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  1. Nye is right on Bill Nye Disses "Regular" Software Writers' Science Knowledge · · Score: 1

    As evidenced by Node.js and Scala.

  2. Re:A Comet Strike on Ask Slashdot: What Will It Take To End Mass Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    We should have a vote. Mine is Soylent Green or Planet of the Apes.

  3. Where's the downvote button? on Female-Run Companies Often do Better Than Male-Run Ones (Video) · · Score: 0

    I don't come to slashdot to hear feminist garbage. I have youtube for that!

  4. Is this going to be the Chinese Room? on Google Brain's Co-inventor Tells Why He's Building Chinese Neural Networks · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  5. Microsoft did not reveal any upcoming features on Microsoft Announces Office 2016 and Office For Windows 10 Coming Later This Year · · Score: 2

    "Microsoft did not reveal any upcoming features it is planning for Office 2016." Except changes in the formats to break everything again.

  6. fuck amazon on Ridley Scott Adapts Philip K. Dick's 'Man in the High Castle' For Amazon · · Score: 1

    Won't let me watch it in Canada.

  7. Re:Hakija on Ask Slashdot: Linux Database GUI Application Development? · · Score: 1

    IntelliJ IDEA.

  8. Java with Netbeans on Ask Slashdot: Linux Database GUI Application Development? · · Score: 2

    Netbeans has a bunch of database application wizards. Of course this means using the superior Java and being able to run the apps on Linux, Windows or Mac.

  9. Re:you need to kill the botnets on Ask Slashdot: What Should We Do About the DDoS Problem? · · Score: 1

    And Jet Packs you insensitive clod!

  10. Re:Who wrote it? on "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" Pulled From Amazon · · Score: 1

    Written by a women. Susan Marenco. What a surprise. Move along - nothing to see.

  11. Who wrote it? on "Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer" Pulled From Amazon · · Score: 1

    Is there an author attributed?

  12. Better link on Scientists Discover Diamond Nanothreads · · Score: 2

    Not sure why we'd want to post to a CNN article. Here's the scientific american link:

    http://www.scientificamerican....

  13. QA on Ubisoft Points Finger At AMD For Assassin's Creed Unity Poor Performance · · Score: 1

    How about some QA before releasing the game Ubisoft? Maybe you'd have noticed this before release?

  14. Re:Classification on Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless · · Score: 1

    It means to be a planet it at least needs to be orbiting a star. So these are rogue planets.

  15. Classification on Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually these are not planets according to the new classification.

    First, it must orbit the Sun.
    Second, it must be big enough for gravity to squash it into a round ball.
    And third, it must have cleared other objects out of the way in its orbital neighborhood.

    http://missionscience.nasa.gov...

  16. Re:Nominative use on Interviews: Ask Florian Mueller About Software Patents and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    Thanks! This had been bugging me for a while now.

  17. Why didn't Oracle sue Google over Trademarks on Interviews: Ask Florian Mueller About Software Patents and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    instead of API copyright? It seemed it would have been a better case since there is precedence?

  18. Re:Which company? on Will Apple Lose Siri's Core Tech To Samsung? · · Score: 1

    Thanks. I was going to post the same comment. Still don't know which company they're talking about.

  19. Shut up liar on Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? · · Score: 0

    The performance of Windoze is designed to degrade over time. IT'S BY DESIGN!

  20. More than Microsoft on Apple Sells More Than 10 Million New iPhones In First 3 Days · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More than Microsoft sold in it's whole history!

  21. Flash, Silverlight and .... on Tinba Trojan Targets Major US Banks · · Score: 1

    No Java? DAMN! How are we going to rant at Oracle and rage about the Ask toolbar?!

  22. Re:Microsoft can now kill Java on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    Only one? Really? You've been living under a rock it seems.

    https://www.google.com/?q=java...

  23. Re:The hosers are right on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 1

    But Quebec is "distinct" - so it's OK right?

  24. I call BS on Anita Sarkeesian, Creator of "Tropes vs. Women," Driven From Home By Trolls · · Score: 1

    She's a professional victim and loves all the attention she gets.

  25. Deus EX and Deus EX HR on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Games To Have In Your Collection? · · Score: 1

    ntr