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  1. Fixed that for you. on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    I don't believe pirates are soluable. Instead "all the pirates in the depths of the sea is the suspension".

  2. subtitles? on 24 Rooms in 344sq Feet · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The guy speaks better English than most Americans. What's wrong with these people?

  3. Re:Macs will be a closed platform in the end on Apple To Distribute OS X Lion via the Mac App Store · · Score: 2

    It's "voilà" (note grave not acute accent) not viola.

    A viola is a slightly larger violin that's has a bit of a deeper sound.

    On the bright side at least you didn't use the egregious "wallah" who is the god of the muslim version of Elmer Fudd.

  4. Good thing I don't use Apple products on Share Your iPhone Location Data Like You Mean It · · Score: 2, Insightful

    > the upcoming iOS software update (see Apple press release) will prevent further evaluation of the collected data.

    They forget to add a USB port to their iPad. Users cry out. Next iteration has a USB port.

    Users discover Apple is tracking them! Users cry out! Next iOS update makes it so they wouldn't have been able to see it in the first place.

    Why the fuck do people continue to use Apple? Why the hell doesn't Apple want their users to see how they're being tracked and where they're being tracked?

    So much for 'thinking different'.

  5. Re:Duh on Bizarre Porn Raid Underscores Wi-Fi Privacy Risks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because it's easy for you, Mr. "I Compiled^W Gent^H^H^H^H Installed Ubuntu Last Weekend", doesn't mean that you represent the mean computer intelligence of your peers.

    Big surprise, son! Not everyone has the patience for tech regardless of its ease of use.

  6. Re:Stop Calling it "The God Particle" on Rumors of Higgs Boson Discovery At LHC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Indeed, it's just the Jesus Particle. It decayed for your sins and on the third day became Americanium 237.

  7. Re:Damn it, I went there to buy stuff, but... on Smell Like An Orc · · Score: 1

    Make friends with American (we're not all bad)
    Have them order it for you to their address
    Ship it to your country
    Enjoy!

    Not that hard, mate.

  8. buh on Smell Like An Orc · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/rpg.html

    Link to the actual site rather than BoingBoing.

  9. Re:What about investment banking? on How the Social Tech Bubble Is Different · · Score: 1

    Click ads didn't cause the economy to crash in 2008, buddy.

  10. Nope on Could You Pass Harvard's Entrance Exam From 1869? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I doubt they'd be able to pass a modern test either. These people grew up with a different curriculum than those at the latter half of the 20th century / new millennium.

  11. Re:High version numbers on Firefox 5 Scheduled For June 21 Release · · Score: 1

    Indeed, I feel like a gigantic idiot for upgrading to FF4 when FF5 is coming out in June. Plus flash on FF4 w/ linux is really awful.

  12. Re:High version numbers on Firefox 5 Scheduled For June 21 Release · · Score: 1

    I disagree. I see a program that's in its 20th iteration and believe it's reliable but lacking anything competitive or exciting being used by new alternatives. Around the 8th iteration they should rebrand and start out at 1 again or hint that it's "beta" making it more attractive to users who can claim eliteness by getting in on the ground floor.

  13. Re:Gizmodo? Seriously? on Why Russian Space Images Look Different From NASA's · · Score: 1

    It's sad that people link to Gawker. If one scrolls to the bottom of the Gawker "article" they'll see a link to the original story. Post that link and fuck Adrian Chen and his cronies their ad revenue for shitposting and acting like it's real journalism when they're paraphrasing the original article.

  14. Proof of Economic Recovery! on MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month · · Score: 1
  15. Have someplace to go on Ask Slashdot: How Prepared Are You For a Major Emergency? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Bug out bags are nice but having a place to wait out a dangerous situation is ideal. BOBs aren't a panacea to surviving a disaster.
    Backpack Fever addresses this concern and encourages people to be realistic before grabbing their SKS and going innawoods.

  16. Quantum Public Key? on Physicists Develop Quantum Public Key Encryption · · Score: 1, Funny

    Aw man, that's going to be a pain in the ass checking with the recipient of my message if their cat is dead too. Have these scientsists developed any security measures to prevent positron sniffing over entanglement networks?

  17. Re:And... on Anonymous Leaks Internal Bank of America Emails · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Of course nothing will happen. These leaked Bank of America emails were released during the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis. GREAT FUCKING JOB THERE, CHIEF!!! It shows they're a bunch of amateurs who know nothing about timing so this reaches the broadest audience. Slashdot, reddit, and the rest will get up in arms but the people who need to know, i.e. mom & pop and that mythical linux using grandma, won't have it show up as a blip on their radar because of their reliance upon mainstream media to feed them.

  18. Re:Submission forgot proper link on Is Apple Turning Into the Next "Evil Empire"? · · Score: 1

    Thank you, I thought for a moment that Slashdot had devolved into reddit wankery of IAMA, DAE and other dimbulb acronyms of unwarranted self-importance.

  19. Re:"personal privacy" rights dont apply on Supreme Court Rules On Corporate Privacy · · Score: 1

    Children under the age of 18 can't vote

    They can vote when they reach the age of sufferage.

    nor can convicted felons in many states

    They used to have the capacity to vote before becoming a felon.

  20. Re:Whats with the google articles today? on Are Google's Best Days In the Past? · · Score: 1

    Gotta be a conspiracy since there were two JRR Tolkein-related articles posted yesterday!

  21. spigot groks unix on Common Traits of the Veteran Unix Admin · · Score: 2
  22. Re:Pre-paid on Why Dumbphones Still Dominate, For Now · · Score: 1

    You missed the ad Motorola did shilling their Xoom which was a dig at Apple.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBUoLYOWR8I

  23. Hilarity! on Teacher Suspended Over Blog About Students · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Might as well get in on the action on Sony Lawyers Expand Dragnet, Targeting Anybody Posting PS3 Hack · · Score: 0

    It's hilarious that OP had the brass balls to post the jailbreak code and attribute it to them.

    need a night in a prison cell

    You speak from experience? Is it considered a faux pas to ask Bubba to spit on his cock so it doesn't hurt so much? Or do you just blow him to grease up his joint with your slobber?

  25. Re:This is not "stuff that matters". on The Strange Disappearance of Dancho Danchev · · Score: 1