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  1. Re:Unauthorized export resale? on New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones · · Score: 1

    The reason there are silly rules is because people will cheat. Someone will come in and buy ALL the phones if there is profit to be made selling them elsewhere. This is similar to when bots buy up all the tickets to a concert 5ms after they go on sale and then you have to spend $300 for a $75 ticket.

  2. How could they go out of business? on Chinese Firm Wins Bid For US-Backed Battery Maker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A123 had actual contracts to put batteries in cars and had actual products. Does this mean that electric car batteries are not expensive enough? This is pitiful.

  3. Re:As we speak... on Bitcoins Join Global Bank Network · · Score: 1

    Paypal doesn't create its own currency. There are no "PalBucks". This is just baffling.

  4. Re:Trends on Advertising May Soon Follow You From One Device To the Next · · Score: 1

    I guess those people working for Lions International or Rotary or the Salvation Army or Building Minds in Sudan will have nothing to do. The impoverished will be advertised out of poverty.

  5. Re:I don't think it was a heart attack on John McAfee Collapses At Guatemala Detention Center · · Score: 1

    I was going to say it was a malware attack, but I like yours better.

  6. My contribution on Ask Slashdot: Old Technology Coexisting With New? · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 64 running virtual WINXP to access Garmin iQue 3600 GPS/PDA via USB. I also have a Kodak XLS8600 dye sub printer running off a parallel port from Photoshop.

  7. This hardware could be a problem on Race To Mine Bitcoins Drives Enthusiasts Into the Chip Making Business · · Score: 1

    Pretty soon we won't be able to tell the counterfeit bitcoins from the real ones!

  8. See this pearl of wisdom on If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat? · · Score: 1
  9. I actually have to READ the privacy statement? on Facebook Users Voting On Privacy, Instagram, Other Issues · · Score: 1

    Forget that! I just want to turn off the *()^%$! Places map in the timeline.

  10. Drop out of Princeton? on Just Say No To College · · Score: 1

    Anyone who has the chance to go to Princeton and drops out to work on a "mobile app" is an idiot. Unless they become fabulously rich, in which case they are a rich idiot.

  11. Re:And in other good news on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    I remember this being announced, but I'm not sure it's true right now. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/advisory-boards/jobs-council/about/staff

  12. As we used to say... on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    When puzzling over some strategic move by Kodak upper management, my colleague would say, "People much smarter than us have this all figured out."

  13. Re:Or Tumblr on A Tale of Two Companies · · Score: 1

    Should be "yellow box" for Kodak stuff.

  14. This appointment leads to a new invention on Lamar Smith, Future Chairman For the House Committee On Science, Space, and Tech · · Score: 1

    Faith-based science! Well he IS a Christian Scientist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_S._Smith#Personal_life

  15. Re:Are we still dragging this out? on Search For "Foolproof Suffocation" Missed In Casey Anthony Case · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Keep in mind that the jury does not find anyone innocent. They get to say guilty or not guilty; there is no innocent. Not guilty does not mean innocent.

  16. Re:Google ads on Ad Blocking – a Coming Legal Battleground? · · Score: 1

    No they are not! They show me ads for things I have just purchased and therefore don't want. In case I forgot, or something.

  17. I'm speechless on Fox News Parent NewsCorp May Face Corruption Investigation · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, wait, I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you!

  18. Re:My favorite way on Ask Slashdot: Geekiest Way To Cook a Turkey? · · Score: 1

    "Tea, Earl Grey, hot."

  19. What if they had said... on Outrage In India Over Arrests For Facebook Posts · · Score: 1

    "the closures in Mumbai were 'due to jejune ennui, not due to piquant verisimilitude.' "

  20. There is no oreo... on Google Glass Could Be the Virtual Dieting Pill of the Future · · Score: 1

    Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
    Neo: What truth?
    Spoon boy: There is no spoon.
    Neo: There is no spoon?
    Spoon boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.

  21. Re:Perception of law enforcement on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 1

    Prosecution to acquire the wealth of the accused person sounds like law enforcement in Georgia.

  22. My granddaughter is named Sam!!! on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 1

    And here I thought she was only 7! It's so easy to trick old people.

  23. Re:Why use paypal? on Amazon Payment Adds "No Class Action" Language To Terms of Service · · Score: 2

    Most sellers on eBay do not take credit cards. They are not horrible in my experience. Charges are too high, but if you need oddball stuff on eBay, you are practically required to use it. If bank-to-bank transfers were as cheap in the US as they are in Germany, PayPal would be out of luck. Also, if you are in the US and try to buy something from eBay Germany, it is difficult to pay unless the seller uses PayPal.

  24. Re:So on Meet the Lawyer Suing Anyone Who Uses SSL · · Score: 1

    OR: Where are the drones when you need them?

  25. The plan has failed on Amid Fiscal Uncertainty, Venture Capital Is Way Down In Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Maybe since the hoard-cash-and-don't-make-jobs-so-Obama-loses plan didn't work out, they should just buy big TVs and a couple of kegs and just live it up.