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  1. Nerval's Lobster Advertising Service on Why I Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL/MariaDB · · Score: 2

    Nervals Lobster's last 15 posts have been links to news.dice.com, the parent company of Slashdot. They're nothing but ads.
    [Add obligatory Slashdot's-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket slam here.]

  2. Re:NameCheap on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Domain Name Registration? · · Score: 1

    I've tried all those. They don't work.

  3. They'd better. on Secret Service Testing Drones, and How to Disrupt Them · · Score: 1

    It's a trivial matter to replace the camera with a handgun.

  4. Re:The majority? on Daylight Saving Time Change On Sunday For N. America · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes, the source is unsourced articles that come out twice a year shortly before daylight savings changes, each with the same trivial commentary. I'm in the other majority, the one that prefers daylight savings time.

  5. Which bacteria? on Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital · · Score: 1

    There is a whole family of bacteria in enterobacteriaceae, the E of CRE, including from E. coli to Salmonella. The brilliant story doesn't bother to mention which bacteria is causing the infections.

  6. Re:Very detailed video... on The Oddball Side of CES (Video) · · Score: 1

    I have to agree, This is the lamest /. submission I've seen lately.

  7. Re:Okay, so... on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Obese patients eat more calories than they use. Eat less that you use and you lose weight. It's the law.

  8. Trust but Verify. on Ask Slashdot: With Whom Do You Entrust Your Long Term Data? · · Score: 1

    Trust but verify, and copy. For local archival storage, it's as easy as copying it to a new hard drive ever year or three. That way you don't end up with as much bit rot or incompatible data. It takes less and less (percentage-wise) storage each time the data is copied, because capacity grows so much. The older the data, the smaller it is.

  9. I'm not sure how to break this to you... on Science's Biggest Failure: Everything About Diet and Fitness · · Score: 0

    Dr. Oz is not science. It is still true (as science has maintained for a lot of years) that if you digest more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. It's the law of conservation of energy (a.k.a. science). Eat too much and you get fat. Eat less than you need, and you'll lose weight. Period.

  10. Re:shame on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 2

    I guess we'll have to shop at Alibaba.

  11. Can't happen. on Obama Proposes One-Time Tax On $2 Trillion US Companies Hold Overseas · · Score: 1

    There is no such thing as a one-time tax.

  12. Why use a bomb? on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    You don't need a bomb if you've got a proper pickup truck. http://www.dallasnews.com/news...

  13. Re:Add noise on Georgia Institute of Technology Researchers Bridge the Airgap · · Score: 0

    Any headline with "revealed" and "secret" is highly questionable.

  14. Re:Languages preferences are so subjective. on Ask Slashdot: Is Pascal Underrated? · · Score: 1

    This is absolutely true. The major languages today have some serious problems, but the IDE makes it faster to program in them despite the problems.

    However, chest thumping is fun. I hope to see a lot of new languages.

  15. It's a Hoax. on US Senate Set To Vote On Whether Climate Change Is a Hoax · · Score: 1

    The U.S. Senate, that is.

  16. Phys.org? Faster than light? on New Paper Claims Neutrino Is Likely a Faster-Than-Light Particle · · Score: 1

    Why do I suspect this is horse crap?

  17. Why North Korea? on Russian Hackers Stole Millions From Banks, ATMs · · Score: 1

    Why does Obama want to retaliate against North Korea for hacking a Japanese movie company, but not Russia for hacking U.S. and international banks?

  18. Re:It's fairly simple on What Will Microsoft's "Embrace" of Open Source Actually Achieve? · · Score: 1

    DIce Holdings, via Slashdot, is carrying on a worldwide harassment campaign against people who type fast.

  19. Army? on Army To Launch Spy Blimp Over Maryland · · Score: 1

    Isn't the army supposed to protect us from foreign threats? This seems like a job for domestic law enforcement.

  20. It's time to act! on Apparent Islamic Terrorism Strikes Sydney · · Score: 4, Funny

    We should give up more of our constitutional rights NOW, before it's too late.

  21. I guess not. on Seagate Bulks Up With New 8 Terabyte 'Archive' Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    I've just had two 5tb Seagates fail. Out of two.

  22. Ads? on How Your In-Store Shopping Affects the Ads You See On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Facebook has ads?
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  23. Re:Great on Curiosity's Mars Crater Was Once a Vast Lake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fossils are not that common on earth. Pick a random place on earth, then do about as much looking around as a Rover can do. You'll be very lucky to find a fossil.

  24. Texas Anti-Regulatory Climate on Tesla Wants Texas Auto Sales Regulations Loosened · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The good Texas conservatives are committed to fight unnecessary government regulation and would never... Oh, wait.

  25. The MPAA is in charge. on MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters · · Score: 1

    The MPAA went on to mandate

    (1) Ebola workers must be quarantined, without access to internet, for 21 days after crossing any international border,

    (2) Those who abstain from visiting a movie theater for three or more consecutive months will be required to pay the MPAA a convenience fee $47 per month, and

    (3) P2P computer communications are banned. To facilitate enforcement, all TCP/IP packets will hereafter be routed through MPAA servers, where they may, at MPAA's option, be forwarded to their destination address.