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  1. And nothing to be said about "non-profit" schools? on Colleges Face New 'Gainful Employment' Regulations For Student Loans · · Score: 2

    And just how many graduates from "non-profit" state schools are given degrees in unemployable fields?

  2. Re:My pandemic on Newly Discovered Virus Widespread in Human Gut · · Score: 1

    Frigging Greenland!

  3. I've played enough Plague Inc... on Newly Discovered Virus Widespread in Human Gut · · Score: 1

    Hit over 50% worldwide infection rate, then start buying the symptoms that kill and spread. Just make sure you've infected the islands before they cut off water and air travel (Greenland, Iceland, Madagascar, New Guinea and New Zealand have defeated me often enough). Oh, and target the countries that are contributing the most to finding a cure.

  4. How to end all terrorism on Getting Afghanistan Online · · Score: 2

    Introduce an entire country to cat pics on Reddit.

  5. Let's go retro... on Ask Slashdot: What Stands In the Way of a Truly Solar-Powered Airliner? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I always thought that heavy-lifting solar-powered airships would make excellent replacements for long-haul trucks.

  6. Also on Ask Slashdot: What Stands In the Way of a Truly Solar-Powered Airliner? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Night?

  7. They all suck on Ask Slashdot: Best Cell Phone Carrier In the US? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just accept that and find the plan that best suits your needs.

  8. So, this entire article is pointless? on Vermont Bans Fracking · · Score: 1

    Vermont bans something that doesn't, and won't, happen in their state? Next, Montana will be banning professional sports, Nebraska will ban surfing, and Utah will ban dancing and rock and roll.

  9. Re:GASLAND on Vermont Bans Fracking · · Score: 0

    And don't forget that the production of Gasland was funded by Venezuelan gas/oil interests, which would be VERY screwed if we no longer had to import Venezuelan crude. Gasland is a hoax, just like An Inconvenient Truth.

  10. GREAT!! on Startup Wants To Peek Through Your Home's Wired Cameras · · Score: 0

    Let's just give the conspiracy nutjobs MORE reasons to freak out.

  11. Pot, meet kettle on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Nice to see they've taken care of all of those other problems, so now they can go after online poker sites.

  12. I'm gonna have to call AT&T on Loophole Means Unlimited Data For AT&T iPhone · · Score: -1

    On my iPhone 3G, I dropped from the $30/unlimited to $15/200mb plan, thinking that I'd barely use that much data, since I'm usually at either work or home, and have WiFi in both. But now, I've upgraded to an iPhone 4, and have more ways to use the data (streaming Netflix, Hulu). So, I want to go back to the $30/unlimited plan. I'll have to call AT&T tomorrow and see if I can do that.

  13. Re:Provided... on Flash Is Not a Right · · Score: 1

    And don't forget the Intel-based Mac required to be able to run the SDK. That'll set you back $599 for a new MacMini (or less if you buy one used).

    And, after buying all this equipment and paying the developer fees and actually developing the app, if you want to sell it, you'll have to submit it to Apple and hope they don't deny your submission for some undefined reason (and no, you can't submit your design doc and get pre-approved).

  14. Re:first post? on Will Your Answers To the Census Stay Private? · · Score: 0, Troll

    American Male, 39. And that's ALL the information they are getting out of me.

  15. "Common Sense Exceptions" defined as... on Bill Would Require Public Information To Be Online · · Score: 1

    ...anything we decide we don't want to let you know about.

  16. Re:B5: Crusade on What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next? · · Score: 2, Informative

    B5 is one of my all-time favorite TV shows, and I've been introducing my fiancee to it. Half-way through S1 right now, and a lot of the storylines really do hold up. Sure, the CGI is dated, and the acting is a bit stilted (but does get better), but the stories are still superior to a lot on TV today.

  17. Re:QUARK on What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next? · · Score: 1

    AMEN!!

  18. Re:How about none? on What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next? · · Score: 1

    A RoF series would probably work fairly well as a Sci-Fi Channel series (sorry, I refuse to use their new name). Apart from some minimal special effects depicting the actual Ring, the rest would be costumes and weapons (most left over from previous Sci-Fi fantasy movies) and they film enough in former eastern-bloc countries, moving to Central Germany wouldn't be a huge leap. And there's so much content already generated (between the books and the canon fan-fic), and the show would have a lot of the intrigue we loved and miss about early BSG.

  19. Other ways to attract prospective employees to CA on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...do something about the oppressive cost of housing in the bay area.

    ...do something about the oppressive taxes in California.

    ...do something about the oppressive traffic.

  20. Re:heresy! on Multiple Asteroid Belts Found Orbiting Nearby Star · · Score: 3, Informative

    The canon home of Vulcan is 40 Eridani, not Epsilon Eridani. So, no scientific conspiracy.

  21. Construction debris on Multiple Asteroid Belts Found Orbiting Nearby Star · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like the builders of The Great Machine inside Epsilon 3 are just dumping their debris in orbit.

  22. On three. 1.... 2.... 3.... on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 1

    Cue the Dem and Repubs pointing and accusing each other of doing just that.

  23. I'm still waiting for Pimps at Sea! on Ensemble Studios' Canceled Project Was Halo MMO · · Score: 2

    And a sequel to Oni. Frogblast The Vent Core FOREVER!

  24. Re:Lucky Ju Ju on The Last Pinball Machine Factory · · Score: 1

    Lucky Ju Ju is amazing. I grew up on modern pins with dot-matrix boards and strobes and everything. But that room with the older electro-mechanicals had me enthralled. Sure, I understand the principles. But the thought that all those games were done without ICs still blows my mind.

  25. Re:Jumper on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    I think the entire event is code-named Cloverfield, or at least the Army's response to it.