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  1. idiots on Amazon and eBay Images Broken By Photobucket's 'Ransom Demand' (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why the fuck would you use a third-party service to host your products/auctions images instead of using Amazon or eBay?

  2. Re:Notice that the only Senators are Democrats on Forced Arbitration Isn't 'Forced' Because No One Has To Buy Service, Says AT&T (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Rule of acquisition 17: A contract is a contract is a contract... but only between Ferengi.

  3. Re: Too much power consumption on Apple Tests 3-D Face Scanning To Unlock Next iPhone: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In about eight years ago.

  4. Re:just a test on Apple Tests 3-D Face Scanning To Unlock Next iPhone: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1
  5. What does Iridium have to do with it?

  6. Re:Why would it need light? on Apple Tests 3-D Face Scanning To Unlock Next iPhone: Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Even the quality of AC's has diminished on Slashdot these days.

    You're damn right! A few years ago I only needed two Slashdot AC's but these days I need five or even six on the very hot days to keep my house at 21C.

  7. You get a virtual +5 funny from me, good sir.

  8. The Dominion is a major interstellar state in the Gamma Quadrant. Don't mess with them.

  9. What? Is there a Sméagol realdoll available? Because that would be highly offensive.

  10. Young men are working less. Some economists think it's because they're home playing video games.

    They're wrong. It's because of easy access to p0rn websites.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I have "work" to do.

  11. Re:Fond memories? on 23 Years Of The Open Source 'FreeDOS' Project (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah sorry I meant "black hat, assholes, bad people hackers" not "hackers" in general.

  12. Re:Time for tar and feathers? on 'Severe' Systemd Bug Allowed Remote Code Execution For Two Years (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as it's open hardware tar and feathers from free range chickens.

  13. Re: Wrong conversion to International System of U on Tesla Says Its Model 3 Car Will Go On Sale On Friday (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I measure everything in satoshis and bitcoins. Needless to say, people around me are confused.

  14. Fond memories? on 23 Years Of The Open Source 'FreeDOS' Project (linuxjournal.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Any Slashdot readers have their own fond memories to share?

    I remember when computers and the Internet was filled with real computer users, i.e. nerds. Those were good times.

    And then companies, marketing, data mining, governments and hackers arrived and ruined it.

  15. Re:Past the boiling point of water? on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Just FIY, the lunar lander feet were made in Québec, Canada. So technically we landed on the moon first.

  16. Re:Past the boiling point of water? on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Until a few minutes ago, the head read "Iranian city soars to record 129C degrees". That doesn't help when the so-called editors are making up stuff as they go.

  17. What do you mean? 327 KB or 327 KiB?

  18. Re: Queue the Global Warming Argument... on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Fuck yeah! Summer winter! Wait, that's just regular weather for Canada, because all americans know we live in fucking igloos.

  19. Re:Queue the Global Warming Argument... on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I wrote to the president and he said the government will help poor people buy an Anonymous Coward to cool their home.

  20. Bash on NASCAR all you want but a few dozen cars racing a few times every year is nowhere near as polluting as the millions of daily commutes being done by regular people.

  21. Re:Past the boiling point of water? on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    And all the people in metric countries also read and post on Slashdot, because Internet.

  22. Re:25 minutes difference explained. on New Study Finds How Much Sleep Fitbit Users Really Get · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah? Well, fuck her!

  23. I hear Antarctica is very nice at this time of year.

  24. Re:Past the boiling point of water? on Iranian City Soars To Record 129F Degrees: Near Hottest On Earth in Modern Measurements (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful
  25. Etienne Kapikian, a forecaster at French meteorological agency MeteoFrance, posted to Twitter that the city of Ahvaz soared to 53.7C (128.7 "degrees Fahrenheit").

    Fixed that for you.