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  1. Re:They called her an :uncooperative subject" on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 2

    It isn't the media's fault the system is broken.

    Actually it's everyone's fault. The media included.

    They took a situation that was already very tense and crazy and turned it into a fucking circus. That only fanned the panic and turned into a nasty situation that just feeds itself.

  2. They called her an :uncooperative subject" on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No shit! I honestly don't know of ANY 4 year old that's going to be graceful and cooperative about being taken away from a family member and groped. Sorry, this isn't some sicko loli fantasy. This is real life with real people, and some real perspective needs to be acquired here.

  3. Re:Trial and extradition were never the goal on US Judge Say Kim Dotcom May Never Be Tried or Extradited · · Score: 1

    Winning is one thing. COLLECTING is a whole 'nother ball of wax.

  4. Oh yeah. THIS will end well... on Wikimedia Treats Their Operations Like Their Projects · · Score: 1

    Great, now they're handling infrastructure by committee. I can see this getting expensive (and broke to fuck) quite quickly. And dibs on how long it'll be before we see a parallel structure to the "editor cabal" problem they already have.

  5. Just a jump to the left? on Drugged Honeybees Do the Time Warp · · Score: 4, Funny

    I swear man!

    If I see any bees dressed in curly wigs, lingerie, fishnets and heels, I'm SO outta here!

    I refuse to be caught LIKE THIS!

  6. First "Me too"? on Microsoft Buys 800 AOL Patents For $1 Billion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do they cover 'leet? Follow-up posting with naught but "me too"? Or do they cover burying the public in excessive copies of useless physical media?

  7. Re:Wonderful, but... on How James Cameron Pumped Volume Into Titanic · · Score: 1

    And people falling from great heights and hitting stuff on the way down. Don't forget that.

    So a slight higher-brow version of Ow My Balls?

  8. Re:So on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 1

    As someone who lost family during the Troubles and had relatives injuried by attacks as late as the 70's, while I may be an idiot, I'm not someone with no idea.

    If you don't like the humor. That's fine. Not your cup of tea.

  9. Re:So on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 1

    What? Too soon?

  10. So on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 0, Troll

    You can step down to the pub for a pint (or twelve), then browse around to see if anyone's blowing up protestants using flash mobs that night.

  11. Re:Correct on World Is Ignoring Most Important Lesson From Fukushima · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sorry, but contrary to popular belief, it IS possible to do modern nuclear in a clean, safe way.

    But the second you mention it, someone points out a 30 year old facility based on 50 year old technology where people were cutting corners and paints the issue of nuclear power with said brush.

    TMI, Chernobyl and Fukushima aren't instances of "nuclear power is bad m'kay?". They're instances where improper planning, inappropriate supporting infrastructure, and plain old malfeasance compromised old, out-of-date facilities.

  12. Re:Correct on World Is Ignoring Most Important Lesson From Fukushima · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Basically a "suitable" site can't be:

    * within 1 light year of anything else
    * actually engage in any sort of nuclear reactions
    * use the standing nuclear infrastructure for anything
    * produce any waste whatsoever. It produces clean drinking water, power, and air? BAD! BAAAAAAD!
    * "actually" nuclear in any way, shape or form.
    * use any technology that doesn't have at least 50,000 years of hardcore reliability testing
    * offend anyone's delicate sensibilities in any way

    Basically there is no such thing as a "suitable" site for these people. Because the second someone says "nuclear" their head turns off COMPLETELY (if it wasn't already off) and the first thing out of their yap-holes is "bombs" "Hiroshima" "Nagasaki", "Three Mile Island", "Chernobyl" and now "Fukashima".

  13. Re:OH for gawd's sake, this is insane. It's a troj on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    Damn stupid signon...

    As I was going to say. Malicious software is malicious software. REGARDLESS OF ATTACK VECTOR.

    You can continue to rant and cry about how your precious little "lifestyle choice" isn't at fault for this.

    The fact remains that Macs are vulnerable to malicious software. And the head-in-the-sand (or up-ass, depending on whom you speak to) attitude displayed by all the elitist prats in the Mac community doesn't help this.

  14. Re:OH for gawd's sake, this is insane. It's a troj on Flashback Trojan Hits 600,000 Macs and Counting · · Score: 1

    So

  15. Re:Only Logical on Millions of Subscribers Leaving Cable TV for Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    Sorry but when television means jack shit to you, talking about the bundled price is meaningless.

    You pay $50 for net access or you pay $75 for net access plus television which you won't be using.

    Basically, adding television simply incurs an additional $25 penalty.

  16. Don't give a shit ^2 on Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In Upcoming Film · · Score: -1, Troll

    Wow. Ashton Kutcher. Wish I had even the energy to not give a shit about him.
    Wow. Steve Jobs. Been completely apathetic to him for decades now.

    The final product should put me to sleep faster than a high-grade elephant tranquilizer...

  17. Re:Suck my dick. on FBI's Top Cyber-cop Says We're Losing the War Against Hackers · · Score: 0

    Dude, if you're cruising for a piece of guy-ass, we don't need to know about it.

    Seriously.

  18. Windows 8? No thanks. on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    Call me when they design a non-toy UI that scales properly at 3840x1080.

  19. Re:It's because it's a WORLD market on Domestic Drilling Doesn't Decrease Gasoline Prices · · Score: 1

    I'm selling to Europa.

    All I have to say is...bull?

    =)

  20. Re:Doesn't this happen all the time? on Avast Drops iYogi Support Over Pushy Scare Tactics · · Score: 1

    Hey Boo Boo! I think we've fucked up.

    What do you mean "we" iYogi?

  21. Re:A completely different experience? on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    Ever thought that I may have been in an airport for reasons OTHER than flying out myself?

    And that in some airports, the TSA checkpoint is in plain sight of people who may not even be getting on a plane?

    Or that, maybe, y'know, my eyes work and I might be inclined to observe the goings-on?

    Nah!

    Couldn't happen!

  22. A completely different experience? on Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security · · Score: 1

    "It's a completely different experience than what you're used to," said Matt Stegmeir, a platinum-level Delta Air Lines Inc.

    No. No it isn't. Last time I flew was in 2001. The worst I had to put up with was a metal detector.

    Nowadays you practically need a colonoscopy to get on a plane.

    It's just further proof that this is less about keeping people "safe" than "security theater" and bilking people out of money.

    This is the functional equivalent of a township that reduces the speed limit of a street from 30 mph to 15 and installs speed tables every half block.
    Then, a couple years later, they install a toll lane where you can drive through at the original 30 mph.

    Bullshit of the highest order. And something some greedy sonofabitch needs to be shot in the face (repeatedly) over.

  23. TMNF? on New Frog Species Found In NYC · · Score: 4, Funny

    So do they live in sewers and learn ninjitsu from rats?

    Oh wait. Wrong amphibians...

  24. Let's electrocute some elephants just to be sure! on AC and DC Battle For Data Center Efficiency Crown · · Score: 1

    If it was good enough for Edison, it's good enough for me!

  25. Another blow to the failing consignment market on Swiss Voters Reject Book Price Controls · · Score: 1

    I'm just shocked that it was only 56%.

    I'd have thought a greater portion of the Swiss constituency would have better sense than this.