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  1. Re:Ahh Dwarf Fortress... on Dwarf Fortress Gets Biggest Update In Years · · Score: 1

    Looks like someone has no imagination whatsoever.

  2. Re:How? on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 1

    There's an episode where Jonathan Frakes guest stars and it's revealed at the end that the entire episode was a holodeck program where Riker was basically playing in an interactive movie to learn about a critical juncture in the Federation's past.

  3. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    What if it was a female Doctor with Captain Jack as the companion?

  4. Re:Step 1: Move to an expensive area on The $200,000 Software Developer · · Score: 1

    Yeah I could move 3 hours west and double my salary in Detroit, but there's a reason salaries double when you move that direction.

    Because you're moving into a crime-infested hell-hole?

  5. Re:Provisional Title... on World of Warcraft Film Shooting Begins Early 2014 · · Score: 0

    Pandarans in Warcraft pre-date Kung Fu Panda. But please, continue to troll.

  6. Re:Oh boy. on Microsoft Ad Campaign Puts a Hotspot Inside a Magazine · · Score: 1

    They tried. We just laugh it off though. Cracker, whitey, etc. Why should you be offended because someone else called you a name? Laugh it off and get on with your life.

  7. Re:Information age has made the concept obsolete on The Nielsen Family Is Dead · · Score: 1

    The problem is that these reality shows are very popular. Just because you and I do not like them does not mean that there are not millions of people waiting with bated breath to see the next fight on Jersey Shore, or to see who is going to fuck over who on Survivor.

  8. Re:Supply & demand on Earth-buzzing Asteroid Would Be Worth $195B If We Could Catch It · · Score: 1

    The US and Russia may be interested in the water from the asteroid if it can be purified in space. It costs a lot of money to launch water into orbit for the ISS, so if they could buy water more cheaply that was mined from an asteroid then they might be willing to do exactly that.

  9. Re:Just like a public library on FCC Proposal Would Cover the US With Public Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    The difference is that the government collects taxes (via fuel/gas taxes) to pay for the roadway upkeep.

    I would rather not have an internet tax. How long ago was it that they had proposed the idea of charging for a virtual stamp to send emails?

  10. Re:YOU there on We The People Petition Signature Requirement Bumped To 100,000 · · Score: 1

    Ultimately the problem is that it is far easier to drum up support for these stupid petitions (like building a Death Star) than it is to drum up support on something intelligent (like, say, forcing Congressmen to read bills before voting on them).

    Facebook and such have conditioned us to support funny/interesting things and ignore mundane topics. "Oh! Funny cat picture! Like! Share! .. Build a Death Star! Hah! That would be awesome! Like! Share! Sign the petition! .. Hm, Congress is voting to allocate $2.5 million to research the effect of pollution on the Northern Womprat. Boooring. Pass."

    So by raising this limit they are just making it even more difficult for legitimate petitions to be accepted. The funny/absurd petitions are still going to take off and easily hit the new margins while the relevant/serious petitions will flounder in obscurity.

  11. Re:Why is there flirtatious behavior? on BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In the Jedi starting area there's a quest chain where you discover two Jedi in a romantic relationship and have the choice to tell the instructors about them because it is against the Jedi code.

    So.. Still was against the code in SWTOR's time frame.

  12. Re:First global warming now this... on Canada Creates Cap On Liability For File Sharing Lawsuits · · Score: 2

    Everyone likes tits.

  13. Re:Clone Army? on Artificial Wombs In the Near Future? · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points. Venture Brothers references are always awesome.

  14. Re:And the review doesn't even touch the issues I on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    3) Gear from 85 to 90 doesn't leave you in a position to go to heroics, even if you get all the gear available.

    This is not accurate. The "Heroic" dungeons are basically the entry-level lvl90 dungeons. You do not need specific item levels to queue for them or complete them.

    I think that you are thinking of the Challenge Mode dungeons which are designed to be very difficult and so you probably will not have adequate gear for them when you first hit 90.

  15. Re:Is this supposed to be humorous? on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    Warriors of Azeroth are mustered to take down the fiend Elmo, discovered to have been using his popularity as an opening to sexually assault the children that loved him so.

  16. Re:Is this supposed to be humorous? on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 2
    The Pandarans were actually in WoW as early as Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. (Note: This far predates "Kung Fu Panda")

    So, no, it's something that was referenced years ago and that they finally expounded upon within WoW.

  17. Re:I have said it before but MMO's need to kill pl on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    The low level players never want or need any help because it's too easy. I don't want to spend a lot of time learning each boss's tricks and having to run back countless times.

    So the game is too easy but you don't want to put in work to learn a boss's fight?

    Please make up your mind if you want a hard game or an easy game.

  18. Re:Hmmm on Duke University Creates Perfect, Centimeter-scale Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll believe it when I /don't/ see it.

  19. Re:RULE 34 on Pakistan's PM Demands International Blasphemy Laws From UN · · Score: 3, Informative

    Rule 34: "There is porn of it. No exceptions."

  20. Re:A shocking discovery on With 'Access Codes,' Textbook Pricing More Complicated Than Ever · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points so I could mod this "Fucking Hilarious". Glad I'm not the only Girl Genius comic reader on here :D

  21. Re:It probably won't make a difference, but... on AT&T Defends Controversial FaceTime Policy Following Widespread Backlash · · Score: -1

    Could you let us know when you find one? Because as a former rep for AT&T, complaining to customer service just gets you laughed at in the break room.

  22. Re:Try straighttalk on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap US Cellphone Plan With an Unlocked Phone? · · Score: 1

    I used them for a while. They're fine if you don't need customer service. It's outsourced to India and I never got one that spoke decent English or could fully understand what I said.

    Also, their data speeds are limited a fair bit. About dial-up speeds in my experience.

  23. Re:Successful ad campaign is successful on Critics Blast Apple's Cheesy New Ad Campaign · · Score: 4, Funny

    Basically they're Apple adverts, basically.

    Are you from the Department of Redundancy Department?

  24. Re:A letter of condemnation... on Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Hits Primetime · · Score: 1

    You compare an idle doodle to a full production. This is not an accurate comparison. A more apt comparison would be to compare an idle doodle with a rough draft of a script that never makes it to production.

    Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has been well received and in my humble opinion I see nothing wrong with them cashing in on it a bit.

    If an artist makes something and no one enjoys it, they get no pay. But when they make something that people enjoy then they do typically receive monetary compensation for said item. The same is true of this production. People do enjoy it, so they do deserve to make some money on it.

  25. Re:To unload more than 1,000 pounds of cargo on Astronauts Open Dragon Capsule Hatch · · Score: 1

    Try pushing the car while standing on ice, because with no gravity to push you down on the ground your feet are going to have very little traction.