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  1. Re:Question about WiFi - why does it keep dropping on San Jose Plan Reintroduces Large-Scale Municipal Wi-Fi Coverage · · Score: 1

    Also try looking for a Starbucks or McDonald's to test against their wi-fi network, which should eliminate your equipment as a source of the problems. The quality of hotel wifi is all over the map.

  2. Re:How to disable these cameras for cheap on Astroturfing For Speed Cameras · · Score: 1

    If they are below a certain threshold, it becomes impossible not to run a red light.

  3. Re:City overpaying? on Astroturfing For Speed Cameras · · Score: 1

    I thought it was any city in Louisiana! Or maybe Georgia where the police profit by confiscation of property.

    You are probably referring to civil forfeiture, which is a money making scam across the US.

  4. Re:City overpaying? on Astroturfing For Speed Cameras · · Score: 1

    Sadly I'm in the District itself, and have to deal with it. Who is "da bitch"? The girlfriend he embezzled on behalf of?

    No, that was hizzoner's defense to his crack arrest. "The bitch set me up."

  5. Re:City overpaying? on Astroturfing For Speed Cameras · · Score: 1

    Horseshit. There's not a district in the US that isn't corrupt. Ever seen local politicians anywhere else? Graft and cronyism is a way of life that extends far beyond Lake Michigan.

  6. Re:webm on Mozilla Debates Supporting H.264 In Firefox Via System Codecs · · Score: 2

    So the entire world needs to be shackled due to a few slackers? Let me introduce you to my friend, Harrison Bergeron...

  7. Re:Good luck with that on Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser · · Score: 1

    Come on. Take a step back. Wikipedia is awesome.

    Lighten up, Francis.

  8. Re:Jury nullification on How To Crash the US Justice System: Demand a Trial · · Score: 1

    5 years for smoking weed?

    I can't even get my local police department to issue someone a warning for smoking weed, let alone an arrest, conviction, or incarceration.

    And this guy was living in a condo, surrounded by families on both sides with connecting walls.

    Unless he was selling, or in possession of a significant stash, they didn't care.

    And you shouldn't care either. Mind your own fucking business, you neo-Puritan.

  9. Good luck with that on Jimmy Wales To Become UK Government Adviser · · Score: 1, Funny

    The guy who brought edit wars, [citation needed], and ceaseless begging to the great hordes of the Internet is going to be a consultant to the UK gubmint? Despite doing it pro bono, he's overpaid.

  10. Re:The most popular degree is law on Yahoo Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Facebook · · Score: 2

    Ok, I'm not an engineer, my BS is in economics. Therefore I have no idea what all this 'supply and demand' and ROI means. Can you maybe go for a car analogy?

  11. Re:Wear Foil! on Journalist Gets Blasted By the Pentagon's Pain Ray — Twice · · Score: 1

    dude, you've got 16 hours, surely you can outrun it.

    You aren't familiar with the athletic abilities of your average basement dwelling slashtard, are you?

  12. Re:Just a thought... on Lawsuit Claims NASA Specialist Was Fired Over Intelligent Design Belief · · Score: 1

    And, can that creator make a sandwich so big that even the creator can't eat it?

    No, because in most portrayals, the creator is a man, not a sammich maker.

  13. Re:Don't listen to Nick on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    If Jezebel is the best of Gawker media, I'm truly loathe to encounter the worst.

  14. Re:Ask a Microsoft or Apple question here... on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    Trouble is it wouldn't be very effective as it'd float. What you need to do is open the case up and fill it with Linux distro CDs. That'd sink it.

    I dunno. One distro was enough to sink Dell.

  15. Re:obviously on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    I've seen that before. Personally I think what happens is it challenges the dude with the mod-point to be fair in his or her judgment. At least I can speak for myself, I've done that.

    Considering that you like to lick butts, I'm not sure that you signing off on a technique is a ringing endorsement.

  16. Re:obviously on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    Maybe the fact stories do not have like or dislike buttons so that people can say "314 people like Microsoft" or "21 people work for Apple"?

    For pointless numerology we have our UID wars. Obviously as a 5 digit UID, my posts are going to be more insightful than your 7 digit UID post (hint hint mods you know what to click here).

    That's right mods, downmod the noobsauce above.

  17. Re:obviously on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    There is value to the moderation when compared to the swinging of the banhammer. If one likes the off-topic comments, it's much better to have them there but difficult to look at, rather than eliminated. Of course, this is made vastly better by having threaded discussions.

    Has anyone ever tried a discussion on FB, youtube, or the gawker sites? Seems as useful as getting information out of MichaelKristopeit6969. Or JonKatz.

  18. Re:Use forums instead on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    You forgot the Gingery nutters.

  19. Re:Use forums instead on Have Online Comment Sections Become Specious? · · Score: 1

    If you were worth a crap as a machinist, you'd use the Chinese junk to build parts to replace the junk.

  20. Re:Uh... this is DC. on Prof. J. Alex Halderman Tells Us Why Internet-Based Voting Is a Bad Idea (Video) · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I thought hizzoner wanted to run and immediately abdicate, passing the throne to his son.

  21. Re:Never use a connection which can be traced to y on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 1

    Way upthread you implied that only pussies become snitches. The AC and I disagree with that assessment.

  22. Re:who the hell cares? on NVIDIA Challenges Apple's iPad Benchmarks · · Score: 1

    tegra smegma a5x tri-dual-octo-quad core ACME RX3200 Rocket Skates GigaHertzMegaPixelPerSecond my asshole graphics is irrelevant.
    the ONLY thing that matters is how it works when its in your hands.

    Understanding of this is why Apple is thrashing the shit out of Android in the tablet space.

  23. Re:Never use a connection which can be traced to y on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 1

    No, what he meant is that everyone in prison or under threat of same rats. Read some true crime. Talk to admins or guards from a prison. Don't bother with prisoners because they lie. Too much reputation to protect. Most of these jailhouse turds would sell their own mother for an extra slice of bread at lunchtime.

  24. Re:What utterly incompetent tradecraft on Accused LulzSec Members Left Trail of Clues Online · · Score: 2

    > Maybe he should have thought about what the government would do to his children before he messed with them.

    It's rather frightening how you seem to consider the government dragging his children into this a reasonable consequence of hacking.

    I don't think he meant that it was a 'reasonable' consequence. I think he meant it was an 'expected' consequence. And it was. And Sabu is a shitty father for not considering it.

  25. Re:I will be doing one thing about it. on What To Do About an Asteroid That Has a 1 In 625 Chance of Hitting Us In 2040? · · Score: 1

    Interesting fact: "Telephone sanitizer" is actually a euphemism for toilet cleaner./quote.

    What I want to know is whether that is the part of the joke I didn't get because I'm too young, or not British?

    I learn something new about HHGTTG about every six months.