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  1. Re:Fun Fact about IBM on IBM Looking To Sell Its Semiconductor Business · · Score: 1

    Not saying they actively participated, merely pointing out that for the sake of a few measly bucks they turned a very blind eye to one of the greatest atrocities ever committed on the face of the planet, thus, in contrast to their recent claims, making a dumber planet. But a lot of companies did this then and continue to thrive to this very day (lookin' at you UBS), so I guess it's OK.

  2. Fun Fact about IBM on IBM Looking To Sell Its Semiconductor Business · · Score: 1

    IBM helped the Nazis with the punchcard technology used to keep track of prisoners in concentration camps during WWII:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...

  3. Oh NZ, I had such hopes for you on New Zealand Spy Agency Deleted Evidence About Its Illegal Spying On Kim Dotcom · · Score: 1

    But it seems you turned to shit practically overnight.

  4. Technology will not cure what truly ails you on Wozniak Gets Personal On Innovation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Teaching is hard. It requires talent and a whole lot of effort, in spite of what that ass G B Shaw once sad ("ha HA!"). The problem with technology is that it gives so many people in the school systems the false assurance that it can solve the main problems plaguing the education system (see the recent episode of South Park parodying the ObamaCare website fiasco). But what's really plaguing the eduaction system is that parents are getting less involved and more demanding even as teachers become increasingly overworked, underpaid, and poorly trained.

    A big part of it has to do with the squeezing of the middle class. Decades ago you could actually earn a decent wage on a public school teacher's salary, enough to buy a house and raise a family. Who can do that now? And in a metropolitan area? Fuck that. I honestly don't see how people are making it. I think the best teachers now go to private schools or colleges, and many (but not all, mind you) of the ones who remain are the ones who just aren't very good. People love to blame the unions for protecting bad teachers, but without the unions I think the situation would be far far worse.

  5. In defense of GCHQ... on Britain's GCHQ Attacked Anonymous Supporters With DDoS · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...No, I got nothing.

  6. Promises to be as entertaing and edifying on Watch Bill Nye and Ken Ham Clash Over Creationism Live · · Score: 1

    as a WWE Free For All.

  7. As a max time limit before entering public domain on Why Games Should Be In the Public Domain · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suggest using a time unit of one "dukeNukeEm", which is approximately 15 years.

  8. Re:Inevitable outcome on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    It's sad that first I assumed all the employees jumped in a lake and drowned themselves before realizing you meant they threw their badges in it.

    Only in China.

  9. Inevitable outcome on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Employees appeared to slowly converge on the toilets throughout the morning, where they remained for a few minutes before departing the building and eventually arriving to the nearest large body of water, where they remained for the rest of the day."

  10. First he came for the bags on the Hoovers on James Dyson: We Should Pay Students To Study Engineering · · Score: 2

    And I said nothing because I had tiled floors.

    Then he came for the blades on the fans -- and I said nothing because I have centralized air conditioning.

    Then he came for the hand towels in public bathrooms -- and I said nothing because I never wash my hands.

    Them he came for my jobs with his relaxed visa requirements for foreign nationals --- and DEY TUK ER JURBS!

  11. Re:Short answer: Run. on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Do If You're Given a Broken Project? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He says in the summary that quitting does not "feel right".

    If I conducted my business based on what I deemed to "feel right", I would probably never leave my house.

  12. Short answer: Run. on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Do If You're Given a Broken Project? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Long answer: Run real fast.

  13. Oh Yahoo... on Yahoo Mail Resets Account Passwords After Attack · · Score: 1

    You put the "fun" back in dysfunctional. Whenever I think of Yahoo, inevitably this pops into my head "It's the Bumpus Hounds! Ta da da da, da da!"

  14. Re:Why are Kansans so constipated? on Nintendo Could Base Comeback On Improving Peoples' Health · · Score: 1

    Downvoted?! Not only are they lacking in Fiber, apparently they're also lacking in Humour.

  15. Alternative article title on Kansas To Nix Expansion of Google Fiber and Municipal Broadband · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hix Nix Quix Netflix.

  16. Why are Kansans so constipated? on Nintendo Could Base Comeback On Improving Peoples' Health · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not enough Fiber.

  17. Game System for Improving People's Health on Nintendo Could Base Comeback On Improving Peoples' Health · · Score: 4, Funny

    It urges you to go out for a walk and then turns itself off.

  18. So basically... on 30 Minutes Inside Valve's Prototype Virtual Reality Headset · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    HL3 confirmed.

  19. Nuance. on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 1

    Mate, it's us versus them and it's always been this way. And if you don't believe this then you can go fuck yourself.

  20. Re:False choice society on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 2, Funny

    How have people not noticed that we live in a society where EVERYTHING is a false dilemma. EVERY debate we have politically is a false choice.

    The biggest one is this constant claptrap of socialism vs. capitalism. If you think that we should have a national health system immediately you have a backwards yokel yelling about socialism. The U.S. isn't pure capitalistic and never has.

    Huh. Spoken like a true LIBRUL.

  21. Wow. on Microsoft Reports Record Revenue · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Imagine what these numbers would be if they actually knew what the fuck they were doing.

  22. Another reason I don't go to the movies anymore on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cell phones or guns: take your pick.

  23. Re:Appropriate Supreme Court Quote on Court Rules Against Online Anonymity · · Score: 1

    Yeah but someone said we couldn't get a shitstain out of their paisley green shag carpets and THAT'S SIMPLY NOT TRUE.

    Take that, Constitution!

  24. What is keeping Yahoo up? on Security Expert: Yahoo's Email Encryption Needs Work · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yahoo reminds me of a journeyman heavyweight boxer taking the champ into deep rounds despite taking a serious beating. He simply will not go down.

    They impress for sheer resilience, if for nothing else.

  25. In the words of Lord Kril on Weapons Systems That Kill According To Algorithms Are Coming. What To Do? · · Score: 1

    "We die."