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  1. Re:Good news on NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' · · Score: 1

    I'll often type "viola" as I'm a old "Married... with children" fan and that's how Kelly Bundy said it. I'm also a fan of TrailerPark Boys Rickyisms. As such, especially if I'm being sarcastic about something, I can make a small joke and possibly point out the idiocy of a concept. Get two birds stoned at once.

  2. big woop on Kickstarter Lays Down New Rules For When a Project Fails · · Score: 1

    Yes yes, kickstarter will now OFFICIALLY slap members on the wrist for defrauding backers. TLDR: Kickstarter still doesn't care, just give them their 10%

  3. If it's good enough for microsoft on Sony Forgets To Pay For Domain, Hilarity Ensues · · Score: 1

    I still remember when someone got sued/threatened when MS did the same thing and it killed passport. After calling and unsuccessfully telling them how to fix the problem, he registered the domain, and pointed it back to where it should have been pointed and mailed them saying he would give them back the domain, he just wanted his stuff to work. They unleashed the vicious attack lawyers anyway.

  4. Poor Computer Illiterate. on Normal Humans Effectively Excluded From Developing Software · · Score: 1

    How dare we not bow down to the expertise of those who know nothing of the topic. We should all start valuing the medical advice of common lay people & celebrities over elitist doctors as well. Why just the other day Jenny McCarthy was telling us about vaccinations...

  5. Ouya on Google Apps License Forbids Forking, Promotes Google Services · · Score: 1

    Isn't this precisely what Ouya has done? They run their own app store and unless you root it (which is encouraged) you can't use the Google App Store to load apps.

  6. Re:Yep, put *this* gov't in charge of health care on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 1

    that's the strongest argument against the TSA I've ever heard.

  7. Re:Fuck the TSA on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 5, Interesting

    as a 7' tall man of german descent, I always get "randomly" chosen as well. I assure you it's not so much the "olive skin" as it is the "different" or "standing out for any reason".. which is also deplorable and ineffective for the task at hand.

    And yes, no option to opt out of all the still beta FBS

  8. Samsung NoteII Review on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    Your responsive scripts pick up that I'm on mobile, but then the mobile ad forces screen width to desktop size. This results in the mobile rendered page being shown on the left half of the screen in tiny unreadable text, while the right side of the screen is all whitespace, save for an actually readable mobile ad at the top. Clicking the menu button gives you a black slideout panel with only "Login" on it... having the default section buttons there would be ever so handy in lieu of taking up a VAST amount of screen real estate to urge me to log in and nothing else.

    Let me know where to send a screen shot to and I'll gladly help out. Other than that... looks pretty nice and modern. So long as it's quick and smooth I say go for it. After you fix the mobile of course.

  9. Re:Newton? on Physicists Attempting To Test 'Time Crystals' · · Score: 1

    They also can not perform work, so.. no energy created.

  10. It works on Politician Wants Sci-fi To Be Mandatory In School · · Score: 1

    My high-school actually had Science Fiction as an English credit. Favorite English credit ever.

  11. Pretty much Godwin's Law on Ubuntu Community Manager: RMS's Post Seems a Bit Childish To Me · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When you say "just look at facebook" for a comparison of your privacy policies... you kinda prove RMS's point.

  12. Until I eat you. Jurassic Park anyone?

  13. Customer Service Bastardry on iPad Bait and Switch — No More Unlimited Data Plan · · Score: 1

    So I called that evil gaggle of vampires to see if I'm to be affected by this. I was told I was! My unlimited data package was going to end, and I'd have to switch. How could they do this I asked, the gentleman I talked to told me the contract specifies that I can't cancel for 2 years, but it doesn't say they can't change the services offered on the contract. He preceded to run down the pricing and packages I now, according to him, had no choice to choose. I then asked isn't this the very definition of bait and switch? I entered into this contract with the intent to get a product, and now you're taking this product away and expecting me to still honor my end? He IMMEDIATELY *checked into something* and told me I was grandfathered in and can keep the unlimited package, and even use it on future smart phones for the life of my AT&T service. My contract expires October 25th. I have never fired a gun in my life. I am looking forward to sinking a 45 slug through my iphone on the 25th. I love my iPhone, I prefer it to the Droid (please don't hate). However, my renewed hatred of AT&T now knows no bounds.

  14. Re:Dear Google on Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been done before. When there wasn't enough coverage you got a verbal warning msg.
    "Spawn more overlords"

  15. Re:height discrimination! on Your Chance to be an Astronaut · · Score: 1

    as a 7'er, I'll join in on your suit too, while we're at it, lets get after that standard US 6'8" doorway. And celingfans... my life is like a Hellraiser movie with spinning blades at eye level. And where's my size 20 spaceboot?

  16. Re:qualified applicants? on Indian Software Firm Outsourcing Jobs To US · · Score: 1

    If you are going to outsource code, do it to someplace with blackjack, and hookers. Las Vegas, Nevada, Typo's abound today. ;-)
  17. Time for the break down on 'Pirates' Outsells 'Matrix' in High-Def Showdown · · Score: 1

    This article is the kind of FUD I wouldn't expect from /. Lets look at the facts. According to buy.com, Pirates I or Pirates II on BluRay is 25.99, Matrix Trilogy on HD DVD is $63.94. Using the amount sold above that tells us that gross for two separate products (one of which is in theatres now and has games, tons of other merch and all the other trappings of a hype juggernaught behind it) was about $1,221,530. Matrix, which is now about 4 years old and overhyped itself to death, was $888,766. This gives us not too much difference ($332,764) between Column A (Two different products of pirate genre with fresh hype in BR) and Column B (1 product of.. Matrix(?) genre with 4 year old hype in HD at about 250% the investment).

    Congrats. We've managed to prove new releases sell better than re-releases of old titles. This comparison is SOO far out of whack, I can't believe it made the front page. I mean, have we all forgotten stat's class? or scientific method?

  18. ATTEMPTED Piracy on Congress May Outlaw 'Attempted Piracy' · · Score: 1

    All I can say is, "When's the last time they handed out a nobel prize for ATTEMPTED chemistry".
    Thanks Bob.

  19. Hilf? on Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that read the headline and said "I know what a Milf is, wtf is a Hilf?"

  20. Carnivore on Congressman Boucher Responds · · Score: 1

    Way to completely ditch the issue of carnivore.. Don't get me wrong the other stuff he discussed is important, but carnivore is actually my biggest concern.