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  1. Re:blame the cable co's + dish and directv on Vizio Plans To Undercut The Market For All-In-One PCs · · Score: 1

    You're not familiar with the works of Quentin Tarantino and Samuel Jackson, are you?

    You were supposed to say "say 'what' again!"

  2. Re:Tolkien's prose on JRR Tolkien Denied Nobel Due To Low Quality Prose · · Score: 1

    The GP was modded down 'overrated' when the AC wrote his comment. This could have been due to Tolkien fanboys or people who loathe bonch, for whatever reason.

  3. Re:To be fair on Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And it's an absurd quibble. What, my 11 year old kid can't watch movies in the car? Girlfriend? Perhaps I live somewhere with a decent/new cell tower nearby but am limited to dialup. Not everyone's life is the same as yours.

  4. Re:Send up some Midol? on Could a Dirty Rag Take Out a $2 Billion Satellite? · · Score: 1

    So, the problem is the satellite is 'on the rag'?

    What's the problem then, the satellite will only be bitchy and nonfunctional five days out of the month.

  5. Re:blame the cable co's + dish and directv on Vizio Plans To Undercut The Market For All-In-One PCs · · Score: 1

    ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER. Do you speak it?

                                                                         

    What?

  6. Re:Awesome headline. on Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments · · Score: 1

    I can still turn my Nokia phone on and dial 911 20+ times faster than your shitty smartphone.

    What the hell kind of life do you live where this is the determining factor in a phone purchase?

  7. Re:Cyber-white flight on Microsoft Patents Bad Neighborhood Detection · · Score: 1

    The trouble with flight is that it's a flawlessly good idea for the people who are fleeing.

    There is no logical argument for staying.

    You mean the liberal white guilt people have been trying to foist upon you throughout this article isn't working?

  8. Re:They were written by the same guy. on Employee-Owned Devices Muddy Data Privacy Rights · · Score: 2

    Then why is Slashdot still accepting stories written by him?

    He is a troll and just an average Joe trying to flamebait his way to hits to CIONetworkWorld mag or whatever it is. He is an idiot and not an actual I.T. visionary, editor, or CIO who is qualified to write a well documented article relevant to I.T. in the enterprise.

    Much like it drives views to his site, it drives views to Slashdot. It's why we see so many Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft vs. whatever stories. They drive views and posts, which create ad impressions.

    Far from the story writer being an idiot, he's a genius. Despite knowing dickall, he has tons of people viewing his story. Getting him paid. "Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who reads him?"

  9. Re:A reminder on Chinese Lab Speeds Through Genome Processing With GPUs · · Score: 1

    you have proof of this ?

    I don't have room to write it in the margins of this website. The borked .js keeps killing it.

  10. Re:convenient for microsoft on Microsoft Scraps 'Where's My Phone Update?' Site · · Score: 1

    the first update affected by this policy change benefits a competitor. what severity is the gmail bug which this patch claims to address?

    A gmail bug on a windows7 phone is no problem. In fact there are those in Redmond who just might consider it an indispensable feature. The same as a default store bought Windows computer not being able to burn .iso files to disk without installing something.

    "DOS ain't done 'til Lotus won't run" is the quote yer lookin' for, kid.

  11. Re:Disappointment on Microsoft Scraps 'Where's My Phone Update?' Site · · Score: 2

    McDonalds is the top selling food in the country, that doesn't mean it's the best.

    The Ford F-150 is the top selling car in the country, does that make it better than an Infiniti G37?

    Depends on how many sheets of drywall you need to take to a jobsite or home improvement project.

  12. Re:if it ain't broke on Japan Plans To Scrap Nuclear Plants After 40 Years · · Score: 1

    Yeah..And if the neighbors don't like the smell, they can get used to it, just like the Japanese people can get used to a little bit of non lethal radiation :/

    Hell, they've done it before.

  13. Re:really?! on TSA Interested In Purchasing Dosimeters · · Score: 1

    So which is it, there is or there is not profiling?

    I've been through Arizona more than once, as quickly as possible. No desire to be there any longer than necessary.

  14. Re:Pragmatism can be dangerous on Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats? · · Score: 1

    Watch a few episodes of "Locked Up". Solitary confinement ain't necessarily all it's cracked up to be.

    I haven't seen it - are people being killed in solitary?

    Yes, they are. Solitary confinement like that in Papillion does not for the most part exist in the US. Most prisons feature some sort of segregated housing that does not feature one inmate in a dank cell. Conditions vary from state to state and prison to prison, but it's not a given that you can get yourself into the safety of traditional solitary.

    I also have a co-worker who is a former prison guard. If someone wants to get to you even if there is traditional solitary, it is far from impossible.

  15. Re:why isn't it public domain? on NASA Launches Open Source Portal · · Score: 1

    Would be much more GNU like if they came up with something like 'Nasa Available Source Agreement', NASA, but NOSA?
    Guess we should be happy they didn't use 'Nasa Open Source Entitlement'.

    They tried, but found that N.O.S.E. was wholly incompatible with Stallman's.... aura.

  16. Re:really?! on TSA Interested In Purchasing Dosimeters · · Score: 1

    And I suspect in Maricopa County, the cops look extra hard at tanned skinned people's driving, looking for an excuse to pull someone over.

  17. Re:Frankly... on Want To Get Kids Interested In Programming? Teach Them Computer History · · Score: 1

    One word, kid. Sex! Lots of it! Tons of unshaved, hairy, bushy sex!

    Yeah, your mom was a helluva party gal.

  18. Re:Yea... teach them history... on Want To Get Kids Interested In Programming? Teach Them Computer History · · Score: 1

    Are those things still available? I noticed a dearth of such stuff the last few times I've been into Radio Shack.

  19. Re:Yea... teach them history... on Want To Get Kids Interested In Programming? Teach Them Computer History · · Score: 1

    Simply using "he" makes people more upset,

    That's what you get for teaching "her" how to read anything other than a cookbook.

  20. Re:Here's What Needs To Happen. on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 1

    Well you sounded reasonable, until i read that you go to jail if you dont pay.

    - because you can avoid paying your taxes and not go to jail?

    Do, tell, it's fascinating.

    Ask Wesley Snipes.

  21. Re:Technical solutions? on Lawmakers Intent On Approving SOPA, PIPA · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, the jury box got killed a century ago because "oh noes, southern white juries were letting off people who killed blacks".

  22. Re:For those wondering on DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the information. I was wondering why the submitter included a link to that shitty Peace Corpse page instead of one to Memory Alpha.

  23. Re:92 Hinda Civic VX on Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality · · Score: 1

    I thought the HF was the Honda model with great fuel economy, or was that limited to the CRX?

  24. Re:First Anecdote! on Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality · · Score: 1

    We haven't advanced much MPG wise but your 78 Fiesta sucked. It didn't have much if any power, had armstrong windows, no air bags, was a pollution factory, took forever to get up to 55 mph, and were lucky if you had an 8-track for it.

    FTFY.

  25. Re:First Anecdote! on Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality · · Score: 1

    Where are you and what sort of taxis are there that feature a six litre engine? The biggest I can think of in the US (home of the large displacement engine) would have been about 5.7 liters back in the 60's and 70's. The biggest for most of the past 20 years would have been the Crown Victoria at 5 liters (and later, 4.6).