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  1. Re:Sad on 'Revenge Porn' Operator Gets 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    $30,000 is more money than many hard working Americans earn in a year. It's not trivial.

  2. Why not an exosuit? on Students Demo Firefighting Humanoid Robot On US Navy Ship · · Score: 1

    I love robots, and I understand this is still in development, but wouldn't their money be better spent on making a fireproof exosuit for a human firefighter? This robot is slow, awkward, and ponderous. It's not really autonomous at all, requiring a team of human operators. it's tethered by a large cable. And it looks like even with the flimsy suit they dressed it in, it's wires and electronics would be highly vulnerable to burning/melting.

  3. Re:i knew it was Bennett on Your High School Wants You To Install Snapchat · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is I actually read all of Bennett's post, but yours got TLDR'd in the second paragraph, right about where you typed the word 'inane'.

  4. Re:wouldn't even be reported on Top Counter-Strike Players Embroiled In Hacking Scandal · · Score: 1

    I think it's more like the peaceful protesters in Fergusen all being labeled as rioters and looters because some among them are rioting and looting.

  5. Re:Pay per pixel? on DreamWorks Animation CEO: Movie Downloads Will Move To Pay-By-Screen-Size · · Score: 1

    It's probably because news shows are very competitive, and if I had to choose between one in SD or HD, I'd choose HD. You never know what's going to be shown on the news. You might not care, but lots of people who bought expensive HDTVs do care and will choose accordingly.

  6. Re:virtual workspace on Virtual Reality: Purpose Beyond Gaming · · Score: 1

    You could create a 5th virtual display to constantly remind you that some words get capitalized and that typing in all lowercase is lazy, and it makes you look bad to your boss and anyone else who reads what you type. Typing in all lowercase is no better than your mom typing everything in all caps.

  7. Re:What a monstrosity posing as a webpage on NASA Chief Tells the Critics of Exploration Plan: "Get Over It" · · Score: 2

    Who the hell uses the tt tag?

    Arker does, every time he posts. He likes his posts to look different from everyone else, then he tries to convince people it's their browser settings that make his posts look strange and not his deliberate intent. He gets a lot of attention for it. He's getting it right now, again. It's tiresome. It's trolling.

  8. Re:Shocking... on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 1

    Interesting, but most people will skip this because you post anonymously.

  9. Re:Again Timothy with the bullshit "stories" on Commenters To Dropbox CEO: Houston, We Have a Problem · · Score: 1

    It just goers over your head. The nerd part is it's about dropbox, something used almost exclusively by computer nerds. The stuff that matters part is about privacy of your data, which actually matters to a lot of computer nerds. You're so wrapped up in political BS your perception is skewed and you can't see things clearly.

  10. Re:Again Timothy with the bullshit "stories" on Commenters To Dropbox CEO: Houston, We Have a Problem · · Score: 1

    You're really stretching to say this isn't news for nerds or stuff that matters, because it's clearly both.

  11. Re:Luck resets every time you guess. on Crowd Wisdom Better At Predictions Than Top CIA Analysts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think the majority here use Slashdot's default font and never messed with it, but you did mess with yours, making your posts stand out as odd. Blaming everyone else, making them responsible to fix the 'bug' you created on their screen, isn't very helpful. It's a lot easier to just mod you down than to delve into browser font settings and possibly mess up how we view all other websites, just because you like your posts on Slashdot to look like they were typed on an old-timey typewriter. Why don't you just fix your own browser font settings and not put the burden on everyone else?

  12. Re:Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra on Indie Game Jam Show Collapses Due To Interference From "Pepsi Consultant" · · Score: 1

    I thought you were implying the mountain dew was now their tool and they downed it before walking out. I thought it was a lame attempt at being witty. You should just fix it.

  13. Wasted space on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have a widescreen monitor and roughly half is blank white space. Also, the images load slow, like they wait for me to scroll and see they're not loaded and only then do they begin to load. I guess this is a feature, but it works like a bug. I'm with the others who say give us the option to see the old format, but the cynic in me says that will expire and we'll be stuck with the new view anyway in a few months.
    Also, Slashdot, please remember what happened to Digg when they redesigned everything.

  14. Re:So the FBI hacked servers to find pedos? on FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you blame drug dealers for messing up your brother's life, you also have to blame bartenders for all the alcoholism, convenience store clerks for all the smoking related deaths, farmers for the obesity epidemic, etc, etc, etc. Or you could just admit that your brother made his own choices and it's no one's fault but his own.

  15. Re:Drone....not really? on Canadian City Uses Drone To Chase Off Geese · · Score: 1

    It's not an RC plane, it's a Hexcoptor.

  16. Three things... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1: Don't need another point of failure introduced, if the reader doesn't recognize it's owner at the worst possible moment when he needs to fire a gun.
    2: Price hike. I expect there would be a hefty price jump with these newfangled electronic gizmos.
    3: Remote killswitch? The police can kill your car's engine and disable your gun with a simple command. So can hackers.

    Also, are batteries included? I don't think people want to charge up their guns, unless they're shooting plasma bolts.

  17. Re:hypothetical on The Coming War Against Personal Photography and Video · · Score: 1

    I like this idea, but one problem - what about when the officer has to go to the bathroom? Should officers be forced to record that? What if they could radio in and request a five minute bathroom break to disable recording?

  18. Re:What America needs ... on U.S. Senate's Big Immigration Bill Seeks Centralized Database For H-1B Jobs · · Score: 2

    Care to explain how allowing up to 180k documented workers translates into MILLIONS of undocumented workers? They all have papers. They're also not going to multiply like tribbles, so what are you talking about?

  19. Re:Finally! on Electronics Arts CEO Ousted In Wake of SimCity Launch Disaster · · Score: 1

    Spore too? This firing is long overdue. I bought that game and because of it's screwy DRM it crashed constantly on my PC until they patched it about six months later, then it was finally playable, but boring because they dumbed the game down to appeal to kids.

  20. Re:Let me be the first (maybe) to say: on Electronics Arts CEO Ousted In Wake of SimCity Launch Disaster · · Score: 1

    Is this the free game they promised? A $20 coupon you can only use on purchases of $30 or more?

  21. Re:Is this really news for nerds? on Saints Row IV Announced · · Score: 1

    I completed Saints Row 2 and 3 and never saw any bugs. I've never seen anyone else complain on a forum about the games being buggy, only stupid.

  22. Re:micro != macro on Testing an Ad-Free Microtransaction Utopia · · Score: 2

    Why do some people call Wal-Mart "Wally World"? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081023123342AAjStgd

  23. Re:BS on Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1 · · Score: 1

    I still use Paint Shop Pro 5 almost daily. It runs fine on Win7 and does everything I need.

  24. Re:This is NOT Fracking... on Geothermal Power Advances · · Score: 1

    Plastic bottles contain the chemical BPA that we were recently warned about. Here's an article that claims the previous claims are false. Make of it what you will. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140526.htm

  25. Re:I don't understand this world on Forbes 2013 Career List Flamed By University Professors · · Score: -1, Troll

    You might have been modded insightful if you hadn't posted anonymously. Either way, some people must hate what you said since you're modded down to zero.