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  1. Re:Go retro.. on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    There are a massive number of public domain PG Wodehouse books available. Always a good, light read.

  2. Violation of YouTube's ToS on Google Deal Allegedly Lets UMG Wipe YouTube Videos It Doesn't Own · · Score: 1

    From the Content Verification Program Application page:

    "I understand that this tool is only for submitting notifications of alleged copyright infringement, and abuse will result in termination of access to YouTube."

    So has YouTube terminated Universal's access yet?

  3. Snow Crash on How Does the CIA Keep Its IT Staff Honest? · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the portrayal of US Fed programmers in Snow Crash? So scary it must be true!

  4. Re:New invention on US Watchdog Bans Photoshop Use In Cosmetics Ads · · Score: 2

    analog version of Photoshop? Oh, yes, back in the day we called it

    4) Darkroom

  5. Re:Needed to be done. on NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers · · Score: 1

    So on the way to and from work I count the number of people on cell phones talking or texting. It's really SCARY!

    Today I saw this guy - while driving - pull out his iPad. One hand to hold the iPad, one hand to tap and pinch. He was driving with his elbow.

    I quickly - but safely - changed lanes to get the hell away from him. I hope the person he will soon rear-end will be OK and is in need of a new car.

  6. Re:Does it really matter ? on FBI Rejects Freedom of Information Act Request About Carrier IQ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wise question. Simple answer. 3rd party data collection is cheaper for the carriers.

    CEO: These constant warrantless wiretap requests are a pain in the ass. It's only going to get worse.

    CTO: There's a app for that, y'know.

  7. Re:Mayhem in Mannheim on German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad · · Score: 2

    "...not yet obvious to someone that patents and litigation do more damage..."

    CEO: Are patents and litigation do more damage to free commerce than blatant and slavish copying?

    Consulting Lawyer: Preposterous!

    Lobbyist: Never!

    CEO: OK then. Carry on.

  8. Re:Trickle down? on Facebook Could Spawn Thousands of Milionaires · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "As for FB, my bet is still that it goes the way of MySpace before too long."

    I'm hoping for something more mature, but the internet has this way of recycling ideas...

    "There was a kind of ghostly teenage DNA at work in the Sprawl,
    something that carried the coded precepts of various short-lived
    sub cults and replicated them at odd intervals."

  9. Re:NASA in 2020? on NASA May Send Landers To Europa In 2020 · · Score: 1

    I misread "Europe" so I thought NASA was sending landers stuffed with cash to bail out the EU.

  10. Re:iPhone is on the way out on Apple Transfers Patents Through Shell Company To Sue All Phone Makers · · Score: 1

    I disagree completely. Apple has ALWAYS been generous with foreplay and stingy on post-techotial cuddling.

  11. Re:Feyman's License Plate Syndrome on Is the Earth Special? · · Score: 1

    What gets me is we had this exact same conversation in 1956, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2002. and 2009.

    The Hugh Pickens change, but the story remains the same.

  12. Re:This is dangerous... on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 1

    Resign? Ha! Send the idjit back to school!

    Suddenly I'm all for mandatory skills testing... for school board members!
    ---
    Copy, paste:
    How you did:
    Great job! You got every question right.

  13. Re:Why did I waste my cranium space?! on You Really Are What You Know · · Score: 5, Funny

    Waste?

    If you have been a real Star Trek fan then there have been significant changes in your brain that allow you to better understand social justice, equality, currency-less societal structures, diplomacy, human-alien sexual congress, and the advisability of wearing red apparel.

    Not a waste at all!

  14. Re:Said it before and I'll say it again ... on Google, Facebook Upset By Ad-Injecting Apps · · Score: 1

    3 hosts.txt

  15. Re:It's Legal on Cnet Apologizes For Nmap Adware Mess · · Score: 1

    "But why are people getting software from Download.com? What mistakes does our community make that lead to that?"

    ***applause***

    A predilection for virtual pitchforks and torches over real ones, for starters. Flaming on forums is all fun and games, but tossing a living marketing exec in a real fire will make you feel alive and in control for the first time in your life. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

  16. Re:It sounds feasible on Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    "very surprising that they've been sloppy enough to get caught"

    You must be new here (to the US, not /.) ;)

  17. Re:Webcams too on Big Brother In the Home Office · · Score: 1

    Avoid them... or use them to set up a massive confidence game. Oooo that is a book just waiting to be written!

  18. Re:It's not worded very well, but... on Red Cross Debates If Virtual Killing Violates International Humanitarian Law · · Score: 1

    Almost an Ian Banks story. Almost!

  19. Re:Steve Jobs on Syria Bans iPhone, Protest App · · Score: 1

    Doesn't strike me as tateless. Seems to fulfill the definition of irony.

    Now if someone had posted a happy post-bloodshed pictures of Syrian children eating ice cream cones and claimed it was irony I would strongly object! Although Ernest A. Hamwi, an American of Syrian descent, invented the ice cream cone, ice cream cones have nothing to do with revolutions or protest (except for the gelato riots of 1908) - thus no irony.

    However, to be fair, if I take the long view that mentioning Steve Jobs is going to become the next Godwin's law, then yeah, that was pretty crappy thing to say - especially so early in the thread.

  20. Re:And still... on Chrome Becoming World's Second Most Popular Web Browser · · Score: 1

    Although I don't use Firefox (much) I want it to be completely different from Chrome.

    Firefox devs are full of great ideas and it's nice when something comes out that makes everyone say "hey, why can't my browser do that?"

    If everyone jumps into the same look-and-feel trench then cool things stop happening.

  21. Re:This why.. on E-Mail Can Reveal Your Friend Hierarchy · · Score: 1

    My latest social networking invention, Hermitbook, protects against social analysis like this by not allowing messaging.

  22. Re:From HyperCard to PhotoCard on Why Was Hypercard Killed? · · Score: 1

    Damn I miss Hypercard. But I carry on: I can now embarrass myself with HTML and JavaScript - so, in essence, life is still good!

  23. Re:Individual vs. Corportate Extortion on Hacker Tries To Land IT Job At Marriott Via Extortion · · Score: 1

    "To the victors go the spoils; to the losers go the Scovilles?"

  24. Re:Yet Another Terrible Flamebait Slashdot Summary on 88-Year-Old Inventor Hassled By the DEA · · Score: 2

    Ah, thanks! I guess the governmentrestrictschemicalthatcanbeusedinmethlabs...edwhenthegovernmentshutsoffhisaccesstothatchemical tag should have tipped me off.

  25. Re:Troublesome words on Pakistan Bans 1600 Words and Phrases For Texting · · Score: 1

    Kudos! Excellent reference. My hat's off to you, sir or madam!