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  1. Re:WTF? on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    Lawyers aren't cheap you know. Why do gay couples have to spend good money on what hetero couples get automatically? And really, not all gays are well-off and educated. Gay janitors may not even have money to hire a lawyer to write-up a detailed contract and will.

  2. What his parents did was cruel. on Halo 3 Criticized In Murder Conviction · · Score: 1

    I'd kill my parents if the pulled this kind of shit on me. Of course given the two weeks he had to plan the murder his plan sucked and execution was equally poor.

  3. Re:guns on Halo 3 Criticized In Murder Conviction · · Score: 1

    And chopsticks!

  4. Re:It never occurs to these idiots... on Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Video Games · · Score: 1

    It's trivial and I think people who do this kind of research consider it. People who like flowers and fluffy animals are more likely to pick up Barbie DressUP then GTA. So there is some self-selection in place. The point is that someone just slightly agressive can unknowingly cause themselves much harm by playing violent videogames. It will make them progressively angrier and more violent.

  5. Re:How about a few more warning labels? on Congressman Wants Health Warnings On Video Games · · Score: 1

    Are you trolling? Army recruitment in the US is increasingly done at specially setup entertainment centers at the mall, where potential recruits get to play COD4 and Americas Army and shoot some bad guys in Apache simulator. I do not find it hard to believe that a sizable percentage is up for a rude awakening when they realize that not all killing is done from 10.000 feet and that enemy can shoot back and hit.

  6. Re:You cant teach tact. on Class Teaches Nerds Social Skills · · Score: 1

    I don't know where you got these ideas. There are just as many kinds of women as there men. Believe me, there are good looking women who are attracted to emo, goth and even transvestite men :) Attractive women who prefer pale and skinny guys to athletic types. Just as men like different types of women, not only blond big-boobed ones. Just try to treat the girl well and dont be a complete asshole.

  7. Stuff goes home to die. on The Scope of US E-Waste · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's only fair considering most of this trash was made in China to begin with.

  8. Re:I "dispose" of my stuff on Ebay. (Recycle) on The Scope of US E-Waste · · Score: 1

    I agree. I've loked at the Time's slideshow and googled some more pics of the place. It a frigging GEEK HAVEN. I've been searching for a 5.25 360kb drive for the past year, failed and had to remod a 720k to get it to work on a XT clone I'm restoring. These drives are really hard to come by overhere, tho I've been told people mostly hunt for their servo motors to use in robotics experiments.

  9. Re:Fighting Cultures, Not Religions on Israel, Palestine Wage Web War · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If terrorists took over a US school and starting shooting at police from there, would it be ok to level it with artillery? I guess terrorists didnt give the army any choice? If Hamas took over an Israeli school (aka Beslan seige in Dagestan, Russia) would IDF start firing tank rounds into the school? Unthinkable, in both situation the would send special forces to kill the terrorists and there would be many casualtires among them. It's "they didn't have any choice" only because they dont value the lifes of arab kids, since taking many causalties in the Lebanon war IDF is very agressive at protecting their soldiers at any civilian cost. The world was (rightfully) outraged at the way my country conducted the Second Chechen War, leveling any building they were fired from with airstrikes and artillery. Because it's not the kids fault that some armed men setup a mortar firing position next to the UN school. It was the only place in Gaza they thought to be safe. How were they suppoised to drive them off? So NOT using artillery against a school full of kids, even if you are fired from that position is a valid moral choice in my opinion.

  10. Re:where's the real perspective though? on Israel, Palestine Wage Web War · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is plenty of unsused space in Russia, enough to comfortably accomodate every Jew in the World. In fact we already have an autonomous republic set-up specially for Jews. Welcome to Birobidzhan!

  11. Re:It's 2009 on Michael Meeks Says OO.o Project is "Profoundly Sick" · · Score: 1

    Where's Hans Reiser's response?

  12. Re:But isn't that the idea? on Michael Meeks Says OO.o Project is "Profoundly Sick" · · Score: 1

    I must confirm this from my own work experience. Nine out of ten people can not figure out the printing function in MSO2007 without outside help.

  13. Re:Rails - wrong fix for sprawl on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    Dear Comrade, The Central planning commitee will consider your request for inclusion in the next five year plan.

  14. Re:SUVs on Can the Auto Industry Retool Itself To Build Rails? · · Score: 1

    So even the lowest of the low gas station clerk laughs at you. I don't think I could surivive the daily torture explaining my vehichle choice at gas stations and drive-trhouhgs. Also chickd really dig BIG cars.

  15. Re:Didn't they choose Communism? on Vietnam Imposes New Blogging Restrictions · · Score: 1

    In the 60s and 70s communism, as practiced in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries was not such a bad idea compared to the life of ordinary people under corrupt Saigon regime. At that time the Eastern Block having recovered from WWII was relatively prosperous with growing econimies. Life in GDR or Poland was an order of magnitude better than anything the Vietnamese could imagine.

  16. Re:his eyes are fine on Blind Man Navigates Obstacle Maze Unaided · · Score: 1

    +1

  17. Re:*sigh* on Australia To Block BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    You are full of shit pompous self-important fool. I bet you havent accomplished anything spectacular in "your life" you value so much.

  18. Re:Those Finns are dedicated on Blood From Mosquito Traps Car Thief · · Score: 1

    Must be why rich people tend to live in gated communities policed by private security. Of if you want anything actually done on your case you hire a private investigator (or you could wait for years before some overworked detective takes a look at your case). Police are thugs, not accountable to anybody other than higher up thugs.

  19. Re:Berne convention? on Psystar Claims Apple Forgot To Copyright Mac OS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And some people stiull say that Apple hardware is not overpriced. The profit margins on the hardware must DAMN LARGE if they'd rather sell one system than one OS.

  20. Re:I shall name my first child Renata Pronk on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    "Marine Mammat Research" Hehehe. A school that can't even spell.

  21. Re:Octopi are Awesome! on Octopuses Have No Personalities and Enjoy HDTV · · Score: 1

    So Mugabe was right after all. The West is using Zimbabwe as a testing rounds for it's abominal eugenics experiments.

  22. Re:No, they're in violation of the law on Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination · · Score: 1

    Diskeeper is not a PUBLIC corporation, it's a completely privately held company. You can see it on their website.

  23. Re:How ironic it would be on Diskeeper Accused of Scientology Indoctrination · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh, please. Slashdot activists are going to kill DiskKeeper's product. Just like they killed Microsoft. Right.

  24. Re:There are some that are hopeless on Inventor Builds Robot Wife · · Score: 1

    I don't understand the situation. A man can always marry someone younger. At least for a man up to maybe 55 anyone older than 20 is socially acceptable.

  25. Re:So Give 'em What They Expect on Indiana Bans Driver's License Smiles, For Security · · Score: 1

    There are some autoimmune deceases that cause accelerated aging. Even 10 year old's look like old men.