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  1. Re: Omar Saddiqui Mateen? on World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    or that silence is a particular sound.

    Simon & Garfunkel lied to us!

  2. Re:Feedback: Better Story Title on It Took 33 Years To Find the Easter Egg In This Apple II Game (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    A brief description of the easter egg would not have gone amiss, either.

  3. Re:Tab users are subhuman on Ready CEO: Coding Snobs Are Not Helping Our Children Prepare For The Future (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that one tab substitutes for 8 spaces

    8 spaces? What are you, some kind of animal?

  4. Re:So you slag Trump by objectifying his wife? on The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What hypocrisy? Has PopeRatzo previously taken a stance vehemently against personal attacks and sexual objectification (for comedic and satirical purposes)?

    Or, actually, did it occur to you that PopeRatzo might, in fact, be parodying Trump himself?

  5. Shit summary on The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The World's Oldest Computer May Have Predicted the Future

    Y'know, it would be nice the summary even remotely hinted at how this thing "predicted in the future."

  6. There's No Evidence That Google Is Manipulating Searches To Help Hillary Clinton

    It's true. I searched for evidence on Google and couldn't find any.

  7. Re:Tab users are subhuman on Ready CEO: Coding Snobs Are Not Helping Our Children Prepare For The Future (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Rubbish!

    Space: 0x20 = b00100000
    Tab: 0x09 = b00001001

    Spaces use half as many 1s as tabs.

  8. I'm also not really a huge fan of hysteric women.

    Anything else you're not a huge fan of that has nothing whatsoever to do with the story?

  9. I'm more pissed at this being treated like it's noteworthy.

    Then complain about that rather than berating the poor woman for her actions in a crisis.

  10. Re:Catching the bad guys. on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 1

    It does matter. It diminishes the valid argument against this kind of thing if it looks like you're stirring up trouble with exaggerations.

  11. What do you mean, "sit alongside"? on Sony Confirms It's Making a 'High-End PlayStation 4' With 4K and Richer Graphics (ft.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The company says that the upcoming console dubbed Neo is intended to sit alongside and complement the standard PS4.

    Is that supposed to a metaphor, or a literal truth? Is it designed to be put next to/connected to a PS4? And then say nice things about it?

  12. Then turn on the fuckin' lights.

    Or don't, because you don't need to. Seriously, why is someone so pissed off about her using an advanced feature on a phone?

    Or don't drop the phone in the first place.

    Right, stupid cow. Dropping her phone as her child fights for its life. What a stupid woman.

  13. Sure she could. But she didn't have to, so why would she?

    Someone, once, was the first person to call an ambulance on a mobile phone. Would you have berated them for not using the landline?

  14. As I said, she dropped it when she entered the room. She then went to check on her dying child, and, realising an ambulance was required, summoned one in the quickest way possible.

    I don't know why everyone's so annoyed about what happened.

  15. Her phone was out of reach. She dropped it when she entered the room.

  16. Re:Gee, I wonder why anti police sentiment exists on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 1

    They're not seizing money from bank accounts. The summary says "bank account or on prepaid cards," only the latter of which is true.

    Calling a prepaid card an "account" is a bit of a stretch if you ask me.

  17. Dear Slashdot,

    The article says NOTHING about bank accounts. Your summary is therefore completely misleading. Fix it.

    Yours sincerely,

    Someone who gives a shit

  18. Re: Sigh, slashdot editors still screw it up on Uber Denies Access To Harvard Startup That Compared Ride-Hailing Prices (boston.com) · · Score: 1

    It was definitely one guy, he was definitely a twat, and he definitely deserved to be called out for his behaviour.

    Worst of all, he wasn't even any good at trolling. Same schtick, every time. Kids these days...

    there is no basis to make or support any claims about one's character or supposed good deeds.

    I never said there was. It was said simply to get across my point. Replace "I" with "some people" if you prefer. It still works.

    By the way, in regard to provoking another user, this is someone who responds aggressively with apparent rage in his words whenever anyone questions his view on a particular topic.

    I don't know how he responded in real life, but I see no rage in his post. At most, he was stroppy. You know, like a toddler denied a toy.

    I'm not going to talk about your character.

    Stop bringing it up then. I haven't mentioned your underpants but I'm not going to point it out.

  19. Re:Gee, I wonder why anti police sentiment exists on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 2

    Now they are seizing the money in the account.

    No, they're not. The summary is wrong.

  20. Read the article. Only the first of those things - seizing from prepaid cards - is even mentioned. There's nothing about bank accounts in there.

  21. Re:Catching the bad guys. on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 1

    If a patrol officer has the authority to seize your bank accounts...

    Don't believe everything you read in Slashdot summaries. The article says nothing about bank accounts.

  22. Article says NOTHING about bank accounts - fix it on Oklahoma State Troopers Use New Device To Seize Bank Accounts During Traffic Stops (news9.com) · · Score: 1

    Oi, Slashdot, the article says NOTHING about seizing money from bank accounts. It ONLY mentions seizing from prepaid cards.

    It may have previously mentioned them, since the top comment refers to them, but this could equally be an error by the commenter.

    Anyway, fix the erroneous and inflammatory summary, there's a good chap.

  23. Re:Only an academic... on The Web's Creator Thinks We Need a New One That Governments Can't Control (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    conceived, paid for, and built by the US defense department and sigh "Don't you wish we could have this without all that pesky GOVERNMENT involvement?"

    How about TOR? Developed by the US Navy...

    Wait a minute... Navy... torpedoes.. tor... pedos!

    Half Life 3 confirmed!

  24. Re:I got a box for that... on Microsoft Isn't Adding a TV DVR Feature To Xbox One Anymore (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Rhetorical questions usually serve to make some kind of a point.

    All yours did was alert us to the uninteresting fact that you don't need this thing.

  25. Re:I got a box for that... on Microsoft Isn't Adding a TV DVR Feature To Xbox One Anymore (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Why would I want to save TV video on a video game console?

    Why does it matter what you do or don't want?

    Plenty of people in the world aren't you.