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  1. Re:So does this mean that television... on DigiTimes Lends Credence To Apple-Branded TVs For 2012 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it means they won't be able to sell any because you can't carry it down to the coffee shop and be seen with it.

  2. Re:Amazing how many non-affected companies are lis on Go Daddy Reverses Course On SOPA · · Score: 2

    The companies like L'Oreal and Pfizer support SOPA because they want to be able to take down sites advertising counterfeit versions of their product.
    Some of the others aren't as readily obvious but I'm sure silver has crossed palms at IBEW.

  3. Re:Crazy vs. Evil on New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops · · Score: 1

    Should all companies who employ homosexuals have to label their products accordingly so that the Westboro Baptist Church can boycott them?
    I agree with your conclusion, but your logic is a bit fucked.
    I think the better solution is that you can label your food, or not label it and people can assume the worst, but if you label it misleadingly you get fined to death.

  4. Re:Crazy vs. Evil on New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops · · Score: 1

    You're confusing two different things, GM vs locally grown.
    If I grow a GM carrot in my back yard, it's going to taste better than an organic free trade cruelty free homeopathic carrot trucked across the continent.
    I'm very much for locally grown and seasonal produce and try and buy it when I can, but I've got no fears about pesticides, herbicides, genetic modifications et cetera until proven otherwise. The patent issues and stuff brought up by Monsanto are another issue, but similarly I don't stop using technology because Microsoft and Apple are douches.

  5. Re:Crazy vs. Evil on New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've had a garden for most of my life, until a recent move to a more urban area. A chile plant with leaves eaten by insects and roots crowded by weeds won't produce as many or as large fruit as one treated with pesticides, herbicides, fertilizer.
    Either one will taste better than fruit picked green and trucked in from 1000 miles away, though.

  6. Re:Crazy vs. Evil on New Study Confirms Safety of GM Crops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you are confusing locally grown and properly ripened produce with 'organic' superstition.

    The reason most mass produced fruits and vegetables don't taste very good is not because of pesticides, it's because it spent a week in the back of a truck.

  7. Re:Progress on NRC Approves New Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 1

    " longer than any empire in history has stood, and for longer than any region of the world has gone without war"
    Are those units of measurement the time equivalent to 'libraries of congress'? And like that measurement, only impressive to people who don't really understand the actual math?

  8. Re:Progress on NRC Approves New Nuclear Reactor Design · · Score: 1

    Bad car analogy! The top of the line 2012 Mustang can't do 200 mph either! The Ducati Panigale can, for half the price. You want performance, get a motorcycle. :)

  9. Re:switched to radeon, not thrilled. on AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launched, Fastest GPU Tested · · Score: 2

    I'd recommend using OCCT to run a stability test on the card, and also note the temperatures and system voltages it hits when fully loaded.

    What you're describing could also be an overheating issue or a power supply shortage. If the temperatures are approaching boiling, that's a problem. If the voltage drops significantly when your CPU and GPU scale up, that's also a bad sign.

    Alternatively, yeah it could be crummy drivers.

  10. Re:GPS spoofing on Troops In Afghanistan Supplied By Robot Helicopter · · Score: 1

    I have, they're pretty damn good actually. Were you eating the shoe polish?

  11. Re:Probably not what it seems on Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones · · Score: 1

    A Stebel Nautilus is like remote control for bladders.

  12. Re:Get a dog? on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Tech Gear From Smash-and-Grab Theft? · · Score: 1

    It very well may if you also mix in a good amount of water. A more destructive prank would be some kind of hardcore solvent to eat through the gaskets and O rings of the fuel system.

  13. Re:They're NOT opposed to SOPA on Meet the Strange Bedfellows Who Could Stop SOPA · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I didn't want to single anyone out by saying "Intern" or "Videographer" or "Babysitter" or "Sheep".

  14. Re:They're NOT opposed to SOPA on Meet the Strange Bedfellows Who Could Stop SOPA · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The mindset of drawing battle lines in terms of 'right' and 'left' is what has allowed politicians to move steadily into lobbyist pockets (like hermit crabs) for the past 30 years... I can't think of a better illustration than the SOPA, ACTA, DMCA et cetera garbage that has been getting pushed through lately with bipartisan support and almost zero outcry or media coverage. Everyone is too busy fighting about stem cells and carbon credits and which politician is banging their stenographer.

  15. Re:Good, bring 'em on on Oracle Sued For 'Extortion, Lies' By Montclair State University · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I popped a zit on my ass, am I a fucking Doctor now?

  16. Re:Trying to do too much on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 1

    Chrome isn't bloated though.  It is fast and lightweight.  The example is a counter point to the correlation of compile resources and cruft and bloat in the end product.

  17. Re:They Didn't Choose 'No One' on Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester" · · Score: 2

    I'm willing to risk it if it means I can make sure banal statements like "Their presence *is* their message" are always followed by blinding pain.

  18. Re:They Didn't Choose 'No One' on Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester" · · Score: 1

    I wish I could pepper spray people through the internet.

  19. Re:Great! on Fracking Disclosure Rules Approved In CO · · Score: 1

    2 cents for water, 50 cents for bottle, 48 cents for marketing.

  20. Re:Microsoft is more evil than ever on Windows 8 Store Will Allow Open Source Apps · · Score: 1

    The users still have to foot the bill.

  21. Re:Intel sells hard drives? on Intel Revenue Dives $1bn On Hard Disk Shortage · · Score: 5, Informative

    Intel does not sell computers. They sell processors to people who sell computers. Those people can't built computers without hard drives, so they are buying fewer processors. Not that hard to figure out.

  22. Re:No he doesn't on Does Mega Media Control 90% of Content? · · Score: 1

    I would have guessed mid-fifties. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ballmer

  23. Re:Verizon on Verizon Tech Charged In $4.5M Equipment Scam · · Score: 1

    Manager turnover can have a much higher cost if it disrupts all the employees working for that manager. The GPs logic still holds true. A higher paid manager won't work any harder, long term, but he will be less likely to look for another job.

  24. Re:Netflix...USPS does NOT stop every day on USPS Ending Overnight First-Class Letter Service · · Score: 1

    This is why there are big blue mailboxes all over town. Drop it off on the way to work/school whatever.

  25. Re:Priorities on Kyoto Protocol Renewal Efforts Struggling · · Score: -1, Troll

    Are you with Fox News?