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  1. Re: Diversity is good, especially in SciFi on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    So, both, then? You'd wish we could still rape our wives and want to have sex with "beautiful children."

  2. Re: Diversity is good, especially in SciFi on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 0

    Let's play the Slashdot sex offender guessing game: is parent talking about pedophilia, or just plain ol' regular rape of grown women? Or, for double points, a third option not represented here?

    Submit your guesses now! The winner will receive one free case of "really wish I didn't want to know" delivered to your address.

  3. Re:Pare down on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Electronics-Induced Inattentiveness? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Definitely this. Don't bring your laptop to class, bring a notebook and pen. Don't check your phone unless you've got an incoming call you need to take.

    You might not be quite as efficient in note-taking (if you're in certain disciplines), but you'll be a lot more able to focus on what's going on, and you'll retain a lot more.

    When studying, turn off your phone, or at least disable notifications.

    TL;DR: When you're doing something, do one thing well.

  4. Re: Please no on Google Hopes To One Day Replace Gmail With Inbox · · Score: 1

    Google hopes to, one day, replace gmail with inbox.

    Would have been clearer if they'd said "someday" or "eventually," but if you heard it out loud it'd be fine.

  5. Re: Who's their test group? on Google Hopes To One Day Replace Gmail With Inbox · · Score: 1

    That's what the archive is for.

  6. Re:Still not legal, right? on Kiva Systems Co-Founder: Drone Delivery Could Be As Low As 20 Cents Per Package · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to see how many nets people put up to their max air space if people start flying drones with valuable stuff over their property.

    I dunno, zero isn't a particularly interesting number in this context.

  7. Re:Let's do the math on Complex Life May Be Possible In Only 10% of All Galaxies · · Score: 1

    haha, blaze it

  8. Re:I don't blame WalMart Employees on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 1

    FUCK. I totally misread your last comment. Totes agreed with you.

  9. Re:I don't blame WalMart Employees on Customers Creating Fake Amazon Pages To Get Cheap Electronics At Walmart · · Score: 0

    It's taking it from WalMart, not the Walmart employees.

    Walmart is worth almost $500 billion - I'm sure their bottom line can afford to take a hit.

    ( I imagine some of these scammers are being total dicks to the poor employees, which is awful of them. But scamming the company? I don't really see a huge problem with that. )

  10. Re:"Getting whiter" on As Amazon Grows In Seattle, Pay Equity For Women Declines · · Score: 1

    You know that Scandinavia has a real big problem with racism, right? They disguise it as concern over "immigrants," (same as they do here) but... it's pretty transparent if you look at it.

  11. Re:OTOH on As Amazon Grows In Seattle, Pay Equity For Women Declines · · Score: 1

    Just the other night, some dude grilled me about "how does lesbian sex work" on my way home from work.
    Then he asked if me & my partner would ever be up for a threesome (gag).

    This was only two blocks south of Cap Hill (gay central), too.

  12. Re:Bullshit Stats. on As Amazon Grows In Seattle, Pay Equity For Women Declines · · Score: 1

    Sorry that you can't believe it. But yeah, Seattle's getting whiter, as rents rise and black people are displaced via gentrification.

  13. Re:Yay on BitTorrent Unveils Sync 2.0 · · Score: 1

    Does IT know you're running bittorrent code on their network?
    Couldn't they just set you up with an FTP site?

  14. Re:Press on Is a Moral Compass a Hindrance Or a Help For Startups? · · Score: 1

    "Evil doings" apparently means speaking honestly about negative experiences with a company you've worked with - or perhaps worse, giving them a chance to make amends?

    "[Option] 1. we sever the relationship entirely and never do another event there. rest assured we will let people know why when they ask and we'll reference it in our next post about our next LA event."
    "Honestly, it's up to you guys. If you feel you've done nothing wrong, pick option A. We have plenty of venues that were disappointed they weren't picked and would be happy to be given another shot. "

  15. Re:How much money ? on Electric Shock Study Suggests We'd Rather Hurt Ourselves Than Others · · Score: 1

    You wouldn't take a static electricity jolt for $15?

  16. Re:Moving towards the speed of an airliner?? on Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph · · Score: 1

    "except within a few large east coast cities"
    Pretty sure boston/DC are east coast :)

  17. Re:Boarding issues on Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph · · Score: 1

    Exactly - flying is scary, taking the train isn't.

  18. Re:kph.. on Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph · · Score: 1

    I disagree, I think using kph means you are, at best, 97.6% metric.

  19. Re:None are economically viable on Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500kph · · Score: 1

    They've taken the right-wing rhetoric so seriously that they honestly think progressive taxatation and public subsidies are regressive.

  20. Re:The UK doesn't have freedom of speech on Cameron Says People Radicalized By Free Speech; UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button · · Score: 1

    Well in this case, it was 100 whole bucks. The government sure will think twice about extra-legally assassinating its peaceful citizens in the future. That's like, 5 pizzas, you know?

  21. Why? on Entrepreneur Injects Bitcoin Wallets Into Hands · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why?

  22. Re:The UK doesn't have freedom of speech on Cameron Says People Radicalized By Free Speech; UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button · · Score: 2

    The US government values free speech so much, it was found guilty of conspiracy in the assassination of MLK Jr.

  23. Missing quote on Google "Evicted" the Berlin Wall From Property It Bought · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Mr Golzen, please relocate this wall."

  24. Re:Shills & SJWs on Blizzard Announces Overwatch, a First-Person Shooter · · Score: 1

    And if you don't count the gorilla, there's an equal number of playable ladies & dudes. The body-type on the ladies is a little cookie-cutter for my tastes, but it's a heck of a lot better than almost any other shooter I can think of in recent memory.

  25. For some values of secretly on Dealer-Installed GPS Tracker Leads To Kidnapper's Arrest in Maryland · · Score: 5, Informative

    McDougall said the customer is required to sign a form acknowledging there's a GPS unit in their vehicle. If the car buyer tries to remove it, the dealer is alerted.

    I think this is a pretty shady practice, don't get me wrong, but it's not quite as "secretly" as the summary made it out to be.