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  1. Re:In before... on Angry Birds Boss Credits Piracy For Popularity Boost · · Score: -1

    Oh, and a flamebait mod to boot. Wow, the freeloaders in society are touchy tonight.

  2. In before... on Angry Birds Boss Credits Piracy For Popularity Boost · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    In before someone justifies their piracy by saying they help with advertising.

    Oh wait, only six posts as I type this and already too late.

  3. Re:Oh well on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 1

    If he were a banker he'd get a bonus ?

    Or made Treasury Secretary.

  4. Re:Even cheaper on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Simply weight the toolbox on the way out and again on the way back in.

    Because if I carry my lunch out in the toolbox, the only way things work out is if I make a 'deposit' before weigh in. (And if I do that in the toolbox, how can I get a receipt for it later?)

  5. Re:Shit Happens on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 1

    It is human nature to need to know why.

    It isn't in China. Maybe that's why they are winning at manufacturing.

    Except that, you know, the largest manufacturer in the world is still the United States. China is gaining. But they aren't winning yet.

  6. Re:Dying from lack of surprise... on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sure he also envisioned a bunch of intellectuals debating theory, but who did he propose would lead this said 'revolt'?

    "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State..."

  7. Re:Dying from lack of surprise... on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course he also asked to have the next slave girl brought in when he grew bored of the one he was shtooping.

    To be fair, I hear Sally Hemmings had a phat ass.

  8. Re:Discontinued service on Dutch Supreme Court Sees Game Objects As Goods · · Score: 1

    That's much, much better than mine.

    I play WoW. I know of what I speak.

  9. Re:My guess on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    What part of Rush Limbaugh is Democratic, exactly? You stupid fucknugget.

    The part that likes to use drugs recreationally and indulge in non heteronormative sexual practices.

  10. Re:My guess on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    Maybe... but the Statue of Liberty was also originally sculpted to look like an African woman. It was changed after arrival because a large and politically powerful portion of the population strongly objected to the idea of an African breaking free from the chains that bind them in a display of ultimate literal liberty.

    [Citation needed] Best I found on the subject is contrary to your assertion. (That said, snopes is not 100%, but they're pretty darned close)

  11. Re:He was probably aghast at the Democrats' racism on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    Are you aware that fifty years was a long time ago?

    Not to Jews and Palestinians.

  12. Re:Get a real job on Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song · · Score: 1

    I was born in the USA .....

    I wonder if anyone ever told Ronnie what that song was really about.

  13. Re:Apple is not wholly top down on Apple Versus Google Innovation Strategies · · Score: 1

    I read in an article once that Steve actually dictated what was served in the company cafeteria - sure spaghetti and meatballs wasn't his invention, but it was sure his idea that day.

    "My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious. "

    That's at least as reliable as your statement.

  14. Re:Wow, does that PR stunt even work anymore? on WikiLeaks To Ship Servers To Micronation of Sealand? · · Score: 1

    All of your questions strike me as pointless semantic dithering

    We are talking about questions of legalities. What is that other than pointless semantic dithering?

  15. Re:What is really needed for this sort of thing... on Pentagon: 30,000 Pound Bomb Too Small · · Score: 1

    Accuracy may leave a bit to be desired.

  16. Re:Don't forget on Why the Raspberry Pi Won't Ship In Kit Form · · Score: 1

    I've seen several references to being unable to use the toaster ovens for food in the future. Is this due to gassing of the lead solder or something else?

  17. Re:Assumptions on Why the Raspberry Pi Won't Ship In Kit Form · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Freedom? Why do the most idiotic Americans always bring up liberty in every goddamn discussion?

    Because so many of our ancestors were enslaved and murdered by the ancestors of self-righteous Europeans, especially when American ancestors tried to get a few liberties.

  18. Re:Discontinued service on Dutch Supreme Court Sees Game Objects As Goods · · Score: 1

    People who play WOW couldn't riot. They'd get winded by the time they got to the end of their driveways, give up, and order in some pizza and watch some Netflix.

    End of the driveway? We'd get winded halfway up the stairs. </basementjoke>

  19. Re:Then we must live forever on Trials and Errors: Why Science Is Failing Us · · Score: 1

    I prefer immortality myself, not a copy of my brain.

    Oh puh-leeze, like you'd know the difference. Even if you would, we'd program it so you wouldn't. Besides, you'll spend so much time wondering about tea and lunchtime that you won't notice. Trust me. When have the mice ever lied to us?

  20. Re:Awesome on Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Beware of your words... Saying stuff like that is just prone to get them out of their kitchens.

    Out of the kitchen? B-b-b-but then how can she make sammiches?

  21. Re:Agree, needs tweaking... on Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Question: why are we wearing bras on our heads?

  22. How much sooner on Facebook's Oregon Data Center Uses As Much Power As Entire County · · Score: 1

    How much sooner do I have to give up internal combustion engines so that my girlfriend can play farmville? That indian from the 70's is gonna cry a helluva lot more than a single tear when he hears this news.

  23. Re:I can see the trailer in my head... on Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    In
    Don Lafontaine's voice:

      In a world where blockbuster films are so uneconomical to produce, the simply don't exist...

    [close-up of unshaven DiCaprio taking a swig of Everclear]

      A world where the internet miracle is not smothered...

    [cut to LAN party with a bunch of stereotypical geeks]

    Yeah, that second scene is sure to not only kill ticket sales for that movie, it's going to cause people seeing the movie airing after the trailer you mention to run out of the theatre screaming.

  24. Re:Awesome on Dutch ISPs Refuse To Block Pirate Bay · · Score: 1

    Why do you assume OP is a female just because poster has a 'boyfriend'? That's rather heteronormative of you. IOW, more likely you are talking to a gay guy. After all, there are no women on the Internet. Especially slashdot.

  25. Re:I do the opposite on Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online Vendors · · Score: 1

    That's kinda rude to assume his caulk is a small item. I mean, do you really know him that well?