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  1. Re:Peter Kasting's answer on WebKit As Broken As Older IE Versions? · · Score: 1

    Speaking as a senior "web guy" who is a large contributor to JS library, if you're getting that sort of response it's for a reason and you have yet to graduate from "web guy". There are bugs, but they are minor and occur in experimental implementations. Most of the issues rise with sandboxed features and implementations of HTML5, CSS3, and Canvas.
    The reason you've received no response for bugs falls as this:
    1) You have no bug to report. Just a complaint because you received an unexpected result because *you are doing it wrong and don't know what you are doing*. 2) See #1
    You do not do "real" work and have no "real" clients especially if you're targeting primarily for IE. Why this shit gets modded up, I have no idea.

  2. Addictive tendencies on Alcoholism Vaccine Makes Alcohol Intolerable To Drinkers · · Score: 1

    Addictive tendencies could very well manifest in other ways; instead of alcohol, perhaps former addicts will move on to cigarettes.

    I have never met an alcoholic who wasn't already addicted to cigarettes prior to drinking. Arguably, alcoholism and alcohol abuse can stem from cigarette addiction when cigarettes no longer cut it and leave the user with discontentment.

  3. Re:fuck you iceland. on Iceland Considers Internet Porn Ban · · Score: 1

    Free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive.

  4. Obligatory on Monsanto Takes Home $23m From Small Farmers According To Report · · Score: 1
  5. Re:You don't have to buy Monsanto seeds on Monsanto Takes Home $23m From Small Farmers According To Report · · Score: 1

    There are lots of non GM soybeans around and they are cheap.

    Why do famers buy expensive GM seeds then?

    Because they are better. You make more money when you plant GM seed.

    Farmers are not dumb.

    No, farmers are desperate. It's a greater yield at a greater long-term expense.

    Who's going to pay for the $120K combine?

  6. Re:Monsanto takes .. on Monsanto Takes Home $23m From Small Farmers According To Report · · Score: 1

    It's not baloney and very, very real. There was a case ongoing just a few years ago because their seed *did* pollenating from neighboring fields. In fact, this is a large problem and they're taking their case internationally by farmers who haphazardly stumbled upon their seed. Shit, there's even a documentary about it.

  7. Re:Urgently needed product on Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'? · · Score: 1

    When grandma dies, do I gets to have her iWatch?

  8. It's about input. on Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'? · · Score: 1

    I can foresee a watch that will rely less on voice input (i.e. Siri) but on "gestures". If there is a voice input, it will be secondary. It's primarily about touch. Think one or two or even three finger input.

  9. Re:Almost no one is killed by "assault weapons" on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    The raw numbers are just that raw, and must be turned into rates for them to be in any way meaningful.

    Either you are stupid or lazy. If you're just lazy, thanks for proving my initial point.

    The actual raw data, that you were too stupid or lazy to analyze and graph, shows that states and cities with more relaxed or too few gun laws have more documented violent crimes.

    It's the exact opposite of what you claimed. i.e. St Louis has the highest violent crime rate (3 times that of New York) and you're able to conceal and carry (hint: their violent crime rate has grown since then). Oakland is the next with more relaxed gun laws.

    Stop spouting bullshit (especially condescendingly) when you can't understand it or are too lazy to read "raw data".

    NOTE: I am not against gun restrictions. I own two. I grew up on a farm. But don't dare... muddle data that you're too lazy to review all the while criticizing condescendingly what you yourself know fucking nothing about. It's all about integrity; that's why I called you out.

  10. Re:Almost no one is killed by "assault weapons" on 3D Printable Ammo Clip Skirts New Proposed Gun Laws · · Score: 1

    C: States and Cities in the US with strict gun control regimes are some of the most dangerous places to be in this country. The stats you are swallowing whole include suicides in them to make the rural areas look dangerous. D: You know nothing about this topic and are simply seeking information to confirm your biases.

    Um, No, sir. Either you are lazy or flat out lying. Here's the data: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/standard-links/city-agency http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-5

  11. Re:It's a disease on MIT Investigating School's Role In Swartz Suicide · · Score: 1
    Very often, those underlying causes are related to brain chemistry, not external factors.


    If that's the case, then I'm doomed! May as well off myself...
  12. Re:I will pay $100 to never hear about him again on Facebook Testing $100 Fee To Mail Mark Zuckerberg · · Score: 1

    100% agree but lost my mod points 30 minutes ago.

  13. Re:wonderful on Facebook Testing $100 Fee To Mail Mark Zuckerberg · · Score: 1

    From what I understand, you have always been able to. You include a TOA at the bottom of your email when responding. It's legally binding if they continue to send you email as they have effectively agreed to your toa.

  14. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    There are two reordering methods here: reverse and sort. The question is simple and legit. It's asking for basic knowledge in comparing values with the sort method.

    This is the answer to the question:

    var values = [1,2,3,4,5];
    values.sort(compare);

    function compare(v1, v2) {
            return v2 - v1;
    }

    Cheers.

  15. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    var values = [1,2,3,4,5];
    values.sort(compare);

    function compare(v1, v2) {
            return v2 - v1;
    }

    I win!!

    No, but srsly, are you still hiring?

  16. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    var values = [1,2,3,4,5];
    values.sort(compare);

    function compare(v1, v2) {
    if (v1 < v2) {
    return 1;
    } else if (v1 > v2) {
    return -1;
    } else {
    return 0;
    }
    }

    Are you still hiring?

  17. Re:I dunno... on Ask Slashdot: Are Timed Coding Tests Valuable? · · Score: 1

    var values = [23,14,375,42];
    values.sort(compare).reverse();
    alert(values);


    function compare(v1, v2) {
    return v2 - v1;
    }


    Can I have a job too? I'm hungry.

  18. How to Stop Mass Killings... on Smart Guns To Stop Mass Killings · · Score: 1

    Social Accountability.

    Growing up, I attended thirteen different schools (excluding university). There is something to be said about these small towns. The real issue that I observed is a cultural regression. People are no longer neighbors.

    It wasn't that long ago, citizens acted like neighbors and took responsibility for all. Nowadays, if a child begins to develop behavioral problems, he is exiled instead of being compassionately rebuked.

  19. Re:Good on Indiana Nurses Fired After Refusing Flu Shots On Religious Grounds · · Score: 1

    Only one procedure: blood transfusions.

  20. That's why Chrome, Firefox, etc., aren't the most-used browsers.

    You may not have noticed, but they *are* the most-used browsers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers

  21. Re:Correlation != causation on America's Real Criminal Element: Lead · · Score: 1

    Poor people commit crimes. Poor people get stuck with most pollution. What else is new.

    What else is new? This might be new to you: rich people commit the same amount of crimes, often on a larger and more heinous degree.

  22. Books are Alive on Death of Printed Books May Have Been Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of Lawrence Durrell passing by a burnt-down storefront and finding a book lying on the street in perfect condition. The contents, he claims, seemed to have changed his life.

    This is how readers often find the important books in our lives.

    I don't think the same thing happens or can happen with eBooks.

  23. Re:TSA at Every Home on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    (I have actually been asked by a TSA agent how I was able to afford airline tickets.)

    Same here *and* I am a US citizen. This also occurred *after* my flight and having already been granted re-entrance from a customs official. The TSA agent then delayed me for another forty minutes and was forced to undergo two secondary layers of security simply because she had a bug up her ass.

  24. Re:Assault Rifles on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    What do they have in common? The Reagan Administration. OMG, I said it.

  25. Re:This is borderline ridiculous on Bloomberg: Steve Jobs Behind NYC Crime Wave · · Score: 1

    a desirable vehicle that is prone to theft as a result of its desirability or popularity.

    Offtopic, but Lexus doesn't even figure in the top ten. I think the Honda Accord and Civic have topped that list for years -- earlier-model ones, for that matter.

    This is presumably due to their popularity which makes them easier to be scrapped and trafficked. In Mexico, it's the VW that is more prone to theft. Thieves will even steal parts off a parked VW for a few pesos.

    Perhaps it's also true for the iDevices: it's not the cost but their popularity.