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  1. Re:Business as usual, but it still seems absurd on Senate Cybersecurity Bill Stalled By Ridiculous Amendments · · Score: 1

    It's the ass end of tacking on shit.

    It's one big cluster fork of politicians getting goodies in exchange for their vote.

    The downside of this process is that, wait, that was a downside.

    The upside of this process is politicians can use the same mechanism to attach poison pill amendments that will cause the bill to fail. That's what we are seeing here.

    Wait, wut?

  2. Have at me! :-( on Algorithmic Trading Glitch Costs Firm $440 Million · · Score: 1

    > Algorithmic trading glitch costs firm $440 million

    Algorithmic trading glitch dumps $440 million into someone else's pocket.

    Live by the sword, die by the sword.

  3. Of Mice and Men on Open WebOS Releases Core Apps; Reveals Touchpad Won't Be Supported · · Score: 3, Funny

    > touchpad won't be supported

    "What?!? We only started supporting the mouse in January."

  4. Re:Free enterprise! on Judge Rules Oracle Must Continue Porting Software To Itanium · · Score: 1

    Ya, hardly a surprise.

    20 years ago or more I worked on an ancient project on Prime computers (with language RPG II -- sweet!) and it had Oracle on it. However, Prime had paid Oracle for the port since there weren't enough Primes around to justify it to Oracle based purely on Oracle sales.

    But, also take from this that many enterprises deem Oracle a necessity.

  5. Re:spoonful of sugar on Overconfidence May Be a Result of Social Politeness · · Score: 1

    > negative feedback is acceptable if given constructively and pleasantly

    You clearly need to hire a better class of mistress.

  6. Re:Please tell that to Hillary Clinton on Overconfidence May Be a Result of Social Politeness · · Score: 1

    Don't say that about the US! You made me feel bad. ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhh

  7. Re:Overcomplicating things? on The Tricky Science of Olympic Gender Testing · · Score: 1

    And the biggest profits in porn!

  8. Re:Is that a man or a woman? on The Tricky Science of Olympic Gender Testing · · Score: 1

    Well I'd like to see even more data mining.

    Androgen insensitivity syndrom is very rare -- so therefore athletes with it should be extremely rare.

    If the percent of female athletes with it (xy with it) are significantly greater than the general population, then it would not be the complete female parallel people think it is.

  9. Wait. Stop. (insert popcorn-eating .gif here) on Bill Would Force Patent Trolls To Pay Defendants' Legal Bills · · Score: 2

    Be careful what you wish for, people!

    The bigger patent trolls have plenty of money.

    The small guy with a legitimate beef does not.

    Here's what you do -- imagine you're a patent troll with $30 billion at your disposal. Now pay your multiple genius lawyers to figure out ways around it.

    Now revise the law according to that before even bothering to pass it.

  10. Re:I prefer my method on Goodbye, IQ Tests: Brain Imaging Predicts Intelligence Levels · · Score: 2

    Thou'rt, I mean. art, not are. DAMMIT

  11. Re:I prefer my method on Goodbye, IQ Tests: Brain Imaging Predicts Intelligence Levels · · Score: 1

    "Thou're" -- "You" is the plural "thou" in English.

  12. Genii still susceptible to meme implantation on Goodbye, IQ Tests: Brain Imaging Predicts Intelligence Levels · · Score: 2

    When I was 10, longer ago than most of you have been alive, my mother regaled me with a tale that Einstein's brain had 2x the number of convolutions.

      This was before they figured out that had something to do with it. Whatever happened to that?

  13. Re:How do we, as consumers, benefit from all this? on Samsung Admonished For Releasing Rejected Evidence · · Score: 1

    Originality of windowing itself aside, I never got why Apple's Mac UI could get a look and feel copyright (thus in perpetuity) rather than a patent.

    Button styles, colors, window styles, sure. Overlapping window, buttons, etc. itself, no.

  14. Why am I all salty? on Is Phoenix the Next Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    > who picked Phoenix due to...different quality of life

    Lolz. They picked it because there is a computer engineering base there with Intel having a giant manufacturing campus there because the air, hot as it is, is very clean and thus easier to filter for chipmaking.

    Anyway, how's the quality of life? Better? "Different."

    "Ok I'm gonna open the door. Walk, don't run, to the car. Open the doors but don't get in yet. And don't touch any metal. God help yor soul if you do. Go go go go!"

  15. Re:I deeply dislike the end-run aroudn the courts on Valve Removes Right For Class Action Claims From EULA · · Score: 1

    Valve makes heart valve replacements? Screw them! Greedy SOBs don't care, just want the money and not be forced to pay for the litter trail of bodies they...

    Wait, wut?

    They make games? Huh. Well.

    Nevermind.

  16. Re:Awesome! on Australian Billionaire Wants To Build Jurassic Park-Style Resort · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's been pointed out the problems in Jurassic Park are not Man's Arrrogance in playing God but rather lousy zookeeping and corruption and sabotage.

  17. Store this! on Amazon Matches iTunes Match With New 'Audio Upgrade' Feature · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The point of forcibly replacing your music with a good-quality one is so they can massively reduce storage. Now they just need one copy of each song.

    Which makes it doubly bizarre they're now counting it against your cloud storage -- it's not even stored in your "piece" -- all that's stored are a few bytes of an ID pointing into their song database.

  18. Re:All of Amercia is waiting on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 1

    ("DROID!!")

    (looks down at phone) "Bristol? WFT!"

  19. "And we will buy our mansions with it." on Taiwan University Sues Apple Over Siri Patents · · Score: 1

    > "We filed that lawsuit in the Texas court because it processes
    > faster and its rulings are usually in favor of patent owners and
    > the compensations are usually higher,""

    Holy bloviators, Dark Knight! A lawyer who told the undistorted truth!

  20. Part of a 3-pronged effort. on New Moxie Marlinspike Tool Cracks Crypto Passwords · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wouldn't it be faster to use use the backdoor Microsoft built in for the government in exchange for backing off lawsuits?

  21. Re:Enough with giving Windows a pass on Ubisoft Uplay DRM Found To Include a Rootkit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You think a backdoor couldn't be installed on Linux? The person voluntarily ran an installer executable. The sky is the limit when you do that. Heck, it came from a big company as official product, giving the social engineering aspect a boost -- people just clicked approve approve approve on all Windows' carefully-engineered install blockers.

    Which, IIRC, don't even exist on Linux. Or maybe you're a Mac fan. Guess what? See above re: running an executable from a trusted source.

  22. Re:Not being on Looserbook a bad thing? on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 1

    Ya, fuckin' Loserbook! Those guys are losers! I hate them. GOD DAMMM I HATE THEM!

    GRRRRRRR...

  23. Shocking! on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 1

    Follow the money -- look for some politician or politician's friend who recently bought a ton of Facebook stock at it's half-IPO price.

    You don't think the big lawsuits against Taser corporation coming out the same week it went IPO were a coincidence, did you?

  24. Re:Two words on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 2

    Ok I had 3 old friends, my two kids and some guy who I thiinnnnnk was a headhunter for me years ago. WTH.

    I unfriended him.

    WAIT DAMMIT! Now he's gonna go kill himself. I'm sorry!

  25. Re:Two words on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 1

    Just checked, whoa! I have a Facebook account associated with my email. WHOA, I have a password for it. WHOA, I have two ancient friend requests from a guy I worked with last 10 years ago and my cousin's lifepartner.