paragraph 14, subsection 8 sentence 2 (3f33.v2.7) of the Florida code (version 23.4.2a) you will clearly see that it is superceded by Federal code 4323F.2b4#*R, page 492 subsection B, paragraph 12, sentences 3-7.

  20. Re:go for RAID-5 on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 1

    Sorry. When I read "rebuild", I only think of rebuilding an array with a defective disk, not starting from scratch as it were.

  21. Re:go for RAID-5 on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 1

    plan on rebuilding the array down the road (and losing all your data, unless you have another mass storage device that can hold it).

    Eh, heh. What? Seriously. What the fuck are you talking about? Lose a disk in a RAID 5 array AND lose your data? What blog did you read that on?

  22. Re:Two words: RAID 0 on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uptime and data retention increase 59.544%.

    Actually, it's 59.5449999%. So it's 5 nines no matter how you look at it.

  23. Two words: RAID 0 on RAID Vs. JBOD Vs. Standard HDDs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing can possibly go wrong. Especially if you use, like, 10 disks.

  24. Ah, a nice flame war on Misuse of Scientific Data By the White House · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ensuing hot air will contribute [a] little.

  25. Re:Nobody Cares. on GNU Coughs Up Emacs 22 After Six Year Wait · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nobody cares. We're all using VI now.

    It's always fun watching some who has never used vi try to use it. Especially a fatty. The mashing of the keys trying to switch between modes! It's hilarious.