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  1. Re:Social Snitching. on Facebook Lands Drunk Driving Teen In Jail · · Score: 1

    Except if he actually goes to jail he is far more likely to become a repeat criminal or get physiological issues form the sodomy.
    I do not think their is any scenario where going to jail does not increase your likelihood of death.

  2. Re:Going to get modded down as sexist for this, bu on Why Girls Do Better At School · · Score: 1

    Well it is no secret, all our tests show women are more average. You get far less really smart ones and far less really stupid ones. You get a far bigger range in me, so if you are looking for someone above average intelligence, you will find way more men than women.

    How this translates to grades is obvious. A really stupid person is going to get bad grades, and often a really smart person gets relatively bad grades as well because of "no child left behind" type teaching.

  3. Re:Summary on Reason On How and Why 38 Studios Went Bust · · Score: 1

    Well the money hopefully went to employ citizens of the county.

  4. Re:Summary on Reason On How and Why 38 Studios Went Bust · · Score: 1

    Or even more summarized:
    Inexperienced guy founds studio.
    studio makes a game that was not very good (and required an annoying origin account).
    studio goes bankrupt, and nothing of value was lost.

  5. Re:as well as other violent media? on Connecticut Group Wants Your Violent Videogames — To Destroy Them · · Score: 1

    I do not know why they expanded their quest beyond video games. There is not a single piece of classical literature or film that is not filled with violence. They teach Shakespeare in school as early as high school and that is filled with arguably more than the average CoD game.

  6. When will something be done? on Patent Troll Targeting Users of Scanners; Wants $1000/Employee · · Score: 1

    When the government cares more about its citizens than patent holders. AKA when hell freezes over. If you reduce the power of the patent you not only stop these relatively small players but also degrade the worth of everyone's patents. Which hurts the rich and powerful.

  7. No Sh*t Sherlock on Antivirus Software Performs Poorly Against New Threats · · Score: 1

    Heuristics are HARD, and if you spend 3 months developing a virus you test it against the major players to see if it actually does anything.
    New viruses are designed to get past the current antiviruss. The only thing that a AV should guarantee is a minimal number of days until they have an update that will protect users.

  8. Re:Better idea on A Subscription-Based Movie Theater · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That is a decent price, but even $5 is really on the high end when you are talking about sitting in a $5 chair in a big concrete box for 2 hours watching a screen only like 10 times bigger than what many people have a home nowadays. Even without factoring in the profits from snacks and candy a business model should be maintainable on like $1 a viewing.

  9. Re:Here it comes... on Scientology On Trial In Belgium · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And the Mormons are known to kill those people, and non-believers.
    But then I am sure Scientology would of been doing that as well if it was a few decades older.

  10. I think this summery misses the point on Team Aims To Build Robot Toddler In Nine Months · · Score: 1

    Robots only get creepy when they look like us. No one finds an auto vacuum freaky or uncomfortable to live with. But if it looked like a toddler and went around saying "Hello, Dave", it would be very freaky and uncomfortable.

  11. Taking a Peek on Pakistan Lifts YouTube Ban For 3 Minutes, Finds More Blasphemy · · Score: 1

    I am sure officials took many a peek, I am sure they had some idea what they were unbanning. But 5 million people browsing for 3 minutes can uncover a lot more than 1 guy browsing for days.

  12. Re:Stop "Hollywooding" the gaming industry on How To Make PC Gaming Better · · Score: 1

    What does Steam have to do with this?
    Steam is just a library of games, lots of them don't work. Steam does not bother to do anything but provide the latest patch. Many games on Steam need you to fiddle with the compatibility settings, update your drivers, or do other normal stuff; Just like if you downloaded it yourself. In fact I am sure there are games on Steam that are more broken then if you downloaded them yourself, because sometimes you do not want to install the latest patch, sometimes the latest patch is broken.

  13. Re:Extra safety on How Do You Give a Ticket To a Driverless Car? · · Score: 1

    You must never have played a game with AI.

    Here is a hint, we are actually very bad are creating smart machines. A 9 YO would be a more intelligent driver any most super computers.

  14. Not the issue on Has Lego Sold Out? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They have had detailed instructions that you could follow for almost as long as Lego has existed.
    The problem with today Lego I that they made they completely out of proprietary big pieces that do not really fit together any other way.

    You used to be able to buy some castle set, with step by step instructions, but it was made with the exact same pieces as every other set out there. So at the end of the day you could take it apart and build that castle into a space ship. Now Lego is basically just action figures and video games.

  15. Apolitical? on NYPD To Identify 'Deranged' Gunmen Through Internet Chatter · · Score: 1

    So they are going to start arresting people for not having an interest in politics?

  16. Re:Yes, they do on Ask Slashdot: Do Coding Standards Make a Difference? · · Score: 1

    It sounds to me like most of the lost time might of been him having to redo/reformat all his stuff because he refused to follow the guidelines and someone called him on it.

  17. Monopolies, AOK? on Net Neutrality Bill Aimed At ISP Data Caps Introduced In US Senate · · Score: 1

    When did monopolies official become not only OK, but pretty much government enforced.

    Back in the day the government was used to prevent monopolies and ensure that reasonable alternatives existed who did not all work together to fix prices. Now all the government seems interested in doing is ensuring that monopolies exist and survive, and placing ineffective restrictions on them.

  18. How did they manage on UK Gov't Plans To Give 'Greater Freedom To Use Copyright Works' · · Score: 1

    Without fair use provisions until now?

    I do not understand how society could even function if you cannot at least quote with citations someone else without breaking the law.

  19. That Does not Make any Sence on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    There are far far better designs if all you wanted was a weapon. Like getting rid of these brittle fingers that you are just as likely to break as the thing you are punching. And/or adding some claws or horns.

  20. Re:Germany... on UK Government To Spy On Computers of the Jobless · · Score: 1

    You obviously fire the private company if you no longer have a job for them....

  21. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    I agree, but the issue is not really how effective you would be. If you have a right to own firearms to protect you from military forces, then you have a right to big clips.

  22. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    I do not think it is nearly as rigorous as you are implying. And it is even less if you are buying an old FA gun.

  23. Re:Lousy ideas on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    I am pretty sure that most people have poor aim.

    And theoretically private citizens are allowed guns partly to protect them from the government and invasion. And if you actually get in a firefight with the government or an invading army you would need more than three rounds.

    Not to mansion that that would completely ruin the fun of owning a fully automatic weapon.

  24. The Example they give on Most Kickstarter Projects Fail To Deliver On Time · · Score: 1

    Of getting way more money then they originally planned and having to expand the scope accordingly is not a missed deadline. You simply cannot call that a missed deadline, unless the developers specifically say that they will still hit the deadline well after it is obvious how much more money they have to spend developing the game.

  25. Where have I heard this before? on Is Safe, Green Thorium Power Finally Ready For Prime Time? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is unsinkable.