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  1. So... on Was Eich a Threat To Mozilla's $1B Google "Trust Fund"? · · Score: 1

    If it was known in the Mozilla "community" why was he promoted to the position?

  2. Re:Why take people? on How Many People Does It Take To Colonize Another Star System? · · Score: 1

    Then take eggs as well... ffs.

  3. Grow the fuck up on The Amazon Fire TV Is Kind of a Mess · · Score: 1

    And see it for what it is, an attempt to turn the Internet into a television.

  4. Why take people? on How Many People Does It Take To Colonize Another Star System? · · Score: 1

    Just take frozen sperm to diversify.

  5. Fucking Apple on Apple, Google Go On Trial For Wage Fixing On May 27 · · Score: 0

    Fucking Apple

  6. It's North Korea who cares.

  7. My question on Did Facebook Buy Oculus To Counter Google Glass? · · Score: 1

    Is who gets final say on the "business" and purchase decisions that Facebook makes?
    They seem so inept I feel I'm not privy to some future World view where they make sense, or it's just some 29 year old, shark eyed, douche bag giggling as he hits the buy key.

  8. Why? on Security for the 'Internet of Things' (Video) · · Score: 1

    Would I be stupid enough hot put my oven online?

  9. Ahem on Creationists Demand Equal Airtime With 'Cosmos' · · Score: 1

    Doesn't "stupid" have enough representation these days?

  10. Propaganda? on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    Just as there is in every other area of media coverage, manufactured crisis?

  11. Apple on Tor Project: Fake Tor App Has Been In Apple's App Store For Months · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So the timing for that SSL "flaw" was nice.
    http://daringfireball.net/2014...

    Plus now that it's come out Apple was pretty much on board with the NSA and their recent encryption weakness is anyone surprised.
    http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

    http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

    http://www.theguardian.com/wor...

    Not to mention every iPhone is a WiFi scanner + Geographical locator.

  12. You're telling me slashdotters don't want to see a troll go to prison?

  13. Re:He's right. on Full-Disclosure Security List Suspended Indefinitely · · Score: 1

    until we are literally redefining "rubbish", "bin" and "cleaner"

    Which happens by the way, quite often things are "redefined" in order to suit an agencies/states purpose.

  14. I'm more curious on Ask Slashdot: Can an Old Programmer Learn New Tricks? · · Score: 1

    Can say a 50 year old learn to code? I always see it referred to as a young person job, and only for young people to learn, I never see anything on an older person learning to code.

    Is this unheard of? Does it happen? Has any one here learned to code at an older age, say above 40?

  15. Poor engineering? on Camera Module Problems May Delay Samsung's Galaxy S5 · · Score: 1

    Favouring a structural plastic part over the lens, the lens is everything.

  16. These new systems and the newer AI's will use humans as their "work force" simply fit a human with a Google Glass like interface allowing the AI to use visual and auditory instructions to direct the human through a task.
    No more trade schools, no more education as they will be replaced with a simple icon set and spoken language..
    Humans have dexterity, mobility, and are cheap and plentiful, so with 8 - 9 billion people and no jobs, you get to have an AI tell you to clean up the parking lot and toilets of the 1%.

  17. Re:Fascists on UK Government Wants "Unsavory" Web Content To Be Removed · · Score: 1

    I'll take your Ezekiel and raise you a Ecclesiastes 10:19.

  18. *sigh* on UK Government Wants "Unsavory" Web Content To Be Removed · · Score: 1

    It won't stop there, they will a whole lot of things "unsavoury".

  19. Laugh on Planet Mercury Has Shrunk More Than Thought · · Score: 1

    Mercury is trying to tell all the other planets it's shrinkage but they know better.

    Obligatory penis joke aside, I'm surprised to hear it has "cooled" with it's greatest distance from the Sun being a mere 69,816,900 km.

  20. Hire out to companies for 3 month contracts with jobs like "office boy" or something equally as talentless that doesn't require an education.

  21. FFS on Transhumanist Children's Book Argues, "Death Is Wrong" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Grow up, death is desirable, just imagine someone like Zuckerberg alive forever.

    No one "promised" you a singularity, it was a prediction like flying cars (which are an absurdity when you think about it) and a very small percentage of population deserve such things.

  22. Hmmm on Friendly Fungus Protects Our Mouths From Invaders · · Score: 1

    The friendly fungus makes a substance that may even lead to a new anti-fungal drug."

    Leading to overuse, abuse and a reduction in effectiveness, I also wonder how much mouthwash really helps over the long term as some bacteria adapts to the conditions and these "friendly fungi" may not.

  23. Re:Hey on Why Are There More Old Songs On iTunes Than Old eBooks? · · Score: 1

    Free on Gutenberg, $20 is a month of Top Ramen.

  24. Re:Schizofrenia is good for your brain. on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Intelligernce prz kthnx:
    http://cercor.oxfordjournals.o...

  25. Re:Whatever on Religion Is Good For Your Brain · · Score: 1

    You may be anonymous to us but God can see you ... _>