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  1. Re:Undisputed science? on Children Can Now Sue The US Government Over Climate Change (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Helium balloons.

  2. That is not a fair accusation!

    I just misunderstood what the other guys meant when they talked about all the Babes they'd slept with!

  3. Never an excuse for the seller?

    Alrighty, let's haul the entire FBI department responsible for this off the federal prison for peddling child porn. Or are they just above the law because reasons?

  4. Re: Oh, god damn it. on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    And just how much pollution do you think will be created by moving out of existing, useful buildings, hauling shit across the planet, and building new buildings just because?

  5. Re:Check out this guy's science background. on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    So he is literally a career politician. Wasn't that exactly what was so terrible about Hillary?

  6. Actually, I think I'm gonna skip #5 and wait for someone else to get to #6.

  7. Re:But it's not mob rule on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    Wait, hold up.

    America INVENTED democracy?

    Did you like, go back to ancient Greece and plant the idea in the heads of their philosophers?

    Or did several different countries adopt the basic idea from those philosophers at roughly the same time?

  8. "This guy has an idea I don't like! GET HIM!"

    What is this, kindergarten? Oh wait, US politics. So yes, kindergarten.

  9. Re:But it's not mob rule on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    I am glad to see that your pent up anger and frustration does not keep you from participating in a civilized discussion without resorting to name calling.

    If all the states are equally important in a given presidential election, what is with these six swing states I kept hearing about? Is that just where people enjoy casual sex more?

  10. Re:But it's not mob rule on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 2

    Why are your states more important than the whole of the nation?

    I see this mentality a lot and coming from a really small country I just can't wrap my head around it. Why is a given state more important than all of America? Why is the combined voice of the entire country somehow less important than the combined voices of a select few states?

  11. Re:Can't wait to see the H1B caps on General Motors To Lay Off 2,000 Workers at Two US Plants (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    But does he have to import her?

  12. Re:No doubt... on General Motors To Lay Off 2,000 Workers at Two US Plants (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Judging by the sound bites we got here in Europe, Trump's plan for bringing jobs back went something like

    1) Promise more jobs.
    2) ???
    3) Profit!

    It is entirely possible that he actually HAS a working plan, I won't rule that out. But until I hear something more believable than "Because magic" or that one sound-bite going on all day of "We didn't do it. God did it!" I have very little faith in the next four years for you guys.

  13. All you Dirty COWs go moo.

  14. You mean like a lot of other countries did? Why are you afraid of change?

  15. If you're in Europe, call the US in the afternoon.

    If you're in the US, call Europe in the morning.

    Figure out the offset? Call your coworker across the Atlantic and say, "The time here is now ..., what is it on your end?" and calc from there.

  16. It's hard to take the article seriously when they don't even know about the two weeks difference between Europe and America ...

  17. Re: Complete? on The Sega Genesis Is Officially Back In Production (dailydot.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I know the twin towers fell apart on that day. Is that wrong? Are they still there, just invisible?

  18. Re:NASA Eagleworks is NOT NASA! on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Well they already paid for the performance rights for it, so they may as well get their money's worth.

  19. Re:Slashdot double standard on Facebook Users Sue Over Alleged Racial Discrimination In Housing, Job Ads (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems to me you have misunderstood the bashing going on, or at least understood it differently from how I understand it.

    As far as I can tell, there are two kinds of bashing: The first is aimed at the companies laying off their workers and then hiring cheaper workers. Whether they're high-school drop outs, college grads, H1B workers, doesn't matter. It is the idea of getting rid of the workforce you HAVE so you can get someone CHEAPER that is bashed.

    The second is bashing at the general skill level of the H1B workers, or Indian outsources in general. This is backed up by evidence of companies that started on the outsourcing fad and had to pull things back to America to get the quality back up to what they wanted. Again it is not bashing the Indians, but the skill level of the specific subset of people getting into that line of work.

  20. Re:This story smells fake on Samsung Galaxy J5 Catches Fire and Explodes in France, Says AP (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    and they intend to sue Samsung since the product was dangerous and could have burnt their kid.

    At the rate things are going, we're going to end up with a generation that doesn't know to let go of something that is too hot for comfort.

  21. Re:How does this work when... on UK Privacy Watchdog Says Facebook Agrees To Suspend Using WhatsApp Users' Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone has a Facebook account, at least from Facebook's point of view. When you sign up for Facebook you gain access to all the stuff they already know about you.

  22. "We are terribly sorry, but we no longer offer service in the United Kingdom. Blame the ICO, not us!"

  23. Re:Bullshit defense on Security Firm Shows How To Hack a US Voting Machine (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    How clunky and dispersed was Hillary's email server?

  24. Re:650k emails in 9 days on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they spread the emails out to an entire task group rather than one person?

  25. Re:What we need on Windows 10's Store Locks 'Call of Duty' Purchasers Into Windows-10-Only Battles (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And PC players have options for outside-game chat and voice programs that let teams coordinate or stealthily share info better.

    When I was a kid that was called a TELEPHONE. I agree with the rest of what you said, but please don't make it sound like console players have exactly zero options for voice communication.