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  1. Re:66% want more...? on Study: 33% of Facebook Users Want Less News In Their Feed (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I use Facebook as a personal news aggregator

    This may explain why you're unaware that facebook should notbe used as a source of news.

  2. Re:100% of Slashdot Readers... on Study: 33% of Facebook Users Want Less News In Their Feed (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 0

    Couldn't agree more. I don't use facebook, and I don't care to be kept abreast with every little thing that goes on at facebook.

  3. Re:is comcast conning me? on Comcast Says There's 6 Million Unhappy DSL Users Left To Target (dslreports.com) · · Score: 2

    If speed and price are the only considerations, maybe.
    I live in a rural area in NC. While DSL would be insufficient for my needs (I have Spectrum/TWC), friends of my parents are totally happy with the local telecom. Sure, it simply doesn't have the speed that cable does, but it's more than enough for them. Furthermore, the large cablecos cannot touch the level of service that is standard with the local telecom. If they ever have problems, a guy is usually there within 45 minutes.
    So it all depends on what your needs are, and more importantly, where you live.

  4. Re: Sounds like a great idea! on Microsoft Announces 'Cumulative' Updates Will Become Mandatory For Windows 7 and 8.1 (microsoft.com) · · Score: 2

    I think you dropped your mic.

  5. Re:Perhaps they should rerun the study... on Marijuana Provides More Pain Relief For Men Than Woman, Says Study (psypost.org) · · Score: 1

    There's a man in Iran who only smokes cow shit, so I'd say it's within the realm of possible.
    link

  6. I did this very thing last night. It had been awhile since I'd done a 7 install, and boy how things have changed. It fought me every step of the way.

  7. Re: Never understood the appeal of the original on 'GoldenEye: Source' Updated: A Classic, Free Multiplayer Game (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Or living off campus with dial-up. And therefore out getting laid.

  8. Re:Instead of showing leadership on Obama Creates a Color-Coded Cyber Threat 'Schema' After the DNC Hack (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    This particular troll gets a chuckle out of me every time. I'm never expecting the repeat.

  9. I should also point out that the role of superdelegates is to guard against things like Donald Trump from happening.

    I believe you mean 'I should also point out that the role of superdelegates is to guard against things like Bernie Sanders from happening.'

  10. Re:A tax-exempt non-profit organization .... on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Irrelevant.

  11. Re:"What Difference Does It Make?!?!?!" on 'DNC Hacker' Unmasked: He Really Works for Russia, Researchers Say (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 0

    Complete with facebook links!

  12. Re:You can load them even faster... on Google Tests Ads That Load Faster and Use Less Power (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Will you entertain the idea that ad networks are potential vectors for malware?

  13. Your last two points are false.

  14. Speakers? on Amazon Isn't Saying If Echo Has Been Wiretapped (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    There are reportedly more than three million Amazon Echo microphones out in the wild.

    Fixed for relevance.

  15. Re:Where are big pharma's recreational drugs? on New Study Shows Why Big Pharma Hates Medical Marijuana (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Society will pay for its drug use one way or the other. It is inescapable.

  16. Re:So what is YOUR plan? on Newt Gingrich Says Visiting An ISIS Or Al Qaeda Website Should Be A Felony (techdirt.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Doing nothing is preferable to lashing out like a scared toddler.

  17. Re:The best part about it being patented on NBC Universal Patents a Way To Detect BitTorrent Pirates In Real-Time (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Unless you have Comcast.

  18. Re:SomaFM.com on That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Amen. I absolutely adore SomaFM, especially Groove Salad at night. Properly executed Internet radio.

  19. Re:Or bash it with actual proof... on Stop Bashing GMO Food, Say 109 Nobel Laureates (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
    I'd suggest perusing the article you linked.

    Thenell acknowledges that the fish experiment is often raised by opponents of biotechnology in an attempt to shock consumers. But he assures, "This was a product concept that was dropped four years ago, is not under development, nor is it likely to be under development in the future, since it showed so little promise. It simply was not worth pursuing."

    The 'Frankenstein-style GMO' is exactly that, a scary story people tell each other.

  20. Re:Call back on Remember When You Could Call the Time? · · Score: 1

    That number is the number from which you're dialling.

  21. Re:So what's the selling point? on Ubuntu-Based Peppermint 7 Released (peppermintos.com) · · Score: 2

    I had an old netbook a couple years back that refused any other USB install but Peppermint. It had that going for it at the time.

  22. Re:More guns, less bodies. on New Algorithm Could Help Predict Future ISIS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Also, over half of that 30,000 number are suicides. Counting those skews the numbers, so let's go with ~10,000 deaths per year.

  23. Re:More guns, less bodies. on New Algorithm Could Help Predict Future ISIS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Gun ownership numbers are irrelevant. It's having someone armed at the scene that counts.

    You have to actually allow a percentage of those firearms (the small, concealable ones) into these 'gun-free zones' that have been working out so wonderfully here lately. What that percentage should be is anyone's guess, but I'm betting it has to be greater than 0.

    As an American, I live in a country where people do not think twice when they see armed guards handling their money (armored truck personnel, bank guards, etc.), yet balk (often histrionically so) at the idea of using the same gear to protect their children in schools. We have some fucked up priorities here.

  24. Re:More guns, less bodies. on New Algorithm Could Help Predict Future ISIS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I said none of those things. You're falling for the slippery slope fallacy, and are simply too emotional to argue rationally.

    Tone down the hyperbole.

  25. Re:More guns, less bodies. on New Algorithm Could Help Predict Future ISIS Attacks (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's start by toning down the hyperbole. No one is advocating that everyone be armed. Please stop repeating this.