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  1. Just in time on USPS Reports $15.9 Billion Loss, Asks Congress For Help · · Score: 1

    Just in time for Christmas :)

  2. Re:When will they make a movie about this? on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    You don't need to be a multimillionaire just look at Joseph Fritzl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case

  3. Re:What a fuckup on Man Charged £2,000 For Medical Records Stored On Obsolete System · · Score: 1

    Hell man this in the NHS (National Health Service) they still use plenty of systems that have technically been phased out :|

  4. Saturday Night Live? on PayPal, Symantec Hacked In Anonymous November 5 Hacking Spree · · Score: 1

    Obviously this is the end of civilisation as we know it!

  5. Re:who cares on Apple Hides Samsung Apology So It Can't Be Seen Without Scrolling · · Score: 1

    Ooohh contempt of court!!! The judge can send them to jail for as long as it takes them to do the appologie correctly :)

  6. Re:Is it just me or... on Mozilla: Browser Ballot Glitch Cost Us 9m Firefox Downloads · · Score: 1

    Well IE's installed by default and every time I use google there's a link for chrome which is probably why its the most popular at the moment

  7. Re:1.8 on NASA Teams To Build Gyroscopes 1,000X More Sensitive Than Current Systems · · Score: 3, Funny
    Typical /.

    An article that's full of spin :)

  8. Re:Patent trolls suck but.... on Surfcast Sues Microsoft Over Tile Patent · · Score: 1

    I'm in favor of anything that harms Windows 8.

    You mean MS's least bloated OS in over a decade?

    Are you sure?

  9. Re:Xerox on Surfcast Sues Microsoft Over Tile Patent · · Score: 1

    When apple sued MS in the 90's MS just turned around claiming prior art and pointed out Xerox among others.

  10. Its not like people havent sued MS b4 on Surfcast Sues Microsoft Over Tile Patent · · Score: 2

    Apple did it in the 90s

  11. If you don't think the police already have drones on More Drones Set To Use US Air Space · · Score: 1

    You should sit in on a tasking meeting

  12. Re:Who do I have to salute? on More Drones Set To Use US Air Space · · Score: 3, Interesting
    So you don't think the Police will have their own drones?

    It's just another bear in the air

  13. Aren't they already? on Ask Slashdot: What Stands In the Way of a Truly Solar-Powered Airliner? · · Score: 1

    I mean at least partially as gasoline is essentially a plant derived product and a plants main power source is light from the sun ergo Gasoline is solar energy :)

  14. Re:Police officer charged with plan to cook,eat wo on Titan Supercomputer Debuts for Open Scientific Research · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn if I'd just been a petaflop faster I'd have had 1st post!

  15. Flying Car Manufacturer on Apple CEO Likens Surface To Car That Flies, Floats · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sues Tim Cook for defamation. :)

  16. Re:Nice on Apple CEO Likens Surface To Car That Flies, Floats · · Score: 1

    There's nothing quite like computer bigotry or Mac Bashing as we called it in my day :)

  17. Diplomatic Amunity on Texas Attorney General Warns International Election Observers · · Score: 0

    Surely anyone working for the UN qualifies for DIP don't they?

  18. Re:One warning sign: on Ask Slashdot: How To Avoid Working With Awful Legacy Code? · · Score: 1

    Doh!! I was that programmer!!

  19. Don't know what the fuss is about on Are Windows XP/7 Users Smarter Than a 3-Year-Old? · · Score: 2

    There are 3yr olds who are adept at linux/apple/andriod. Also MS appear to have finally trimmed some of the fat for a change as W8 has a much smaller footprint than its recent predecessors and is considerably faster its just the cludgy replacement for the start menu that's got everyone pissing!

  20. Welsh on Japan Getting Real-Time Phone Call Translator App · · Score: 1

    Hope there will be a Welsh translation service it will make working for the UK Gov. much easier as everything including help lines has to be translated into Welsh as well as English :(

  21. Re:Ariel? on In UK, Apple Must Run Ad Apologizing to Samsung · · Score: 2

    Obviously its part of the Comic Sans family :)

  22. Re:Reality Bytes on Is Microsoft's Price Model For the Surface Justifiable? · · Score: 1

    Just wait for the OEM's to start undercutting which they will. Some people will always get the expensive option just ask Bang & Ulson

  23. Freedom of speach good!!

    Incitement to riot not good!!

  24. Don't watch it on Saudi Arabia Calls For Global Internet Censorship Body · · Score: 2
    and it wont offend you. Essentially you waived all rights to be outraged when you clicked the link and pressed play on the video.

    Ah hell go burn some books if it makes you happy

  25. Re:Future historians will be confused on New Zealand Turning Hobbits Into Actual Cash · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've been short changed before but this is ridiculous!