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  1. Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1

    All generalizations are false, including this one.

    Duh.

  2. Re:How many Amendments are left ? on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The outcome of that scenario depends on how many of the common citizenry are willing to die.

    40 million suicidal maniacs with guns trumps the 5 million trough-feeding welfare recipients that comprise our armed forces and constabulary.

  3. Re:Inside my HD there are two very important files on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 2

    "Prove you don't"...?

    It is not possible to prove a negative.

    So the judge will say "I am going to lock you up until you prove a negative" and the rank-and-file CSI-and-Torchwood retards will nod their heads and let it ride.

    Disgraceful.

    The educational system in the Western world is shameful and broken.

  4. Re:Does it matter? on Canonical Pulls Kubuntu Personnel Funding · · Score: 1

    ...Ubuntu 8.04 which IMO was the best Ubuntu distribution ever released...

    True dat.

    Here at home we still run 8.04 in most of the machines.

    Right now there is one 8.04 Ubuntu+LXDE, four Ubuntu 8.04 machines, one 10.04 Ubuntu laptop, one Debian stable headless file server, a Debian Etch laptop for reading ebooks, and one Wintendo XP for compatibility with work.

    The 10.04 Ubuntu interface is not nearly as good as 8.04, it is simply installed for updated versions of Wesnoth and ManaPlus.

    8.04 "just works", even on older machines with onboard Intel chips.

  5. Re:There goes the other leg on Canonical Pulls Kubuntu Personnel Funding · · Score: 1

    And they bray loudly, and poop in the pasture.

  6. Re:This is a bit bollocks... on Lenovo Ordered To Refund 'Microsoft Tax' · · Score: 0
  7. Re:Your right to what? on BTJunkie No More? · · Score: 1

    But I am a master of baiting my straw!

  8. Re:It's the distribution channel on You Will Never Kill Piracy · · Score: 1

    You mad, bro?

  9. Re:Easy, since it's the U.S. on $100,000 Prize: Prove Quantum Computers Impossible · · Score: 1

    Hello.

    I will now prove a negative.

    Observe:

    [ ]

  10. Re:Finally on Google Asks Court Not To Enjoin ReDigi · · Score: 1

    Chaotic neutral degrades into lawful evil for the following reasons:

    marriage, mortgage, children

    Though not necessarily in that order.

  11. Re:Vernor Vinge fans? on DARPA Works On Virtual Reality Contact Lenses · · Score: 1

    Soeonebody actually watches that show?

    The pilot episode was physically painful.

    Clicked [Delete] so fast the mouse complained.

  12. Re:Finally on Google Asks Court Not To Enjoin ReDigi · · Score: 2

    chaotic neutral is the way to be

    unfortunately it tends to degrade into lawful evil

  13. Re:How does it compare to Chrome? on Firefox 10 Released · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I keep as many tabs open as possible to compensate for my tiny penis.

    1:1 scale representation of my penis:

    8===D

  14. Re:Do something local on Ask Slashdot: Money-Making Home-Based Tech Skills? · · Score: 1

    I was referring to books in the context of the story.

    But thanks for sharing :)

    The only one of those I haven't read is the Churchill book.

    And of the Holly Bibble I have really only read the entire New Testament, sort of skipped around the Old one.

  15. The big difference is that now, the guys can find the 50 year old truck drivers pretending to be girls on-line and they can talk, get to know each other on-line, bond over how different they feel, and then shit their pants when they realize that they reserved a seedy motel room for a fling with Cletus Brown the gay truck driver.

    FTFY.

  16. Re:that's the truth on Study Finds Growing Up WIth Gadgets Has a Downside: Social Skill Impairment · · Score: 1

    You might want to include your BMI and bathing frequency.

    This is Slashdot, after all.

  17. Re:oh please, there's no problem on Super Wi-Fi Isn't Really Wi-Fi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they can change from WiFi to "WyFy".

    Then it would appeal to the masses.

  18. Re:Article summary on Indian Site Offers Reward For Googler Vandal · · Score: 2

    peeple in murka don ned no dang forin langwujes

    we doin rel gud with spekin plan ol murkun

  19. Re:Quality Assurance on Ask Slashdot: Money-Making Home-Based Tech Skills? · · Score: 1

    How about "short bus testing"?

    Grab a few special needs people and see how they fare.

    If Droolin' Johnny can use the software, your average consumer might be able to muck through it without too many overseas support calls.

  20. Re:Do something local on Ask Slashdot: Money-Making Home-Based Tech Skills? · · Score: 1

    Can you please recommend 5 good books?

  21. Re:Home porn videos? on Ask Slashdot: Money-Making Home-Based Tech Skills? · · Score: 1

    Online Reputation Management?

  22. Re:Arrested for knowledge? WTF? on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    "There are three and only three ways to reform our Congressional legislation, familiarly called, the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box."

    -- Stephen Decatur Miller

  23. Re:Consider this on Piratbyran Co-Founder Says Stop DDoSing Polish Sites · · Score: 1

    If the .gov hasn't taken control or at least acted in the name of "Anonymous" yet, they are fools.

    If anybody can be "the scary web vandal", just by posting headless suit pictures on pastebin, what agency or corporation WOULDN'T want to get in on that?

    They can spook the herd in whatever direction they want.

  24. Re:Coffee shop? on Ask Slashdot: Choosing Anonymous Proxies? · · Score: 1

    True dat.

    LiveCD is your friend.

  25. Re:I missed something on Why We Should Teach Our Kids To Code · · Score: 1

    In regards to education:

    As a general scholastic requirement, anything past a half-year of LOGO programming is overkill. "Order of operations" is the most benefit that a non-coder will get from a programming course.

    Programming doesn't mean "only computer programming" but rather outlining the logical steps required to create your desired outcome; that is to say, creating a program of sequential operations.

    It is the basis of critical thinking.

    In regards to computing:

    Programming is certainly a part of computing, but really "programming-as-a-concept" has been around much longer than mechanized or digital computers.

    In other words:

    Digital computers rely on programming.

    Programming does not rely on digital computers.