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  1. Re:Same security, twice as much $ on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    Or is Xe or some security contractor going to re-hire all of these gate screeners and then charge the government or airlines twice as much?

    That would be the libertarian solution, then they can use their go-to argument, "vote with your dollars, just don't fly ^_^ "

  2. Re:Every problem looks like a nail on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    No orifice be safe from our ravaging! Arrrr!

  3. Re:Sad Day on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    They already used an ass-bomber, just not on a plane yet...that said his body absorbed the explosion so much that he didn't hurt the guy sitting across the table from him. There were gory pics in the report, guy blew himself open like a banana peel.

  4. Re:Even a broken clock on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    Or shows some crazy symbols like the Predator's self-destruct countdown timer.

  5. Re:They'll be watching you on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    Hopefully like GFWL you can create an offline account, close the goddamn popup and just hope your saves don't get corrupted.

  6. Re:Getting VERY annoyed on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    My browser of choice is IE and I have my.msn.com as my main home page.

    I bet you get made fun of for this by the other people in the retirement home.

  7. Re:Forget VLC on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    VLC is like emacs, obese with features most people willl never use

    I use those features.

  8. Re:VLC?! on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    MPC-HC is something you can reasonably argue for, but anyone who recommends codec megapacks needs to be slapped upside the head.

  9. Re:Who still uses WMP? on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    WMP wasn't always the worst. Remember RealPlayer and Quicktime?

  10. Re:Incorrect article. on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 1

    That would be a full-time job.

  11. Re:Bad enough I pay for microtransactions in MMO's on Windows 8 Won't Play DVDs Unless You Pay For the Media Center Pack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    VLC has had Blu-Ray playback since v2.0

  12. The Microsoft mobile kiss of death... on Nokia Faces Class-Action Suit Over Windows Phone Deal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...claims another victim.

  13. Hahahahaha on Nokia Faces Class-Action Suit Over Windows Phone Deal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whose platform is burning now, E-flop?

  14. Re:Not worth it. on Ask Slashdot: DIY NAS For a Variety of Legacy Drives? · · Score: 1

    +1 BTFS isn't ready. I was messing around with it, wrote a dedupe script and on the reflink operation it froze the whole PC and ruined one of the filesystems I was testing it on.

  15. Re:Not worth it. on Ask Slashdot: DIY NAS For a Variety of Legacy Drives? · · Score: 1

    I second the "not worth it" sentiment, and as a cheapass with great technical knowledge, trust me, I've tried.

    Now here's the secret to cost-efficient hard disk usage: Only replace a disk with one at least twice as large, then you let the space "trickle down" to your other drives (for example, my home server has 2TB torrents, 1TB other storage, 320GB backups, 20GB OS...when I upgrade it will be 4TB torrents, 2TB other storage, 1TB backups, 320GB OS. At one time it had a 320GB disk for the torrents. Each one has a partner of the same size for external backups). By the time a disk is finally retired from use it will be puny by the standards of the time.

    Another trick is to pool many smaller disks in a failure-prone way with ZFS/BTRFS*/Hammer/etc and back that fragile pooled storage up to one big disk, but this is bad for power consumption.

    *Not ready for production yet...trust me, I've tried.

  16. Re:duh on Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Arrested In Belize · · Score: 1

    Damn right. The most important rules of living in a corrupt third-world country:

    1. Stay off law enforcement's radar
    2. Grease palms where necessary
    3. Keep a low profile

  17. Damn, I coulda done that on Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science · · Score: 1

    I would have said that I had a PhD in CS and was the l33t king hacker of the world, and then when they found out I was lying I'd say "joke's on you, SUCKERS!" and retire on whatever CEO's pay I had acquired.

  18. Re:Correlation is not causation on Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage · · Score: 1

    Thanks, feel free to copy.

  19. Re:Too bad on Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO · · Score: 1

    Don't you know that only pirates use LAN multiplayer? Can't enable those scoundrels...

  20. Re:Smells like money on Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO · · Score: 1

    Also addictive game * MMO = digital crack

  21. Re:In their language, he is "Spiderman" on Bethesda Announces Elder Scrolls MMO · · Score: 3, Funny

    Part of a DLC pack I'm sure.

  22. Re:Correlation is not causation on Growing Evidence of Football Causing Brain Damage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep same reason basketball isn't called aerial hoopball.

  23. Script kiddie stuff on B&N Pulls Linux Format Magazine Over Feature On 'Hacking' · · Score: 1

    The article shows you how to use nmap, metasploit, and some password brute-forcing tools, OH NOES HIDE TEH UBER-L33T CYBER WEAPONS!

  24. Re:This is exactly why... on Sony Put Video Service on Hold Due to Comcast Data Caps · · Score: 1

    The idea of a representative republic was like well-intentioned DRM, an attempt to strike some kind of unnatural balance between binary states. Either the majority rules or the minority does. It's binary by definition. The minority ruling on behalf of the majority is still minority rule if they can override the will of the majority, even if they decide to act as benevolent dictators for a while.

  25. Re:The next frontier on Finally, a Shark With a Laser Attached To Its Head · · Score: 1

    Who modded this troll? A Jewfish is a real thing:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewfish