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  1. Re:Tourettes is genetic on Girl Claims Price Scanner Gave Her Tourette's Syndrome · · Score: 1

    I tried to stay out of this argument for the sake of people like you. But ALL of you think you have some unique one off disorder that is the only one of its kind http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourettism

  2. Re:Pretty naive on Facebook Crawler Speaks Back · · Score: 1

    You want to talk about naive? Oh look at me big tabacco, Oh look I just set up a shell company NFPO to run campaign ads for my canidate. This is me pooping on your law that took 5 yrs to pass and cost how much money before pork-barrel consessions? Back to the drawing board.

  3. Re:So you think its really that easy? on MySpace To Sell User Data · · Score: 1

    pclminion is right, this will require a coordinated effort from all slashdotters. If you have a MySpace we need to discuss what bull data we are all going to fill in so that the algo's get useless and misleading figures. Maybe we should spam the site? If you don't have a MySpace, then make one. If you have one then make another. We should all make accounts with misleading and wrong but grammatically real data so that compainies who are too lazy or out of touch with real people and rely on this sort of stuff get pwnd.

  4. Re:Assume malware on Best Resource For Identifying Legit Applications? · · Score: 1

    If you've never heard of an application, assume that it's untrusted malware.

    Then how should a micro-ISV or a free software developer earn users' trust?

    By purchasing that trust through M$ of course, what a silly question.

  5. Re:I'm paying for WHAT? on Microsoft VP Suggests 'Net Tax To Clean Computers · · Score: 1

    Yes, didn't you read the blurb? You can't read the article maybe because the host site didn't pay the taxes for the infections their Ads are causing. We are trying to solve a non-issue by adding an unnecessary tax to a thing (The Internet) because that is what we do for a broken system (Our Health Care). Even having this meeting is possibly the most back-assward thing the Obama Administration has done.

  6. Re:Really? on Feds Push For Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking · · Score: 1

    I agree, isn't the warrent at least supposed to be served to the wireless carrier? They are not the government, you would think of all the things that big business butts heads with the Obamastation about they could stand up for us at least this once!

  7. Re:it still comes down to one thing on Gaining Root Access On Linux-Based Femtocells · · Score: 1

    Better passwords would have made all the difference in the world. 16 character, mixed case and symbol types would have been enough of a roadblock to prevent them from gaining access. Too many companies are still shipping products that have no intended user access to the command shell with passwords like "Admin", "12345", and the ever-popular "password". It's not like it costs more to have a longer, more complex password.

    Neither is it anymore secure. Having the same 16 char password on every unit of a product only makes it frustrating to use; not any more secure. What is needed is a individual password for every unit based on something unique like the serial number of the unit, and this WOULD cost more money for production AND support costs. Also you would alienate a portion of the market because this seemingly simple thing will be well beyond their ability. Stupid people will always exist, it is the burden of society to tolerate them and evidently to make exceptions for them. We cannot blast every manufactorer who wants to sell stuff to stupid people for brining things like security down to a level that the morons with money can use.

  8. Re:Drive-by downloads of fake antivirus software on Malware Threat Reports Are "Apples and Oranges" · · Score: 1
    Hey kid, this one (Advanced Virus Remover) is a joke I've removed several times by hand. Here's a link to one of the most helpful websites out there: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-advanced-virus-remover

    Assuming you gave us the right name that is. Good Luck.

  9. Re:Would you like to be awake for this procedure? on Surgeon Makes Tutorial DVD For Conscious Open-Heart Surgery · · Score: 1

    ... But I share your concerns about staying extrapleural, and even then the loss of intercostals, etc...

    For those of us who haven't had medical training beyond advanced first aid; why wouldn't a automatic ventalator subsitute for the patiants own ability to breath? Doesn't current practice call for the use of one anyway? I would think at the least you guys would like this idea as an alternative for those patiants who need to under go emergency surgery soon after having had an operation. Anesthesia being one contributing factor to why you can't just jump back on the operating table too soon after being cut open.

  10. Re:Oh, look! on TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight · · Score: 1

    Going off on a tangent here but if the US or any of our sister nations (our REAL siblings not this farce called the UN) was to establish a commercial interest in a country like Zimbabwe, especially for something like diamonds, it would save at least as many lives per year as any of the other 'rightious causes' mentioned here.

    We don't have a cure for cancer right now, that is tragic but what we DO have a cure for is the Warlords running the show in these less then fourtunate countries. The problem is gathering support if any super power today were to do this then every other country would shout "You're just in it for the diamonds", and believe it or not that looks worse then being "In it for the oil".

  11. Re:Seriously though on University Fails to Find Man Who Hasn't Seen Porn · · Score: 1

    No they wouldn't for the same reason that they can't find any in their school. Your schoolastic up brining has nothing to do with Weither or not you will eventually see porn. Your community on the other hand would. They need to focus on the home schooled kids with no television, internet or neighbors for miles around; maybe go as far as recruiting from Omish country.

  12. You're all over comlicating these things. on Scientology Charged With Slavery, Human Trafficking · · Score: 1

    You know what forget this 'slavery' crap. He was 8 when he started, it's on page 2 people in black and white. http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/MinorsSummaryCharts.pdf Although I have no idea how the statute of limitations applies for this individual I would guess that they are doing the same crap to other kids.

  13. Think seriously about privacy? on Augmented Reality and Privacy · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should think seriously about the quality of your 'friends'. Unless you're one of those dupes who need to believe that the 600+ people that have sent you facebook friend requests acctually care about you.

  14. Re:I wonder if the opposite is true? on Facebook Photos Lead To Cancellation of Quebec Woman's Insurance · · Score: 1

    I wish I could mod that up KingSkippus, that wouldn't be a bad form of non-violent protest if this women could get enough people who carry the same insurance to do that. It would certainly at least make the agent feel like an ass.

  15. Re:Alternative materials? on CERN Physicist Warns About Uranium Shortage · · Score: 1

    In nature uranium contains "pockets" of plutonium, or plutonium is refined from urainium, plutonium is scarcer. I think the reason we prefer uranium over other materials, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, is because it's relatively easy to work with. Seriously you can read about the entire refinement process on wikipedia there is a lot to do and it looks expensive but it isn't terribly complicated.

  16. Re:Not so fast.. on Russia Recalls Modern Warfare 2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh boo hoo. Russia has a bad history, it should expect criticism

    While we Americans were sitting on our rears eating bon-bons, more Russians died than in all of America's wars combined fighting Adolph Hitler. Love them or hate them, forced by circumstances or not, the Russians did more to save Western Europe from Nazism than anyone else.

    "No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country" - General George S. Patton

    My friend General Patton and I disagree with you, they sacrificed more that is for certain but Sacrifice != Winning

  17. Re:Dolls and tea sets? on Environmental Chemicals Are Feminizing Boys · · Score: 1

    They're Not Dolls! They're Action Figures! And we were playing Boston Tea Party not that Tea Party.

  18. UH-OH... on Evolution's Path May Lead To Shorter, Heavier Women · · Score: 1

    You mean the EU is actually BEHIND the US in a social trend? Specifically that of what we call baby boomers not having childeren, so there is no one to replace them when they get old and retire? What will our US yuppies do when they can't point across the ocean and say "X handles this so much better then the US"? Oh Great Flying Spaghetti Monster I might have to listen to an origional idea from one of these neo-liberal ass-clowns... --- *curls in a ball and hides*

  19. Re:Sterile on Disease May Prevent Manned Journey To Mars · · Score: 1
    Oncologists call this process Chemotherapy and it is in use today. Side effects include but are not limited to:

    -Depression of immune system: This seems some how counter productive to the goal of keeping them healthy

    -Fatigue: Because it's not stressful enough to hold your crews life in your hands, lets drain your energy right before we launch your ass screaming into space

    -Anemia: Because we don't think you're cold enough out there.

    -Nausea: Sure you're tough enough for the centerfuge test but we're going to up the antey.

    So to recap, chemically induced physical and psychological torture vs. the sniffles. I for one know what I would pick.

    On a side note I think that if NASA sees a lack of people wanting TO GO TO MARS because they might get sick then let me be the first guy to replace them.

  20. Re:Aluminum powder? on Possible Meteorite Leaves a Crater In Latvia · · Score: 1

    Yes, Aluminum powder is a component in some easily homemade explosives. I won't go into more detail but the formula can easily be found with a Google search.

  21. What if they turned off the internet? on What If They Turned Off the Internet? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure some how Time Warner would find a way to bill me for it.

  22. Re:I'd be in a foxhole.... on What If They Turned Off the Internet? · · Score: 1

    You sir should be banned for quoting\semi-quoting or referancing Colin Powell on anything that has to do with warfare. The mans entire career paints him as a willing sacrificial lamb to whoever orders him around. If he has a mind of his own it must be the finest in the world because he has spent his life avoiding thought for himself. So please the next time you die in Call of Duty read the author of the line.

  23. Re:Nokia Morph on iRobot Introduces Morphing Blob Robot · · Score: 1

    It's my understanding that most of the technology in the Nokia video is actually pretty well fleshed out, it would just take a trillion dollars to build it because we have no adequate ways to manufacture it.

    So you're saying they need to ring up a trillion dollars in debt then apply for a government bailout?

  24. Re:Sounds good to me on The US's Reverse Brain Drain · · Score: 1

    Instead of blaming the policy makers, let's blame the semi-retarded population. They can't name the vice president, but they can name the tot mom. Fucking worthless.

    Yes, you are correct, damn us all to hell for not being able to name the most easily replaced subsitute leader in the world that (read slowley now) NOBODY FUCKING VOTED FOR, a man that did not have or need a political campaign and if my memory serves was picked at the last minute. We did not elect this person and hopefully he will not be needed for more then a tie-breaker vote. He was chosen by the man that we DID elect, because we trust that this man we DO know the name of, is a good enough judge of character that he can pick his own vice-president. AND WTF IS A TOT MOM?!?!?!

  25. Re:Sounds good to me on The US's Reverse Brain Drain · · Score: 0, Troll

    You get this straight I was born in the United States of America NOT the "Americas", my great great etc. grandparents were foreign but I AM NATIVE BORN.

    You get this straight unlike those 'Native People' I and even some of these foreigners pay the taxes we owe to the American government

    You get this straight unlike those 'Native People' I don't start a riot about every piece of legislation just because I don't like it

    You get this straight unlike those 'Native People' I support the party in power whether I voted for them or not.

    You get this straight unlike those 'Native People' I support the interests of this country as a whole not just my self\tribe\clan

    You get this straight I signed up for the draft despite not wanting to ever get shot at because I AM American.

    If you want to compare the foreigners talked about in this article to these "Natives", then the former are far more deserving of being called Americans for what they contribute to this country while here, then the so called "Natives". BTW calling them Native, as if this country was built from anything that they contributed or established before being conquered, offends ME and the memory of my forefathers. So stick that in your Politicaly Correct filter. I know that this is off topic but Mr. SerpentMage there needed to see it.