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  1. Re: Yes on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    When did the gerrymander the borders of the 50 states?!?!?

  2. Re: Microsoft, like their Microsoft NBC... on Microsoft Mistakenly Sold Fallout 4 For Free On Xbox (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure Fallout double-dips on in-game advertising, so maybe it is in fact a sale...

  3. Re:Totaly agree on Study Says People Who Continually Point Out Typos Are 'Jerks' · · Score: 1

    From _How to Win Friends and Influence People_, any time you correct anyone on anything it's a chance for them to harbor resentment towards you. This is not a new concept. You seem to have grasped it yourself by the end of your comment - when you see poor grammar you make a note of the person's shortcomings and move on. It is up to that person to decide to become more literate on their own. Perhaps you can offer guidance with questions about what books they've read, etc. but it's mostly in your best interest to keep things civil between you and everyone you meet. Everyone is intelligent in their own way, and you never know when that person might have something you need.

    Caveat: parents and English teachers should feel free to correct their children and students when necessary since that's their job to help educate their children and students.

  4. Re:Not a bad deal, really. on Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Sixth Man On the Moon, Dies At 85 (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    Tell you what I'd do... two chicks at the same time!

  5. Re: Sixth man on the soundstage! on Apollo Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Sixth Man On the Moon, Dies At 85 (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    Huh? You can't see those objects from an earth telescope.

    http://www.telescopes.com/blog...

  6. You know what is meant. This is not English class. Stop correcting people - especially for minor mistakes.

  7. Re:Limited unlimited on Comcast To Charge $30 For Unlimited Data Over 300GB Cap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Any presidential candidate that runs on the platform of regulating ISPs like a public utility has my vote, regardless of their stance on any other issue. I don't understand how this system is allowed to continue. It's clearly not a free market nor will it ever be.

  8. Re: Getting rid of some of these accidents is hard on Google Releases Report On Autonomous Vehicle Accidents · · Score: 1

    The left lane is the passing/fast lane. A truck is much less likely to want to merge left. The truck driver would be more careful in doing so.

  9. Re: I'll be dead on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe you're hosting your family's photo albums, or perhaps some writing you'd like to someday share with your grandkids? The web is so ephermal. It would be great if I had a more reliable means of leaving something to future generations of my family. Even printing stuff out doesn't always work either.

  10. Re: Index it to inflation on 2 US Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase · · Score: 1

    Then you'd end up with a never-ending cycle of inflation since gas price directly affects inflation (you can't do anything without gas).

  11. Re:Fix according to Apple is on Apple's Revenge: iMessage Might Eat Your Texts If You Switch To Android · · Score: 1, Informative

    They have a "right up"? Really?

  12. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Yes for this particular flight, uploading audio data to a server might not have worked. But if we're talking about upgrading black box tech for all planes, then let's go for both more capacity and internet capability.

  13. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Calm down, dude. He didn't say it had to be a systemic problem with the aircraft, just that it wasn't the pilot purposefully crashing the plane. There's still a wide range of things that could have gone wrong before considering it a systemic issue.

  14. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 2

    Or now with in-flight WiFi an option, why isn't the black box configured to upload its audio to a server somewhere?

  15. Re: Full blown vim in a good IDE:one of my dreams on Neovim: Rebuilding Vim For the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    When I have some repetitive text I need to manipulate, I just copy-paste to vim, edit, and paste back into the IDE. Otherwise, I'm coding in the IDE. It's great.

  16. Re: This whole thing seems like an ad for the Wii on Is This the End of Splitscreen Multiplayer, Or the Start of Its Rebirth? · · Score: 1

    Try Diablo 3.

  17. Re:Another type that is interesting... on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    The problem is that it's near impossible to say with certainty whether those issues created by that developer were unavoidable as part of doing the job. Many times bugs are the fallout from dysfunctions either in the team (poor requirements, planning) or in the technology (buggy, poorly-implemented abstractions that the developer is forced to build on top of). Of course it's reasonable to blame it all on the incompetence of the developer, but in some cases it genuinely isn't his fault despite his name being attached to the bug.

  18. Re:How about 80? on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 1

    To be fair, a month after 9/11 who wasn't afraid of losing their job? Management could ask for anything back then.

  19. Re: It's a status thing on Your 60-Hour Work Week Is Not a Badge of Honor · · Score: 2

    Two minimum wage earners in the same household? By definition one of those workers is working just to pay minimum wage for childcare. Two income households only makes sense if both adults are making more than minimum wage.

  20. Re: Who would believe it? on Researchers Claim Facebook Is 'Dead and Buried' To Many Young Users · · Score: 1

    I'd hardly call referencing his name in the liner notes of one of the most popular albums of the 90s "marketing". There are some products that are so good that they need no marketing to sell.

  21. Re:Yes but on Ford Self-Driving R&D Car Tells Small Animal From Paper Bag At 200 Ft. · · Score: 1

    In China, only old people tell small animal from paper bag.

  22. Re:Donate to Goodwill on Ask Slashdot: Prioritizing Saleable Used Computer Books? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm gonna pop some books. Got 20 dollars in my pocket. I'm I'm hunting, looking for a COM book.

    This is fucking awesome!

  23. Re:Die already Blackberry on BlackBerry Confirms 4,500 Job Cuts, Warns of $950 Million Loss · · Score: 1

    No, he's saying that we shouldn't be rooting for companies to fail. What does the world gain from a company like RIM failing to produce great, new products? BB may be obsolete tech, but I'm sure somewhere along the line someone could have done something to diversify RIM's portfolio to keep that company afloat.

  24. Re: Better than nothing, but not nearly enough. on Jeff Bezos Buys the Washington Post · · Score: 1

    At worst, he becomes this generation's Rupert Murdoch.

  25. Re:Not all show trials go the way the media on George Zimmerman Acquitted In Death of Trayvon Martin · · Score: 1

    We the people lost, too: millions in taxpayer dollars for this political sideshow. Probably more millions if there actually is rioting. Not to mention how much money was indirectly wasted by advertising dollars to pay for news coverage of this. But then, I guess it's better than having to report actual news.