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  1. Re:Robots to kill moon jellyfish on Unmanned 'Terminator' Robots Kill Jellyfish · · Score: 1

    There will be a net gain in ocean life for every degree it goes up.

  2. Re:Robots to kill moon jellyfish on Unmanned 'Terminator' Robots Kill Jellyfish · · Score: 1, Informative

    Actually Climate change will raise ocean temperatures and make it EASIER for ocean life to thrive.

  3. No... on SSHDs Debut On the Desktop With Mixed Results · · Score: 1

    A hybrid drive is better for MOST users. very few users can figure out how to configure windows to put /users elsewhere from the main drive. It's a HUGE design flaw that they dont let you pick it at install time like every other freaking OS on the planet.

  4. Re:tragedy of errors? on Shots Fired At US Capitol · · Score: 2

    Then that means you deserve to die according to DC police and the secret service.

    Honestly, It's BS that they started shooting at her.

  5. Why chemical? on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    They could have easily extinguished it quickly with CO2. as it removes two components. Oxygen and Heat.

  6. Go ahead and try Wc3 on Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Approve Work On DRM For HTML 5.1 · · Score: 1

    Because I guarantee that the #1 browser 10 minutes after this becomes common is the OSS spinoff of Firefox that ignores all of that.

  7. Gates to investors.... on Microsoft Investors Call For Bill Gates To Step Down As Chairman · · Score: 1

    Bite my shiny metal ass.

  8. If you dont like Ubuntu's direction.... on Ubuntu 13.10 Will Not Ship Mir By Default · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Go and try Debian. There is a reason why they have a huge following and most of what people like in Ubuntu is there in debian with none of what people dislike.

  9. Re:Belgium 541 - USA 2 on U.S. Spy Panel Is Loaded With Insiders · · Score: 1

    A town in Alaska has had a CAT as the mayor for quite a while now. I honestly think we can easily replace All of house and senate with ferrets and end up with a group that can get more done.

  10. So we have come to this.... on U.S. Spy Panel Is Loaded With Insiders · · Score: 1

    He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

  11. Re:Ahh Government IT projects.... on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1

    Yes I have. so I know this as a fact first hand.
    Worked on a SCADA system, Oh dear god it was a disaster in security and the design seemed to come from someone that knew nothing at all about IT let alone how to secure things.

  12. Re:Merica! on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because the greedy rich assholes make it impossible for an honest normal person to even run for office.

  13. Re:ya, the IRS site is up and running on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A government website? At least 1.2 million per day to have it up. They pay a staff of 20 per website to sit and click on it and say, "Yes it's still up" and then log it into a special government software to track and report website availability.

  14. Re:worst case of slashdot editing in a while? on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That actually would explain a whole lot......

  15. Ahh Government IT projects.... on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 2

    Always done half assed by a contractor that barely has the skills to do the job. Honestly, who was the consultant because they were no talent n00bs in gauging the amount of traffic these sites would expect. Even if it is only an initial spike in traffic they could have EASILY paid for temporary increased infrastructure from places like rackspace to handle the first 3 months easily.

    Plus the number of outright failures and nasty bugs being reported makes me even wonder if they tested the sites.

  16. Slashdot copies Gawker.... on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    Oh dear god, even slower loading and even more CSS and JS to make it even more of a bandwidth hog.

    How about writing it for speed and less ohh shiny? Really JS fade in of photos?

    I am not against a redesign, I am against the rampaging throngs of Webdesigners that think more and more shiny is far more important than load times and useability.

  17. Re:This is news? on Security Researchers Rewarded With $12.50 Voucher To Buy Yahoo T-Shirt · · Score: 1

    Okalahoma, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois all have laws on the books to make home fortification illegal. I am certain there are more out there.

  18. Re:Caspar Bowden is kidding himself. on Former Microsoft Privacy Chief Doesn't Trust Company, Uses Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    Do need to get rid of your speedpass, Just randomly steal a neighbors unit off their dash every morning.
    TPMS is a joke anyways.
    Same for the plates, snag the car's plate at the same time. Bonus points of you attach them magnetically and swap with your own so they never know and your data is used to create noise in the system.

    Bank accounts and CC is also easy to spoof/ use non attached if you know where to look.
    And you can easily communicate safely via the internet if you have an IQ over 100. I assume he does.

    All of the basis are easily retooled to create a useless pattern of noise to hide in.

  19. Re:Good for him on Former Microsoft Privacy Chief Doesn't Trust Company, Uses Open Source Software · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the write protect bit was set. Thank god that the Evil bit was not.

  20. Re:This is news? on Security Researchers Rewarded With $12.50 Voucher To Buy Yahoo T-Shirt · · Score: 2, Informative

    "I see it differently. In real life we pay for cops via taxes. Part of their job is to offer advice and even survey your home for ways that criminals might break in. It's part of the service."

    What utopia is that that you live in? Because here in the USA they do not do this at all. The police advice to me is, "do not own a weapon, in the case of a home invasion hide under your bed and call the police. Do not fortify your doors and windows as that is a crime."

    Yes, Fortification of doors and windows in the USA is a CRIME. It makes it harder for cops to raid your home if they need to.

  21. So they will have two tablets? on Delta Replacing Flight Manuals with Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    Because most Delta pilots already have an ipad with all the other things they need. I have two friends that fly for delta and have been using the ipad in the cockpit for over 2 years now.

  22. Re:Production version on SpaceX Falcon 9 Blasts Off From California · · Score: 1

    Well look at that. Be right back, I need to find some sauce to eat my hat.

  23. Dear europe.... It wont matter.. on NSA Internet Spying Sparks Race To Create Offshore Havens For Data Privacy · · Score: 2

    Because your endpoints will still be compromised.

    Unless all of you are moving to Linux or BSD, we will still have full access to all your data.

    Love,

    The NSA

  24. I have your answer. on Ask Slashdot: Suitable Phone For a 4-Year Old? · · Score: 1

    None. a 4 year old does not need a phone.

    Next on slashdot, " What tablet is the best for my cats?"

  25. Re:OK on SpaceX Falcon 9 Blasts Off From California · · Score: 2

    Why does it sound like that Space X is using Kerbal Space Program as a simulator and to test ideas?