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  1. Re:Reputation on Ask Slashdot: A Cheap, DIY Home Security and Surveillance System? · · Score: 1

    Didn't realize I wasn't logged in. So, I'm the asshole asking just how stupid you are.

  2. Re:Just coat them with plutonium on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Hope there's a firebreak in the run, or else that's one hell of a price to pay to flashburn one moron.

  3. Re:Just coat them with plutonium on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Yeah. About that. Generally, crime pays less than minimum wage, and criminals are people who can't bring themselves to punch a clock. It's hunter/gatherer all over again. Wake up when you're sober, steal what you can, sell what you've got, buy and get over.

  4. Re:What? on USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service · · Score: 1
  5. Re:No, the problem is "UI designers". on No Tab Relocation Coming For Chrome · · Score: 1

    Apex?

  6. Re:Nope, it is still in the future on AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    How does testing prevent the *acquisition* of HIV? It isn't like it can be detected early and eradicated.

  7. Re:Advertisement? on Are Folding Containers the Future of Shipping? · · Score: 1

    Except for the part where someone actually finds an alternative purpose for the estimated 18+ million shipping containers in use. If I'm buying PCs from China I probably don't need a 40' steel box, let alone a shitload of 40' steel boxes. You're leaving out the hard part.

  8. Re:Learn your AVC's on Most People Have Never Heard of CTRL+F · · Score: 1

    Which is my absolute number one pet peeve for Chrome. CTRL TAB should switch, not cycle, you fucking bastards.

  9. Re:Learn your AVC's on Most People Have Never Heard of CTRL+F · · Score: 1

    ALT E S V or, depending on source, ALT E S T. Goddamn, if you use it, learn the shortcuts that every mouse sequence highlights for you. Preformat target columns as needed.

  10. Re:This isn't auto mechanics! on C++ 2011 and the Return of Native Code · · Score: 1

    Divide by one, divide by zero. WRT your sig.

  11. Re:Still their fault on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    Sure you can. ALPO. And then make bad jokes about eating our own dog food.

  12. Re:Laser guidance? on Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier · · Score: 1

    ...and in the world of firearms, imperial measurements are standard. Caliber implies fractions of an inch. There's no "9mm caliber." There's 9mm, which is .357 caliber. Which, irritating as it may be, is the same as .38 caliber. Case diameter, bullet diameter, marketing diameter all influence the designation.

  13. Re:"We allow"...? on Hypertext Creator: Structure of the Web 'Completely Wrong' · · Score: 1

    I don't have any Native or African Americans.

  14. Re:Gun control? on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 1

    ...buy a full automatic gun without having to show any kind of ID...

    Are you really that ignorant? Because that's very, very far from the truth.

  15. Re:We'll Have to Agree to Disagree on The Continued Censorship of Huckleberry Finn · · Score: 1

    The Constitution was recently read in Congress. Sort of. An amended version was read, one that didn't contain the "what do we do about slavery" part.

  16. Re:timothy... on Unwise — Search History of Murder Methods · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Great plan. In the US, there is a deposit threshold that is reported to the government. A pattern of deposits designed to avoid triggering that threshold is itself a crime, called structuring. I imagine there is a similar statute for what you describe, and the act you propose points a big ole arrow.

  17. Re:Yep, and look at the Airbus A320 on Chinese Intellectual Property Acquisition Tactics Exposed · · Score: 1

    I read this many times. WTF was your point?

  18. Re:Have you considered the possibility... on Wired Responds In Manning Chat Log Controversy · · Score: 1

    Are you an ambassador to this planet?

  19. Re:Said it once... on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Ok, but then you'd better live your life that w on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 2

    What's your real name? Address? Social Security number? Checking account number? Sexual preference? Birthdate? Do you have any STDs? Post a nude photo on the internet. What's your credit score? Where do you work?

  21. Re:Already thought of on Russian Army Upgrades Its Inflatable Weapons · · Score: 1

    FYI - reconnoiter, as in "to perform reconnaissance"

  22. Re:A link to the paper itself on Fine-Structure Constant Maybe Not So Constant · · Score: 3, Funny

    They seem to be in good shape. Thank you for your efforts.

  23. Re:Irony on Fark Creator Slams 'the Wisdom of Crowds' · · Score: 1

    Tried it. I'm above average height and weight. Estimates on both are almost always low. My guess is that personal bias leads the person answering to add a "reasonable" increase to their own height or weight. People of average stature seem unable to believe that I'm "really" 6'4" tall, or that I weigh 290 lbs.

  24. Re:Not very critical, actually. on Oil Arrives In Louisiana; Defense Booms Inadequate · · Score: 1

    So what part of your sig agrees with your post?

  25. Re:What do you think happens today? on Why the IRS Should Automatically Fill In Returns With What It Knows · · Score: 1

    So you purchased insurance. When the company was dissolved, you were granted stock in another company as compensation. I assume you are no longer paying premiums. So now you have an asset with unknown tax liability. If you'd simply stopped paying your premiums, you'd have nothing. Sounds like the "Prison Guard's Dilemma" from Shawshank to me. "I have this thing of value that I didn't have before that I may have to pay taxes on. Poor me."