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  1. Re:There's always a downside on Canadians Protest Wind Turbines · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well I for one am a bit baffled at the idea of Wind turbines effecting someones health. Is this one of those crack pot ideas, like being allergic to cellphones and wifi?

  2. Oh god on Dell To Acquire Wyse · · Score: 2, Informative

    When I was in highschool my school used Wyse Terminals which was the most bad and ironic name I've ever seen. I hated those things..every one hated those things. They broke all the time and had to constantly be reflashed with a new image. They were so awful that by my Senior year they were being phased out entirely.

  3. Shit it started early on Minecraft Creator Announces Space Sandbox Game Mars Effect · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shit April fools has started early, everyone ignore news sites for the next three days. If we are lucky congress won't use the confusion to rush any draconian bills through.

  4. Re:Jury is still out... on Hackers Can Easily Lift Credit Card Info From a Used Xbox · · Score: 2

    Yep it makes 0 logical sense to store any credit card information locally on an xbox, I can't imagine Microsoft would make such a silly mistake. It would be like Valve storing credit card info for steam on the PC it is installed on.

  5. Re:Steal someones on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 2

    That is what I mean by the statement. A sign is almost as good as a security system, because it will either convince the thief to go some place else or it won't, and if it doesn't then what ever you could of done wouldn't keep them from breaking into your home and stealing yourself.

  6. Re:Been there, done that.. Here's your plan. on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: -1, Redundant

    What if someone breaks into your house and steals your linux server?

  7. Steal someones on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Steal someones 'secured by' signs from their front yard and put it in your yard. Seriously if someone is going to break into your house they are going to do it security system or not.

    If you're only goal is deterring any thefts that is about the best thing you can do really. Now if you want to have evidence to hand over to the police then that is another story all together.

  8. The problem with Essays on Bringing Auto-Graders To Student Essays · · Score: 1

    In general when I was in school, the problem with Essays was, the minimum length requirement. I'd write my essay and it would be great, but fall short of the length requirement by the teacher and I'd end up padding it out by restarting what I said different ways, adding useless sentences etc.

    I complained about the miniumum length at one point and the teacher told me to turn in my original essay and she would grade it and if it was better than my other one then she would no longer require a minimum length. So I turned it in and got an A easily.

    I get why teachers have a minimum length, they don't want kids to write only like a few sentences and turn it in. Still I think this is silly, my best essay in high school was only a page and a half long and won me a contest in the school easily

  9. Re:"Reliable source?" on PlayStation 4 'Orbis' Rumors: AMD Hardware, Hostile To Used Games · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry but the original dual shock controllers were awesome. I don't even own a PS1 or PS2 any more but I have an adapter to use a Dualshock controller for my PC, I've yet to find a controller I enjoy as much.

  10. Re:No Source? on VISA, MasterCard Warn of 'Massive' Breach At Credit Card Processor · · Score: 2

    Strange, my bank called me and told me that my credit card was possibly compromised back when Valve got hacked and then I got a new one two days later in the mail.

    Perhaps you were just faster than they were, it does take time for them to contact people.

  11. Re:Does the display require power? on LG Begins Mass Production of First Flexible E-ink Displays · · Score: 2

    well that and wireless connectivity be it 3g/wifi or what ever.

  12. Re:Does the display require power? on LG Begins Mass Production of First Flexible E-ink Displays · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that a huge chunk of most devices power usage was the back light for the displays.

  13. Ebook reading. on Amazon Selling Kindle Fire Refurbs For $139 · · Score: 2

    I'm a big reader myself and I managed to snag a used Nook Simple Touch for 60 bucks on Ebay which I think is a pretty good deal, given the fact it looks like new. I can't read books on LCDs really, they give me eye strain after about three or four hours of reading.

  14. Re:Bah. on Hobbit Pub Saved By Actors Stephen Fry and Sir Ian McKellen · · Score: 4, Insightful

    True and in general I think it is a pretty dick move, but they are using images from the movies on their websites which I think is a bit of a no no.

  15. Re: Not Surprising. on Dutch Artist Admits Faking Viral 'Human Bird Wing' Video · · Score: 2

    Ah well I guess that would get a few more people to think it was real, but even so from the short bit I watched I didn't see anything for power.

  16. Re: Not Surprising. on Dutch Artist Admits Faking Viral 'Human Bird Wing' Video · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ya I'm surpised anyone fell for this at all. Anyone who even knows a tiny tiny bit about anatomy of either humans or birds knows we just don't have the muscles for anything like that.

  17. Re:I don't get it. on Will Mobile Wallets Replace Their Traditional Counterparts? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep and it doesn't require a battery to work either.

  18. Re:To infinity and beyond... on Scientists Build Graphene From Scratch, Atom By Atom · · Score: 1

    Gods that would be amazing.

  19. Re:Great! on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No no you mean the terrorists from Afghanistan.

  20. Re:"Anime and manga" on Canadian Charges Against US Manga Reader Dropped · · Score: 1

    So he was in debt, no real money for defense and the prosecutor got him to plead guilty to a lesser crime when it saw its case wouldn't hold up in the long run. sounds an awful lot like what happens here in the USA all the time. Lets face it the world doesn't work the way it should, I wish I knew what I could do about that.

  21. Re:Yes, but... on Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth · · Score: 1

    It was involved in a drug bust, it's entirely possible it will vanish into police bureaucracy and be claimed by someone who has no business having it and any attempts to claim it by the actual owner will be met with lots of indirect and passive resistance. AKA redtape.

  22. Re:$60 games? Luxury! on Can $60 Games Survive? · · Score: 2

    Huh you'd think they'd get hit with price fixing or something. Then again I'm in no way qualified to speculate on anything legal or economic in nature.

  23. Re:$60 games? Luxury! on Can $60 Games Survive? · · Score: 1

    Why is that? Taxes? or what?

  24. Re:Too bad these are so new. on Camera Gun Would Let Hunters Get Killer Wildlife Shots · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From multiple angles too...

    Seriously even I think this is tasteless and only going to get more so before we are done.

  25. Cyber war threat level on Measuring China's Cyberwar Threat · · Score: 1, Funny

    The current cyber war threat level is Macguffin green. Not to be confused with nonexistant blue and retarded red.