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  1. Re:ID4 was fine on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    Good point, except those that "studied the tech for years" did not include Ian Malcolm. Oops, I mean Goldblum.
    Oh, and the film insinuated that the aliens were a species based upon invasion, so maybe they would have learned to protect their systems by now.

  2. Re:Troll = someone who disagrees with groupthink on Disarm Internet Trolls, Gently · · Score: 1

    Asshat

  3. Re:Moore's law is too slow on Graphs Show Costs of DNA Sequencing Falling Fast · · Score: 1

    Problems of success are a bear.

  4. Re:we should make it easier for them on FBI Complains About Wiretapping Difficulties Due To Web Services · · Score: 2, Funny

    The FBI needs to have easy access to everything - to keep up safe. All sites need to provide the FBI with all user data.

    Why stop there? Open up your homes, people! Place your possessions on your front lawn, just in case the FBI needs to come by and make sure you aren't a 'bad guy'.

  5. Re:No plugin, just extend what you have already. on Google Goes After Content Farms · · Score: 1

    Sincerely, Me

    You made a typo:
    Sincerely,
    Everyone

  6. Re:Putting the snideness of the summary aside... on Ars Thinks Google Takes a Step Backwards For Openness · · Score: 1

    Compared to other costs, licensing fees are fairly trivial. $100k doesn't even buy a competent engineer for a year.

    Whew, good thing I make $101k!

  7. Re:splitting hair definitions on Extra-Galactic Planet Discovered In Milky Way · · Score: 1

    What if the alien moved in for a few billion years? But actually I agree that the distinction here is pretty pedantic of the original commenter.

  8. Re:Everything was better in my day on Are Games Getting Easier? · · Score: 1

    And here I am without any mod points...

  9. Baby Smash! on Software (and Appropriate Input Device) For a Toddler? · · Score: 1

    Baby Smash!
    It doesn't perform too well and it isn't exactly the most scintillating app in the word, but it prevents* your kiddo from deleting all your files with a random mash of the keys.

    * Sometimes, despite the claims of the author, smashing the keyboard will minimize the app, leaving your computer vulnerable to infant shenanigans. Does not happen very often, though.

  10. Re:The 10-year-rule on First Review of Avatar Special Edition · · Score: 1

    And maybe that's the key. Too much freedom ruins you.

  11. Re:Really? on First Review of Avatar Special Edition · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Plot summary: "smurfs with penises on their heads use gay beastiality to mind-control animals into helping them defeat the evil white man"

    Terrible summary. They were cat-smurfs.

  12. Re:Sorting real objects on Sorting Algorithms — Boring Until You Add Sound · · Score: 1

    I thought you were going to describe Library Sort as it always seemed to me: Throw all of the books on the floor and then jam them on the shelf with no gaps and plenty of books from incorrect sections randomly scattered throughout. Oh, and sprinkle horizontal books liberally on top.

  13. Re:Actually... on Lies, Damned Lies and Cat Statistics · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fundamental problem is that most people are credulous morons.

    I BELIEVE YOU!

  14. Re:*At least* once... on Did Sea Life Arise Twice? · · Score: 1

    It's not like everyone runs to the local science lab every time they find gray slime in a food product.

    Is this why I am banned from my local science lab? To be fair, most of the time my slime was green.

  15. Re:It should be: 4+3+2=x+2 (Solve for x) on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The world doesn't format problems neatly for you.

    It also does not require a strict answer. If the constraints for the answer are manufactured (as they are here) then the constraints for the question must be as well. This evaluation is poorly constructed and should not be defended.

  16. Re:The exact sequences on Rubik's Cube Now Solvable in 20 Moves · · Score: 1

    I always just rearranged the stickers.

  17. Re:HOV is for CONGESTION not for ENVIRONMENT on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 1

    Reduced congestion equals reduced emissions (cars idling in traffic). I think you are being a bit pedantic. Who cares what the initial intentions behind it were?

  18. Re:What about SpaceX? on Boeing Shows Off First Commercial Spacecraft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think the bad summary is supposed to mean Boeing's first. It was worth saving the 3 extra letters, though!

  19. Re:Maybe... on Google Tests Multiple Account Login · · Score: 1

    I'll alert the media.

  20. Re:Self Justification on A Composer's-Eye View of the Copyright Wars · · Score: 1

    mod parent up. photoshopped!
    JRB probably took snippets of real conversations from his efforts and patched them together to create this "dialogue".

  21. Re:That's nice on Skype App Updated, Allows 3G Calling On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Silly me. And here I was thinking that my (dumb) phone was serving me just fine!

  22. Re:That's nice on Skype App Updated, Allows 3G Calling On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Because I do not give a damn; I just felt that the comment was short sighted in its complaint.

  23. Re:That's nice on Skype App Updated, Allows 3G Calling On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    Why is it every time there's an phone article, you N900 guys come out and tout your unloved phones? We're happy with our phones and obviously don't care about yours, so please stop telling us about it.

    Um, ditto?
    Why is it that every time there's a phone article, it is about the iPhone? Or sometimes Android.

    (I don't own any of the above mentioned phones)

  24. Re:That is a pretty good quote on Mark Twain To Reveal All After 100 Year Wait · · Score: 1

    See also: "It's the word of God"

  25. Re:Having done the firmware upgrade... on Sony Sued Over PS3 "Other OS" Removal · · Score: 1
    I have no firsthand knowledge of anything PS3, but according to the court document the inability to upgrade to 3.21 will affect quite a bit more than access to the PS3 Store.
    Your attitude is dismissive of something that affects others but not yourself. I am sorry to say that you are not the only person that purchased a PS3.

    if the persons are so dependent on both solutions why can't they buy a secondary PS3?

    I didn't know Sony had a slashdot account!