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  1. Related stories, huh? on Wikileaks Breaks $3 Billion Corruption Story · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Funny how there's no link in "related stories" to the original Slashdot post about Wikileaks. You know, the one that was all about how Wikileaks was a scam and would never get off the ground.

  2. Re:Shoulder surfing isn't the problem on Entering Passwords Through Eye Movement · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone make a logger for something nobody uses?

  3. Re:Not new on Japanese Airline Rolls Out Wireless Chip Check-In · · Score: 1

    Yes, 25000 dollars is certainly more than enough to compensate for being arrested for aiding terrorism!

  4. Re:7 years??? on Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should, instead, try to read and understand the post that you are replying to.

  5. Re:do you remember? on Storm Hits Blogger Network · · Score: 2, Funny

    +1, As Poetic As Slashdot Will Ever Get

  6. Re:Why? on 200,000 Elliptical Galaxies Point the Same Way · · Score: 1

    Under other circumstances, maybe. Anybody who is used to reading papers like this will instantly understand it as "we don't know why, and we leave that question open for further work".

  7. Re:Why? on 200,000 Elliptical Galaxies Point the Same Way · · Score: 1

    They should have said that they don't know why. That is exactly what "is beyond the scope of this paper" means.
  8. Re:Three things. on How Would You Refocus Linux Development? · · Score: 1

    Downward spiral into what, exactly? From all your hints, I was thinking bisexuality, but I'd like to be sure.

  9. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    Says the poster that doesn't care about /.ers picking on Scientology. What?

    If you detect some anger in my posts regarding Christians its not because of their beliefs per say, its because their beliefs are forced on me whether I want them to be or not and affect my day to day life. Last time I checked that wasn't bigotry. And that is why you called me one and belittled me? Because I had forced my Christian beliefs on you?

    Do jews, muslims, buddhists and hindu also force their beliefs on you whether you want them or not?
  10. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    The real trick is that they do teach you self-help methods that do, to some extent, work. Thus the religion seems to be actually useful, and people are willing to go along with it.

  11. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't see you complaining about Scientology being bashed. I can only assume you think THAT is ok because you are a Christian, otherwise you'd have mentioned that as well. I'm pretty sure you assume that because you're a bigot.

    As it turns out, I'm strictly an atheist. I'm just not so insecure in my beliefs that I need to lash out at everybody who isn't, or who I imagine isn't.
  12. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    The subject turns to crackpottery, and immediately, freemasons turn up.

  13. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 1

    What is this, reddit, where every comments has to be turned into an attack on christianity?

  14. Re:How appropriate on Top 25 Hottest Open-Source Projects at Microsoft Codeplex · · Score: 1

    No, when there are no comments, you get the normal story page with no comments and the option to post one.

    "Nothing for you to see here" is a weird bug that has been around for a long time now without being fixed. It is not meant to ever be seen by clicking on a normal story link, which is why people complain about it, with little effect.

  15. Re:That's the worst idea I have ever heard on Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk · · Score: 1

    What's to stop people from STEALING votes ?

    The fact that is is made out to me, personally, and I have to identify myself before I vote?

    I'm not suggesting this as a hypothetical, this is actually how I vote.

  16. Re:When Wealthy Christians and Crackpots Attack! on Science Blogger Sued for Unfavorable Book Review · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Scientologists aren't crackpots, though. They're a very deliberate scam. The things they teach are a mixture of self-help material and crackpottery, but don't think for a second that the leaders actually believe in any of it.

  17. Re:What about theora (and dirac)? on Flash Player 9 Gets H.264 Support · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    h.264 is a far better codec than Theora will ever be, and it's standardized instead of being a hobbyist toy project.

  18. Re:I remember the last time on Japanese Researchers Aim to Replace the Internet · · Score: 1

    Being used in three billion devices in a single country is less impressive to you than being used in three billion devices world-wide?

    PS: How many of your electronic devices are made in Japan, again?

  19. Re:I remember the last time on Japanese Researchers Aim to Replace the Internet · · Score: 1

    As of 2003, the TRON system (or more specifically the ITRON derivative) is one of the world's most used operating systems, being present in millions of electronic devices.
  20. Re:The bigger issue on James Hansen on the Warmest Year Brouhaha · · Score: 1

    Further, they are modeling inherently chaotic systems which we have trouble forecasting only a week into the future. Hubris, anyone? You know what's really chaotic? A coin toss. We can't predict the outcome of even a single coin toss, much less a hundred of them.

    Yet those statisticians, in their hubris, claim they can even so predict the average of the coin tosses! Is it not preposterous?
  21. Re:Dear Jim, on PC Magazine Editor Throws in the Towel on Vista · · Score: 1

    I thought you used Kubuntu because if your OS is any other colour than blue, it threatens your fragile sexuality?

  22. Re:iWork and no ODF support on AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Dies Quietly · · Score: 1

    Here, have a cookie!

  23. Re:iWork and no ODF support on AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Dies Quietly · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, no, lots of people use them to pirate copyrighted material! I really don't understand why Apple won't cater to this market!

  24. Re:Responsible application launching on New URI Browser Flaws Worse Than First Thought · · Score: 1

    Sarcasm is... redundant?

  25. Re:Responsible application launching on New URI Browser Flaws Worse Than First Thought · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, because asking "Would you like to open Firefox to use this link?" is such a clear indication that your system is about to be hacked.