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  1. Re:ball-bearings, tire spikes, sand, and debris on How Developers Can Rebuild Trust On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Hey, keep your sane thinking to yourself. This is the Internet, buddy!

  2. Re:Make security mandatory on How Developers Can Rebuild Trust On the Internet · · Score: 2

    Require that closed source software is clearly labeled as such.
    Ban closed source software in public administration.
    Ban closed source software on portable devices, ie. devices that someone may carry near other people without their decision.

    So, you want open source software everywhere...

    If something fails, the company responsible needs to pay for it...

    But a lot of open source projects don't "belong" to any company.

  3. Re:UK Government will oppose it on How Developers Can Rebuild Trust On the Internet · · Score: 4, Funny

    With all the "Think of the terrorists" and "Think of the children" crap we keep reading about, how about launching "Think of the terrorist children"? That'll throw a wrench into their insane ideas.

  4. Re:Public keys, trusted hardware, block chains on How Developers Can Rebuild Trust On the Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The way the economy is going, I agree that we need to create more jobs. But if those jobs blow, nobody will want them.

  5. How often do I update my OS? on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? · · Score: 2

    I don't update my OS, ever.

    The overlords living at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014 are the ones updating the OS for me.

  6. If it starts asking if you and your wife are an effective team, you answer YES .

  7. Based on credit/balance, really? on Apple Patents Bank Account Balance Snooping Tech · · Score: 2

    Maybe the companies will start sending me money!

  8. Re:When everything is about race nothing's about r on Silicon Valley Still Wrestling With Diversity Issues · · Score: 2

    Type 1: If you try to hire the best candidates, it means you're not maintaing your diversity/sex percentages, so you're racist/sexist.
    Type 2: If you try to maintain diversity/sex percentages, it means you won't hire some people because of their race/sex, so you're racist/sexist.

    Both types are stupid and racist, but at least with the first one you're hiring the best candidates!

  9. Re:Google is becoming irrelevant on Popular Torrent Site Disappears From Google After Penalty · · Score: 1

    How does using a search engine gives you "points"? It means you're logged into a Microsoft account, so at one point in the future it's not going to be any better than Google, it could even be worst.

  10. Re:Google is becoming irrelevant on Popular Torrent Site Disappears From Google After Penalty · · Score: 1

    AltaVista? WebCrawler?

    Pepperidge Farm Remembers.

  11. Re:Points at DuckDuckGo on Popular Torrent Site Disappears From Google After Penalty · · Score: 4, Informative

    For the search term "KickassTorrents":

    google.com returns "kickasstorrents.video" as the first result
    google.ca returns "kickasstorrents.pw" as the first result
    bing.com returns "kickasstorrents.ee" as the first result
    duckduckgo.com returns "kat.cr" as the first result, with a big "OFFICIAL SITE" red label

  12. Raspberry Pi cluster on Ask Slashdot: Best Bang-for-the-Buck HPC Solution? · · Score: 1

    Because Soulskill recommends it. Fourteen thousand Raspberry Pi, in fact.

  13. Re:Majoriana particle? on Antineutrino Detectors Could Be Key To Monitoring Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 2

    So... it's got two states (kind of like being dead and alive at the same time), and there's three types of oscillation (like the holy trinity)?

    I can't wait until the religious people hear about this one!

  14. Antineutrino Detectors? on Antineutrino Detectors Could Be Key To Monitoring Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 2

    What the fuck is this? Star Trek?

    No, seriously, we can detect antineutrinos? From space? Warp drives and teleportation can't be far behind!

  15. Re:Antineutrinos are for quarks. on Antineutrino Detectors Could Be Key To Monitoring Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 2

    There's only one Quark and there's no way you're taking his bar away from him.

    Unless the price is right, of course.

  16. Re:World's highest incarceration rate on UK Government Proposes 10-Year Copyright Infringement Jail Term · · Score: 1

    Maybe ITRambo was thinking about the United States of Kanada.

  17. Re:I see theyre using the Step 2 profit model on Most Comprehensive Study Yet On Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Electricity can be produced by multiple methods, your links are only relevant to some methods. Furthermore, those methods could be completely different in a few years/decades.

  18. Re:Big deal on Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone · · Score: 1

    I was arguing with a friend yesterday, he told me that audio via toslink sounded much better than audio via HDMI (using the same speakers). Toslink and HDMI are both digital, so I don't know what he's talking about. Any audiophile want to answer that?

  19. Re:i don't get the hate... on Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone · · Score: 1

    I find that it's the same as most Windows users. It's all about the hardware, because the software sucks.

  20. Damn kids on Meet "London," Marshall's First Android Smartphone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Once you get past the audio-centric functionality, there's a lot of lower-end hardware under the hood of the London. You'll find a 4.7-inch 720p display, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, LTE connectivity, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, and a removable 2500 mAh battery.

    A 720p display, a quad-core CPU with 2GB of RAM and an 8MP camera is "low-end hardware" now. In your freakin' pocket, too.

    I guess kids these days don't have a clue about how much we've advanced in the last 30 years.

  21. Re:Why not just use English, and only English? on New Unicode Bug Discovered For Common Japanese Character "No" · · Score: 1

    We shouldn't strive to eliminate other languages, of course. They do have their value, but more as historic curiosities for linguists and historians rather than something to use on a daily basis.

    Quoi?

  22. Re:What's Cash? on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    I guess I should have linked to this page in my post above.

    Sorry for the confusion, baffled Americans!

  23. Re:Ex.Machina on Which Movies Get Artificial Intelligence Right? · · Score: 5, Informative

    A.I. had nothing to do about it.

    NOTHING.

    Carry on.

  24. Re:Don't worry on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I noticed after I clicked "Submit".

  25. Re:Toxic metals and metalloids on Intel's Tick-Tock Cycle Skips a Beat · · Score: 1

    Oh shit, I think my coffee actual has dihydrogen monoxide in it!

    I better drink another cup, just to be sure!