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  1. Re:With the THQ hate... on New Humble Bundle Is Windows Only, DRM Games · · Score: 1

    Steam was always just an option before, not a requirement.

  2. I've given up on Seas Rising Faster Than Projected · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've grown extraordinarily pessimistic that anything can or will be done about climate change at this point, and my only thought at this point is that we just need to enjoy what we can until the inevitable self-inflicted pain and suffering we will endure from its affects.

    So let's all party for tomorrow we may die.

  3. Re:One idea on Ask Slashdot: How Should Tech Conferences Embrace Diversity? · · Score: 1

    The reason you want to care is because if you don't bother to seek out diversity, you may not even realize there is a problem in the first place because of confirmation bias.

  4. We know it's you on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, come on, Gabe, we know it's you. ;)

  5. Re:ChromeOS on Running Netflix On Linux · · Score: 2

    Because that won't work. Netflix for ChromeOS is specifically tied to certain Chromebook hardware.

  6. Re:Finally! on Ubuntu Now Available On the Nexus 7 · · Score: 1

    Actually, yes it is. In 12.10, the default is for the panel to stay open.

  7. I think I understand the lack of security on Researcher Reverse-Engineers Pacemaker Transmitter To Deliver Deadly Shocks · · Score: 2

    I'm sure the developer was thinking, "Who would even think of trying to hack a pacemaker? Who would even want to?"

    Unfortunately, it only takes one sociopath.

  8. Re:It's not broken. on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    I don't think anyone is trying to force anything on anyone, but they are trying to make the Linux desktop more appealing. There is a difference.

  9. Re:No on Do We Need a Longer School Year? · · Score: 1

    It's still shit to say that poor people don't or won't care about their kids' education, and still ignores the problem that a lot of them don't have the time to be able to help their kids through their education.

  10. Re:You insensitive clod! on Obama and Romney Respond To ScienceDebate.org Questionnaire · · Score: 1

    I always vote CowboyNeal.

  11. Re:Drug test the final standard? on Lance Armstrong and the Science of Drug Testing · · Score: 1

    Yup. I've been in that situation many times myself, as have most other married men.

    I just had to state that I've known a lot of women too that were in the right, but they let their husbands win for their marriage.

  12. Re:Drug test the final standard? on Lance Armstrong and the Science of Drug Testing · · Score: 1

    Yup, came here to say this, but you beat me to it.

    source

  13. Re:Rape more likely to lead to pregnancy on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    One of the other hypotheses I've seen floating around is that rapists tend to choose women that are fertile (subconsciously), hence the reason it's more likely.

  14. Re:Rape is better than consentual relations... on The Mathematics of 'Legitimate Rape' and Pregnancy · · Score: 1

    The feminists that I know don't get upset at scientific facts. That may be an anecdote, but it wouldn't surprise me if this was true more generally. If anything, they would use this information just to point out how much horrific rape is if anything.

    Feminists do get upset at some STEM people for the snotty attitude they sometimes display when talking about non-STEM people. They won't excuse scientific illiteracy, but they don't think it's right for STEM people to be so dismissive of non-STEM people.

    Again, this has just been my experience.

  15. Warning labels? on Should Medical Apps Be Regulated? · · Score: 1

    I can't see why we can't go with a simple compromise, and have unapproved apps present big huge warning labels saying they hadn't been approved by the FDA, and once they do, they can put a big huge FDA logo of approval.

    I know some people will, on their own risk, ignore those warnings, but I think that's something they need to realize on their own.

    So, yes, I think they should be regulated, but only insofar as to allow people to make informed decisions on their risks.

  16. Shark teeth? on Study Finds Human Teeth are as Tough as Shark Teeth · · Score: 1

    Don't shark teeth fall out a lot? I don't know if I would consider this high praise...

  17. Re:Shared value ? on NSA Chief To Address Hackers At DEF CON · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I don't think those are the goals of the people that work there in and of themselves. They have masters to whom they must answer.

  18. Thank you WELL_HUNG_OYSTER on Caffeine Linked To Lower Skin Cancer Risk · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I am so glad that we have WELL_HUNG_OYSTER to inform us about this health benefit of caffeine.

    What would we do wtihout WELL_HUNG_OYSTER?

    Does caffeine even work on oysters?

  19. Re:Just ONE word to nullify what they say on NASA To Future Lunar Explorers: Don't Mess With Our Moon Stuff · · Score: 1

    Well, yes, I have no objection to saving space kittens. Won't someone think of the space kittens?

  20. Probably not in the workplace, but in college on The Ugly Underbelly of Coder Culture · · Score: 4, Interesting

    At work, we're all probably too busy with work to bother with this shit, but I remember in college, whenever there were a bunch of us in the computer lab working together on something (more specifically the Linux lab that was separated off from the regular computers), guys would be looking out into the window to the regular computer lab, and make some of the most misogynistic comments I've ever heard, and talk about how "nasty that bitch is" or what a slut this other one is, or how they'd tap that one, and they even did this when there were women in there with us (who didn't say anything). I didn't really know what to say, but just sat there in shock.

  21. 18 Terabytes?! on Confidentiality Expires For 1940 Census Records · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Someone gonna torrent that?

  22. Re:Mark Cuban: still clueless on Yahoo's Own Lash Out At Company Over "Weaponized" Patents · · Score: 1

    Oh, sorry, I forgot the closing tag. /sarcasm

  23. Re:Mark Cuban: still clueless on Yahoo's Own Lash Out At Company Over "Weaponized" Patents · · Score: 0

    KONY 2012

  24. Re:Linode Terms of Service on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but you're wrong on this. Linode makes these terms clear on a number of pages throughout their site, including when signing up for their service. They even politely ask that if this is what you wanted then you should go elsewhere. They even make it clear they don't have SLAs, even though their uptime is better than most VPS hosts.

  25. Re:Will it fit... on NSA Publishes Blueprint For Top Secret Android Phone · · Score: 1

    Will it give you a clue?