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  1. Re:Solution on Google and Facebook: Unelected Superpowers? · · Score: 1

    No, this will just cause companies to hire the rest on as "contractors," which is worse because those people will usually get screwed over on benefits. This is what Exxon Mobil does. They only have about 75,000 employees, but are one of the most profitable companies in the world. Although they do take fairly good care of them... but can you imagine if a company like Walmart did this? Hell, they pretty much already do!

  2. Google Latitude on New Facebook Phone App Lets You Stalk Your Friends · · Score: 4, Informative

    Didn't Google Latitude do this like 5 years ago?

  3. Re:Should void warranty on Tesla Model S Has Hidden Ethernet Port, User Runs Firefox On the 17" Screen · · Score: 1

    Sorry to break it to you, but people have been modifying their cars in various ways for... oh... about a century. Yes, it might compromise safety and reliability... but doing so is nothing new.

  4. Easy money on FBI: $10,000 Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At an Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Trick drunk friend into point laser at planes

    Step 2: ???

    Step 3: Profit!!!

  5. Every other one on Windows 9 Already? Apparently, Yes. · · Score: 1

    I'm looking forward to 9, as it should follow Microsoft's scheme of only-every-other-version-of-windows-doesn't-suck. As Vista was an obvious catastrophe, and 8 is starting to look the same way, 9 can't possibly be worse... right?

  6. Montana on Tech's Gender and Race Gap Starts In High School · · Score: 1

    I can tell you why Montana's on the list: there are simply no blacks or hispanics here. As for why women made the list, it's likely because they DGAF, as this is Montana and most of them wanna just work on a ranch, drive a diesel 4x4, and make babies.

  7. Re:Bad things on Hacker Barnaby Jack Died of Drug Overdose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Illegal narcotics are made in garages and jungles in unregulated conditions BECAUSE they can't be made legally. One of the main reasons they cause so much harm to people is BECAUSE of these poor manufacturing conditions and how they're cut. We should legalize them simply to allow us to create and distribute them in a safer manner that we can regulate and monitor.

    Besides, people die many times more from prescription drug abuse than illegal drug abuse.

    And alien races likely avoid us because of or proclivity for violence over diplomacy, greed over innovation, and utter lack of common sense. If anything, legalizing narcotics and spending the money treating addicts instead of just tossing them in jail would make it MORE likely that aliens would see us as sensible motherfuckers and contact us.

    So... let's legalize drugs so we can meet some hot green Orion women already!

  8. How could this affect her credit? on Woman Facing $3,500 Fine For Posting Online Review · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one wondering how in the fuck some random company was able to just make up a charge out of thin air and then destroy her credit over it?

  9. Crap video on Robots: a Working Breed At the Dairy · · Score: 1

    I was looking forward to some good footage of a little robot scooting around a pasture. Instead I got a 6-second clip of a few cows and something zipping around behind them in what appears to be a time-lapse style shot.

    What kind of crap journalism is this?

  10. Cloud-to-Butt on Amazon Hints At Details On Its CIA Franken-Cloud · · Score: 1

    It's days like this that I just love the Chrome extension that changes all instances of the word "cloud" to "butt."

  11. Super Mango Tit on Military Drone Lost Over Lake Ontario · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one wondering what the tag Super Mango Tit means?

  12. Re:Greed! on Music Industry Issues Take Down Notices to 50 Major Lyrics Sites · · Score: 1

    Bob Dylan. The record companies are worried that you wouldn't still see him as the king of musical poetry if you could actually understand wtf he's saying.

  13. Give them the wrong password on Withhold Passwords From Your Employer, Go To Jail? · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one wondering why he didn't just give them the wrong password? If it doesn't work, they can't prove he lied about it, he can claim that someone must have tried to change it or hacked into it or something.

  14. The solution to all Windows 8 problems... on Microsoft Admits Windows 8.1 Update May Bork Your Mouse, Promises a Fix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...is to install Windows 7.

    Assuming there's driver support.

  15. In other news... on CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cured cancer, stopped global warming, and found the last missing episodes of Doctor Who.

    Just take my word for it.

  16. Re:Quiz: Is the NSA Watching You? on Germany: We Think NSA May Have Tapped Chancellor Merkel's Cell Phone · · Score: 2

    Hell, the "Earth" thing probably doesn't even apply as I'd be willing to bet they have access to NASA's radio transmissions, too. After all, their acronyms are only one letter apart.

  17. MOAR of the hot redhead on 5-Year Mission Continues After 45-Year Hiatus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just hope we get to see more of the buxom Dr. McKennah in these episodes. I mean see her in more episodes. Not her naked. Or naked is fine too.

    Her IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1073676/?ref_=tt_cl_t8

  18. Homer Simpson on Nuclear Officers Napped With Blast Door Left Open · · Score: 1

    I had no idea Homer had taken up a military job. Must've missed that episode.

  19. Streisand effect? on Would-Be Tesla Owners Jump Through Hoops To Skirt Wacky Texas Rules · · Score: 1

    Seems to me Texas's efforts to hinder Tesla's sales only draws more attention to the brand. If they really wanted to hurt Tesla's sales, they'd buy a fleet of them for government vehicles, then constantly show them stalled along their highways due to Teslas' lack of range and the fact that their highways are some of the longest and loneliest stretches in the country.

  20. Re:Is their site down? on The Dark Mod 2.0 Standalone: Id Tech 4 GPL Yields a Free Thief-a-Like Game · · Score: 5, Funny

    Interesting. A site is listed in a Slashdot article, and is so overrun with traffic that it's inaccessible. We should call this the Reddit Effect!

  21. Let's face it. on Facebook Isn't Accepting New Posts, Likes, Comments... · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And nothing of value was lost.

  22. Kinect on Advances In Cinema Tech Overcoming a Strange Racial Divide · · Score: 1

    Microsoft might be interested in some of these techniques for their Kinect.

  23. Life... uh... on Fossilized Mosquito Has Blood-filled Abdomen · · Score: 2

    ...finds a way.

  24. PayPal already did it on Google Wants Patent On Splitting Restaurant Bills · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is in fact how PayPal came to be. These four guys would go out to eat often, and when it came time to pay, one guy would cover the meal, and the other three would reimburse him by whipping out their PDAs and transferring the funds to his bank account. They quickly realized that this concept of quickly and easily transferring money electronically was the wave of the future, formed a company called Confinity, and launched this product called PayPal a year later. Within only a few months, Confinity was bought out by some guy named Elon Musk.

    I just wish Google would buy out PayPal and have it all under one damn roof. Plus, how cool would it be if Google made space ships? :D

  25. Re:God and Cockroaches on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    If this were true, our fingers would be far more spaghetti-like.