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  1. Re:In a country that drinks wine like water? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    In Australia the a nurse takes a blood test back at the cop shop if you blow over the limit. Problem solved.

    It varies by jurisdiction, but doing it that way is not an unusual practice in the US.

  2. Re:the only drug? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    TL;DR "Won't somebody think of the children?"

  3. Re:Gotta Love the B52s on US Military Working On 'Optionally-Manned' Bomber · · Score: 1

    You left off part of your sig.

  4. Re:Laptop that lets you take apps and data with yo on Asus PadFone Combines Smartphone, Tablet, Keyboard · · Score: 1

    It's not inventing the laptop computer per se as much as inventing the laptop computer that lets you pull a piece out and take your applications, data, and computing hardware to use them with you.

    So.... they invented a laptop with a thumbdrive?

  5. Re:Worse than Beamers? on Are Rich People Less Moral? · · Score: 1

    Piss poor guess in my experience. Plenty of Prius drivers who think that since they aren't paying for much gas, they can afford to do 70 mph when surrounding traffic is at 45 (and on low rolling resistance tires).

    BTW, Beamers have two wheels, Bimmers have four.

  6. Re:How is this news? on Vatican Attack Provides Insight Into Anonymous · · Score: 1

    Did the cardinal who nominated Benedict look anything like Natalie Portman?

    Have you see those cardinals? More likely he looked like JarJar.

  7. Re:OpenOffice once again? on Intel Joins LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    You should get a refund. Whatever amount you paid to learn how to troll, it was too much.

    Relax, it's the closest this person has come to engaging a female (as long as rule 1 is not a lie) in who knows how long.

  8. Re:windows only app up on Intel Joins LibreOffice · · Score: 1

    Hmm, a sybian android? Rule 34 of this, plz.

  9. Re:Avatar wasn't that good. on Should There Be a Sci-Fi Category At the Oscars? · · Score: 1

    Trying watching Star Wars with a fresh mind. It's a terrible, terrible movie with bad dialogue and worse acting. It was a novelty that many of us remember fondly because we saw it when we were kids, but it's very much a B-movie.

    Funny you mention that. Last week I went to see Episode I in 3D with my son. I tried watching it with fresh eyes. His eyes. And it was pretty fucking cool.

    Let's face it, we all got old. That's why we don't like the prequel trilogy.

  10. Re:The problem with Europe is they are duplicators on Europe Plans Exascale Funding Above U.S. Levels · · Score: 1

    I know it wasn't your point, it was just a good place from which to troll. And you pretty much answered your question with the wikipedia link below. I haven't looked much into it. I just remember the basics of the theory. They must have come from somewhere though, unless homo sapiens developed in N. America independent from development in Africa.

  11. Re:Daniel Brandt is a loony on Privacy-Centric Search Engine Scroogle Shuts Down · · Score: 2

    That hardly scratches the surface. You haven't mentioned him stalking a wikipedia editor and serving time for said stunt.

  12. Re:I'd comment but... on The webOS Features Other OSes Should Steal · · Score: 1

    What bullshit. How would a slashdot virgin catch syphilis to know what it feels like?

  13. Re:I love my HP Touchpad on The webOS Features Other OSes Should Steal · · Score: 1

    Proof that you've been smoking your namesake rather than making clothing out of it.

  14. Re:The problem with Europe is they are duplicators on Europe Plans Exascale Funding Above U.S. Levels · · Score: 1

    I’m sure the native Indian population would have eventually established NASA, NIF, etc anyway

    If people descended from those who crossed the Bering Strait to settle North America are 'natives', then certainly so are people descended from those who crossed the Atlantic.

  15. Re:Definition of Exascale Computing on Europe Plans Exascale Funding Above U.S. Levels · · Score: 3, Funny

    but what can any single machine that can achieve it actually be used for?

    i figure it will be like driving a Ferrari in a traffic jam

    I believe the meme you are looking for is "play Crysis at full resolution".

  16. Re:Not Arnold... on Unconstitutional Video Game Law Costs California $2 Million · · Score: 1

    FTA:

    Created by California lawmaker Former San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Leland Yee, now a senator, in the hopes of curbing childrenâ(TM)s access to games that allow for assassination, violent crimes, rape, etc.

    Seems this was a law the Democrats "attempted to push through".

    And with the signature of the Republican governor, they did.

    So the legislature wrote it and passed it, but it's the governor's fault.

    Who would you blame if it was a Democratic governor that signed it? George Bush?

    Go back to high school civics class. Come back after you've done remedial work on the 'veto'.

  17. Re:WTF Just Not Enough on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Jeb is the guy who cleans the toilets, not runs the country. He will not get elected with that name.

    I think it's his last name that people might take issue with.

  18. Re:Hypocrits abound on Santorum Calls Democrats 'Anti-Science' · · Score: 1

    Arizona is lucky we dont turn it back into a territory.

    Can't we just turn it back into Mexico?

  19. Re:Interesting on Unconstitutional Video Game Law Costs California $2 Million · · Score: 1

    Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to prevent children from experiencing violence?

    He had no movies coming out, so he stood nothing to lose. (or loose, as all the kids say these days)

  20. Re:Not Arnold... on Unconstitutional Video Game Law Costs California $2 Million · · Score: 2

    FTA:

    Created by California lawmaker Former San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Leland Yee, now a senator, in the hopes of curbing children’s access to games that allow for assassination, violent crimes, rape, etc.

    Seems this was a law the Democrats "attempted to push through".

    And with the signature of the Republican governor, they did.

  21. Re:FTFA on Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers · · Score: 1

    Compuserve introduced the GIF format in 1987, and digital porn was born two minutes later.

    We had ASCII porn before 1987, newfag.

  22. Re:Apache Never Again on Apache 2.4 Takes Direct Aim At Nginx · · Score: 1

    I definitely don't want to hire someone that has trouble using something as simple as Apache.

    Holy crap, do you even use Apache? At my job, I get to roll my own from source and I own every line of httpd.conf and each of our vhosts.

    Simple is not the word I would use to describe it. "Specialized" is much more like it.

    'Special' is how they refer to the kids on the short bus as well (and Palin's and Santorum's kids).

  23. Re:OK, whatever. on With Push for OS X Focus, CUPS Printing May Suffer On Other Platforms · · Score: 1

    You can cite those examples all you like, but what about the time Apple didn't release Android 3.0 Ice Cream Sandwich? Huh? What about that?

  24. Re:Paying attention to what's important: on Google Seeks To Plant Antenna Farm In Iowa · · Score: 1

    Dropping nuclear loads at the truck stop? I see you've seen the bathrooms at TAs as well.

  25. Re:As opposed to clay pigeons on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 2

    It would be like Duck Hunt! (with pigeons)

    And you can actually shoot the dog when he laughs at you.