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  1. Re:wait, will wiping off help? on Condensation On Your Beer != Good · · Score: 2

    A local craft brewer, http://www.westsixth.com/ has gone to cans for the brews. I still like my long necks because they can be capped for the next day if needed.

  2. Their agenda on SOPA Creator Now In Charge of NSF Grants · · Score: 1

    Ignorance is the handmaiden of the tyrant.

  3. Re:How about... eat a bag of d***s? on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    Employers have ways to prevent you from having an outside job. If you work for Walmart or other mega retailers, your schedule can change at your boss's whim.

  4. This isn't new on Samoa Air Rolling Out "Pay As You Weigh" Fares · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid I remember my mom paying per pound before boarding a helicopter. She wasn't obese, so it wasn't a slam at her. Planes and helicopters have a limit to what they can lift. If I owned an airline I'd want two 150lb paying passengers than one 300lb passenger.

  5. Go this route on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Laptop That Doesn't Have Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Get a MacBook, and use the included BootCamp to run Windows7. You will have to boot into the OS you want, but that shouldn't be much of a hassle unless you switch between OS's often.

  6. Re:This is why on Machine Gun Fire From Military Helicopters Flying Over Downtown Miami · · Score: 1

    If they had cleared it with the city/county, then the public may have not been properly informed by local officials. Not everyone is plugged into the media.

  7. Re:This is why on Machine Gun Fire From Military Helicopters Flying Over Downtown Miami · · Score: 1

    We are the government. The government is not some foreign entity, it is us.

  8. Re:This is why on Machine Gun Fire From Military Helicopters Flying Over Downtown Miami · · Score: 1

    Our house was used for dive bombing training. There were no dummy bombs, they were practicing the maneuver. I was just a kid and I loved it. The chickens didn't. I think the planes were the A 24 Dauntless. Dad finally called and complained. Around that time he was doing work on the pilot's harness for the Delta Dart. I remember him mentioning a pilot's body passing through the harness. They had issues with the ejection seat killing pilots.

  9. Re:Actually on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    But nothing beats the bouquet of a hog farm in August

  10. Re:Actually on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    If you've ever been downwind from a feedlot, you'd prefer horse meat.

  11. Re:i have purchased the affected products. on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the beef industry would not appreciate competition. I'm amazed we can get buffalo.

  12. Re:i have purchased the affected products. on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    This is what deregulation is all about. They want to feed you any kind of crap without having any oversight. Without regulation it will be difficult to trace from where the pathogens came.

  13. Re:Well no on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    Fecal matter from mechanical processing.

  14. Re:they lost a marketing opportunity on How Much Beef Is In Your Burger? · · Score: 1

    It depends on the cut and the skill of the chef. I've had horse and it was lean but tasty. The best wild meat I've had is feral pig. Buffalo comes in second, venison third, and elk comes in last. The elk was tough. Again, it could have been the cut and how it was prepared that caused the shoe leather texture. Rabbit is good meat. It is very efficient at turning plant matter into protein. Goat is excellent, and so is bullfrog. Bluegill cooked over a camp fire is as good as it gets.

  15. Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry? on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 1

    Iran would be very interested. At this time they have no means to deliver a nuke sized payload. Iran must be suicidal.

  16. Where there's a will, there's a way. on UW Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events · · Score: 1

    Take several devices under different accounts. When you reach your limit on all devices, text to the office and they then tweet your text.

  17. "On The Road" Jack Kerouac on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    On the Road, gave me permission to step away from society. "Fahrenheit 451" Ray Bradbury. This book made me an avid reader. "Stranger in a Strange Land" By Robert Heinlein made me more willing to disobey authority. "100 Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez showed that you can love a book with all your heart. "Politics of Experience" RD Laing changed the way understand others. "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein pushed me even more to the left politically. Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood are fucking awesome.

  18. Re:Too minimalist on Designers Criticize Apple's User Interface For OS X and iOS · · Score: 1

    My first thought was IceWM.

  19. Re: Good point on Ask Slashdot: I Want To Read More. Should I Get an eBook Reader Or a Tablet? · · Score: 2

    Tablets offer too many distractions. Every time the e-mail dings, your attention is drawn away from reading. I have an iPad and love it, but my Kindle has become my primary reading device.

  20. Re:The Isaac Asimov short story where... on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I guess the link was /.'d. Al

  21. Re:The Isaac Asimov short story where... on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    The link is broken

  22. Re:Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood +1 on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    I second that and recommend the followup "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood I also enjoyed "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi "Canticle" was very good too, but it seemed more into the politics of the future than the science.

  23. "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi, and on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Depressing Sci-fi You've Ever Read? · · Score: 1

    "Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood offered a rather bleak look at humanity. Both well written.

  24. Re:So... on Does RIM's "Huge Loss" Signal Wider Handset Market Deterioration? · · Score: 1

    But it is hard to overcome perceptions. Also the OS is associated with work. I remember after a day of data entry on a pc, it was fun to fire up my Linux or Mac OS. They weren't part of my work day. There was no feeling of dread.

  25. Re:So... on Does RIM's "Huge Loss" Signal Wider Handset Market Deterioration? · · Score: 1

    Sony did have some quality issues.