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  1. Re:Affirmative action is not the answer. on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Onion article:

    "Chinese Laundry Owner Blasted For Reinforcing Negative Ethnic Stereotypes"

    http://www.theonion.com/articles/chinese-laundry-owner-blasted-for-reinforcing-nega,1563/

  2. Re:Affirmative action is not the answer. on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 1

    Actually, Kim Kardashians' paper on digest authentication in Ruby is quite interesting.

    I don't know why they didn't invite her.

  3. Re:the pinball game has structure around the plot on Tolkien Estate Sues Over Lord of the Rings Slot Machines · · Score: 2

    I regret to inform members of this forum that, due to recent litigation, the term 'troll' can no longer be used in these forums.

    Persons using said term, and all variants thereof, are subject to liability for copyright or trademark infringement involves the potential for significant civil damages, including in particular cases, statutory damages, liability for up to three times actual damages, and attorneys fees.

  4. Re:Doesn't the Tolkien estate... on Tolkien Estate Sues Over Lord of the Rings Slot Machines · · Score: 1

    Oh, but he'd be fine with the Gandalf's Gobble Melt or Frodo's Pot Roast Skillet?

    ...but I'm not sure I would want to eat a breakfast that came out of a "Hobbit Hole..."

  5. Re:If they can work out the trajectory on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    That means they know exactly where it was launched from too.
    Accurate automated retaliation next perhaps?

    It's called 'Counter-Battery" ...and yes, it exists:
    http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/an-tpq-36.htm

  6. Re:Too bad... on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    ... the innocent civilian refugees dying in Gaza...

    ...and you can tell they're "innocent civilians" because they are not dressed in official Hamas army uniforms...

    ...oh, wait...

  7. Re:Too bad... on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    ...I'm fairly sure it's only Hamas who've been launching the missiles, but hey, why not just fire indiscriminately into a heavily populated city anyway in retaliation? Sure you'll kill a large number of civilians and children, but hey they're just Palestinians so who cares?

    One problem is that Hamas troops are not dressing in uniform, and operating from civilian areas - which is itself a war crime. (because it put civilians at risk.)

  8. Re:Accuracy on Israel's Iron Dome Missile Defense Shield Actually Works · · Score: 1

    I have heard about 2/3 rate, not 90% rate.

    The reason for that discrepancy is that that they are not intercepting ALL inbound rockets, only the ones headed for populated targets. So:
    90% intercept of inbounds to populated targets
    66% intercept of all inbounds

  9. Follow up: They now have a suspect in custody. on Crooks Steal $1.5M In iPads From JFK · · Score: 2

    They now have a suspect in custody.

    Apparently this Apple thief 'genius' (see what I did there..?) was an employee at JFK and, "asked co-workers for details about the Apple shipment and about where he might get his hands on a forklift."

    More here:
    http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57551500-37/man-arrested-for-ipad-mini-theft-reportedly-had-maxi-mouth/

  10. Re:There is some news here... on German Police Stop Man With Mobile Office In Car · · Score: 1

    ...German highways are speed limited. By the way, there is no mention that this happened on a highway or freeway in the article. This may have happened on either of them.

    "...Saarland State police stopped on the autobahn..."

  11. Re:Eh? on Housewives On Trial In China For Smuggling In iPhones · · Score: 2, Funny

    In their vagina's.

    Perhaps you mean "iGina's® "
    (Be careful, Apple just filed the patent on these: U.S. Pat.# 15198489 "...any indentation, pocket, cave, invagination, hole, inclusion, or concavity, made of any material, or found in any location, on any object, location, person or animal, whether produced by natural process including, but not limited to, erosion, evolution, tectonic movement, and/or by any artificial means, additive or subtractive manufacturing, fabrication, machining...")

  12. Re:GO UNIONS! on Hostess To Close; No More Twinkies · · Score: 1

    You almost lost me when I thought you were going to complain about the PCness of corpse and rape. But you had me back with "creamy cash filling."

    Thank you for your kind words.

    If, however, the news article had been about, say, union morticians caught raping corpses, I would have, of course, requested a car analogy.

  13. Re:I can't think of anything either on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    What has ever caused more human suffering than religion?

    Jar-Jar Binks?

  14. Re:They lie on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    Hitler is shown in various news reels I've seen myself eating a vegetable-only menu. Me: making Ramsey's recipe for Beef Wellington tonight, as I type this in fact, and suspecting I will enjoy the hell out of it. People murdered by me to date: 0.

    ...but why is your "Beef Wellington" wearing a sock and sneaker...?

  15. Re:They lie on Indian School Textbook Says Meat-Eaters Lie and Commit Sex Crimes · · Score: 1

    Nope, it's an exception to the rule if you are making a factual historical observation.

    Your self-Godwin has been disallowed.

    Only in reference to actual Nazis.

    Oblig XKCD:
    http://xkcd.com/261/

  16. Re:GO UNIONS! on Hostess To Close; No More Twinkies · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...liquidate the company to suck the corpse dry.

    ...The Baker's Union decided not to cooperate in their own rape. The surprise here is that the Teamsters rolled over and said "you'll like it better if you can't hear me whimpering because I'm facing away from you."

    Not a comment on the accuracy or viewpoint of your post, but instead of 'corpse' and 'rape' analogies; wouldn't it be more appropriate to say, "...sucked the creamy cash filling out of the company..." or "...stuffed the unwilling Teamsters with dark chocolaty pudding..."

  17. Re:Run on Twinkies? on Hostess To Close; No More Twinkies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or bail them out?

    We must bail them out.

    They are too tasty to fail.

  18. Serialized? on Crooks Steal $1.5M In iPads From JFK · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does Apple have a way to not allow these to be used if turned on, or can they track them through some kind of CPU ID code?

  19. Re:It isn't real until ..... on Invisibility Tech Demo Tomorrow In NYC · · Score: 2

    You can. It's called a fucking Faraday cage.

    No, actually, it's a PMC surface formed out of a dielectric slab.

    Tech details here:
    http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/extref/nmat3476-s1.pdf

  20. Re:Obligatory on Invisibility Tech Demo Tomorrow In NYC · · Score: 1

    Pics or it didn't happen.

    No pics or it didn't happen.

    FTFY

  21. Re:He also used some words... on Man Arrested For Photo of Burning Poppy On Facebook · · Score: 1

    A person is guilty of an offence if, with intent to cause a person harassment, alarm or distress, he— (a) uses... or displays any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting, thereby causing that or another person harassment, alarm or distress.

    So, if a Jew meets a Christian wearing a necklace which depicts a Jew hanging, in agony, nailed to a piece of wood...?

  22. Re:What's the problem? on Man Arrested For Photo of Burning Poppy On Facebook · · Score: 1

    That only happens in the US and this guy would be going to a UK jail if any at all.

    Male on male prison rape isn't so common outside the US.

    Right.
    Well, then send him to a UK boys' school.

  23. Re:The point on Man Arrested For Photo of Burning Poppy On Facebook · · Score: 1

    ...Their world is nothing compared to ours. In their time 99% of the population was illiterate, today it's the other way around.

    Right!
    Now, 99% of our illiterates make up the population.

  24. Re:Free speech is for useful speech. on Man Arrested For Photo of Burning Poppy On Facebook · · Score: 1

    President Thomas Jefferson grew weed, so to celebrate his birthday we'll staple pot leaves to our shirts...

    Oh yeah! Well, I'm burning weed in, ah, 'protest!'

  25. Re:Shoehorn some actual work on Titan Tops Top500 Supercomputing List · · Score: 1

    Between all the time it takes to upgrade these beasts, and the time spent running proper benchmarks, how much time is available to run actual jobs?

    Wadda ya mean, "actual jobs?"

    They just built this to run Crysis 3.