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  1. wait a minute on A Physicist Says He Can Tornado-Proof the Midwest With 1,000-Foot Walls · · Score: 1

    But then there's the fact that that's not how tornadoes work and they won't do anything.

  2. so true on Why Software Builds Fail · · Score: 1

    As soon as you rely on someone else's 3rd party code module, you're screwed. You're in for 10 years of constant nightmarish problems. So yes, decencies are the problem.

  3. Re:Well, this won't backfire! on Wikipedia Editors Hit With $10 Million Defamation Suit · · Score: 1

    According to Wikipedia, he formed a band with Barbara Streisand called the Streisand Effect and they're currently on tour on the moon.

  4. orly? on Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Streaming Service · · Score: 1

    Shocker. Aereo lost the famous court case of Areo vs a lot of $$$. Money wins cases in Washington.

  5. This reminds me of when the government issued a redacted PDF where they just drew black vector rectangles on a separate layer on top of the PDF using Adobe's software. Can you say ASCII rip?

  6. Re:RF Melting His BRAIN! on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    He only had to jam a bubble around his car where a cell phone has to actually get to the tower so I don't think you're right.

  7. here's what's wrong with that on Florida Man Faces $48k Fine For Jamming Drivers' Cellphones · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can drive while talking on a phone because first of all, they let 1 armed people drive and they do just fine and second, my IQ is 30% higher than the average person and I'm a pro at multitasking because of video games. Some people are too stupid and slow and inexperienced to do it but I can. So what happens when a Toyota drives past me and my call drops? I look down at my phone to see what the heck happened because I NEVER drop calls and then I hit into the Toyota. That guy is an idiot.

  8. I don't think so on First Phone Out of Microsoft-Nokia -- and It's an Android · · Score: 1

    Have they never heard of the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone? That was the actual first one. Saying it was released pre-merger so it had nothing to do with Microsoft when it's a Windows phone is pretty stupid and inaccurate.

  9. I wonder why on The Bursting Social Media Advertising Bubble · · Score: 1

    I'm looking at a window right behing this one with Facebook open where there's a scam ad lying about government discounts on life insurance. Nobody with an IQ over 70 would click on that or take it seriously. So if someone actually had a moderately priced CPU or SSD for sale, which I could normally buy, I'd assume it's a scam site. They ruined it by making it all look bad.

  10. It's because they're bad at their jobs on Age Discrimination In the Tech Industry · · Score: 2

    I've worked several different jobs and went to college with several older IT people. I can tell you that NONE of them had sufficient IT knowledge to do their job. They simply have too much outdated, incorrect knowledge and they don't keep up. I was hired on as head IT manager of a large company at age 24 and the IT department went from a nightmare run by a 51 year old idiot to a practically flawless system. I wouldn't hire someone over 30 under any circumstances.

  11. the solution on Russia Wants To Replace US Computer Chips With Local Processors · · Score: 1

    Finally! Something that will be slow enough to keep those stupid Russian kids off my damn online games. I doubt their piece of crap chip would handle Neverwinter or MWO.

  12. ohhhhhhh crap on US Marshals Accidentally Reveal Potential Bidders For Gov't-Seized Bitcoin · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I once compared the bitcoin forums to Tartuga from Pirates of the Caribbean. Everyone agreed. Everyone scams everyone, nobody follows the laws, and you have to be smart to not get burned. Those are the people bidding on these. The last thing you want to do is expose their contact info to each other. They just started World War III in the bitcoin world. Close up your storm shutters because there's a shitstorm blowing in.

  13. wrong on Ask Slashdot: Best Way to Learn C# For Game Programming? · · Score: 1

    Don't learn C# for game programming. None of the major engines use it. Learn C++
    That's directly from one of the game designers of Ghosts.

  14. I have an idea on Test: Quantum Or Not, Controversial Computer No Faster Than Normal · · Score: 1

    Wait, I have an idea...they should overclock the quantum chip. By the way, that's twice as funny if you know how it works.

  15. time for a giant dose or reality on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 1

    Less African Americans graduate from high school and college so of course they won't be represented in high numbers. Sorry, that's the actual truth. Any company that hires someone due to their gender or skin color to save face to the public instead of simply hiring the best person for the job will go bankrupt eventually.

  16. riiiight on Wikipedia Forcing Editors To Disclose If They're Paid · · Score: 1

    Once again, Wikipedia proves that they don't know how the internet works. Hey Wikipedia, slashmydots is my name in real life as well.

  17. that's a shame on Century-Old Drug Reverses Signs of Autism In Mice · · Score: 1

    Want to do a fun activity? Close your eyes and count to ten. By the time you get to 2, someone will have magically pulled a renewed 100 year old patent out of their ass so they can collect royalties and make it cost $1000 a dose instead of $10. Yay medical patents!

  18. Re: poorly on How Tim Cook Is Filling Steve Jobs's Shoes · · Score: 1

    Don't even bother. He's off in his own little reality where Apple is perfect.

  19. Re: poorly on How Tim Cook Is Filling Steve Jobs's Shoes · · Score: 1

    And how are things off in your own little world? What a crooked, stupid view of reality. The ipad mini is an ipad 2. It just is. They couldn't get a 3 into that small of a chassis with small of a battery because of how stupidly they designed it. The iPad 3 sucked because it was too hot, the battery life was worse, and the price was needlessly high. THAT is the truth. It had nothing to do with the new connectors.
    People are suing Apple because of unfair device design, patent stealing, monopoly abuse, tax evasion, etc. You know, REAL reasons.

  20. everyone's response on Google Fiber Is Officially Making Its Way To Portland · · Score: 1

    "Fuck Portland, come to my city"
    - Sincerely,
    Everyone

  21. poorly on How Tim Cook Is Filling Steve Jobs's Shoes · · Score: 0

    That's how he's filling his shoes; poorly. The ipad 3 was heavier, shattered easier at a lower drop height, and got hotter. The ipad 3 mini was a lie. IOE 6, 7, and 8 were universally hated disasters. iTunes 11's new layout was a crime against software design. Also, as usual, everyone everywhere is suing them for everything they're doing. Apple is going down like the Titanic.

  22. I neeeeeeeed it on 3D Bioprinters Could Make Enhanced, Electricity-Generating 'Superorgans' · · Score: 1

    I want a super kidney that's so powerful, it can even filter out duplicate posts on slashdot!

  23. Re:stupid on The Computer Security Threat From Ultrasonic Networks · · Score: 1

    You're way off. I can hear CRT monitors and large TVs humming away at ultrasonic frequencies but it's a steady tone. Things changing tones like Nvidia 6xx series GPU cores are so unbelievably annoying and hard to ignore because they constantly change frequencies. So the same goes for sneaky speakers.

  24. Re:stupid on The Computer Security Threat From Ultrasonic Networks · · Score: 1

    That make sense but here's what the failed to consider. People with higher IQs and better functioning nervous systems can hear 45KHz + frequencies. I'm one of them. So your IT dept would probably catch it pretty darn quick.

  25. Re:really be an opportunity for us... on Synaptics Buys Key Apple Supplier · · Score: 1

    That was just "a" chip and it actually sort of sucked. To be in a top of the line premium phone, you better have the world's greatest power efficiency and they'd be starting at the stone age compared to Nvidia, whoever makes A-series chips, whoever makes snapdragon CPUs, etc.