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  1. Let's kill these selfish dreams from yesteryear on Flying Car Crashes In British Columbia · · Score: 2

    The real solutions are better urban planning that pulls people out of the wasteful suburbs and public transportation.

  2. Re:Isn't that called "the internet"? on John McCain Working On Legislation For 'a La Carte' TV Channel Packages · · Score: 1

    Only old people think of the media and the medium as one unified thing...just like you did.

  3. Let's take these bullshit dreams of yesteryear... on New Flying Car Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    ...and shoot them behind the shed. The flying car was dreamed up in a far different world where energy independence was not an immediate matter of national security and suburbs still seemed like a good idea.

  4. Re:Barrel and slide/bolt too? on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Here's the hard truth: someone's irresponsibility is not my fucking problem.

  5. Re:Roku on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    Of course I can. My Plex server is in my home office and streams over my home network.

  6. Re:Roku on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A Roku box is a great front-end that eliminates the need for an HTPC. Why should I care about where decoding takes place in order to enjoy something? That is being pedantic. It streams from every major video provider (Netflix, Amazon, MLB.tv, etc), and I can stream videos & music stored on my desktop via Plex.

  7. Re:More Statist Bullsiht on Excel Error Contributes To Problems With Austerity Study · · Score: 1

    There are 3 rules of finance:

    1. Debt is good
    2. Don't pay taxes if you don't have to
    3. Get paid now and pay your bills later

  8. Re:Excel error? on Excel Error Contributes To Problems With Austerity Study · · Score: 1

    Bullshit. 100% on the user. Excel is capable of letting users make errors because its capabilities let users do clever and brilliant things as well. It's a very free-form application upon which you layer on your own structures and models. Do you also blame Microsoft Word when you make a poorly-supported argument or statement?

    If I'm reviewing someone's work and we find an error in an Excel model (it happens), he or she owns the error, we fix it and move on. If someone blames Excel for their work, I'll boot them the fuck out of my office.

  9. Re:Certifications on A Tale of Two Tests: Why Energy Star LED Light Bulbs Are a Rare Breed · · Score: 1

    There was a proposed lightbulb a few years ago, using some sort of technology that would have generated a signal that would wipe out every Wifi signal for a block.

  10. Re:Awesome! on Fox, Univision May Go Subscription To Stop Aereo · · Score: 1

    The way I see it, I am subsidizing your broadcast TV viewing and would rather not. The broadcast spectrum is a limited resource and it is currently being wasted (ie, given to) a small handful of broadcasters. I want every broadcaster shut down and the bandwidth repurposed for a nationwide wireless network. Any content production company could then offer a stream for free or for a fee, or use a VoD service like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. Everybody wins.

  11. I'm part of that in-between age bracket on 400 Pinball Machines and Counting at the Texas Pinball Festival (Video) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm old enough to remember pinball machines having their own prominent corner in the local video arcade (and old enough to have had local video arcades), but too young to have experienced pinball in its prime. The big hits in pinball when I grew up were Addams Family, Terminator, and Playboy. Not too long after, when arcades started closing, pinball went into a downward spiral.

  12. Re:Terminals with graphical capabilities... on Enlightenment Terminal Allows Video Playback, PDF Viewing · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the financial world, you also have the Bloomberg terminal. It's very heavily command line driven, although it does have some pointy-clicky functionality for noobs. You get a mix of text, graphics, audio and video from what I'd call a self-contained semantic web.

  13. Re:Because the Jedi code forbids it! on Jedi May Be Allowed To Perform Marriage Ceremonies In Scotland · · Score: 1

    If you have only one word for love, then you would think so. There are at least three different kinds of love, so you can narrow it down. You have amor, or romantic love, which is probably the forbidden one for a Jedi since it implies attachment. Then you have eros, whose meaning you can probably work out. I'd imagine the Sith are forbidden from feeling eros, which is why they're always so pissed off. Finally, you have agape, or overall brotherly love, which is compatible with compassion.

  14. Re:News for nerds? on New Pope Selected · · Score: 1

    More importantly, has Netcraft confirmed it, and how naked and petrified is Natalie Portman at the moment?

  15. Re:Blackout on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Flagged Channels For XBMC PVR? · · Score: 1

    So spend your entertainment budget elsewhere and stop feeling entitled to things.

  16. Re:Here's a better idea: deregulate the mail on City Councilman: Email Tax Could Discourage Spam, Fund Post Office Functions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    FedEx uses the post office for many local deliveries. Commercial carriers will not deliver everywhere. This is a national infrastructure issue.

  17. Re:Let it die. Seriously. on City Councilman: Email Tax Could Discourage Spam, Fund Post Office Functions · · Score: 1

    The post office can be completely self-sustaining. The problem is that the idiots in congress are forcing it to pre-fund pensions for the next 75 years. It is a completely political, and not business model-related, constraint that is hurting it.

    In the long-term, however, I would replace the post office by doing the following: shut down all television and radio broadcasts and reclaim the spectrum to implement a national wireless infrastructure. The replacement for mail would be a secured messaging system, along the lines of iMessage, BBMessage, Tiger Text, etc., but with legal protections.

  18. Re:Stop wanting so much. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Flagged Channels For XBMC PVR? · · Score: 1

    This is way too easy. NHL and UFC sell live streams you can get on your device of choice.

  19. Stop wanting so much. on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Flagged Channels For XBMC PVR? · · Score: 2

    You keep wanting something that they do not want to give you. Until you realize this, you have taken the losing position. Move your dollars to service providers that provide content on your terms.

  20. Re:What of violence against men? on EU To Vote On Proposal That Could Ban All Online Pornography · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Religious tradition is not an excuse. We're not accepting that bullshit in 2013.

  21. Re:Ignore them on North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anything can be a race; it's a purely social construct.

  22. Re:free market on Microsoft: the 'Scroogled' Show Must Go On · · Score: 1

    Extortion is illegal. So, no.

  23. Re:The game of Survivor on Can Valve's 'Bossless' Company Model Work Elsewhere? · · Score: 2

    Diversity of ideas in the business world matters. Having a monoculture where the only people in charge are the ones that grew up in the business is a recipe for disaster.

  24. Re:Like Most Companies? on Can Valve's 'Bossless' Company Model Work Elsewhere? · · Score: 1

    Because not everyone is equally capable or experienced and a company is run for the benefit of its owners.

  25. Re:So? on Bitcoin Hits New All-time High of $32 · · Score: 2

    Question 1: Who does squeezies for 10 bitcoin (or any bitcoin for that matter)? Question 2: At current exchange rates, that's over $300, which is way over market. Since you mentioned that you also donate to good causes, does the volatility in the exchange rate have any effect on how you spend your bitcoins?