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  1. Re:Wow. on TSA Doing Random Truck Searches On Tennessee Highway · · Score: 1

    Time for a regime change.

    The opportunity for that comes up in the US every 2 and 4 years. Precious few take advantage of this fact.

  2. Re:You think the housing collapse was bad on US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    What if I don't want to join a Frat?

  3. Re:As soon as practicable? on ACTA Signed By 8 of 11 Participating Countries · · Score: 1

    And most music worth buying was made more than 10 years ago. They do not produce much good music these days. It will be difficult to make a "100 best hits from 2000-2010".

    Bullshit. There's plenty of worthwhile new music being released today. My concert going schedule since June is proof of that. Just because it's not on the local Top 40 station doesn't mean it isn't good. Hell, I haven't listened to the radio in 16 or 17 years and I still find new bands regularly.

  4. Re:Americans at it again on ACTA Signed By 8 of 11 Participating Countries · · Score: 1

    "Poverty" is a place?

  5. Re:A better investment for that $44B: Apple on Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo · · Score: 2

    They sold those non-voting shares years ago. It was a strategic publicity move, nothing more. Any truly objective business manager would have seen the revenue MS Office for Macintosh brings in and throw anyone who suggested cancelling it out the door.

  6. Re:But... on How Google's Autonomous Vehicles Work · · Score: 1

    I think the first place to test automated cars would be on the large multi-lane highways. Instead of a HOV lane, have an automated car lane, where a control system keeps cars in the lane and properly spaced out, but at a higher speed than regular traffic (to give people an incentive to use them). If you want total control, don't drive in that lane, use the regular ones. I don't want a computer controlled car when I'm on the fun backroads, but why not have the option for the long and frankly boring long distance drives?

  7. Re:Another benefit of blocking Facebook domains on Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users · · Score: 1

    Do you have a quick and dirty list to post? I sense additions to /etc/hosts coming on...

  8. Re:in related news on Making Sensitive Data Location Aware · · Score: 1

    Dang, no more pictures of naked cheerleaders!

  9. Re:"Ask Shatner"..... on William Shatner Answers, in 826 Words · · Score: 1

    Are you questioning the *real* Slim Shady?!

  10. Re:How long until... on Google Improves Android Translator To Battle Siri · · Score: 2

    Except "spending paper" isn't an English phrase, so "wasting paper" is the better idiom.

  11. Re:Hate to say it... on How To Catch a Laptop Thief? · · Score: 1

    "While I enjoyed the area, some Vancouver citizen decided to enjoy my Macbook Pro"

    What does this mean, exactly? Why not just say plainly "Someone stole my laptop"? The way you wrote it, they could have liked using it and nothing more.

  12. Re:sorry no on Facebook Sued For Violating Wiretap Laws · · Score: 2

    Block all teeth whitening ads with this one weird tip discovered by a Slashdot poster!

  13. Re:Google are AdamAnt they did nothing wrong on IRS Auditing Google · · Score: 1

    Hey, they're just following ancient (corporate) history! If they dodge for you, they'll dodge for me.

  14. Re:Moncler contribute to you handsomeness and love on Microsoft Finalizes Skype Acquisition · · Score: 1

    Wait a sec: how do I get into Sienna Miller's pants again?

  15. Re:this is new? on The "Scientization" of Yucca Mountain · · Score: 1

    What would Romney do?

    Do you mean, "What would Romney do, given a Congress full of the opposing party?"

  16. Re:Stop making nuclear waste on The "Scientization" of Yucca Mountain · · Score: 1

    That is not a requirement. Hydro, wind and solar are all superior.

    You heard it hear first, folks! Hydro, wind, and solar power do not cause ecosystem damage or pollution.

    Brilliant. You must be quite the scientist.

  17. Re:fake it on NATO Exercise Banned From Jamming GPS · · Score: 1

    Sounds like those morons who broke down on some mountain in Utah last year and one died when he ventured away from the truck. GPS is no fucking substitute for knowing how to read maps and find directions. Those skills should be required for tour bus drivers precisely because roads can get blocked for any number of reasons.

  18. Re:It's not a rant, it's a plea for change.. on Google Employee Accidentally Shares Rant About Google+ · · Score: 1

    Ah, yes, Amazon. Where adding an item to your shopping cart gets you page full of other things that I'm not at all interested in, and where clicking on a band's name from one of their product pages does a fuzzy match on those terms, not giving me ONLY their albums. It's all about the cross-sell on Amazon, not doing the things that a lot of users really want, because it's more profitable.

  19. Re:I'm confused... on iOS 5 Update Available · · Score: 1

    That's an RDD. A Ron Donald Do!

  20. Re:...and this has to do with /. ... how? on NASA Sues Apollo Astronaut To Return Moon Camera · · Score: 0

    It's a legal issue having nothing to do with technology, why is it cluttering up these august pages?

    Dude, it's, like, October already

  21. Re:It's looking like the patent courts are becomin on Acacia Sues Amazon Over Kindle Fire · · Score: 1

    I still don't understand why the litigants get to choose their venue, especially if the plaintiffs are not headquartered there.

  22. Re:So sad! on Mazda Stops Production of the Last Rotary Engine Powered Car · · Score: 1

    FWD is horrible in snow.

    No it isn't.

  23. Trim your damn URLs on Behind the Scenes: How Conflict Photographs Come To Be · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do we really need "?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+PetaPixel+(PetaPixel)" at the end there, or are you getting paid for this story?

  24. Re:the end. on Adobe Demos Photo Unblurring At MAX 2011 · · Score: 1

    Simultaneously ignorant, and elitist. Congratulations, here's your (organic, fair trade) no-tea.

  25. Re:What about all the Hackers? on Is the Creative Class Engine Sputtering? · · Score: 1

    Sure, after they got famous by being on a major label. It's easy to take a chance when you're already established.