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  1. Re:A black pro-condom guy on Lessons From the Papal Conclave About Election Security · · Score: 0

    I don't understand why this is modded flamebait, this is fairly insightful.
    Most of catholics are black, and a large portion of black africa has big issues with STDs because the previous popes have been against the use of condoms.

  2. A black pro-condom guy on Lessons From the Papal Conclave About Election Security · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is what they need to elect.

  3. Hacker's so good... on Hector Xavier Monsegur, Aka Sabu, Dodges Sentencing Again · · Score: 1

    ... he even hacked justice!

  4. Re:$1,300 expensive? on The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive · · Score: 1

    I don't buy iCrap.
    I buy laptops from Lenovo. I've bought a few from Dell as well.

  5. What's with keeping kids safe? on Ask Slashdot: How to Pimp My Android Tablet? · · Score: 2

    You want to make this into a music listening device. What do you want to protect kids from? The evils of R'n'B?

  6. Re:I am not a crook on Nikon Buckles To Microsoft, Will Pay "Android Tax" For Smart Cameras · · Score: 0

    I'm just asking, because I'm not sure.

  7. Re:I am not a crook on Nikon Buckles To Microsoft, Will Pay "Android Tax" For Smart Cameras · · Score: 0

    Was that supposed to be funny?

  8. So much bullshit in one video on Canon Demos New Head-Mounted Augmented-Reality Display · · Score: 2

    The video has so much bullshitting going on in it that it's really impressive.
    It reminds me of all the people I've seen when creating my start-up. Why do people in emerging businesses think it is a good idea to make ridiculously bold statements about technology that clearly isn't that world shaking?

  9. Re:but... but... on Mayer Terminates Yahoo's Remote Employee Policy · · Score: 1

    But then, do they yahooo?

  10. Re:Paris First on France Plans 20-Billion Euro National Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    I'm next to the Saclay area, the area often referred to as "the French silicon valley".
    FTTH should arrive any day, though they've been saying that for years.

  11. Re:Paris First on France Plans 20-Billion Euro National Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    I live in the Paris suburbs, I'm happy when I can get 400kB/s down

  12. $1,300 expensive? on The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive · · Score: 1

    Seriously?
    I don't remember buying a decent laptop for less than that.

  13. Re:I doubt it on The End Is Near for GameStop · · Score: 0

    Games like Mario are better played on a game console controller than with a keyboard.
    Keyboards are only good for FPS, RPG, and to a lesser extent TPS.

  14. Re:Gamers tend to be... on The End Is Near for GameStop · · Score: 1

    You're only pirating a console now that it has reached the end of its life?
    That's a bit silly indeed. You should have done that years ago.

    Granted, it's always been easier for the Xbox360 than for the PS3, but AC3, like many other games, is available on both platforms.
    They only games that are PS3-exclusive are pretty good and might actually deserve your money.

  15. What are Left and Right? on Is "Left" Vs. "Right" Hard-coded Into Your Brain? · · Score: 2

    This journal should try to answer that question first before making silly correlations between party affiliation and personality traits.

    Left and Right, Liberals and Conservatists, was originally a distinction that made sense at the beginning of democracy: do we try to keep a system similar to what was before (conservatists) or do we try for something new and different (liberals).
    Obviously, you don't want to ever keep trying for something new and different. All you end up with if you do that is change for the sake of change, instability, and needlessly complicated laws piled on top of each other. In current times, it is actually the right wing that enacts the most new laws, which is quite opposed to what you'd expect since they're therefore the ones doing change. Oh, there certainly are some real evolutions wanted by the lefties, such as legislating marijuana, which probably should have happened decades ago but hasn't due to ill-placed conservatist convictions, but it's mostly a small mediatic issue with little relevance in the grand scheme of things.
    So what is the difference between left and right, really? You could say it's that right wing governments want to minimize government spending and taxation, while left wing wants to use taxpayer money to provide a baseline of quality to a variety of services (health, pension, transport, telecommunications...). A savvy person would think the first approach is best as governments are not able to efficiently run services, while it is good to have a minimum service for the latter. Yet in the past decades government spending has always been highest with right wing governments.
    There are actually many issues where you'll find that the distinction is not clearly cut or has varied considerably among history.
    In the end, Left or Right, it doesn't mean anything other than who's sponsoring you.

  16. Tried the MMORPG on Liberated Pixel Cup Code Winners Announced · · Score: 3, Informative

    I downloaded the dependencies and compiled it.
    I registered an account and created a character.
    Comes the time to play it says "No gameservers are available.".

  17. Re:Budget over Justice? on French Police Unsure Which Twin To Charge In Sexual Assaults · · Score: 1

    French law requires them to do the expensive test.
    This is just making headlines because of the unusually high cost for this unusual situation.

    If you have a DNA analysis company, it looks like the best thing to do is encourage twins to commit crimes.

  18. Re:Sony: you are idiots on Sony Exercising Its Acquisition of GaiKai, Plans To Stream Games To PS4 · · Score: 1

    Because all the good japanese games are on Sony game consoles.

  19. Re:Why wetware ? on Living Cells Turned Into Computers · · Score: 1

    But it could regenerate itself!

  20. Slashvertisement? on Reasons You're Not Getting Interviews; Plus Some Crazy Real Resume Mistakes · · Score: 1

    I do not see any point to this article.
    Is that what they call a slashvertisement?

  21. Re:Fault Irrelevant: Shows Flaw on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    No. $50k is not three times the price of an "average car". It's three times the price of a low-cost car.
    That's about the price of an Audi, BMW or Mercedes.

  22. Re:Why? on Ask Slashdot: Why Is It So Hard To Make An Accurate Progress Bar? · · Score: 1

    Even if NP = P, you still can't predict how much time a computation is going to take.

  23. Re:because on Ask Slashdot: Why Is It So Hard To Make An Accurate Progress Bar? · · Score: 1

    The progress bar, as the name suggests, tells you how much actions have progressed, not how much time the remaining actions are going to take.
    It is quite useful to know you have 100 things to do and have done 42. This doesn't mean the 58 remaining actions are going to take the same time though.

  24. Re:Streisand effect on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    Why the charge dropped from 90 miles to 25 miles overnight?

    Because the battery needs to be maintained at a certain temperature even if not used.
    Did you even read the article?

  25. Re:He forgot to charge the car....... on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 1

    Then he waited 12 hours and let the battery discharge itself.