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  1. We're sorry he so faithfully followed instructions on Comcast Customer Service Rep Just Won't Take No For an Answer · · Score: 2

    Probably something like "as you wait for confirmation that the service has been terminated, continue your attempts to save the customer". With no consideration given to the fact that it takes 8 fucking minutes.

  2. Re:Lots of false positives ... on Police Using Dogs To Sniff Out Computer Memory · · Score: 1

    Yup, same as "drug sniffing" dogs. They're trained to alert whenever the cop wants them to.

  3. Re:IANAL... on What To Do If Police Try To Search Your Phone Without a Warrant · · Score: 1

    Unless they start to eat you while yelling "STOP RESISTING! STOP RESISTING!" Then you should play dead.

  4. Doesn't quite make sense to me on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 1

    Just doing some searching on Google it seems the lift/drag ratio for a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle is about 10:1. A typical load/rolling resistance ratio for a tire appears to be about 100:1. So I don't see how the lift can be generated anywhere near efficiently enough it to improve overall efficiency. Unless my numbers are all wrong or they have something way more efficient than a wing-in-ground-effect.

  5. Re:I think it's normal to some degree on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    You try telling a random stranger that they don't deserve their spouse. I think you're in for a surprise. Like it or not, that's the way "normal" people think about their loved ones. There's nothing insane about it.

  6. Impossible on US Secret Service Wants To Identify Snark · · Score: 0

    Ever since the birth of the Tea Party, it's been impossible to distinguish between satire, sarcasm, and 100% genuine teabagger idiocy.

  7. I think it's normal to some degree on Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds · · Score: 1

    How the heck are you supposed to get motivated to find a mate if you don't feel like you deserve one? I think that part is normal, but what gets tricky for some people is reconciling that with respecting another person's rights. That takes some fairly sophisticated ethical thought that unfortunately, not everyone is capable of. Certainly not a narcissist with asperger's or whatever was wrong with that guy. So unfortunately, I don't think that merely "educating" nerdy men is the solution to this problem.

  8. Two things could hold you back on Ask Slashdot: Minimum Programming Competence In Order To Get a Job? · · Score: 1

    I'm 40, and I've been programming professionally for two years, but I'm currently trying to get a better paying job. I find the main stumbling blocks are inability to "talk shop" well and lacking experience in highly specialized skills. Talking shop convincingly is difficult because I haven't had much experience collaborating with other programmers. I imagine you would have the same problem. Employers expect you to have all the correct terminology flow right from the tip of your tongue. The other issue is that a lot of employers seem to be looking for a lot of experience in a very particular area, which an inexperienced programmer is rarely going to match. You have to program for many years on many different projects to have a good chance of matching what someone is looking for. Age itself, as far as I can tell, is not an issue at all. At least, not at 40. Although I know there's some very vociferous people on Slashdot who will tell you otherwise.

  9. Re:So BMW defines what counts as "mainstream" on Is Carbon Fiber Going Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    They're pretty mainstream in Europe. They sell a lot of models with less powerful engines and fewer luxury features that they don't offer in the US.

  10. Well then we need another petition on New White House Petition For Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    One that has the same sentiment but doesn't sound like a 14-year old wrote it.

  11. They should have just put a damn light on it on Google Tries To Defuse Glass "Myths" · · Score: 1

    So people would know when they're being recorded. It's ruined now because even if they add one, people will forever wonder if you just have an older version without the light.

  12. Does the author even use Facebook? on The Era of Facebook Is an Anomaly · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows there's very little socializing going on on Facebook. Facebook is just there so you can pretend to be friends with people you don't really like. You can't be yourself on there because everybody's parents and bosses and neighbors are on there watching everything you do. It's the Potemkin villiage of friendship.

  13. Now that's news for nerds on Massachusetts Court Says 'Upskirt' Photos Are Legal · · Score: 5, Funny

    BRB got some photography to do.

  14. Standing alone in a corner as opposed to... on Google Tells Glass Users Not To Be 'Creepy Or Rude' · · Score: 1

    walking right up to people and putting a camera in their face? Nah, that's not creepy at all.

  15. Seems like an overly specific concept on Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation? · · Score: 1

    We could be part of a computer program, but I don't see why it has to be a simulation. In fact we already know that computer programs which do not simulate the universe are possible, so it seems much more likely that such a program is not a simulation. Our laws of physics might be representations of something completely abstract in the "host" universe.

  16. "It's just common sense" on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    ...so lets make a federal case out of it.

  17. There's a little something called "rhetoric" on Edward Snowden and the Death of Nuance · · Score: 1

    The idea goes back to the days of Aristotle, at least

  18. GRRRR! on Fighting Gamer Rage With an Arduino Based Biometrics Headset · · Score: 1

    GRRRR! It's not caused by my inability to cope! It's caused by my laggy connection, n00b! GRRR!

  19. Bitcoin on Ask Slashdot: What's the Most Often-Run Piece of Code -- Ever? · · Score: 0

    Probably some loop used in Bitcoin mining.

  20. Your body is too irony from all those multivitimins. Seriously, though. Its ironic that they want people "to stop wasting their money", but they'll probably make it so you need a prescription to get vitamins.

  21. Re:This is not EU law... on EU Court Holds News Website Liable For Readers' Comments · · Score: 1

    Estonian law holds news website liable for comments. The European court has ruled that Estonian law does not breach the human rights conventions. Ironically, I could not comment on the Computerworld article due to a "Forbidden (403)" error.

    Is it ironic, or is it a direct consequence of this court decision?

  22. Re:No conservation of responsibility. on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    So it makes more sense to say it's perfectly OK to deliberately ignore the lights and just sit there reading text messages while blocking the intersection? Or just sit there because you feel like it? Obviously if you have a heart attack, you're not going to take any blame.

  23. Must we call him a genius? on The Boy Genius of Ulan Bator · · Score: 5, Funny

    When we could simply call him "Master"?

  24. Cut hours 45% on 45% of U.S. Jobs Vulnerable To Automation · · Score: 1

    Problem solved.

  25. So a lightning bolt can just about do it? on It Takes 2.99 Gigajoules To Vaporize a Human Body · · Score: 1

    Might explain some of those missing persons.