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  1. Re:As soon as you have anything to take on Ask Slashdot: When Is It a Good Idea To Incorporate? · · Score: 2

    Agree with this. The sooner the better.

    As to how to incorporate, you did not provide enough information and Slashdot isn't the best forum to handle this. Hire a competent attorney.

    Running your own business isn't all fun and giggles. Spend a few bucks and do this properly. It may save your ass down the line.

  2. Re:Good Lord on 8th Circuit Upholds $220,000 Verdict In Jammie Thomas Case · · Score: 1

    If it had been Jammie Thomas instead of OJ, I'm quite sure the damages awarded would have been much, much less.

    If it had been Jammie Thomas instead of OJ, he would have been found guilty of murder in the criminal trial.

  3. Re:Good Lord on 8th Circuit Upholds $220,000 Verdict In Jammie Thomas Case · · Score: 1

    Why, in every article about law, does some idiot have to say something to the effect of 'you get away with less for murdering someone'? It is flatly untrue.

    Except for the fact that your example proves the point you intended to contradict.

    OJ Simpson got away with murdering Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in that he was not sentenced to prison, or what would have been more correct, to death.

    The fact that OJ Simpson was ordered to pay a fine for wrongful death means that he did, indeed, get away with murder.

  4. Re:FB et. al? on FBI Launches $1 Billion Nationwide Face Recognition System · · Score: 1

    How long until Facebook and other considerably large photography aggregators get tapped for their "resources"?

    About three years ago.

  5. Re:It's an Effing Toll Road on Texas Opens Fastest US Highway With 85 MPH Limit · · Score: 1

    You get close enough with that bumper and I'll slam on the brakes. Don't tailgate. If you don't like how slow I'm going, tough shit, I'm in the lead and I will drive at a speed I deem safe.

    Translation: "I'm the asshole holding up traffic and I don't think I'm an aggressive driver because I do stupid shit in front of you rather than behind you."

  6. Re:non-toxic? on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 1

    There's no reason to take your frustrations out on TSA agents. They are just doing a job, if you don't like the job they do, then get your government to get rid of the job, there's no need for personal attacks against the agents.

    It is my job to take my frustrations out on TSA agents. I'm just doing my job. If you don't like my job, then get rid of the TSA. There is no reason for you to personally attack me.

    You insensitive clod.

  7. Re:So why can't they swab bottles 3oz on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 3, Insightful

    At this point, I think I'd rather have the terrorists than the TSA.

    Now the terrorists have won!

  8. Re:Explosive on TSA Says Screening Drinks Purchased Inside Airport Terminal Is Nothing New · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you mean it's funny, say so. Don't use trite phrases that don't even fit.

    Well played, sir!

  9. Re:Of course 450mm is delayed on Mass Production of 450mm Wafers Bumped Back Again: 2018 · · Score: 1

    You misunderstood. The amount of die per wafer is a drastic increase. If you are selling chips that get into the next popular consumer device you need that kind of output. There majority of things run do not have that kind of volume, so 450mm turns out to be a barrier to entry rather than a cost benefit.

  10. Of course 450mm is delayed on Mass Production of 450mm Wafers Bumped Back Again: 2018 · · Score: 0

    There are few products that need that kind of production. For everyone else it is just too damn expensive.

  11. Most users don't care on New iOS App Sends Users' Web Traffic Through Its Proxy Servers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They already post all of their life details on Facebook anyway.

    Those that do care wouldn't use this app in the first place.

  12. Re:Liquid water? on NASA's Kepler Discovers Multiple Planets Orbiting a Pair of Stars · · Score: 1

    IANAP, but seems that the relative masses of these bodies might lead to a excentric orbit that would push Kepler-47c into and out of the habitable zone.

    Or you could RTFA. Actually you don't even have to RTFA since there is a graphic clearly showing one of the planets maintains an orbit well inside the habitable zone.

  13. Re:First World Problem Here on Confessions of a Left-Handed Technology User · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should really lock your PC when you walk away. Someone just trolled you and made you look like a complete jackass.

  14. Re:tick tock on UK License Plate Cameras Have "Gaps In Coverage" · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is modded funny rather than insightful because people don't really want to believe it.

  15. Re:This is what you get... on Iran Universities To Ban Women From 77 Fields of Study · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's a pretty broad brush you're using there.

    Sometimes a broad brush is the best tool for the job.

  16. Re:Is it too late to get UN sanctions on them? on Iran Universities To Ban Women From 77 Fields of Study · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is hard enough to believe Iran had made enough forward progress to take such a large step backwards.

  17. Re:We no longer regulate ads and mail order produc on Should Medical Apps Be Regulated? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why regulate apps?

    Because regulation artificially narrows the supply, making the profits more lucrative for the incumbents. You did notice the guy pushing for regulation was a doctor already doing apps. Once he's in, regulation is good for him.

    Oh, I misunderstood your question. You were looking for a good reason to regulate apps. Sorry, I can't help you there.

  18. Get your backups offsite on Ask Slashdot: Best On-Site Backup Plan? · · Score: 1

    Backing up to portable hard drives is fine. Better if you have at least two copies of the data, on different drives of course

    Keeping your backups on site is great if you are concerned about user error, but offers nothing for disaster recovery. Put them in a safe deposit box. Store them at a friend's house. Put them in a Zip-lock and bury them in the woods. Do something, but get them out of the same building where your primary storage is if you really want to have a useful backup for disaster recovery.

  19. Re:Real reason on Poll Finds Americans Think the TSA Is 'Doing a Good Job' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've traveled a fair amount and have had no issues with the TSA.

    Well, certain individuals like to be used for sex in prison, but that doesn't mean raping everyone else is OK.

    The TSA does not increase security. They are so busy looking for "oversize" 4oz bottles of shampoo that commonly show up that they miss guns that rarely show up. They are so busy patting down grandmas and children there is no time to evaluate those that may pose a threat.

    It is OK to admit that the TSA makes you feel better because they are "doing something". However, it is completely false to believe they are doing anything useful.

  20. Re:Real reason on Poll Finds Americans Think the TSA Is 'Doing a Good Job' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So you're saying TSA don't do a good job?

    No, he was saying the TSA doesn't do a good job.

    Then tell me how many buildings terrorists have flown airplanes into recently. Name one!

    Did you quit beating your wife today?

  21. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    You make a valid point. However, it doesn't contradict the point I was making in response to the OP's claim of "very strict legal definitions". STG is more of a marketing name for a rifle rather than any sort of military definition. The name was chosen for reasons much like the reasons politicians and talking heads like to use "assault rifle" -- it sounds intimidating.

  22. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    > Which orifice did you pull 24" from?

    My pyloric sphincter, to be exact.

    That must have hurt.

    Glad to see someone maintaining a sense of humor around here.

  23. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    First, "assault rifle" is a military term with a fairly widely accepted definition.

    Please provide citations for "assault rifle" being defined by the military before 1994.

  24. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually an assault rifle has very strict legal definitions

    Citation needed. "Assault rifle" is a term made up by politicians and adopted by the media because it sounds threatening.

    The expired Assault Weapons Ban may be what you are referring to as defining the term, but that also included arbitrary and cosmetic features as well. A bayonet lug could mean the difference between owning an "assault rifle" or just a rifle.

    Magazines are completely separate things. How is it that if I have 100 rounds ready to fire in 10 round magazines makes me the owner of a sporting rifle, but having 100 rounds ready to fire from 25 round magazines make me in possession of an "assault rifle" or having 100 rounds ready to fire from a drum makes me a terrorist?

    Which orifice did you pull 24" from? Maybe you mean 16" which is where a rifle becomes a NFA firearm?

    The OP was stating the definitions used in various bans or restrictions of "assault rifles" are absurd, and you proved his point. The only difference between an "assault rifle" or a rifle is the intent of the person holding it.

  25. Theory versus Reality on Craigslist Demands Exclusivity For Postings · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In theory this gives Craigslist the ability to enforce a copyright claim against the original poster for listing an ad elsewhere. In reality any such enforcement would be the end of Craigslist.