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  1. Moving money on US House of Representatives Votes To Cut Funding To NSA · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wholeheartedly support this initiative of shifting money from a known three letter entity to a different unknown three letter entity that will now conduct our surveillance state in complete secret.

  2. Slackware 2.0.12 on X Window System Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 2

    Back when REAL Linux distros were named by the kernel version.

  3. I'm looking forward to... on Hack A Day Prize is a Trip To Space (Video) · · Score: 1

    The plethora of "free energy" device submissions. Heck, all the YouTube video work is already done!

  4. Poor imagination on The Ethics Cloud Over Ballmer's $2 Billion B-Ball Buy · · Score: 2

    '"It is hard to imagine any more heinous way of earning money than by benefiting from racism," writes Rick Cohen

    I guess Rick Cohen has never been to or heard of a donkey show.

  5. Re: within? on Star Within a Star: Thorne-Zytkow Object Discovered · · Score: 3, Informative

    Imagine you are just standing there and then WHAM! a very large soap bubble slams in to you and all of a sudden you are inside the bubble and the bubble happened to close in around you without popping. You are now inside the bubble and you are still a distinguishable unit of matter detectable from the bubble you're now inside.

  6. Re: That's quite a leap on Optical Levitation, Space Travel, Quantum Mechanics and Gravity · · Score: 1

    Yeah...what that guy said.

  7. The same could be said about on UK Ballistics Scientists: 3D-Printed Guns Are 'of No Use To Anyone' · · Score: 1

    'without additional expertise and the right type of ammunition, anyone attempting to fire one would probably maim or even kill themselves.'

    The same could be said about metallurgy, cnc mills, caustic chemicals, drugs (legal or illegal), a 1 year old and eating utensils. The list goes on and on and on. Just because something requires knowledge to be done safely doesn't mean people shouldn't have the freedom to explore such things at their own risk.

  8. Avoided moon impact as well on ISEE-3 Satellite Is Back Under Control · · Score: 5, Informative

    As a proud contributor to the ISEE-3 reboot project, I'd like to highlight that after communicating with the satellite, they discovered that the trajectory was over 200,000 km off where the predictions indicated it should be and its trajectory was specifically placing it in danger of impacting the moon. I would like to congratulate the ISEE-3 team on helping avoid a man-made impact with our moon.

    (double post due to not being logged in)

  9. Should have been first post on Goodbye, Ctrl-S · · Score: 4, Funny

    I totally had first post on this one, but I found out I actually have to click both a preview button and submit button for it to save to this forum.

  10. Still waiting on Report: Samsung Building VR Headset For Its Phones & Tablets · · Score: 1

    for my Samsung Galaxy ankle bracelet.

  11. Teh Awesome on The Linux Foundation and edX Team Up for Intoduction to Linux Class · · Score: 1

    nuf said.

  12. Re:better question... on Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses · · Score: 1

    Would you then be willing to live in a world where you're no longer allowed to own a refrigerator or any other property in your life because people were so eager to save a buck that they gave up freedoms like right of first sale?

  13. Now you know the difference on Blizzard Sues Starcraft II Cheat Creators · · Score: 1

    Between doing something for the lulz and doing it for profit. The former gives you a slight nod from various interesting parties at Blizzard, the later gets you lawyers so far up your @$$ that you'd better live in a country not known for extraditing citizen to the US to avoid a severe pounding by the penal system.

  14. I'm not worried on eBay Compromised · · Score: 5, Funny

    I get emails from Ebay all the time recommending I change my password. They even provide a handy link in the email for me to click on.

  15. Heads up @$$3$ on Surface Pro 3 Has 12" Screen, Intel Inside · · Score: 1

    Went to see about pre-ordering a Surface Pro 3 today and started by scouring the net, then contact the local Microsoft Store, then contacted online support who then referred me to another Microsoft phone number. The consensus is that none of them know which particular i7 processor the Surface Pro 3 with the i7 option will have, and apparently they are all powerless to use their intelligence to solve problems and find the people who do know the information. I guess Microsoft thinks all i7 processors are created equal when many have a different number of cores, clock speeds, cache, extensions, etc. I think I will hold on to my $2,000 for now.

  16. Re:Translation: on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 1

    Although I don't completely share your sentiment that got old a few years after Cyprus Hill was popular, this does demonstrate an improper self-serving allocation of money seized whether via drugs or speeding. Perhaps only an amount needed to cover EXCESS budget spending for ABNORMAL speeding and drug trends should have been allocated and then the rest allocated towards drug rehabilitation programs, drug awareness, foster care and adoption of children from drug abuse families, traffic fatality education programs, community awareness programs, etc., etc. Having the people who enforce the laws receive the majority benefits is a Bad Idea® all around.

  17. Exhibit the ability to solve problems on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    Nuff said

  18. Time to declare war on Oil Man Proposes Increase In Oklahoma Oil-and-Gas Tax · · Score: 0

    How dare the impoverished state of Oklahoma try to make the rest of America pay more for oil. Time to invade this agriculturally stunted land and then instead raise federal taxes to pay for our fight against this financial and economic aggressor.

  19. Best thing you can do for yourself on Ask Slashdot: Computer Science Freshman, Too Soon To Job Hunt? · · Score: 1

    Attend a local user meet-up for PHP development. You should easily be able to find one at Meetup. Simply showing your face is a great start, but if you really want visibility to local employers who are hiring, put together and submit a presentation regardless of how basic it may seem. Try not to say "I don't know that" but instead talk like you're interested in learning more but without BS-ing. Most likely the people hiring will have seen a lot more than you have and won't have time for someone who pretends to know things they don't, but will greatly appreciate enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn. Once you start to get to know people and they get to know you, you'll find the type of people you actually want to work for/with and the feeling will be mutual.

  20. Mass exodus or spin doctor on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Tell a Compelling Story About IT Infrastructure? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is the best way to construct a compelling story for upper management so they'll appreciate the hard work that an IT department does?

    In my many years of experience none of this will ever change until a mass exodus of the IT department occurs and all the unappreciated talent leaves. And even then executives will probably never be able grasp how good they really had it because they'll be in recovery mode for a minimum of the next 3 years.

    The only other situation I've seen is when the CTO is a really charismatic guy who can describe the most simplest of task in the most interesting way and can play enough politics so people kiss his butt to make sure he's happy. Then the CTO tells his underlings how appreciated they are by the executives even though they themselves never thought to say so.

  21. Re:Slashdot needs to do the same on Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane · · Score: 1

    I think more importantly we need to investigate what IP blocks the FCC chairman and other VIPs in the FCC use at their houses and tarpit those as well. You know, make sure the point really hits home.

  22. Re:Because the FCC cares about his shitty little p on Shunting the FCC To the Slow Lane · · Score: 1

    I'm going to use your simile as my #2 rule on posting to /.

  23. Re:"invest their holdings" on Bloomberg's Trading Terminals Now Providing Bitcoin Pricing · · Score: 1

    Just because the word scientology shares the first four letters of the word does not mean it is or ever was based on science. Regardless that's a troll argument since Scientology is a closed and secret system where as everything related to Bitcoin is publicly available for you to review if you are so inclined (or paranoid).

  24. Re:"invest their holdings" on Bloomberg's Trading Terminals Now Providing Bitcoin Pricing · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin is backed by science. Which do you trust more?

  25. More importantly on Slashdot Asks: How Do You Pay Your Taxes? · · Score: 1

    I also help my landlady carry out her garbage.