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  1. He should donate all the money he made from the rage-fest that is Reddit, then. I'd suggest a charity that assists victims of the poison reddit has spread.

  2. Of all the the attacks on bitcoin on Bitcoin Mining Now Accounts For Almost One Percent of the World's Energy Consumption (theoutline.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    The pretend alarm over its energy usage is the most amusing.

  3. I have a strong preference on Americans Don't Think the Platforms Are Doing Enough To Fight Fake News (poynter.org) · · Score: 1

    For platforms being platforms and interfering with their users as little as possible.

  4. Remember on Putting Stickers On Your Laptop is Probably a Bad Security Idea (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Keep your opinions to yourself if you don't want to be targeted.

  5. Re:160 million copies!? on The Technology of Neuromancer After 25 Years · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your Rowling figure is off by a considerable amount. Last estimate was 400+ million copies.

  6. Re:fork it on Edit-Approval System Proposed For English-Language Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    Yep. Forking is clearly the right response to this.

    And watching the fork pass the original.

  7. Re:not smart on Edit-Approval System Proposed For English-Language Wikipedia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Absolutely.

    Any such system will kill Wikipedia dead.

    It's like they don't understand why they are successful.

    Ah well, someone else will it right while they fail.

  8. What would a space station around Jupiter cost? on The Device NASA Is Leaving Behind · · Score: 1


    In your estimation?

    Just curious.

  9. This is pretty striaghtforward, actually. on Call For Halt To Wikipedia Webcomic Deletions · · Score: 1


    If WP keeps deleting random articles people think are "non-notable", how many people will cease to support WP? An ever-increasing number.

    If WP starts letting marginally notable articles stay, how many people will cease to support WP? Very few.

    So why is this even a question?

  10. Lots of stuff matters. on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 2, Interesting


    The mega-bank engineered self-bailout of their failed SIV gambles matters. The debate over fire code revisions in southern california matters. The upcoming elections in Kenya matter. The 17th China Party Congress matters. All this matters a lot, to everyone who reads this, whether they realize it or not.

    But none of that means it belongs on slashdot.

    "stuff that matters" doesn't mean "whatever zonk wants to post today".

    And it doesn't mean that we get another ill-informed politico-hype site like /. is in danger of becoming.

    There are other, much, much better sources for this sort of material. All we get here is poorly understood issues presented in some sort of breathless grandstanding manner. It's old, it's on 50 other sites, and it's boring.

  11. Which of my rights online is this about? on FEMA Sorry for Faking News Briefing · · Score: 1, Insightful


    Just asking.

    This is a tech site you know, not Zonk's personal playground.

  12. Most Amusing. on D&D Fourth Edition Books To Be Released in June · · Score: 1

    Heh.

  13. Great, so look forward to trademarks on on Google's Ban of an Anti-MoveOn.org Ad · · Score: 1


    Global Warming
    Iraq War
    Tax Increase
    Tax Cut
    Death Penalty
    Gun Control
    President Bush
    President Clinton
    etc etc etc.

    This will be fun.

  14. Newsflash- Ecosystems don't care about per capita on Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with UN Panel · · Score: 1


    5,000 tons of polution is 5,000 tons of polution, regardless of if it comes from 500 people or 5 people. It still does the same damage.

    Per Capita is totally irrelvant, only absolute levels matter.

  15. Great! So what's your personal energy consumption on Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with UN Panel · · Score: 1


    Bit higher than India's national average, isn't it?

  16. All thanks to Microsoft! on New Telescope Array Goes Live For SETI · · Score: 1


    That's Allen as in Paul Allen, you know.

  17. Quite normal in corporate discussions on Japanese Stealth Fighter Announced as 'Return of the Zero' · · Score: 1


    Referring to decisions from the head office by the name of the city that head office is located in is pretty much the norm.

    Honestly, this is one of the dumbest complaints I've ever heard on slashdot, and I've been here a while.

  18. It's called "synecodche", look it up. on Japanese Stealth Fighter Announced as 'Return of the Zero' · · Score: 1, Informative

    And stay awake in English class next time.

  19. What do you think life and death is all about? on CMU Professor Randy Pausch's 'Last Lecture' · · Score: 1


    It's what you do with what you got, and that's what he's about.

  20. And the list is...? on Carnegie Mellon To Compete In Google Lunar X-Prize · · Score: 1

    You must share!

  21. Re:NASDAQ MMO on New Technologies Attack the One-World Problem · · Score: 4, Funny

    Leveling up in NASDAQ is a lot more fun than in WOW. The gear is a lot better too.

  22. So let's test this idea on Brain Differences In Liberals and Conservatives · · Score: 1


    In 5 years, see who is still referencing this study, and who isn't, and then tell me who is open to changing views, and who locks into one view and sticks with it.

  23. Is there an "entry-level" for radio astronomy? on Entry-Level Astronomy? · · Score: 2, Interesting


    If so, what would a basic setup generally look like? Any pointers to sites?

  24. Have you people never read Charlie Stross? on The Impossibility of Colonizing the Galaxy · · Score: 0


    Everyone saying he's a man with no imagination, that he can't see ways for the impossible to happen...

    Go read his novel Accelerando.

    Now come back and discuss his essay again.

  25. The tone of the response is totally unacceptable on EVE Online Scandal Deliberate Frame-Job? · · Score: 4, Insightful


    Combative and derisive towards the accusations made. Yeah, that's what an "internal affairs" investigation should be. The tone is 100% supportive of CCP and 100% belligerant to the accusers, and because of that fact ALONE, I simply cannot believe anything the "investigator" says.

    I mentioned in a previous thread I'd been undecided on joining EVE, this one blog post locks it down for me- this company will not see a dime of my money, ever.