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  1. Re:Why ban? on Blizzard Bans 100,000 Cheaters In Massive "World of Warcraft" Ban Spree · · Score: 1

    Your last suggestion makes a lot of sense. Then the botters can brag about besting other botters. Of course, a lot of them are in it explicitly to harsh someone else's game. But, screw them.

  2. Re:I block Flash and Java. on Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral · · Score: 1

    Responding as if you weren't kidding, I don't have to answer my door when someone knocks.

  3. Re:Copyright against ad-blockers on Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral · · Score: 1

    You cannot copyright dynamic. The page they send me may have copyrighted *content*, which I do not modify, but the ads placed into rectangles of space is not copyrighted by them and I would suggest you argue with the advertisers as to who exactly owns the copyright on their content. Blocking said ad is synonymous with not visiting their site to view their content.

  4. Re:To avoid product placement, watch period pieces on Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral · · Score: 0

    The advertiser lobbied the movie production's responsible parties. Those are the people who decided to go ahead, they could have simply refused. Similar to an actor lobbying for the part, it's just that the money flows the opposite direction. Your scenario would have an advertiser sneaking into props and putting that coke bottle in the set item group. So yeah, the advertiser didn't put it in the shot.

  5. Re:Fuck you. on Editor-in-Chief of the Next Web: Adblockers Are Immoral · · Score: 1

    Many little snowflakes nowadays make the accusation that they've been "coerced" once they make a bad decision that is freely theirs to make.

    coerce: persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

    I do believe you're calling it coercion because you fell for their clever manipulations and encouragements that enticed you to open your wallet and freely draw out your reserves to make an adult exchange. All without using any force or threats.

    By the way that free adult exchange thingie doesn't qualify as theft.

    Some parting adult advice to those delicate snowflakes - learn delayed gratification. It works wonders for preventing you from accumulating piles of unwanted crap.

  6. Re:So asians aren't white again? on Harvard Hit With Racial Bias Complaint · · Score: 2

    Heh, no. That's part of the scam.

  7. Re:Affirmative Action on Harvard Hit With Racial Bias Complaint · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And that has what to do with discrimination against Asian Americans?

  8. Re: Oh for fucks sake on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    The Romans disagree with that outlook. Problem is, when it's free, there's no cap on the demand.

  9. Re:Won't save most of the 4000 lives on The Economic Consequences of Self-Driving Trucks · · Score: 1

    Context. This is about some dumbass zipping ahead, swerving into the front and then slowing down radically. We've all seen it. When was the last time *you* saw some dumbass do that by outdistancing the truck by a friggin' football field's worth?

    So no, won't do diddly.

  10. Re:Battlefield Earth sucked on Rediscovered Lucas-Commissioned Short "Black Angel" Released On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Why should they take those things into account? Bad is bad. Not everyone deserves a ribbon in the race.

  11. Re:Lies! Lies! All lies! on Third Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered In As Many Months · · Score: 1

    Every book of the New Testament was edited. Matthew is no exception.

  12. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    As opposed to the crystal-rubbing, holistic believing, anti-vaccine touting liberal Democrats? Both parties have dumbasses and display cognitive dissonance.

  13. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    I don't. Explain it more thoroughly. Please include in your definition the differences between companies and school systems, which you neglected in your snark.

  14. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    May we then not pay in said money? We're where it came from in the first place.

  15. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    Pro-tip: Being a pedant or supporting one decreases your credibility in a discussion as well. Ignoring typos and addressing the points made does.

  16. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, you should have bolded Pearson Those people produce horrid tests.

    About a decade ago I wrote science essay tests for them. I quit because they kept asking for dumbing down. Example: They insisted that an essay on hot air balloons tell the reader what a basket was and what it was for on the balloon. The what it was for was already described functionally in the text. They wanted an explicit, dictionary type description. It was very much worse on the non-technical essay tests. Enough so that so many writers stopped, Pearson used their own editors to write the essays.

    Short of it is, those are the people producing the bulk of the terrible test examples you'll find in complaints; 'Indicate the box that is correctly shaded.' with none of the boxes shaded, 'Lincoln was a Democrat.' , etc.

  17. Re:There I fixed it for you... on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 1

    I notice that you make the speedster mode easy and then arbitrarily make returning to normal difficulty difficult. You purposely loaded your example why?

  18. Re:There I fixed it for you... on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 1

    Did the pedestrian knowingly walk or jump in front of the vehicle?

    Yes they can. Did the driver do so in intelligent conditions (appropriately constructed and marked road?) or in a residential area?

    The last one is at least less vague. They bear responsibility for external persons but did the driver warn the passengers of their dereliction of safety? Those are less clear cut.

    I can walk you down to the details of any example you choose to ignore the context of.

  19. Re:On Individuality on Studying the Roots of Individuality · · Score: 1

    Provide a cite or you're talking out your ass. Best they've done that I can find is 3x.

  20. Re:Study could also prove effects of Drugs on Huma on Studying the Roots of Individuality · · Score: 1

    Perceptions do not alter reality, otherwise a person hallucinating would affect the reality of others. And if you fall back onto the argument that the others are seeing the person hallucinate, you're stretching the meaning of your query into nonsense.

  21. Re:OT: Dogs on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It is safest practice for all concerned.

    So is not going anywhere at all. Bet you don't let your kid make an airfoil with their hand on the hiway either. Curmudgeon.

  22. Re:OT: Dogs on Will Robot Cars Need Windows? · · Score: 2

    Nose candy. Dogs smell things we don't. When I visit friends and drive through the forest, the dogs damn near hang out the windows.

    Oh, and it's fun.

  23. Re: nature will breed it out on Psychologist: Porn and Video Game Addiction Are Leading To 'Masculinity Crisis' · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, the ferocity of the wife's divorce lawyer is much more dependent on the ferocity of the divorcing wife, be she the offending party or not.

  24. Re:Too much dependency on Ask Slashdot: What's the Future of Desktop Applications? · · Score: 1

    Nothing makes you as dependent as an on-line accessible only feature.

  25. Re:Very simple... just ask on Ask Slashdot: How To Own the Rights To Software Developed At Work? · · Score: 1

    Most companies don't give a damn if you have a second job.