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  1. Re:please no on Past Measurements May Have Missed Massive Ocean Warming · · Score: 1

    I live in south Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico side. The weather reports are almost always right.

    The summer is usually: "It's going to be warm and sunny this morning and early afternoon. The evening will see some rain as the saturated air inland cools off and moves toward the coast."

    The winter is usually: "It's going to be warm and sunny."

    Occasionally is is: "Hurricane!"

  2. Re:What an asshole on The Single Vigilante Behind Facebook's 'Real Name' Crackdown · · Score: 2

    We all just assumed you first name was Johnny.

  3. Re:gtfo on Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials · · Score: 1

    Thanks for making his point more obvious.

    I mean, I wasn't sure he had real life cases to prove it, so I'm glad you stepped up and contributed your part.

  4. Re:gtfo on Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials · · Score: 1

    Thank your for the explanation.

    I remember hearing about some of that here on /. recently, but didn't remember any specifics. And nothing from the post/summary down to here has explained it worth a damn. Your post is the first that actually told me what the actual issue is.

  5. Re:How about... on Online Creeps Inspire a Dating App That Hides Women's Pictures · · Score: 1

    Dude, you have got to get out of Detroit.

  6. Re:Online dating on Online Creeps Inspire a Dating App That Hides Women's Pictures · · Score: 1

    I've never used any of the dating services. But I assumed they were all simply about having random sex with strangers.

  7. Re:Story title needs a warning! on Could Maroney Be Prosecuted For Her Own Hacked Pictures? · · Score: 2

    I believe it was Ed Meese during the Reagan administration who, when asked how he would define port, answered to the effect of "I can't give you a definition, but I know it when I see it."

    I'm sure /. will correct me if I'm attributing the quote incorrectly.

    Yes, you are incorrect. He was talking about a fine chardonnay, not port.

  8. Re:I feel like we are living in an 'outbreak' movi on After Dallas Ebola Diagnosis, CDC Raises Estimate of Patient's Possible Contacts · · Score: 2

    Someone with H1N1 on the plane is contagious to everyone there.
    Someone with Ebola not showing symptoms is a danger to no one.

    Yes or No

    Would you fly to Liberia today, and shake hands with everyone not showing symptoms?

  9. Re:Reminiscing much? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    from Wikipedia

    Although Fuegians from Patagonia may have visited the Falkland Islands in prehistoric times,[15] the islands were uninhabited at the time of their discovery by Europeans.[16] Claims of discovery date back to the 16th century, but no consensus exists on whether these early explorers discovered the Falklands or other islands in the South Atlantic.[17][18][B] The first recorded landing on the islands is attributed to English captain John Strong, who, en route to Peru's and Chile's littoral in 1690, discovered the Falkland Sound and noted the island's water and game.[20]

    Based on this source:
    Carafano, James Jay (2005). "Falkland/Malvinas Islands". In Will Kaufman; Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson. Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-431-8.

    You have proof he is wrong? Show it.

  10. Re:Being An Ignorant Dipshit is Taking Over on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 2

    Oh come on now. Just tell your parents what you do at night, down in the city, and see if they accept you for who you are.

  11. Re:Whoopi, Triple H, Gaga, and RuPaul on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 1

    And that their drag persona and their day-job/legal identity are two spheres that many people want to keep separate?

    Not everyone uses the legal identity on the day job, especially in entertainment. Consider Caryn Johnson, whose day job identity is Whoopi Goldberg. Or Paul Levesque, who goes by Hunter Hearst Helmsley professionally

    Those two have the worst drag queen costumes I have ever seen.

  12. Re:Why only LGBT? on Facebook Apologizes To Drag Queens Over "Real Name" Rule · · Score: 1

    One gender identity good, two gender identities BETTER.

    Mod points! Mod points! My kingdom for mod points!

  13. Re:Repeat after me on Leaked Docs Reveal List of 30 Countries Hacked On Orders of FBI Informant Sabu · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So, if I walk outside my door and slap my neighbor, am I attacking my own country?

  14. Re:Reminiscing much? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    Britain owns the damn things. Just accept it.

    No one even lived there when the Europeans found them.

  15. Re:I thought this was satire on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Oh great! My Slashdot has been invaded by little-endians. Surely no big-endian would have made such a post.

  16. Re:we are DOOOMED!!! on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    At the end of the day it doesn't matter. The product's ability to deliver what is was built for is what matters and their PC sales prove they appeals to 90% of the population.

    Faulty logic. Your assumption would mean that chains and whips appealed to 90% of slaves.

  17. Re:Skipping a version number on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Wait. what? I'm still on version 5.

  18. Re:Start menu usage dropped in lieu of what? on Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time · · Score: 1

    I just tried that on my Windows 7 box. It doesn't let you go below 100%.

  19. Re:Start menu usage dropped in lieu of what? on Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time · · Score: 2

    I've been using a desktop for more than 15 years.

    So has my daughter. She's now a college freshman.

    The rest of your post isn't worth commenting on.

  20. Re:Americans are smart. on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 1

    Many places will put the land up for sale, so someone can buy it by paying the back taxes. This is how you hear about grandmas loosing their house for $1.50 in taxes owed. It isn't an immediate thing, but it is used when they want their money.

    By the way, I'm not commenting on what I think of this procedure, just that governments do stuff that landlords could only dream of.

  21. Re:Americans are smart. on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 1

    This has nothing to do with your statement of untrusted landlords who expect you to pay rent.

  22. Re:Americans are smart. on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you stop paying your landlord, you no longer get to use someone else's land and buildings. This comes as a shock to you?

    If you own the land instead, and stop paying your property taxes, the government will take your property away.

    Your argument for trusting politicians over landlords seems silly.

  23. Re:Really, a single oint of failure? on Nearly 2,000 Chicago Flights Canceled After Worker Sets Fire At Radar Center · · Score: 1

    ...or was that a big wooosh?

    No, just a joke. :^)

  24. Re:Striking air traffic controllers fired on Nearly 2,000 Chicago Flights Canceled After Worker Sets Fire At Radar Center · · Score: 1

    I've mentioned a few times here on /. that people blame the poor quality of air travel on Reagan firing the ATCs 30 years ago. Some don't believe me. Some think it's only the Deregulation that people blame.

    Thank you for showing us that there are people who, after three decades, still blame him for firing people who refused to work.

    And with that low enough of a UID, it isn't like you're a newbie here.

  25. Re:Really, a single oint of failure? on Nearly 2,000 Chicago Flights Canceled After Worker Sets Fire At Radar Center · · Score: 1

    . It takes about six hours to drive from the Aurora center to the Farmington center near Minneapolis, and that's not counting going home and packing for an extended stay.

    Drive? Why would they drive that far? It's much quicker to fly.