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  1. Re:anyone who fucks with our food on Make Way For "Mutant" Crops As GM Foods Face Opposition · · Score: 1

    Its not your food. You didn't want to eat GM crops anyway.

    While I'm eating hearty, you can go out and pick through the leftovers of organic crops for whatever the bugs didn't eat.

  2. ... push any key when they start talking (to make a tone) and say, "Operator, this is the number I want you to start a trace on."

  3. Re:meaningsless on If You Want To Code From Home, Learn JavaScript · · Score: 2

    Javascript job postings are there to trigger banner ads for Javascript training and certification programs. Which you would see had you enabled Javascript.

  4. Javascript, .... on If You Want To Code From Home, Learn JavaScript · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... you know. That thing that's disabled in your browser.

  5. Re:While reading ... on Tapping Data From Radio-Controlled Bus Stop Displays · · Score: 2

    Now, Oona is cute, a hacker and is into Kung Fu.

    [Sigh] And all US culture can produce is the Kardashians.

  6. Re:See, this is kinda what I meant on Tapping Data From Radio-Controlled Bus Stop Displays · · Score: 1

    How exactly is one supposed to gain knowledge if one never actually explores things?

    Ask on Slashdot.

  7. Re:Encryption on Tapping Data From Radio-Controlled Bus Stop Displays · · Score: 1

    It takes a long time to learn as well. Which is why everyone is Russian.

  8. Re:misleading & likely incorrect on Route-Injection Attacks Detouring Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    I don't think Belarusians are that great allies of Russia thanks to the treatment they suffered under Stalin and later Soviet leaders.

  9. Betteridge says No. on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 2

    Seriously. Companies would be flattened out and become wholly owned subsidiaries of offshore conglomerates. The head of the US subsidiary would be paid 12x the janitor's wages*. But the overseas corporate HQ would be made up of the highly paid management types. And even applying the 12 times rule to them and then their US subsidiaries, this would still result in a 144:1 ratio between the top and bottom of the enterprise in its entirety.

    *Of course, this ignores the secondary effect of companies pushing their low wage tasks out to subcontractors.

  10. Re:misleading & likely incorrect on Route-Injection Attacks Detouring Internet Traffic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If so Bob's an idiot for signing a peering agreement with a known Hooligan.

    Unless that hooligan delivers the agreement attached to a National Security letter.

    From TFA:

    Renesys provided two examples of redirection attacks. The first took place every day in February with a new set of victims in the U.S., South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Libya and Iran, being redirected daily to an ISP in Belarus.

    Makes sense. This is exactly the sort of partner I'd expect the NSA to work with. If packets were diverted through Langley, VA or somewhere in Utah, we'd all figure out who was behind this pretty quickly.

  11. Democracy starts to unravel on Should the US Copy Switzerland and Consider a 'Maximum Wage' Ratio? · · Score: 1

    Only because we have tied political access to campaign contributions. Break this connection and let the average citizen's voice count for the same as the rich. Democracy is supposed to be one person, one vote. Not one dollar, one vote.

  12. Well then ... on FEC Will Not Allow Bitcoin Campaign Contributions · · Score: 1

    ... we''l jut fall back the the tried and trusted suitcases full of $100 bills.

  13. Re:Solar doesn't have to be PV on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    Damn! Do like all the forward thinking Republicans do and put all those appliances on the front porch.

  14. In related news ... on Mars Rock Older Than Thought · · Score: 2

    ... Earth rock still holds the record thanks to Mick Jagger.

  15. Re:I've heard this before on Users Identified Through Typing, Mouse Movements · · Score: 4, Funny

    Duplicate article detected: Slashdot editor authenticated.

  16. Re:OK but how fast? on Users Identified Through Typing, Mouse Movements · · Score: 1

    but how long does it take to recognize a known person?

    Fast enough to stop the office practical joker from typing
    sudo rm -rf /
    when you get up to take a bathroom break?

  17. Re:That's interesting! on Elevation Plays a Role In Memory Error Rates · · Score: 1

    but nobody has any idea what happened to the Maui team.

    Didn't you watch Lost? They were eaten by polar bears.

  18. Re:Product suggestion. on Elevation Plays a Role In Memory Error Rates · · Score: 3, Funny

    OK. Where am I going to find an RoHS lead block?

  19. HIPAA Privacy Rules on Building an IT Infrastructure Today vs. 10 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    I believe these came into effect about 10 years ago. So aside from all the advances in "the cloud", I'd ask whether that would be secure enough. I mean not just of a bunch of Slashdotters. Ask the potential cloud providers if they are HIPAA compliant and can provide documentation to that effect.

    Use GMail for transferring medical records and I'll guarantee you'll be swamped with ads for everything from Vi@gr@ to funeral services.

  20. Re:This issue was solved years ago on Online Car Retailer Launching Nation's First Car "Vending Machine" · · Score: 2

    Its the business model that manufacturers came up with decades ago. They wanted to push product out of the factory and to independent car lots so as not to have to deal with inventory. Also, many car sales are made based on impulse. Dealers have something shiny on their lot and that will sway some customers. Usually the dumbest and most profitable. The warranty service issue is legitimate, but that could be solved by having authorized service centers operating as independent entities from the dealerships. Sure, some people will be too stupid to select a brand that has a service center in their same state. But this will put the responsibility back on to the manufacturer to support a maintenance network. And some people buy vehicles knowing full well that there is no dealership service center in their area. That's the facts of life in rural areas.

    Once one business model is in place, some people are fearful of change. There will inevitably be winners and losers with any change. That's life in the free market.

  21. Re:So, do you think ... on Airline Pilots Rely Too Much On Automation, Says Safety Panel · · Score: 1

    Don't know if this has anything to do with it, but my car's GPS lost satellite connections for a while yesterday. It was a beautiful, sunny day. My hiking GPS carried on with the GLONASS constellation. Eventually, everything came back up.

    Did someone push a s/w update to the satellites?

  22. After next April .... on Microsoft Customers Hit With New Wave of Fake Tech Support Calls · · Score: 4, Funny

    .... these folks may be the only ones left willing to support XP. Make sure you get their phone number.

  23. Re:Human-like? on Mystery Humans Spiced Up Ancients' Sex Lives · · Score: 1

    In my book, if you can breed with it, it's human.

    If you can't, eat it.

  24. Mental picture on Students Tracked In UK College Via RFID For 1-3 Years · · Score: 2

    Steve Irwin, slowly sneaking up on a student with net, tranquilizer gun and tracking device.

    "Crikey! These can be meaner than a crocodile if you corner them outside of homeroom."

  25. Killer robots on New Smart Glasses Allow Nurses To See Veins Through Skin · · Score: 2

    With enhanced vision to pick out a suitably lethal spot. I'm certain I've seen this hinted at in numerous movies.