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  1. Re:The exact opposite of what Niantic should do on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    Or they don't want people walking around fucking memorials to millions of dead people while playing a game. Is the concept of respect so foreign to you that you leap immediately to some faux-outrage conclusion as the only possible explanation? It's not political correctness but basic human decency, something you seem to not find at all worthy. You suck as a human being.

  2. Re:Denial on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 0

    No one is denying the holocaust happened, they just don't want gamers traipsing around the place with their faces glued to their screens, disturbing the people who went there to remember the millions of dead and abused who passed through gates at the camps in question, and at other such camps. You might want to work on your reading comprehension.

  3. Re:What exactly is a "death camp"? on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    They deleted them to save the camps from being disrupted by idiots walking around playing games on their phones. It shows an utter lack of respect to encourage actions like that. Visiting a historical site (or museum) is far more than simply going there.

  4. Re:I still don't get this on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    Are you that socially retarded that you can't see that leading people to a hallowed place in order to play a completely unrelated game is tasteless beyond belief? It's not about being outraged, but common human decency. You're the one being lazily outraged, it seems. If you spend some time actually thinking about this, it's pretty obvious. You wouldn't want a portal on your parents' grave, would you?

  5. Re:Ingress. on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    Well, I guess it sucks if you don't have many historic sites where you are, but in the environs of these camps there are a lot of other historic sites which are also not memorials to the death and suffering of millions of people in recent history. "Historic site" can, and does, mean a lot more than death camps. There is a lot of space between "boring Phoenix" and "Place where a million people were killed" - one doesn't have to leap from one to the other. Also bear in mind that while you might be actually interested in the places you are brought to, many people will just be staring mindlessly at their phones. That is rather distracting to people who go to these camps to honour the dead, and shows a complete lack of respect.

  6. Re:Denialist on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    I think the desired outcome is to not have their game cause lots of muppets to walk around sensitive memorials to millions of dead people, staring at their phones. These people aren't going there to learn or pay respects - they're going there to play the game.

  7. Re:Defuk? on Google's Niantic Labs Sorry Over Death Camps In Smartphone Game · · Score: 1

    It's entirely disrespectful to have people going there just to play a game.

  8. Re:Not a surprise on UK Government Illegally Spied On Amnesty International · · Score: 1

    I think you meant "representative democracy" and not "republic", as a republic is a country without a dynastic leader, something which has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion, and something Britain isn't.

  9. Re:alogrithms aren't racist on Google Apologises For Photos App's Racist Blunder · · Score: 1

    That would make sense if you ignore the last 300 years of the people in power or of high standing in western countries (read: white people) calling black people "apes" in order to dehumanise them. If you ignore that, then yeah - good point.

  10. Re:I know how this is going to be fixed... on Google Apologises For Photos App's Racist Blunder · · Score: 0

    Or they could just fix the problem with the algorithm. I know it's fun getting outraged at things you make up in your head, but it's not exactly helping. Also using "SJW" as a pejorative makes you sound like a petulant child lashing out at something you perceive as attacking you, which speaks far more about you than these "SJW"s. Rosa Parks was an SJW - would you mock her?

  11. Re:Exactly how many on SlideN'Joy Extender Adds Up To Two More Screens For a Multi-Monitor Laptop · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just ask MojoKid - he is apparently the "Editor In Chief At HotHardware.com", according to his profile here. He regularly posts links to his articles, and they're usually lacking in some way or another, hence the need to spam Slashdot with them. A link to the actual company's site would be better, which can be found here.

  12. Re:blu ray? on Where Facebook Stores 900 Million New Photos Per Day · · Score: 1

    Plus these discs are rated for a much longer shelf life than HDDs.

  13. Re:Delete? on Where Facebook Stores 900 Million New Photos Per Day · · Score: 1

    They remove the image from the catalogue. The image still exists on disc, but won't be copied to new media or be available for retrieval. This is a solved problem, and has been for decades.

  14. Re:Respect has to be earned on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1

    You can keep telling yourself that - it won't make it the case. The coup has been well understood for years, and yet you are arguing some abject bullshit version not supported by the evidence, but which fits nicely with your bizarre outlook on the world.

  15. Re:Respect has to be earned on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1

    Your opinion does not reality make. Also, citing Wikipedia makes you look like you have the mental capacity of a Casio watch with a faulty battery.

  16. Re:Nope! on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1

    You really have no idea. Amazing.

  17. Re:Really? on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1

    So you are confusing your opinion with fact. Gotcha. No wonder you believe such batshit nonsense. Look, if you so vehemently believe in supernatural beings, why the fuck should anyone listen to you on other subjects? You are clearly incapable of separating fact from fantasy in your mind.

  18. Re:Nope! on Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Program Has Been an Astronomical Waste · · Score: 1

    They were one of the first countries to offer the US help after 9/11, and then Bush decided to put them in the Axis of Evil because an axis of evil is better with three members instead of two.

  19. Re:Shocking... on How Verizon Is Hindering NYC's Internet Service · · Score: 2

    The results from other parts of the world seem to show you have no idea what you're talking about. Quelle surprise.

  20. Re:Taxi licenses are crazy expensive on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 1

    Did you read the post correctly? He stated there would be too many taxis fighting for the people who want to use them. This is what frequently happens where there is an unregulated taxi system.

  21. Re:Not surprised on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 1

    I take it you've not heard of The Knowledge in London. Those black cabbies are fucking nuts when it comes to navigation. Some guy in a car with an app can't match them, even if they use GPS.

  22. Re:Not surprised on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 1

    You really don't understand this, do you? Wow.

  23. Re:Uber this! on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 1

    If you think their getting invaded has anything to do with the French troops and not who was invading them, you really do need to brush up on your history.

    Also, the government already promised to do something about Uber, and then didn't. Hence the protests and the response. Protests such as these are common in France and especially in Paris, and have been throughout the centuries.

    It sounds like you know very little about France's history, and thought to wade in and let everyone know. How considerate.

  24. Re:Uber this! on Uber France Leaders Arrested For Running Illegal Taxi Company · · Score: 1

    That's so when people get in a taxi they know the car is insured for any accidents, and it is in good working condition, not to mention background checks and extra training (in some countries, it doesn't sound like yours). Without the medallion system this is still the case. You seem to be confusing several issues, making a blunderbuss attempt to make your point, and failing miserably. Ouch.

  25. Re:Wanna know why people like Bill Gates now? on Bill Gates Investing $2 Billion In Renewables · · Score: 1

    Nope. That has been debunked time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time and time again. It's time you made something new up and used that to attack philanthropists.