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  1. Re:Agreed on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 1

    Glad we're not relying on you.

  2. Re:This legislation brought to you by.. on US House Committee Approves Anti-GMO Labeling Law · · Score: 1
  3. Re:approves an anti on US House Committee Approves Anti-GMO Labeling Law · · Score: 1

    So unlike the risk of say breading an aggressive dog

    I've never had breaded dog. Does it taste like chicken?

  4. Re:Country run by oil barons does nothing!!! on How the Biggest, Most Expensive Oil Spill In History Changed Almost Nothing · · Score: 1

    You've clearly never been in/around the military, or the development of military hardware.

  5. Re:Red herring on Technology and the End of Lying · · Score: 1

    Are you claiming there's no cardio involved?

  6. Re:So corporatism merging with government. on Running a Town Over Twitter · · Score: 1

    This is no fucking different to legacy approaches.

    It's not about fucking internet access, that's not what I stated, I'm talking about creating an account with some private company such as Twitter, FB, etc. The govt. could easily post the data on a .gov site without any signup requirement. We shouldn't have to be beholden to some private company to access data that should published on a simple flippin' govt. site. There's no need for anyone to sign up.

  7. Re:Why? on Robot Performs Prostate Surgery Inside an MRI · · Score: 1
  8. Re:combines two of my... on Robot Performs Prostate Surgery Inside an MRI · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

    My dad had to deal with this in his early 70s, and was very painfully treated, successfully. Unfortunately, he passed from another form of cancer two years later. Recommended reading here:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...

  9. Re:none on Ask Slashdot: Which Expert Bloggers Do You Read? · · Score: 1

    Ditto. Who gives a rat's ass what random dweebs think.

  10. Re:So corporatism merging with government. on Running a Town Over Twitter · · Score: 1

    So, via tax dollars, the government is responsible for communicating that schedule to the citizenry. By not doing so, they're not taking on that responsibility, and instead forcing users to sign up for an unwanted service. Why should we have to put up with some kind of sign up, giving private companies more of our info, or putting up with their advertisements, when we've already paid the government, and they should just do their fucking job.

  11. Re:So corporatism merging with government. on Running a Town Over Twitter · · Score: 1

    The telephone system is a regulated utility. Twitter, not so much.

  12. Re:Sometimes being fair requires ignoring differen on Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely · · Score: 1

    Should people with a higher biological age retire earlier? Kinda unfair to people who looked after themselves.

    What about those who take care of themselves, but were in the unlucky part of the gene pool that included high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimers, cancer?

    With all of those items in my own family history, and being in my late 50s, I've been doing what I can, but I personally plan on retiring (not completely, but doing something I really enjoy like volunteering) as early as financially possible. I've seen too many people who never got to enjoy any of those later years before they were dead, brain dead, or riddled with cancer.

  13. Lifestyle Differences on Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely · · Score: 1

    No, I haven't read the article. Are there really differences in the speed with which we age, or is it more about how we live our lives, what we eat, how much time we spend in direct sunlight, exposure to disease, drugs, alcohol, pollutant, etc.?

  14. Re:Not a failure on The DARPA Robotics Challenge Was a Bust; Let's Try Again · · Score: 1

    You don't learn anything when you win the game of chess

    As any chess pro will tell you, post game analysis often reveals things not noticed during the game. You look at the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, replaying some or all of the game and discussing it with the opponent. One of the most difficult things for humans to do is to learn from other peoples mistakes, often having to repeat them for themselves.

  15. Re:Citizen of Belgium here on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 1

    People have been dying in Greece because of irresponsible Greek officials for more than 3 years.

    FTFY

  16. Re: Good for greece on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 1

    Who is at fault now?

    Greece, and the officials who they voted into office. They created their own mess. They lied about that mess. And, they got help, but still couldn't get their shit all in one bucket. How many times should the responsible countries be expected to pay for the sins of the irresponsible? They're like an alcoholic who's still in denial about his affliction.

  17. Re:Seriously?!?!? on France Could Offer Asylum To Assange, Snowden · · Score: 2

    Again, you can choose to live in the real world, or you can choose not to, and be played by everyone else. Wars and other conflicts happen, it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. Being on the wrong side of the intelligence equation means you're going to be the fly, and not the fly swatter.

  18. Re:Seriously?!?!? on France Could Offer Asylum To Assange, Snowden · · Score: 1

    Right, let's teach Utopia instead of reality.

  19. Re:So what? on Average Duration of Hiring Process For Software Engineers: 35 Days · · Score: 1

    If you're impatient enough that you won't wait two weeks for an offer letter, I've got a long line of qualified applicants that will. At the end of an interview, we always tell the person what to expect. We're required to interview a minimum of three applicants for every requisition this is due to compliance regulations. After the interview, the selected candidate has to be approved through multiple layers...HR, legal, compensation, and normally a couple layers of engineering management. That typically takes 1-2 weeks, and is common for a Fortune 500 company.

  20. Re:So what? on Average Duration of Hiring Process For Software Engineers: 35 Days · · Score: 1

    When I schedule an interview with a prospective hire, I prepare the paperwork to make a job offer at the end of the interview.

    Then you're fortunate not to be working for a large company. The hoops we have to jump through include approvals from a couple levels up, along with HR, Legal, Compensation, etc. That normally takes a minimum of 5 days after the interview.

  21. Re:So what? on Average Duration of Hiring Process For Software Engineers: 35 Days · · Score: 1

    Unfilled vacancies translates to lost sales. As a hiring manager, we get pounded by upper management to fill slots as quickly as possible, and end up wasting time reexplaining the process to them every year or so, even though our numbers have been consistent, and lower than industry averages.

  22. Re:This ain't "news for nerds"... on Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs · · Score: 1

    Because his hand cheats on him.

  23. Re:fully half baked on Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs · · Score: 1

    If you know someone is clean, you don't need to be dealing with condoms in the first place.

    Seriously? And you'd know this how? I only ask be cause I once thought my ex-wife was clean.

  24. Re:Must it be a condom? on Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because traditions have gone out the fucking window in favor of getting laid as quickly as geographically possible. ...

    Yeah, they went out the window a couple thousand years ago. But please continue believing that your imaginary society ever existed.

  25. Re:Seriously?!?!? on France Could Offer Asylum To Assange, Snowden · · Score: 1

    Please name a non-third world country that doesn't spy on allies.