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  1. Re:A jury who doesn't understand the subject matte on Google Found Guilty of Libel For Search Results In Australia · · Score: 2

    If caching is the same as publishing, proxy providers (some of which are ISP-provided) are in for some trouble.

  2. Re:Chilling on Google Found Guilty of Libel For Search Results In Australia · · Score: 1

    Defamation is not a local term, it's a normal English word.

  3. Re:Droning on and on on What's It Like To Pilot a Drone? a Bit Like Call of Duty · · Score: 1

    Why should it not be fun? Do you want your soldier "workforce" to be miserable, down, and inefficient?

  4. Re:Death becomes acceptable, doesn't it? on What's It Like To Pilot a Drone? a Bit Like Call of Duty · · Score: 0

    Good soldiers are already psychopaths who do not mind killing people.
    Guilt? The whole idea is preposterous.

    There is no need to pretend it is a game.

  5. Re:Honestly... on Red Light Cameras Raise Crash Risk, Cost · · Score: 2

    You don't.
    Most red lights with cameras do not stay yellow for the normal duration, so that they can actually catch you running a red light.

  6. Re:Nothing new here on Windows 8 PCs Still Throttled By Crapware · · Score: 2

    Building your own only works for desktops.
    Non-geeks exclusively buy laptops.

  7. Re:Should redo the video. on Real-Life Transformer Robot On Sale In Japan · · Score: 1

    In Japan, it is impolite to call people you're not intimate with by their first name.

  8. Re:I, for one... on Real-Life Transformer Robot On Sale In Japan · · Score: 1

    You're doing it wrong.

  9. Re:Easy irony! on Real-Life Transformer Robot On Sale In Japan · · Score: 1

    Why did you feel the need to give a link to explain Gundam?

  10. Re:No silly on Gameplay: the Missing Ingredient In Most Games · · Score: 1

    I'm not using 'fun' in any of my sentences, you are.
    Your original point was that a game that is essentially the same as a movie, or any other "art" piece for that matter, is not fun. That's irrelevant, since it's still entertaining. Games are only meant to be entertainment, nothing more.

    Discussing things with you is tedious, so if you won't understand it, I won't be making any subsequent efforts to explain it to you. Sorry.

  11. Re:No silly on Gameplay: the Missing Ingredient In Most Games · · Score: 1

    A game that is nothing but a visual novel is perfectly entertaining. It doesn't need to have any complex gameplay mechanics to be.

  12. Re:No silly on Gameplay: the Missing Ingredient In Most Games · · Score: 1

    a game exists to be played (and thus should, on some level, be FUN to play).

    This conclusion is wrong.
    A game needs to be entertaining to play, it doesn't necessarily needs to be "fun" (whatever that means).

  13. Re:No silly on Gameplay: the Missing Ingredient In Most Games · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A lot of role-playing games are simply based on storytelling, and do not require skill. That's true even for table-top role-playing games.
    It's not grinding either, you're just enjoying exploring and interacting with an imaginary world.

  14. Re:America leader on clean energy, not Europe on The World Falls Back In Love With Coal · · Score: 1

    When you speak English to people they still interpret words according to their referential and culture.

  15. Re:America leader on clean energy, not Europe on The World Falls Back In Love With Coal · · Score: 1

    I recently talked to some guy from Argentina. He disagrees, people in his country are often called americans too, though they use spanish for that.

  16. Re:Why not fix it immediately? on Hosting Provider Automatically Fixes Vulnerabilities In Customers' Websites · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It would have to detect that it can safely apply the patch. Also it could be opt in, of course.

  17. Why not fix it immediately? on Hosting Provider Automatically Fixes Vulnerabilities In Customers' Websites · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In two weeks it might be too late.

  18. Re:I've got a better idea? on 'Ban Killer Bots,' Urges Human Rights Watch · · Score: 1

    You removed the middle, distorting my message.

    If you don't want people to die, don't do war. It's that easy. Please still go to war because they value some things more than human lives.

  19. Re:So Sad on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    The point of high school is to test if you're able to perform as asked, not to make you understand things.
    The only thing you need to do is follow the right methodology for each exercise type as instructed. Attending classes is enough in order to achieve this.

    Trying to actually think about the meaning or point of something will get you penalized. Your performance is evaluated according to what the teacher expects you to answer, not according to how correct your answer is.
    Not understanding this is probably the reason why many people fail at secondary school.

  20. Re:So Sad on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    Are you sure about that?

    I had a perfect math score at the french final high school examinations (if I remember correctly, the British equivalent is A-levels) without doing any work at all.
    This actually proved to be a problem when later in my studies I had to work to achieve things.

  21. Re:Arrow of Time... on Particle Physicists Confirm Arrow of Time Using B Meson Measurements · · Score: 1

    Don't underestimate the power of social conditioning.
    Women and men are conditioned differently, and so, they are different.

  22. I've got a better idea? on 'Ban Killer Bots,' Urges Human Rights Watch · · Score: 1

    How about we ban war instead?
    War is stupid.

    Using drones just allows to do this stupid thing that shouldn't even be done in the first place while avoiding deaths (at least those that matter to you - those on your side).
    If you don't want people to die, don't do war. It's that easy.

  23. None on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    I don't play games enough to justify using a subpar operating system as my main working tool.
    I really don't understand why it matters to others.

  24. That's like saying "this car does not run on petrol, it has 6 wheels".

  25. Re:So Sad on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    Too bad I've already commented on this story and can't mod this up.