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  1. Re:Why bother. on Crowdfunded Bounty For Hacking iPhone 5S Fingerprint Authentication · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What part of "Designed by Apple in California" don't you understand? :-)

  2. Re:Oops, they forgot one on Silicon Beach Startups Spawn From the Ashes of MySpace · · Score: 1

    And SodaHead, founded by someone who worked at MySpace when people still used it. They're in Sherman Oaks, last I heard. No, there is no reason for you to have heard of SodaHead.

  3. Re:Los Angeles, Doing What It Does Best (Publicity on Silicon Beach Startups Spawn From the Ashes of MySpace · · Score: 2

    Few people can even agree what 'Silicon Beach' constitutes.

    It's the whole westside, where recruiters keep wanting me to work but I tell them that if I had to commute there on a regular basis, I would become a serial killer by the end of the first week. West L.A./Brentwood to LAX, the 405 to the ocean. They're always hiring over there because so many people don't want to commute to a place that gridlocks by 3pm.

  4. Re:Ignoring your users is the new mantra on Users Revolt Over Yahoo Groups Update · · Score: 1

    However even artists are pointing out the stupidity of the lack of contrast:

    I know you didn't write that article so you're just the messenger but, really, criticizing the contrast between the buttons and the desktop...the customizable desktop...which many (if not most) people change anyway? If that's his #1 criticism, iOS 7 must be getting a lot right.

  5. Re:Ignoring your users is the new mantra on Users Revolt Over Yahoo Groups Update · · Score: 1

    ... to Apple's upcoming flattening of IOS...

    Huh? People are actually clamoring to keep the look of iOS the way it is? Why (and where)?

  6. Re:this is not news to Flickr users on Yahoo! Sports Redesign Sparks Controversy, Disdain From Users · · Score: 1

    Or readers of Yahoo! News. They redesigned it a few months ago to be more stupid. I had to switch to Google News, which isn't ideal but it is less stupid.

  7. Re:Bush on Google Pressure Cookers and Backpacks: Get a Visit From the Feds · · Score: 1

    Wow. Were you raised an idiot or is it something you picked up after you were done with school?

  8. Re:Remember this on Liberal Saudi Web Forum Founder Sentenced To 600 Lashes and 7 Years In Prison · · Score: 0

    Yes, because the West would never kill or torture its prisoners...

  9. Re:Not an exact name but close on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Nobody expects consumer to confuse SkyDrive with BSkyB. Sky is arguing consumers will confuse SkyDrive with Sky's products like Sky TV, Sky Broadband, Sky Talk, Sky 3D, Sky Go, etc. and think that SkyDrive is made by BSkyB instead of Microsoft.

  10. Re:Ways to solve tagging on Ask Slashdot: Tags and Tagging, What Is the Best Way Forward? · · Score: 2

    You forgot snipers.

  11. Re:Why is constantly Apple vilified for this? on Apple Faces New China Worker Abuse Claims · · Score: 1

    Californians get to have their cake and eat it too.

    Fixed that for you. Stay away from this place. Earthquakes, wildfires, and mudslides every day. Gays always trying to marry you. Beautiful women forced to take actressing jobs. Really, you don't want to come here.

  12. A Whole Slashdot Article... on Meet Focal, the New Camera App For CyanogenMod · · Score: -1

    ...about an Android camera app? Really?

  13. Re:Gained I.Q. with Iodized salt - on US Gained a Decade of Flynn-Effect IQ Points After Adding Iodine To Salt · · Score: 2
    From the study:

    The standardized weighted mean difference in IQ score between exposed and reference populations was -0.45...

    ...The estimated decrease in average IQ associated with fluoride exposure based on our analysis may seem small and may be within the measurement error of IQ testing.

    Your loss looks like it might be a rounding error.

  14. Insufficient Data on Ask Slashdot: Getting Hired As a Self-Taught Old Guy? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe your resume sucks. Maybe you're asking for too much money. Maybe you smell bad. Maybe you don't know as much as a fresh college grad. It's hard to answer this without knowing more about you. Have you ever gotten feedback from headhunters when they review your resume?

  15. Re:Sign the White House petition! on US Charges Edward Snowden With Espionage · · Score: 1

    A presidential pardon is a law enforcement action?

  16. Re:Why is it a sealed criminal complaint? on US Charges Edward Snowden With Espionage · · Score: 2

    Enemy of the State was a documentary? And all this time I thought Will Smith and Gene Hackman were actors...

  17. Re:A whole lot of crimes need stiffer sentences on China Says Serious Polluters Will Get the Death Penalty · · Score: 1

    "Much" graffiti adds value downtown? Really? Are you sure you're not talking about Mogadishu?

  18. Re:Speaking of Politics on Aaron's Law Would Revamp Computer Fraud Penalties · · Score: 1

    Keep up with those English classes. They'll pay off eventually.

  19. Re:But can SVN merge a branch yet? on Subversion 1.8 Released But Will You Still Use Git? · · Score: 1

    I've been merging to/from branches in svn for years. I did a branch-to-branch merge just the other day. Piece o' cake.

  20. Re:Not very surprising on Scientists Explain Why Chairman of House Committee On Science Is Wrong · · Score: 1

    He just spent so much time on straight politics that he left the funny behind.

  21. Re:Not very surprising on Scientists Explain Why Chairman of House Committee On Science Is Wrong · · Score: 1

    If you thought Dennis Miller was "very liberal", then you simply weren't paying attention. He gave it to both sides equally. He used to describe himself as a "pragmatist", with the definition being along the lines of, "I think everyone is an asshole but me." Then he chose one side over the other and got a lot less funny.

  22. Re:Shocking! on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 1

    Blah, blah, blah, tough guy. Do something about it! Congress can pass a law making actions like this illegal. Write your congresscritters. Raise a stink. Or you can just sit in your basement and keep pretending that your rejecting of the decision (and the government--yeah, right) actually matters.

  23. Re:Read the court order here, all 4 pages of it on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 1

    Focus on the current problem, and quit pointing fingers to someone who isn't in power any longer.

    Don't blame the person responsible? How convenient for you.

  24. Re:Read the court order here, all 4 pages of it on Verizon Ordered To Provide All Customer Data To NSA · · Score: 2

    Huh? Please cite these charts because what I can find strongly disagrees with you. Plus there's that whole insane idea of cutting taxes while launching two wars that you conveniently ignore.

  25. Re:Not just foreign media on Japan's Radiation Disaster Toll: None Dead, None Sick · · Score: 2

    I think we all know the real reason the Japanese are so fixated on radiation-related problems.