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  1. Re:Hero? on The Courage of Bystanders Who Press "Record" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How can you say he's not in direct danger after he filmed a cop kill someone in cold blood? Think of it, the cop's story of having to shoot would have sounded a lot better if he had to fend off two assailants!

  2. Re:Web developer headache? on Microsoft Rolls Out Project Spartan With New Windows 10 Build · · Score: 1, Informative

    Unless you're stuck on a version of Windows which is over a decade old (XP and previous), this is simply not true. Windows 10 will be a free upgrade for user of Windows 7 and up.

  3. Re:We need more architectures on IBM and OpenPower Could Mean a Fight With Intel For Chinese Server Market · · Score: 1

    I believe you are thoroughly outdated in your knowledge of Intel architecture. At the hardware level, the only vestige of compatibility is the instruction decoder. Once you get past that, an Intel chip looks much like any other architecture in terms of features and composition.

    (Yes, even x64 has fewer registers than some other architectures, but that's a design choice, not an architectural limit.)

  4. Re:Here's MY test on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Please outline the exact problem with the current situation. Are female programmers starving because they can't get work? Is the trouble in the ME caused by women locked out of programming jobs? Will Putin stop invading sovereign nations if we just hire more girls? Will poverty in the US cease the moment we start affirmative action to hire more women in tech? Will a 3rd party candidate finally be elected President?

    Really. What exactly is the problem? What is objectively wrong about the current situation?

  5. Re:Here's MY test on A Bechdel Test For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    There has been zero evidence or proof that the current situation is bad in any qualitative or objective way. Thus, any effort to correct it is based on hand-wavy feelings that women should make up a larger percentage of the workforce. Hand-wavy feelings are never a good reason to force whole populations to do things they might not want to do. Basically, it's tyranny dressed up in political correctness.

  6. Re:Competing with government-sanctioned monopolies on Elon Musk's SolarCity Offering To Build Cities, Businesses Their Own Grids · · Score: 1

    For decades, large-scale renewable power generation was a dream. Things change; doesn't make the old reality a myth.

  7. Re:Tablets far from disposable on Lenovo CEO Reportedly Posts Image of Next Gen Moto 360 Smartwatch · · Score: 1

    My wife still uses her first-gen iPad. The OS and software updates have passed her by, but she still uses what she has. My iPad 3 is still going strong as well, running iOS 8.

  8. Re:And the almond trees die. on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You do know the light goes off when the fridge is closed, right? The amount of heat that pours in when the door is open completely dwarfs the heat generated by the bulb.

  9. Re:Buggy whip makers said automobiles aren't... on Lyft CEO: Self-Driving Cars Aren't the Future · · Score: 2

    Compare the number of miles driven and/or the number of distinct trips to the number of accidents. I think you will find that humans are far from being atrocious drivers. Don't let confirmation bias cloud your thinking.

  10. Why not ban depictions of Muhammad? That'll offend more people than boobs.

    Yes, I am fairly certain no boobs would be offended at all.

  11. Re:The economies of many nations? Try the sconomy on UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign · · Score: 1

    It only feels funny to you because you're a pedantic idiot. Canadians refer to Americans as Americans. I've never heard anyone have an issue with this except assholes on Slashdot.

  12. Re:Skype is for children. on Ask Slashdot: What Can Distributed Software Development Teams Learn From FLOSS? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Conversations that human beings and coworkers have. I understand that an introverted, socially-awkward basement-dweller such as yourself may prefer not to embarrass themselves by speaking to others, but it's a necessary skill if one wishes to succeed in any number of endeavours.

  13. Re:HOWTO on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    You are a moron. Perhaps you could commit suicide, so no one will have to feel remorse.

    Allowing murderers to go free is nothing less than assisting in future murder. That was his point. That you read revenge into it shows us your stance: namely, that you have an irrational outlook that has nothing to do with safety and only about some silly feel-good liberal shit. You don't care how many people die, so long as you didn't personally pull the trigger. You are a monster.

  14. Re:Better Arguments Needed on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Only retarded idiots think that it's psychopathic to remove a clear threat to one's safety, just because that threat happens to be a human being.

    Case in point: A man was released from prison early to make room. He was in for murder 1. He proceeded to hook up with his girlfriend (who was mentally retarded) and murder a couple by pouring bleach down their throats. The wife was pregnant. This happened within months, perhaps sooner, of his release.

    Due to backwards morals like yours, a true psychopath was freed to murder 2 more innocent people in a truly horrific way.

  15. Re:Protocol vs software that implements it on NTP's Fate Hinges On "Father Time" · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should try to keep up. :)

    He doesn't have time.

  16. Re:shady italian scumbag tries to shake down rich on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 1

    That's absolutely ridiculous. The vast majority of American Jews were born in the US. The vast majority of Jews who moved to the US after WWII are dead.

  17. Re: Is he dangerous? on Man Claiming Half Ownership of Facebook Is Now a Fugitive · · Score: 2

    Semites are not Blacks.

    That Jews from a region look like non-Jews from the same region is due to intermarriage. At the time Jesus lived, or is purported to live, it is very unlikely that his family tree would have contained enough African genes to make him what we would call a Black.

  18. Re:Well, I wouldn't buy one on Swatch Co-Inventor Predicts Apple Will Bring an 'Ice Age' To Swiss Watch Market · · Score: 1

    Oh, it's ok. Just realise that such comments made on Slashdot are simply a contra-indicator. That is, it's quite likely the watch will be a huge success, and you can tell because elitists on Slashdot are panning it.

  19. Re:Free Occupied Palestine on Why Israel Could Be the Next Cybersecurity World Power · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's make it really simple. The Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza can have their autonomy when they grant Israel theirs. That seems to be a very basic first step that the Arabs find completely impossible.

  20. Re:Religious fanatics scare me on Why Israel Could Be the Next Cybersecurity World Power · · Score: 0, Troll

    You really have no fucking clue how Israel operates, nor how religion plays a role in the life of the typical Israeli, do you?

    You are a sad example of humanity, much like all the others who spout garbage without even attempting to ascertain the facts.

  21. Re:A laptop with almost no ports?! on Apple's "Spring Forward" Event Debuts Apple Watch and More · · Score: 1

    Complaining to Samsung, maybe. Complaining on slashdot is just whining.

  22. Re:FEO on Google Wants To Rank Websites Based On Facts Not Links · · Score: 1

    Remember, not so long ago, the almost-universal opinion would have been that the world was flat.

    Oh, the irony! It is a myth that most of the world thought the world was flat "not so long ago". The western world has known differently since the time of the Greeks. I have no idea what the Chinese believed.

  23. Last straw? on ISIS Threatens Life of Twitter Founder After Thousands of Account Suspensions · · Score: -1, Troll

    If they would carry out their threat, would Obama wake up and realize that ISIS has one goal, and if they aren't stopped now, you'll be fighting them in your streets someday?

    Probably not. His head is too far up Mohammed's ass to see the real world.

  24. Re:Good on Foxconn Factories' Future: Fewer Humans, More Robots · · Score: 1

    I imagine the nets are to keep the employees from landing, not from jumping.

  25. Re:Dumb question on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    I didn't get a new car when my daughter was born. I feel gypped.