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  1. Re:Subcreation on Apocalypse NAO: College Studies the Theological Ramifications of Robotics · · Score: 1

    LOTR too much? Try The Silmarillion.

  2. Re:Yea, that's how they cylons turned against us.. on Startup Out of MIT Promises Digital Afterlife — Just Hand Over Your Data · · Score: 1

    So, three of us watched it, then?

  3. Fortunately, Safeway has an Ethics Hotline on Safeway Suspends Worker For Sci-Fi Parody of His Firing · · Score: 1
    Safeway strives to maintain the highest level of honesty and integrity in its dealing(s) with employees and vendors. If you have any questions, concerns or information regarding business ethics or integrity in your dealings with Safeway, please contact our confidential Business Ethics Hotline at 1-866-239-1376 or email us at business.ethics@safeway.com

    Thar ya go.

  4. Re:Enjoy it while you can... on Ask Slashdot: Do You Run a Copy-Cat Installation At Home? · · Score: 1

    wishing I had mod points...

  5. Re:"Why are you spying on grandma?" on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

    So, essentially, the NSA is an industrial espionage agency and any government helping them is too dumb to notice it.

    No, those other governments were already doing in with their own resources anyway. They were happy to have a new resource-rich partner.

    Fuzzy recollection from my mid-to-late 90's Ecomonist-reading days: others (EU, Russia, China, Aus, SA, Japan, ok, pretty much everyone in the global economy) apparently had long made use of government intel assets for industrial/economic spying. There was a small stink when the US was caught doing similar things, except, it was only a small stink because the US was able to say "And here's what we saw while we were spying.. Here's the German spies, here's the UK spies, those are the French spies over there, let's see i know we have some Israeli's around here too, oh there they are discussing affairs with their Arab spy friends...." and so on, to which the collective response was something along the lines of "Oh. Yes, Well then..."

    Or at least that was my take-away from the series of news articles and reports. There are no innocent parties.

  6. Re: All Feds. on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

    Wait... you mean you didn't set that up on purpose?

  7. I defer to Feynman on Weak Statistical Standards Implicated In Scientific Irreproducibility · · Score: 2
  8. Re:Guess that's why Valve is so behind Linux on Gabe Newell Talks Linux As the Future of Games at LinuxCon NA · · Score: 1

    Not even a low 6-digit??

  9. Re:belief in science on Just Thinking About Science Triggers Moral Behavior · · Score: 1
    The beauty of science is that you don't have to believe in it, in the sense of 'to believe' meaning 'to accept on someone else's authority.' ... the 'authority' of science derives from empirical testing and reason, not belief.

    This should be burned into the minds of schoolchildren everywhere.

  10. Re:I hope you plan on donating your tech support on Ask Slashdot: How To Donate Older Computers to Charity? · · Score: 1

    I would hazard to say that if it has an Audio/Video Department it long ago made the transition from what I would call a Church into what I would call a Marketing Department.

  11. Re:Turns out on Facebook Knows If You're Gay, Use Drugs, Or Are a Republican · · Score: 1

    Why couldn't I have mod points today...

  12. Re:Rape trigger? on Controversy Over Violet Blue's Harm Reduction Talk · · Score: 1

    Yup, some folks simply don't want anyone to have the conversation at all. Be amazed.

  13. Re:Freedom is good on Missouri Legislation Redefines Science, Pushes Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    If they want to ignore science, that's their choice. It just means their kids won't be able to find a job and my kids will have less competition. It's pretty clear there are many people in the US that don't get science and wish to deny their kids a proper education in the scientific method. The ultimate payback is when they're old and their kids can't take care of them. They have no one to blame except themselves.

    Great, and then me, you and your kids will have to support these morons. Or pay for good security.

  14. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    Funny, thats not the message I get from most Christians.

  15. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1
    Frankly, this is a bit like pyromaniac trying to work as a fireman.

    Since you mention... I've never met anyone who loooooves to play with fire more than firemen. Becoming a fireman (pardon, fire fighter) is, I've been told, the ultimate geek job for firebugs. First, they get to burn things. These guys train, and how do you think they do that? They set things ablaze. Large things when they can get them. Then they get to study and learn all about fire up close and in detail and, bonus, they get a socially useful outlet for their ... uhm... quirks.

  16. Re:thought experiment on McAfee Is Doing a Live Broadcast Tonight · · Score: 1

    You must be new. Stick around. It gets much, much better (or worse, depending on your perspective).

  17. Re: IBM M Keyboards on Ask Slashdot: Old Technology Coexisting With New? · · Score: 1
    Still a few left.

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=ibm+m+keyboard&_sacat=0&_from=R40

    I have a few spare 1391401's standing by, in case of emergency keyboard (or coffee cup) failure.

    And I shall weep when the last one goes.

  18. Re:HP DVD Drives on Slashdot Asks: SATA DVD Drives That Don't Suck for CD Ripping? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And someone steps up to demonstrate the point. Thats why I keep coming back.

  19. OR - Did this last week. Yay vote by mail. on U.S. Election Day In Progress: What's Been Your Experience? · · Score: 1

    No lines, just a nice walk to the mailbox. Even took the dog with me, try that at a polling station.

  20. Re:Yes on Ask Slashdot: The Search For the Ultimate Engineer's Pen · · Score: 2

    You're thinking of Detroit...

  21. Link to paper that appears to work on Illinois Prof Calls for a Federal Law To Safeguard Digital Afterlives · · Score: 1
    link

    Facebook's Afterlife
    Jason Mazzone
    University of Illinois College of Law
    2012

  22. Re:less pair-programming chain gangs on The Programmers Go Coding Two-by-Two — Hurrah? · · Score: 1
    I've just found a new link for my resume.

    Bless you, sir.

  23. Re:GCC should remain small and fast on GCC Switches From C to C++ · · Score: 1

    Thank you.

  24. Screw these programming languages. on The PHP Singularity · · Score: 1

    They're major impact has been to foster silly arguments and language wars.

    I say we dump this text crap and go back to switches with blinky lights.

    Who's with me?

  25. Re:Here we go... on "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN · · Score: 1

    If it helps any, I got it.