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  1. Re:chat roullete on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Old Webcams? · · Score: 0

    MOD PARENT INFORMATIVE

  2. Wikipedia too on Searching For Mark Pilgrim · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He's trying to remove himself from Wikipedia too and has been since 2008ish.

    For someone who appears to be savvy about computers and online culture it's funny he's unaware of the Streisand effect which is emphasized by the number of mirrors popping up across the internet despite his best efforts for infocide.

  3. 50,000 a day? on So Far, More Than 50,000 Kindle Fire Pre-Orders Per Day · · Score: 1

    If there's a great depression going on throughout the world, where the hell are people finding the scratch to piss away on electronic devices that will be stuck in a walled garden and bricked in less than a decade?

  4. Oh my! on Ask William Shatner Whatever You'd Like · · Score: 1

    Did George Takei ever hit on you? Why didn't you take him up on the offer?

  5. Just pirate the stuff on Ask Slashdot: Trustworthy Proxy Services? · · Score: 0

    Pirating stuff is more convenient than going through conventional, legitimate routes. If there's a movie I want to watch, NetFlix doesn't have it streaming then I'm going to pirate it and delete it.

  6. Good news, everyone! on Netflix Creates Qwikster For DVD Only Business · · Score: 2

    NetFlix is also changing the name of their streaming service to The Pirate Bay increasing their streaming library 100fold!

  7. Lost iPhone prototype? on Another Unreleased iPhone Lost by Employee In a Bar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sounds like more viral marketing on Apple's part.

    Did they find it at the Velvet Spike or Cruisy Pete's Sailor Retreat in the Castro?

  8. Re:First on A Look Back At the Career of Steve Jobs · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Crappy, crappy film on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 1

    It is entertainment but by no means was this film anywhere near the definition of 'fun'.

    Unless the audience is stoned or drunk and getting handjobs.

  10. Crappy, crappy film on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's nothing like the comic and as AC posted there are eight writers which is a warning sign.

    I was hoping there would be a high noon shootout, a crazy old prospector sidekick, the whore with a heart of gold and a six shooter between her boobs, saving an alien from being hung by the sheriff who's more crooked than the branch on the executioner's tree. Instead "Aliens are greedy like us. Supposedly killing off humans means they can get all our gold." Aliens who can travel interstellar distances have the need to exterminate humanity when 16-17th century tradesmen traded realty for shiny beads of glass then have the unmitigated gall to gift those natives with blankets full of cooties. Crappy films are good when they're crowdpleasers but there weren't any joyful moments where humanity got their comeuppance against the aliens.

    I expected Blazing Saddles with anal probes. Instead I got JJ Abrams without lens flare.

  11. Freedom lay with the user on What's Needed For Freedom In the Cloud? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Don't trust a third party with your information and data. Memory and storage are dirt cheap, pipes are fat and the cloud is just gee-whiz yet redundant technology.

  12. cell phone units? on Today's Lighter TVs Mean Much Less E-Waste · · Score: 1

    Are they metric or imperial cell phones?

  13. Re:brick and "mortal" stores on Borders Books, Dead At 40 · · Score: 1

    Agreed. Going to Barnes & Noble, not finding what I want, being told "We can order it for you".
    If I wanted to order it, I'd go to Amazon or ABEbooks and I'd have it quicker than having B&N order it for me to their store and for less.

  14. Not surprising on Xbox Live Indie Games Struggle For Profitability · · Score: -1

    The only 'indie' game I acquired from XBL was Braid and it was a steaming pile of pretentious crap molded into a mildly creative platformer. If Braid is representative of the so-called 'indie' games then I rather shovel my cash into the gaping asshole of EA and support BioWare's hentai virtual novels.

  15. Re:No discernible benefit? on Time To Close the Security Theater · · Score: 1

    Hey friend, I wish you hadn't posted anonymously.

    I'd like to tell you about an exciting revenue generating program based upon proven technology. I own land in New Mexico which is full of rocks which repel tigers and prevent tiger attacks. For the past decade I have carried one of these stones, no larger than a US twenty five cent piece, and have never been attacked by a tiger. My supply is vast but far from being unlimited. I have several men and women scouring the USA for other sources of these rare stones to keep up with demand.

    For just $5 and a paltry investment of $.25 a month ($2.50 for the whole year if paid in a lump sum) you can ensure that families, citizens and friends will be forever safe from tiger attacks. Reading your post only emphasizes your intelligence and I'd like to have you as a business partner.

  16. Good on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    They deserve it. Random text to pad out the comment.

  17. wow on The 8-Bit Computer That's Been Built By Hand · · Score: 1

    holy shit, who knew that web rings still existed in the 21st century!

  18. Re:Offensive? on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 0

    Ah, thanks for quoting an "obligatory shitty webcomic" in your comment, parlancex, now I can safely continue scrolling and disregard the rest of your opinions. I'm not interested in reading some pale, flabby neckbeard's defense of obscenity because they spend half their time masturbating to LiveLeak and 4chan. Obligatory go fuck yourself.

  19. Re:Lost interest when I saw the feces trailer on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 1

    You mean Gearbox/2K's viral marketers behind seven proxies.

  20. Fuck you Agger on Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? · · Score: 1

    It's not Google's mission statement to be a nanny for your children.

    Try being a parent, being involved with your children instead of babysitting them with the internet and television.

  21. phasing out nuclear power on Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power? · · Score: 2

    What the hell are they going to replace it with? More fossil fuels?

    Sunshine and wind aren't going to meet any nation's energy demands with current technology.

  22. Awful Headline on Judge Prevents 23,322 Filesharing Does From Being Sued For Now · · Score: 1

    "Judge Prevents 23,322 Filesharing Does From Being Sued For Now"

    Reads more like a word salad. "...Filesharing does what from being sued for now?"

    Perhaps it should be changed to John Does, janitors?

  23. Meaningless on Man Ordered At Gunpoint To Hand Over Phone For Recording Cops · · Score: 1

    Unless the video's already posted at YouTube or LiveLeak.

  24. Just his kidney? on Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad2 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wow, if he gave Steve Jobs his pancreas his family could've gotten some shares of Apple, an iPad 2 and more Mac shit than he could shake a chopstick at. It'd save Steve the embarassment of buying his way ahead in line for another transplant.

  25. Welcome to 1998 on L.A. Noire 'Blurs the Line' Between Story and Game · · Score: 2

    What makes this any different from the original Half Life?