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  1. Re:Why not? on Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 2

    Or, and this is surprising, you could wear a condom for sex and practice cleaning your penis like a normal person. I don't know, maybe having a medical procedure for such reasons might be seen by some people as, I don't know, unnecessary?

  2. Re:Interesting fact on Zuckerberg Quits Google+ Over Privacy Concerns · · Score: 1

    Here's a fun fact: Facebook keeps logged everything you've ever put on there. They still know, even if it may be outdated information.

  3. Re:The Black Hole on Wildfire Threatens Los Alamos Labs · · Score: 1

    It's one upside, but like everywhere else, there are things that are just not that great.

  4. Re:Of course on Why Businesses Move To the Cloud: They Hate IT · · Score: 1

    One of their responsibilities is also to do good for their company. The IT guys can lose their jobs over the manager's mistake. Has it suddenly become wrong to care that the place that employs you does not do stupid things?

  5. Re:Seriously, what the fuck! on How Citigroup Hackers Easily Gained Access · · Score: 2

    Think of the great employment opportunities now that you know that anyone can be a "security professional!"

  6. Re:Global Warming is Over! on Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth · · Score: 1

    If everyone did that, sure we could lessen the effect of our activities on the planet, but then there would be no point to it. The planet needs to be taken care of because it supports us, no other reason. If we did not need the planet, I couldn't care less that rain forest is being cut down or any other number of things. The fact is that we do need it to live our comfortable lives. We just need to find a way to live those lives while not shitting on the place that we eat from.

  7. Re:One of many on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 2

    But is it fun? That's the question you should ask yourself. I played it to the end, and you know what? I had fun. I enjoyed that game. Sure, it isn't mid-blowing, or even what I expected it would be, but it wasn't bad. It was an average game, or even mediocre, if you want to be harsh. It was not, as many reviews say, unplayable or complete shit. It's a game, and it had Duke. I'll buy it when it's in the discount bin.

  8. Re:duh? on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 1

    It's kind of the same with DNF. If I had played this three years ago, it would have blown my mind. It's still a fun game, though. Some of these reviews are exaggerated.

  9. Re:FTFY on Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature · · Score: 1

    I say we let the free market decide what the truth is.

  10. Re:The GOP's bright idea on Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature · · Score: 1

    Let's not be blind here. The Repubs are worse, but even the Democrats give in to stupid policies like that. We call it lobbying, but we all know that it's just bribery.

  11. Re:Lobbying on Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature · · Score: 1

    That only works when there is a big shock to the people. Those in power have learned to make the process gradual. In Germany, no one would have thought at first that they were on the road to fascism. They thought about being patriotic, and many even believed that up to the end of the war. No, the won't be a revolution. Every tiny injustice is seen by people as a coming revolution. They are waiting for the big shock, but there won't be one. Don't wait for millions to rise up with you. Some one has to start and it has to start somewhere before it's too late.

  12. Re:Just like Abraham said on Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature · · Score: 1

    Yes, I seem to remember that our great corporations and not government were the ones that brought electricity and phone service to rural areas. I mean, it's ridiculous to think that government can ever properly regulate corporations, in spite of all the evidence we have to the contrary.

  13. Re:WTF is it with these Telcos? on Wisconsin Public Internet Struggles Against Telecom, Legislature · · Score: 1

    It is not the case that social programs drag down the economy, rather it is the failure to tax the wealthy and regulate banking. In the US, social programs are still being blamed for the same thing, yet we spend very little on such things. We do spend more on war, tax breaks for the rich, and bailouts for large corporations. In France, the economy is going down the shitter, just like in the US, but at least their people live more comfortably, on average, than they do in the states. Some would argue that defaulting on their debt would be better for many European nations than those cutting everything.

  14. Re:This is an extremely important accomplishment. on IBM Builds First Graphene Integrated Circuit · · Score: 2

    As one of my colleagues said, saying Java is good because it's multi-platform is like saying anal sex is good because it works on both sexes.

  15. Re:just shut all down: Slashdot! on European Pirates Arrested in Massive Police Operation · · Score: 1

    Fist, it's not stealing. And second, if you read the post, you'd realize that he would watch movies for free, but not if he had to pay for them. He has other forms of entertainment that are free, legally. So no, he didn't just invalidate that argument.

  16. Re:Phonebook websites on European Pirates Arrested in Massive Police Operation · · Score: 1

    No, that's the RIAA and the MPAA. They are the good guys. /sarcasm

  17. Re:Malthusian on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    There is nothing wrong with you having children. You live in a developed nation (probably) with the resources required to turn your child into a doctor or an engineer. People in Africa and other parts of the world do not. It's sad, but unless they acquire the same infrastructure as the rest of the world, we should discourage them from having children. My country has a below replacement birth rate. I think that we're not the ones with the problem.

  18. Re:Old news, Same response on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    I disagree. No other species on the history on this planet has come up with civilization as we know it. All of the work of humanity, lost because some people could not see the bigger picture. Even so, I don't think humans will become extinct, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

  19. Re:Answer: on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    Well, he did answer your question.

  20. Re:Sigh on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    I really do see another war happening for this very reason, but that doesn't solve the problem. Humans will keep having children. The population will just rise again.

  21. Re:Answer: on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but that's *gasp* Socialism!!!

  22. Re:Wonderful. on Dutch To Introduce Net Neutrality By Law · · Score: 1

    Regulation != owning The government is free to regulate anything that happens on their property. Even if you buy a house, you still have to abide by regulations set forth by the government. We all follow laws, it's time that the telecoms did too.

  23. Re:Wonderful. on Dutch To Introduce Net Neutrality By Law · · Score: 1

    No matter what, those lines even if developed and privately owned, are still on government property. That doesn't change.

  24. Re:Wrist tapper on Dutch To Introduce Net Neutrality By Law · · Score: 1

    I recall something about regulating interstate commerce as part of the constitution. Am I wrong?

  25. Re:Wonderful. on Dutch To Introduce Net Neutrality By Law · · Score: 1

    Except that that wire runs on public land and most of the roll-out was subsidized by taxpayers, at least in the US. Then there is the issue that many ISPs have local monopolies. They need to be regulated, and net neutrality is one way of keeping the content that runs inside their wires free. This has always been the norm, I don't know why it's so controversial now.