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  1. Re: These days reality has a liberal bias on Trump Accuses Google of Rigging Search Results To Favor 'Bad' News About Him (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    This. In Australia on our govt news site ABC there would be an average DAILY analysis or opinion piece on Trump (never favourable or explanatory on any of his positions) since he was elected. I have never seen anything like it.

  2. Re:come and take them. please. on Mass Shooting Reported at Madden Video Game Tournament in Florida (polygon.com) · · Score: 2

    I do understand your points and why you feel the way you do. I do feel sorry that guns are your "normal". You will never know different and understandably so as it has been ingrained in your society for generations.

    From a personal standpoint I am so happy I don't live in the US. There is a definite liberating sense of freedom and peace to live in a society where the thought of needing to lethally protect myself never crosses my mind (as practically no-one else has a gun).

  3. Re:"Not possible to be fair" on The US Is Now the Only Country In the World To Reject the Paris Climate Deal · · Score: 2

    I am from Australia and even our government sponsored ABC News run anti-Trump "opinion" and "analysis" articles daily on their news site http://www.abc.net.au/news/ and have done ever since he was elected. It is ridiculous and shows a complete bias on their part. I don't think there is any maliciousness involved, just a bunch of people involved in an echo chamber constantly reinforcing their group-think.

    The ABC's Chris Uhlmann did the Trump G20 "tear down" a few months ago. He then toured the US blowing his own horn, and now works for a commercial TV network here in Aus. If that wasn't enough, the ABC had other "journalists" follow up with more front page "analysis" pieces touting how wonderfully insightful the tear-down was. http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...

    The ABS website have even had a sections called "Trumps America" as a way of highlighting him since he took office.
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/don...
    The content has calmed down now since the USA amazingly didn't implode when he took office but look back and see the bias they have run against him since he became president. The language, the content, what news they have chosen to omit.

    But hey, at least it gives content to second rate comedians:
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/pro...

  4. I have an S6 and am still stuck on Marshmallow. I am in Australia, the phone splash when I turn it on says Optus and my carrier is Virgin. I am hoping if/when I eventually get Oreo it will dramatically improve the upgrade times for future Android versions. I wonder if the upgrade path now will be to skip Nougat and go directly to Oreo.

  5. Re:Stuff That Fucking Matters on PewDiePie Calls Out the 'Old-School Media' For Spiteful Dishonesty · · Score: 1

    I agree also, thanks for taking the time out to articulate yourself in posts higher up. I also don't understand why some people are so put out by this submission. It does matter and its important to highlight and analyse incidents such as this.

  6. Slashdot Trolling? on Destructive Hacks Strike Saudi Arabia, Posing Challenge to Trump (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't know if this is Slashdot trolling but these Trump articles need to stop, its getting ridiculous. A better headline would be "Saudi and Iran in cyber shitfight". Trying to shoehorn this into a Donald angle is an overreach.

  7. I am not sure why you are getting downvoted.

    I typically roll my eyes at USA and all the democracy hurf blurf. I totally expected the media to win this election for the Clintons as it has been so one-sided (even here in Australia). To an unbiased, critical thinker it is obvious and disappointing but I totally expected most "average" people to be "group thinkers" and be suckered in for it.

    I watched your election day and was so proud for USA and democracy in general.

    I think your post hits this point well and it does not deserve to be downvoted.

  8. Re:Cue the flamewar... on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It was actually an extremely proud moment watching people voluntarily handing their guns in to their local police station for destruction. No questions were asked by the police about the legitimacy of the gun, they just said thankyou and went about destroying them.

    There is no question that our community is safer as a result of this. We also have the mentality that guns are very out of place in general society and if you actually ever see one it is definitely an uncomfortable feeling that you have. I can't imagine what it must be like to just accept that guns are part of your every day life or how that affects your own insecurities.

  9. Re:Alright on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 2

    What would it take to actually get someone to actively pursue something like this?
    Which department/agency is responsible for investigating claims like this?
    Is it something that our slashdot group could bring to their attention?
    Is it a question of money as it would require lawyers to actually do some work before it would be investigated?

    What would it actually take to make something happen?

  10. Referred? on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 3, Interesting

    But of course, they have referred the matter to the appropriate law enforcement agency for enforcement?

  11. A good example of LED fun on Hack Your Holiday Decorations · · Score: 1
  12. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Innovative features on Sony To Encase Half the Star Wars: Galaxies Servers In Carbonite · · Score: 1

    Agreed. A most excellent summary. Pretty rare these days.

  14. Re:Conroy on ABC's Q&A next Thursday on Australia's Vast, Scattershot Censorship Blacklist Revealed · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be in the audience. Suggestions on the most effective way to point out flaws in the proposed censorship regime welcome. :)

    Throw a shoe at him.

  15. Re:Conroy on ABC's Q&A next Thursday on Australia's Vast, Scattershot Censorship Blacklist Revealed · · Score: 1

    Don't forget you can watch this show via ABC's awesome iView service. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/iview/

    Q&A is available under the "CatchUp" section.

  16. Application? on Visualizing Complex Data Sets? · · Score: 1

    It all depends on what output you need?

    DAD software has the ability to customize data types, multiple inheritance of objects, and to define different relationship types.

    You can then trace along object relationships bringing back a dynamic graphic depending on what you want to show (and spit out to PDF).

  17. Re:I like Mono, but... on Mono 2.0 and .NET On Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah this is true, but for some of us this is acceptable.

    Linux users are an additional market for the product I help develop and we have never really worried about it. I have been waiting for this mono milestone before bothering with mono, however now that they are there I dont mind putting the resources in and testing the waters.

    If everything goes smoothly I can see us offering a linux flavour very soon. Our current product operates on .NET Framework 2.0 SP1.

  18. Re:MAD is Dead on Nuclear Warhead Blueprints On Smugglers' Computers · · Score: 1

    We cannot say the same about the Iran Red Button. They may see it as the Instant-71-Virgin Button. I touch mine every night :)
  19. In related news... on First Details of Windows 7 Emerge · · Score: 1

    In related news George Costanza is filing a lawsuit and claiming copyright on the name "7"

  20. I would rather on Miguel Plans Silverlight on Mono & Linux by Years End · · Score: 1

    I would rather that the System.Windows.Forms namespace and the IDE be improved to the point where it is good enough to use so I can easily migrate the application I develop to support Linux. We don't have the budget or requirement to rewrite the frontend so if we are ever to support Linux this will be our path forward. I occasionally read the mailing list and the totally out-of-date website waiting for any interesting announcements but it just isn't there yet.

  21. Re:As someone who voted democratic... on National Intelligence Director Seeks Expansion of Spy Powers · · Score: 1

    I much prefer a limited response such as a few cruise missiles, than I do the invasion of an entire country at the expense of American soldier's lives.

    While I agree with alot of your post, its interesting to note how Americans measure the cost of the Iraq invasion. "American soldier's lives"
  22. Re:The important part: Mono on GNOME 2.16 Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Despite your negativity, I myself (as a Windows lead developer) am really looking forward to developing for Linux. Our current client/server software is currently only compatible with Windows and MS SQL Server, however over the next couple of years I am hoping to slowly move our codebase to compile under Mono and support MySQL/PostgreSQL under Linux. We have already tendered a Mono alternative to a large company where a Microsoft solution wasnt an option. Mono is a good thing. It might not be perfect, but is definitely a step in the right direction and will help to bridge the gap between worlds.

  23. Never? on Google to Continue Storing Search Requests · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We are reasonably satisfied ... that this sort of thing would not happen at Google, although you can never say never," Schmidt said during an appearance at a major search engine conference in San Jose.

    Well .. you could if you didnt store them.

  24. Re:just wondering on Three Largest Stars Identified · · Score: 5, Funny

    supernovae . The collapse of these massive stars may produce a neutron star or a black hole .

    For a detailed example of supernovae -> black hole, click here.

  25. Re:Models are not promotions people on CES 2005 Day 1 - Walking The Show Floor · · Score: 2, Funny

    The fact is however that promotions girls are just tits and ass.

    God bless them.