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  1. Re:This article caused me to have a vision : on German Federal Police Helicopter Circles US Consulate · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They fucked Greece over by loaning them 100.000.000.000 euro that everybody knows will never be repaid? Greece has been fucked over by the Greeks. If they have a problem with the terms and conditions of the rescue package then they are free to refuse the money.

  2. Re:wake me up when someone is actually arrested on Researcher Spots a Drug Buy In Bitcoin's Blockchain · · Score: 2
  3. Re:You can switch it off. on UK Mobile ISP Blocks VPN, Citing Access To Porn · · Score: 1

    Anyone who uses a 'best interests of the children' argument should be immediately shipped to an island populated entirely by other people just like them.

    Yeah but iPredator does sound awfully like an app for child molesters.

  4. Re:Lacking faith in the currency? on Bitcoin Kiosks Coming To 5 Canadian Cities · · Score: 0

    No no no no no. The term "fiat currency" means:

    I am the very model of a Slashdot libertarian
    I post on things I know not of and act quite the contrarian
    I read Any Rand I own bitcoins a human very rare I am
    For I am the very model of a Slashdot libertarian

    Ron Paul is quite by far my favorite octogenarian
    Even though his politics are mostly antiquarian
    He lets me smoke my pot in peace that really is quite cool of him
    Therefore I am the very model of a Slashdot libertarian.

  5. Re:Is it just me that doesn't care? on Yahoo Issues Its First Transparency Report · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They don't until there is another wacky bomber manhunt that happens to cross your path. Now you may only have wanted to fix your own plumbing but those pipes you googled look suspiciously like the ones used in the unexploded pipe bomb they found. Before you know it the scene at your apartment building resembles the climax of the Professional.

    Oh and by the way, not being interesting isn't something to be proud of.

  6. Re:Not believing it on Yahoo Issues Its First Transparency Report · · Score: 1

    Well if they weren't allowed to specify it as a number between 0 and 1000 I think it's safe to assume that it's over 1000.

  7. Re:that's my point on Most Tor Keys May Be Vulnerable To NSA Cracking · · Score: 1

    They WILL spend money tracking whoever appears to be the next bin Ladin.

    Or the next presidential candidate promising to cut their budget.

  8. Re:It was never intended to be super strong on Windows 8's Picture Passwords Weaker Than Users Might Hope · · Score: 0

    In the future please write that as PIN.
    I spent five minutes wondering how you log in by sticking a pin in a phone and why that would be the secure option.

  9. Re:Headhunters on Amazon Hiring More Than a 100 Who Can Get Top Secret Clearances · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't want to have a headhunter from the Amazon coming after me. Don't they shoot their victims with curare tipped blowdarts?

  10. Re:Snake Pliskin Style! on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear Smartwatch · · Score: 2

    As long as you're taking inspiration from early '80s fiction, why limit yourself to a watch with only one wristband?

  11. Re:How do I? on Team Oracle Penalized For America's Cup Rules Violations · · Score: 1

    That tagline got retired years ago grandpa. It's the new Slashdot here. The nerds are all grown up now. We have pipe and slippers and use them unironically while reading the morning paper and dreaming of yachts.

  12. Re:"miniscule" on Team Oracle Penalized For America's Cup Rules Violations · · Score: 2

    They got caught.

  13. Re:"miniscule" on Team Oracle Penalized For America's Cup Rules Violations · · Score: 1

    That is the most puzzling part of this: why? any advantage would be far too small to make any difference to the outcome of a race.

    It doesn't matter. It's the rules and rules are to be obeyed at all cost. That's what's so great about sports. It's like an old peoples home for authoritarian blowhards.

  14. Re:That's cool and everything, but... on How Africa Will 'Leapfrog' Wired Networks · · Score: 1

    but if you actually look at what's happening there, it's quite fascinating.

    It's so fascinating that Somalian pirates surrendering to European navy beg to be sent to jail over here. They prefer being in prison in Europe to living free in their libertarian paradise.

  15. Re:warning about Alibaba and Aliexpress on Yahoo Pulls Out of China · · Score: 1

    Now why would I take moral or ethical advice from thieving scumbags?

  16. Re:Times have changed. on Russia Issues Travel Warning To Its Citizens About United States and Extradition · · Score: 1

    Extradition treaties goes both ways.

    At least in theory.

  17. Re:So they are trying to make a bot that passes th on Advanced Chatbot Could Help With Social Awkwardness · · Score: 2

    No. They are trying to apply a technological solution to a social problem.

  18. Re:ha! on Facebook To Overhaul Data Use Policy · · Score: 1

    I don't believe you are. The real Zuck would have a cute PA correct his grammar before posting.

  19. Re:Sounds nice, but then again.... on Advanced Chatbot Could Help With Social Awkwardness · · Score: 2

    That's not social awkwardness. That's being a sarcastic misanthropic shit. Stop seeing the world like it's made up of machines. Inside each of these "zombies" lives a real human like yourself. Next time you go out to shop try to make their lives a little bit brighter and stop making it all about what you want. You'll be surprised at the results.

  20. Re:Talking to chatbots is socially awkward on Advanced Chatbot Could Help With Social Awkwardness · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about talking to chatbots is socially awkward makes you feel that way?

  21. Re:To the Vietnamese government on Online Law Banning Discussion of Current Affairs Comes Into Force In Vietnam · · Score: 1

    You have to hand it to them. "Decree 72" sounds deliciously Orwellian.

  22. Re:Pot calling kettle black on Online Law Banning Discussion of Current Affairs Comes Into Force In Vietnam · · Score: 1

    Don't mention the war.

  23. Re:Where were the professionals. on More Bad News From Fukushima · · Score: 2

    Just be glad that it was an actual radiation detector and not a rebranded golf ball finder.

  24. Re:If you're poor on The Cognitive Cost of Poverty · · Score: 1

    I suspect that there is a lot of rationalisation and saving face going on there.

  25. Re:I never understood the principle. on Syria: a Defining Moment For Chemical Weapons? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure that the victims are comforted by the fact that their exposure to deadly chemicals was purely incidental..