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  1. Re:Stop charging for checked bag on US Airlines Say Smaller Carry-Ons Are Not In the Cards · · Score: 1

    Shame doesn't work in this instance, and in fact can have devastating consequences if people eat to feel better. Plus larger people wouldn't travel, and then the cost of tickets would increase. Your short-sighted, hateful solution is no solution at all.

  2. Re:great place for the right people on Jimmy Wales: London Is Better For Tech Than "Dreadful" Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Hahaha! I think the correct translation would be "Jog on, you muppet!"

  3. Re:An awful lot of you posters are fucking morons. on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    Don't bring knowledge, logic, and compassion to the hateananny! These people want blood, not learning!

  4. Re:Do they ever follow up? on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    So give them broadband and let them help themselves to the benefits it offers. Or are you saying access to the internet offers no benefits at all? Your ideology is incredibly short-sighted and selfish as fuck.

  5. Re:Do they ever follow up? on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    A drug user is not necessarily an addict, just as all those who drink beer are not alcoholics.

  6. Re:Do they ever follow up? on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    He was playing with that tmosely muppet (who doesn't seem to understand how society works, who wants all the benefits but doesn't want to pay for it). Of course there is no "gun", just a very clear understanding of the obligations of society - how it is funded, what benefits it provides to all who live in it, and how to help those less fortunate give more back in than they take out. This has been well understood for centuries now, but apparently tmosely's education fucking stank, hence his confusion and disdain for demonstrated societal improvement. mrchaotica simply used the bizarre framework of tmosely's understanding of society to poke a rather large hole in tmosely's argument, and did it rather well.

  7. Re:I'm poor and I'm against this on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    Or society could help lift up its more struggling members, benefiting everyone in the process.

  8. Re:Verbatim FTW on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 2

    Then use the advanced search mode...

  9. Re:Amen brother! on Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Search Engines Left That Don't Try To Think For Me? · · Score: 1

    When I search for error strings I just put the whole thing in quotes. Problem solved. I've not experienced any of the problems you have. It appears my anecdote cancels yours out. Back to square one!

  10. Re:I'm poor and I'm against this on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    Schemes like this increase the amount of tax claimed, as having access to the internet makes people more productive members of society. They have access to more jobs, to free online education, and so on. That means they are more likely to pay more taxes, paying for their subsidies in the process. This is not exactly esoteric knowledge - study after study has been performed which shows this. Your view is incredibly myopic, and says more about you than those you wish to chastise.

  11. And of course you are the arbiter of normality. If you've not done anything, then clearly no-one else ever has. Your arrogance and short-sightedness are astounding.

  12. Re:Sure, no downside on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 2

    Then surely you're against any sort of state assistance to anyone, as your "slippery slope" argument applies to that. Get a grip.

  13. Re:The downside is taxpayers... on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    Probably because the infrastructure exists to provide broadband, so it'd be cheaper, as it wouldn't require ISPs to install a bunch of modems. Sure some areas have dial-up internet ISP coverage, but if it's to be national, it has to be suitable for all areas. Yes, the poor people who are working there have internet (or sufficient access to it in order to apply, or knows someone who could apply on their behalf), but you are ignoring the poor people who haven't applied because they have no internet access. You sound bitter and selfish.

  14. Re:The downside is taxpayers... on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    It's not 1944 any more. These days the internet is just as important - it's how people get jobs, and interact with the systems which provide food, shelter, and clothing. Having those systems and no way to access them or even know of their existence is not helping anyone.

  15. Re:The downside is taxpayers... on FCC Votes To Subsidize Broadband Connections For Low-Income Households · · Score: 1

    Then there would be no internet. And you'd have died years ago from a complete lack of medicine. Yay for selfish thinking!

  16. Re:I've never received a single one on 86.2 Million Phone Scam Calls Delivered Each Month In the US · · Score: 1

    APK, give it a rest. No one believes you have people looking out for you, as no-one would defend a serial spammer of this site.

  17. Re:I am surprised on GitHub Seeks Funding At $2 Billion Valuation · · Score: 1

    If you work with open source packages in your job, chances are you'll come across something which can be improved. If you improve it for your own use, you might as well try to get your changes included in the package by issuing a pull request. It just shows a conscientious developer who understands the value of open source, and you get to look at their code as well. It's pretty clever, really.

  18. Re:You think THEY have it bad... on USAF Cuts Drone Flights As Stress Drives Off Operators · · Score: 1

    Yes - A10s will fire and go, with other units confirming the destruction of the target. Drone pilots do this themselves, and so witness what they've done from beginning to end.

  19. Re:who are the quality PC makers? on Apple De-Certifies Monster Cables After Lawsuit Against Beats · · Score: 1

    We have two possible explanations for your experience:

    1. Dell do sell crap goods, and you are a terrible purchaser for purchasing lots of them in the knowledge they are crap
    2. Dell's products are not as bad as you seem to think

    I wonder which is more likely... :)

  20. I've never received a single one on 86.2 Million Phone Scam Calls Delivered Each Month In the US · · Score: 1

    I guess they're not too popular in Germany, as I've yet to receive a single call since I moved here nearly 10 years ago. I wonder what's different?

  21. Re:So it was approved in France? on ECMAScript 6 Is Officially a JavaScript Standard · · Score: 2

    Whereas if it was approved in the US it would be covered in bacon grease and shoot up a church! Lazy stereotypes are fun!

  22. Re:Here is an answer (sort of) on ECMAScript 6 Is Officially a JavaScript Standard · · Score: 1

    Off-topic, but your open letter to Iran is factually inaccurate. Apostasy is not a criminal offence in Iran. You might want to update your rant to reflect that.

  23. Re:Your tax dollars at work on UrtheCast Releases Its First Commercial Videos of Earth · · Score: 1

    Thereby negating any company ever wanting to stick a camera on it. Brilliant. Now you have your ISS and no camera. Is that better?

  24. Re:True, in a sense... on The Internet of Things Is the Password Killer We've Been Waiting For · · Score: 1

    While that is partly true, you are forgetting the truly benevolent devices from trusted companies/organisations which can actually help people greatly, with no privacy cost. To ignore those is shooting yourself in the foot.

  25. Re:No fucking URL shorteners ... on Metamaterial Forms Near-Perfect Mirror · · Score: 1

    They are accidentally human-readable. That is not a requirement for a URI. It is also not formatted for your benefit, but to contain enough information to identify a resource. That's it. They're not made for human consumption.