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  1. If you complain on Ask Slashdot: Why Isn't There More Public Outrage About NSA Revelations? · · Score: 1

    you sound like a loon, that's why hardly anyone protests.

  2. I've never actually used on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Project For a Router/Wi-Fi Access Point? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    either, but there are also Zeroshell and ClearOS.

  3. At least they removed on French Police To Switch 72,000 Desktop PCs To Linux · · Score: 1

    that horrendous purple tinge the default ubuntu has.

  4. They marked the cards! on Two Years In Prison For Using Infrared Contact Lenses To Cheat At Poker · · Score: 1

    It's not like they merely used some tool to better calculate odds, this is outright cheating and in other times (and on a riverboat) it could have very well caused that Derringer to go off.

  5. Re:this has me wondering on Cruise Ship "Costa Concordia" Salvage Attempt To Go Ahead · · Score: 5, Informative

    Why all this effort to refloat her? As has been pointed out, she's been partially and asymmetrically submerged for the better part of two years, surely it'd be easier to just send in the divers with cutting torches or shaped charges, split the hull, and float her off in sections on barges (as they ended up doing with MSC Napoli)?

    Doing that in a marine sanctuary would have a significant environmental impact.

  6. Can they afford them? on Engineers Aim To Make Cleaner-Burning Cookstoves For Developing World · · Score: 1

    In the third world?
    Are those significantly cheaper than the ones they had before?

  7. Re:Some say... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    Oh come on, the Stig would know better, the first thing everyone bought was the FAST-ram expansion. (although, looking it up on wikipedia it now turns out the trapdoor expansion actually contained "slow ram"... wtf ?! Even though it's been 25 years, I feel cheated now =)

    Slow-fast ram.
    Fast because it wasn't chip memory, but slow because it was on the same bus as Agnus, or so I recall.

  8. Re:Some say... on Ferrari's New Car Tech Idea: Make Car Go Really Fast · · Score: 1

    Can't wait for The Stig to take it round the track. Some say his home computer is a Commodore Amiga , and he still believes 640K is more than enough RAM for anyone.

    ITYM 512k then!

  9. What about the one who suggested what to text? on NJ Court: Sending a Text Message To a Driver Could Make You Liable For Crash · · Score: 1

    And what about the one who encouraged them? Where does this end?

  10. And I thought English was the official language on 100% Failure Rate On University of Liberia's Admission Exam · · Score: 1

    of Liberia.
    How can one fail that?

  11. Why should they care if hosted abroad? on Comcast Threatens TorrentFreak For Posting Public Court Document · · Score: 1

    What clout does a DMCA have on a German firm?

  12. Re:So the correct action is... on Canadian Couple Charged $5k For Finding 400-Year-Old Skeleton · · Score: 1

    Didn't they do the something like that during prohibition with stolen industrial alcohol?

  13. is declaring everyone they don't like terrorists, criminals and spies.

  14. Who the hell uses nouveau on AMD's Open Source Linux Driver Trounces NVIDIA's · · Score: 1

    apart from RMS?

  15. What's so special about that? on Landsat's First Images Show Rocky Mountains In Stunning Detail · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Do those pictures significantly augment our understanding of what Earth mountains are like?

  16. Perhaps gender segregation on Will Donglegate Affect Your Decision To Attend PyCon? · · Score: 1

    is the way to go?

  17. Now you know who knows its job on Ask Slashdot: How To Convince a Company Their Subscriber List Is Compromised? · · Score: 1

    and who doesn't.
    Act accordingly when buying services.

  18. Re:Wow... on What You Can Do About the Phone Unlocking Fiasco · · Score: 1

    Because you often have to replace the firmware with one copied from an unlocked phone and it can be reasonably argued that you don't have a licence for that.

  19. Re:Wow... on What You Can Do About the Phone Unlocking Fiasco · · Score: 1

    You still risk being sued by the relevant copyright owner for running an unlicensed version of the OS.

  20. Don't travel there! on TVShack Founder Signs Deal Avoiding Extradition · · Score: 1

    Even if Obama in person says not to worry. They'll fuck you over the moment you get off the plane.

  21. Another fat contract on UK To Use "Risk-Profiling Software" To Screen All Airline Passengers and Cargo · · Score: 2

    and zero accountability?
    Sounds like a plan!

  22. Couldn't they just on Judge Demands Email and Facebook Passwords From Women In Sexual Harassment Case · · Score: 1

    subpoena Facebook and all the other relevant parties?

  23. Re:Could the summary possibly be more slanted? on How Free Speech Died On Campus · · Score: 4, Funny

    (and threatened her with explosion).

    Shouldn't your daughter have reported her as terrorist?

  24. Re:Is this stuff that matters..? on Crooks Steal $1.5M In iPads From JFK · · Score: 2

    I believe it's a snarky comment on airport security.

  25. Perhaps it's not about copyright on Toshiba Pursues Copyright Claim Against Laptop Manual Site · · Score: 1

    what if someone ended up hurting himself opening a monitor (CCFL inverter packs a punch), could Toshiba be civilly liable?