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  1. Re:These developers don't know what they're doing. on Mozilla To Remove Hello In Firefox 49 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Build a "wall" around it / make it closed source!

  2. Re:These developers don't know what they're doing. on Mozilla To Remove Hello In Firefox 49 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    > If I were their manager, I would call them into my office, and tell them "You're Fired!"

    Developers have the leeway to make decisions (without running everything through managerment & commitee) ?! haha
    It's the manager that needs fired

  3. Re: A first: We should follow Germany's lead on 'We the People' Petition To Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status · · Score: 1

    Godwin invoked

  4. Waiting for Apple's version on Researchers Develop $60 Sonar Watch To Aid the Visually Impaired · · Score: 1

    this isn't news until Apple reveals a $399 version.

    then zomg! gotta have!

  5. Terms and Conditions on Comcast Using JavaScript Injection To Serve Ads On Public Wi-Fi Hotspots · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the terms and conditions you agree to when using their hotspots explicitly grant them permission to do so.

  6. Re:The finding on Google Looking To Define a Healthy Human · · Score: 1

    All hail our short-armed hermaphrodite overloards!

  7. Re:A much better picture of the fuselages on Train Derailment Dumps Two 737 Fuselages Into Clark Fork River · · Score: 1

    *Technically* the headline is correct.

    Clearly the 3rd one didn't quite make it to the river.

    Looks like another one further up the hill.. not sure if that's still on the tracks or not.

  8. Re:Everyone prepare for Armageddon! on Oil Man Proposes Increase In Oklahoma Oil-and-Gas Tax · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, George Kaiser is Tulsa's largest philanthropist (perhaps in Oklahoma)
    he's donated millions to Tulsa's park system.
    Including at least a $100 million for a park project that begins construction this year
    http://agatheringplacefortulsa...

  9. Re:Buggy whips on London Black Cabs Threaten Chaos To Stop Uber · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Well said.
    Likewise why are there laws protecting auto dealerships and preventing automakers from selling direct to the consumer?
    Regulations & laws should protect consumers, not a business model.

  10. Re:How do you breathe in it? on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    The man builds spacecraft for a living.
    Is CO2 accumulation still an issue on aircraft or has that been solved?

  11. Re:Don't forget passenger comfort on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    It's a 30 minute trip. Windows for the rarity someone will their eyes off of their smartphone or tv screen in front of them?

  12. Re:prerequisite: a more stable society on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    $70 billion has already been approved for the high-speed-rail boondoggle.
    as a target for sabotage. Just about anything else will yield more death and destruction. Say for example. high speed rail, a bus, subway, or a pipeline filled with natural gas.

  13. Re:Old pulp magazine. on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Or saw "The Living Daylights"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AzJ5_8Cqdc

  14. Re:The semi problem on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    In Russia, the pillar takes out the semi!
    heh heh heh!
    Seriously. you don't think there will be barricades?
    What happens when a big rig hits the pillars of a bridge?
    What happens when a big rig goes into on-coming traffic?

  15. Re:How do you breathe in it? on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    The same way you breath on-board an aircraft. With your lungs.
    It's a pressurized cylinder
    come on people READ THE ARTICLE

  16. Re:So..security? on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    I'm no actuary, but I don't think that happens very often.
    I'd say the risk is very very low
    Driving your car is exponentially riskier.
    But but but, what about earthquakes? Yes, earthquakes are dangerous. During an earthquake I'd take my odds in that tube over my odds in just about anything else.

  17. Re:Sounds like we need to start a petition on Why "We The People" Should Use Random Sample Voting · · Score: 2
  18. Sounds like we need to start a petition on Why "We The People" Should Use Random Sample Voting · · Score: 1

    Sounds like we need to start a petition to get this algorithm implemented.

  19. Re:it tells you one thing, at least on Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage · · Score: 1

    When is it a good time to talking about reforming bare hands control?!

  20. Re:never heard of tinymce on Firefox: In With the New, Out With the Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Yes.
    it's javascript used by websites to create a rich-text editor with formatting and whatnot.

    calling it a browser add on is like calling jQuery.js and slashdot.org browser add-ons

  21. Since When on Firefox: In With the New, Out With the Compatibility · · Score: 1

    TinyMCE is an Add-On or Extension?

    TinyMCE is an "add-on" in the same sense that Slashdot.org and jQuery.js are.

  22. Trojan Horse? on Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    stuxnet 2.0 / trojan horse?
    Trojan horse implied by the submitter's use of the trojan helmet?

  23. This comes as a surprise? on US Plans Cyber Shield For Private Companies and Utilities · · Score: 1

    After reading "The Shadow Factory" ( http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Factory-NSA-Eavesdropping-America/dp/0307279391/ ), I assumed the NSA already had spyware in all of our infrastructure.

  24. Re:MPG is outdated when you are using grid power on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    Miles per dollar or miles per cost-of-living quotient?

  25. Re:Vaporware. on Researchers Achieve Amazing Memory Density · · Score: 1

    I'm sure the 3.5" disk sleeve comment was a joke.