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  1. Re:Learn to write on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're right, these charges are complete bullshit, not "bullshit."

  2. Re:Strange move by Assange on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    I believe any vehicle a diplomat is in is considered the territory of their respective nation. Basically, he hops in a limo with said diplomat to their private jet and fly home.

  3. Re:Naturally on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    Amen to that. This whole ridiculous ordeal is about getting him somewhere with an extradition agreement.

  4. Re:Hopefully... on Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police · · Score: 1

    You mean like it's a trumped up charge, not a "trumped up charge"?

  5. Re:fix it. on High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers, Says Mark Cuban · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, it's like "too big to fail." When their algorithms F up, then can F up B-I-G. We all know the dice rollers on Wall Street aren't going to reel themselves in, so in the absence of regulation the rest of us get to bail them out if they do screw up.

  6. Re:As an HF Trader... on High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers, Says Mark Cuban · · Score: 1

    I'm calling bunk on you, too. We've got a client licensing software for HF trading and I haven't seen much to sympathize over.

  7. Slightly OT, anyone still dual-booting? on GRUB 2.00 Bootloader Officially Released · · Score: 2

    And why? I started using VMWare for Linux installs and I haven't encountered an instance where I needed dual-booting. Not implying that that's the only use for a boot loader.

  8. Another great thing about the US on The Long Death of Fat Clients · · Score: 3, Funny

    We'll NEVER run out of fat clients

  9. Is the atmosphere burning? on Stellar Blast Boils Away Some of a Planet's Atmosphere · · Score: 1

    ...or the last lifeboat of the Splugorthian empire disintegrating in a desperate attempt to evacuate the brave historians who dared to save their Elranythic relics?

  10. How about completely overhauling the desktop? on Why Microsoft Killed the Windows Start Button · · Score: 2

    Instead of making it a canvas for your cute puppy pics, it should be a giant frequency display. If 95% of my time is spend on Visual Studio or the browser, shouldn't there be proportionally-sized startup icons for those apps. Shouldn't utility information like time, date, calendar, and performance metrics be front-and-center?

    Instead, when I start up my machine I'm staring at a bunch of tiny icons and a background I see for split seconds at a time since I'm going to be hopping straight into an app anyway.

  11. Re:NatGeo channel's really gone downhill on Majority of Americans Think Obama Is Better Suited To Handle an Alien Invasion · · Score: 1

    I bet you most reality stars would work for subsistence. Most of them are in it for the instant publicity they can usually parlay into all kinds of insane deals. K Kardashian parlayed a staged sex tape (now the mainstay of D-list wannabe starlets) into a megamillion dollar empire built on nothing but fame. I watched a reality dating show years ago where the participants openly talked about how their stints would open doors for them. How many aspiring actors are on these shows anyway? Even the survivor pariticipants are straight from casting.

    Reality TV (the new kind not the old documentary kind) is dirt cheap and loved by the public. Do a little tweaking of the environment and players and stage things whenever they don't work out and you've got yourself a pot of gold!

  12. Good deed, but his history preceeds him on Seth MacFarlane Helps LOC Acquire Carl Sagan Papers · · Score: 0

    I don't mind toilet humor, my problem is the pure meanness of much of his writing without even bothering with a punch line. I recall a gag about Penelope Cruz's nose (only an idiot would consider her anything less that beautiful) and a crack about Kristen Stewart being the ugly girl vampire and werewolf fought over. Family Guy at least, smacked of a show written by ridiculed drama club kids looking to lash out at their abusers once given a pulpit.

    He taints the Sagan's legacy as far as I'm concerned.

  13. I've got the solution on Pentagon's In-Orbit Satellite Recycling Program Moving Forward · · Score: 1

    What we need is a kind of "space truck" that can take astronauts up into space, let them live and work for weeks at a time while working on these satellites, and possibly bring them back from orbit. It would be great if this "space truck" was reusable as well. The added advantage is the government isn't beholden to foreign or private entities when we need to conduct repair or salvage operations in space.

  14. So did he develop super powers? on New Mineral Found In Meteorite · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess The Panguin is already taken.

  15. Re:This is a terrible policy on On Orbitz, Mac Users Offered Pricier Hotels First · · Score: 1

    I couldn't find the article from yesterday about Apple store workers not making a lot of money. Kind of ruined my joke w/o the link.

  16. To quote Police Chief Grady on Facebook Says Your Email Is @Facebook · · Score: 1

    "Desperation is a stinky cologne."

  17. This is a terrible policy on On Orbitz, Mac Users Offered Pricier Hotels First · · Score: 0

    Mac users have already spent all their disposable cash on their Apple logos.

  18. Re:Well, duh on On Orbitz, Mac Users Offered Pricier Hotels First · · Score: 1

    Actually, it could be *any* wine dressed up with a fancy enough label.

  19. Impressive engineering feat on Gamera II Team Smashes Previous Best Human-Powered Helicopter Flight Time · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The "flight" was a bit underwhelming. One question about the rules, though. Could you create something that would allow you to store your energy (e.g. spring winding) on top of direct power? Seems like that would help get you off the ground (maybe at the cost of too much weight?).

  20. Re:Additional problems on top of the above on Tech Manufacturing Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Libertarian nonsense. When you remove the trade protections, that is what causes your manufacturing base to move overseas. We can't possibly compete with a company in Asia that's willing to forgo environmental rights, worker rights, and human rights. Now, if you think sweatshop conditions are simply "good business" if you can find some saps desperate enough to endanger their lives and health for peanuts, then you are correct.

  21. Must be a recent policy on PadMapper Gets C&D From Craigslist Over Apartment Listing Maps · · Score: 1

    They shut down CraigZoom a few months back. It was a great aggregation site that made it possible to do multi-region searches. As far as I know, it's not possible with CraigsList, so essentially they eliminated a feature.

  22. Re:Enjoy yourself, forget about school on Ask Slashdot: What To Do Before College? · · Score: 1

    Deserving of mod points!

  23. Enjoy yourself, forget about school on Ask Slashdot: What To Do Before College? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This summer marks the end of your childhood.

  24. Re:In Maryland Republicans opposed e-voting on Bev Harris of Black Box Voting Releases Accenture's Voting Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    "Just rammed it through" def'n: any legislation that passes that you don't like.

  25. Re:Good work on Bev Harris of Black Box Voting Releases Accenture's Voting Software · · Score: 1

    Herself