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  1. Re:Retroactive Evidence ;) on Boston Marathon Bomber Charged With Using 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 1

    I didn't though of that. Maybe the government is pulling an "Obama" in trying to find a casus belli for that war fiasco retroactively :P

    FTFY

  2. However on Boston Marathon Bomber Charged With Using 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' · · Score: 5, Funny

    By this new definition of "Weapons of Mass Destruction", Saddam did have WMD's and they were in Iraq.

  3. Re:He should have gone to the Pawn Stars shop on TN Man Indicted For Romney Blackmail Attempt: Wanted $1M In Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    Or does Rick have an "buddy" that is an accountant that can verify the authenticity of a 1040A?

  4. He should have gone to the Pawn Stars shop on TN Man Indicted For Romney Blackmail Attempt: Wanted $1M In Bitcoins · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look, these tax returns are unique, kinda neat. But if I buy them, they are gonna sit on a shelf for 6 months. I have to find just the right buyer. And even then, I am not sure I can get $1 million for them. I'll give you 50 bucks.

  5. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 2

    Do you want to force people to have a background check for any object which can explode? What about water heaters, magnesium, matches, shredded paper, gasoline, and fertilizer? Or would you prefer any deadly weapon? Like kitchen knives, rocks, dirt, tree branch, scissors, keyboard, Pez dispenser, Aspirin, and concrete?

  6. Re:Not really HTML5 on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 1

    That's not the point. The OP I replied to was blaming Netflix for his lack of internet bandwidth. Netflix is not your ISP. It would be like blaming E-Bay because it took too long to reload the webpage to snag that last-minute winning bid. It's your ISP's fault.

  7. Re:Brilliant! on Node.js and MongoDB Turning JavaScript Into a Full-Stack Language · · Score: 2

    Apple System 6 with no AppleTalk card. Exploit that!

  8. Re:Not really HTML5 on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 1

    with a largely Canadian cast.

    I thought Continuum was just using the cast of Stargate.

  9. Brilliant! on Node.js and MongoDB Turning JavaScript Into a Full-Stack Language · · Score: 2

    So instead of having one portion of my stack vulnerable to hundreds of exploits, now I can have the ENTIRE stack vulnerable to hundreds of exploits. Sign me up!

  10. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I was not in Elementary school when Aristotle invented this phrasing to describe a logical fallacy. Perhaps you were?

    Besides that, words and meaning change over time. Remember when gay used to mean happy? "Negro" merely meant someone with black skin and was not considered a slur? "Bearing arms" meant owning a firearm? "Fag" meant a pack of cigarettes?

  11. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    Common American ammo used in any firearm that is considered an "assault weapon" by the ignorant masses is going for around $1 per round. This includes .45 ACP and 9mm. .22 LR price hasn't changed, but you cannot find it anywhere.

    I can pick up 1,000 of 7.62 x 39 for about 30 cents a round still, only because the Russians made so many spam cans 40 years ago and buried them in the tundra.

  12. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    The addition of "tweet" to the dictionary must have put you in a coma for days. Silly Grammar Nazis....

    And BTW, no pun intended to the Germans.

  13. Re:Not really HTML5 on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 2

    If that is the case, I have never noticed it because I stream Netflix to a 37" TV. While I notice some hiccups at the very beginning of a show/movie, the picture errors clear themselves up after about 30 seconds of play time. I have noticed older shows (Currently re-watching Star Trek TNG) always have worse quality, but only because the original was not recorded in 1080p. Not through any technical fault of Netflix.

  14. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    Wherever you are finding 5.56 mm ammunition for 30 cents a round, please let me know. I will buy everything they have.

  15. Stolen Idea on Automated Plate Readers Let Police Collect Millions of Records On Drivers · · Score: 1

    Fractal pattern embedded within a set of bones? Now let us hope that the police do not understand regular expressions.

  16. Re:Not really HTML5 on Netflix Ditches Silverlight With HTML5 Support In IE11 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Sounds like a problem with your internet connection and not a problem with Netflix. I stream in 720i regularly without any problems.

  17. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    Tell me more about how PRISM is useful to track American citizens exercising their Constitutional rights? Does PRISM track people who use the 1st, 4th, or 5th Amendment? Is PRISM tracking all those IRS officials who pleaded to 5th to cover for their felonious actions?

  18. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    My point exactly.

  19. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    >Because, if you read TFA, these guys had been under observation for a year already.

    Which begs the question.... Why were the Tsarnaev brothers NOT under observation?

  20. Re:As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't be surprised if buying $200 worth of ammunition or $50 worth of gunpowder

    You just described millions of people in the US.

  21. As I sit here pondering.... on RC Plane Attack 'Foiled,' Say German Authorities · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the German government stores a database of every one of their citizens phone? If they do, was that database used to catch these guys? Why can the Germans catch Islamic extremists using remote control planes, but the American government cannot catch Islamic extremists using pressure cookers?

  22. A complicated answer to a simple problem on Join COBOL's Next Generation · · Score: 1

    The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. -- Dijkstra

    So I say any company that wants to send their employees to a COBOL class should be sent to jail for torture and reckless endangerment.

  23. Just do it on Ask Slashdot: Can I Cross US Borders With Legally Ripped Media? · · Score: 0

    Encrypt it. All of it. With a long password. And don't give them your password if they ask.

  24. In Other News on China Says Serious Polluters Will Get the Death Penalty · · Score: 0

    The Sea Shephards have re-registered their ships under the Chinese flag and will now be carrying RPGs and machine guns to stop the Japanese whaling fleets. No international incident here folks!

  25. Re:That's the point of Tor. on Use Tor, Get Targeted By the NSA · · Score: 1

    At first glance I thought I was being trolled. But your username has been around longer than I, so I concede.