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  1. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1
    Right, but aren't they the ones making the decisions?

    Dumb decisions aren't just for the poor.

  2. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1

    Wow, what poor reading comprehension.

  3. Re:We didn't have any problems on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 2

    I'll tell you what the problem is. That awesome education you acquired without the use of the internet wasn't sufficient enough to enable you to find the answer to your simple question either through logic or by RTFA!

  4. Re:Those square things made out of papyrus on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 3, Informative
    Yup definitely too much to ask when the homework assignments are posted or done online.

    Oh wait, were you being sarcastic about something you made up in your head without RTFA?

  5. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1

    Isn't the US supposed to be the 'richest' country in the world?

  6. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1
    At the time US minimum was higher with exchange rate and I was only working 16-24/week.

    Priorities. Poor people are used to walking. Sometimes I would walk 14km just to go to the mall, sometimes 20-30km to get home from a party. A bike is infinitely more affordable and healthier than a car. As well, if you think having 350$ of disposable income is poor, well like I said, really suprised by what you guys consider 'poor'.

  7. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1
    Sure, poor people with cars and laptops.

    I grew up poor. When I got my first part time minimum wage job (in Vancouver) I almost didn't know what to do with all the money. After all, it was more money than we had as a family of 5 growing up.

  8. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 1

    Does this come up for discussion in small rural areas? I'm guessing small rural areas might not have lots of geeks but I'm sure at least one of them has to have considered setting up a mesh network. Or are the people not very friendly about sharing? I remember visiting Nicaragua and there being free and/or open wifis everywhere.

  9. Re:Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, lot's of poor homeless people have no trouble collecting a dollar to buy a burger. This isn't the ritz you know.

  10. Wow on Internet-Deprived Kids Turning To 'McLibraries' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I rtfa and am quite suprised by what passes for 'poor'. Seems more like people who don't know how to budget and set priorities. Judging by the amount of debt the US has, sounds like par for the course.

  11. Re:Remote thermo microwave oven on Cooking Up the Connected Kitchen · · Score: 1
    Actually I was just making fun of you. Anybody who really cooks doesn't ever cook in a microwave precisely because of the way it heats.

    Although real chefs will use it to boil water, or at low power levels (to reduce hotspots) to temper chocolate or reheat food. It's funny that you went all batshit crazy on the guy for the wrong reason. The problem wasn't his idea, it's the microwave.

  12. Re:Remote thermo microwave oven on Cooking Up the Connected Kitchen · · Score: 1
    Hmm, extended cooking time. What takes time? Have you heard of convection? How about conduction? Radiation? Aren't those somehow involved in hot spots?

    You don't actually think do you?

  13. Re:I love this stuff on Solowheel is for People Who Think a Segway is Boring (Video) · · Score: 1

    Wow, quite the quitter eh?

  14. Re:Real problem with phone jobs on Man Fired For His Online Customer Service Game · · Score: 1

    Except we're talking about CRA where you can direct dial an agent and the government doesn't care too much of yourAHT.

  15. Re:American sweatshop on Man Fired For His Online Customer Service Game · · Score: 1
    Perhaps you haven't noticed we're talking about Canada. You don't have to smile (though people can tell), dress code can be non-existent depending on the province, you can hang up on abusive customers. You get awesome health insurance and they really can't change any time off requests after they've been approved. Modern lcd's, Vista or 7 on up-to-date computers. Plenty of really nice restaurants near, or in the building of most of the call centers (never ever saw a vending machine) and the fluorescent lighting is modern and upgraded (or should be as it's covered under federal health and safety laws).

    So, no, you live some hell job, this guy doesn't. As Canadians though our lives are pretty damn sweet so complaining becomes relative.

  16. Re:UPnP is a vulnerability on 50 Million Potentially Vulnerable To UPnP Flaws · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you want to use upnp over the internet? The upnp setting does not affect local network upnp.

  17. Re:Typical Samsung... on Linux: Booting Via UEFI Can Brick Samsung Notebooks · · Score: 1
    Your logic is seriously flawed. Why would you expect a large hardware ecosystem with multiple possible interactions to pose less problems than a tiny hardware ecosystem with known interactions?

    The rest of your comment reflects your logic abilities.

  18. Re:Surprise on Norwegian Study: Global Warming Less Severe Than Feared · · Score: 1

    The simple fact that anyone who produces evidence to the contrary is automatically suspect is perhaps THE biggest problem with science.

    FTFY

  19. Re:How is this spoiling? on Data Analyst Spoils the World's Biggest Song Vote · · Score: 1
    Ah, so you're the one currently sucking the big one so the world doesn't have to.

    Thanks.

  20. Re:That isn't news exactly... on Dung Beetles Navigate By the Milky Way; Pigeons Tune In To Magnetism · · Score: 1
    If you 'knew' God exists, you could prove it. You believe.

    In the understanding of god do we become god.

  21. Re:This is why I love science. on Dung Beetles Navigate By the Milky Way; Pigeons Tune In To Magnetism · · Score: 1

    science == falsifiable

  22. Re:Use LED LCD TV instead -- not really on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the E-Ink Dashboards? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    So a 20% smaller screen uses ~60% more energy and you say energy use is 'similar'?

    Did you pay for that education?

  23. Re:Source Code on Voxel.js: Minecraft-like Browser-Based Games, But Open Source · · Score: 2

    The code is pretty straightforward. Horribly, imperatively, straightforward in fact. With good Readme's and docs. The main modules even seem to have some comments. What more do you want?

  24. Re:Creeping up on an accurate value on Mystery of the Shrunken Proton · · Score: 1

    But, surely he's joking?

  25. Re:Creeping up on an accurate value on Mystery of the Shrunken Proton · · Score: 1

    Oh god I hope you aren't a scientist.