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  1. Re:The Perfect Bait on Two Gunman Killed Outside "Draw the Prophet" Event In Texas · · Score: 2

    "Organi[z]e a "draw Jesus sodomizing Mary" contest in Texas and you'll get crazy Christian jihadists doing the same thing." \n\n This has already been proven untrue. Remember when they put Jesus in a jar of piss and displayed it around the nation, calling it art? People were outraged, but no Christian harmed anyone because of it.

  2. Be fair on WHO Report Links Weed Killer Ingredient To Cancer Risk · · Score: 0

    Everything 'probably' can cause cancer.

  3. Star? I guess... on Another Star Passed Through Our Oort Cloud 70,000 Years Ago · · Score: 2

    In fairness, it was a D-list star. Not a great one. More like a glorified extra. Similar to that red headed woman on CNN on New Years Eve.

  4. yesscript set to no on slashdot on Advice on How to Start an IT Business (Video) · · Score: 1

    It's a pain in the butt, but /. clearly can't be trusted with javascript. So it's disabled now on 263 computers when they attempt to view slashdot. In fairness, only one or two of those computers visit here, probably. It's a work environment, so most of them are checking out Gawker and Drudge :(.

  5. World's Worst Clock on Doomsday Clock Could Move · · Score: 4, Funny

    That clock is worse than the one in Windows that tells you how long it will take to install something.

  6. May? on Unbundling Cable TV: Be Careful What You Wish For · · Score: 1

    "...if cable companies are finally forced to unbundle their services it may actually result in higher prices and worse service." Here's my alternate opinion: If cable companies are finally forced to unbundle their services it may actually result in LOWER prices and BETTER service. Who knows for sure? I say we force them to do it and find out.

  7. Plan ahead on Extreme Heat Knocks Out Internet In Australia · · Score: 1

    I used to work for an ISP in very hot Texas, but we planned ahead. We kept all of our servers indoors so they were out of the heat. It's a really good idea. I think everyone should do it.

  8. technology is cyclical on Vinyl's Revival Is Now a Phenomenon On Both Sides of the Atlantic · · Score: 1

    I'm getting a 10" black and white TV

  9. [W]hat really defines your nationality these days? on Peter Diamandis: Technology Is Dissolving National Borders · · Score: 1

    Your passport.

  10. gain fat on Being Colder May Be Good For Your Health · · Score: 1

    "when people cool their bedrooms from 75 degrees to 66 degrees, they gain brown fat..." I don't really want to gain fat of any color. I'm pretty good at that no matter the temperature.

  11. close! on Doubling Saturated Fat In Diet Does Not Increase It In Blood · · Score: 1

    "Volek continued, "People believe 'you are what you eat,' but in reality, you are what you save from what you eat."
    No, you are what you CREATE from what you eat.

  12. Strange that this is news on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 1

    It is strange that this is news since the Pope in the 1960s said the same thing.

  13. Clearly Global Warming on Largest Sunspot In a Quarter Century Spews Flares · · Score: 1, Funny

    Recent computer models predicted that increased CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere would cause catastrophic sunspots. Yet more proof that global warming is real!

  14. Looks good for the author on Amazon's eBook Math · · Score: 1

    "there's rather less of an argument that it's good for anyone else." Making $3.50 per book is a fantastic deal for, say a fiction writer.

  15. You can turn it off with 'yesscript' on Firefox 23 Makes JavaScript Obligatory · · Score: 1

    I use the 'yesscript' addon to disable javascript on certain pages in Firefox. It still works in version 23 beta. I assume so does 'noscript' which turns it off on all pages by default.

  16. Because of XP on What Keeps You On (or Off) Windows in 2013? · · Score: 1

    I use it because I bought a copy of Windows XP in 2003. I've burned through 4 computers since then, but only one OS. Until it stops working, I'm not switching.

  17. The end of the world on Tests Show That Deadly New Flu Could Spread Among People · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The older I get, the more I realize that there are very many people in the world who just don't feel comfortable unless there is some horrible world-ending danger looming over mankind. And it's usually wildly overblown. Here's a short list of all of the things that are supposed to kill me - nuclear war, nuclear power, the end of the ozone, the end of the rain forests, global warming, and pandemics, just to name a few. I'm sure I left out a ton of false armageddons from that list. Overfishing, fertilizers, the end of oil and gas, and clear cutting forests are also supposed not to kill, but to cause us irreparable harm some time between 50 years ago and 'just around the corner'. You can only cry wolf so many times before no one believes you. I'm getting so cynical, I may take up smoking.

  18. voice quality on In Sandy-Struck NJ Town, Verizon Goes All Wireless, No Copper · · Score: 2

    Does that mean every phone call from Mantolocking will sound like it's coming from a cell phone? Blech.

  19. I suspect on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    I suspect that this is not a problem for anyone but a minor chunk of Slashdot readers. Who bothers with linux anymore? I supported you, but the war's over and you lost. After 20 years, Linux still sucks. It sucks just like Unix did. It's why we abandoned both of them. They suck. It's time to give up and move on to something that may be of value to the masses. Unix sux. OS2 sucks. CP/M sucks. Grow up and get over it. I won't be offended when you vote my comment down. It's expected from true believers in unix/linux.

  20. Heh on Steve Forbes: Bitcoin Not Money · · Score: 1

    "Hint: For those who are too lazy to read the opinion,. Bitcoins are too volatile to be money." Hah, it's like this blurb was written for me! Exactly what I wanted to know in exactly the right amount of sentences (1). Kudos.

  21. But more importantly... on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 1

    What do they taste like? The quickest way to end an infestation problem is to find a way to make the infestation taste good.

  22. The catalyst is not the problem on New Catalyst Allows Cheaper Hydrogen Production · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If you had a perfect catalyst that allowed you to convert water to hydrogen and oxygen 100% efficiently (which of course we can never find), it would still not be cost effective. All you'd be doing is converting fossil fuels --> energy --> hydrogen. There is no good reason to do this. Hydrogen is significantly less easily transported than liquid fuels. It's even significantly less transportable than CH4 if you compare the energy/volume ratio. Making a grid of hydrogen suppliers would be painfully inefficient to the point of absurdity. H2 is not the energy of the future. I'm not knocking hydrogen. It works great in the sun. Just not as a non-fusion source of energy.

  23. Not $85 billion on How Sequestration Will Affect Federal Research Agencies · · Score: 5, Informative

    The automatic sequestration will only remove $44 billion from this year's budget. Bigger cuts will occur in later years. But you should know that the government will still spend more this year than last, despite the sequestration. It's just that the increase won't be as much. The crying of poverty is just political BS.

  24. What's the big deal? on 3-D Printing Pen Can Draw In the Air · · Score: 1

    I don't get the hype on this. It's not a 3D printer, it's a plastic extruder. We've had them for as long as we've had plastic.

  25. Someone told me the sky is falling! on Worldwide IPv6 Adoption: Where Do We Stand Today? · · Score: 0

    "IPv4 is much like a limited natural resource; it can't last forever. The well of new IPv4 addresses is already running dry in many parts of the world." In 1998, I heard we'd run out of IP4 addresses in 1999.