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  1. Re:Okay, fine on F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartment Complex · · Score: 1

    I didn't mention this, because it was sort of implied, but this is a commercial airport. We don't get a lot of fighter jets around here lol. I think it's a 1-runway too and mostly flies to O'Haire, Minneapolis, and that one in Michigan.

  2. Re:Okay, fine on F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartment Complex · · Score: 1

    Actually they were going to live there because they're the owner of a single parent and pregnant teen charity organization and this building was going to be rotating temporary housing for them for maximum of 1 year while the staff helps them get education and employment. "Apartment" was shorter. So fuck you, asshole.

  3. I recall... on China Admits Anonymous Hacks Occured · · Score: 1

    I recall a slashdot story years ago that stated that hackers were found in a study to be below average at securing their own systems because they have a feeling that they're "too smart" and "above" getting hit by their own tactics (and they run pirated copies of XP pro). I guess they were correct, lol.

  4. Okay, fine on F-18 Fighter Jet Crashes Into Virginia Apartment Complex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I bullshit you not, this is a 100% true story. A friend of mine just got a small apartment complex construction approved by the city and county and the nearby airport denied it because it's in some kind of zone. It's not even the 2-story part, it's a density thing. If it was spread out houses, they'd approve it but having that many people that close together is a safety hazard if a plan were to miss the runway and crash. It was over a mile from the front of the runway by the way. So anyway, they were appealing the decision because "how often do planes randomly crash into apartment complexes next to airports." I have a feeling they're about to either drop the appeal or lose.

  5. Re:Then a butterfly flaps its wings on Neil deGrasse Tyson Outlines a Plan For Saving Earth From Asteroids · · Score: 1

    THAT is the one you linked to?! Just this week they published: this about him :-P As soon as that hits the atmosphere, he's outta here! lol.

  6. Re:what about on Competition To Identify Sexual Predators In Chat Logs · · Score: 2

    Well that's simple. Decrease the number of false positives by asking in their profiles "Do you have a moustache?" That'd take it to 100%.

  7. Re:Unmanned on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 1

    Recent research has shown that the standard procedure of forcing the ghost fish to watch entire seasons of Japanese anime nonstop will also be ineffective in this particular case. WHAT WILL WE DO?!?! oh wait, the Sex in the City movie is out on DVD. That'll send em swimming.

  8. Re:FOR SALE: Fishing Trawler on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 1

    Do the nuclear irradiated Japanese quantum displaced ship ghosts come standard or is that extra in the fine print?

  9. Re:"Last week" on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 2

    You seem to be forgetting that they're operating on quantum nuclear irradiated ghost time. You have to compensate for that in the math. Let me see here...um...it seems that once you adjust for irradiated Japanese ship ghosts displaced in quantum reality it actually occurred...it hasn't occurred yet. It will occur next week lol.

  10. Re:Buying one will put you on "the list" on Scientists Build World's Most Sensitive Scale · · Score: 1

    I know, right? I had a feeling my cocaine dealer was shorting me a couple yoctograms every time. Now with this scale, I can ensure square trades every time. It's a shame only drug dealers would ever, ever use such a device and thus it would raise such high suspicions. I mean, what use would a scientist have for it?

  11. seems like a bad weapon on Navy Planning To Build Laser Cannon In Four Years · · Score: 0

    Assuming the enemy knew you were using it, couldn't they simply mirror coat/chrome their ship or warp the air around it with heat to misdirect the laser? It's a lot easier to stop light than a patriot missile.

  12. oh great... on New Engine Raises Possibility of Cheap Travel To the Moon · · Score: 1

    Great, now when I start to feel like perhaps my GPS device is taking me to the moon on the way to downtown, it actually might be. Though, how settling it is to know that next time I'm golfing on the moon, they could have an array of GPS satellites in orbit that will tell me where the next hole is. It really all starts to look the same up there after a while.
    But seriously, what is there to do with satellites around the moon? Certainly something less useful than around Earth. Still neat though.

  13. ever better on The Phantoms of Google+ · · Score: 1

    That is the best idea ever for them considering those users would still see ads. It opens up a ridiculously huge number of potential ad viewers that facebook can't even touch. Of course it'd be less directed and they're not making commissions on stupid aps necessarily but still.

  14. bad idea on CDC Reports 1 In 88 Children Now Affected With Autism In the US · · Score: 1

    First of all it's not increasing any more than A.D.D. is increasing, they're just broadening the diagnosis. By their definition, I have autism. Most of us IT people do (apparently). Who knew? lol. But also, why would we call it a gigantic super panic emergency mega health meltdown-fest 2012 when there's absolutely NOTHING anyone can do about it to prevent it or treat it? That would be the most pointless course of action ever. This isn't bird flu where people can actually do something if awareness is raised.

  15. I have an idea! on Ask Slashdot: How To Feed Africa? · · Score: 1

    I think I have an idea. Maybe they should correct a mistake that was made thousands of years ago. As the article itself states, Africa doesn't support human life so everyone there should move to a place that does support human life. That's so genius it's almost stupid! I mean seriously, who thinks "Hmmm, the soil won't grow anything, it's unbearably hot, everything here wants to eat us, and there's no water...let's keep living here!"

  16. never ever ever on MacControl Trojan Being Used In Targeted Attacks Against OS X Users · · Score: 1

    Hmm so a 3 year old exploit that hasn't been patched. Well obviously now Microsoft is going to, as quickly as possible, NEVER, EVER, EVER patch it. Apple's support ratings have been slipping, their prices are from some other quantum reality, so really all they have is "magic virus proof product" in their arsenal. Since most users install Word, it's definitely going to stay that way for a long time. I just think it's so hilarious that Apple built next to nothing into their OS for dealing with this situation, there are basically zero diagnostic and manual disinfection tools for macs, and the existing antiviruses for it are a joke. I smell a disaster brewing.

  17. Re:Yeah, this is a job for face recognition CCTV! on Brazilian Schoolchildren Tagged By Computer Chips · · Score: 1

    You'd be correct except the chips are obviously really for mind controlling an army of brazilian cyborg kids to attack Argentina. I thought that was pretty obvious if you read between the lines :-P

  18. So what? on With Cinavia DRM, Is Blu-ray On a Path To Self-Destruction? · · Score: 1

    So what if blu-ray DRM is circumvented? Nobody has the patience or hard drive room to download original quality, non-downsampled, like 50+ GB or whatever movies. Anything you'd get that's pirated is severely compressed and re-encoded, making an inferior product. That or it's the original size and would take days to download. Then your choices are slowing your internet down to a crawl running it at max speed or waiting even more days to download it at a capped speed. The DRM in blu-ray is simply the size of the data and they don't need to do anything further.

  19. I know why on Mystery Rising Within Mercury · · Score: 1

    Obviously it's happening because someone is hiding an autistic kid who can break government codes. Come on, we went 9 posts without a Mercury Rising reference? Ugh.

  20. really scientific...really on Garden Gnome Tests Earth's Gravity · · Score: 1

    Why did they use a garden gnome? Simple! If you read slashdot a lot, you'll recall that large, perfectly spherical metal balls that weigh precisely 1KG are notoriously inaccurate and change weights on a whim, lol.
    By the way, the temperature difference alone is enough to mess up the scale, let alone atmospheric pressure.

  21. lolz on Looking For iPad, Police Find 750 Pounds of Meth · · Score: 1

    The seizure was one of the largest drug busts in recent memory."

    Of course, the person's memory would have gone back so much further, had all that meth not been confiscated :-P

  22. what if... on White House CIO Describes His 'Worst Day' Ever · · Score: 2

    Too bad they didn't teach George W Bush about IT stuff. With how often he went to Texas to clear brush, he'd have that exchange DB backed up in 5 places, compressed properly, and on SSD RAIDs :-P

  23. FINALLY! on Cheap Solar Panels Made With An Ion Cannon · · Score: 1

    This is, I think, the first solar energy story in Slashdot history where they actually made something. Theoretical stuff like all that quantum this and that and magic chlorophyll extraction and tunnels and electron ripples and all that are great but we don't need it 10 years from now, we need it now. This is a simple cutting technique that could be implemented in a month and other than the cutting, basically isn't a lot different from existing techniques. Retrofit a factory and you're all set to take over the entire industry. I bet someone will jump on that pretty quick!

  24. Good point on USS Enterprise Takes Its Final Voyage · · Score: 1

    I guess it stands as proof that even ancient nuclear technology can be operated safely when maintained with proper care and safety standards. The typical "oh whatever, we just need to be profitable" attitude in Asian countries like Japan leads to accidents that never should have happened. That and "oh, just use lead paint for the toys, it's cheaper." But the US military is even more strict than the US business/industrial world. Their manuals are so thick and the training and expectations for work so to the letter, it proves nuclear power is as safe as the maintainers make it. A coal plant can explode just as easily. The only difference is nuclear material is a lot more destructive and dangerous in the long term.
    P.S. Tooooootally blew my mind the hell up cuz I was watching Star Trek TNG on Netflix on monitor 2 while reading that headline :-P I was like, "BULLSHIT! It's only season 3!"

  25. Just when you thought this wasn't a bitcoin story on The Worst Job In the Digital World · · Score: 1

    Just when you thought this wasn't a bitcoin story...
    http://coinworker.com/
    Yeah, people are doing it for BTC too. If you want to peek at the available task list and don't have a BTC address, just borrow my login:
    http://coinworker.com/tasks/1E9KYg64m1fceAXTsLY2VfXK5u2eL7a3St
    I did take a crack at some of their tasks and it's definitely not worth the headaches for that caliber of pay. The image filtering was mostly dumbasses flashing their abs (which is not allowed), a couple guys showing off certain parts of their bodies, and idiots in inappropriate clothing. Apparently they don't let you flag anyone doing the duck face though, which is absurd because that needs to be ended.