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  1. Re:Yup. That sounds perfect. on Microsoft Killing Off Windows Phone Brand Name In Favor of Just Windows · · Score: 1, Informative

    Why is that Microsoft get's all the negative flak for stupid people?

  2. Re:What a great move! on Microsoft Killing Off Windows Phone Brand Name In Favor of Just Windows · · Score: 1

    Do I want a phone by Apple, that's overpriced and does the same thing as its competitors. Google, the guys that want to learn every facet of my life so they can profit off me. Windows, the company that has been making computers that works for the past two decades, and has to deal with the crud that goes wrong that isn't actually their fault; oh and the crowds of people that scream, "omg! I don't have a start button!! What is I to do?!?!?!"

  3. Re:The power of bad reporting on Researchers Working On Crystallizing Light · · Score: 1

    Well of course they didn't, I don't think their research had anything to do with Disney.

  4. Re:Abuses of communism on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Yeah, arrested for maybe a day. And then maybe they press charges. Gulag is for life. As for non-designated areas. Those are not that many and generally enforced loosely. With police showing generally a fair amount of restraint to warn when you are getting out of hand or are causing a safety issue; like blocking emergency routes.

  5. People keep saying "innocent until proven guilty" but this isn't a court trial, she's not being convicted of anything.

  6. Well yeah, a year ago, but if you did back in college or some greater time ago, you're generally okay. Particularly if it was a once or twice kinda thing.

  7. You most certainly get an interview on background checks. If you didn't, the people doing your investigation were sloppy.

  8. Re:Wrong Title on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 1

    This isn't a court trial; and she's not being arrested or charged of anything.

  9. Re:Abuses of communism on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Difference is, we don't get sent to the Gulag for complaining about it.

  10. Re:RT.com? on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    So far the closest thing I've found at times was Reuters.

  11. Re:To be fair... on Microsoft Paid NFL $400 Million To Use Surface, But Announcers Call Them iPads · · Score: 1

    Not really farming. More like farming supplies.

  12. Re:Please can on California Tells Businesses: Stop Trying To Ban Consumer Reviews · · Score: 1

    I just thought he was a French speaking Canadian.

  13. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    So someone CLAIMS a photograph is of you. They can still lie. It could be some random picture from a stock image site, or some random person's facebook.

  14. Re:No comments here yet... on Ask Slashdot: What Smartwatch Apps Could You See Yourself Using? · · Score: 0

    Using the word "cunting" is not an indication of misogyny. Do you call people who call others "dick" misandrists. No you don't. Further, the usage wasn't negative towards women. This also applies to the usage of "grow some cojones." Further the person he was replying to was most likely male (per the name), so the statement was really saying "man up." Which if you really wanted to get into is, would more likely be misandry. The AC was clearly using colorful language for emphasis and effect. I suggest you and Lab Rat learn the difference between sexism and misogyny. Because at most, the comment was sexist, with no clear indication of which gender was being slighted.

  15. Re:Maybe on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    Slippery slope argument. Did GPS ankle bracelets end with parolees and those on bail. Yes.

  16. Re:Maybe on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    Last I checked, being in jail was a loss of liberty. Further, people on bail is irrelevant, as the suggestion is to use it for convicts.

  17. Re:No comments here yet... on Ask Slashdot: What Smartwatch Apps Could You See Yourself Using? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What misogyny was present? Hell, they didn't even use the word woman or some synonym of it. The only way you could've considered that rant misogynistic was if you were misogynistic. Further, you should generally use mod points to mod UP comments, not down.

  18. Re:Maybe on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    They're on parole. They're still technically under arrest serving their times. As long as the measures are temporary, I don't see the problem; nor do I see how "Liberty" is lost.

  19. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    If we lived in a perfect world, people would take responsibility for their actions and just take the right turn, instead of inconveniencing everyone else because they're so much more important.

  20. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    I just want to point out. No matter what you do, you can not prove that you have X appearance; at least without actually meeting the person you're trying to prove it to. Having "other people" who have seen you, doesn't prove anything except some other random anonymous person is corroborating your story. They could just as easily be lying.

  21. Re:Maybe on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 1

    The data for a hammering is not anything like the data for a gunshot. The accelerometer would pick up movement forward (towards the nail), then a sharp recoil (striking the nail), ending in movement backward (pulling the hammer away).

  22. Re: Or so they say... on Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers · · Score: 1

    You can take it however you like. I'm not intolerant. But don't put quotes around it.

  23. Re:Science creates understanding of a real world. on How Scientific Consensus Has Gotten a Bad Reputation · · Score: 1

    No it's not. The inability of someone to argue against something doesn't make that something true.

  24. Re: Or so they say... on Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers · · Score: 1

    Loaded question says what?

  25. Re:Science creates understanding of a real world. on How Scientific Consensus Has Gotten a Bad Reputation · · Score: 1

    Well of course, just like there comes a point when being too accepting of information goes beyond what is reasonable.

    The problem if we're getting into specifics with AGW, is that climate change whether humans are doing it or not is going to happen. We all (well mostly all) agree it's happened before. It'll happen again. But it seems, from my perspective, that those who argue for human cause believe they can somehow reverse or stop climate change. And it's that singular fixation that seems to override their thought process for their solutions. Solar power is great, but they apparently didn't think hard enough and realize putting a bunch of mirrors in the desert is going to fry birds as they pass by. And part of the cause, I think, is because anyone that says that solar power is a bad idea or that specific way to implement solar power is a bad idea, they're labeled ignorant or worse.

    Starting (and ending) a debate by saying 99 out of 100 scientists says you're wrong; is no way to have a debate.