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  1. Re:If they hadn't brought their drone on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    Not only that.

    If you look at the video inside TFA you'll see that the drone was way above the tree line when the hunters started to use it for target practice.

  2. Re:Instant Gratification on A Rant Against Splash Screens · · Score: 1

    Pretty much, but there are some programs which would be available immediately, but still have a splash screen just for the sake of having one.

  3. Re:Ah, Excel on Should Microsoft Put Office On the iPad? · · Score: 1

    So what?

    Windows is just an extremely misunderstood puzzle game, but so far nobody has made it to the highscore.

  4. Amateurs ... on Chinese Hackers Had Unfettered Access To Nortel Networks For a Decade · · Score: 1

    With the current state of patent law it would've been even funnier if the Chinese had taken stuff from current research projects and patented it before Nortel could.

  5. Re:found a GNOME replacement on GNOME 3: Beauty To the Bone? · · Score: 1

    That's a personal preference, but the fact remains that Thunar needs to be replaced with something else or you're in danger of taking a sledgehammer to your computer.

  6. Re:found a GNOME replacement on GNOME 3: Beauty To the Bone? · · Score: 2

    It's actually not that much effort to add the features Gnome 2 had over Xfce and I certainly like the additional speed boost.

    My only problem so far is that I had to make Nautilus my default file manager again, because Thunar's support for browsing a network isnowhere near as comfortable as Nautilus and even after years Thunar still has sporadic problems with encrypted home directories.

  7. Re:Good luck with all that, you idiots ... on Australian Govt Holding Secretive Anti-Piracy Talks · · Score: 1

    Tons of crap to kill even more civilians on the other side of the globe.

  8. Too late on Why Microsoft Developers Need a Style Guide · · Score: 1

    They already have one, but it doesn't really go beyond them trying to cram that ribbon bar into everything.

  9. Re:Deleted is a relative term on Looking For Love; Finding Privacy Violations · · Score: 1

    In a case like that the "deleted" flag still means the data mustn't be accessible from the outside anymore. That is, unless your developers belong behind a McDonald's counter in the first place.

  10. Re:USA on Germany Delays ACTA Signature, Wants More Discussion · · Score: 5, Funny

    I heard they have some oil in the North Sea ... ;)

  11. *yawn* on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 1

    As much as I loathe what Apple has turned into the fact that the iPhone causes trouble to carriers, who have a history of screwing with people's phones (e.g., branding) every chance they get, seems like payback which they more than deserve.

  12. Re:*yawn* on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: 3, Informative

    Back in the day they started out as an offshoot of the BND (if you want a good laugh dig deeper into the story of how that one came to be and why it shouldn't be trusted) but nowadays they usually serve as a mouthpiece for damage control if some government branch has screwed up again (e.g., electronic identity card).

    And if they're not too busy they use some of their idle time to find discover new ways to make themselves look like idiots (e.g., the recent "DNS OK" story).

  13. *yawn* on German Government Endorses Chrome As Most Secure Browser · · Score: -1

    Due to its history the BSI is taken about as serious as FOX "News".
    I wouldn't even trust those idiots to be able to count to three.

  14. Re:Anyone have a link to the video? on Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over Campaign Ad · · Score: 0

    +1

  15. Re:2084 on Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Controls · · Score: -1, Troll

    Either get your head out of your ass or suck on a shotgun.

  16. Re:2084 on Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Controls · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They already tried that in Germany.

    The publishers of school books wanted to lobby/buy themselves an agreement which requires a percentage of schools and teachers to install a software on their machines to ensure they don't have any unlicensed material on them.

    Kinda like Origin, but enforced by the government.

  17. Re:The disc is to raise the price on Ask Slashdot: Does Europe Have Better Magazines Than the US? · · Score: 1

    And some magazines just attach a code to an article for for their own URL shortener, which will lead you to the download/source in question.

  18. Re:Why can't more politicians do this? on EU ACTA Chief Resigns · · Score: 1

    Probably not the best idea.
    What's to gain if the all remaining politicians with at least microscopic remnants of a backbone resigned as well?

  19. So what? on MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Folding Car · · Score: 1

    That concept has been around for quite some time. They simply built a model of their own version.

  20. Re:Protecting rights on White House Responds To SOPA, PIPA, and OPEN · · Score: 1

    Don't forget options like Hulu, which let you watch shows when you want, where you want and in the form you want (e.g., in case you don't give a shit about dubs and want the original).

  21. Re:The nice thing about our bloated legal system.. on Righthaven's Lawyers Target of State Bar Investigation · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of "good" lawyers, but the other 99.9 percent kinda give them a bad name.

  22. Re:. . . and it won't just stop in the US . . . on How SOPA & PIPA Could Hurt Scientific Debate · · Score: 1

    Pretty much the only solution.
    Treat any DNS information from US systems as compromised until the opposite has been confirmed thoroughly.

  23. Re:I don't see the problem at all! Am I just dumb? on Twitter Comes Out Swinging Against Google's Personalized Search · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and since then we have observed their rel=nofollow instructions.

    That's the part I don't quite get. Google respects their nofollow instructions and that's supposed to make them the bad guys???

    Seems more like they're bitching because they no longer receive money from Google on top of them sending visitors their way

  24. Re:Who profits by muddied waters? on Employee-Owned Devices Muddy Data Privacy Rights · · Score: 1

    You might want to read up on how AJAX came to be.

  25. load"*",8,1 on Looking Back At the Commodore 64 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I probably owe my career to one of those.