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  1. "Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
    Going to the candidates' debate
    Laugh about it, shout about it when you've got to choose
    Every way you look at it you lose"

    ~Simon and Garfunkel

  2. Re:Shipping? on Man Sued For $30K Over $40 Printer He Sold On Craigslist (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Or be like me. I'm usually the biggest, meanest person on the scene and I'm certainly the best armed. So if you're looking to rob me, go ahead and try.

  3. The objective is to communicate. If you can't do it well enough for the average person to understand, then maybe you shouldn't even try.

  4. Re:You've ruined everything! on Google Is Developing an AI Kill Switch (hothardware.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just give the AI the personality of one of today's "cupcake" generation. Then all you have to do is "offend" it and it'll spend the rest of the day in its "safe space". Really insult it and you may be able to kill it.

  5. It just so happens that "sticky_note_password" IS my password. Now the whole world knows it. Thanks a bunch.

    Seriously though, I live by myself and I keep my passwords in a book in the bookcase with hundreds of other books. Sure, a person may break into my house while I'm gone, but they'll be stealing stuff like televisions, computers, and other valuables. They won't look twice at the books. Hell, they probably don't even know how to read.

  6. I got one of its puppies!
    x:65=;V@Y|Dg#OdJ!Tjunior

  7. Re:Reasons why I don't like the Internet of Things on FTC Has Serious Concerns About IoT Security and Privacy (onthewire.io) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Worst of all, Internet of Things devices could watch me while I make passionate love to your wife.

  8. Re:Will never happen in the U.S on Electric Bikes Won Over China. Is the US Next? (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Around here when you see a grownup on a bicycle the first thought you have is that's a person who has lost his license to drive.

    Please keep your toys off the roads.

  9. Re:Earth on Minecraft Tops 100 Million Sales (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Good luck finding a village in that world.

    Seriously, I wish villages would spawn in all of the different biomes using no mods - mountain villages, forest villages, ice plains villages, etc..

  10. I found Putin's real middle name! on Twitter Ignites Censorship Debate After Removal Of Parody Putin Account (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Vladimir Ras Putin

    He doesn't want people to know that, though. :)

  11. It lacks emotion. Music is all about emotion. Without it all you have is a series of meaningless notes.

    That "song" was indeed painful to listen to. It didn't say anything to me. I didn't feel anything from it. It was nonsense.

  12. Re:who decides what is "hate speech"??? on Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube and Others Agree To Remove Hate Speech Across the EU · · Score: 2

    I know some will label this post as "hate speech", but from my perspective most Europeans are pansies and even saying 'hello' to some of them is hate speech.

    In this country we have a whole generation of pansies whose feelings get hurt over nearly anything. Just think, Europe is ahead of the US by 10 to 15 years so we'll have it as bad here as they do there in a little while.

    Damn, I'm glad I'm old and won't live to see the end of civilization!

  13. Re:That explains why... on 62% Americans Get News On Social Media (journalism.org) · · Score: 2

    I'll go further and say that applies to Congress, state governments, county governments and even down to city governments. They're either corrupt, incompetent, or both.

    They say you get the government you deserve. I think the article explains a lot.

  14. Re:Not much biomass in a rat. on Possible Cellphone Link To Cancer Found In Rat Study (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I won't even let my rat use the phone. All he'd do is order pizza and then drag it up and down the stairs.

  15. Re:Ugh.. on State Dept. IT Staff Told To Keep Quiet About Clinton's Server (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hillary is more Fascist than Trump. Fascism and Nazism were considered by nearly everyone on the left to be left wing before WWII. It was only after the massive war crimes that the left deftly relabeled them as right wing, and it apparently stuck. I know that most of you aren't old enough to remember that, but by God you could learn a little history!

  16. Re:And then those employees burn down your restaur on Former McDonald's USA CEO: $35K Robots Cheaper Than Hiring at $15 Per Hour (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 0

    Consider that's why they're called "entry level jobs". Fast food jobs have always been where a large number of people have their first work experience before moving on to more lucrative careers. Nobody in their right mind would consider flipping burgers for a career!

    But maybe that's all you can do. Maybe you didn't pay attention in school. Maybe you have no ambition to do better. Maybe you didn't try to learn any job skills at all. Then it sucks to be you. I don't owe your lazy ass anything at all.

  17. Re:This steaming pile of rancid dung on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I loved my Atari 800. I had a 400 before getting it. Star Raiders was my favorite game back then. I also had an Atari 520 ST and all three computers still work!

    Way back then I designed a mileage report form (using Pagestream) for my boss, and today we're still using it, printed of course. You know you've been with a company for a long time when you helped design the forms they use.

  18. You're wanking because you were denied access!

  19. Re:Don't agree on Sorry, There's Nothing Magical About Breakfast (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always heard that you should eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen, and dinner like a pauper.

    You should be able to eat most anything you want for breakfast because you'll work off those Calories during the day while you work, IF you actually work. A lot of people nowadays do little if any physical work. Those are the ones who are either overweight or working out to stay slim.

  20. An app (application) is a program that either does something useful or lets you do something useful with it. Are utilities applications? Are media players? Are games?

    I've been using computers since the early 70s and I've never called a computer program an app. I never heard the word until smart phones were invented. Maybe some people used it, but I bet they were in the minority.

    Quite a few apps for phones are nothing more than a custom interface to a server. I have one on my phone that simply opens the browser to the mobile version of the website! That's what I'd call a link, not an app.

    When I hear people who can barely turn on a computer using words like "app" or "hashtag", it really gets on my nerves. "Let me pull that up on my browser" is another phrase that I cannot stand. And advertisers who say, "Log onto our website . . ." make me want to shoot them.

    End of rant . . . . . for now.

  21. Re:Some faith in humanity restored? on TeslaCrypt Ransomware Maker Shuts Down, Releases Master Key (techcrunch.com) · · Score: -1

    I say give them the death penalty. Sure it's probably over the top insane, but I dare say most would be in favor of it.

  22. I honestly thought it was a joke, but I checked the calendar and saw that it wasn't April 1.

  23. Re:I guess there's one sensible solution to this on Employers Struggle To Find Workers Who Can Pass A Drug Test · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For me it's not a matter of trust; it's a matter of Federal law. The industry I work in is heavily regulated by the Feds and drug tests are mandatory.

    By taking your position, you've eliminated yourself from tons of high paying, secure jobs.

  24. Re:Misuse of the word "other" on Amazon To Sell Its Own Private-Label Groceries (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither is laundry detergent.

  25. Most everybody else does it on Amazon To Sell Its Own Private-Label Groceries (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the grocery stores around here have their own store brands, so it's kinda normal for Amazon to do the same. We know that Amazon won't actually be producing the items themselves; they're just re-branding stuff made by somebody else.

    I will still compare prices and read reviews before I buy.