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  1. Re:More like a flaw in statistics on Flaw In Emergency Response System May Have Killed Hundreds · · Score: 1

    Six feet doesn't seem that far, hell, I'm sure I've jumped further.

  2. Re:Another Diablo on Bethesda Unveils New Co-op Dungeon Crawler · · Score: 1

    Split screen mode seems kind of lame, just how many way split do you demand it support? How many controllers does your average console support?

  3. Re:A point to note on Scientology Tries To Block German Documentary · · Score: 1

    That's no donut, it's a toroid!

  4. Re:!MMM on "Mythical Man-Month" Supposedly Busted By MIT Startup · · Score: 1

    Adding lots of submitters to Slashdot would help this.

  5. Re:"Unconnecting"? on Pixel Qi Introduces a DIY Kit · · Score: 1

    And you know, I'd be happy with that, if it was a decent album, and not two good songs and 18 duds?

  6. Re:It's the freeloaders time on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 1

    now, not know. Grrr

  7. Re:It's the freeloaders time on Ars Technica Inveighs Against Ad Blocking · · Score: 1

    I don't block ads, I just fetch them from 127.0.0.1 instead. :)

    Ok, know I've made my smart-arse comment, my suggestion to Arstechnica, and others: Give me an option to not have ads, that involves a subscription. If you have decent content, I'll subscribe. I'm not going to click-thru 99% of the ads I see anyway, so you'd be ahead. (assuming you only get paid for click-thru)

    The reasoning behind ad blocking isn't just 'I don't like ads in my face' - some ad servers have been compromised into serving up malware scripts.

  8. Re:Forget money on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    But Officer, this is a Toyota! (officer tears up speeding ticket he was writing)

  9. Re:Men like these... on Terry Childs's Slow Road To Justice · · Score: 1

    And men like General Jack D Ripper.

    I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

  10. Re:If you are worried about it... on Killer Apartment Vs. Persistent Microwave Exposure? · · Score: 1

    A jackass... well, you might end up as sterile as a mule after a while :^)

  11. Re:Electric Shock on How Do You Get Users To Read Error Messages? · · Score: 1

    What does segmentation fault mean to a user? Even the modern day equivalent "access violation writing to 0x00000000" isn't too useful.

  12. Re:Apple reaches a new low on Apple Enforces "Supplier Code of Conduct" After Child Labor Discovery · · Score: 1

    Configure the Dell Alienware 17x and you'd come out in front. I still think I like my model better (Dell 1730xps) although it's a year or so old now.

  13. Re:improvements in Google's blurring technology on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    Are there any outright EU laws about privacy? Not individual countries.

  14. Re:improvements in Google's blurring technology on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    Satellites from the USA go all over the world, including Europe.

    -- "You have zero privacy anyway -- get over it" - Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems.

  15. Re:improvements in Google's blurring technology on EU Says Google Street View Violates Privacy · · Score: 1

    If the person knows about an across-the-street webcam he can call the police because that's illegal.

    Recording the view from my apartment window is not illegal, regardless of whether people get recorded sometimes.

    It is in Sweden, as is taking photographs of people and publishing them.

    If you cherry-pick jurisdictions, you can probably prove anything you like.

    (leaves space for a "In Soviet Russia" meme)

  16. Re:You're looking at it wrong. on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 1

    What are we supposed to do with the spare foot? Bet my stopping time is faster than yours.

  17. Re:You're looking at it wrong. on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 1

    The simple solution to this, if it really is mats, is to remove the driver's mat. See what Toyota's response to that is.

  18. Re:You're looking at it wrong. on Should I Take Toyota's Software Update? · · Score: 1

    So you're saying that updates have never caused a worse flaw to exist? That's the real question.
    Let's see, the original code would have gone through extensive system/integration testing. The update (can we call it a hotfix) has been tested to see if it fixes the flaw. Maybe no, or limited, system/integration testing.

  19. Re:Doubly unreliable on iPhone's Liquid Sensors Can Be Triggered By Wintertime Use · · Score: 1

    And tool

  20. Re:Eh wouldn't surprise me... on Windows 7 Memory Usage Critic Outed As Fraud · · Score: 1

    Returning software?

  21. Re:Obivous Answer on "Logan's Run" Syndrome In Programming · · Score: 1

    4 digit UID? You're obviously old.

  22. Re:Science or Religion? on A Warming Planet Can Mean More Snow · · Score: 1

    Finally: If Obama gets his health bill passed it's because of global warming.

    I'm an Aussie, and don't really believe this. It's really Stephen Conroy's fault!

  23. Re:What about china? on Google, Yahoo and Others Fight the Aussie Filter · · Score: 1

    We could get one of the Opposition members to ask a Dorothy Dixer of the shadow minister for communications regarding the positioning of Conroy's head vis a vis his arse.

  24. Re:First and Last solution? on Subversive Groups Must Now Register In South Carolina · · Score: 1

    OP has valid point. Why isn't their punishment for trying to pass treasonous laws. The system is broken if there is no punishment. I bet if laws like this were in place cowards would be less likely to push through quickie laws. I had my own idea as well. I read that in Britain they pass on average a law a day. There should be some sort of time limit attached to laws, that way ridiculous things like "no eating chocolate ice cream while riding bareback" don't sit on the books adding clutter. You could even attach it to laws like murder, just be damned sure to re-instate it like clock-work or we all get a freebie day :).

    Two things in your post caught my eye. 'quickie" and "riding bareback". That law could have a quite different meaning in today's lingua.

  25. Re:Forced to include in EU? on Opera For iPhone To Test Apple's Resolve · · Score: 1

    Hell yes.