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  1. slashdot pedantry on Rutger's Student Dharun Ravi Sentenced To 30-Day Jail Time · · Score: 1

    if anti-homosexual behavior comes from something besides fear, it doesn't make sense to nitpick about the term 'homophobia'

  2. not the same on Rutger's Student Dharun Ravi Sentenced To 30-Day Jail Time · · Score: 1

    that would be a case of choosing one form of imminent death over another

  3. Re:DirSyncPro on Ask Slashdot: Temporary Backup Pouch? · · Score: 1

    haha...it's another FOSS multiplatform thing

  4. DirSyncPro on Ask Slashdot: Temporary Backup Pouch? · · Score: 2

    I use DirSyncPro to automate my backup tasks. Not sure how to set it up for your particular task, or whether you can, but it might be worth looking into. A lot of options while still being easy to use.

  5. Re:Most won't notice on Comcast To Remove Data Cap, Implement Tiered Pricing · · Score: 1

    yeah, I had a 250GB cap (with a different ISP) and I was surprised that I didn't come close to it.
    I was trying to use it (although with absolutely no cap, I might have done more torrent seeding)

  6. Re:Senate on Ron Paul Effectively Ending Presidential Campaign · · Score: 1

    not sure, but Majority Leader (like Reid) is a different issue.

  7. Re:State's Rights is a Whore of an Ideology on Ron Paul Effectively Ending Presidential Campaign · · Score: 1

    Interesting, it usually shows up as support for right-wing positions. With gay marriage, it depends on the state. Medical marijuana is one of the few left-wing states' rights issues that comes to mind.

  8. Senate on Ron Paul Effectively Ending Presidential Campaign · · Score: 1

    The VP has a tiebreaking vote in the Senate.
    Actually, the VP can preside over the Senate all the time, but usually leaves that to the Senate's president pro tempore for routine business

    That's the legal power, others have spoken on the political power.

  9. Re:beauty standards: bonus racism on Israel Passes Photoshop Law To Combat Anorexia · · Score: 1

    yeah, that was written about blacks but also applies to other nonwhites (I mentioned earlier that I'm straight; I'm white too)
    Maybe the racism angle of this gets lost amongst other race issues.
    Since Latino/Latina ancestry includes the indigenous people of Central and South America, it's logical that there would be some similarity to the indigenous people of North America.
    I think the point is that the differences exist but don't matter - racists get the latter point wrong, nonracists get the former point wrong

  10. beauty standards: bonus racism on Israel Passes Photoshop Law To Combat Anorexia · · Score: 1

    yes, the beauty standard deals with the look of white women (though it's hard enough for them to live up to), so you could say it's racist as well as sexist.

    "She does not know her beauty,
    she thinks her brown body has no glory.
    If she could dance naked under palm trees
    and see her image in the river, she would know.
    But there are no palm trees on the street,
    and dishwater gives back no images."

    - Nina Simone, Images

  11. Re:Requirements for Citizenship in Singapore on Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO · · Score: 1

    not that particular comment.
    The AC figures that someone who holds Taco Cowboy's views is likely to hold those other views (which may be bad assumption). Either that, or AC is saying that war expenses are a bigger problem than welfare expenses (fair enough)

  12. music vs. movies on Positive Bias Could Erode Public Trust In Science · · Score: 1

    I figure movie piracy is different from music piracy, since big theater screens provide a different experience (whereas an official CD isn't that much different from a downloaded copy)

  13. Re:Putting his money where his mouth is on Richard Stallman Falls Ill At Conference · · Score: 1

    yeah. if it's fair when they're alive/healthy, it's fair when they're dead/sick. News of the death/illness spurs discussion of that person in general.

  14. Re:Putting his money where his mouth is on Richard Stallman Falls Ill At Conference · · Score: 1

    I'm an Aspie myself and often reach absurd conclusions when being logical to the point of ignoring emotion. Different specifics than Stallman, but I definitely understand the concept. Ironically, a lot of negative emotions come about when this doesn't work out.

  15. Re:inkjet on Living Fossils: Old Tech That Just Won't Die · · Score: 1

    Yeah, A3 (twice as large) would be a different issue.
    I can set a document up to print outside the margins, not sure if that would work for your situation

  16. inkjet on Living Fossils: Old Tech That Just Won't Die · · Score: 1

    I can see how laser printers would be unable to do this, but my inkjet can handle anything US letter or narrower.
    The guide in the paper tray can even be pushed over to fit snugly against narrow paper.
    Of course, the settings on the document you're printing need to match the piece of paper.
    I mainly use this for printing addresses on envelopes

  17. Brave New World on Living Fossils: Old Tech That Just Won't Die · · Score: 1

    "Ending is better than mending"

  18. Led Zeppelin naming on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    they purposely removed the 'a' so it would be pronounced 'lead' as in the metal, not 'lead' as in leader

  19. family business on The Rise of Chemophobia In the News · · Score: 1

    "family business" also sounds nice, but the Mafia is one example.

  20. Re:All part of Israel's new humanitarian plan on Israel Passes Photoshop Law To Combat Anorexia · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if gay fashion designers are the problem, but as another straight male I agree that this "attractive" image is anything but.

  21. this says something on Some USAF Pilots Refuse To Fly F-22 Raptor · · Score: 1

    I think it says something when even fighter pilots think something's too dangerous.

    also, that's a good rule for guys in general: don't do stupid stuff out of a sense of machismo.

  22. Re:Well that's okay on WW2 Vet Sent 300,000 Pirated DVDs To Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    protecting it int hat way might be relevant with trademark, but not copyright.

  23. Re:That's a bit narrow-minded, I think on How Romanian Fortune Tellers Used Google To Fleece Victims · · Score: 1

    that would be part of the entertainment value

  24. Re:It's a foregone conclusion on How Romanian Fortune Tellers Used Google To Fleece Victims · · Score: 1

    Heck maybe they managed to predict the lottery results, if so why would they now need to work on that astrology stuff now?

    Yeah, if someone really could predict the future, get an edge at gambling, et cetera - they wouldn't need to hustle people a few (or several) bucks at a time.

  25. Leave $name alone! on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    I assume that's the "Leave Britney Alone" guy...I was amused by the pun in the /. article title...