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  1. Liberal ilk has nothing to do with it. on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    If a person has the option to reduce their tax burden by instead giving that money to some private party, then the argument of whether it is private money or state money is simply a matter of semantics. No one in this thread has made the claim that private parties shouldn't be allowed to give their money to these organizations, but when that donation triggers a tax benefit, then that donation clearly effects the state's bottom line. I would think that this is glaringly obvious, regardless of whichever "ilk" one may belong to. Or are you deliberately trying to obfuscate the discussion?

  2. Re:It might be an unpopular opinion... on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    Even "no penalty" may be too harsh a penalty if you believe he shouldn't receive punishment. If his sentence is "no penalty" then that must mean he's been convicted of the crimes that he is charged with, which happen to all be felonies. Then he'd be a convicted felon, not allowed to vote, find a decent job, etc.

  3. Re:Same story, different time on Spooked By His Sci Fi, FBI Looked Into Asimov As Possible Communist Tipster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nope, the simpler answer is that most Americans are completely ok with this shit.

  4. Re:Better ideas on Can Closed Public Schools Become Makerspaces? (Video) · · Score: 1

    Considering there's 50 available spaces, it sounds like the people of Chicago could benefit from multiple of each of your suggestions. Why does it have to be an either/or situation?

  5. Re:So basically... on How Gen Y Should Talk To Old People At Work · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You are arguing against a point that no one has made. The Slashdot community understands that language evolves. The issue here is about unprofessional communication in a professional environment. Sure the younger generations have always had their slang and but it wasn't until this generation that they expected to be able to use it while speaking or writing to their boss or clients! You, surely, cannot expect the professional world to embrace the lowest common denominator of hipster drivel. If you are truly a professional, then other people's opinions of you matter. The way you express your self matters. Your appearance matters. It is not on the young upstart to have the mindset of, "This is how I write, and language changes, so deal with it." Unless, of course, they are one of those young upstarts that managed to create their own successful tech giant. Despite what the news would have you believe, those lucky individuals are few and far between.

  6. maps or images? on Search For Evi Nemeth Continues · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't get it. The tomnod page seems to shows a map of the area, not satellite images. How are you supposed to search for anything in an empty pale blue picture?

  7. censorship on Usenix and EFF Reps Talk About VW's Attempt to Suppress a Presentation (Video) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Fucktard Timothy opens with "..., I don’t know if censorship is exactly the right word for it, but an incident that recently took place to do with publication of some security information – can you talk about what happened exactly?"

    In whose deluded mind would censorship NOT be "exactly the right word for it"??

  8. 8 cylinder on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 1

    No, but if you hook them up right you could end up with an 8 cylinder lawn mower..

  9. The only question I have is: on Do-It-Yourself Brain Stimulation Has Scientists Worried · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Where can I get one??

  10. WTF on Exploit Sales: the New Disclosure Debate · · Score: 4, Funny

    WTF is this article even about?

  11. Re:Problem is.... on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The problem is, nobody wants to wear glasses, even people who need them for vision correction. That's why contacts were invented, and laser vision correction. So why, oh why, would we ditch glasses, only to wear different glasses.

    Because normal glasses imply that your eyes are faulty and people don't like announcing thier flaws in such an obvious way if they could help it. Because normal glasses imply you do a little bit too much book readin', so you obviously need to be picked on. Conversely, Google Glass doesn't try to correct a physical impairment you have, so it isn't really a fair comparison.

  12. Re:Too caught up on appearances on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 1

    I spent a good number of years as a college student, both undergrad and grad, and carried a backpack with me all the time. I've continued to carry a backpack even after graduation, and no one has ever given me a dirty look, much less said anything to me about it. I probably wouldn't take a backpack into a bar, but I do take one just about everywhere else.

  13. Segways are a terrible comparison on Is Google Glass Too Nerdy For the Mainstream? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The segway rant in the summary is ridiculous. Segways never caught on because they fail as a replacement for cars. People still need to get their groceries home and their kids to soccer practice, and they would still revert back to using their car when it rains. That fact alone makes Segways an addition as opposed to a replacement for cars, and Segways are way too expensive to be an additional cost. Secondly, if a large portion of a population started using Segways, there would still be a large portion that also used cars, so we couldn't just rebrand the streets for Segway use. A few Segways on the sidewalk is a novelty. Hundreds at one time would be silly. Whatever the "irrational reasons people love their cars," there are still a great deal of rational reasons why people love their cars, so the "irrational" argument is moo. Of course most of the large trucks and suvs on the streets are unnecessary, but those would be replaced by smaller cars, not moving platforms that people have to stand on for miles at a time. Maybe Google Glass will catch on and maybe it won't but that has nothing to do with the failure of the Segway to actually solve the problem it wanted to solve.

  14. Re:!(Prisoner's Dilemma) on French Police Unsure Which Twin To Charge In Sexual Assaults · · Score: 1

    You might want to go over that logic again. If the innocent one says he is innocent, then he isn't lying for his brother or for anyone else. He would be telling the truth and so wouldn't be guilty of anything. I have The only way your scenario makes sense is if you start out with the assumption that the innocent brother is helping the guilty one in some way.

  15. Re:Colossal waste of time on GAO Finds US Military's Critical Technologies List Outdated, Useless · · Score: 1

    I suppose the idea is that blueprints aren't very helpful if you don't have the manufacturing capability or the parts/raw materials/computer code/etc needed to build whatever it is you have the blueprints for.

  16. Re:whats the problem on Standard Kilogram Gains Weight · · Score: 1

    So how do you determine if something weights Y in 2013? You put it on a scale right? And how do you know that scale is accurate? You put the reference material on the scale and make sure it reads Y. This is called calibration, and you can't do it accurately without actually handling the reference material.

  17. Re:Crashing, huh? on Rare Photos: Gnu Crashing a Windows 8 Launch Event · · Score: 3, Informative

    Thanks for ruining the joke captain smartypants.

  18. Re:Worthless on Rare Photos: Gnu Crashing a Windows 8 Launch Event · · Score: -1

    If you think the purpose of a demonstration/event is "nude tits for the onlookers", you're a moron whose thought centre has moved from cranium to crotch.

    The purpose of a demonstration/event is to advertise a product and create interest in said product. There's a reason people say "sex sells," and commercials always have sexy, or at least attractive, actresses in them. Maybe you should do some research about advertising, specifically sex in advertising, before you call someone else a moron, moron.

  19. Re:Tons of math fiction on Ask Slashdot: Mathematical Fiction? · · Score: 1

    This looks like it is exactly what was asked for. How is this not modded up?

  20. Re:The Firefox what? on Mozilla Opens the Firefox App Store To Early Testers · · Score: 2

    Most App stores that are already out have both free items and pay items. The lack of pay items is the only thing keeping the Ubuntu Software Center from being called the Ubuntu App Store really. But if Ubuntu did start offering pay items through the Ubuntu Software Center, would that be so bad? More options in convenient places is a good thing. Similarly, more app stores can only give more options, not less, so that would be a good thing too. Or are you the type of person that WANTS to consume only what your Apple overlords tell you to? In other words, no one is forcing you to use every app store out there, and it doesn't make sense to want to limit thier existence.

  21. I "Liked" both on Why Do So Many Liberals "Like" Mitt Romney On Facebook? · · Score: 1
    The article mentions people that remove their friends if they like a particular candidate. That's actually pretty lame. If you remove me from your friends list for clicking some button on a social networking site, then you are an idiot douchebag asshole. After reading the summary and the article, I logged on to Facebook and immediately liked both Obama and Romney. Why did I do this?

    Because Fuck You. That's why.

  22. Re:Where Do You Live That That Is Considered Okay? on Ask Slashdot: Video Monitors For Areas That Are Off the Grid? · · Score: 1

    As with how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie-Roll Pop, the world may never know.

    Three!

  23. Re:More bias from women than from men, against wom on Sexism In Science · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Except you can't really start talking about solutions to anything until you identify the actual cause of your problem. Recognizing that gender bias is caused by men and women alike is the first step in the problem solving process.

  24. Re:Hate Speech on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Free speech is letting others criticize you,

    That's a very specific, contrived, and useless definition for free speech you have there.

  25. Re:Such vitriol for M:TG in these early comments on Magic: the Gathering Is Turing Complete · · Score: 1

    I started playing about a month before 2013 came out and so far I haven't seen many of the cards you describe. Maybe I haven't noticed because I didn't know they existed, I don't know. Luckily, those sets are going bye-bye in October anyway.