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  1. Re:In other news on Motorcyclist Wins Taping Case Against State Police · · Score: 1

    I know that one person, who is a cop in Maryland (state or county, I'm not sure) exhibited some sociopathic tendencies growing up. The fact that he's allowed to carry a gun at the behest of the state is one of the singular facts that has me distrust any law enforcement until they've shown a reason to give that to them.

    (Yep, this now cop was the bully. I was the punching bag.)

  2. Re:Alright! on Motorcyclist Wins Taping Case Against State Police · · Score: 1

    That town was featured more than once in stories in Car and Driver magazine in the 90's. Quite a little racket they had going.

  3. Re:Somebody's gotta say it... on Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot · · Score: 1

    They can re-use the chatroulette genitalia detection algorithms, with some touch sensors added, to prevent that dangerous use, perhaps?

    Not if they want to sell to the slashdot crowd.

  4. Re:Not the same on Panasonic's 16-Finger, Hair-Washing Robot · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Difference is that twitter doesn't hang it's boobs in my face when she's washing my hair.

  5. Re:There's room for irony here. on Bloomberg Reports Facebook Building Android Smartphones · · Score: 3, Funny

    Given the disturbing level of nerd arrogance on slashdot, I'm amazed that your opinion wasn't automatically dismissed and modded down while 'people' questioned your parentage, the sexual practice of your mother, and your sexual orientation while simultaneously threatening bodily harm and various forced sexual acts on you due not only to having a Facebook account, and not only having a preferred method of access, but for committing that most cardinal of Slashdot sins: owning an iPhone.

  6. Re:eh? on Unions Urging Actors Not To Work On Hobbit Movie · · Score: 1

    Thank God for strong copyright laws that will help motivate JRR Tolkien to continue his writing career long into the future.

  7. Re:If iOS is a tiny segment, then why do you care? on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    The idea that I even need iTunes is an afront.

    It should be completely unecessary and totally optional.

    Kinda like your commentary in any Apple article?

  8. Re:Flashblock on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    Because you still occasionally use it. If you honestly never use it, uninstall it. Duh.

  9. Re:would-be emporer on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    Wish I could be paid that much to fail like that.

  10. Re:Quite a lot of people use meth, too on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    Flash sucks even on real computers, I don't get why people get so worked up about this. Flash can die in a fire. A *poo* fire.

    A burning meth-lab/trailer home would have fit in more with your subject line.

  11. Re:The Big Guns on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    It's hard to tell the morons and the trolls apart when the anti-Apple rants get started.

  12. Re:The Big Guns on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    FCC? At least Blutarsky had a point when he referenced the German bombing of Pearl Harbor.

  13. Re:What competes with iPod touch? on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    There are no barriers to entry. Anyone can create an Android Touch and open a marketplace.

    If the FTC (not the FCC as stated in the summary, sigh) really does spend any kind of money investigating Apple's 'abusive' market position, perhaps the teabaggers and libertarians are right about government's overreach.

  14. Re:Floppy drives anyone? on The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple · · Score: 1

    IIRC, Win 95 OSR2 shipped with USB support.

  15. Re:Seattle COL on Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates · · Score: 1

    And the crickets chirped.

  16. Re:Oracle passes off Red Hat's work as their own. on The Real Truth About Oracle's 'New' Kernel · · Score: 1

    This could be glossing over quite a bit of useful work for Oracles customers.

    You are glossing over the point of the article.
    1. Redhat writes lots of great Linux stuff that make the kernel better (11.6% of the kernel).
    2. Oracle passes it off as their own. (They only contribute 1.3%, less that 1/10 that of Red Hat).

    Cry me a river. That's what happens when you base your company on OSS. This isn't a surprise. At all. People warned of this at least a decade ago.

  17. Re:Just to be clear... on HP Shows Off Android 'Printer' Tablet · · Score: 2, Funny

    And the printer also prints image side down.

    You're holding it wrong.

  18. Re:Has the Documentation Been Improved? on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    But how do we know that the poster who asked for a link was incompetent? Why is that the first assumption? Why not look at it as a sincere request for help? Why not drop the snarky bomb AND the link? Or leave the snark behind. What purpose does it serve?

  19. Re:Has the Documentation Been Improved? on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    The haughty arrogance knows no limitations in the OSS community.

  20. Re:If you only read one sentence of the article, on Mega Man Designer Explains Japan's Waning Video Game Influence · · Score: 3, Funny

    What interests? Filmmaking and... young children?

    I didn't know Roman Polanski read Slashdot.

  21. Re:Has the Documentation Been Improved? on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dude, seriously, year of the linux desktop yet?

    Hrm, wonder why that is...

  22. Re:Has the Documentation Been Improved? on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    I really hope there is no confusion as to why the Nick Burns character on SNL resonated with so many viewers.

  23. Re:Has the Documentation Been Improved? on PostgreSQL 9.0 Released · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dear lord, this many replies, and only one person has the decency to supply a link?

    Kudos to you sir.

  24. Re:Disagree on Online Shopping May Actually Increase Pollution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have entirely ignored that shipping companies attempt to maximize loads, either by volume or by weight. Except in corner cases that do not apply in the general shipping of books and CDs from Amazon, you will not find situations such as you describe.

    The portion you have bolded is called a 'marginal cost'.

  25. Re:Yeah, and trees cause smog, too on Online Shopping May Actually Increase Pollution · · Score: 1

    Interesting story, but you need a correction: the chemicals in cat litter are not to give your cat better breath, it is to give your dog better breath.