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  1. Re:In case you missed it on Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's · · Score: 1

    Zimmerman's injuries to the back of his head were lacerations. A simple butterfly bandage is a sufficient once the wound has been cleaned. Those bandages would not be easy to spot on the quality of video that was taken in the station.

  2. Re:True... on CDC Reports 1 In 88 Children Now Affected With Autism In the US · · Score: 1

    So what do we call autistic 4channers?

  3. Re:Oh really? on Ask Slashdot: Store Umbilical Cord Blood — and If So, Where? · · Score: 1

    I have an outstanding deal with my supermodel girlfriend. We bother consider knife kills to be the ultimate ownage. Any time one of us gets a knife kill on the other we have to give oral.

  4. Re:Evita's on the horizon on Jeff Bezos To Retrieve Apollo 11 Rocket Engines · · Score: 1

    Exactly!

    We never asked these questions because we never had samples of the Saturn V rocket that were used, except for command modules.

  5. Re:Not a Hearing on Congress Capitulates To TSA; Refuses To Let Bruce Schneier Testify · · Score: 1

    And as a brick and mortar store, Bed, Bath and Beyond should not exist....

    Thus true scotsmen do not exist?

  6. Re:Interesting Facts about Rep. Frank Wolf on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 1

    Elected in 1982 but he's been there for 18 years? You're off by a decade and 5 terms.

  7. Re:Like War on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 1

    Internet memes.

  8. Re:Like War on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 1

    I fought with my friends over the best stick to use as a make believe sword when we had our fake sword fights.

    We fought over the objects which we fought each other with. God. We were dumb.

  9. Re:For the...! on A Look At One of Blizzard's Retired World of Warcraft Servers · · Score: 1

    It's even more messed up when you consider that children necromorphs in Dead Space 2 are collectively called "The Pack". The Horde, The Pack, same fucking thing.

  10. Re:The people will be the ones who suffer on Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers · · Score: 2

    I think it is very important to clarify the motivations of Iran when dealing with Israel. I think many would assume it's antisemitism, but I would wager it is mostly predicated on self-defense and geopolitics. Remember that Iran has a Jewish population of around 30,000, which is the second largest in the Middle East aside from Israel. If Iran were really on a crusade of killing Jews(which I think many often mistakenly allege), would they not just start with their own people?

    Why would they? Wiping out the 30k local Jews after wiping out Israel makes more strategic sense since wiping out the 30k would likely illicit a response from Israel and other nations.

  11. Re:So PvP delay and a new skill and rune systems on Diablo 3 To Be Released On May 15th · · Score: 1

    Who do you think you are? The Reapers?

  12. Re:TeamSpeak etc? on Playing With Friends Makes You a Better Gamer · · Score: 2

    You get those two?

    I remember at the launch of BF3 I had done the coop to unlock all the weapons through it. Then I would hop on servers using those weapons (since they were better than the default kit weapons). I had people bitching about how I must be a hacker because there was no way a Rank 1 could have such advanced weapons.

  13. Why would you assume that? They provide you a subsidized phone in turn you promise to purchase a service from them for a period of time. They've already fulfilled their part of the contract (providing the subsidized phone).

  14. Actually, his logic suggests that even without barriers on bandwidth it still isn't unlimited since even at 24/7 for a month there will still be a cap.

  15. Re:hardware limits on The Consoles Are Dying, Says Developer · · Score: 1

    I was working under the pretext that mobile gaming is the same market when illustrating how increasing market share doesn't necessarily mean that consoles were going away. I don't believe they are in the same market. I believe that they attract different sorts of customers. For example, I have no interest in Facebook games yet my mother (who has never touched any sort of digital game in her life) is obsessed with Zynga games on Facebook. I wouldn't be surprised to find out she pays more for those games than I do for my content.

  16. Re:Pro's not a pro on Righthaven Ordered To Forfeit Its Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    His name is Judge Pro.

  17. Re:hardware limits on The Consoles Are Dying, Says Developer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There's no response but "Duh."

    Market share is a percentage. You can increase market share by either stealing customers from the competitor or increasing the total number of customers. The former affects the volume the competitor deals the latter does not.

    Let's say the gaming market consists of 25 people. Right now 10 people play mobile (40%), 9 play consoles (36%), and 6 play PC (25%). Given the ease of access and low investment cost for mobile games the gaming market has increased to 40 people. 21 play mobile (52.5%), 12 play consoles (30%), and 7 play PC (17.5%) Mobile gaming's market share has increase while console and PC's have decreased yet all three gained new customers.

    The real point though is that mobile gaming isn't competing with PCs or consoles. It presents a vastly different gamescape than the other two options and has been bringing in customers that weren't previously console or PC gamers.

  18. Re:Just got nailed by one of these... on Astroturfing For Speed Cameras · · Score: 1

    That's not entirely surprising. If you've ever changed the tire size you use on your car without recalibrating the speedometer it could read slow or fast.

  19. Re:Warned about what? on TSA 'Warning' Media About Reporting On Body Scanner Failures? · · Score: 1

    I'll be honest. I looked at the exploit and I wondered to myself "How is this not easily corrected?" The scanner picks up objects because of the contrast provided by the human body. The exploit is to have something hanging off the side of your body since you stand facing the scanning device. Since there is no body behind the object it blends into the black background.

    Is it just me or does the solution seem as simple as running two scans per person? One from the front and one from the side?

    While I hate the TSA as much as anyone, with what appears to be a trivial solution I'm wondering if the requested gag has more to do with them wanting to keep quiet about it until they've started double scanning or if it is to save face and embarrassment, or both.

    Aww. Who am I kidding, they're just trying to save face.

  20. Skynet on Data Breach Flaw Found In Gnome-terminal, Xfce Terminal and Terminator · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have a means to strike back at Skynet using this breach in the Terminator systems!

  21. Re:Greek alphabet.. on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 1

    Final Fantasy will get you a large pool to work with.

    109+ unique names out of summons.
    103+ unique names out of playable protagonists.

    Figure at least 25 unique villains not necessary the big bad but could include things like the characters from the Turks of FF7 (Tseng, Elena, Rufus, Reno, Rude).
    Figure at least 50 named characters that aren't playable or villains but are relevant (Cids, Beatrix [FF9], Nabaat [FF13]).

    That puts you up to 275+.

    Add in unique locations featured in the games [Midgar, Balamb].

    If you really want to start drudging into the superbosses of the games [Emerald Weapon, Ruby Weapon, Ozma, Nemesis, Yiazmat].

    Heck start dragging out common weapon/equipment names, mundane monsters. There's plenty of stuff to make a FF themed network. If you're clever you could even work out a code using various types of names.

  22. Re:Bugs? on Server Names For a New Generation · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd rather take this a step further and name them after viruses.

    Smallpox.
    HIV.
    Ebola.
    Polio.

  23. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 3, Funny

    That would be an awesome superpower.

    I am the Stealth Duct Taper. I can duct tape anything without you knowing. Having sex with your wife? How'd that duct tape get plastered across her vagina?

  24. Re:What happens when the shop is overcrowded... on Kinect Grocery Cart Follows Shoppers Around the Store · · Score: 1

    it announcing I'm buying anything personal, like condoms would suck.

    Suck or awesome depending on who you are and what your goal happens to be and your current relationship status/potential.

    Go to a store full of good looking gals that uses these devices. Have it announce you're buying condoms. Once you get them back to your basement employ the naked man strategy for a 66% chance of getting laid out of pity.

  25. Re:So why offer an unlimited plan in the first pla on AT&T Clarifies Data Limitations On "Unlimited" Data Plans · · Score: 1

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    People need to get over this shit, the "unlimited" was always restricted to the amount of data that you can download, and I've known this for years. But so many people seem to be taking this approach of, "I can distort your words to mean something that you never promised, and since I never got it, I'm upset, and going to threaten to sue you!"

    It's no different that W=VA except that it's D=BT for Data, Bandwidth, and Time. The indignation stems from AT&T advertising unlimited D then restricting how much B you get. That in turn directly impacts the max potential for D and that is where people are getting confused. D is still unlimited. There's no limitation on how much D you can get other than how much T you're willing to spend to get it. Of course there is a maximum D which can be obtained based on T.