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  1. > I'm trying really hard to understand this...do you think all gay men are bisexual?

    Do you think I meant homosexuals when I said homosexuality?

  2. Re:Hey guys, seriously. on Pentagon Spent $5 Billion For Weapons On Day Before Shutdown · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Do you not understand the concept of moderation?
    +1000000000 insightful

  3. 200$ is fine on The Difference Between Film and Digital Photography (Video) · · Score: 2

    Please slashdot, direct me to the 200$ camera that makes good shots, and video (this is 2013, cameras should do video without too much moire or sensor overheat) of low light theater settings.

    I was thinking a nikon 5200 with some hdmi recording to compensate for the 29 mins recording artificial limit. Or a non eu market panasonic gx7 which looks cooler. All of the above means shelling out some $$$.

  4. Re:Long tag is long on Saudi Cleric Pummeled On Twitter For Claiming Driving Damages Women's Ovaries · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, soon it will degenerate in something like #YourMomDrivesAnF1

  5. Indeed, it's a pity that the OP f*cked up a rather interesting point: homosexuality is not an equivalent position to heterosexuality, because we can't all resort to it. If science comes to the rescue with an artificial way to procreate, I bet in short term society loses control over natural birth, in a "brave new world" fashion.

    It's an academic point, anyway. If some group of citizens wants to run a cafeteria, you can't tell them not to because "we can't all run cafeterias, we'd run out of clients". Yet nobody can't claim the services sector (cafeterias) is like agriculture.

  6. Re:Gay community takes themselves down a notch? on Social Networks Force Barilla Chairman To Apologize For His Anti-gay Remarks · · Score: 1

    Yes, let's remove the homosexual issue altogether, what if the guy said "redhead" instead of gay.

    Barilla won't feature any redhead models for its ads, if redhead like Barilla they would buy it anyway.

    Something wrong with that? can people have preferences anymore, for themselves or for the entities they manage?

    Gays are often under threats? nail THOSE RESPONSIBLE. No prob. But leave opinions alone. After defending the right of gays shall we begin to defend the rights of homophobes? Can't we simply respect the ideas of other people as long as they don't mess with our own freedom?

  7. Re:Megalomanic on New Unix Implementation Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    I guess that many other projects should have spawned thanks to autism, if what you imply were true. It did not happen. Maybe they all end up commenting on slashdot, instead.

  8. Re: Megalomanic on New Unix Implementation Turns 30 · · Score: 2

    > Without lawsuit troubles, GNU and Linux would likely have never existed AND we'd be better off.

    Why all the whine? BSD was way more successful than GNU, and you can reap the benefits of the "complete freedom of the developer" model, today -> buy a mac, comrade consumer.

  9. Re:But does it change anything? on When Criminals and Terrorists Communicate In Real Time · · Score: 2

    I think the Westgate attack has simply strengthened Kenya's resolve to sort out Somalia, and has turned even more people against the militants.

    This is very probable, and so maybe anticipated. "by their fruit you will recognize them"

  10. Re:Yes. on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    you might want to put the iso on a usb key instead. Debian live is isohybrid, maybe the other installers are too, else check out unetbootin.

  11. Re:Some people... on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    > the existence of a creator in a quantifiable way.

    the meta existence of a creator, you mean? because a creator can't be fully included in its creation, if it did it would not create but simply "be".

    If a guy tells you "I saw a pink unicorn and it told me he is God" it makes sense, logically. "I am" is a valid assertion made from the point of view of a hypothetical god. Its meaning is undiscoverable, but who cares.

    Instead, your "quantifiable" applied to a meta world has no meaning, because existence is not necessarily defined the same way it is defined here. "Nobody in history quantified the existence of a god" is formally equivalent to "nobody in history discovered the smell of purple".

  12. Re:Yes. on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    > After jumping through some new hoops they've put in the way (they won't just let you download an *.iso, you need to learn to deal with jigbo)

    You went to debian.org and couldn't find an .iso? Pretty ugly parallel universe you live in.

  13. Re:Bah. Just make it all public and to hell with i on NSA Director Wants Threat Data Sharing With Private Sector · · Score: 3, Interesting

    representative democracy= we make promises, you vote, we enter into office.
    Immediate benefit for them, promise of later benefit for you.
    Hmmm sounds like the most classical blueprint for a scam.

    You should vote PROGRAMS, whose points become law overriding everything else, with the parliament devoted to harmonize it into the existing situation and the government devoted to apply.
    And emergency laws should last 3 months.

    Or direct democracy. Of course those in powers make sure we as people are not mature enough for direct democracy. We should adopt it as a form of punishment against our lack of spine.

  14. Re:Steve jobs says: on Apple Maps Flaw Sends Drivers Across Airport Runway · · Score: 0

    You should channel not only Jobs, but also his RDF. So, the most canonical response should be:

    "You're landing it wrong"

    Ah, the golden days of apple...

  15. Re:I'm not sure how I feel about this on With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs · · Score: 1

    > But at least with Corporations you know they are in it to make money.

    which means that no matter what your needs are, they will be making sure you fork some $$$ at regular intervals. That means incompatibilities and retraining for the rest of your life. Compared to this, even the apparently dreadful "build your own linux from scratch" is an acceptable long term solution.

  16. Re:leaving ubuntu could be nice... on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 2

    experimental has not got all debian packages, unstable does.
    I suggest a backup, install debian on usb for a couple days to test it out, install on hd and restore /home from backup.

  17. Re:Never knew what was wrong... on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 1, Informative

    > I mean c'mon, just make it f-in work out of the box.

    You are addressing the hardware manufacturers, right? because they have the power to do that, all the others have to hack support into their drivers.

  18. Re:Yes. on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ubuntu to arch seems a drastic step (still it is possible and productive). To those who don't like it I suggest to pick among the dozen ubuntu derivatives you find at distrowatch so you can keep using your ubuntu knowledge. Mint comes to mind. Or fall back to debian.

  19. Re:Some people... on GTA V Proves a Lot of Parents Still Don't Know or Care About ESRB Ratings · · Score: 1

    Your idea about religion, generalized is:
    "There are multiple versions of an event, therefore no version can be true".
    I guess you never had to deal with witnesses, in both good or bad faith. In elementary school I had to, possibly I had a more interesting life than yours.

    Atheists, all it suffices is: there cannot be a definitive proof that a hypothetical god is a god vs a faker with enough knowledge or power, therefore I choose not to believe. Y U no stop with all other flawed arguments?

  20. Re:GNOME: We don't want Microsoft to have all the on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1

    > I just enjoy the simplicity of Windows.

    Ok.You are fine with registrations, activation, hunt for drivers, no cross platform compatibility, no apt repositories, no way to update system and apps in one step (optionally using cached packages from another system). But I think you just need more time to evaluate your options.

  21. Re:GNOME: We don't want Microsoft to have all the on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1

    The x buffer paste works also by pressing both buttons, at least in the default debian distro I use.

    I think selecting and middle clicking is way faster than copypasting, I wonder if gnome devs are using any linux desktop in their everyday computing.

  22. Re:cool on 40-Million-Year-Old 'Walking Whale' Fossil Found In Peru · · Score: 1

    This seems a weak argument. Genesis IIRC is oral tradition transcribed at some point. Figures of speech symbols rhymes repetitions and others could have been employed. Some time later, a guy would teach using parables.

    Besides, the bible is not a proof that needs confutation, believers themselves say that you are free to choose, if a coherent sacred text is a requirement for you to start considering a religion, there are no probs here.

  23. Re: Beowulf on Oracle Promises 100x Faster DB Queries With New In-Memory Option · · Score: 1

    Else you could try to get a parallella board if you are interested in parallel computing. You need to connect less of them together.

  24. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    A jerk is statistically insignificant, but his superiors should do something. He is ticketing people for a technicality and that reflects poorly on his category.
    The drunk pirate is not going to stop and wait for his turn while a cop is checking others on a red light texter, a missed by 2m/sec rolling stop, a hand not in proper position on the wheel...

  25. Re:I've got 14 mod points on Comments About Comments · · Score: 5, Funny

    except you can't use them in this thread...