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  1. Re:Best wishes to you Nichelle on Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Hospitalised In LA After Stroke · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And they sneaked her into a role where the casual viewer would think she was just a switchboard operator, but in fact she would have had one of the highest security clearances on the entire ship.

  2. Re:George Carlin: I don't believe anything the gov on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 1

    ... and decimated an entire country's agricultural industry, since it was the place that made all the veterinary medicine.

  3. Re:Verification? on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 1

    Maybe it was the rival terrorist gang's headquarters.

  4. Re:Next time turn off geo tagging on US Bombs ISIS Command Center After Terrorist Posts Selfie Online · · Score: 1

    Why go to the trouble to stand anywhere? They'll use Photoshop. I mean, GIMP.

  5. Re:This is ridiculous on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    Why is this suddenly "stealing" if you are in Canada?

    Bell has been a monopoly or pseudo-monopoly for so long that they genuinely think that the law is whatever they happen to make up when someone isn't having money extorted from them.

  6. Re:Dear Pukeface on Intel Security Scares Ransomware Script Kiddie Out of Business · · Score: 1

    If they are a minor, they can be treated as such according to the criminal law of their jurisdiction -- after they identify themselves to law enforcement and provide proof of age. Until then I'm not buying it.

  7. Re:Ahh Dice on How Much JavaScript Do You Need To Know For an Entry-Level Job? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Followed by,

    "I know all the languages; what else do I need to get an entry level job. Any job. I haven't worked in years -- I'm desperate! Please!"

    High unemployment has a terrible social cost.

  8. Missing evidence on EPA Says No Evidence That Fracking Has "Widespread" Impact On Drinking Water · · Score: 1

    The question becomes, what did the EPA do with the evidence?

  9. Social acceptance on Bell Media President Says Canadians Are 'Stealing' US Netflix Content · · Score: 1

    There is nothing less socially acceptable than being the president of Bell Media.

  10. Re:Commercial Company on Senate Passes USA Freedom Act · · Score: 1

    By which you mean customers will be paying an extra fee for the privilege of having their freedoms (actual freedoms, not the slogan) trampled on.

  11. Re:And for others to foot the bill.... on Senate Passes USA Freedom Act · · Score: 1

    Helping monopolies shut out new competition is just a happy by-product.

    That's synergy!

  12. Re: Shell Game on Senate Passes USA Freedom Act · · Score: 1

    Unless they are a scam artist instead of an entertainer.

  13. Re:Turn over, Benjamin Franklin on The Bizarre Process Used For Approving Exemptions To the DMCA · · Score: 1

    The correct word is feudalism.

  14. Re:good principle! on The Bizarre Process Used For Approving Exemptions To the DMCA · · Score: 1

    And every piece of legislation gets rewritten into a single bill.

    They don't even bother reading them now - it would get that much worse.

  15. Re:On a positive note on US Airport Screeners Missed 95% of Weapons, Explosives In Undercover Tests · · Score: 1

    5% of... all

    Or approximately 5%.

  16. Re:One connector to rule them all. on Intel Adopts USB-C Connector For 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3, Supports USB 3.1, DP 1.2 · · Score: 1

    will the outlet try to infect my computer

    Yes.

  17. Re:From who? on FBI Is Behind Mysterious Flights Over US Cities · · Score: 1

    'Mysterious' flights happen because they *like* breaking the law. It's really not saving them much in the way of time, effort, cost, etc. There is no shortage of legitimate ways for the FBI to conduct surveillance. And for situations requiring warrants, warrants are laughably easy to obtain.

  18. Entitlement on Cable Companies Hate Cord-Cutting, but It's Not Going Away (Video) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They thought cable guaranteed them an income without them having to provide any additional value, or even any value.

    They are slowly - very slowly - beginning to get a dim idea that that might no longer be the case.

    I do not feel sorry for them. I will continue to boycott them no matter how much they may pretend to change.

  19. Re:One such stamp will pay for *all* the research on How Biostamps Can Replace Clunky Biomedical Sensors · · Score: 1

    Of course, I'm Type II

    I.e. a completely different disorder with some symptoms in common.

  20. Journalism on Indicted Ex-FIFA Executive Cites Onion Article In Rant Slamming US · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Onion may be satirical, but it's fact-checking is about as good as mainstream 'journalists'.

  21. Re:Costing 'tens of cents" ?? on How Biostamps Can Replace Clunky Biomedical Sensors · · Score: 1

    It's already cost that. The 'tens of cents' will be extra.

  22. Re:Two things... on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Wish You'd Known Starting Your First "Real" Job? · · Score: 1

    The solution versus problem is a fine balancing act. I've had supervisors who simply didn't want to know about problems before they were solved, which was gross dereliction of duty, especially given that she was the only person with the authority to take some of the steps needed. Raising a problem without going through a trouble-shooting checklist is negligently creating unnecessary work for others. The trick is recognizing the point where additional resources, and which ones, are needed, and that's not as easy as people make it sound.

  23. Re:Not a pancreas on The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here · · Score: 1

    I would agree that "pancreas" is an exaggeration but it's really good news nonetheless.

  24. Betteridge on Does a Black Hole Have a Shape? · · Score: 1

    says 'no'.

  25. Re:Forward emails and calls until fixed? on Patriot Act Spy Powers To Expire As Rand Paul Blocks USA Freedom Act Vote · · Score: 1

    They love Freedom(tm) that much!