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  1. Re:hate the name on Facebook Introduces Hack: Statically Typed PHP · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's actually very clever marketing. Now everybody that searches "facebook hack" will get this as the first result. They get lots of hits for their new language and obfuscate any articles teaching people how to exploit FB accounts. Win-win.

  2. Who needs an army... on US War Machine Downsizing? · · Score: 1

    ...when the police have tanks. Our government's next big enemy is domestic.

  3. Jello on Safety Measures Fail To Stop Fukushima Plant Leaks · · Score: 1

    Is the water in these storage tanks still being used for cooling? If not, just add a whole bunch of gelatin. That'd at least make it much more manageable. You can thank me later, environment.

  4. Hunger Games on Is Google Making the Digital Divide Worse? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure this is how it all starts.

  5. Re:Too bad we didn't settle on base 12 on Polynesians May Have Invented Binary Math · · Score: 1

    Not all of us have six toes on each.

  6. Stop Hitting Yourself! on Neural Prosthetic Acts Like "Bridge" Over Damaged Brain Areas · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stop Hitting Yourself! Stop Hitting Yourself!

  7. RoM on Ask Slashdot: MMORPG Recommendations? · · Score: 1

    Ugh. I play Runes of Magic, but I really hate to recommend it to anyone.
    It's free to play (technically), but once you hit endgame you'll pretty much need to spend money to gear. I've dropped more on diamonds than I care to admit. However, once you're raiding the top dungeons, you'll probably make enough gold to buy all the diamonds you need.
    The mechanics of the game are actually pretty cool. It's pretty much a WoW clone, but with a more intricate gearing system. Essentially you sacrifice gear to pull its stats and then place those stats on your own gear. It's also dual class. You level a primary and secondary class and can use some skills from each tree. Each combo also has certain elite skills tailored to it. It's lots of fun when it's working.
    It's never working. It's code developed by a Taiwanese company, adapted to German by a now defunct company, later adapted to English by another branch of that same defunct company, all of which was sold to a new company that also can't seem to get their shit together. Expect memory leaks, crashes, and bugs that crop up with certain events each year. It sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare to get anything fixed. Players contact community managers who can't really do much more that give you some items for your trouble at promise they'll get in touch with the team in Germany who I assume has to contact the team in Taiwan. Nothing gets fixed fast, and sometimes things don't get fixed at all.
    Again, I hate to recommend it, but here I am plugging away at it every day. I've sworn it off at least once before, and yet I keep coming back. omg, I'm in an abusive relationship, aren't I?

  8. You're welcome to try on Could Slashdot (Or Other Private Entity) Sue a Spy Agency Like GCHQ Or NSA? · · Score: 2

    but you won't win. That whole "If the attack could be proven without a doubt" assumption doesn't exist. At least in the USA, they'll just claim all evidence falls under the state secrets privilege, and the case will be immediately thrown out.

  9. Re:Easy to solve on Scientists Says Jellyfish Are Taking Over the Oceans · · Score: 1

    is correct when referring to multiple species.

  10. 90% on CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's better than my success rate

  11. Re:Start the bombing now! on Experian Sold Social Security Numbers To ID Theft Service · · Score: 1

    why do i never have mod points when i need them?

  12. Re:Or maybe, just maybe we quit taxing on Irish Government May Close Apple's Biggest Tax Loophole · · Score: 1

    Tolls, fee income, etc. I realize it'll never happen, and if it did, it'd probably be just as full of corruption as the current system. But, it works well on paper.

  13. Cleverbot on A Teletherapy Startup Removes Barriers To Mental Health Care · · Score: 1

    I thought that's what Cleverbot was for

  14. Re:Army wants magic computer system on Army Researching Network System That Defends Against Social Engineering · · Score: 0

    What makes you think it will allow them to relax the standards? Any attempt to change the protocols is obviously the result of a social engineering attack.

  15. Old news on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: -1

    is old.

  16. Why not jellyfish cooled? on New Threat To Seaside Nuclear Plants, Datacenters: Jellyfish · · Score: 1

    Just remove the screens and let em all through; maybe add a macerator. Anyone happen to know offhand the thermal coefficient of jellyfish jelly?

  17. Re:Yo Dawg on New Headphones Generate Sound With Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 1

    Stand back Xzibit, this is Dre's turf.

  18. one superpower on New Headphones Generate Sound With Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 1

    If you're ever given the opportunity to wish for a single superpower: don't think, just blurt out "CARBON NANOTUBES".

  19. REM on Engineers Invent Programming Language To Build Synthetic DNA · · Score: 1

    Now that we've got the code, has anyone checked our DNA to see what got REM'd out?

  20. at least they're useful now on Students Hack School-Issued iPads Within One Week · · Score: 1

    Nothing motivated me to learn about computers more than bypassing policy restrictions and web filters at school. I wound up becoming our student admin, starting computer clubs, and even changed my mind about the school and degree I had planned for college.
    Also, It sounds like the kids have managed to configure the devices the way they should have been configured in the first place. If my HS had handed me a device for tracking my whereabouts and logging my web activity, I would have handed it right back. Surely they have internet filters on the school's WiFi, so this software is meant to stop kids from using Facebook on their own time. Oh, and don't forget that the school's essentially sticking a GPS tracker on your kids, because apparently that's acceptable nowadays.
    I still think schools handing out tablets is a stupid idea (esp anything that starts with "i"), but I'm glad the kids are finding a way to use them.

  21. Re:Burden of enforcement on FAA May Let You Use Electronic Devices During Airplane Takeoff and Landing Soon · · Score: 1

    How do they currently do it during the flight?

  22. Re:Invertibrate Whales? on 40-Million-Year-Old 'Walking Whale' Fossil Found In Peru · · Score: 1

    This made me Fry face and tab over to Google as well. I now have "since when do whales not have spines" in my search history.

  23. The Onion on Work Halted On Neal Stephenson's Kickstarted Swordfighting Video Game · · Score: 2

    Are we sure that letter wasn't posted by The Onion? It's too comedic to be true.

  24. Re:Nikola Tesla did wireless power long time ago on Wireless Charging Start-Up Claims 30-Foot Radius · · Score: 1

    Yes, that was before we had all these electronic devices that tend to fry when exposed to such a field.

  25. Re:Wifi allergics are going to freak out on Wireless Charging Start-Up Claims 30-Foot Radius · · Score: 5, Funny

    To be fair, their headgear might actually exacerbate the issue.