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  1. Re:Few to admit it, but a lot of parents teach thi on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 1

    You seem to miss the fact this guy's making ridiculously inaccurate generalisations of over a billion people, and portraying it as absolute fact. That's just stupid. Anyone who can't see what is clearly not operating with a full deck.

  2. Re:Few to admit it, but a lot of parents teach thi on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 1

    Rule #1 when identifying bigoted assholes: Massive generalisations about swathes of people, usually containing derogatory mischaracterisations.

    You, sir, are a bigoted asshole.

  3. Re:Volume control on FBI Says American Universities Infiltrated by Spies · · Score: 0

    Says an American. The irony is delicious.

  4. Re:So on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 1

    No, just the same tired bullshit idiots with no idea have been spewing in some form or another for decades. It's not even funny, and I like crass, insensitive humour as much as the next rapist.

  5. Re:I wonder... on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 1

    Let's take it slowly so as to not cause some sort of aneurysm :)

  6. Re:3D already standard on DaVinci surgical system on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    If you read the article, and know what DaVinci is, you'd know what the differences are. It's really not hard to understand.

  7. Re:I wonder... on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 2

    1/3 of Ulster is in the Republic. Ulster is not synonymous with the North.

  8. Re:So on Belfast Plots 1Gbps Ultra-Fast Broadband Network · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Idiot.

  9. Re:More government propaganda on MIT Institute's Gloomy Prediction: 'Global Economic Collapse' By 2030 · · Score: 1

    *Bzzzt* You are incorrect about Greece. You should read more.

  10. Re:Chrome vs IE on Chrome Beats Internet Explorer On Any Given Sunday · · Score: 1

    Or it looked familiar in the EU browser ballot page offered to EU Windows users...

  11. Re:Innovation in a country with socialized medicin on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    You really are bad at this whole "arguing your case like an adult" thing. The mixture of hubris and ignorance is eye-wateringly awkward.

  12. Re:3D already standard on DaVinci surgical system on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    And again, as has been pointed out many times in these comments, this is radically different. I know, I know - Slashdot and not R-ing TFAs, but seriously, this is taking the piss.

  13. Re:Hate to break it too you guys, but on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    Your reading comprehension is truly awful. Really, really awful. This is not a 3D microscope. This is not doing something "the way we've done it all along" - this is radically different.

  14. Re:Seems silly on FTC Fines RockYou $250,000 For Storing User Data In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    Since it helps his argument :)

  15. Re:The first in what sense? on UK Surgeons Are the First To Operate In 3D · · Score: 1

    It's a completely different piece of kit, operated differently, which can perform completely different tasks. So apart from that, they're identical :)

  16. Re:Seems silly on FTC Fines RockYou $250,000 For Storing User Data In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    But that wouldn't happen with an SQL injection vulnerability - they've not penetrated the actual server's filesystem, just the database.

  17. Re:Layers of problems. on FTC Fines RockYou $250,000 For Storing User Data In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    No, in that case simply encrypt the data instead of hashing it. Storing passwords in clear text in a database is always stupid.

  18. Re:I love Slashdot on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 1

    That's not the problem. The problem is the massive delay between something being submitted to /. and it making the front page. That's the issue.

  19. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because those countries care about preventative medicine, where doctors can help people without ever seeing them by giving them lots and lots of good advice and support tools (helplines, advertising campaigns, even the lowly pamphlet), which clearly wouldn't work in a place where doctors depend on patients for their income. Surely they make more money healing someone than preventing them getting sick. In UHC countries, exercise, smoking, diet, etc. are all priorities for the healthcare industry, as it saves them (and the taxpayers) money if the public is advised efficiently about various dangers in their lives.

  20. Re:The technology created of OS/2 lives on in Wind on 25 Years of IBM's OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Why do you link to your website? Is that even your website? It's shocking :)

  21. Re:OH the memories on 25 Years of IBM's OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Yes, you can do that graphically in Windows. Assuming one person's experiences are entirely illustrative of whatever tools they use is straight-up retarded.

  22. Re:Not a flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    Ducks. All birds, all can fly, and all need a run-up to get airborne.

  23. Re:Used this with Dell the other day on Apple Is Forced By EU To Give 2 Years Warranty On All Its Products · · Score: 1

    When you call Dell you don't get put through to the US. The phone staff knows exactly what they're allowed and not allowed to do in the jurisdiction from where the customer is calling. A German manning an Ecuadorian support line would know Ecuadorian law, as that's their fucking job.

  24. Re:If I win this chance to go to space, on Mike Smith (Bubbles) Leading the Race For Space · · Score: 1

    In saner parts of the world you don't pay taxes on winnings such as this.

  25. Re:GOP & Taliban both hate women on Taliban Offer Question-and-Answer Service Online · · Score: 1

    By... not hating women?? Pretty sneaky.