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  1. Re:terrorism! ha! on Imagining the Post-Antibiotic Future · · Score: 1

    Cat bites are always a medical emergency.

  2. Re:terrorism! ha! on Imagining the Post-Antibiotic Future · · Score: 1

    agreed, but abbreviating 'algorithm' to 'algo' make you sound like a douche.

    It is a difficult word to spell... no time for dict... 'algo'...

  3. Re:terrorism! ha! on Imagining the Post-Antibiotic Future · · Score: 1

    They said "if you get a scrape you could potentially die," which is a factual statement if we have no effective antibiotics.

    It is also a factual statement with effective antibiotics. Without quantification of probability, the statement can only attempt to tenuously connect minor injury and death, in a blatant and unveiled attempt to create a sense of foreboding in the reader. Antibiotic resistance is a real problem. I hate to see it presented in a way, that while initially very motivating, is easy to forget when the less acute (but still grave) facts of the matter are revealed.

  4. Obligatory Comic on Ask Slashdot: How Reproducible Is Arithmetic In the Cloud? · · Score: 4, Funny
  5. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 1

    Make that +2 for passion.

  6. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 1

    I'll use little words so you can follow.

    You might be better off asking someone to explain the situation using little words that you can understand.

  7. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 2

    I'd rather the Healthcare Act fail, succeed or be improved on its own merits. As a developer I hate to see something like this fail because the web portal sucked on roll-out, as it's in the fore of the news it casts another shadow on web developers. Sorry your heart is so full of hate that you can't see that.

    Alright, then blame the people that unilaterally passed the law, hired the web developers, and oversaw the project. (Hint: they are not Republicans.) You are the one with a mind filled to the brim with lies, rationalized by an irrational hate that you keep in your heart.

  8. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now enter partisanship - there is a party who would like nothing better than for the healthcare system to fail miserably so they can make hay out of it.

    The law passed without a single yes vote from the Republican Party, the same party whose primary complaint was that the law would not work, before, during, and after it was passed. This is who your rational mind blames for the failure of the law?

    No, this piece of shit belongs to the legislators who unilaterally formulated and passed the bill, nobody else.

  9. Re: Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 2

    The law mandates that the Federal Government should implement the exchange marketplace for states that opt not to. As you might say, "it is the law of the land".

    Try reading this, it will help you: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/capital.asp

  10. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 1

    Ah... when logic stops working just pull out the logical fallacies.

  11. Re:Me too! on Project Rescue Expert Todd Williams Talks About Healthcare.gov (Video) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even if the website did work perfectly--which it does not--it would be like Amazon trying to only sell a very expensive version of a product to consumers who would rather buy something else.

  12. Re:Missing context on Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint · · Score: 1

    I understand the motivation for the hidden update list. The scary ones on there, in my eyes, are the things that might face the public internet. Kernels are frequently updated for security, and web browsers are the worst.

  13. Re:Missing context on Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint · · Score: 2

    Would that also apply to sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade?

    No. You can complain that apt will install dangerous updates that break things, because it does. It is impossible to complain that it will not keep you on the bleeding edge of technology,

  14. Re:Missing context on Canonical Developer Warns About Banking With Linux Mint · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is a pretty fucking good point too, that list of rules contains update exclusions that certainly would affect security.

  15. Re:Regular expressions (Atwood) on GCC 4.9 Coming With Big New Features · · Score: 1

    It's funny, but out of context. See: Jeff Atwood, “Regular Expressions: Now You Have Two Problems” June 27, 2008, http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2008/06/regular-expressions-now-you-have-two-problems.html

    Some people like to guide their coding decisions using sound bytes, don't ruin that for them with your pesky rational arguments and facts!

  16. At the very first moment on Ask Slashdot: What Makes You Uninstall Apps? · · Score: 1

    that I see an advertisement.

  17. Re:Controlling vapor loss? on New Approach To Immersion Cooling Powers HPC In a High Rise · · Score: 1

    Most of the pictures are of sealed tanks. The picture of fluid boiling is clearly labeled as being an image of what is inside of the sealed tanks. Certainly they have not shown every part of the system, but the photos shown certainly do not contradict the claims of the article.

  18. Re:Controlling vapor loss? on New Approach To Immersion Cooling Powers HPC In a High Rise · · Score: 1

    OBI is an example of passive two-phase cooling, which uses a boiling liquid to remove heat from a surface and then condenses the liquid for reuse, all without a pump.

    At least read the summary of the article.

  19. It is shaped like.... on First Arab Supercar Costs $3.4 Million, Has Diamond-Encrusted Headlights · · Score: 1
  20. Re:The core of the matter. on Google Bots Doing SQL Injection Attacks · · Score: 1

    Someone wrote a terrible web app, it could be attacked with simple GET requests. Someone else made those requests, but it was still a terrible web app. And nothing of value was lost.

    FTFY.

    I do like that better. Thank you.

  21. The core of the matter. on Google Bots Doing SQL Injection Attacks · · Score: 1

    Someone wrote a terrible web app, it could be attacked with simple GET requests. Someone else made those requests, but it was still a terrible web app. Nobody cares.

  22. Logical Flaw in Headline on Dark Wallet Will Make Bitcoin Accessible For All — Except the Feds · · Score: 1

    The service is accessible to everyone. Federal agents are people. The service is accessible to federal agents.

  23. Re:not flaming on Artificial Blood Made In Romania · · Score: 1

    The rule is you make a claim, you support it. Don't expect me to do your work for you.

    Did anybody ever ask you to look anything up? The probability of this current situation is this: nobody cares if you believe what you read or not. Really, nothing was written with you in mind. Nobody starts typing in the Slashdot comment box, then pauses to think, "Would Holi approve?"

    The comment that you read was provided for free, any value that you derive from it is provided by your own interpretation. Try using the moderation score filter.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/egoism

  24. Re:not flaming on Artificial Blood Made In Romania · · Score: 1

    The internet was designed and has been used in a fashion where you link what you are talking about.

    Really? Do you have a citation supporting that claim?

    People post here in their free time, for personal amusement/enrichment. While it is reasonable to ask for an article or link, it is entirely unreasonable to demand them. Beyond unreasonable, is the act of continuing to harass someone about a missing link after they have provided it.

    It's the golden rule, don't be an asshole

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/asshole?s=t

  25. Re:not flaming on Artificial Blood Made In Romania · · Score: 1

    Mathmatical