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  1. Re:No comparison whatsoever on Spanish Company Tests 'Right To Be Forgotten' Against Google · · Score: 1

    Don't like Google's algorithm? Use a different search engine.

  2. PharmaWHAT now? on Microsoft's Anti-Google Video Campaign · · Score: 1

    The ad says says both "pharmacEUtico.com" and "pharmacUEtico.com". So which is it, Microsoft? But what I really want to know is, how long before somebody registers both those domains and posts an anti-Hotmail spoof ad?

  3. Re:Bad summary: the airline, not the government on Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers · · Score: 1

    A person who works at a Catholic church has to be Catholic.

    Incorrect. A person who works at a Catholic church has to merely appear to be Catholic.

  4. Re:LOL! on Tapeheads and the Quiet Return of VHS · · Score: 1

    Actually, you could buy a device that sat between the two VCRs and boosted the signal so it could be copied quite well. Or so I've heard.

  5. Any Tibetan developers? on Tackling Open Source's Gender Issues · · Score: 1

    There aren't many Tibetan open source developers, either. Why not try to cater to that market while we're at it?

  6. Re:MagnaVolt on The Future of Hi-Tech Auto Theft · · Score: 1

    Or a Trunk Monkey.

  7. Re:How Not to be Seen on Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments · · Score: 1

    Or scraping your screen.

  8. Re:I await the day on Drones Within a Drone Riding a Balloon · · Score: 1

    I predict sales of shotguns and buckshot will increase as people organize impromptu drone-hunting parties.

  9. Re:It was the computer for us commoner kids on Looking Back At the Commodore 64 · · Score: 1

    The Commodore PET was available well before the C-64. Sure, it listed for $795, but you could get a used one for around $500 at the time. And, it included a built-in monitor.

  10. Re:Blah blah blah... what? on Testing the MongoDB Global Write Lock Improvements · · Score: 1

    No, it's the DB used by that dude from Blazing Saddles.

  11. Re:A Polite Virus on Fujitsu To Develop Vigilante Computer Virus For Japan · · Score: 1

    What, nobody here remembers Creeper?

  12. Re:Last year's news? on The Un-Internet and War On General Purpose Computers · · Score: 1

    Hasn't Stallman been pointing this out for a while now?

  13. Re:Detect differences between full and empty load? on New Car Anti-Theft Device Profiles Your Rear End · · Score: 2

    Will the prompt change to "Please enter your assword"?

  14. Re:Really! on Customers Gleefully Mock Best Buy's $1,095.99 HDMI · · Score: 1

    HDMI cables don't go to 11, so you can't watch Spinal Tap on them.

  15. Re:Get a clue Big Sis on Vanity Fair On the TSA and Security Theater · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it's not like there's no precedence for this sort of thing.

    rant And it's not like there's no precedents on slashdot for misusing precedence. How many times does someone have to point this out before people start using the correct word? /rant

    What did you expect? They were quoting Wikipedia, where proper spelling is optional.

  16. Simple... on The Curious Case of Increasing Misspelling Rates On Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    The author proposes that this consistent increase is the result of Wikipedia contributors using more complex language, which the test is unable to cope with.

    Simple: add something to the test that checks average word and sentence length as a rudimentary way of determine sentence complexity.

  17. Re:Dirty trick on Democratic Super PAC Buys Newtgingrich.com · · Score: 1

    Problem is, certain brand names are not owned by the same company in all sectors. In other words, there may be multiple companies called "Foobar Technologies".

  18. Re:errr on US Chamber of Commerce Infiltrated By Chinese Hackers · · Score: 1

    So when printers in China start outputting gibberish, do the Chinese complain that it's printing in English?

  19. Re:Bad software on Software Bug Caused Qantas Airbus A330 To Nose-Dive · · Score: 1

    Even if your 10 testing guys knew it was in the specification doesn't mean they necessarily understood how to test it properly, and maybe did some sort of relative test (input of x should come out to be 10x in a simple example).

    They used the Microsoft method of testing: just launch the damned thing, and if it crashes then it means there's a bug somewhere.

  20. Re:No on Do Slashdotters Encrypt Their Email? · · Score: 1

    There is also that: most of people I communicate with use GMail and as the message does not leave the server

    Wait, you really think that GMail has only one server serving all of its users? And that they host only at one location?

    Not to mention that some GMail users may access their account via POP, and/or may forward their GMail email to another (non-Google) address.

  21. FTFY on New Standard For Issuance of SSL/TLS Certificates · · Score: 1

    issuing SSL/TLS digital certificates naively trusted by the browser.

    FTFY

  22. Re:Is it open sourced? on Facebook Releases JIT PHP Compiler · · Score: 1

    That's insane. But of course we all know there's no sanity clause.

  23. Re:Next up on Scientists Create World's Smallest Steam Engine · · Score: 1

    Electronic components are more conducive to LCD smuggling.

  24. 13.7 bn? on Intel Revenue Dives $1bn On Hard Disk Shortage · · Score: 1

    I fail to see how revenues of 13.7 per quarter are a problem.

  25. Re:Creative billing on Aerospace Corp Pays $2.5m To Settle Rogue Software Dev Case · · Score: 1

    Or maybe he subcontracted it out.