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  1. Re:This isn't news... on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Given the bullshit the authors are pushing, I think it is likely they have had more than a sniff.
    These template arguments are so pathetic that you sometimes wonder if it isn't better to just club them to death than sort through the charade.
    The Prime Minister of Canada used the same CO2 isn't a pollutant bullshit. Canada is a failed Oil Producing nation in the worst sense of the word.

  2. More surprising than Pac-Man NP-hard on US Plummets On World Press Freedom Ranking · · Score: 0

    Is that the US would have been in the top 20 since the 1970s....
    US "(and I mean quote)media" can't even qualify as a lapdog; unless your lapdog sucks your cock 24/7. After the stories of Nixon (the pardoned traitor) got out, the US news industry has been relegated to being a puppet of the GOP and the industries that own the GOP.

  3. spoil my ballot or sit at home. on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    Perfect. You are the poster child of 'please don't vote'.

    I love the anti-quebec contingent in Canada. A fountain of bullshit that would put Rev. Phelps to shame.

    So, tomhudson, why don't you take this to the next level. Find out why your local politicians are so impotent that they cannot get the 'great special privilege' that Quebec politicians achieve so effortlessly. I don't think you will like the answer.

  4. Clarification. on Huge Freshwater Bulge In Arctic Ocean · · Score: 1

    Uncertainty. It may make sense there is a balance equation between the frozen state of the poles and the existence of ocean currents. I don't think that anybody knows what the 'time to rebalance' is.

    For example, it maybe just long enough to extinguish civilization. At that point it is moot.

    That is what I find funny about the various prognostications about how everything will/won't be alright as we consume buffer after buffer in this system. It is like honking your horn when you really need to hit the brakes.

  5. Re:A lot of anguish on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    | Say what you will about Harper.

    OK. Your balance of sanity, reserve and truth fits perfectly with him and his bosses. You must be proud of each other.

  6. Re:Translation from Canadian CorpoSpeak on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. Is there really internet and tv outside Ontario and Quebec? What do people do with it?

  7. A lot of anguish on Outgoing CRTC Head Says Technology Is Eroding Canadian Culture · · Score: 2

    It would be a grim irony if obsessing about your object of scorn brought about your untimely demise. Perhaps yoga or mild sedatives might be an option?

  8. Re:There is no denying the Earth is getting hotter on 2011 Was the 9th Hottest Year On Record · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Civilization itself is unusual. Could it be related to stable weather?

  9. Gaining traction doesn't help... on Launch Your Own Nanosatellite Into Space · · Score: 1

    To achieve orbit, they have to trade kinetic for potential energy, there is no other way. Traction is lovely, but won't get you into space.

    ps: 2001 called, and wants a royalty for using its buzzwords.

  10. Normal? on Tackling Open Source's Gender Issues · · Score: 1

    I reject your implication that women are part of your experience; normal or otherwise. Bathing in projected images is not experience.

  11. Preachy is your better example? on Tackling Open Source's Gender Issues · · Score: 1

    Maybe try another.

  12. La Nina is it. on Flu + La Nina = Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    It affects California, isn't that enough for you?

  13. Re:Objective C on 2011's Fastest Growing Language: Objective-C · · Score: 1
  14. napping on the way to work... on Carmakers Prepare For Augmented Reality Driving · · Score: 1

    Thats why I drive! God knows what would happen if I fell asleep on public transportation. I'm hoping these car sharing services catch on here so I can have a fresh bed every day.

    ps: "God" is used here as a figure of speech, not as an inflammatory gesture towards the fringes of the deity continuum. This postscript is meant as the inflammatory gesture to those humourless clowns.

  15. Re:Here we go... on "Learn To Code, Get a Job" According To CNN · · Score: 1

    if (!get(joke)) /**/;

  16. Teenagers should scare the s*it out of me.... on Ask Slashdot: Tech-Related Summer Camps For Teenagers? · · Score: 1

    Take a white water kayaking course, and figure out what physics is for.
    Nobody under the age of 25 should spend their 'recreational time' doing something to purposely advance their careers or anything so stupidly dull. Secondly, you will learn more by doing something real than hiding in a nerd lounge.
    Perhaps most importantly, young people should seek out experiences that cause extreme emotional sensations as a way to build up the emotional muscle they need for real life. Thrill seeking, adventure, or if they aren't available, drugs are all good candidates. Wanking in a room of proto-dufuses is just another kick in the crotch that hasn't landed yet.

  17. Rattling dipsticks... on Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War · · Score: 0

    I don't think the desires of the USA bare much significance here. The oil industry will give the order; the government and military will fall into line.

    It is distressing to see the prognostications of these ass wipes on how this will unfold. How did we get here, and why can't anyone without an itchy trigger finger do something about it?

  18. Utopian dreams. on Fatal Problems Continue To Plague F-22 Raptor · · Score: 1

    Although I like your idea, there are too many people with too much invested in killing people to think it can all stop that easily.
    Don't lose hope. There will come a day when nobody will build aircraft to kill people. The question will only be why: because we finally got over it or we exterminated ourselves.

  19. Re:Trump Card on Fatal Problems Continue To Plague F-22 Raptor · · Score: 1

    If they found their way into the enemies hands, that could make them a trump card. Where are Ollie and Ronnie when you need them....

  20. Aren't we touchy... on Researchers Create "Mighty Mouse" With Gene Tweak · · Score: 1

    Most beings are sufficiently well organized that is very much as if they were designed. Although I disapprove of needless capitalization, to use the ideologically correct version of his statement might be something like: ... because the body evolved to only grow so much in that area, there is likely a specific disadvantage to making it otherwise....
    It is more than just correct, it is technically correct, thus should please the petty pedants.

    Personally, I prefer the abstract application of 'design' and 'reason'. It keeps the attention on the aberration of juicing a mouse rather than cow-towing to ideological sensibilities.

  21. The first step is the hardest.... on Ask Slashdot: Transitioning From Developer To Executive? · · Score: 1

    After the operation, you likely won't remember anything of this anyways. You want to put some reminders around your world about what concepts were important to you.

    Your brain function will be less, which will make it harder for you to relearn the lost concepts, but aim for at least a gentle understanding of them.

    You will be happier, once unbundled of curiosity, but may be frustrated by your new found limitations. At least you won't remember how you were.

    Good luck.

  22. Redhat business model on GPL, Copyleft Use Declining Fast · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of an old joke...

    A guy describes the problem his car is having to a mechanic. The mechanic quotes $3000. The guy balks at the price, and the mechanic confesses it is only a $50 part if he wanted to try the repair himself.
    The guy orders the part, thanks the mechanic, then asks if it isn't bad for business to give out that advice.
    The mechanic smugly replies "we find we make more money if you try and fix it first".

  23. Re:apply pressure on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Non-Developers To Send Meaningful Bug Reports? · · Score: 1

    moderated by ms-astroturf. They don't like people making fun of their business models [ now, that is a troll ].

  24. Urban warfare - about time. on The Future of Battle Tech · · Score: 1

    I hope the first deployment is wall street, with loud speakers blaring 'money for nothing' as they napalm Goldman Sachs.

    Oh to dream.

  25. apply pressure on Ask Slashdot: How To Get Non-Developers To Send Meaningful Bug Reports? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sell the email addresses from crappy reports to every scammer you can find. Its kinda like moderation, but with an edge.