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  1. Re:A step in the right direction on Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line · · Score: 0

    You've pretty much set up a straw man, huh? The Windows application log is accessible by programs, so if a developer doesn't use it, it's their fault. Your hand waving of the obvious solution to registry manipulation errors is pathetic.

  2. Re:We can do that thing you like on Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line · · Score: 1

    "...a man can not have his cake and eat his cake."
    - Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk

  3. Re:Sanity? on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    No, that would be a red herring that is totally unrelated to this issue.

  4. Re:Sanity? on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    IAWTP. Don't use public funding for private recreation, and you won't have to argue over whether it's an issue of religious freedom, crony capitalism, etc.

  5. Re:competition on US Post Office Increases Secret Tracking of Mail · · Score: 1

    He said the government needs to provide protection against invasion, genius.

  6. Re:competition on US Post Office Increases Secret Tracking of Mail · · Score: 1

    No, because it says it has the authority to regulate interstate commerce. Regulation is not a synonym for "dictate"-- it has merely been interpreted that way.

  7. Re:personally, i like this method better... on US Post Office Increases Secret Tracking of Mail · · Score: 1

    And when you say he's tough on deadbeat dads, does that mean he throws them in jail for missing a payment even if they're in the hospital or unemployed like they do in the progressive paradise of New Jersey?

  8. Re:Tip of the iceberg on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 2

    Actually, LORD is used whenever the tetragrammaton (YHWH) appears in the Hebrew. This stems from the Jewish tradition of reading YHWH as adonai, which translates to "lord", as saying the name of God is forbidden.

  9. Re:Tip of the iceberg on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 2

    There are different translations. The Catholic-sponsored translations, along with the original KJV, included some seldom-referenced books of questionable origin called the apocrypha. That's the closest I'll allow to claiming there are different versions of the Bible.

  10. Re:Darrell Issa is a perfect example on We Are All Confident Idiots · · Score: 0

    You're the perfect example of a partisan who doesn't realize or even care how competent politicians are as long as they give you what you want. Listened to Harry Reid lately? Or ever? Remember the nonsense that came out of Barney Frank's mouth when he was called out during the financial crisis?

  11. Re:Who? on We Are All Confident Idiots · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you confident that's not a jet plane WHOOOOOSHING over your head?

  12. Re:Stop developing 64bit on OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday · · Score: 1

    Most of those things can be done on a 32-bit OS when the CPU has a feature like PAE, but the fact is that even when not using desktop Windows (which is purposely crippled) you're far more limited than when in a 64 bit environment.

  13. Re:Wishful thinking on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    It used to be spelled "plouh" 900 years ago, so you're "wrong" too.

  14. Automotive inspiration on Alienware's Triangular Area-51 Re-Design With Tri-SLI GeForce GTX 980, Tested · · Score: 1

    It looks like it was inspired by the ass-end of a 1983 Mercury Capri.

  15. Re:Wishful thinking on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Because a dictator is going to fix all of those problems?

  16. Re:interesting, questionable on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    As far as "politics" goes, at least having a copy of Robert's Rules of Order might be useful.

  17. Re:You mean the same precautionary principle that on Black Swan Author: Genetically Modified Organisms Risk Global Ruin · · Score: 1

    I guess that's why I'm getting all those spams telling me bananas will kill me... fructose!

  18. Re:QUestion on dietary restrictions on Black Swan Author: Genetically Modified Organisms Risk Global Ruin · · Score: 1

    Adding bacon flavor genes to my tomacco will make it even more addictive!

  19. Re:Media Coverage of Risk on Book Review: Measuring and Managing Information Risk: a FAIR Approach · · Score: 1

    This was an pointlessly provocative opening line for a review. We can't treat known threats like heart disease as if they are a daily emergency. FWIW, search Google News for "heart disease" and you get 129,000 results-- which is much better than "oblivious".

  20. Re: Sandy was not a superstorm on Study: New Jersey e-Vote Experiment After Sandy a Disaster · · Score: 1

    McGreevey. He installed his own lover as homeland security adviser and got away with it because no one wanted to be a bigot who criticized the "gay American".

  21. Re:Boys are naturally curious... on Solving the Mystery of Declining Female CS Enrollment · · Score: 1

    No, not fair enough. Mr. Eunuchs here is a horse-toothed British troll trying to obscure the fact that he thinks a game played with a fraternity paddle and wooden spools is respectable, and that baseball must be a child's game because it superficially resembles one.

  22. Re: Politics on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 1

    Nice straw man. You have a lot to learn about liberty, but that goes without saying.

    Enjoy your next coup. Maybe the next dictator will be the one who brings prosperity.

  23. Re:Politics on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 1

    Appointing a political hack as "Ebola Czar" to shut the GOP up is the real world version of telling everyone to calm the fuck down and go the fuck home.

    That's an interesting strategy.

    1. Prove you're incompetent by appointing an unqualified person to an important leadership role during a crisis.
    2. ???
    3. Stay calm and PROFIT!

  24. Re:Politics on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 0

    The leftists are strong with this thread. I'm sorry that I posted now. I could have helped more by undoing this ridiculous partisan moderation that posting my pithy comments.

  25. Re:Maybe we need a Surgeon General on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 0

    What kind of cocks mod up an AC who says this sort of thing? We don't even have adults here on Slashdot. Please, would the last person out shut off the lights?