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  1. Re:That is not doxing on Doxing -- Something To Expect More of In 2015 · · Score: 1

    Yep.

  2. Re:That is not doxing on Doxing -- Something To Expect More of In 2015 · · Score: 2

    there is no such thing as "clickbait fallacy".

    Yes there is. 'Clickbait fallacy' is a dog whistle phrase in the same vein as 'Social Justice Warrior' or 'political correctness'. It signifies that the poster is a reactionary white manchild who thinks the person harrassed by the 'doxing' "had it coming".

    <Looks at OP UID> Oh look, it's epyT-R. QED.

  3. Re:Neil Degrasse Tyson: Keeping it real on Slashdot Asks: The Beanies Return; Who Deserves Recognition for 2014? · · Score: 1

    Riggght. One succesful black scientist means race is not an issue.

    Somehow I think the irony of your own statement will be lost on you.

  4. Re:Mod parent up. on Paul Graham: Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In · · Score: 1

    If the cost of programming comes down, there will be less incentive to do it

    Really? There are plenty of programmers out there that do it because they want to, even for free.

    The existence of Free and Open Source Software alone proves that as long as the material needs in Maslow's hierarchy are provided for, people will program because it satisfies a non-material need.

  5. Re:Parent comment shows exactly what's wrong with on NetworkManager 1.0 Released After Ten Years Development · · Score: 1

    I'm not going to install a hacked-to-shit Debian install to coddle the typo of morons Shuttleworth seems to think to be a demographic worth mining, no.

    No, sorry, I don't like to relate to and empathize with idiots. If that makes me an elitist, so be it. It doesn't take away anything from the fact that I am not going to take anecdotes about Ubuntu fuckups as fact, unlike you. The facts of who is rational here are evident.

  6. Re:Parent comment shows exactly what's wrong with on NetworkManager 1.0 Released After Ten Years Development · · Score: 1

    You're an idiot if you put your manual network config in rc.local on an Ubuntu system. If that is your story, I have no problems believing the newbies in your vicinity thought it was difficult.

    And since I distinctly remember running Debian+Gnome+NetworkManager in that same timeframe with no problems whatsoever using a static config, I think your problems were more of a PEBCAK nature.

  7. Re:what's wrong with ifconfig? on NetworkManager 1.0 Released After Ten Years Development · · Score: 1

    If you consider ip to be the new hotness, then you are dating yourself as just another *buntu script kiddie.

  8. Re:Lost His Balls on Viacom's Messy Relationship With YouTube and The Rise of Stephen Colbert · · Score: 1

    Oh my. People this stupid really exist.

    Hey kiddo, hate to burst your bubble, but Colbert was never on your side. I'll spell it out for you: he does a parody of a White Conservative Man.

    And if this kind of rampant stupidity is a sample of the kind of comments that video was expected to attract, disabling comments seems eminently reasonable to me.

  9. Re:California Energy Commission still saying it on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    Sod it, forgot to wrap that 'you' in an element.

  10. Re:California Energy Commission still saying it on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    In short, these models results provide a somewhat fuzzy set of scenarios from which to view the future, they are not detailed predictions

    I take back the liar allegation. You are just a subliterate moron.

    And still proving TFA so, so, very right.

  11. Re:I deny that San Francisco underwater by 2010 on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    The global warming alarmists and pitchmen said "San Francisco will be underwater by 2010"

    When you start with outright lying about what was said or not, you do a good job of proving TFA right.

  12. Re:Why Apple? on Investigation: Apple Failing To Protect Chinese Factory Workers · · Score: 1

    Because the buck has to stop somewhere.

    And because as a civilisation we don't think "We didn't know" is a defense against crimes committed in the pursuit of your end goal. We used to hang people for that.

  13. Re:Mod parent up. on In IT, Beware of Fad Versus Functional · · Score: 1

    It is you that is making a fundamental mistake. Adding value is wat technology is for, technology is not an end in it self.

    We, meaning IT, are here to automate processes. By automating business processes, we make more efficient business possible, thus adding value.

  14. Re:My personal favorite of the past few years... on Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: The Science of Misheard Song Lyrics · · Score: 1

    Jennifer Lopez' "Let's Get Loud" somehow always sounded like "Netscape Now!" to me.

  15. Re:what a load of condescending guff! on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you dislike his writing because liking writing presupposes an amount of literacy you obviously lack. Charlie specifically praises Hamilton in the linked blog post.

    Now go back to your homework and stop bothering the adults.

  16. Re:Sci-Fi is not about the future on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    If, however, you overemphasise the relatability to the point of never challenging the reader's comfort zone, then you are just writing cheap escapism. If Science Fiction isn't about introducing new concepts, what is it about then? That was Charlie's point.

  17. Re:Nonsense on Overly Familiar Sci-Fi · · Score: 1

    I really hope this was written by some adolescent who is fustrated because no publisher will accept the book

    Ahem

  18. Re:Under the guise of loophole and law. on Gilbert, AZ Censors Biology Books the Old-Fashioned Way · · Score: 1

    Oh dear.

    1. The Inquisition was at its most powerful during the late Middle Ages, not the Dark Ages.
    2. The primary target of the Inquisition was to fight heresy. In Spain that was considered being Jewish or Muslim, in NWE that was mostly the official definition of wilfully contradicting Church dogma. As it so happens, in the two most famous cases a scientist went up against the Church, they got hit with a trial not for the scientific content of their work, but for insulting the Pope (Galileo) and preaching a schismatic faith (Bruno).

    Really, the Church has enough to answer for if you stick to the facts. No need to make shit up. Christianity's most virulent anti-science attitudes arose in the Protestant denominations, and are mostly a product of the 18the Century and later, and in the modern day mostly a US aberration.

  19. Re:Under the guise of loophole and law. on Gilbert, AZ Censors Biology Books the Old-Fashioned Way · · Score: 1

    The Dark Ages was caused, in large part, but the rise in political influence of the Roman Catholic Church

    This is just flat-out wrong. The rise of the Church correlates strongly with the end of the Dark Ages. Unless you want to use the old definition of 'Dark Ages' derived from Petrarch as anything between 500 and 1500.

  20. Re:Go back in time 5 years on Debian Votes Against Mandating Non-systemd Compatibility · · Score: 1

    So you specifically installed it. Unless you go about your business installing tasks without knowing what's in them.

    And you couldn't be bothered to RTFM. Instead you rant on Slashdot. And when called upon it, you get defensive. You are not an admin, you're a script kiddie living in Mommy and Daddy's basement.

  21. Re:Of course not! on 2014 Hour of Code: Do Ends Justify Disney Product Placement Means? · · Score: 1

    Apparently. I'm tired, so I'm not getting it, but I plead Poe's Law.

  22. Re:Pathetic on Officer Not Charged In Michael Brown Shooting · · Score: 1

    And the rightist disregard for the rule of law and presumption of innocence when the subject in question is of a group they disapprove of is disgusting. We used to hang people for that. Unfortunately Nuremberg is fading in our institutional memories.

  23. Re:Go back in time 5 years on Debian Votes Against Mandating Non-systemd Compatibility · · Score: 1

    apt-cache show resolvconf

    Let's snip some output, and then we see: Priority: optional

    So, it only installs by default if you select tasks. What sane admin complains about a package that they selected themselves? And besides, it is only an apt-get --purge remove away.

    For all your bragging that you have used Linux for so long, you sure make the impression of a script kiddie who thinks he's l33t for having successfully installed Ubuntu. Assuming you speak the truth, all it proves is that it took you ages to improve to merely incompetent.

    The way to manage a Debian system is to set up a boot server with a netinst image, ideally with some preseeded packages and config, and then pull in the rest of the packages and config using a management system like cfengine or puppet. Either way, if you're an experienced Debian admin, you should know about the existence of resolvconf, and when it is useful or not. Installing it on a server and then complaining about it managing your resolv.conf file makes you a luser.

  24. Re:Ah yes, the religious - philosophical masters - on Alva Noe: Don't Worry About the Singularity, We Can't Even Copy an Amoeba · · Score: 1

    In fact, we will progress to artificial life and artificial intelligence in erratic steps - some large, some small - some hard, some easy. Yep, got your pseudo-religious bullshit right there. The real Rapture of the Nerds

  25. Re:Of course not! on 2014 Hour of Code: Do Ends Justify Disney Product Placement Means? · · Score: 1

    I know it is popular these days in our little nerd bubble to hate on positive portrayals of girls, but when the highest-grossing film of 2013 gets called poorly-performing, I think it is time you turn in your geek card and search for a forum more appropriate to your intelligence.