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  1. Re:I have read slashdot for years on National "Take Your Computer To Work" Day · · Score: 1

    Don't fret so much. It's down for everybody. Shortly they will be back to normal, or as normal as it ever is at slashdot.

    Hey children! Time to behave!

  2. Re:It's not Harassment on Fighting TSA Harassment of Disabled Travelers · · Score: 1

    We hear that crap about "flying is not a right" and "driving is not a right" all the time, but the truth is (no matter what the criminal government says) that you have a right to travel. The means by which you travel is your choice whether it be walking, running, riding a horse, driving, flying, sailing, or skipping.

    Don't give in to their lies or you may find yourself not being allowed to leave town without their permission.

  3. Re:My answer on Fighting TSA Harassment of Disabled Travelers · · Score: 1

    Mexico is officially called the United Mexican States, not the United States of Mexico. Yeah, not much difference, but we have to be accurate.

  4. What Microsoft should actually be mulling: on Microsoft Mulling Smaller Windows 8 Tablets · · Score: 1

    Stop making Windows 8 tablets of any size.

    I'll go with Android or even, God forbid, iOS before I'd ever consider Win8.

  5. Re:Priorities on NASA Asteroid Capture Mission To Be Proposed In 2014 Budget · · Score: -1, Troll

    Obama needs a new place to vacation. He's been damned near everywhere on Earth, some of them twice!

    I haven't read about a golf course planned for the asteroid, but that's probably in the next proposal.

  6. Re:Derivative Works on You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes · · Score: 3, Informative

    Appears that sometimes the plants don't have to be related at all.

    http://www.i-sis.org.uk/horizontalGeneTransfer.php

    "Genetic engineering creates vast arrays of transgenic DNA that could spread, not only through cross-pollination with the same or related species, but also through the direct uptake of the transgenic DNA by cells of unrelated species, a process called horizontal gene transfer."

  7. Re:Derivative Works on You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Oh, but there is a natural biological process that allows those genes to get into other plants. Happens all the time if the two plants are closely related.

  8. Re:I generate power by feeding spam to my hosts fi on 'Energy Beet' Power Is Coming To America · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that ALL you have to say? C'mon! Tell us what you really think.

  9. MSNBC's new slogan on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 3, Funny

    "All the news that's fit to tint."

    What surprises me is that ANY of their content is considered "reporting". They don't even try to do news.

  10. Re:clarifying that shit on US Gov't To Scan More Civilian Infrastructure Traffic · · Score: 1

    I have no mod points right this minute, but that was one of the most truthful things I've ever seen posted here.

    One sure way to control a population is to make everybody guilty of something, even if it's a made up crime. We're all terrorists in the eyes of government. They're broadening the term every day. So, citizen, go along with what we say or suffer the consequences.

    And notice how the evil is not so much the politicians who are elected, but the bureaucrats who are not.

  11. Re:How is this not a good idea? on Obama Wants To Fund Clean Energy Research With Oil & Gas Funds · · Score: 2

    Just exactly how much do you want to pay for a gallon of gasoline?

  12. Re:Holy moly on New Process For Nanoscale Filtration Holds Promise of Cheap, Clean Water · · Score: 1

    Making war and stealing other peoples' water is the market solution.

    Actually, very few wars have been fought over water.
    "Scientists at International Water Management Institute and Oregon State University have recently found that water conflicts are in the minority of issues concerning water use with hundreds of treaties in place guiding benevolent use of water resources between nations. Water conflicts tend to arise as an outcome of other social issues."

  13. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    The article was about speeding, not running red lights.

  14. Re:Clearly.... on Ask Slashdot: How Many Time Standards Are There? · · Score: 1

    "How can I get anything done with all this time on my hands?"
    ~ The Octopus

  15. Re:democracy hacked? on SXSW: Al Gore Talks Surveillance Culture, Spider Goats · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It was the Commerce Clause (that the Supreme Court misinterpreted), paired with the Necessary and Proper Clause, that killed the Republic. Once Congress got the ability to regulate intrastate commerce, the game was over.

  16. Re:Morning sunlight is a waste on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    Morning sunlight a waste? Tell that to the kids who will be standing on the side of a busy road before daylight waiting for their school bus.

    But I do agree that we need to stay on the same time year round.

  17. Re:What is the point? on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Feel About Recording Your Entire Life? · · Score: 1

    Already solved!

    "The Story of My Life"
    rated XXX

    Appearing soon in theaters near you.

  18. The biggest surprise here? on Bill Gates Says Windows Phone Strategy Was Inadequate · · Score: 2

    The biggest surprise is that anybody on this planet actually watches Charlie Rose!

  19. Re:I Got It! on Deloitte: Use a Longer Password In 2013. Seriously. · · Score: 1

    Why not take a clue from your signature and use Latin words? Or mix in other languages? Would spelling some of the words backwards help?

    Would this phrase be in an attacker's dictionary?
    bonitas non est pessimis esse meliorem
    bonitasnonestpessimisessemeliorem
    (It is not goodness to be better than the worst.)

  20. Re:Kool Aid on First City In the US To Pass an Anti-Drone Resolution · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As much as I hate that narcissistic slacker, it's not all Obama's fault. It's a powerful central government that has a limitless appetite for power, so both Democrats and Republicans are to blame. They don't care about the citizens whatsoever. All they care about is power.

    We need to get rid of all incumbents every election. Don't let them get used to the power. Then, after a few elections, maybe we can get people in office who will start dismantling the massive bureaucracy that has taken over Washington. Congress passes one law, and then the bureaucrats create a thousand nit-picking regulations from it.

    Call me a conservative, a liberal, or even a libertarian; I don't really care. But, folks, if we don't get a handle on the size of government, we're all going to suffer. Remember the old saying, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything you have." (including all of your freedoms)

  21. The Post Office is run by the Mo twins on US Postal Service Discontinuing Saturday Mail Delivery · · Score: 1

    Mo-Ron and Mo-Lasses

  22. Re:Man, oh man! on US Postal Service Discontinuing Saturday Mail Delivery · · Score: 1

    They will still be delivering packages on Saturday.

    But personally, if I relied on some medicine to live, I damned sure wouldn't have it sent by mail.

  23. Re:Scientific method was established by the clergy on Ask Dr. Robert Bakker About Dinosaurs and Merging Science and Religion · · Score: 2

    I'm a Christian who believes in evolution. I think that at some point in time long ago humans became sentient and recognized the difference between right and wrong. That was the basis of the story of Genesis - that humans ate from the tree and gained knowledge of good and evil. The writers were just trying to explain something they couldn't understand.

  24. Re:And it's goodnight from me... on Iranian Space Official: Photo Shows Wrong Monkey · · Score: 1

    Or is it the "Mother of All Ayatollahs"?

    Whoops! I think I just called the Ayatollah a mother! Off with my head!

  25. Re:Slashdot is getting worse by the day on Fight You Own Muscles To Create Force-Feedback On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Yes, slashdot is getting worse. What with editors who can't spell and users who don't know basic English grammar, it has become painful to read anything here.

    You would think that since most people here are educated, the commentary would be a little more intelligent. It's like reading comments from a bunch of twelve year olds. I guess we're watching the Beavis and Butthead generation now in their thirties.