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  1. I did not know on Rome Police Use Twitter To Battle Illegal Parking · · Score: 1

    that it was possible to park illegally in Roma. I thought every empty spot was fair game.

  2. Very unhappy on CmdrTaco Launches Trove, a Curated News Startup · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As someone who was using Trove.
    As someone who visited Trove every morning to find articles about topics of interest (channels).
    I am really unhappy.
    They broke everything.

  3. non-fiction on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Books Everyone Should Read? · · Score: 1
  4. Re: Roe v Wade on After 22 Years, Walt Mossberg Writes Final WSJ Column · · Score: 2

    Actually no.
    The latest evidence points to the phase out of tetraethyl lead in gasoline.

  5. Too bad, so sad. NOT! on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 1

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  6. The developer is tits up on Ask Slashdot: What Makes You Uninstall Apps? · · Score: 1

    The developer is gone.
    The software has not been updated in years.
    Need to move on.

  7. Re:Ski-mask, now also for shopping! on Tesco To Use Face Detection Technology For In-Store Advertising · · Score: 3, Informative

    Get out your Richard Nixon mask. It is the one most preferred by bank robbers.

  8. My preference is on Ten Steps You Can Take Against Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Overwhelm the bastards
    Plutonium implosion trigger components
    Weaponized anthrax aerosol
    Quantum encryption

  9. Good on Mark Cuban Found Not Guilty of Insider Trading · · Score: 2

    Now, hopefully he will work to normalize relations with Cuba.

  10. Not worth worrying about on Metadata On How You Drive Also Reveals Where You Drive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    By 2060 it will be illegal for humans to drive a car/truck in the USA. Your robot driver will be ratting on you anyway.

  11. My prediction on Nissan Plans To Sell Self-Driving Cars By 2020 · · Score: 2

    "By 2060 it will be illegal for a human to drive a vehicle in the USA".
    My prediction made in 2012.
    I am a nobody so no one will notice.

  12. This is the review and it is still up on Canadian Hotel Sues Guest For $95K Over Bad Review, Bed Bugs · · Score: 5, Informative

    "At first this hotel looks ok....until you wake up in the middle of the night at 3:00AM because you've been scratching all over and realize your bed is infested with BED BUGS!
    What a nightmare! When I reported the situation to the managing stuff, there were no emergency to handle the situation because the decision maker was not available during the week end and it was a Saturday.
    Instead they offered to transfer my son and I to a hotel nearby where a room was available because they were concerned I was going to cause Mayhem
    They finally offered to investigate the room despite the 4 BED BUGS I had contained in a glass and pictures and videos I had showed them.
    I was supposed to stay one more night but instead chose to move to a hotel nearby; turned out to be cleaner-up to date-bigger room- and cheaper rate and that was the Holiday Inn Express down the road at 3145 Avenue de Hotels.
    Beware of BED BUGS! If you are looking for a scratch free night sleep, stay elsewhere, you will be doing you and your loved ones a favour! Trust me...and that's why the Internet is a great tool!
            Stayed April 2013, traveled with family"

  13. Babs, look what you did again on Canadian Hotel Sues Guest For $95K Over Bad Review, Bed Bugs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When will businesses learn?
    I know, never.

  14. Simple solution on Retail Stores Plan Elaborate Ways To Track You · · Score: 1

    Don't buy anything.
    Visit a "frugal living" website and "tune in and drop out".

  15. The crazy is strong in this one on What Medical Tests Should Teach Us About the NSA Surveillance Program · · Score: 3, Informative

    You, sir, are a nutjob.

  16. Humans will not be allowed to drive on Author Peter Wayner Talks About Autonomous Cars (Video) · · Score: 1

    My prediction (which I have been making since 2012).
    By 2060 it will be illegal for humans to drive in the USA.

  17. A very prolific writer on Writer Jack Vance Dead At 96 · · Score: 1

    I started reading him in 50s.
    I loved everything he wrote.

  18. I would only be embarrassed if on New Prenda Law Shell Corp Threatening to Tell Your Neighbors You Pirated Porn · · Score: 1

    they told my neighbors that I PAID for porn.
    Getting it for free would be an accolade.

  19. ACP, Basic, Polaris on What Early Software Was Influential Enough To Deserve Acclaim? · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_Control_Program
    Made commercial flying possible.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_(computer_language)
    Let regular people do programming.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_missile
    Think about it. You launch a missile from underwater anywhere in the world's oceans and drop the bomb on Moscow.

  20. Re:Does anyone use QR codes? on Malicious QR Codes Posted Where There's Lots of Foot Traffic · · Score: 2

    Yes,
    They are very useful on real estate For Sale signs.

  21. Zero, null on Ask Slashdot: What Were You Taught About Computers In High School? · · Score: 1

    Graduated from high school in 1966.
    Computers?
    We had manual typewriters in typing class.

  22. $100,000 and counting on FunnyJunk v. the Oatmeal: Copyright Infringement Complaints As Defamation · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Oatmeal was correct. All the offending links worked yesterday.
    Now, FunnyFart has done some quick scrubbing.
    The WWF and Cancer Society will be very pleased.

  23. Is? on Ask Slashdot: Is Your Data Safe In the Cloud? · · Score: 0

    Not is, but Are.
    Datum. Data.
    Even engineers know how to use the plural.

  24. No on Is a US High-Speed Railway Economically Feasible? · · Score: 1

    It is not in any other country.
    Why should the USA be different?

  25. DOA - Domains of America on FTC Busts Domain Name Scammers · · Score: 1

    I used to get mail from these jerks all the time.
    It must have profitable as they spent a fortune in postage.