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  1. Why is this even a question? The people running the bot are responsible. If a carpenter nails my hand to the door with his nail gun, is the nail gun responsible?

  2. Re:Linux Support is Rarely Worth The Money on Ask Slashdot: Paying For Linux Support vs. Rolling Your Own? · · Score: 1

    Heterogeneous?

  3. Re:US Centric? on Is a "Wikipedia For News" Feasible? · · Score: 1

    Would you be willing to share an example event and a link to the false reporting?

  4. Re:Reminds me of Chessmaster cheating on Top Counter-Strike Players Embroiled In Hacking Scandal · · Score: 1

    Why?

  5. type of assignment on Duke: No Mercy For CS 201 Cheaters Who Don't Turn Selves In By Wednesday · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'd like to know what type of assignment this was. If it's small and specific, there might be only a few basic working solutions. That is, the similarity stems from being correct.

    If it's a larger project with creative design decisions, then I'm less sympathetic.
     

  6. Re:Immigration is not the problem. on Reactions To Disgusting Images Predict a Persons Political Ideology · · Score: 4, Informative

    No USA base Muslim group of any statistical significance (or other group) is anti-democracy in the USA (and the USA is about 20% Muslim, so we would notice if it was a primary agenda).

    According to Pew Research, Americans are 0.6% Muslim.
    http://religions.pewforum.org/...

    Where did you find 20%?

  7. link on Microsoft Works On Windows For ARM-Based Servers · · Score: 1
  8. Record on Computer Scientist Parachutes From 135,908 Feet, Breaking Record · · Score: 3, Funny

    Computer Scientist Parachutes From 135,908 Feet, Breaking Record

    What's the record for EEs? I might have a shot at that.

  9. Re:High Fat Low Carb, Paleo/Primal on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    The grain growers wanted to mass produce and sell the stuff, and some politicians liked a "heart healthy" message (despite scientists protesting that more research was needed before jumping to conclusions) and so the whole "heart healthy" movement was born, which emphasised high carb foods like cereals, by demonising fat.

    It would be better for the grain growers if you ate animals that were fed grain, as this process is less energy efficient. This is a lousy conspiracy theory.

  10. Personal Experience on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    My grandfather asked me to go golfing with him when I was about 7. There was some conversation among the adults concluding that, based on my age only, I was a hazard to the green and therefore would have to just watch. So I followed around old guys for an hour on grass that I was not worthy to putt on. I realize this is an antecdote. Fuck golf.
     

  11. Give me one other part of history where everybody on The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Phone system?

  12. It's OK on Snapchat Users' Phone Numbers Exposed To Hackers · · Score: 3, Funny

    But the phone numbers disappear after 10 seconds, right?

  13. Character Depth on Sherlock Holmes Finally In the Public Domain In the US · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure this really matters. (Caveat: I'm not a fan and haven't read the books since I was very young.)

    The BBC Benedict Cumberbatch/Martin Freeman incarnation is closer kin to the show Monk than to the Robert Downey Jr/Jude Law incarnation. Using the name Sherlock Holmes is more of a marketing decision than a creative one. Basically, the original stories donate two things: the pairing of a genius with a more ordinary sidekick and the names.

    Meanwhile, there have been decades of stories with Holmes influence, which have suffered very little if at all from using different names.

  14. sigh on Sherlock Holmes Finally In the Public Domain In the US · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great, now he'll never write any more.

  15. Re:Bitcoin isn't a currency. on India Cautions Users On Risks Associated With Virtual Currencies · · Score: 2

    Its a commodity. Like gold, or silver.

    Why?

    What need or want does a bitcoin satisfy?

  16. Re:Nothing else to do but whine? Try planning ahea on Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Besides, why the heck do you allow animals if you aren't willing to put up with the results of your decision? Charge a fee for animals and pay somebody to come around and clean up the poop, there are services that do that very thing.

    Dog poop on the lawn is a result of dogs and not picking up the poop. If the poop is cleaned any less often than continuously; people will step in, fall in, and roll through (with a wheel chair) dog poop. Owners should pick up dog poop from common spaces.

  17. Re:Ethanol is a crock nobody wants on Can the US Be Weaned Off Ethanol? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Look for Gas Throwback at the pump.

  18. Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule? on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1

    There's a reason that the private sector isn't willing to give credit to some people. There's a cost to the treasury in the form unpaid loans and collection costs.
     

  19. Re:Welcome to Linux on Ask Slashdot: Attracting Developers To Abandonware? · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's properly referred to as Free Cell/Windows.
     

  20. Nonsensical graphic on Data Visualization: Too Easy To Be Too Slick? · · Score: 1

    This pie chart is my favorite example of a nonsensical graphic that looks really professional.

    http://kick.it/the-facts-about-smoking-infographic/

  21. Re: Lesson One on Windows NT Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    When there's a security flaw in the version of the dll a program depends on, how does Windows deal with it?

  22. broken metaphor on Crysis 3 Review: Amazing Graphics, Still a Benchmark Buster, Boring Gameplay · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crytek's latest game doesn't raise the bar — it annihilates it.

    wtf? Now there's no standard to measure games?

  23. Re:I hope they paid him a bajillion dollars.... on Han Solo To Reportedly Return For Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    Not in the original version.

  24. Re:context counts on Facebook Banter More Memorable Than Lines From Recent Books · · Score: 1

    You're correct. He says that in the ultra-violet ray, gold-plated Star Wars: A New Hope: Tommy Boy edition.

  25. Re:American Revolution on Smart Guns To Stop Mass Killings · · Score: 1

    If what you're saying is true, it should tell us our military is too big. Not, fuck it, we'll take our chances.