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  1. Re: I can see this running afoul of.... on California Senate Approves School Vaccine Bill · · Score: 2

    Pfft. I'd rather live than die from polio.

  2. She deserved more money. on Worker Fired For Disabling GPS App That Tracked Her 24 Hours a Day · · Score: 1

    According to the article, she was makin 87 000 per year. They wanted her on call 24/7. They were paying her $9.93 per hour. Asshole boss thinks he owns her.

  3. Re:domain != dyndns on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 2
    Enom has an API to do this. It's trivial to set update your A record using it.

    But I agree, every time you use godaddy, baby Jesus kills a kitten.

  4. Re:Name game on Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive · · Score: 2

    It shows she's really good at making really bad decisions.

  5. Re:It's a never ending infowar on Supermarkets: High-Tech Hotbeds · · Score: 1

    You are what the slack-jawed, glassy-eyed workers refer to as a "dick." They don't give a shit about your privacy or listening to you lecture them about the evils of using a shopper's card. Quite frankly they want you away from them as quickly as possible. In fact, you're wasting time, you see, from the moment they scan that first item to the time you cash out, they're being timed and if they get dick after dick after dick, store management holds them accountable. You really don't wanna use the card fine, no problem, just pay full price and get the fuck out.

  6. Re:Basic Search Engine on Supermarkets: High-Tech Hotbeds · · Score: 1

    But they won't do that. They want you to be in there as long as possible. They want you to get hungry from the in-store bakery's fresh baked bread and drop a shitload of cash.

  7. We need a mirror on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because the only ones to blame is our collective self. Violent media--TV shows, movies, video games, death metal, etc.--are an expression of our society's extreme unfocused anger, not the cause. Silly politicians and your simple solutions to complex problems.

  8. Re:SWATting on Krebs Hacker Unmasked, Hit Ars and Wired's Honan · · Score: 1

    ... cough douche-bag ..... cough

  9. Re:I can slack off anywhere on The Data That Drove Yahoo's Telecommuting Ban · · Score: 1

    Also a visit to the hairdresser might be in the best interests of your career, if you know what I mean.

    And the carpet had better match the drapes, if you know what I mean...

  10. Re:LoC a regulatory agency? on White House Urges Reversal of Ban On Cell-Phone Unlocking · · Score: 1

    The first rule of the Library of Congress is you don't talk about the Library of Congress.

  11. For all you jackasses... on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that the poster is quite aware that CDs are digital, he/she is just unaware how to difficult it is to convey vocal inflection through writing.

  12. Re:Lossless Files on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    More to the point, I listen to my music in my car piped over the interwebs through my phone through my bluetooth through my car's stereo to 105.1 on the dial. I don't really give a rat's ass about "lossy," I care about whether the tune rocks, or whether my kids want to hear a particular song off teh server (subsonic, ftw). I suppose if I were sitting in a dark room wearing huge 70s style headphones while masturbating with my monster cables, AND I were a dog so I could hear the difference, I suppose that "lossy" would make a difference...

  13. Re:The world is full of wankers on Laser Intended For Mars Used To Detect "Honey Laundering" · · Score: 1

    Wait until you Google up counterfeit olive oil...

  14. Re:Buy local honey on Laser Intended For Mars Used To Detect "Honey Laundering" · · Score: 1
    Protip: You can tell when the sentence ends by looking for one of these things.<--

    HTH

  15. Re:Missing Details... on Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph · · Score: 1

    Unless Renault did these modifications for him, I doubt he has a chance in hell of winning his suit.

    Don't be so sure, this is Europe we're talkin' about. They do shit all backwards there--hell they use the metric system for Chrissake! (And I wouldn't call 125 meters per hour a "runaway" vehicle.)

  16. Re:Staring on Ask Slashdot: Really Short Time Wasters? · · Score: 1

    So, it would appear that Black is a very unpopular color for cars.

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

    I knew people didnt RTFA but it's in the summary :

    It's been about ten years since I've trusted a Slashdot summary.

  18. Re:Don't fly (at least in US) on Ask Slashdot: Anti-Theft Devices For Luggage? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Number one on the list is motherfuckin' snakes. How am I supposed to travel if my motherfuckin' snakes ain't allowed on the motherfuckin' plane?

  19. Re:Don't feel sorry for the parents on Child Gets Nintendo 3DS Full of Porn For Christmas · · Score: 1

    Typically when giving someone a gift, you don't try it out first before giving it to them; you allow the recipient the opportunity to experience whatever initial setup may be required (even if you have to help them with it).

    Unless they're five. I purchased two DSis *new* this year for my kids, 4.5 and 2.5, and you can bet your ass I pulled them out of the box and tested them and set them up before wrapping them. If you're buying something used from GameStop--or hell, anywhere--you need to make sure it works, otherwise you have some 'splainin to do, like, "why doesn't my new DS work, daddy?"

    The first thing my boy did was find the camera app and start taking pictures. Once the girl got the hang of her hello kitty game I got her, she was gold.

  20. A bright red toolbox on Ask Slashdot: Server Room Toolbox? · · Score: 1

    With a Visa gift card inside, that way when something comes up, you can take yourself down to the local hardware store and purchase what you need as you need it.

  21. Re:Standby in Three... Two... One.... on UK Court Sanctions Apple For Non-Compliance · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points. As it is, I wish I knew who you are, because you owe me a new keyboard.

  22. Re:Look at who they appoint to the SCOTUS. on Barack Obama Retains US Presidency · · Score: 2

    In 1992 Michigan went to term limits and the results have been a disaster. Our state level politics have become polarized, and no one is willing to work together for the common good, they just want to make a name for themselves so that they can move on to the next step up the political ladder. We have no one in the legislature able to work a reasonable budget or work with the other party because there's just no experience any more in budget writing or politicking.

  23. Re:Virgin LG Optimus V on Smartphones Invade the Prepaid Market · · Score: 2
    I picked up the Optimus V last mother's day for my wife who isn't exactly ... gentle with phones. (Let's just say that she couldn't figure out why she had all these black squares in her gallery--turns out she just throws the thing in her purse w/out turning the damned thing off and has taken many, many pictures of the inside of her purse...) The phone is a very solid phone, and all the prepaid (and contract) carriers have a version of it. Right now, the price is right at about $100, but I've seen them on sale lately for as low as $75.

    Verizon can go piss up a rope, AT&T can lick my asshole; the only thing I miss with VM is the ability to roam, but anywhere Sprint has a tower, I have coverage.

  24. Re:I approve on Cell Phone Jamming Devices Enjoy an Increase In Popularity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You only need to turn the jammer on long enough for the douche to drop carrier.

  25. When all you get to eat are crumbs, on In Xhengzhou, Thousands Vie For Foxconn Jobs · · Score: 1

    of course you're going to want the entire saltine.