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  1. Re:If only trees could talk on 3,500 Year Old Florida Tree Dies of Natural Causes · · Score: 1

    In this case, since the investigation found the fire was caused either by lightning strike or some strange circumstance (not arson) - it would be more like dying from an allergic reaction to bee stings. Still relatively natural.

  2. Re:Why are these servers ONLINE?? on EFF Seeking Information of Legal Users of Megaupload · · Score: 1

    Your reply sounds a bit tongue-in-cheek, but they made copies of the drives for evidence.

  3. Re:Inches? on Self-Guided Bullet Can Hit Targets a Mile Away · · Score: 1

    They do look cooler, but this is 10 cm, not inches... and in length, not diameter. The round basically looks like a large rifle round (in its cartridge).

  4. Re:slashdotted on Megaupload Lawyer Says User Data Will Be Held For Two Weeks · · Score: 1

    ...Why? Surely you have better things to do with your time than call the secret service when somebody badmouths the president, especially when you frequent a site like this one.

  5. Re:I'm not convinced we have the whole story on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 1

    On the bright side, look at all the new attention they're getting! They'll go back to the Britains and be HEROES for standing up to DHS. Then they can hit the pubs and DESTROY LONDON!!!

  6. Re:Joking about this is the height of stupidity. on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really?

    First: It was a tweet.
    Second: It was a joke. When did we get such a stick up our ass that making a joke is cause for arrest and deportation?
    Third: Airports are not dangerous. Flying is not dangerous. Taking our national security too seriously though - that to me as a freedom loving American - is downright terrifying. Once the tools are in place, they will be used. They will be abused, and it is *damned* hard to get rid of them.

  7. Re:I'm not convinced we have the whole story on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 2

    I'm just going out on a limb here, but making as assumption that the information would have meant jack shit in any other situation - except that these fellows got on some bureaucrat's bad side. Not much worse than giving a middle manager that wants to flex nuts the opportunity to do so.

    Too bad, to. Wasn't there just some big political hoopla about making America the world's choice vacation destination? Hey, I hear China is beautiful this time of year - and you're really not any more likely to get arrested for things you post on the internet!

  8. Re:Hrmm on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Arrogant xenophobia" is a way of life too, you insensitive clod.

  9. Re:This proves that on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You are, duh! Oh shit, so am I...

  10. Re:Print Escher stairs? on Assembling Your Own 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    Well sure, but I don't know why you'd bother using a 3d printer to etch a 2d object when it's cheaper and easier to just use a regular printer...

  11. Re:Fair use? "Not comfortable with..." on Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad · · Score: 1

    You're a very "up" person.

  12. Re:Fair use? "Not comfortable with..." on Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad · · Score: 1

    Nobody ever claimed that atheists and bigotry were mutually exclusive. At least nobody that wasn't already an atheist bigot...

  13. Re:Game rules do not underlie copyright on Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower · · Score: 1

    I'm not making assumptions. I will plainly state that I have morals and you likely do as well.

  14. Re:Game rules do not underlie copyright on Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower · · Score: 1

    Businesses are just organizations of people. A blanket statement that "businesses have no morals" does no justice to the amoral activities of the *people* making those decisions for the business.

    There are plenty of moral businesses, they just don't make the headlines.

  15. Re:Jetsons on MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Folding Car · · Score: 1

    Woah... you just blew my mind.

  16. Re:Let's hope he gets extradited, he'll be better on US Judge Rules Defendant Can Be Forced To Decrypt Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    Because destroying evidence is absolutely the *best* way to clear your name in court...

  17. Re:Denial. on 2011 Was the 9th Hottest Year On Record · · Score: 1

    I don't recall us closing any ozone holes... By contrast, according to the wikis, the ozone layer is thinning in the Arctic now as well. I'm not disagreeing with the majority of what you're stating, simply stating that I don't believe there have been any effective policies put in place to mitigate it.

  18. Re:The open question... on 2011 Was the 9th Hottest Year On Record · · Score: 4, Funny

    Woah... That's not bad for rented fingers. Who's your supplier? I've been looking for a decent set.

  19. Re:Is it an interesting question... on What Happens To Your Files When a Cloud Service Shuts Down? · · Score: 1

    Your right to have allergies ends where my right to hang out with my dog at work begins!

  20. Re:Half true... on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    The DVI connector has RGBHV signals on it - which is why you have DVI to RGB adapters that cost a pittance and are usually included with the graphics card. The VGA connector itself as that fifteen pin HD DB connector may not be there, but the signals haven't changed. Removing the RGBHV signals from the graphics card output removes the need to have that extra chunk of pins on the DVI cable and gives you (drumroll please): HDMI!

  21. Re:Deep breath everyone. DVI==HDMI on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    But we want to complain!!

    That, and it feels kinda good when our panties are bunched up just so...

  22. Re:So what? on DOJ Investigates Google, Apple, and Others For 'No Poaching' Agreement · · Score: 1

    This was excellently described in a Dilbert comic many many moons ago. You see, forming a union requires strong individuals with a lot of backbone to "stand up" to the man. People in the technology are born without backbones, so nobody ever steps up.

  23. Re:As Douglas Adams put it on A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star · · Score: 1

    Buzzkill.

  24. Re:Holy cow ... on A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one reading this that really wants a cup of tea right now?

  25. Re:Oblig XKCD on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA? · · Score: 1

    I know exactly where you're coming from. You want a world where justice is at the barrel of a gun, because that is exactly what happens when there is no *enforced* rule of law. People who can't afford the best security get robbed by those who can. "Security firm" becomes another term for "warlord." We go back to banding tribes, and lose our laws, our infrastructure, and our civilization. If you want to live in a world like that, there are plenty of places around the world that you can go. Of course, they typically have high crime and low life expectancy, but if you're into that...