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  1. Re:Amen, brother Amen! on Game of Thrones Author George R R Martin Writes with WordStar on DOS · · Score: 1

    Ctrl-Z
    !!!
    ^z
    ;-)

  2. Illegal on DOJ Requests More Power To Hack Remote Computers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bluntly, if they would prosecute me for doing it, then they better damn well have a warrant and judicial oversight.
    Otherwise, it's breaking the law, and prosecution ensues.

  3. It's not enough... on It's Official: Voyager 1 Is an Interstellar Probe · · Score: 1

    It's not enough we trash Earth's environment, the Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturns moons, and various junk trash all over the planetary disk.. Now, we're dropping trash outta the SOLAR SYSTEM??? Man, wouldn't you hate to be the garbage crew on that clean up?

  4. All hail our evil robotic overlords?

  5. Re:Precedent on 'World of Warcraft' Candidate For Maine State Senate Wins Election · · Score: 1

    Maybe, but I wouldn't take virtual gold... ;-)

  6. Re:Precedent on 'World of Warcraft' Candidate For Maine State Senate Wins Election · · Score: 2

    Even better?IF you have a better character, you can now Gank a sitting Senator, and not fear SS intervention!

  7. Volunteer on Warp Drive Might Be Less Impossible Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Look, I'm no scientist, but I am a top technician/engineer. I would be happy to be the test monkey and keep GOOD notes!

  8. Hey! on FBI Denies It Held iPhone UDIDs Stolen By AntiSec · · Score: 1

    Didn't that guy used to work for Sadam Hussein?

  9. Remember Kiddoes... on Hugo Awards Live Stream Cut By Copyright Enforcement Bot · · Score: 1

    DRM is your friend

  10. In a Word? on Polish Researcher: Oracle Knew For Months About Java Zero-Day · · Score: 1

    Yes

  11. Something to Consider... on Facebook Scans Chats and Posts For Criminal Activity · · Score: 1

    AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
    The Slippery Slope.

    Or is it? Is the story even real? Or are we being handed "Spin-Formation" formatted data?

  12. Teachable Moment on Texas GOP Educational Platform Opposes Teaching Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    Ok, so Texans are proud of the fact that they can legally Succeed from the union.
    Can we encourage that?????

    "Today boys and girls, we learn about Texas, and why being independent, belligerent, and unarmed is bad... Who here remembers the coast before China proved the Chicxulub impact to their senate?"

  13. Legal, hold up in court? on Windows 8: More EULA, Fewer Rights. · · Score: 1

    Well, of COURSE it will. Remember, Government is Grubberment; if you can't pay the politician more, you don't get the vote.

    Cynical? Let's see. Class actions have been around a LONG while. The new rules protecting companies from class action litigation are not. Those rules are younger than I, and while a bit long in the tooth, I am not on my fifth decade yet.

    How can this be? Money. The recipe is simple. Power Draws Money. Money Corrupts Power. Corrupted power with money corrupts State and federal representatives and congress persons. In toto, and short, Power corrupts, money+power corrupts absolutely. Sometimes, power alone corrupts. Any Questions? Look at the Congressional/Senate retirement package. Golden Parachute indeed.

  14. Litigated Survival? on Fox Sues Dish Over "Auto Hop" Ad-Skipping Feature · · Score: 1

    I am SURE the Dinosaurs would have been happy to sue their way to species survival, too. I am pretty sure that would not be in the best interest of Homeland Defense, yes?
    Adapt or Die. You expect me to as the job environment changes, and feel no sympathy. Why is there shock that I feel none for them?

  15. Re:Obvious question from their perspective on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't this also be a HIPAA violation?

    Did you even think before you wrote that? Exactly which part of a "night and weekend on-call schedule" do you think will contain private health information?

    The whole open port on the internal firewall thing. Minor inconvenience we have to live with, firewalling.

  16. Re:AGAIN, Sony? on New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor · · Score: 1

    Hey Now... Just because your car company doesn't have a back door to update your engine is no reason to get bent out of shape.
    After all, according to the EULA, you only rent it for a one time fee and a monthly cost of PITA, right? ;-)

  17. Re:Poor Engineering As A Plus: on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    With one Caveat:
    Martin Luther King, Jr.

  18. Re:Express their world view? on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    Excuse me? WTF? They're not expressing anything. The bombers are confused people with no options or hope. The handlers are psychotic power hungry warlords using terrorism to get ahead in the world. War & terror are never statements, they're the wealthy (or aspiring wealthy) manipulating the hopeless and downtrodden.

    Now, here I have to correct you.
    Most of these terrorists are actually Middle-class, literate people. Not wealthy, no, but they are certainly not without options.
    Moving to a more prosperous place, one less violent IS a choice, also.
    One they choose not to take.
    Sam Kinnison once said about the Ethiopians, and while it is harsh, it is true.
    What is this, pantomiming scooping up the soil
    SAND
    What will it be in a thousand years?
    SAND!
    If the conditions are horrific, change them. If you can't, change the location. I live in Oklahoma. When the dustbowl destroyed this area, most people moved.

  19. Re:Oh, I laughed when I read this on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    Don't we all wish!

  20. Re:Oh, I laughed when I read this on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 2

    I agree that it is sad in one respect, that a human lost their life.
    That they chose this makes it different.
    That they had intended to bring destruction to people they never knew, that had not caused them harm and were not in the military, considering it a military strike, and a gesture of religious faith was the true tragedy.
    They had already dehumanized themselves, and I admit, I laughed about both.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. found a different and better way.

  21. Re:Oh, I laughed when I read this on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more.
    It is sad she died, but she was already planning that.

  22. Re:Good PR department on Remote Control Worms With Laser Light, Using FOSS · · Score: 1

    Oddly, when I read the title, I thought "who needs a laser on a worm, and wouldn't that be dangerous to farmers?"
    Then I read the arti, and realized it would only be dangerous to techs.

  23. I'm sure... on The Bus That Rides Above Traffic · · Score: 1

    Terrorists will like the convenient packaging.

  24. Re:Sounds familiar. on Mom Arrested After Son Makes Dry Ice "Bombs" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you think it does sound familiar? Me too.Rather Orwellian. 1984ish. Scary, but that is the truth. What used to be encouraged and thought the epitome of our ability is now a scary and dangerous thing We have given the Terrorists so much power, instead of doing as you do with ANY child, isolate and ignore. Sure, they do bad things. Spank 'em and be done. Don't tell me I can't be genuinely curious about something and then want to pull a gun because I want a reasonable explanation. Ok, my sopabox is put away. Sorry.

  25. Re:So.... on Why is Microsoft Patching XP? · · Score: 1

    Why is a stud horse called Stud Service?
    Do I really need to define the 7 letter replacement for a popular four letter word? 8-)