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  1. Big news on Fukushima Meltdown Might Have Come With Earthquake, Not Tsunami · · Score: 1

    That was their big excuse. It looks like an engineer or an inspection crew's going to prison or something...

  2. 1200 euros for this? on From Austria, the World's Smallest 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    Until it gets below $1K I personally don't see home 3D printers taking off. Until it comes standard with a turntable & infrared camera for the average person to scan & replicate their own items, it'll just be too expensive for the average person when you can get a MakerBot for $1300USD. Don't get me wrong I see them sticking around, but remember until the Apple // got an (official) hacked shugart floppy drive it was just a hobbyist machine that played cassette games.

  3. Wait on GSM Association Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In School · · Score: 1

    Who's the asshole sneaking asbestos & leaded petrol into the schools?

  4. I'm fine with that on BitCoin, the Most Dangerous Project Ever? · · Score: 1

    Creating a naturally deflating decentralized currency is just the first step in making the world a better place. Sure, it might end with Lenin's reanimated corpse ruling the world but at least it cuts out all this bullshit banking middleground that tricks most westerners into thinking they can afford a house & 5 SUVs...

  5. Venture Bros. on This Robot Needs a Hug · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the 2 episodes w/ the clones? That.

  6. Re:We didn't CALL it the Internet... on Telehack Re-Creates the Internet of 25 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, it just pisses me off when people do stupid stuff like refer to the epoch of the internet to the first ever networking of 2 mainframes or something just as retarded (like this).

  7. We didn't CALL it the Internet... on Telehack Re-Creates the Internet of 25 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    ...BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE INTERNET. It was the MOTHERFUCKING ARPANET. One uses the INTERNET Protocol, one uses a CLUSTERFUCK OF OUTDATED ONES.

  8. I hate it when this happens on NCSoft To Close North American Lineage Servers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I say any MMO operator should freeware the servers once the game becomes abandonware like this. I mean, it's like you have an entire universe in these old optical discs but you're locked out of it because you can't log on...

  9. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU on Australian Tax Office Seeks Keylogger To Combat RSI · · Score: 0

    Ergonomic keyboards, Workrave & maybe a copy of the Dvorak zine for everyone. #problemsolved

  10. You're doing it wrong. on Ask Slashdot: Alternatives To Tor Browser Bundle For Windows? · · Score: 1

    Tor isn't 'a proxy', it's a router. Privoxy / Polipo is the proxy. Either way you offer too little parameters for 'secure'. Do you mean like cache retention or some magical network breach or what?

  11. helium... on Former Senator Wants to Mine The Moon · · Score: 1

    Didn't we used to have a large stockpile of this once common-place element somewhere?

  12. This shouldn't need to exist on Marlinspike's Droid Firewall Kills Tracking · · Score: 1

    I mean I can see the benefit of being able to install an app that requires data permissions without the data, but this really should be something built into the operating system. Then again, perhaps a built-in firewall would be too much...

  13. Meh on Cracker-Size Satellites To Launch With Endeavour · · Score: 1

    At least they didn't use a white guy as their stock art...

  14. You have to be fucking joking on Google Sued For Tracking Users' Locations · · Score: 1

    Who would have thought LOCATION AWARENESS would mean the device would be AWARE of your LOCATION!? Seriously it says right there when you turn it on that it'll forward your coordinates & any Wifi SSIDs directly to Google!

  15. Re:But no real 3d accelleration on Firefox On Linux Gets Faster Builds — To Be Fast As Windows · · Score: 1

    Odd, perhaps there's something involving 3D accel in Chrome that's not FOSS'd...

  16. Only 64 cores? on OpenBSD 4.9 Released · · Score: 1

    I don't want to be a troll but seriously what is this 1998? At least they'll have cloud computing I guess...

  17. Re:But no real 3d accelleration on Firefox On Linux Gets Faster Builds — To Be Fast As Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    Acceleration works just fine depending on the drivers. Nvidia proprietary is going great, though I'm not sure about Intel. ATI Isn't even in the game. But yeah, ever since Flash 10.2 & the more recent major Chrome revisions, no more 2FPS flash video on a netbook! Haven't exactly been following FF but yeah...

  18. build complete games from scratch for the PC. on CryTek For Free: CryEngine 3 SDK and Editor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Allow teams to build complete games from scratch for the PC. complete games from scratch for the PC. from scratch scratch MFW: :| If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. -Carl Sagan

  19. Re:Kinda on Does Wiretapping Require Cell Company Cooperation? · · Score: 1

    quiet you. INGSOC

  20. Re:Kinda on Does Wiretapping Require Cell Company Cooperation? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Keep in mind I'm talking out of my ass here.

  21. Kinda on Does Wiretapping Require Cell Company Cooperation? · · Score: 2

    If the government took the time to build a mainframe to crack the encryption keys, theoretically they could do it with little more than a partyvan equipped with a few dozen microwave radios or cell phones.

  22. Fine Print on Microsoft's Xbox To Have Streaming TV Service? · · Score: 1

    It'll probably only be available to Xbox Gold members. I was pissed when I set up a DD-WRT box to find out that I couldn't even USE netflix, & I'm sure this'll piss off alot of people too.

  23. I used to be big on this on The Art of the Animated GIF · · Score: 1

    Back when I was in highschool I wasted all my time in Video Production class on YTMND. Luckily most of Adobe's products (including After Effects) exported to GIF's so I could essentially throw together a top-notch YTMND in mere minutes. Anyone young/old enough to remember Pokesex? After effects! :P

  24. Re:Hey come on on German Company To Install Linux On 10,000 PCs · · Score: 1

    Yeah & what made this interesting was because those CRT-era builds where PRE-ubuntu, back when Redhat reigned supreme in the desktop world, your neckbeard would have a neckbeard if you managed to install anything else, & I pronounce linux 'linux'. I wonder if it payed off for them back then...

  25. Hey come on on German Company To Install Linux On 10,000 PCs · · Score: 1

    IIRC Lowes has all of their machines running some KDE-using distro...