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  1. Re:User friendly on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So, only IBM mainframes and some specialty Unix hardware are real computers?

    Did you know that you're a piece of shit and that you probably should help humanity out by destroying yourself and any children who may have the misfortune of being your offspring?

  2. Re:"professional"? on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The article isn't trying to market anything. If you really don't get the reference, you should bone up on Linux's history before spouting shit all over slashdot.

  3. Re: More professional than ever on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with ctrl-alt-del logins? Do you even know why there's a special key sequence for that function? Do you know why this sequence was chosen?

    Hint: Security was a thing even back in the early 90s.

  4. Re:You need conditioner! on Linux Turns 25, Is Bigger and More Professional Than Ever (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    If Linus is pretty much exclusively allocating his kernel development time to reviewing and merging patches, then he is not directing the development of the kernel. If those employed by corporations are the majority contributors of code that end up merged, they are directing the development of the kernel.

    These two statements more or less follow from the simple definitions of the key words involved. I am not really sure how you can twist them around to mean the exact opposite.

  5. Re:What is it that you say? on Massachusetts Will Tax Ride-Sharing Companies To Subsidize Taxis (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    In Michigan, the "higher commercial standards" required to be a taxi driver are taking an initial multiple-choice test and then paying $10 more for each license renewal. You are given a pamphlet with the study material, and then 10 minutes later you take the test. Only people with extremely poor memories will fail.

  6. Re:What is it that you say? on Massachusetts Will Tax Ride-Sharing Companies To Subsidize Taxis (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    No. Taxi and "ride-sharing" companies provide the same product: a ride from source to destination. Restaurants and grocery stores sell different products.

  7. Re:Rape sympathizers on Group Wants To Shut Down Tor For a Day On September 1 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    Treat it like any other allegation. Innocent until proven guilty and all that.

    Go fuck yourself with a toothpick.

    Innocent until proven guilty is a legal principle, under which we expect courts to operate. It is not a guiding principle for anyone else. Nor does anyone else need keep themselves to the same standards evidence.

  8. Re: Assembling people on Will Internet Voting Endanger The Secret Ballot? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You're not well-acquainted with human history, are you? The reason that voting is setup this way is precisely because all those things you poo-poo as not being realistic actually happened. Not in the hyperbolic forms you state, but in effect. Vote buying. Intimidation. These are real problems, and you don't realize it because you've only ever voted while the solutions have been in place.

  9. Re:Ugh, the vegan preaching... on Can Cow Backpacks Reduce Global Methane Emissions? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In which Universe do you live where vegans are overwhelmingly vegans for health reasons? I live in a country with a relatively high per-capita count of vegans, and I've never heard one say they chose that diet for health reasons.

  10. Re:Except they do already on Companies Can't Legally Void the Warranty For Jailbreaking Or Rooting Your Phone (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm a bit skeptical that an Apple Store employee saw an app that wasn't from the App Store on a device that quit after only three days.

    I brought in a 1st gen 3G iPad that had bent. Replaced on the spot. Brought in an iPad where some number of pixels (a line or two down the middle) stopped working. Replaced on the spot.

  11. Enough of those cases...

    That's the tricky part.

  12. Re:Google obviously could have made Android.. on Oracle Says Trial Wasn't Fair, It Should Have Known About Google Play For Chrome (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Google created AOSP. I think you meant to ask if the original creator of Android chose Java before Google was involved.

  13. Re:Much rejoicing... on Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    We certainly do not have a good record of fair and impartial governance from the US...

    Can you point to any instances of IANA policy or decision making to substantiate this claim? Keep in mind that you need enough to form a trend that would indicate a bad record.

    I won't hold my breath waiting for a reply, but I hope you hold yours while you look. Don't stop looking until you find some.

  14. Re:Really? You need to ask this? on China Launches World's First Quantum Communications Satellite (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    How many of those countries are protected, even if only indirectly, by the US?

  15. Re:What a joke... on Tesla Preps Bigger 100 KWh Battery For Model S and Model X (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I could drive about 2/3rds of the way across my country in a fully-charged Tesla S, but I couldn't charge it at home, nor at work. Even a free EV would be useless to me.

  16. Re:Inherently Insecure on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    An Agency like the NSA could record all your data packets and brute-force them pretty quickly, if they so chose.

    Mod negative infinity: conspiracy theory

  17. Re:Is volume really the answer on Billionaire Launches Free Code College in California (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Almost no one checks for memory allocation errors...

    You write as if that's a bad thing. Just about the only thing you can do at this point is crash, with more or less grace. How graceful to be is a product decision, not a technical one.

  18. Re: bad driving on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    I think you severely underestimate what constitutes a commercial aircraft.

  19. Re:bad driving on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think it's commendable to let idiots kill themselves. Now, if we could just make sure that only the drivers were killed, we'd have a killer feature! /ba-dum-tish!

  20. Re:bad driving on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Airplanes fly through this thing called air. Cars drive on winding, non-level roads with potholes and other deformations. Air is relatively empty, and you don't need to worry much about oncoming traffic. If drivers can't tell the difference between the conditions in which an airplane flies and an automobile drives, they are not mentally capable of driving safely, and shouldn't be allowed to do so.

  21. Re:What about the batteries?? on Apple Said To Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    No. It's regular unicorn cum. The magic stuff is reserved for the Pro line.

  22. Your stupidity is so profound, you truly deserve to be tortured for decades.

    The very comment you replied to has a second paragraph, which you completely ignored in your rush to post a stupid rant about a complete non-issue.

  23. 15 minutes a year. Woo-fucking-hoo.

  24. Re:bad driving on Tesla Owner In China Blames Autopilot For Crash (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You are a perfect illustration of the problem Tesla faces. You think you know what an airplane's autopilot does, based solely on the name, but you have no real clue.

  25. Re:It was a terrible deal for Britain anyway on China To UK: 'Golden' Ties At Crucial Juncture Over Nuclear Delay (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe you meant Wrongy McWrongface.