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  1. Re:Another censorship attempt on Australia Attorney General Proposes New Laws To Stop Twitter Trolls · · Score: 1

    I've noticed that too, some really great and interesting comments posted by ACs. Sign in dudes, I don't think CowboyNeal is working for the man.

  2. Re:It's about time on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what the story is with Twilight, but in most countries people aged eighteen or nineteen are allowed to have sex legally. The relative age of their partner is immaterial.

  3. Re:Substantiated Fact on Activision Blizzard Secretly Watermarking World of Warcraft Users · · Score: 2

    I don't even read my own comments, just hit the keyboard randomly. Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes not so much.

  4. Re:The poor will always be with us on Space Vs. Poverty Debate In India · · Score: 1

    So people are poor because they are lazy? The nineteenth century called, it wants its attitudes back.

  5. Re:Don't. on Ask Slashdot: How To Begin Work In IT Freelancing? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I could go on and on, from every possible side, the market for ACTUAL programming work is shrinking compared to the growth of the overall market.

    Is there any evidence for this? My experience is the opposite to be honest.

  6. Re:Nook touch FTW on No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires · · Score: 1

    The Nook has a lock screen. I hacked mine to show the Cthulhu gateway symbol. :D

  7. Nook touch FTW on No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires · · Score: 2

    All I want a tablet to do is read books on, which means e-ink. The winner in terms of form factor is the Nook touch, hands down. Its pretty hard to improve on perfection, although it could do with a little more contrast.

  8. Re:It's called donationware. on How the Pirate Bay Can Be an Asset To Game Developers · · Score: 1

    I'm much happier with the model where you can play for free and either spend large amounts of time at the game or pay for advancements. No adverts, no depending on charity, a fair and equitable method to fund games, if its done right.

  9. Re:Unrealistic constraints on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    so your "nature doesn't work to a schedule" so it's all tooooo haaaard is just childish bullshit and goalpost shifting that you should be ashamed of.

    Maybe add reading comprehension to your skillset there champ, the internet will be a happier experience for you. The OP asked why it was taking so long, I pointed out that it was a huge project, and in swings dbill with disconnected observations about NO. If you can show us where "tooooo haaaard" came into play I'd be interested to see it, because its not in any post of mine.

    As for being ashamed, I see that situational awareness isn't the only place you seem to have a disconnect with reality. I mean really, you're talking about predicting natural disasters clockwork-fashion shortly after the country got swamped and left glowing in the dark over large swathes.

    Simples!

  10. Re:Unrealistic constraints on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    I suggest a little less confusion between fantasy and reality to avoid childish expectations of "moving a hundred thousand people in the space of five minutes across a hundred kilometers". If modern knowledge had been applied to Krakatoa there would have been close to a month of warning before the main eruption.

    Good thing they saw that tsunami coming eh. And that modern knowledge was applied to the nuclear reactor safety features. Believe it or not, nature doesn't work to a schedule, and can quite often do things unexpectedly.

    Once again, the difference between childishness (horse judge with no plan or your "too hard" answer inspired by movies) or somebody that has thought about the situation for at least a couple of minutes (I'm sure they've got plenty of experts in civil defence).

    And those experts are taking minimum a year to prepare a plan, which should be a good indication of how non trivial it is. To be honest I've no idea what your point is here, New Orleans was a shambles, Fuji will be very difficult to prepare for.

    Anyway I fear we may be talking at cross purposes here, having mutually taken up the wrong end of the stick. :-D

  11. Re:Add Support for Visual Studio on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    This was the most recent (Java dev) version I installed last week. The problem was the Java specific version wasn't installing full stop until the .ini was adjusted. The C++ version went in fine first time.

  12. Re:Evacuation test run next year ??? on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    Oh is it, really. Can you show me on a map where the road capable of moving a hundred thousand people in the space of five minutes across a hundred kilometers is so. And even if you build that I hope you've got the universe's biggest carp park sitting at the other end. Or are you expecting a schoolgirl in a mecha to save the day here. Infrastructure is designed to only take x amount of people at a time, it won't take any more.

    I didn't say they "won't", I said they "can't".

  13. Re:Not just Bbbbrrrraaaiiinnnssss!!! on California's Unspoken Health Problem: Brain Parasites · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Have you got any evidence for this, in terms of research done providing statistics on the percentage of parasites traceable to immigrants, or are you just pointing the finger at these people when you should be looking at shoddy health inspection practices?

  14. Re:This is why we cook our meats on California's Unspoken Health Problem: Brain Parasites · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't get it. The immigrants are transmitting tapeworms to Californian pigs? Or directly transmitting them to purebred but presumably cannibalistic Californians? Or people are eating immigrants' lunches?

  15. Re:Evacuation test run next year ??? on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    The point is that there isn't a "nearest exit" when you're trying to move that many people quickly. There are a series of increasingly congested exits, leading ultimately to a triage situation in terms of casualties. Maybe the Japanese will work out a plan to get everyone clear in good time, who knows. I'd be interested to see it anyway.

  16. Re:Add Support for Visual Studio on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Add Support for Visual Studio on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    It does winnow out the clueless from the start if you're doing Java though, you need to edit the .ini to find the right path to the JDK.

  18. Re:Evacuation test run next year ??? on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1

    Evacuating that many people would be a gargantuan civil project, its doubtful many countries could even attempt a test run. Its not like everyone can simply form an orderly line and proceed calmly to the nearest exit, transport infrastructure will be swamped, to say nothing of post-incident survivor support. I wonder will they move everyone, or just a few in trial areas.

  19. Re:Jerks on Impending CA Sales Tax Sparks Amazon Buying Frenzy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I don't avoid taxes when I feel that my money is well spent. But its been a long time since I felt that way.

    Agreed, this is a common issue with most countries. I don't mind paying taxes, but I for damn sure want value for my money.

  20. Re:It would be easy to make a full auto lower on Should We Print Guns? Cody R. Wilson Says "Yes" (Video) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter, since creating any of these isn't something you can do unless you have the proper FFL for manufacturing plus the SOT tax plus the fee to the state dept.

    Really. And screw you for putting me on no-fly lists after googling that. :-p

  21. Re:Methinks people don't appreciate the scales her on Bill Clinton Backs 100 Year Starship · · Score: 1

    I don't know about interstellar travel just yet, but I would support deep space probes on multi decade robotic missions to other stars, using every angle they can in order to reach as high a velocity as possible, which is pretty fast, even today.

  22. Re:It would be easy to make a full auto lower on Should We Print Guns? Cody R. Wilson Says "Yes" (Video) · · Score: 1

    Lightning links are highly regulated in the US.

  23. Re:Power density strikes again... on Gamers May Get a Charge Out of the Gauss Rifle · · Score: 1

    I'd say if it was set up in a rifle configuration it could do a bit more damage. Although overclocking this bad boy would definetely be of interest to gamers.

  24. Re:Inexperienced exchange providers on BitFloor Joins List of Compromised BitCoin Exchanges · · Score: 1

    by the 1990s, people had forgotten why these regulations were a good idea

    If you believe that, I've a valuable bridge to sell you... Citigroup and other large banks had been trying for decades to get GS repealed, they knew very well what they were doing.

  25. Re:Looks Like We're Being Slashdotted and Kotaku'd on Battlestar Galactica Community Game Diaspora Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    Epic, thanks! Will it run off a USB key by any chance?