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  1. Ummm on New Research Sheds Light On the Evolution of Dogs · · Score: 1

    "This is the secret to the genius of dogs: It's when dogs join forces with us that they become special"

    I get what they are trying to say there but honestly dogs are special either way, and have always been so.

  2. Laugh on $100 Million Student Database Worries Parents · · Score: 1

    Guess what jobs you kid won't be hired for once they look at his school records.

    Sharing this information is going to far, corporations should not know these things.

  3. Laugh on Did Steve Jobs Pick the Wrong Tablet Size? · · Score: 1

    I have used both the 10 inch iPad and the 7 inch Nexus and the Nexus is the one that gets used all the time, it fits in my back pocket and it's big enough to actually watch something or write an email.
    I prefer the 7 inch form factor which fits nicely on my trucks dash and doesn't block the view, it's my music/navigation center.

  4. Nailed it!!! on Texas Declares War On Robots · · Score: 1
  5. Luagh on Time Warner Cable: No Consumer Demand For Gigabit Internet · · Score: 1

    ""We're in the business of delivering what consumers want"

    I guess they want increasing monthly bills and data caps.

  6. Waste on Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price · · Score: 1

    We do not need either of these jets, in fact the smart money would be spent on faster drones with improved range, optics/sensors and payload capabilities, spend the big money on launching the satellites you need to run the show.

  7. Laugh on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    "The weakest link is the pilot." Physically but not morally.

  8. Really? on Ask Slashdot: Identity Theft Attempt In Progress; How To Respond? · · Score: 2

    "but I see no good response."
    You can stop using that email, monitor your credit cards and other accounts, you can also freeze your credit cards and who can check your credit, change all your passwords, there are entire web pages dedicated to helping with this issue.

  9. Re:Napster: Not As Ground Breaking as You Think on Napster: the Day the Music Was Set Free · · Score: 1

    It wasn't really "free" until even a moron could do it, hence Napster.

  10. The good ole days on Napster: the Day the Music Was Set Free · · Score: 1

    I've been a pirate of sorts since the 70's when I would go to the local record shop and buy all their blank cassette tapes, the guy would say "Why do you buy so many cassettes?" and I would say "Because my friends buy so many records"

    The single greatest thing I got from Napster was my musical taste changing, it was like being set free, I could grab an album (or even better just the song I wanted) and if it sucked delete it, and if it was good it could change my entire outlook sometimes.

  11. Laugh on Six of Hanford's Nuclear Waste Tanks Leaking Badly · · Score: 1

    "150 to 200 feet of dry soil between the tanks and the groundwater,' and they are just five miles from the Colombia River.""

    Seems like a great place to build a waste facility, nothing catastrophic there.

  12. Where there are clouds there is rain.

  13. Google can't on Google Looks To Cut Funds To Illegal Sites · · Score: 1

    Most of them are moving to bitcoin.

  14. My personal observation on Mark Shuttleworth Addresses Ubuntu Privacy Issues · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Using Ubuntu these days goes against why I used Linux to start with.

  15. Curious on Facebook Hacks Points To Much Bigger Threat For Mobile Developers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Facebook admitted last weekend that it was hacked but assured everyone that no data was compromised"

    Can a hacker really compromise user data any more than the user that freely gave it away?

  16. A Smart Watch? on Ask Slashdot: What Features Belong In a 'Smartwatch'? · · Score: 1

    It should be big enough to easily use, have a phone in it, and fit in my pocket... Because who in the hell wears a watch any more?

  17. Re:The funny thing at my university on Professors Rejecting Classroom Technology · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if there is some element of job loss associated with it.

  18. Don't forget no more drinkable water either. on In 2011, Fracking Was #2 In Causing Greenhouse Gas In US · · Score: 1

    "Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money."
    -Cree

  19. Laugh on The Return of CISPA · · Score: 1

    "and provide liability protection for businesses so they don't get hit with legal action for sharing data about cyber threats. "

    You mean prevent litigation due to customer data loss.

  20. *shiver* on E-Mail Hack Exposes Bush Family Pictures, Correspondence · · Score: 2, Funny

    G "dubya" Bush's shower self portrait.

  21. Hmm on Dozens Suspended In Harvard University Cheat Scandal · · Score: 2

    Anyone else looked at the syllabus for some of these classes? I was looking at one online and I thought it looked more like it belonged in a community college.
    I was surprised at the poor quality of classes I found, maybe actually being there in the class with the other 150 students makes a difference.

  22. What do you expect from an entity called the "Department of Justice" and for the record there are no "journalist" in the MSM.

  23. Cool on With 128GB, iPad Hits Surface Pro, Ultrabook Territory · · Score: 1

    Then maybe they can add a keyboard that clam shells up against the screen, you could set it on your lap then, what would we call that...hmmm... laptop!!!

  24. Uh huh on Officials Warn: Cyber War On the US Has Begun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Oh look another "war" without a clear enemy or end in sight...

    One that is super simple to avoid you have to wonder why they keep leaving critical infrastructure online.

  25. Re:Isn't banning unlocking anti-competitive ? on What You Need To Know About Phone Unlocking · · Score: 1

    "would have thought US had more protection"

    We still have our guns.