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  1. Re:because it matters? on Code.org: More Money For CS Instructors Who Teach More Girls · · Score: 0

    Indeed: 20 jobs where women earn more than men

    To say nothing of remunerating females MORE than males for the same job and WITH the blessing of the government-appointed Sex Discrimination Commissioner.

  2. Re:Other Fields? on Code.org: More Money For CS Instructors Who Teach More Girls · · Score: 0
  3. Re:Feminization of childhood on Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other · · Score: 0

    femtobyte's response to your comment has prompted me to ask whether or not you are aware of the growing Men's Rights Movement (MRM)?

    It's definitely something you should learn about.
      - Did you know that despite men having shorter life expectancies, more is spent on women's health?
      - Did you know that over 80% of workplace deaths are male?
      - Did you know that men work longer hours than women and take fewer sick days?
      - Did you know that males are the overwhelming victims of assaults and violence?

    Not sure if you're on Twitter, but consider following these accounts:

    @AVoiceForMen
    @deanesmay
    @equalitycanada

    This scholar (a woman) writes extensively on the "feminization" of schools, and how it adversely affects boys:

    @CHSommers

    Of course, these are just a very small handful of accounts to get you started.

    Now, I will readily admit that women face discrimination in society; only a fool would deny this.
    However what the Men's Rights Movement is attempting to do is raise awareness of the significant discrimination that men and boys confront; something about which not many people know about.

  4. Re:You can do this with a USB extension cable... on USB "Condom" Allows You To Practice Safe Charging · · Score: 2, Funny

    complaining about ejection

    The USB condom won't complain about that.

  5. Re:Anton Vickerman Prosecution on NZ Police Got PRISM Data Before Raid On Dotcom · · Score: 0

    Why do you hate America?

    ;-)

  6. Re:Call me old fashion on Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB & 1TB TLC NAND Drives Tested · · Score: 0

    And let's not forget, when using an SSD on a laptop the UPS is "built-in".

  7. Re:Say on Mozilla Planning Firefox Metro For Windows 8 On December 10 · · Score: 0

    Speculation here: I suspect it'll have to be out before the end of 2014.

    Mainstream support for Win 7 ends in January 2015, so Win 9 will need to be out long enough for businesses to consider it an option to migrate to.

  8. Re:what?! on Mozilla Planning Firefox Metro For Windows 8 On December 10 · · Score: 0

    Heh heh; I love the contrast between points (5) and (6) in terms of saving time: Microsoft giveth, and Microsoft taketh.

  9. Re:what?! on Mozilla Planning Firefox Metro For Windows 8 On December 10 · · Score: 0

    Agreed. I'd upgrade in a heart-beat.

    But as long as they break what used to work they're wishful if they think I'll be "upgrading".
    And from the sounds of it, they've alienated a lot of techies out there.

  10. Re:what?! on Mozilla Planning Firefox Metro For Windows 8 On December 10 · · Score: 0

    And providing the traditional UI as an option would have blown Microsoft's multi-billion dollar Windows budget ?

  11. Re:what?! on Mozilla Planning Firefox Metro For Windows 8 On December 10 · · Score: 0

    Here's another reason why Microsoft should have retained the Win 7 interface in Win 8:

    -> the torrent of complaints of people (read: consumers) wishing for this

    I include myself in that pool.
    Come January 2015, when mainstream support of Win 7 ends, I will give serious consideration to making Linux the host, and Windows the guest. (It's currently the other way around.)

    Microsoft is deliberately shooting themselves in the foot; they deserve the consequences.

  12. Re: They didn't know he also... on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 0

    Agree that love is (should) be a huge aspect of our lives. The absence of love is quite horrible. (Can be quite hellish, in fact.)

    Glad you're with us and a member of the /. community! Look after yourself.
    Hope things continue to proceed well between you and your lady friend!

  13. Re:Life without coffee? on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 0

    For the price of a cake a day ...

  14. Re:Very easy to get rid of the majority of spam on Researchers Buy Twitter Bots To Fight Twitter Spam · · Score: 0
  15. Bone tools on Neanderthals Were the First To Use Specialized Bone Tools · · Score: 1, Funny

    Seriously, you had to quote them as "bone" tools?
    Given the level of maturity on Slashdot, I'm afraid at the impending onslaught of bad puns.

    You could say I'm petrified at the impending Stone Age jokes.

  16. Re:Norway has a 4th Amendment? on Ask Slashdot: Recommendations For Non-US Based Email Providers? · · Score: 1

    Irrespective of what they *claim* they're entitled to do, in practice I'm sure they capture all the data that they can, all the time, and in all locations. Borders be damned.

  17. I've seen too many people spreading the 70s-vintage "feminists all hate men and want to cut your balls off

    It ain't 70's-vintage

    (WARNING: NSWF. Image shows a topless feminist holding a bleeding scrotum)

  18. Re:unsurprising result on Soldiers Looking For Hookups On Craigslist Are Being Warned of a Military Sting · · Score: 1

    Well, the defence forces are just instruments of our government and so - either directly or indirectly - subject to the same lobby group pressures as other government bodies.