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  1. Live by the sword, die by the sword on Senators Threaten To Rescind NFL Antitrust Exemption · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The NFL obviously paid off some group of politicians to achieve their non-profit status. Now a new set of politicians have their hand out for another sweaty envelope filled with cash.

  2. Good luck threatening a company with $54B in cash on Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos · · Score: 1

    Google has what amounts to unlimited resources, which they would assuredly use to defend this case because settling or losing would set a precedent that would cost them a lot more money in the long run.

  3. Government breeds panic by saying not to panic on After Dallas Ebola Diagnosis, CDC Raises Estimate of Patient's Possible Contacts · · Score: 1

    Our government thinks we're a bunch of impulsive automatons that need to be instructed when and how we need to worry. They try to control panic by metering out information, first telling citizens "nobody on the plane is at risk" and "the chance of infection spread is near zero" and then slowly releasing information to the contrary, like how there are now home-quarantined individuals and 80 more under observation. FYI government officials: Your strategy has the opposite effect because it undermines our confidence in your information and leaves us to our own devices and imagination about how to protect ourselves and our family.

  4. Vague click-bait on Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? · · Score: 1

    Saying the OS decays and slows down without any supporting data is about as informative as saying society is in decay. Btw I've never had this problem on any of my XP or Win7 systems.

  5. Now that Windows has reached version 10 on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 2

    We can do a proper ten-point countdown to complete irrelevance.

  6. Hardly unexpected if it erupted only 7 years ago on Update: At Least 31 People Feared Dead After Japan Volcano Erupts · · Score: 4, Informative

    Science already knows that not all eruptions produce tell-tale precursors.

  7. No wonder Arizona and Texas didn't win Gigafactory on State of Iowa Tells Tesla To Cancel Its Scheduled Test Drives · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The article lists all the states that ban or limit Tesla's no-delaer business model and it includes Texas and Arizona, two of the four finalists for Tesla's new battery Gigafactory. Did those states think they had a chance when they support that crooked business cronyism?

  8. Who knew Milton Waddams worked at the airport? on Nearly 2,000 Chicago Flights Canceled After Worker Sets Fire At Radar Center · · Score: 2
  9. With the help of AIDS of course on How Did the 'Berlin Patient' Rid Himself of HIV? · · Score: 1

    Everyone can use some aids to help them with their daily lives.

  10. Don't we own the land? on Forest Service Wants To Require Permits For Photography · · Score: 0

    And aren't these the same government organizations that are always stashing away budgeted money and failing to report it until a random audit finds they have millions stuffed in a tree trunk somewhere?

  11. I'm a PC. And I'm a bricked iPhone who can't call on Apple Yanks iOS 8 Update · · Score: 1

    911 to get an ambulance to help my brother who just had a heart attack.

  12. They seemed detrmined to use up every last dollar on BlackBerry Launches Square-Screened Passport Phone · · Score: 1

    of shareholder equity before they close their doors.

  13. Perhaps a more elaborate hoax than we think on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe it was an elaborate hoax to publicize 4chan by publicizing an elaborate hoax to attack 4cahn.

  14. Samsung should hire Uri Geller on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 5, Funny

    For a commercial where he bends an iPhone 6+. Now that would be funny.

  15. Kevin Costner would taken the guy down on Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach · · Score: 2

    In a steely cool professional manner.

  16. Don't see the need on Video Released, Crowdfunding Underway For Axiom Open Source Cinema Camera · · Score: 3, Informative

    The digital camera market for video is very competitive and so there are some great feature-rich cameras available for shooting cinematic video. Most notable is the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema (was on sale for $500 recently), the Panasonic GH2 ($400 used), GH3 ($600 used), and GH4 ($1700 new).

  17. U2 poured 5 years of their soul into this album on Say Goodbye To That Unwanted U2 Album · · Score: 2

    And Apple is allowing people to remove it after 5 days. A nice example of how internet time differs from human time.

  18. The screens may have cracked when dropped on Sapphire Glass Didn't Pass iPhone Drop Test According to Reports · · Score: 2

    But at least they weren't scratched!

  19. Re:Yahoo knew fine was a bluff on U.S. Threatened Massive Fine To Force Yahoo To Release Data · · Score: 1

    I used the past tense, "refused". Yahoo was threatened back in 2008. PRISM was highly classified then.

  20. Yahoo knew fine was a bluff on U.S. Threatened Massive Fine To Force Yahoo To Release Data · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How can you fine someone for not cooperating in activities that the government refused to even admit existed?

  21. Sample size of two on Some Core I7 5960X + X99 Motherboards Mysteriously Burning Up · · Score: 1

    Kind of a small sample size to categorize these failures as "some boards", with the implication that "some" has on perception. Admittedly two mobos failing in spectacular fashion out of the relatively few that have shipped into customers' hands is a bit troubling.

  22. Tick/Tock has become NOP/NOP on Intel Discloses Core M Broadwell Speeds, Feeds and Performance Expectations · · Score: 1

    As in no discernible improvement in performance even across multiple generations. Intel's process-reduction strategy made sense in the past for improving battery life but now that notebooks are pushing 8+ hours on reasonably-sized batteries I don't think it's enough anymore.

  23. Everything in Objective-C on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Strangest Features of Various Programming Languages? · · Score: 0

    An absolute cluster-fuck of inconsistent syntax and bolt-on extensions.

  24. Surfire way of keeping USA weapons out of reach on Could Tech Have Stopped ISIS From Using Our Own Heavy Weapons Against Us? · · Score: 2

    Is to stop taking sides in disputes inside hostile (but sovereign) nations and supplying the "good guys" with our weapons.

  25. Re:Diet is very important. on Low-Carb Diet Trumps Low-Fat Diet In Major New Study · · Score: 1

    A calorie is in fact a calorie. It is true that carbohydrates, fats, and proteins each have different energy expenditures (loss) during human metabolism but these differences are already reflected in their rated calorie values - they are "net" values after metabolism. The law of conservation of energy trumps fad diet books, gross misconceptions, and imprecisely controlled human experiments.