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  1. Re:Summary does not enhance my calm on Nuclear Officers Napped With Blast Door Left Open · · Score: 1

    Well, then take a nap. But then LAUNCH ZE MISSILES!

  2. Re:Currently searching - some Brother ref on Ask Slashdot: Best SOHO Printer Choices? · · Score: 1

    My 5 year old one still works fine and I picked up a duplex wireless one for less than $70 on sale. At those prices, it's cheaper to replace the printer than the drum if and when it wears out.

    Don't expect those models to be available forever. When it comes time for you to replace the drum, it may actually be better for you to replace the drum than to buy a whole new printer. Brother can change the design/quality of parts at any time, which would make you sad if your new printer was worse than your old.

    This is a trick that companies use: Make good products to institute brand loyalty, then stop making the good models and start to sell crap. The public thinks that all the models are good, and continues to buy them.

  3. Re:malarchy...thats nothin. on White House Official Tracked Down and Fired Over Insulting Tweets · · Score: 1

    ... in the FACE!

  4. Re:tl;dr on What Employee Lock-In Means At Facebook · · Score: 1

    Too bad Cutthroats can't tell the difference.

  5. Re:Start the bombing now! on Experian Sold Social Security Numbers To ID Theft Service · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well....? Don't keep us all on the edge of our seats! Where in Europe is it?

  6. Re:Scanning random QR codes on New Standard For Website Authentication Proposed: SQRL (Secure QR Login) · · Score: 1

    So you go to a website and it displays a QR code it wants you to scan. Who knows where that QR code could redirect too.

    Exactly! That's why the authentication app on your phone (which is currently being developed) will DISPLAY the proposed URL, and ask you to confirm "Is this where you were trying to log into?". It always confounds me how QR codes are everywhere.... On cereal boxes, posters, in movie trailers, etc... and the people who place them there expect users to just blindly take a photo of them and go to the web site indicated by the code. Haven't people been burned enough by goatse?

  7. Re:Biggest problem with Ubuntu: Upgrades on Ubuntu, Kubuntu 13.10 Unleashed · · Score: 2

    I didn't like it because the application bar on the left only had a teeny little arrow pointing to the icon when the app was running. It wasn't obvious at first what that meant.

    All the HATE that you refer to is probably because unity sends your local search query out to the internet. That way, Canonical can see when you're searching your own hard disk for "Hot llama porn.mpg".

  8. Measuring? on 1.5 Meter Long Meteorite Fragment Recovered From Russian Lake · · Score: 1

    There is a picture in that article of someone measuring a smaller fragment with some calipers. Is this how scientists measure rocks? It looks like they are only measuring the length of a portion of the rock because the calipers are too shallow to allow complete enclosure.

    If that's the case, then what's the point?

  9. Re:So write a better one on Linux RNG May Be Insecure After All · · Score: 1

    It still won't increase my chances of getting winning lottery numbers by 4 times, so it's "good enough".

  10. Re:What works? I'll tell you... on For Playstation 4 Owners, Bad News On USB, Bluetooth Headsets · · Score: 1

    Single Player content only, BABY!

  11. Re:Next DLC: on Red Cross Wants Consequences For Video-Game Mayhem · · Score: 2

    Experience the thrilling recreations of standing in front of a judge.

    Press X to flip him the bird.

  12. You disgust me.

  13. Re:No. The cat has FriendlyChemists tongue Slashdo on Maryland Indictment Says Silk Road Founder Tried To Arrange Murder of Employee · · Score: 1

    Then they're guilty of fraud too.

  14. Oh my god.... on Ask Slashdot: Suitable Phone For a 4-Year Old? · · Score: 1

    We just DDOSed Fisher Price! What have we done?

  15. I don't mind on US Killer Robot Policy: Full Speed Ahead · · Score: 4, Funny
    Go ahead, make killer robots. I'm pretty sure I can outwit the current state of the art killbots by:
    • - Hiding behind a blanket.
    • - Running around behind the robot to it's blind spot.
    • - Pushing it over on its side.
    • - Ascending some stairs.
  16. Dear Facebook.... on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    BRAZIL: Dear Facebook, please store your data about our citizens on a server that is located in our Country.

    Facebook: No.

    BRAZIL: Well, then we will just prevent all our citizens from accessing your website...

    Facebook: Darn.

  17. Re:they have a girl!!!!!!! on Cyanogen Mod Goes Commercial To Make "Available On Everything, To Everyone" · · Score: 1

    They also have a dog.... What's your point?

  18. Re:Fraud on London Tube Cleaners Don't Want Fingerprint Clock-in · · Score: 1

    The point isn't that you cannot get the finger print from the hash... The point is that if the fingerprint scanners are run by the government, and the scanners are used for workers to clock in/out, then there is nothing to stop the government from using the same scanners anywhere else, and storing the hashes in a country-wide database. That's where a simple time-clock becomes a tracking source.

  19. Re:BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA on True Size of the Shadow Banking System Revealed (Spoiler: Humongous) · · Score: 2

    No, it's funny, just not the part that you think.

    "Econophysicists" - That's the REAL punchline.

  20. Re:Better than a USB-ectomy on USB "Condom" Allows You To Practice Safe Charging · · Score: 1

    And trust that the user isn't about to alligator the data lines on one of those...

    Never trust a user.

    A user brought a computer to me for repair (This was in the early 90's). He wanted to connect his PC to the phone line, but didn't have a modem. He stripped the wires on his telephone cord, and randomly stuck them into the holes on his Parallel port. Guess what happened when someone called him?

  21. Good News! on Is It Time to Replace Your First HDTV? (Video) · · Score: 1

    There is a guy a few pages up who is willing to GIVE AWAY his DLP television. You should take him up on his offer.

  22. Re:No surprise on Users Revolt Over Yahoo Groups Update · · Score: 1

    No, the GP just didn't use that site until the interface was perfect.

  23. Re:Haven't I played this game already? on SimCity Mac Launch Facing More Problems · · Score: 1

    "Do you KNOW where you're going, Avatar?"

  24. Re:why leave the house on Technologies Like Google's Self-Driving Car: Destroying Jobs? · · Score: 1

    But I sometimes I want to see and touch and feel what I'm buying.

    Well, in the future, it's all going to look and feel a lot like your monitor.

  25. Re:Amended quote on Snowden Spoofed Top Officials' Identity To Mine NSA Secrets · · Score: 1

    If snowden really was brilliant, he would have deleted the log files and destroyed the backups so it would not be possible to find out just how brilliant he was.

    ...or he could just take the lazy way out and run to Russia. He must be a pretty good admin.... He's lazy.