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  1. Take the malevolent oil company out of it. on Oil Companies Secretly Got Paid Twice For Cleaning Up Toxic Fuel Leaks · · Score: 1
    There are folks, even in this jaded epoch, who would return the extra money paid by a homeowner's policy and a vehicle insurer, say, on an accident to the family car in the driveway.

    People this honest are rare. Notably, fudging one's tax return and bilking insurers isn't even the threshold where dishonesty begins for many.

    Reintroduce the very likely morally defunct petro-executive: "Huh, so we can clean up this mess without jeopardizing 3rd quarter bonuses? He probably double-dipped for a relatively small share of the pie.

  2. Isn't that Ironic? on Foxconn Building Factories In Indonesia · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    So you have to use the Beta to condemn it.

    And, if contrary to popular belief, familiarity breeds a lack of contempt....

    Insidious.

  3. Are you certain? on Foxconn Building Factories In Indonesia · · Score: 1
    This list seems to indicate comparable penetration with other Asian countries.

    Can we be sure it's not about the low wages?

  4. You have to hand it to the Russians on How Russia Transformed a Subtropical Beach Resort To Host the Winter Olympics · · Score: 4, Funny
    State of the art megawatt snow-making equipment, stockpiles of snow from bygone years beneath thermal blankets in the mountains, and the employment of Altai Shaman to hold a mystical snow ceremony...

    Now, doesn't the lack of shower curtains and door knobs seem a bit pedantic?

  5. Re: including imprisonment? & perfect timing on L.A. Building's Lights Interfere With Cellular Network, FCC Says · · Score: 2

    As the decriminalization of marijuana continues along it's mary way, there will develop a need to fill prison beds.

  6. Re:beta comment from a not-so-old-timer on Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht's Next Court Date Set For November · · Score: 1
    If /. were a familiar lover instead of my substitute for one (heh heh),

    I would have sex with her on the back of an angry bear.

    I will not stand idly by and watch her self-induced destruction without intervening.

    I will love her even if she's Dice's whore.

  7. You're now repeating scripture. on Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht's Next Court Date Set For November · · Score: 0, Troll
    Old age, time in grade, and time in rank is a mythical way to determine competence.

    I reject this doomsayer readiing of the fate of /.

    You are repeaters of the Doom mantra. I am tired of the whining complaints.

    Do something, and try your best not to resemble the American electorate....whimpering instead of improving and complaining instead of working for effective change.

    I am pretty sure i nailed that landing but i have a bit of charmatic reserve in case i am mistaken!

  8. Interesting Analogy on Russia Bans Bitcoin · · Score: 1
    While we can all agree this is a money move, Dice will not bank on the Bieber generation while corrupting the Slashdot name.

    The attention span of a goldfish is already catered to ubiquitously on the internet. There is no end to mono-brow entertainment.

    High brow, intelligent forum discussion is the endangered species here.

  9. Re:READY OR NOT IS NOT THE ISSUE!!! on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1
    It may be (must be? ) that scrapping the malevolent new format is not an option.

    I cannot imagine anyone listening, paying attention, or subtly using osmosis would move forward with Beta.

    So comrades, united in a single issue like is never seen on this site, do we work within the system to preserve it or witness it rendered unusable?

  10. Re:"...as we migrate our audience..." on Target's Data Breach Started With an HVAC Account · · Score: 1
    1) As you are readily able to see, this post is a reply to your comment. This part of the forum is essential to the give and take I love about the site. Many times a reply to an entrenched belief has set me on the path to differing and sometimes enlightening understanding.

    2) Posted user ID is an important consideration when I read a post. I will give a post that seems offensive another look for clarity if the UID is lower and I am much more forgiving of an ignorant post if the UID is very new.

    3) My internet is down, the power is off, it is cold, and I will have to start a vehicle to charge this android phone i am thumb-typing on in the driveway so that I can post this reply. That's how much I love this site.

  11. Re: "...as we migrate our audience..." on Target's Data Breach Started With an HVAC Account · · Score: 1
    I, for one, have I intentionally shopped for a product on line and purchased it through the ad that invariably popped up on /.

    And I would happily purchase a lifetime subscription to keep commenting on Classic.

    I love the green lines.

  12. Indeed on Lawmakers Threaten Legal Basis of NSA Surveillance · · Score: 4, Insightful
    There is no good side of the aisle any longer, no matter where on the political spectrum you find yourself.

    Admitting your side is wrong, too, is the first step.

  13. Re:Have you noticed the motto change? on Amputee Has Prosthetic Hand Wired To Nerves · · Score: 0
    Yes, yes I have.

    A crafty ploy, removing the long-flying nerd banner from the /. Classic site, only to herald the much maligned Beta site with our former Standard.

    Beta, for the REAL nerds.

    The only logical explanation is the Beta dev is sleeping with management.

    P.S.: The Vader-like robotic hand is sweet!

  14. Re:BMI is Flawed and Incorrect on UK Council To Send Obese People 'Motivational' Texts Telling Them To Use Stairs · · Score: 1

    However, as mentioned earlier, the measurement is flawed, especially if the person carries a lot of muscle.

    News for nerds?

  15. Re:Another retarded libertarian on Silk Road Founder Indicted In New York · · Score: 1
    No.

    He's another of the generation, no matter how successful, trying to keep in touch with his inner gangster.

    Murder for hire. Dumbest smart person this quarter.

  16. Re:Wrong on Layoffs At Now-Private Dell May Hit Over 15,000 Staffers · · Score: 1
    Nobody wants to have to lay off 15% of its employees (103,300 total:Wiki).

    When market forces dictate your primary product sales growth is endangered, you have to change or die.

    Dell's recent spate of acquisitions is an attempt to diversify and keep pace with HP and Lenovo. Many job losses will be duplications, I suspect.

  17. Re:Unfitting. No use case. ROI = 0. on Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    Despite your hatefulness, the US will still be one the first responders to any emergency/disaster you and your countrymen suffer.

  18. New Meaning to the phrase: on Researchers Try To "Close the Nutrient Cycle" Through Better Waste Recycling · · Score: 0

    Hmmm... honey, this tastes like sh*t!

  19. Re:Why unlikely? on Astronomers Investigating Unknown Object That Hit the Earth In 773 AD · · Score: 1
    That one got me, too.

    I assume it means there would be historical evidence of other instances of this sort.

  20. 01101110 01101111 on Should Everybody Learn To Code? · · Score: 1
    A public education for every child is a marvelous thing, but it has become overly general.

    Every opportunity should be available to each student, but we must learn to admit our children have different strengths, weaknesses, and preferences.

    Though it seems true any child can grow up to be POTUS, not every child can be an astrophysicist.

  21. Re:Danger on NVIDIA Open-Sources Tegra K1 Graphics Support · · Score: 1
    If though, it were Christmas, there is an infinitesimal chance your cookies would be appreciated by a red-suited big and tall shopper.

    And if we imagine there's some unlikey rationale we can use to weave your incredibly less than statistically significant chance of weaving corn into the already convoluted story line, your comment is only slightly less rational.

  22. Re:Nuclear test still most likely on Russia's Dyatlov Pass Incident May Have Been Explained By Modern Science · · Score: 1
    So even if we decide to go with the avalanche theory, the likelihood of the humans campers disturbing the snow pack is still only one plausible argument.

    Damn!

    This dispelling of conspiracy theories is a tough row to hoe.

  23. That saves everyone paying attention a trip to Wikipedia.

    Wouldn't a link have been less typing for you?

  24. The Umbrella Corporation. on Price of Amazon Prime May Jump To $119 a Year · · Score: 2
    I enjoy the convenience of Web shopping for personal and professional use.

    I can order from online companies I have never heard of, without fear of being cheated, when they are under the umbrella of the Amazon corporation. This is their prime benefit to me.

    The reduced prime membership rates also include a nominal fee (sometimes $3.99) to upgrade to one day shipping... very handy when shopping parts for a job. It is still almost magical to me that I can order something from a city 1500 miles away at 1400 hours and, despite signs at both gates to leave the package outside the fence, have our puppy chewing the box it was delivered in the next day.

  25. A nuanced opinion of Snow on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 0
    What Snowden did was bravery bordering on foolishness.

    The saddest part of the tale is that he would take it all back now if given a Mulligan.