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  1. Re:It's incredibly frustrating... on US Democrats Introduce Bill To Restore Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    ...to see just how in the pocket of huge corporations the GOP/DNC is, and yet people continue to vote for them, against their own interests.

    What will it take to wake people up? I fear it may not happen until it's too late, if not already.

    FTFY

    TBH I find it appalling what the GOP is doing these days and I am terrified by some of the DNC ideas. Perhaps it's time Michael Bay did a movie IN congress!

  2. Re:the moral of the story on Developer Loses Single-Letter Twitter Handle Through Extortion · · Score: 1

    Try reversing fraudulent charges to your Google Wallet account...I didn't think it would be possible to be worse than PayPal! I haven't used that service since.

  3. Re:first stage on Rovio Denies Knowledge of NSA Access, Angry Birds Website Defaced Anyway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't wait for Angry Birds to Die!

    I know! Sometimes they get stuck on a bouncy surface and just linger on and on...it gets really annoying.

  4. Re:the moral of the story on Developer Loses Single-Letter Twitter Handle Through Extortion · · Score: 5, Funny

    gmail would have worked. Google never answers the phone or email support requests anyway.

  5. Re:so what about all my old devices? on Old-school Wi-Fi Is Slowing Down Networks, Cisco Says · · Score: 1

    Well unless I am missing something you could have more than one WiFi AP. I have one set to only accept bg connections and the other only accepts N. As soon as I pull the trigger on something that can use (and will actually benefit) from AC I'll add a third. Just pick different channels so they don't overlap and you can keep right on trucking with the old stuff without slowing down the new.

  6. Re:CLAMP! on An OS You'll Love? AI Experts Weigh In On Her · · Score: 1

    Give it an android body and you've got a Cherry 2000!

  7. Re:what do others use? on Ask Slashdot: An Open Source PC Music Studio? · · Score: 1

    Since music is a collaborative art, and you are going to want to share music, aren't you better off using what people in your "scene" are using, whether that's your school program or online forum or in the performance venues you frequent? I'd expect that would trump whatever software might look "best" if you were working alone.

    Perhaps a program that actually facilitates said collaboration would be useful. Was just looking at some software on Steam earlier and this piqued my interest. It's Windows/Mac only ATM but the base program can be used for free.
    "Free version is limited to compressed audio export and 16 bit audio recording."

  8. Re:We have one of those already. on CmdrTaco Launches Trove, a Curated News Startup · · Score: 1

    reddit is still nerdy. This is for non-nerdy news nitwits.

  9. Re:human germs don't like higher body temp on Fighting the Flu May Hurt Those Around You · · Score: 2

    Just because you don't believe in doctors doesn't mean they don't exist.

  10. Re:All I Have To Say Is on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    The same will happen here, only that BMW and other manufacturers have a lot less resources available to stay ahead of the evil crackers, hackers modders.

    But they do have the resources to pay their lobbyist/attorneys to get the chips/software outlawed like Sony/Microsoft did for PlayStation/XBox MOD Chips. You can still get the chips if you look but if you get caught you will be made example of.

  11. Re:Weak on Candy Crush Maker King.com Has Trademarked 'Candy' For Games · · Score: 1

    Well I'm going to go drown my sorrow at McDougals (Home of the Golden Arcs) and order a Big Mic.

  12. Re:Cry me a fucking river... on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 4, Funny

    it doesn't have to be a crime to be terroristic.
    "Does this dress make my butt look fat?" strikes terror into any man who's ever heard it! By definition making all women terrorists.

  13. Comic Sans on BitTorrent's Bram Cohen Unveils New Steganography Tool DissidentX · · Score: 1

    I just encode messages by changing the font of the letters in the hidden message to comic sans.

  14. Re:Different than Good Tech or BlackBerry? on Phil Zimmerman Launching Secure "Blackphone" · · Score: 1

    If you can't trust BlackBerry you can't trust Silent Circle either. Or Good, or MobileIron. BlackBerry has a long history of doing the right thing. Do they work with the NSA? I'm sure they have no choice in the matter but they are known for pushing back against data requests. I mean they were the only company that fought the backdoor request of the Indian Government. And even once they complied they only gave them a way to decrypt BIS info not BES.

  15. Different than Good Tech or BlackBerry? on Phil Zimmerman Launching Secure "Blackphone" · · Score: 1

    This sounds like a pitch for a replacement to Good Technology or BlackBerry BES or MobileIron but tied to a single Android phone. I mean the headline says it's a secure phone but it looks like it will require Silent Circle as the communication go between. You can do that now on Android, BB 10, and iOS with BES 10. No special version of Android needed. Hate on BlackBerry all you want but they know security.

  16. Re:Open source what exactly? on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hand it over to IEEE or another organization to steer its development. Oracle doesn't exactly want what's best for Java.

  17. Re:Oracle is why I don't use java on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 1

    Wait? Oracle controls the C++ standard and the future of the language? When did THAT happen and why wasn't I informed?

  18. Re:Object database on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 1

    Entity beans and JPA can screw themselves.

    The images my mind just created... I need help!

  19. Open Source it on Oracle Seeking Community Feedback on Java 8 EE Plans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everyone is thinking it but everyone knows Larry doesn't give anything away for free. Even his free software costs you money somewhere...

  20. Re:Shocking on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 1

    If you live less than 20 miles from the Gulf perhaps. Anyplace you have a higher than average risk of a natural disaster you will pay for it. My rates didn't increase at all and I am ~70 miles inland.

  21. Re:Shocking on Lawsuit: Oracle Called $50K 'Good Money For an Indian' · · Score: 1

    I live on the Gulf coast. If I were offered a job on the West coast they would need to nearly double my current salary for me to maintain my current standard of living.
    And they didn't just say no we can't offer that much...they fired the guy's boss for even suggesting he be paid that much!

  22. Re:WTF? on New Home Automation? · · Score: 1

    Funny you should mention food

  23. Re:Begin mass speculatrometer on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 2

    OMG this would be hilarious if it wasn't true!
    I've been working on Windows since 3.0 and working on Windows 8 was the first time I have ever been stumped as to how to find settings I've used most of my life. I sat bewildered for hours when I first started working with it trying to figure out the basics.

  24. humans have a pretty poor track record and it wouldn't take much to approve upon.

    So how do you program them without said human's intervention? Humans are fallible so all things produced by them are also fallible. While "I Robot" and "RoboCop" are fictions they address very real concerns. It is not a matter of if but when will these systems make incorrect/inaccurate choices and kill innocents. And corruptible humans will sell these things under the table to less than scrupulous individuals for protection/collections purposes. Tanks and missiles go missing from the military all the time.

    Many brilliant men have invented revolutionary things they intended for peace...only to be horrified at the twisted things men are capable of when wielding them.
    "My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions,"
    "As soon as men will find that in one instant whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace." ~Alfred Noble

  25. Re:CME frequency on Cygnus ISS Launch Delayed Due To Sun's Coronal Mass Ejection · · Score: 2

    There is nothing in the monitors that require alignment to the pole.

    So...30+ monitors is coincidence and electro-hypochondria? I'm guessing you never stuck a magnet up to a CRT or had to Degauss one. Since the Earth has this gigantic magnetic field surrounding it it's not hard to see an unshielded CRT being affected.
    BTW...How do you think I figured out which direction North was?