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  1. Biggest safety issue is unaddressed on Using Technology To Make Guns Safer · · Score: 1

    The real safety issue is the raging idiot behind the trigger.

  2. Re:oh just that? on A Brain-Based Explanation For Why Old People Get Scammed · · Score: 1

    I've successfully developed my brain to the point where I don't trust anyone. :)

  3. Re:Oooooorrr on A Brain-Based Explanation For Why Old People Get Scammed · · Score: 1

    Scams weren't invented with the internet. Ponzi schemes, the tulip investment hysteria, bogus overseas investments in the 1800s, they were all there. It is just far easier to initiate and promote scams now.

  4. A new record! on OCZ Launches Vector Indilinx Barefoot 3 SSD, First All In-House Design · · Score: 1

    Slashdot just set a new record for the total number of abbreviations in a single summary.

  5. Re:Compare filibuster threats on US Congressman Wants To Ban New Internet Laws · · Score: 1

    A procedural obstruction is far different from a law blocking other laws.

  6. Re:that's not a high-voltage fence. THIS is.... on High-Voltage Fences For Zapping Would-Be Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    Probably falls under reckless endangerment but if they could only leave a pile of copper coils out in the open, behind the fence of course, and connect it to a high power line...

  7. Re:If they want to stop the copper thieves... on High-Voltage Fences For Zapping Would-Be Copper Thieves · · Score: 1

    They won't, the guy dropping them off will have to.

  8. Re:I really hope... on What "Earth-Shaking" Discovery Has Curiosity Made on Mars? · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's nothing, I could tell you what the Milky Way is made of.

  9. Apologies to Steve Miller on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 3, Funny

    This here's a story about John McAffe and Sam
    Two mismatched lovers with nothin' better to do
    Than sit around the house, live off John's savings, and watch the tube
    And here is what happened when they decided to cut loose

    They headed down to, ooh, old Belize
    That's where they ran into a great big hassle
    John shot a man while robbing his castle
    Sam took the money and run

    Go on take the money and run
    Go on take the money and run...

  10. Re:Mists of Dailyquestia on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 1

    Eve is nothing. You haven't lived until you've played Railroad Tycoon.

  11. Re:Mists of Dailyquestia on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Part of WoW's continuing business at this point is sheer momentum. People who have invested years of play in it who are unwilling to let it go.

  12. Re:Is this supposed to be humorous? on Review: World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (video) · · Score: 2

    It really feels like they took a vanity pet (there was a panda pet) and used it for the basis of an entire expansion. Wait until they base an expansion on cat and dog pets.

    I stopped playing but I agree that it seems like the whole atmosphere of the game has been shot to hell.

  13. Don't worry about it on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 1

    He is just suing to make sure the patent he worked so hard on researching and developing isn't stolen so that he can use it to develop a business around it. Oh wait, he just bought it so he could just use it to extort money from deep pockets and those that can't afford to defend themselves.

  14. Re:So on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 1

    "Exploiting it", "extortion", same difference.

  15. Re:So on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Plus they still let them request the venue which always ends up in a region in east Texas that seems to populated solely by patent lawyers.

  16. Re:Fracking is dangerous... on Volcano Power Plan Gets US Go-Ahead · · Score: 1

    We're just playing with volcanically active areas. It has been done a million times. Don't worry your pretty little head.

  17. Re:Didn't Do The Research on Apple Loses Trademark Claim Against iFone in Mexico · · Score: 1

    Live by the lawsuit, die by the lawsuit.

    They could've sat down with them and come to an agreement like reasonable adults but they instead reached for their guns. Too bad.

  18. Re:wait on Federal Judge Approves Warrantless, Covert Video Surveillance · · Score: 2

    Because Republicans never throw money at "law and order". All those red state prisons are actually playgrounds.

  19. Re:Basic martial arts. on D&D Monster Study Proves Eyes Have It · · Score: 1

    Especially if they are a Beholder and one of those eyes can shoot a disintegration ray.

  20. Re:Domestic Drones w/ ADS-B transponders = trackab on More Drones Set To Use US Air Space · · Score: 1

    Anyone up for building an anti-drone that homes in on ADS-B transponder signals? Takes a drone to kill a drone!

  21. Re:Who do I have to salute? on More Drones Set To Use US Air Space · · Score: 1

    Exactly my thought. It is just a matter of time until some judge decides that the view from the air is considered reasonable public viewing.

  22. Re:Perhaps on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 1

    Perhaps 72% of Xbox gamers are smart-asses who would reply "yes" to being asked "Should babies be made into sausages?"

  23. Re:Or... on 72% of Xbox 360 Gamers Approve of "More Military Drone Strikes" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone we shoot with a drone is a terrorist by definition. Didn't you read the manual?

  24. Re:Sci-Fi is Reel again on After 60 Years, Tape Reinserts Itself · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the tar command will actually refer to tapes again

  25. Correction on MIT Prof Predicts the End of Disabilities In Next 50 Years · · Score: 1

    technology can end disability in 50 years

    "technology can end disability, for those who can afford it, in 50 years"
    There, fixed that.