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  1. Ah the voodoo I mean science of it all. on A Climate of Violence? · · Score: 1

    Its just neat how science can make up all sorts of reasons why people do the voodoo they do and completely ignore the most basic one; choice.

  2. Its obvious on Moscow Subway To Use Special Devices To Read Data On Passengers' Phones · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To say their reasoning is thinly veiled is to say Santa Claus is alive and well at the North Pole. Tracking "stolen" phones not is it about.

  3. Re:This is why we have a first amendment. on Judge Rules In Favor of Volkswagen and Silences Scientist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Streisand effect strikes again. They will never learn.

  4. Re:misandry! on 55,000 Sign Twitter Abuse Petition After Jane Austen Campaigner Threats · · Score: 0

    Oh man that should raise a few hackles from the lesbo's and fembots..

  5. Dregging on In Canada, a 3D-Printed Rifle Breaks On First Firing · · Score: 1

    Really? This is news? Given the newness of 3d printing and the materials used getting something like a firearm right on the first go and failing is not news at all.

  6. Well then. on US Promises Not To Kill Or Torture Snowden · · Score: 1

    Since Obama is now promising *not* to torture or kill (read murder) Snowden, then it sounds like those are their true intentions.

  7. Re:As a tinfoil hat-smith on What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Yes spectrum analyzers are used as you suggest but they show you a side view of a three dimensional wave.

    Still though I agree, this artist is nothing more than an asshat.

  8. He might be an artist... on What Wi-Fi Would Look Like If We Could See It · · Score: 1

    but he is wrong about how "wifi" would look. IOWs, he (the artist) and the OP is full of shit.

  9. Reconciling Human Rights With Ubiquitous Online Su on Reconciling Human Rights With Ubiquitous Online Surveillance · · Score: 1

    There is none. Rights *always* get trampled.

  10. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    I have never seen a bulb of any type that did not eventually go out.

  11. Re:Wi-Fi toothpick on Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon · · Score: 1

    Your angst is shared but your spitting in the wind. You see there are far to many people with their heads up their ass to realize not everything in our lives needs controlling by a computer. Sadly you will never be able to convince them.

  12. Re:Why bleed him dry? on Dotcom Alleges Megaupload Raid Was Part of Deal To Film The Hobbit · · Score: 1

    Had to Google for a moment to confirm but your at least partially wrong; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaupload_legal_case (assuming wikipedia is accurate). If all he got back was $750K lawyers fees could eat that up in short thrift.

  13. Re:Hard to know who to believe here on Dotcom Alleges Megaupload Raid Was Part of Deal To Film The Hobbit · · Score: 2

    My thoughts exactly; never announce publicly your intentions and plans when involved with a lawsuit. Kimmy should take a lesson from IBM; they rarely say anything when involved with a lawsuit and when they do say something it is very very minimal.

  14. Pardon me while I pull something out a my ass.

  15. Odorifus on Majority of Americans Say NSA Phone Tracking Is OK To Fight Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Pew that study stinks.

  16. Re:Profanity? on Linus Torvalds Promises Profanity Over Linux 3.10-rc5 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah he could do that and spend a lot of time spinning his wheels when a few well placed curses upon the offenders pet or pets would stop or reduce his spin time. Just how many times does he need to repeat himself after a while it becomes clear some public chastising might get their attention.

  17. Re:Maybe.. on When Will My Computer Understand Me? · · Score: 1

    There are lots of people with neural networks and about all they have learned in life is how to wipe their ass. But I guess it would be OK for a computer to learn that task. It will come in handy when I'm old and wearing adult diapers.

  18. Re:Why? on When Will My Computer Understand Me? · · Score: 1
    Exactly.

    It would be like a monkey fucking a football.

  19. Re:Communication isn't the problem... on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    I think the potential forking aspect has little to do with TFA authors thoughts about code quality. By all rights a small group as she mentions should have no problem and yet they did; why was that? Linux from a developer numbers aspect deals with how many, a thousand or so contributors? I am not convinced it was a communication problem. Well perhaps it was just not in the way she thinks. Like you mentioned, yeah Linus can land on a developer like a sledgehammer and think that tends to keep his "cats" on their toes. In my view such "gruffness" in a "standard software house" or project and the project manager would not be in such a position very long; to much political crap goes on.

  20. Re:Communication isn't the problem... on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 1

    Agreed on the differences of working solo versus a group project. They certainly do have differing dynamics and just because a developer might be a hot shot when working alone does not always translate to a group environment. I think in the case of Linux development many of the developers work in a solo/collaborative way that most other projects have been unable to duplicate on the same scale. Maybe it has something to do with openness of the code or the at times hardnosed way Linus goes about managing it all, I don't know. Maybe TFA authors missing the real problem; just because you can write shit hot code does not mean it makes you a good project manager.

  21. Communication isn't the problem... on When Smart Developers Generate Crappy Code · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if it were then projects like Linux would have collapsed a very long time ago.

  22. Re:Bias sounds reasonable. on Med Students Unaware of Their Bias Against Obese Patients · · Score: 0

    With dumb asses like you everything is a mental illness.

  23. Bloomberg == pathetic on Bloomberg To HS Grads: Be a Plumber · · Score: 0

    Bloomberg saying be a plumber sounds reminiscent of a certain monarch in France saying you can just eat cake. History shows those in power with such disdain for those they govern will eventually regret their abuses.

  24. Re:Priceless on Ars Technica Goes Close Up With the Pebble Smartwatch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah I see where your going; approximately in a fuzzy amount, 165 feet.

  25. Re:And that index is disturbing... on Firefox 20 Arrives With Per-Window Private Browsing, New Download Manager · · Score: 5, Informative

    I just checked that and you are right. The download manager showed things I thought were deleted.