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  1. Re: What did you THINK would happen? on Kansas 'Swat' Perpetrator Charged; Faces 11 More Years in Prison (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't pull a trigger. He killed no one.

    Sounds like Felony Murder to me. Here's the classic example for those who have forgotten:

    My buddy and I decide to rob a bank. We have no weapons of any sort, we're going to fake it. I stay in the getaway card outside. My buddy goes in, tells the clerk to give him the money. The guy standing in line next to him panics, has a heart attack, and dies. The getaway driver (that would be me) is guilty of Felony Murder.

  2. Re: What did you THINK would happen? on Kansas 'Swat' Perpetrator Charged; Faces 11 More Years in Prison (latimes.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No, this is not a good analogy. Swatting was recognized as a prank before this incident. And intent matters.

    Anyone who has ever thought of swatting as a prank is an idiot who should be removed from the gene pool.

    Intent matters you say? The intent of swatting is to send an armed force to someone's house, believing they may have to kill someone. Swatting needs to be stomped down on hard. Ruin some lives. Make an example of them. Make others think "Hmm, maybe I should just stick to posting shit on 4chan."

  3. In other news... on IRS Awards $7 Million Fraud Prevention Contract To Equifax (politico.com) · · Score: 2

    The Dept. of Human Services has awarded a contract to a company formed by OJ Simpson, Robert Blake, and Scott Peterson to do research into domestic violence prevention and awareness.

  4. Re:Unsightly? on Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With Old Coaxial Cable? · · Score: 1

    This is what I did. I mounted a compact outdoor yagi antenna in my attic right above where the DirecTV line used to come in. Plugged that in to the splitter in place of the dish connection, and voila, every cable jack in my house is now an OTA TV antenna feed. I don't use that much, mostly I turn on the local news channel when I wake up, but it's nice to know it's there if for some reason internet is not available.

  5. I have AT&T Uverse, just internet, 45Mb $60/mo. I mounted a compact yagi antenna in my attic, hooked up my HTPC and it's just fine.

  6. Re: Interesting post on Dell Stops Selling Android Tablets (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I still use my iPad Mini on a daily basis, and will likely replace it with a Mini 4 sometime this year. But then I'm "old" (48), need reading glasses these days, and appreciate the extra screen size over my android phone for casual use around the house and watching videos.

  7. Slovenia, not America. I know nobody reads the articles,butat least read the summary.

  8. Re: Media, meet reality on TV Journalists Try Buying AK-47 On Dark Web, Fail (deepdotweb.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no background check involved for one individual selling to another in most states. If you're purchasing a firearm (rifle or not) from a gun store, pawn shop, dealer at a gun show etc, anyone who sells guns with an FFL, then there is a background check.

  9. I notice they exempted milk and cheese from the law. It couldn't possibly be because Vermont cheese is a big deal and virtually all cheese is technically GMO now (very few cheese makers get their rennet by cutting open a calf these days). The labelling law is stupid, but if you're going to do it, don't be hypocrites about it.

  10. Re: Quality problems not specific to a single dist on Linux Mint Hack Is an Indicator of a Larger Problem (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You want a nice little machine to fellate you?

    Apparently I've been buying the wrong computers. Tell me more about these nice little machines.

  11. Re: How very Republucan... on Netflix Decides To Crack Down On VPN Users (netflix.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I doubt Netflix cares about geo restrictions at all. They're probably being pressured hard by the content providers. "Do something about this or we won't let you show our products."

  12. Re: Brought about by the internet? on Germany Wants Facebook To Obey Its Rules About Holocaust Denial · · Score: 2

    And? Organic is commonly used to mean how something was grown instead of the correct meaning of "carbon based". Just because a lot of people misuse a term doesn't change the meaning of the word.

  13. Re: Brought about by the internet? on Germany Wants Facebook To Obey Its Rules About Holocaust Denial · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And really, I've read that 97% of the inhabitants of Gaza are antisemites.

    I have my doubts about that, considering that Arabs are a semitic people.

  14. Re: Closed Ecosystem on Maliciously Crafted MKV Video Files Can Be Used To Crash Android Phones · · Score: 1

    Not natively anyway. My preferred app for playing media on my iPad, including mkv files, is nplayer. Not free, but worth every penny. I'm assuming it works on an iPhone, my personal phone is an android and I'm not paying to put nplayer on the iPhone my employer makes me carry.

  15. Re: "Automatic" Weapon? on Police Not Issuing Charges For Handgun-Firing Drone -- Feds Undecided · · Score: 0

    As long as he has to press a button once for each individual shot, it shouldn't be an issue. If he can hold down the button and it continues to actuate the trigger multiple times, then he and the BATFE will have words.

  16. Re: What IP address ranges are in the US? on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 1

    Right. Because the NSA doesn't have access to IP addresses outside the US. Good luck there chief.

  17. A felon with misdemeanor convictions on Ask Slashdot: Can a Felon Work In IT? · · Score: 1

    One conviction (felony or otherwise) can be looked at as an outlier. Multiple convictions (felony or misdemeanor) establishes a pattern of poor judgement / impulse control on his part.

  18. Re: Why single out Whole Foods? on Whole Foods: America's Temple of Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    If it helps, just think of the gluten-free-because-it's-trendy twits as subsidizing the increased variety of available options for those who actually do need to eat a gluten free/reduced diet. I know both types, and it makes the former much easier to tolerate.

  19. Re: Cloud != Backup on 4 Tips For Your New Laptop · · Score: 4, Informative

    It does in the short term. Most of the cloud services let you recover/undelete a file for up to 30 days.

    You're right that it's not a "real backup", but honestly you aren't going to get most people to do a real backup with any consistency. Cloud backup of a documents folder is a useful stopgap.

  20. Re:Prediction: There will be heavier restrictions. on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Example: most NRA members (75%) support sensible gun control

    And how many people agree on a single definition of sensible?

  21. Re:This is why we can't have nice things... on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 2
  22. Re:Because plastic is for pansies on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your choice of posting name is appropriate.

  23. Re:Some good parts, but some rather absurd parts on New York Passes Landmark Gun Law · · Score: 2

    The way I understood it, often you can put a little clip thing inside a normal magazine to not allow more than a certain number of bullets

    Yes. Most commonly you see them installed in tube magazines on shotguns to limit them to whatever your state hunting regs deem appropriate (usually 3 rounds). The block can be removed to restore normal capacity if desired.

    To use an AR-15 30 round magazine as an example, it wouldn't be particularly difficult to install a kit that blocks the lower part of the magazine, with a shorter spring to install between the block and the follower. It would still look like a 30 round magazine but would only hold the reduced number. The problem would be that this is easily reversed by removing the block and putting the original spring back in place. I can't see the idiots in the NY legislature trusting their subjects *ahem* constituents with such potential evil.

  24. Blocking the crap on Study: Online Social Influence Has the Strongest Effect On Voting Behavior · · Score: 2

    This is the only way I'm going to get through the next couple of months without strangling some of my FB friends and acquaintances:

    http://lifehacker.com/5940319/how-to-block-annoying-political-posts-on-facebook

    Short version: browser add on that lets you (among other things) filter FB to not show you posts containing words like Romney and Obama.

  25. Every group has its careless idiots on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And recreational shooters are no different. In tinderbox conditions like this you can shoot safely, but you have to be careful. Don't shoot steel jacketed or steel cored ammunition, stick to plain lead or copper jacketed only. Don't shoot tracers, don't use gimmick ammo like Dragon's Breath shotgun shells. Above all, pay attention and be prepared to put out a fire. If you're not prepared to do all of that, then maybe you should just do something else until the weather changes.

    I'm an avid shooter and probably own more guns than most of the people reading this. My knee jerk reaction is to defend "my" side, but I also want to smack down the morons making the rest of us look bad.