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  1. Re:What does GPLv2 code have to gain here? on Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model · · Score: 0

    Just like any other religion, FOSS seeks to gain new followers.

    Every new Ballmer voodoo doll makes Microsoft weaker.

  2. I have nothing to share except this offtopic joke on Twitter Discards Client UI Community · · Score: 2

    The announcement shows that they intend to switch from the 'bazaar' model of development to the 'cathedral,'

    Software and cathedrals are much the same – first we build them, then we pray.

  3. Re:So much for the safety of nuclear energy on Nuclear Emergency Declared At 2 Plants In Japan · · Score: 1

    "death from LSD" usually means "death from doing stupid things while high on LSD". Just like acute alcohol poisoning rarely have fatalities but impaired driving kills thousands each year.

  4. Re:Privacy on Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden · · Score: 1

    Poststamps are anonymous, sms certainly is not.

    Most telecomms have a web interface for sending sms to their customers. Using that interface through a dozen proxies is probably as anonymous as it gets.

    Stamps, on the other hand, will always leave a money trail if you buy them.

  5. Re:Thanks EU on New EU Net Rules Set To Make Cookies Crumble · · Score: 1

    IPv6 will give almost every computer practically static addresses

    What if multiple people share the same computer?

  6. Republic != Democracy on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    UK and Sweden are democracies but not republics.

    Syria and Belarus are republics and not democracies.

  7. Re:Right answer--wrong reason on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    Democracy doesn't imply proportional representation.

  8. Re:Representative Republic on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    Unsurprisingly, Mark Elliot Zuckerberg won the presidential election by a landslide yet again, making this his 12th consecutive term in office.

  9. Re:Representative Republic on Utah To Teach USA is a Republic, Not a Democracy · · Score: 2

    true democracy

    Definition of DEMOCRACY
    a : government by the people; especially : rule of the majority
    b : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

    We are a representative democracy which is true democracy.

  10. PROFIT! on Researcher Blows $15K By Reporting Bug To Google · · Score: 1

    1. Report bug
    2. Receive $1337
    3. Complain about not getting the $15000 for public attention
    4. Google caves in to public pressure and awards him $15000
    5. Receive $16337 in total

  11. Re:1337 on Researcher Blows $15K By Reporting Bug To Google · · Score: 1

    I think "w000000000sh" is more appropriate in this case.

  12. Re:Good for space travel. on 3D Printers Create Edible Objects · · Score: 2

    Or better yet, just send an unmanned probe with the printer to the destination. Then print out all the passengers.

  13. Re:Can the big non Tech only ones be Trusted? on Can For-Profit Tech Colleges Be Trusted? · · Score: 1

    Finally I can get laid! Time to go back to school.

  14. Obligatory on SurfSens Brings Surfing Into the Computer Age · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yo dawg, we heard you like surfing so we put a computer in yo' surfboard so you can surf while you surf.

  15. Confusing title on Android Copy of Danish Man Unveiled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Android Copy of Danish Man Unveiled

    OK, who else thought "Danish Man" was the name of game that's being ported to Android?

  16. Re:NH WTF? on Leave a Message, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    I completely agree with you. But it's the officer and the prosecution that is arguing that the officer's voice is captured by the cell phone in question and thus the officer is a party to the phone call as well.

  17. Re:NH WTF? on Leave a Message, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    When is recording a personal conversation illegal?

    In the following states, recording of a telephone conversation (personal or not) require the consent of all parties: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington.

    This is why for all customer service lines you hear the message "Please note that this call may be recorded for training purposes." The company need to cover their asses in case someone from one of those states called.

  18. Re:incomparable powers on Leave a Message, Go To Jail · · Score: 2

    Unfortunately corporations count as citizens in this country. If we make an exception for citizens then the government can just pay AT&T to wiretap everyone.

  19. Off topic, but... on Facebook Offers Easy Commenting Alternative · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google can't index a person's wall.

    For hilarity, imagine how utterly confusing this sentence is for someone from the year 1998.

  20. Re:/. News Network on One Man's Quest To Build True Artificial Life · · Score: 3, Funny

    RTFA can lead to the following complications:
    DDoS attacks
    Time wastage
    Complaints about the article being mutli-paged

    The editors must have realized this and did us all a favor.

  21. Re:diff on Red Hat Stops Shipping Kernel Changes as Patches · · Score: 3

    Question 6.

    A + B + C + D = F

    You are given the values of A and F. Find B, C, and D.

  22. Re:Femtoseconds on Contemplating Financial Trading At Picosecond Resolution · · Score: 2

    You guys are too slow. I've re-implemented my trading platform in terms of planck time.

  23. I usually avoid youtube comments, but... on Upgrading From Windows 1.0 To Windows 7 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Here's the highest rated comment:

    When I got divorced, my ex asked me to build her a computer. I obliged, and as a parting shot, told her I installed the latest-greatest operating system from Microsoft... hope you enjoyed ME, dear.

  24. It's already taken care of on Ask Slashdot: Facebook Archiving? · · Score: 0

    15-year-old daughter

    Don't worry about it. As long as she's between 3 and 16 years old I have all her facebook pictures archived already.

  25. Re:I'd love to be a fly on the wall... on Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies · · Score: 2

    Get my good friends Sergey and Larry on the phone!"

    A hotline has been established between Mountain View and Redmond ever since the Cuba browser crisis.