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  1. Because the tweets are his own on Twitter Hands Over Messages At Heart of Occupy Case · · Score: 1

    How do 5th amendment rights play out?
    Are they forcing him to give up his right to silence or did he wave that posting in a public space like Twitter?
    That's about the only thing I can think up in terms of a defense here.
    But going all the way to SCOTUS for a $500 fine or 15 days in jail seems like an awful lot of work though.
    Better just to set up a "Help Harris Pay His Fine" fund through Paypal.

  2. What?! on Ask Slashdot: What Tech For a Sailing Ship? · · Score: 2

    Why would .. what?! Your building a ship to sail around the world and your asking people, "So exactly, how do *you* sail around the world?"
    Sorry, it's just a really weird post.
    You need the advice of a very limited number of highly experienced sailors, not a random mob of geeks and nerds.

  3. "Miserable Git" Awards on University Team Builds Lego and Raspberry Pi Cluster · · Score: 1

    Can I get nominated for that award? I'm creeped out by his Mini-Me son.
    All parents that dress their children as tiny doll versions of themselves actually.

  4. Re:HTML5 sucks. on Zuckerberg: Betting On HTML5 Was Facebook's Biggest Mistake · · Score: 1

    I've converted all my websites to WML.

  5. Giant LCD Display on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Found Calculators? · · Score: 1

    Take all the the little LCD displays and make a giant LCD B&W TV with them.
    Do you have tiny child-like hands and a soldering gun?

  6. Re:yikes! on 8th Circuit Upholds $220,000 Verdict In Jammie Thomas Case · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's not the comments that are the troll, it's you and your green skin. ;)
    But ya, I've warned people off using any sort of sharing/P2P/whatever because it's just not worth it anymore.
    Until there is some major change in policy (and right now it's full steam ahead for fascism) I'm staying away until the
    RIAA/MFAA(whatever) runs out of witches to burn.

  7. ScienceDaily doesn't give enough details. on Quantum Teleportation Sends Information 143 Kilometers · · Score: 1

    This one actually explains it better: http://phys.org/news/2012-09-km-physicists-quantum-teleportation-distance.html No FTL communication but does give better security. Maybe better/faster compression to?

  8. Re:I deal with disabilities right here on Slashdot on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Disabilities In the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    I speak English and I've down modded morons before.

  9. Re:"I like turtles" on New Face Paint Protects Soldiers Against Bomb Blasts · · Score: 1

    You're lucky, I imagined them in black face singing riverboat songs. Then I burnt my arm with a cigarette and it went away.

  10. Didn't they do this in Deux Ex? on A Modest Proposal For Sequestration of CO2 In the Antarctic · · Score: 1

    Sorry BTW, I blew myself and it up.

  11. I already uploaded my design! on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    It's a fully working gun. Some people call it a bomb though. It's a fully working bomb.

  12. Re:But what for? on Sources Say ITU Has Approved Ultra-High Definition TV Standard · · Score: 1

    Also as we get older, eyesight fails...
    I think my HDTV is great! Like looking out a window... actually maybe I am looking out a window?

  13. What? on Cherry MX Mechanical Keyboard Switches Compared · · Score: 2

    I have no idea what the hell any of this is about. Mechanical keyboards?
    So you have to start them up like a chainsaw or something?
    Are they like the old C-64/VT100 keyboards. Cause you needed kung-fu death fingers to type on those.

  14. Re:Downgrade rights on CowboyNeal Weighs In On the Windows 8 "Metro" GUI · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's George Lucas without the business acumen.

  15. Re:Who the heck is this guy... on A Conversation with Rob Malda - Part Two of Three (Video) · · Score: 1

    He's the guy that hosted Unsolved Mysteries.

  16. Re:Square and Starbucks on Starbucks Partners With Square · · Score: 2

    Yes... I thought maybe some coffee related RPGs were going to be produced like Latte Quest or Final Cappuccino.

  17. I know that guy. on Goodbye, IQ Tests: Brain Imaging Predicts Intelligence Levels · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've heard of Todd Braver before. He has done some interesting work on how digital devices are "rotting" our brains.
    Not sure I agree with this detour into creepy eugenics territory though.

  18. Were you being sarcastic? on Legend of Zelda NES Nintendo Prototype On Sale For $150K · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Steak with blue cheese is mouthwatering. $150,000.000 for an old NES game is jaw-dropping, staggering, and possibly outrageous. Consult with your local thesaurus to learn more.

  19. Oh, I see now, understand... on US Regaining Manufacturing Might With Robots and 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    I thought this was a serious tech article but it's only from Forbes. Some CEO's wet dream fantasy of a sea of endless cheap labour.
    Right, on to the bubble popping:
    Why bother to install the robots in China instead of in North America then? Wouldn't that reduce shipping costs?
    A lot of "robots" are not robots, they are remote controlled devices. Example drones aren't robots, they do some tasks autonomously but they still need someone to push buttons and make decisions for them, program them, and they require maintenance (it's like healthcare without the ability to fuck people over and not pay for it).
    3D printers are awesome for prototyping and making your own bust of a favourite cartoon character, not so good for mass production. Expensive, slow, etc.
    AI so far has been a bust, frankly unless there is a major shake up in technology it's always going to be that way. Even a virtual intelligence (a la Mass Effect) would be a major step forward. I don't think Watson's English parser->Google I'm Feeling Lucky counts though.
    Nanotech might be the one thing that's interesting here but who wants a toxic landfill next to their home? Oh right, the Chinese.

  20. Re:Better idea on JavaScript For the Rest of Us · · Score: 1

    I was thinking in terms of easy-to-use (i.e. proprietary shit that I could make $$$ off of) Windows software,
    but Linux/Unix stuff would make it more flexible and open source.
    Either way, me and Technosaurus are still smarter than Ming-Yee Iu from Waterloo. Hope this wasn't his Doctorate thesis project.

  21. That would be nice. on Australian Consumer Group Wants Geo-IP Blocking Banned · · Score: 1

    Fat chance though, all the effort going into SOPA/ACTA/PIPA whatever is to prevent open markets and free trade.
    It just gets harder to sue people across international borders when they take that precise IP and start spreading it around.
    Kim got raided but usually it's just enough to send a vague threat letter to get people to fork over some cash to the RIAA.

  22. Better idea on JavaScript For the Rest of Us · · Score: 1

    How about an IDE that allows programming in a native language and then saves the resulting code in English.
    Then the IDE could be expanded for other programming languages more easily and
    doesn't require that a javascript library get tacked on to every page they make with "native language" javascript (webpage bloat is bad). Anyway, I could see this mostly be useful to Chinese programmers since I assume they have to type less? e.g. function is (two characters)

  23. Re:Is is just me? on Judge In Kim Dotcom Extradition Case Steps Down · · Score: 1

    Is it just me, or does anyone else think of this when they hear the name Kim Dotcom?

    Yes, only more naked and tied up. .... Yes there is, Shego is the Domme, and no I'm not posting the url.

  24. Come to Whacky Larry's Discount TVs and Stereos on UK Government To Offer Free TV Filters For 4G Interference · · Score: 1

    Free roll of tinfoil with every new or used TV!
    Filters out those nasty 4G signals!

  25. Starting my own religion... on Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    Who wants to join the First United Church of the Fonz?
    And so it is with new keyboard layouts. Fonzie be Praised.