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  1. Parlament election on German Federal Police Helicopter Circles US Consulate · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just to give some background: Germany will have parlament elections on Sep 22nd, i.e. in 2 weeks.

  2. Re:Glass??? on Don't Panic, But We've Passed Peak Apple (and Google, and Facebook) · · Score: 1, Troll

    I can't imagine how much R&D went into this new geometric form, they call "cylinder". Now, they just have to patent it so not one can't wrongfully profit from their innovation.

  3. Re:Think of the children blah blah on In UK, Search Engines Urged To Block More Online Porn Sites · · Score: 1

    Wait, are you saying we should censor all sources where kids can find out that there is no Santa? (kidding, of course)

    But seriously, you know not every kid believes in this bull, don't you? And they don't grow up depressed because of it or anything. And you don't have to believe the stories to enjoy them, or else there wouldn't be any fantasy fans.Give children some credit, they are young, not retarded.

    And nobody is suggesting sitting anyone before anything. But if my kid, by chance, would find 4chan, I would try my best to explain what it is and sure as hell not forbid him to visit it ever again (image how that would work out).

    tl;dr: censorship is not the solution.

  4. Re:Think of the children blah blah on In UK, Search Engines Urged To Block More Online Porn Sites · · Score: 2

    Subtle trolling from an AC hinting that being gay is somehow abnormal? How original...

    And I would be the first one to show my kid how to circumvent such software.

  5. Re:Think of the children blah blah on In UK, Search Engines Urged To Block More Online Porn Sites · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How about parents doing more to restrict their kids from getting into age-inappropriate things on the internet.

    How do you imagine it? Sitting next to the kid and watching over her/his shoulder?

    How about we grow up as a society and rely on education instead of prohibition? How about explaining to a child what porn is and how it relates to sex and leave her/him make decisions.

    But no, it could be awkward, stressful and demand something like actual parenting. Forget it, censor this shit off my internets!

  6. Re:facebook is an american company on Criminal Complaint Filed Against Facebook After Girl's Death · · Score: 0

    Let me reiterate what another poster said:

    Fuck you, you sorry excuse for human being, for blaming a 14 year old kid for killing her self.

  7. Re:NRA sedition^H^H^H patriotism on "Terrorist" Lyrics Land High Schooler In Jail · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The thing that will prevent tyranny is an educated populace.

    This simply can not be stressed enough.

  8. Re:It's OK on Prof. Stephen Hawking: Great Scientist, Bad Gambler · · Score: 5, Informative

    From "A Brief History of Time":

    "This was a form of insurance policy for me. I have done a lot of work on black holes, and it would all be wasted if it turned out that black holes do not exist. But in that case, I would have the consolation of winning my bet, which would win me four years of the magazine Private Eye. If black holes do exist, Kip will get one year of Penthouse. When we made the bet in 1975, we were 80% certain that Cygnus was a black hole. By now, I would say that we are about 95% certain, but the bet has yet to be settled."

  9. Re:Twitter-shaming. on SendGrid Fires Employee After Firestorm Over Inappropriate Jokes · · Score: 1

    Sexual assault like any form of assault? Then start treating the survivors of rape as such, first. Rape is about dominance, if the society wouldn't put a dominance label on the intercourse, rape wouldn't be an issue. But we are as far from it as we were 100 years ago. Ever heard of Steubenville? Think these assholes did that because they coulnd't get laid otherwise?

    And get the fuck down from your high horse! "Your country" is one of the worst in this issue among the "civilized" ones. "Purity" rings, does it ring the bell?

    Not that this has ANYTHING to do with dongle jokes. The bitch just misused a just cause (fight against sexism and descrimination) to stir some drama and get more attention. I am glad she got fired.

  10. Re:Really? on SendGrid Fires Employee After Firestorm Over Inappropriate Jokes · · Score: 1

    Thats why there is a loose set of guidelines called "decency" which is quite changes quite a bit depending on the environment and the context, but most adults have an intuitive grasp of. On the other hand, people shouldn't get fired for slip-ups.

    Btw, i'm remembering the PMS joke for the next time our servers start to act up (in about 28 days, probably).

  11. Re:The difference between science and religion on Study Finds Universe Is 100 Million Years Older Than Previously Thought · · Score: 4, Informative

    Christianity is the youngest religion on the block and certainly not the largest.

    I'll give you that it's not the largest...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_religious_groups FFS, do you research, guys.

  12. Re:Public list of VPNs? on Users Flock To Firewall-Busting Thesis Project · · Score: 1

    Host it on I2P then.

  13. Re:Damn nanny government on French Officials Say EU Will Sanction Google Over Privacy · · Score: 5, Informative
  14. Peter Kasting's answer on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you read TFA (haha!) make sure to scroll down to the comment of Pater Kasting (Chrome dev).

  15. Re:Sing-a-longs huh? on The Top Paying Tech Companies For Interns · · Score: 1

    Wow, I am not surprised someone tryies to troll devs on /., I am surprised there were 5 butthurt people with mod points to make him visible for everyone. Lighten up, guys, work doesn't have to make you feel like killing yourself!

    (@AC save the snarky remark :)

  16. DEFCON on Missile Defense's Real Enemy: Math · · Score: 1

    Someone won his first DEFCON game and thinks he is a nuclear tactics expert now.

    (I know how it feels, I thought I was one too....)

  17. Re:What happened? on Lenovo Could Take Over RIM · · Score: 1

    This, my dear kids, is called FUD.

  18. Re:Very cool! on Previously Unseen Stage of Planet Formation Observed · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space#Intergalactic

    Present estimates put the average energy density of the Universe at the equivalent of 5.9 protons per cubic meter, including dark energy, dark matter, and ordinary, baryonic matter, or atoms.

    The Nature IS vacuum.

  19. Older hardware on Quantum Gas Goes Below Absolute Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly, our universe runs on a quite old hardware, which allowed the scientists to overflow the temperature variable. Why the Great Programmer didn't use unsigned longs ist beyond me, rookie mistake, really!

  20. I for one on Virus Rebuilds Heart's Own Pacemaker In Animal Tests · · Score: 1, Funny

    welcome our virus-enhanced guinea pig overlords!

  21. Re: Visualization of how large NGC 1277 on Black Hole Found That Takes Up 14% of Its Galaxy's Mass · · Score: 3, Informative
  22. GOG Backup on GOG: How an Indie Game Store Took On the Pirates and Won · · Score: 1

    Shameless plug incoming!

    https://github.com/evanpowers/gog-backup check this out, and the forks of it too! (PROTIP: mine works for the new site).

  23. Re:better a suspended SENTENCE than a suspended GU on South Korean Man Given Suspended Sentence For Retweeting NK Propaganda · · Score: 1

    This makes it perfectly ok, then!

  24. Double-blind? on Brain Scans of Rappers and Jazz Musicians Shed Light On Creativity · · Score: 2

    Rappers were the control group, I suppose?

  25. Thx, sound plausible now!