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  1. An analogy on EFF Warns That Email Privacy Is In Jeopardy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even if breaking in houses is illegal, I still have a lock on my door. Why? Because some people don't care about the law.

    Even if snooping on e-mail is illegal, you still need to encrypt your mails. Why? Because some governments don't care about the law.

  2. Re:Nostrdamus predicts the end by LHC!!! on Large Hadron Collider Goes Live September 10th · · Score: 1

    Well, what did you expect?

    "And the Large Hadron Collider is starteth and it will produce a sinister void that will be untouched by the magical waves of the one known as Hawkins. And the sinister void, small as the ring of the pope will eat the earth and send all children of God to the heavens."

    Duh, that's the point of predictions. They are no fucking tom-toms.

  3. Re:I don't get it on Why COBOL Could Come Back · · Score: 1

    "Comments?"

    Yes, COBOL sucks!

  4. Re:Hell-bent on SpaceX Launch Failure Due To Timing Problem · · Score: 2, Funny

    "n flight they can reach a speed of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h)."

    Seriously, WTF.

    Can you imagine that?

    It's a bird, no it's a plane. No, it's a frikking wild turkey and he's coming after me, HEEEEELP!

  5. Re:You know its slashdot when it's.. on Source Claims 240K Kindles Sold · · Score: 1

    Figures that an American institute uses outdated systems of counting and measuring instead of internationally defined ones.

    k = kilo is 1000
    M = mega is 1.000.000
    G = giga(jiga for bttf fans) is 1.000.000.000

  6. Re:Like they won't just block the site? on Free Tools To Evade China's Web Censorship · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Call it silver-backing, that will be a smashing buzzword.

  7. Re:Right to Free/Open Speech on Blizzard Tries To Forbid Open Sourcing Glider · · Score: 1

    It also says that the term for copyright is not indefinate that's why it's life + 70 years(fucking joke) now. They can impose "slavery" for stealing cookies if they want. Just as the rest of the constitution, the article is intentionally left open to all kinds of interpretation.

  8. Re:Hypocricy on The War Against Virtual Beer Pong · · Score: 1

    Well, the Bush administration is fucking you right now, so it is only an upper class privilege.

  9. Am I the only one... on ESA Releases Annual Report For Public Consumption · · Score: 0, Redundant

    who thought of the European Space Agency?

  10. Re:Is this s precedent in Canada too? on Judge Rules Sprint Early Termination Fees Illegal · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well, Americans may believe that they rule the world and their law applies everywhere else, but this isn't actually true.

  11. Re:The Numbers on Firefox 3.1 Alpha "Shiretoko" Released · · Score: 1

    With this tempo, acid3 compatibility will be reached in IE20.

  12. Re:Coming up on Firefox 3.1 Alpha "Shiretoko" Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And ofcourse, the infamous Firefox 3.1 Alpha 3: Daikatana.

    Firefox is gonna make you it's bitch!

  13. Take note on DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is real irony. So, if someone tags this story "irony", he would be correct.

  14. Re:3 things to fix education on How Do You Fix Education? · · Score: 1

    "2:Less memorization, more critical thinking and analysis."

    This is a black/white problem unfortunately.

    In the Netherlands in the 50s/60s/70s there was a big focus on knowledge. It was pure knowledge stomped into your brain. Then the universities complained that people were knowledgable, but unable of critical thinking. They possesed the "know" but didn't have the "go".

    After a huge revision of the school system, the knowledge/applying balance was shifted. People were learned to do more with critical thinking and insight. The universities were pleased with that. But then the universities complained that people didn't have the knowledge anymore they did in the past. This is true, older tests were harder and covered more topics.

    So now we have the exact opposite problem. If you shift the balance, you are going to lose something in the proces. There is no win-win situation here.

  15. Re:Seems vaguely familar on Software Patent Sanity on the Way? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Indeed, I will probably try this soon. But I'd rather plan this strategy first.

  16. Re:Seems vaguely familar on Software Patent Sanity on the Way? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Scoring 7 karma in 2 posts after eachother. That is a trick I must surely try.

  17. Re:Seriously? on Leaked Wolverine Origin Trailer Makes the Rounds · · Score: 1

    I believe the correct wording is: bury it.

  18. Re:Yeah, turn up the sun. on What Gore Didn't Say About Solar Cells · · Score: 1

    Give a good example and kill yourself.

    If you truly believe what you say, that's the only option.

    If you don't, go fuck yourself.

  19. Re:for want of a nail ... on Amazon Explains Why S3 Went Down · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was the evil bit...

  20. Re:Shut Up and Make Something Better on FSF's "Defective By Design" Targets Apple Genius Bars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Want to make Apple irrelevant?

    It's fucking simple.

    Make something better. Something that users want to use more than Apple products. "

    1. Linux is better than Windows
    2. ?????
    3. No profit?!

    Hey, it doesn't work! Because the better things aren't always the most popular things. That's reality, tough shit.

  21. War games comment on Bootleg Tron 2 Trailer Is Out In the Wild · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "With War Games, it's what got me into technology when I was a kid."

    War Games is a very shitty movie because it's a cookie-cutter Hollywood movie. Boy accidentally hacks miltitary facility and tricks the computer(with a plot-driven AI) into believing there is a nuclear war going on. Now, he and his female friend(you see where this is going?) need the help of a bitter scientist(that sure is original) to stop the computer from launching nukes. The boy gets locked up but thanks to the incompentence of the security system and the people working there he escapes. They eventually let the computer run OXO against itself and just before hell breaks lose the computer understands that thermonuclear war can only result in all parties losing(why can't they simply command him to stop? Is his designer so much a dickwad that the computer does whatever it wants to do?). It all ends happily ever after and the boy and girl get together.

    It's so cookie cutter that when I first saw it, I was disgusted because of all the hype(nostalgia) here on Slashdot.

    War Games is

  22. Socks on Comcast Is Reading Your Blog · · Score: 1

    "Lyza Gardner, a vice president at a Web development company in Portland used Twitter to complain about the company and was surprised to be contacted directly."

    Well, if you are using a person with hundreds of sockpuppets, no wonder you get the message across.

    Oh, the other Twitter.

  23. Bummer on NASA Opens Space Image Library · · Score: 4, Funny

    No pics of the studio where they filmed the moon landing :(

  24. Re:Sorry to say but... on Thirst For Coltan Fueling African Conflict · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How dare you say this! Apologize now to those good and heroic leaders of Africa lie Mugabe for things like slavery. Because all white people are guilty of slavery untill the end of times.

    (This is not a troll, this is polically correct)

  25. My solution on How To Deal With Internet Bullies? · · Score: 1

    1. Get high up with the goverment of the person who is trolling your site.
    2. Bribe an official to retrieve the address of the person who is trolling.
    3. Hire some thugs and let them brake the troll's fingers.
    4. ?????
    5. Profit