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  1. In other news... on Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter For Not Predicting Earthquake · · Score: 1

    Italian Judge Giuseppe Romano Gargarella has just been charged for failing to warn Bernardo De Bernardis that this would happen before De Bernardis accepted his current job with the Great Risks Commission.

  2. Remember who's giving out the money on PayPal Co-Founder Gives Out $100,000 To Not Go To College · · Score: 1

    Sure, he will give you $100,000. But then after three months he will take it all back and refuse to explain why. Eventually he will send you this email and declare the case closed.

    Thank you for contacting PeterThiefIsYourPal. We apologize for the delay in responding to your service request.
    After review, the decision has been made to keep your account locked. This decision cannot be appealed.
    If you have any further questions, please go stick your head in a bucket of water.

  3. Re:The problem is a lack of will power on US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    I have zero idea who AC is, or how truthful he is - but he describes the single best way to deal with pirates

    ...with more pirates?

  4. Ubuntu 11.04, Slackware 13.37 on Ubuntu 11.04, Slackware 13.37 · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Slackware wins by 2.33.

  5. Re:The plural of Lego on Working Model Factory Made With Lego Robots · · Score: 1

    I think you misspelled "LEGO".

  6. Re:AGGGG you're missing the point with encryption! on Dropbox Can't See Your Dat– Er, Never Mind · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should try reading the article you linked to. It doesn't say what you think it says.

  7. Re:Hope Google will implement a decent offline map on Google Crowd-Sources Maps · · Score: 1

    But how come Android does not have a decent off line map application?

    Maybe you should have bought a Nokia instead. Their Ovi Maps application works entirely offline, can be updated through USB, and is free to boot.

    Pity the rest of their software sucks, but at least the maps are good.

  8. Re:Head of the division, you say? on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Next time just use google calendar so that you don't have to deal with douche bags like this.

    When, precisely, did Google Calendar receive HIPPA certification?

    If it hasn't then anyone careless enough to follow your advice will be dealing with a whole lot more douche bags than just the ones in the IT department.

  9. Re:Amen. on How the Social Tech Bubble Is Different · · Score: 1

    The best minds of his generation are not, in fact, thinking about how to make people click ads. He's just so far from that tier that he doesn't even know a single person in it.

    Of course not. They're right here, mocking facebook millionaires via slashdot comments where they belong.

  10. Now I'm scared. on MoD's Error Leaks Secrets of UK Nuclear Submarine · · Score: 1

    This accidental leak reveals, among many other things, how easy it would be to cause a Fukushima-style reactor meltdown in a sub

    Wow. They could cause a reactor failure that makes the media wet themselves, but somehow doesn't hurt anyone beyond a few cases of first degree burns? That's awe inspiring.

  11. So... on Flash On Android Fails To Impress · · Score: 2

    "The UI turns into a tug-of-war between the browser and the Flash Player, where each touch produces varying effects, seemingly at random."

    So what he's saying is that Flash is working as designed.

    I don't see the problem here.

  12. Well that just sucks. on Fellow Hackers Blast Geohot For Sony Settlement · · Score: 1

    With all the money I sent to GeoHot, I could have bought myself Killzone 3.

  13. Short Version of the Article on Dropbox Authentication: Insecure By Design · · Score: 0

    (Embriefened or the attention span impaired)

    "I have spent the last few minutes investigating the inner workings of Dropbox, and it suddenly occurred to me that if someone else gets hold of your usename and password then they could log in and download all of your files.

    "And, like, your login information is all stored on your computer 'n' stuff. So this is bad, right?"

  14. Yes, but... on Which Comic Character Is the Greatest Engineer? · · Score: 2

    All that engineering talent and still Reed Richards is Still Useless.

  15. Re:Large organization doing something simple on NYT Paywall Cost $40 Million: How? · · Score: 1

    Video evidence found on the Internet seems to suggest otherwise.

  16. MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month on MySpace Loses Ten Million Users In One Month · · Score: 1

    Have they tried looking behind the couch?

  17. Re:It's already in the UK on Things Get Worse at Fukushima · · Score: 3, Funny

    That was The Guardian. This is what the real BBC had to say on the subject.

    Meanwhile, Yes, Prime Minister had a few things to say about the press:

    "Don't tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country, The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country, The Times is read by the people who actually do run the country, The Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country, The Financial Times is read by people who own the country, The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, And The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is."

    "Prime Minister, what about the people who read The Sun?"

    "Sun readers don't care who runs the country, as long as she's got big tits."

  18. Re:Sensational! on Fukushima Radioactive Fallout Nears Chernobyl Levels · · Score: 1

    Anyone who has ever read the Pravda knows that figures emanating from Soviet officialdom must be taken with a very large dose of (iodized) salt.

    Unlike figures emanating from Slashdot, which are completely accurate and reliable 100% of the time.

  19. Re:You gets what you pays for . . . on Man Finds Divorce Papers, Tax Docs On "New" Laptop · · Score: 2

    I hate to be the one to break it to you, but sometimes stupid people are allowed to use computers too.

  20. Re:Less protection? on Righthaven Copyright Lawsuit Backfires · · Score: 5, Funny

    And until you actually write his name, it is both "Schrödinger" and "SchrÃdinger". And when you have already misspelled it, it's too late.

  21. Re:USA #1 on AT&T Cracking Down On Unofficial iPhone Tethering · · Score: 1

    How exactly is "Windows traffic" on a phone indistinguishable from "Windows traffic" on a PC, yet somehow those are both different from iOS traffic?

    If you're not tethering your iPhone, how can you explain why it checks with "Windows Update" every time it connects to the network?

  22. In other news... on NASA Satellite Snaps Rare Cloud-Free Ireland · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA satellites are still trying to confirm the existence of Scotland.

  23. This could be good on Russia's VimpelCom Buys Wind Mobile In Canada · · Score: 1

    Maybe the new WimpleComMobile will finally be able to offer a decent handset. Up until now their selection has left quite a bit to be desired.

  24. Re:News For Nerds on Teen Cancels Party After 200,000 RSVP On Facebook · · Score: 1

    It's a variation of Occam's Razor, and he "requoted" it four hundred years before Napoleon was born.

    Personally I'm fond of Heinlein's version: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. But don't rule out malice."

  25. Re:Behavioral Profiling rediscovered on Unmasking Anonymous Email Senders · · Score: 1

    But this is on a computer... On the internet. That's like double implicit innovation.

    So you can patent it.