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  1. Oh good. on Sexist Presentations At Startup Competition Prompt TechCrunch Apology · · Score: 1

    An avalanche of dudes trying to explain why this isn't sexism. Maybe y'all should STFU and listen for once.

  2. Re:No different than helicopters on Spy Drones Used To Hunt Down Christopher Dorner · · Score: 0

    They're not all turbines. LAPD flies piston Enstroms too.

  3. Re:Fix the people not the tool! on Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all · · Score: 1

    Don't blame the user.

    They aren't taking Reply All away entirely. They're just putting up some obstacles.

  4. You are joking. on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 2

    Yes, let's ask one of the most racist, misogynist sites on the web how to embrace diversity.

  5. Re:Pathetic on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 1

    His point is that *it should already have been overhauled*, but instead people have been dicking around with icons and other meaningless bullshit.

  6. Re:Um, some problems. on New Twitter Policies Put the Kibosh On Mashup Services · · Score: 2

    1) Why is this front page? This is the result of the API and policy changes that twitter announced what, a month ago? two months?

    Not even that, no. IFTTT has been in violation of Twitter's TOS since before any of the big changes were announced.

  7. Re:False Comparison on Is iPhone Battery Usefulness On the Decline? · · Score: 1

    You're *almost* right. This feature was removed in iOS 5 but returned in iOS 5.1.

  8. This always happens. on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 1

    This happens in every city Uber operates in. SF tried to shut them down and so did DC. But so far nobody has been able to stop them, and I hope it stays that way. While I can't say I'm a fan of their prices (Uber fares tend to be about 1.5x-2x a normal taxi fare), they're solving real problems in a calcified industry that treats its customers like crap.

  9. Re:That does not compute. on Amazon Offers To Help Train Workers For Other Jobs · · Score: 0

    In the US, if the school is certificate under Part 147 rules, you don't need to do an apprenticeship.

  10. Re:That does not compute. on Amazon Offers To Help Train Workers For Other Jobs · · Score: 1, Informative

    You can become a fully qualified, FAA-certified airframe or powerplant tech with a two-year degree from most community colleges, as long as the school is certified under FAR Part 147. I know people like to look down their noses at community colleges but these graduates really are qualified, and they have to pass the same FAA exams as every other mechanic.

  11. Re:astounding generosity on Amazon Offers To Help Train Workers For Other Jobs · · Score: 0

    offered 2k (tax free? not sure how that's like in the US)

    The devil's in the details of course but generally speaking, scholarships are tax-free.

  12. Re:If only. on Facebook Says It's Filtering Comments For Spam, Not Censoring Them · · Score: 2

    @}-,-`-

    Why is that malfunctioning robotic claw grabbing that boob?

  13. Re:Hmm on F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartment Complex · · Score: 0

    Non-pilot witnesses always say they heard a "failing" or "revving" engine after a crash, even if there were no engine problems.

  14. Re:CGP Grey on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 0

    Aeronautical Information Manual, section 4-2-12: "FAA uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for all operations. The word 'local' or the time zone equivalent must be used to denote local when local time is given during radio and telephone communications. The term 'Zulu' may be used to denote UTC."

  15. Re:CGP Grey on Did Benjamin Franklin Invent Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 0

    The "Zulu standard" is UTC.

  16. Re:Points on your license? on San Francisco Enlists Bus Cameras For Traffic Law Enforcement · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'd kill for that.

    Try riding it every day and then come back and tell us what you'd kill for. :-\

  17. Re:Could explain the _torque_ on 'Electric Earth' Could Explain Planet's Rotation · · Score: 1

    Downtain Abbeys?

  18. Re:Organized trolling campaign by GreatBunzinni on Fake IPad 2s Made of Clay Sold At Canadian Stores · · Score: 4, Informative

    Where did you find that definition? I've never know "shill" to mean anything like that. The definition I have is "an accomplice of a hawker, gambler, or swindler who acts as an enthusiastic customer to entice or encourage others." They work with con men to give them an air of legitimacy.

  19. Re:This again? on Tackling Open Source's Gender Issues · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because for women, it comes up every day.

  20. Re:If they were manned aircraft would it be an iss on Who's Flying Those Drones? FAA Won't Say · · Score: 1

    These aircraft probably aren't operating under part 91.

  21. Re:She needs to tell us about the people ,,, on IT Managers Are Aloof Says Psychologist and Your Co-Workers · · Score: 0

    Way to prove the article's point.

  22. RUN! on Ask Slashdot: Transitioning From Developer To Executive? · · Score: 0

    RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN.

  23. Re:Bummer. on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 1

    A scholar, yes, but a gentleman? Hardly. (And I count myself among his admirers.)

  24. Re:its because of the time scales on Worldwide Support For Nuclear Power Drops · · Score: 0

    The monstrous earthquake/tsunami combo the Fukushima reactor was hit by was "obvious in hindsight?"

    In a country known for its earthquakes and whose language is the fucking origin of the word "tsunami," yes, something like this was obviously going to happen eventually.

  25. Re:Back where it belongs on NASA Sues Apollo Astronaut To Return Moon Camera · · Score: 0

    That's ridiculous. Edgar Mitchell is the one who removed it from the moon without NASA's permission. Why should NASA be responsible for that?

    Tell you what. Here's a car analogy. I'm going to steal your car and drive it to Mexico. If you want it back, you have to come get it and return it to your garage. Otherwise I get to keep it fair and square and you promise never to tell the police.