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  1. Re:Concerned Women for America (CWA) on EA, Nintendo, Sony Quietly Withdraw SOPA Support · · Score: 2

    According to their website, their goal is to "bring Biblical principles into all levels of public policy." Can anyone explain to me which Biblical principle is at stake here?

  2. Re:The Era of Linux is at hand on Why American Corporate Software Can No Longer Be Trusted · · Score: 1

    Chrome is not open-source. Chromium is; but nobody uses Chromium, because it's basically just a crippled version of Chrome.

  3. Re:Google uses Godaddy as a registrar partner on Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Google is pretty open-minded about that "evil" thing. But more importantly, they have a strong financial interest in not breaking the internet.

  4. Re:Democracy. on Go Daddy Loses Over 21,000 Domains In One Day · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Today's youth"? Really? You telling us that yesterday's youth was any better?

  5. Re:A little late? on October, November the Worst Months For Writing Buggy Code · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you have ten months to prepare.

    I bet if we all work hard, we can produce even more bugs next October.

  6. Re:It's a big deal on North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il Dead at 70 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Taking a brutal dictator seriously is exactly the wrong approach. I'd rather remember him as a supporting character in a lowbrow puppet comedy. I won't bother to post the YouTube link, since there's already two or three up here.

  7. Re:If they can call themselves Jedi Knights . . . on Czech Nationwide Census Shows Jump In Jedi Knights · · Score: 4, Funny

    You would? Really? Force Sensitive sounds like a marketing slogan for a condom. That was badly translated from Chinese.

  8. Re:Get a dog? on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 1

    Gasoline is already a hardcore solvent, so you'd need something even more powerful than that. Whatever that might be, I wouldn't want to keep it in the house.

  9. Re:Who the hell actually listens to KISS songs? on Feds Arrest GeneSimmons.Com Attacker · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's a record, grandpa?

  10. Re:No "Soviet Russia" jokes, please. This is serio on Russian Websites Critical of Elections Targeted In DDoS Attack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Under Capitalism, man oppresses man. Under Communism, it's exactly the opposite.

    - Woody Allen

  11. Re:Well on Free Software Activists Take On Google Search · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Freenet solves the spam problem by ensuring that nobody actually uses Freenet. I think this project will apply the same solution.

    This scheme has pretty slim chances of success. Which doesn't necessarily mean it shouldn't be attempted.

  12. finished?? on Earthscraper Takes Sustainable Design Underground · · Score: 2

    Can't wait until it's finished

    I skimmed the article, and there's nothing there to suggest that anybody is actually trying to build this thing. This pyramid is vaporware.

  13. Re:I care!... || Re:Who cares? on 155 MPH Biofuel Truck Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/12280.shtml

    The 95 Ram 2500 is supposed to get 12 MPG with the stock engine. So I'd say that's not bad at all.

  14. Re:1984 on Afghanistan Biometric Data Given To US · · Score: 1

    USSR? Elected? Please tell me this is a joke.

  15. Re:Article is Troll on Apple Addresses Factory Pollution In China · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bullshit. They knew that China's environmental regulations are a joke, and they still chose to have their hardware manufactured there. The pollution must be REALLY bad if the Chinese govt is actually doing something about it.

  16. Re:Really? on Apple Addresses Factory Pollution In China · · Score: 5, Funny

    I expect a drug addict to steal, not a wall street banker.

    Well, there's your problem right there.

  17. Re:Another Kink on Senate Set To Vote On the Repeal of Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Where can you buy this kinky American freedom armor?

    There's an on-line store that sells those. Unfortunately, my ISP is blocking it.

  18. Re:Why? on Eclipse Launches New Programming Language · · Score: 1

    Are you fucking serious? Clicking the link and reading just a few lines at the top would have answered your question (and would have been much less work than typing this post).

  19. Re:Century 21? on Canadian Court Finds Website Scraping Infringes Copyright · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a company who has ads out, do you want people to look at your ads only or the ads for you and your competitors?

    And now, people visiting this site will only see ads from C-21's competitors. Well done, guys.

    Also, with real estate the commissions on a property sold are split between the real estate agent of the buyer and the seller.

    Completely irrelevant. Just because someone publishes an ad doesn't make them an agent.

  20. Century 21? on Canadian Court Finds Website Scraping Infringes Copyright · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They're a real estate broker. They make money when the property is sold; displaying ads is only a means to selling the property. Why do they object when people are copying and re-publishing their ads?

  21. Re:Fire in the fireplace? on Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion · · Score: 2

    Exactly - it's not even close.

    A blood alcohol level of just 0.4% is lethal. But for a water-alcohol mixture to burn at room temperature, you need something like 70-80% alcohol.

  22. Re:This will never fly on Italy Prepares '"One Strike" Anti-Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    and the musicians should get a "real job" if they want to earn money

    For most musicians, that's the way things are right now. Just like it was back in the ancient days before the internet. Have you ever tried playing music? You'll be lucky if you can recoup the cost of your instrument. (If your instrument is the penny whistle or the spoons, then you might have a shot.)

  23. Re:It isn't really interesting on More Info On Google's Alternative To JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Let's skip the ass dance and hear what these fundamental problems are, and how to solve them.

    Here's a few:

    1. No standard way to import an external script file.
    2. No multithreading.
    3. Often hard to figure out what the keyword 'this' is referring to.
    4. 'null' and 'undefined' are two different values (even though null == undefined evaluates to true!).
    5. No namespaces.

    How to solve those problems? Use one of the many existing OOP languages that don't suffer from any of them. You'd have to create an API for accessing the DOM from that language, and set up a sandbox within the browser, but at least you'd save yourself the work of creating a whole new language.

  24. Re:Russian Railroads vs. California on Russia Approves Siberia-Alaska Railway · · Score: 1

    Run diesel engines on methane? Not bloody likely.

  25. Re:I actually WANT my TV reporting on me on A TV That Knows and Shares What You're Watching · · Score: 2

    I apologize for insulting the redneck race.

    The preferred term is "person with a neck of color".