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  1. Re:What's Java? on New Version of Flashback Trojan Targets Mac Users · · Score: 1

    It's that thing that should always be turned OFF in Safari's preferences since 10.4.

  2. Re:uhhh. on Open Letter By Eric S. Raymond To Chris Dodd · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Which is stupid. Senator, Representative, President, are all job titles. No longer have the job? You don't get the honorific.

  3. Re:Quick easy knowledge. on Are Smartphones Starting a Boom In DIY Medicine? · · Score: 1

    Having a part of a body of knowledge is a damn sight different than being an experienced practitioner in that field.

  4. Re:Self-Treatment =/= Doctor on Are Smartphones Starting a Boom In DIY Medicine? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Suicide by trebuchet!

  5. Re:Digital natives, hard at work on Developer's View: Real Life Inspirations Or Abstract Ideas? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like these "digital natives" as you describe them have a monstrous sense of entitlement. "I want everything and I want it MY way and I want it NOW."

  6. Re:Innovation, "digital native" style. on Developer's View: Real Life Inspirations Or Abstract Ideas? · · Score: 1

    No legal hookers in Las Vegas, so there's no infringement!

  7. Re:Why no right-thinking person believes in free t on Where Next-Generation Rare Earth Metals May Come From · · Score: 3, Informative

    The simplistic answer is that fee companies competing with state-sponsored ones is by very definition not a free market.

  8. Re:Simple - Politics on Why Canada Does Not Belong On the US Piracy Watchlist · · Score: 1

    That, and Montreal cinemas were the one of the biggest sources for Cam bootlegs of first run movies for a good number of years. Hell, check out the early torrents of current TV shoes these days, many have the CITY TV logo in the corner, indicating a Canadian source.

  9. Re:Bill Gates is way better than Steve Jobs on Gates Foundation Makes Progress On Reinvented Toilets · · Score: 1, Informative

    Stupid fucking troll.

    Bill Gates retired as CEO of Microsoft to go run his charity. Steve Jobs was CEO of Apple almost up to the end.

    Guess you've never bothered to see what countries Microsoft's hardware is made in, huh?

  10. Re:is this a paid summary or what??? on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1

    If you can afford a Tesla, you can afford to RTFM and get a trickle charger.

  11. Re:Cold Climate? on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1

    We had those in Alberta in the 1970s as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_heater

    Just about every outdoor parking lot had them, I mostly remember them in the teachers' lot at school.

  12. Re:whew on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1

    Who is the dipshit blogger here?

    Anyone and everyone who uses "bricked" to mean "not working at the moment but can be fixed" from the original "this thing will never work again no matter what." Mainly applies to phone hackers.

  13. Re:Cee-Lo Green said it best. on Last Day To Tell Google To Forget You · · Score: 1

    Hey, he's just trying to get it started in here!

  14. Re:LOL on FDA To Review Inhalable Caffeine · · Score: 1

    Caffeine is still a diuretic.

  15. Re:Caffeine Coccaine on FDA To Review Inhalable Caffeine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds more like Iocane powder!

  16. Re:ARGH!!! Stupid MKV's! on Playbook OS 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    Convert to proper MP4 container with AAC audio and plain text track subtitles.

  17. Re:I hate subjects on Playbook OS 2.0 Released · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My understanding is that BES is locked down to one user = one device, so if you already had a BB phone accessing your email with BES, you couldn't "share" that account with another device.

    Made total sense for all the years they've been around, until they decided to create the Playbook.

  18. Re:Basement lighting on Aging Eyes Blamed For Seniors' Health Woes · · Score: 1

    Get yourself a blue LED anti-SAD light. I do 30 minutes in the morning while eating breakfast. Done me a world of good so far this winter.

  19. Re:Better Billionaires Than Public Sector Unions on Tech Billionaire-Backed Charter School Under Fire In Chicago · · Score: 1

    Including dates in history lessons ensures proper context to the events. Simply leaving them out is a bone-headed move.

  20. Re:Shared data on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 2

    Oh, you don't have to sue me to get my pants off!

  21. Re:Considering how often Adderall is abused... on Aderall Or Nothing: Anatomy of the Great Amphetamine Drought · · Score: 1

    If there was a way for many of these people (and many people with ADD do fine without meds) to make a living that didn't rely on organization, attention to detail, etc., then we wouldn't need the meds.

    Aye, there's the rub. Unless you have someone doing the organizing for you somehow, the need persists. Even my full time artist friends need to ensure they have supplies, turn up to shows and openings, make sure they're not getting ripped off, etc. Often outside managers are involved, but then you have to keep and eye on them as well.

  22. Re:MegaUpload bust was highly successful on Library.nu and Ifile.it Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Legit users can go move their files to another hosting services.

    If, as some of the biggest whiners have complained, MU contained their only copy of a file, then I have zero sympathy for them.

  23. Re:No such thing as ethical corporations on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    Bought out by Unilever a few years ago.

  24. Re:Really? on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    The best Doc Martens used to be made in England. Thankfully, they've come back.

  25. Re:How does one do that? on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    Balls out? You best be wiping the seat down after!