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  1. Re:Sex vs. Carnage.... on Court on Video Games: Less Cleavage, More Carnage · · Score: 1

    And that has to do with Indiana Jones how?

  2. Re:Sex vs. Carnage.... on Court on Video Games: Less Cleavage, More Carnage · · Score: 2

    So you'd rather pay even more to fix the repercussions of people not having healthcare, which do impact your daily life, than to pay taxes to ensure said repercussions are as minimal as possible. Great logic, sparky! You're a beacon of hope in a troubled world!

  3. Re:Sex vs. Carnage.... on Court on Video Games: Less Cleavage, More Carnage · · Score: 2

    No, it's not illegal for a judge to say that in Europe. Sure, he'd have been censured, but not censored. Also, swastikas are not censored in Germany (as long as you're not marching under one, trying to get people to commit genocide). 24 wasn't banned anywhere, that I'm aware of.

    So I have no idea what you're on about, and more importantly it seems neither do you. When you try to defend "America" against "America bashing", at least get your facts straight. All you did was show you are ignorant of Europe, and didn't actually provide support for "America" in any way at all.

  4. Re:Are we native yet? on Microsoft Releases IE10 Platform Preview 2 · · Score: 1

    IE 9 has a score of 141, not IE 8. IE 10 PP 2 has a score of 231.

  5. Re:Think of it as 4.0.2 on The Enterprise Is Wrong, Not Mozilla · · Score: 1

    I don't. I just don't visit sites with adverts that annoy me. That way sites don't have to pay for the bandwidth I use without being compensated. If I like a site's content, I'll gladly put up with annoying adverts, as that's how they get their money to pay for the content I like (hence me visiting their site).

  6. Re:Leaving the top 10% behind in the initial relea on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 2

    Yes, it will render about as near as perfect as most people would want. Which is literally (used in the correct sense) infinitely better than this Apple bullshit.

  7. Re:Not a problem on UK Sticks With Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    How about they're allowed to vote whether to stay part of the UK, or to join Ireland. Which is exactly what they're allowed to do. Condemning the vast majority of people, who are not represented by these killers, just to spite said killers, is fucking pathetic.

  8. Re:PulseAudio - indeed on The Longhorn Dream Reborn · · Score: 1

    When you don't have to qualify that claim with "for OSS", you'd have something.

  9. Re:Q: Why hasn't Mozilla considered a Firefox OS? on Where Is Firefox OS? · · Score: 1

    HTML5 still can't provide the same level of video support as Flash does, namely RTMP. Or a set of standard codecs, like flash does. So we'll still need codec plug-ins. Awesome.

  10. Re:Microsoft buys something, immediate forced upgr on Skype Forcing Mac Users To Upgrade Client · · Score: 2

    I get used to you making massive leaps of faith when it comes to figuring out what's happening in reality, usually relying on your hubris to shape your perception of the world to one that suits your notions of conspiracy, but this one is refreshingly inane. The glaring inconsistency between your alleged scheme and reality is the update isn't being forced to all users. All you have to do is read some of the comments in this very thread, strangely which were posted before your accusations, and you'll see lots of people who have been offered the v5 upgrade, and simply declined to accept it, and continue to run their older versions.

    Until you can show that both the update is being forcibly pushed to people regardless of their intentions (both explicit and implicit), and that the v5 being pushed contains backdoors or other such shady, scary things that make you weep in the darkness, you don't have a fucking leg to stand on. Not that wobbly, nonsensical reasoning isn't your forte, so I'm sure you'll carry on, forever increasing the number of players in this dastardly plot you have apparently single-handedly exposed at such great personal risk, and forever twisting the assumed reasoning employed by said players behind said plot into some grotesque New-World-Order-meets-Alex-Jones-blowing-David-Icke-on-ice fandango, consistently trading sympathetic ears for cold shoulders as you go.

    It's always fun to watch you effortlessly void your bowels of logic on Slashdot. Your trite, effete offerings regularly remind me of Carl Sagan's wonderful abridgement of the irrational discourse that followed the improved imagery of Venus, when the Venusian atmosphere was first clearly visible:

    Obervation: We can't see anything.
    Conclusion: Dinosaurs.

    Carry on, dear boy.

  11. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 2

    Because he's prepared to ignore real science because the findings are changing. The fact it's changing, to him, seems to imply that he should ignore it. I pointed out that science doesn't deal with facts, just evidence.

  12. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So science should be ignored, as it never deals with proof. Kinda hypocritical as you're reading this on a computer. So it seems you accept science when you want to, and dismiss it as sensationalist bullshit when it suits you. You also seem to have a very perverse idea about climate science and the scientists involved in that field. Which in itself is strange, as your actions ("fuck it - it's wrong") would only be a valid position if you had a solid understanding of of this field.

  13. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 1

    Maybe, where you live. Not here. Once a contract is signed, that's it. You've made an agreement between you, your provider, and your bank, to pay a fixed amount of money for a clearly-defined service, that can not be modified without your explicit approval.

  14. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 1

    Things suck where you live. Here in sunny Europe, that phone is mine, Mine, mine, mine.

  15. Re:Skype's lifespan? on FTC Approves Microsoft's Takeover of Skype · · Score: 1

    Just wait. I doubt MS will do such a retarded thing. The most likely plan is integrating it across all their platforms, including Windows, phones, consoles, and so forth. Leaping to ridiculous conclusions that requires them to spunk $8.5bn up the wall just to piss off non-Windows users and shrink their user-base massively is, in the words of BigCorona, ridiculously "preemptive".

  16. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 2

    I got a phone that runs linux for well under â100 on contract, and it has more than enough space for Wikipedia. It has word processing, email, webmail, telnet & ssh access, samba, etc. etc. etc.

    You can buy old second-hand phones for well under $100 that can do all of this, too. Prices for these devices have tumbled.

  17. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure most people already have a small, handheld device in their pocket which can do all of those things, and more, and which has a better screen, better connectivity, more storage, and far better support.

  18. Re:The U.S. government is EXTREMELY corrupt. on US Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks · · Score: 1

    Bullshit. But nice try.

  19. Re:Scale on NanoNote Goes Wireless · · Score: 2

    Really? You're comparing this to those? Wow. Take a look at the specs of this thing, and then take a look at the specs of even the humble Blackberry. Then feel ashamed for even comparing the two. Not all "wireless" is created equal. The protocol this one supports is pretty shit.

  20. Re:"Automate the Third Reich"? on IBM Did Not Invent the Personal Computer · · Score: 1

    But IBM NY invested millions of Reichsmarks into their German subsidiary when it was apparent what said subsidiary was up to. You can't simply say "IBM was powerless!" - IBM NY actively chose to participate.

  21. Re:Jurisdiction on British Student Faces Extradition To US Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    The leader is actually the Prime Minister, not the Queen. And loads of places have Prime Ministers, so it's not that strange.

  22. Re:Jurisdiction on British Student Faces Extradition To US Over Copyright · · Score: 1

    No, it has citizens.

  23. Re:Just for rioting? Seriously? on Using Crowdsourcing To Identify Vancouver Rioters · · Score: 2

    Saying "Europe" makes as much as saying "The Americas" - it is a collection of countries which are far from homogeneous. That's kind of a big flag highlighting that you might not know what you're talking about.

  24. Re:Modest proposal on Treasure Hunter Wants To Find Bin Laden's Body With ROV · · Score: 1

    How on earth do photos prove anything shown in them?

  25. Re:The new Taliban? on Libyan Rebels Weaponize Power Wheels Toys · · Score: 2

    I heard about some defecting soldiers who were expecting to find Al Qaeda and foreign fighters among the rebels, but found only Libyans who simply don't want to be in a dictatorship. If they choose the path of fundamentalism, that's up to them.