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  1. Re:Just a fan ... on Self-Published Zombie Titles Have Doubled Since 2012 · · Score: 1

    I'd call it a human story about being stuck in a zombie. Great book though either way. Kind of a different perspective on the zombie genre.

  2. Re:Zombie rant on Self-Published Zombie Titles Have Doubled Since 2012 · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Sounds like a problem... on How Big Data Is Destroying the US Healthcare System · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't know what you're talking about. I love Socialism. I no longer have to go out and rob people at gun point to get what I want, I can now rob people from the comfort of my own voting booth.

  4. Re:I would love 4K!!! on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 1

    8k sounds more like 2X 4K

  5. Re:Other car manufacturers... on Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Fuel Cells Are 'So Bull@%!#' · · Score: 1

    Is to Mr. Musk already a verb?

  6. Re:I actually used to work in one. on Nuclear Officers Napped With Blast Door Left Open · · Score: 1

    conventional explosives are used to start the nuclear reaction.

  7. Re:Red state on Would-Be Tesla Owners Jump Through Hoops To Skirt Wacky Texas Rules · · Score: 1

    The optimist believes in APPROPRIATE regulation.
    The pessimist believes all regulation is bad.
    The realist understands that regulation begins with good intentions. Often times establishes itself as good. Then is forgotten about opening up for regulatory capture and the reverse of the original goal.

  8. Re:Red state on Would-Be Tesla Owners Jump Through Hoops To Skirt Wacky Texas Rules · · Score: 0

    Over the last 75 years we have a lot of "first-step in getting there"s and every one of them has made things worse.

  9. Re:Red state on Would-Be Tesla Owners Jump Through Hoops To Skirt Wacky Texas Rules · · Score: 1

    But shutting down a few extremely visible portions might be. Pull the piglets of the tit and hear them scream!!

  10. Re:Peope use what works on Forrester Research Shows Steep Decline in Free Office Suite Stats · · Score: 1

    The ribbon is bad I don't care if it was invented by a joint collaboration between Gandhi and Mother Teresa. It's bad. Bad design. Bad use of screen space, Bad presentation of items. Bad useability. After 4 years of it being forced apon me I have yet to find one redeeming quality of the ribbon. Except maybe that I use Office items so much less now. If it wasn't for Outlook I could almost escape any exposure to it.

  11. Re:Fukushima or naturally occurring on Elevated Radiation Claimed At Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues · · Score: 1

    Only in comic books.

  12. Re:Documentation on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Hardest Things Programmers Have To Do? · · Score: 1

    I find it just the opposite. I document everything for my self. I know the next time I come to do something I will forget the intricate switches and options needed to get it to work the way I did last time. Of course the documentation is only completely readable by me. I keep it all in a wiki so others can view and modify it as needed and I can see what I wrote and how it was changed by others. It also helps to get things formatted in a normal way.

  13. Re:Oh how I love this game! on Shutdown Cost the US Economy $24 Billion · · Score: 1

    federal 2013 budget 3.8T requested. That's 73B per week. lasted just over 2 weeks. That is close to 150B that it would have cost.

    I think we got a better deal.

  14. Re:End of an era on Time Lapse of Endeavour's Final Ride · · Score: 1

    you get what you pay for. You buy a Third World, you get a Third World, plus more that come knocking for the handouts.

  15. Re:Fukushima or naturally occurring on Elevated Radiation Claimed At Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues · · Score: 1

    Umm, building a tolerance is not the same thing as being harmless.

    I tolerate crappy posters on Slashdot, yet they are not harmless.

  16. Re:Moo on Gravity: Can Film Ever Get the Science Right? · · Score: 1

    The two terms you're looking for are "Internally consistent" and "Authentic"

    If the setting of the movie is everything normal except one person can fly. That doesn't mean that other things can suddenly not maintain any internal consistency.

  17. Re:Summary says it all on China's State Press Calls For 'Building a De-Americanized World' · · Score: 1

    There was a sign at my bank that said, "We can loan you enough money to get you completely out of debt." Uncle Sam should just go there.

  18. Re:Huh? on Elevated Radiation Claimed At Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues · · Score: 2

    I specialize in holistic radiation treatment. Good naturally occurring radiation is much better for you than anything man made.

  19. Re:Fukushima or naturally occurring on Elevated Radiation Claimed At Tokyo 2020 Olympic Venues · · Score: 1

    Perhaps not safe, but there is no such thing as a harmless amount of radiation. Life has built up a tolerance to a certain amount but even that is only over relatively short periods of time. "Safe" was probably not the right term as it is safe at levels we can heal faster than the damage it is doing.

  20. Re:If the state of the website is any indication . on Obamacare Website Fixes Could Take Two Weeks Or Two Months · · Score: -1

    I really doubt Obama know's how to code. What he is really good at is spending my money on boondoggle projects. How about not take the money from us in the first place and maybe then we could afford healthcare.

  21. Re:This is going to make the 90% rule interesting on Obamacare Website Fixes Could Take Two Weeks Or Two Months · · Score: 1

    But nine women may get you one in 5-6 months as long "a baby" is all you're looking for and as "healthy" and "Safe" are not requirements.

  22. Re:Here come the internet attention whores on Gene Variant Can Cause Nattering Nabobs of Negativity · · Score: 1

    I see what you did there.

  23. Re:October 17th Conspiracy Theorists Welcome! on 90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown · · Score: 1

    Not the point in the lease, the reduction of WIC is the no dog and no pony show that you are getting.

  24. Re:October 17th Conspiracy Theorists Welcome! on 90% of Nuclear Regulators Sent Home Due To Shutdown · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because it's all a show!! There are no real cuts just a reverse dog and pony show to try to "prove" how important the federal government is.

  25. Re:How I see it... on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    In the private sector, you know what you do when you no longer have work to go to?

    You get another job.