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  1. Re:Good luck on World of Warcraft's Next Expansion: Legion · · Score: 1

    IIRC, WoW tried something like that with the concept of "dishonorable kills". I don't know what the penalty was for it.

    I understand was not liked by the players very much, in part because it led to low level players griefing upper level players by deliberately running into their AOE and getting killed. In a heavily crowded world PvP scenario it was also hard to sort out the higher level character from the lower ones.

    The best solution in WoW is simply to play on a PvE realm, where PvP is completely optional.

  2. Re:"farm-free, algae sources" on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    It's more fun to shoot the wild algae as it runs through the forest.

  3. Re:Mickey Mouse copyirght extenstions... on "Happy Birthday" Public Domain After All? · · Score: 0

    Sure, but make the fee annual.

    Start it at free for ten years, and then one penny for the 11th year. Then double it every year. Anything under $100 is waived.

    If the IP is valuable enough, you'll pay the ~$43M copyright renewal at 42 years, otherwise you'll let it lapse like it should.

  4. Re:Happy, happy, joy, joy... on Cameron Tells Pornography Websites To Block Access By Children Or Face Closure · · Score: 1

    Don't blame me. I voted for the Very Silly Party.

  5. Map out every .com site of interest and ensure they never get loaded in the UK?
        An Integrated Cyber Policy. A series of costal super computer centres ensuring no blocked site ever reaches a UK provider under the leadership of a Cyber Supremo.

    Hadrian's Wall V 2.0

    Someone needs to send him an email from davidcameron.primeminister@gmail.com telling him that identity verification on the internet is easy and there's no excuse that porn sites couldn't use it.

  6. Were you trying to filter out any images that had faces?

  7. Re:Why animals can't be given human rights. on NY Judge Rules Research Chimps Are Not 'Legal Persons' · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, mouse traps would be designated as deadly weapons and subject to registration and arms import/export controls.

    And don't get started on what would happen to anyone using rat poison.

  8. Re:..this just in on James Jude, MD Co-inventor of CPR, Dies At 87 · · Score: 1

    Too soon, dude.

  9. Re:My sympathy on James Jude, MD Co-inventor of CPR, Dies At 87 · · Score: 1

    I think it depends on the jurisdiction that you're in, and the medical team treating you, as to whether or not do-not-resuscitate requests are honored.

    Just a couple of days ago I had to sign a paper at my doctor's office that expressly allows them to ignore any such order should anything happen during a procedure.

    Also, I was told by our local hospital that their policy is always to revive.

  10. Re:Hurr durr on San Francisco's Public Works Agency Tests Paint That Repels Urine · · Score: 1

    Then we'll paint the sidewalk so it repels upwards!

    (Although levitating urine puddles could become a bit of a hazard, I imagine.)

  11. Re:Sounds like he was arrested for shooting. on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    One of you tech bright-bulbs should really consider establishing a drone extermination service. "Let *us* handle your drone infestation:

    Dronebusters!

  12. Re:Not quite that trivial. on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 1

    The possibility existed that it wasn't owned by anyone in his neighborhood.

    The police in my area have alerted us that drones are apparently being used to case houses for break-ins.

    While I don't believe that justified an illegal discharge of firearms, I do believe he was justified in knocking it out of the sky even if it resulted in the destruction of someone's drone.

  13. Re:Yeah, be a man! on Two Years Later, White House Responds To 'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let us kill you.

    If the crime fits....

    I have a feeling that he could plea bargain a deal that returned him to the states and preserved his life if for nothing else but to avoid the public trial.

    Of course, being banished to Russia, is fine too.. I don't think this administration cares one way or the other.

    Public trial?

    There will be no such thing. No jury of his peers.

    The most you'd ever hear about it would be some very generalized, declassified summaries of the day's activity, carefully selected to eliminate any suspicion that he might not be guilty.

    The verdict has already been decided.

  14. Re:Good! Those laws just misinform consumers anywa on US House Committee Approves Anti-GMO Labeling Law · · Score: 1

    Far more than the produce section of supermarkets. The outside of every pharmacy, hardware store, grocery store, and even banks carry a similar warning sign.

  15. Re:In Soviet Russia on Citizenfour Director Sues To Find Out Why She Was Detained Every Time She Flew · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, tradition /. meme spoils you!

  16. Re:Misleading Title on Volkswagen Factory Worker Killed By a Robot · · Score: 1

    "Honest, officer! She tripped and fell on it 16 times!"

  17. The first question on Do Robots Need Passports? Should They? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This question seems to suggest a question that may have to be answered first: Would robots be considered citizens of a country?

    If so, now we're also talking about the rights of said citizens.

  18. Re: "Crunch Time" == Bad Project Management on Stress Is Driving Developers From the Video Game Industry · · Score: 1

    I've always thought of "exempt" as "being exempt from all laws regarding slavery".

  19. Re: Ancillary titles to TFA on Why PowerPoint Should Be Banned · · Score: 2

    I'm not sure if I can accept that.

    Could you put a Power Point presentation together that would explain it?

  20. No problem on Software Glitch Caused Crash of Airbus A400M Military Transport Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Just reformat and reinstall.

  21. Attention span? on Technology and Ever-Falling Attention Spans · · Score: 1

    Sorry, the summary of the article was TL;DR.

  22. Re:Zen Architecture on AMD Outlines Plans For Zen-Based Processors, First Due In 2016 · · Score: 2

    Can it calculate the sound of one hand clapping?

  23. Re: Good News Everybody on Canadian Town Outlaws Online Insults To Police and Officials · · Score: 2

    Well then...

    Hey! You Granby public pool managers suck at your jobs! You wouldn't know chlorine from liquid nitrogen if you stuck your hand in it! You can't clean hard water scale worth beans!

    And your cooking probably sucks, too.

  24. Re:Not worth it or worth the risk? on Uber Forced Out of Kansas · · Score: 1

    This brings to mind an interesting question: An Uber driver picks up a prostitute, who happens to be on the way to a client, on the Mo side of the city and drives her to the Ks side.

    Could the Uber driver be prosecuted under the Mann Act?

  25. Re:A spokesman for Uber said on Uber Forced Out of Kansas · · Score: 1

    "And your little dog, too!"