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  1. Re:Ban when you are done testing? on The Argument For a Hypersonic Missile Testing Ban · · Score: 1

    He did say solid rocket, the X-15 is liquid fueled.

  2. Re:Yay! on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 1

    Not being easy doesn't make it a monopoly. You could start your own AdWords, Books and YouTube (but with blackjack and hookers) .

  3. Re:Yay! on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 1

    You can never have a monopoly on a web page, at least not without the ISPs help. If someone made a better search engine I would switch immediately. It's just very hard to do that. The only barriers to entry are talent and money.

  4. Re:New Bill =/= Passing House Approved Bill on 3-D Printed Gun Ban Fails In Senate · · Score: 1

    It's actually legal to sell a gun you've built for your own use, it is however illegal to build a gun with intent to sell. It's the intent that matters.

  5. Re:I worked on this a bit on At Long Last: IceCube Spots 28 High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 1

    PS Forgot to sign in.

  6. The three envelopes on Ask Slashdot: IT Staff Handovers -- How To Take Over From an Outgoing Sys Admin? · · Score: 1

    Prepare three envelopes

  7. Re:Tip of the iceberg on FCC Issues Forfeiture Notices to Two Business for Jamming Cellular Frequencies · · Score: 1

    One time is an overload. Every day is a jammer. That many people in one area with that much money could easily get the service fixed if that was the issue. If cell service goes down every day at my job I would be complaining.

  8. Re:, but I've learned to adapt. on ZDNet Proclaims "Windows: It's Over" · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's ok when Ubuntu does it because there's always Kbuntu or the other variations to pick from and they all work equally well.

  9. Re:*sigh* on Cisco Exits the Consumer Market, Sells Linksys To Belkin · · Score: 1

    The internet is a series of tubers.

  10. Re:Obviously they are trying to build hype on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 1

    It's a new soda machine!

  11. Re:new lawyer on Google's Server Cooling Plan Produces 4ft Alligator · · Score: 3, Funny

    Better wear some sunscreen, I've got some right here!

    What? No it's not barbeque sauce, don't be ridiculous!

  12. Re:One or the other on Bill Gates Talks Windows Future, Touch Interfaces · · Score: 1

    This "Consistent interface on everything" is really a toxic idea and I'd like to throttle whoever came up with it and started telling everyone it's a great idea. I have different devices for a reason and that is because I do different things with them. There is absolutely no reason and no advantage for having the same interface.

    Charter Cable Co does the same thing with their cable boxes and as a result their DVR has the worst interface in the history of the world because it has to dumb itself down to match what their basic cable box can do. The basic cable box is good enough for channel surfing but it completely falls apart as a DVR. Somehow the Execs have it in their head that people using a cable box at their neighbors with a familiar interface is more important than having a good interface at home. Where I you know, actually use the equipment.

    Consistent user interface is the Folly of the Century.

  13. Re:Great plan on Hackers Dump Millions of Records From Banks, Politicians · · Score: 1

    The internet disagrees

  14. Re:Another reason... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 1

    > The most annoying thing about these latest versions of Windows is that there appears to be this new class of user with control that supersedes than the owner of the hardware.

    So important it bears repeating.

  15. Re:More than anything in the world... on Facebook Testing the Want Button · · Score: 1

    Go off the grid. Join Google+

  16. Re:Feelings are more important than science on Positive Bias Could Erode Public Trust In Science · · Score: 1

    That's not what my mom told me!

  17. Re:No they don't. on House Passes CISPA · · Score: 1

    The ideas are practical, implementing them is simply a matter of using the three boxes.

  18. Re:No they don't. on House Passes CISPA · · Score: 1

    At least this is a clear plan. Most of what we're doing now is just a bunch of asshole fucking us around.

  19. Re:The fundamental differnence between companies on NY Times: Microsoft Tried To Unload Bing On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I have been using G+ a little recently and I like it, I call it the new Facebook. I call it that because right now it's kind of in the same position Facebook was interface-wise when MySpace was a big thing. G+ is slicker and works better plus less annoying messages about games and apps that want to mine my personal information. Facebook lets you control some stuff but they always have a little wedge for getting advertising and spam in front of me. What I think would really help G+ adoption would be to integrate Facebook as a sharing destination. G+ has a really nice share UI but only within G+. You need to be able to share to Twitter and Facebook at the same time. Facebook might be blocking a feature like that, I don't know.

  20. Re:and this is how... on Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Alone · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the middle managers weren't the ones to walk away with the profits. Not 100% blameless but not a calculating bastard either.

  21. Re:Panspermia on Scientists Study Trajectories of Life-Bearing Earth Meteorites · · Score: 0

    Nice try, global warming believer!

  22. Re:He was arrested on LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating · · Score: 1
    Amine el-Khalifi is their latest "catch".

    "It seems to be right out of the FBI playbook. It is almost identical to a number of prior arrests, where the FBI finds some vulnerable young man ... They then basically encourage him to get involved in a campaign to be recruited, in this case by some sort of al-Qaeda creation, which really isn’t al-Qaeda. And then arm him weapons and then arrest him. “We've seen things along these lines for years now, of entrapment as a technique supposedly for investigative purposes, but actually for prosecutorial purposes."

  23. Re:Ok as long... on FAA Bill Authorizes Surveillance Drones Over US · · Score: 1

    It's not an actual missile but it is called a Stinger. It's a ready-to-fly manually controlled Anti-UAV device for ~$150 including battery and charger.

  24. Re:No, because that's not the point on Should Next-Gen Game Consoles Be Upgradeable? · · Score: 1

    Relevent XKCD: Connoisseur

  25. Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1

    Revealing the password invokes 5th amendment issues of self incrimination. Just asking for the information in an unencrypted form means they can hold you in contempt.