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  1. unless something's happened that didn't make the news I though Bezos owned the Washington Post. Which is probably Enemy number 3 or 4

  2. Re:Is there a good alternative to Slashdot? on AT&T Sheds Thousands of Employees After Touting GOP Tax Plan, Giving Out Bonuses (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    so you don't think we should criticize a government who is making decisions based on religion as opposed to science, or based on what will help his campaign donors as opposed what would benefit most of the people.

  3. Re:Like someone else illustrated on How Pirates Of The Caribbean Hijacked America's Metric System (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    but I like chewy beers.

  4. Re: The bombs fell down in space... made me sad... on Ask Slashdot: Thoughts On Star Wars: The Last Jedi One Week Later? [Spoilers] (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    there was some type of artificial gravity on the "bombers" or did you not notice Rose's sister falling down from the catwalk over the bombs. or her trying to kick the ladder to get the remote control to release the bombs to drop down to where she was.

  5. Re:I didn't bother to see it on Ask Slashdot: Thoughts On Star Wars: The Last Jedi One Week Later? [Spoilers] (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It probably tasted like a Kale Smoothie.

  6. so you're complaining that a Naval Admiral transferred over to ground forces,

  7. two meters is also a little bit larger than a person. 2 meters is roughly 6'6"

  8. Re:Older workers don't want those jobs on Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook To Exclude Older Workers From Job Ads (propublica.org) · · Score: 1

    Your 50 year old may make twice as much as your 25 year old IT worker- but they'll make far less than half the mistakes and cause far fewer project delays.

    I think that's your reason right there.

  9. Re:Spanish Inquisition on CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    I thought they were pining for the Fjords

  10. Re:I'd like to see more people on CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    the problem is, in most areas the primaries only draw the party loyalists. most moderates probably don't vote along party lines.

  11. Re:Nor did she deny that they HAD been banned on CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC (pbs.org) · · Score: 1

    moose bites can be nasti

  12. Re: What it shows does not matter. on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    and Trump's knowledge about foreign policy was better?

  13. Re: What it shows does not matter. on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I didn't vote for trump, I voted for Clinton, who had actual foreign policy experience from her time as Secretary of State.

  14. Re:No net neutrality even with the 2015 approach. on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I've mentioned this earlier. the Net Neutrality situation is only affecting the physical connection aspect by design. since the physical connection is something that is a natural monopoly and should be regulated like a public utility (water, electricity). the rest of it is content.

  15. Re:Why neutrality for only 3 of the 7 OSI layers? on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    because the issue at hand is only with the physical connection providers, not the content providers like Facebook/Twitter/Reddit...

  16. Re:A politician lied? on Internal FCC Report Shows Republican Net Neutrality Narrative Is False (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the name for the legislation for everyone outside of the Fox "News" distortion bubble was the Affordable Care Act

  17. Re:can't do math. on The Environmental Cost of Internet Porn (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    my guess is they're counting each visit/session as a separate person?

  18. Re:this is absurd. on Someone Used Wet String To Get a Broadband Connection (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    that's fine until the person leading the donkey dies of dysentery

  19. Re: Government regs are the problem (again) on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    the problem with building up is good old fashioned NIMBYism, as others pointed out.

  20. Re:Don't blame it on my neighbors on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought the ones who leech were "Job Creators" in the current political context?

  21. Re:The Alabama Paradox on The Silicon Valley Paradox: One In Four People Are At Risk of Hunger (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I presume you'd rather see him use Breitbart or Infowars?

  22. Re:duh. on Why Meteoroids Explode Before Hitting the Earth (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    when I read the headline I thought, because of friction from the atmosphere.

  23. Re:The COMMERCIAL internet is here to stay on No Matter What Happens With Net Neutrality, an Open Internet Isn't Going Anywhere, Says Former FCC Chairman (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    part of me thinks that the whole debate is really about the "legacy" media companies trying to find a way to regain their status as "gatekeepers of culture"

  24. ...and their little dog too

  25. Re:Outsourcing on Ask Slashdot: Biggest IT Management Mistakes? · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many of the data breaches that have happened in the last few years can be linked to companies outsourcing IT work to countries where the data protection laws are lax?