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  1. Security on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 2

    Put fewer security holes in it. Maybe just one or two.

  2. Re:How hard can that possibly be? on A Math Test That's Rotten To the Common Core · · Score: 1

    Question 1: You see 5 pennies, the total in the cup is 6, so the missing part is 1 (penny). How hard can that possibly be?

    If you see five, and there are six more in the cup, then the total is eleven. If only one is missing, then which one?

    The answer isn't listed. Whether there are 11 or 6, they're all accounted for so 0 coins are missing. (Assuming they're coins)

  3. What good is the Fourth Amendment? on SCOTUS Says DNA Collection Permissible After Arrest · · Score: 2

    If search warrants are handed out like toilet paper and your DNA isn't protected, what's left?

  4. Yak Shaving on Overconfidence: Why You Suck At Making Development Time Estimates · · Score: 1

    Projects that are simple at a high level can consist of several parts and each of those parts might require many small tasks and each small task may require other tasks. Yak Shaving It's like playing a quest in World of Warcraft.

  5. What about anti-white tweets? on Geomapping Racism With Twitter · · Score: 1

    Their definition of racism is limited. Why didn't they include the phrase "old white men" in their search? It comes up about every 5 minutes on twitter.

  6. 1980 on NASA Scientist: Heat Waves Really Are From Global Warming · · Score: 1

    What happened in 1980 to cause the climate to change?

  7. Re:What sort of guarantee backs up the 20 year lif on $60 Light Bulb Debuts On Earth Day · · Score: 1

    Same. $3 per year is reasonable to save on energy costs. Unfortunately my "7-year" CFL bulbs died in 1 - 2 years.

  8. If you want to get nitpicky... on Florida Thinks Their Students Are Too Stupid To Know the Right Answers · · Score: 1

    Multiple choice questions are invalid. Students select the answer they were predetermined to choose by the big bang.

  9. Re:distractions are bad on Ask Slashdot: What Are Your Tips For Working From Home? · · Score: 2

    Agreed. Distractions are the biggest problem. Stay away from the TV. When work gets tough, even the most boring TV show can be tempting. Stay off of youtube as well.

  10. Designer's Facial Hair on Mozilla Releases Rust 0.1 · · Score: 1

    Does the designer of the language have facial hair? No point in learning it if he doesn't. (And if it's a woman and she's not the bearded lady, forget it.) http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tamir/archive/2008/04/28/computer-languages-and-facial-hair-take-two.aspx

  11. Stuxnet on Israeli Spyware Sold To Iran · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stuxnet 2.0 bundled free.

  12. Re:old news on IEA Warns of Irreversible Climate Change In 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Global warming? I'm still waiting for the ozone hole to kill us. That was supposed to happen almost 12 years ago.

  13. Re:Thanks for all the Fish Wrapper on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, I missed it. How did you eventually remove the virus?

  14. Re:I can't fault them for doing so.. on S&P's $2 Trillion Math Mistake · · Score: 1

    Exactly. To eliminate the trillion dollar deficit with taxes, the average family would have to pay an extra $10,000 every year and there is no guarantee that spending won't simply increase along with the taxes like it has before. The only solution is for the government to live within its means.

  15. Re:J/MW? on Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US · · Score: 1

    More like a measure of inefficiency. Reminds me of the broken glass fallacy

  16. Microsoft owns progress bars on HTC Is Paying Microsoft $5 For Every Android Phone · · Score: 1
  17. Do what everyone else does on Ubisoft Launches Movie Studio To Make Movies of Its Games · · Score: 1

    Load an existing script from the same genre into a word processor (or just use an Alien script)
    Search and replace character names
    Refine a bit
    Film the movie
    Wonder why it failed

  18. Close Your Eyes on Japan Reluctant To Disclose Drone Footage of Fukushima Plant · · Score: 1

    If you close your eyes, the problem will go away.

  19. Re:Just songwriters? on Canadian Songwriters Propose $10/mo Internet Fee · · Score: 1

    Add another $20 for photographers and artists.

  20. Re:was the password on a piece of paper in the off on Top Student Charged With Fixing Grades For Cash · · Score: 1

    >>>Turn it up to 11

    DEFCON goes from 5 (all clear) to 1 (nuclear extinction). Cmon. Haven't you ever watched Stargate or those old Cold war movies? ;-)

    That may have been a Spinal Tap reference. http://youtu.be/UeOXsA8sp_E

  21. Now We Know on Professor Rejects Camera Implanted In His Head · · Score: 1

    This is what could possibly go wrong.

  22. Re:clever! on HBGary Federal Hacked By Anonymous · · Score: 2

    so they counter this with more illegal activity which is even more serious and will get them even further into the shit

    great plan numbnuts

    Hmmmm. Might be risky rather than stupid. Maybe by proving the incompetence of the security company, they can have evidence thrown out.

  23. Re:That's what I was going to say on Some Hotmail Accounts Wiped · · Score: 3, Funny

    Besides, isn't it called something terrible these days like "Windows Live Hotmail"? Once more showing That things connected to "Windows" is a data loss risk.

    Windows Active Live Visual Hotmail .Net 7 Personal Edition

  24. There Goes the Homeless Solution on Judge Declares Federal Healthcare Plan (Partly) Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    There goes my plan to end homelessness by forcing people to buy homes.

  25. Re:"Because You're Popular, You Get a Free Pass!" on Swedish Court Orders Detention of Wikileaks Founder Assange · · Score: 1

    she can still change her mind the next day and claim you "got her drunk" or "talked her into it".

    Hmmm. Is it also considered rape when the man changes his mind the next day?