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  1. Re:Claiming that others have poor personalities on Study: Online Dating Makes People "Picky" and "Unrealistic" · · Score: 1

    Well, it does boil down to self-confidence -- but by gaining self confidence, you are changing yourself.

  2. Re:"Loaded and inflammatory" on RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair" · · Score: 1

    They should have named it IDSPISPOPD. Then it would have gotten through the wall of geeks!

  3. Claiming that others have poor personalities on Study: Online Dating Makes People "Picky" and "Unrealistic" · · Score: 1

    ..is a sore excuse. Man up, it's not the girl's fault she's not attracted to you. She's not being picky, she's getting what she wants in her life. If you'd stop being such a wuss, you'd realize that and go improve yourself instead of trying to look like a victim.

    Girls want a nice guy, but they want a strong guy even more. That's why a lot of girls end up with dickheads -- not because they are mean, but because they are strong. You can be a nice guy and still be strong. You can still hold doors for her. You just can't let her walk all over you, dummy!

    Check out "The Game" by Neil Strauss (http://www.amazon.com/Game-Penetrating-Secret-Society-Artists/dp/0060554738). Don't use it as your bible, just use it as an opportunity to understand what works with women and why. Read the whole story, too, because he learns some important life lessons in the end. Also, get on David DeAngelo's mailing list. You will learn a lot, and you'll apply it in your own way. You'll be successful because you improved yourself, not because "girls stopped being so picky and unrealistic." There are plenty of others with a lot of insight on this subject, these two are just the ones who I learned the most from.

  4. Re:We didn't really know how things worked before on Little Ice Age: It Was Not the Sun · · Score: 1

    This just in: Wealthy people can afford bigger bullhorns.

    Also, would like to point out that we're not talking about warmer weather, we're talking about climate change -- which, in fact, could possibly mean colder weather for your region.

  5. Re:We didn't really know how things worked before on Little Ice Age: It Was Not the Sun · · Score: 1

    Remember when the weather forecast was always wrong?

    You mean two days ago? Yeah, I remember. They said it was supposed to be sunny today. It's not. What forecasts are you using that you can, with a straight face, call "remarkably precise" -- unless, of course, "remarkably precise" means something completely different to you than it does to me...

  6. Re:All about energy on Water Droplets In Orbit On the International Space Station · · Score: 2

    Nuclear energy isn't suitable for space vehicles? I'm sure the voyager program would beg to differ.

  7. Re:The power to tax is the power to destroy. on Oklahoma Politician Wants To Tax Violent Video Games · · Score: 1

    So then by your logic, shouldn't our right to carry nuclear weapons also be protected by the 2nd Amendment?

  8. Re:I'm surprised no-one else has pointed this out. on Mechanic's Mistake Trashes $244 Million Aircraft · · Score: 4, Informative

    The accident occurred March 13th 2009, but the news is the Air Force accident investigative board’s report on the incident, including photographs, which is only recently available.

  9. Re:The next time... on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 1

    Well then by that logic, the dems had 2 years of control and the reps had about 6 (2 of those years, the senate was 50/50, but since the VP is the tiebreaker, R's had control).

  10. Re:So just like the old Sears crap? on Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online Vendors · · Score: 1

    Why do you tolerate on-line retailers charging the same price while offering less service?

    Because I feel that I'm paying for the product, not the service.

  11. Re:Politicians on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    That.

  12. Re:Should of done that on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    You understood it, but it took longer to parse in your brain.

    I wonder if that's actually true. For the people who can't spell and/or have bad grammar, perhaps parsing a sentence in their mind takes the same amount of time regardless of spelling/grammar errors.

  13. Re:Should of done that on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, according to many we're a Christian nation, and I'm pretty sure the old testament says something about cutting off your forsight...

  14. Re:Good luck getting the protestors to support tha on Some Critics Suggest Apple Boycott Over Chinese Working Conditions · · Score: 1

    The Occupy Movement is about inequality in the USA, and not about the entire world. It seems like that should be obvious, given that the average annual income across the entire globe is roughly equivalent to $7,000 USD, yet in the USA that's well below the poverty level and the average income is about 5x higher.

    If you want to complain about them using Apple products, it's probably more pertinent to point out that they are buying very expensive products and then complaining that they don't have enough money to pay their bills. Then again, that wouldn't be on-topic here.

    Note: The $7,000 figure comes from here: http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2007/10/07/average_earnings_worldwide/
    The data is a few years old, but I suspect is pretty similar, given the economic ups & downs during that time frame.

  15. Re:Good luck getting the protestors to support tha on Some Critics Suggest Apple Boycott Over Chinese Working Conditions · · Score: 1

    Yes, the Occupy protesters demanding that people be paid a more decent wage, and executives and financial speculators less, are a bunch of hypocrites for using products made in sweatshops that grossly underpay their workers and keep them working in horrible conditions.

    I Agree with you, except that the Occupy movement intends to address this issue in the United States of America and not necessarily the entire world. I agree that the way these people are treated in China is horrendous, but there really isn't much we can do here. There are a lot of idealist ways we could contribute, but none of them are realistic. Do you really think a large enough boycott is likely to happen in the US, that Apple moves production? What about in Europe, where people are supposedly more progressive -- do they abstain from buying Apple products because of how these workers are treated? Shoot, do the Chinese themselves?

  16. Re:What about rocker scientists? on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 3, Funny

    What about rocker scientists?

    Yes, anyone who can intentionally build a chair that is not meant to be stable is a terrorist in my book.

  17. Re:Why stop there? on Hawaiian Bill Would Force ISPs to Track Users' Web Histories For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    ... post a continuous blog of their every activity at every moment of every day for all time?

    Isn't that what twitter is for?

  18. Re:Going to the moon, with what money?? on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 3, Funny

    Anywhere you want!

  19. Re:My preview of ReFS on Microsoft Announces ReFS, a New Filesystem For Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    Well then maybe the mods didn't get it after all!

  20. Re:My preview of ReFS on Microsoft Announces ReFS, a New Filesystem For Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    The mods get it, but I hear a collective "Whoosh" from everyone else commenting. Let me explain the joke: The OP is claiming to have tested ReFS prior to them dropping all of those features, and gives it a positive review based on the features that ReFS will now certainly lack.

  21. Re:It needs what??? on Almost 1 In 3 US Warplanes Is a Drone · · Score: 1

    Yup, thanks -- got tunnel vision on posting the info and didn't check my own info :)

  22. Re:Taxes on Amazon To Collect Indiana Sales Tax In 2014 · · Score: 1

    Yikes, that's nuts.

  23. Re:Any editor + firebug on Ask Slashdot: Best Open Source Answer to Dreamweaver? · · Score: 1

    if you are serious about your work, you don't need WYSIWYG

    If you are serious about getting to work, you don't need a car.
    If you are serious about walking, you don't need shoes.
    If you are serious about math, you don't need a calculator

    Ya, it's all true, but that doesn't mean it's not useful (or even desirable).

  24. Re:Why So expensive? on Kinect For Windows Releasing On February 1 · · Score: 1

    A list of hacks? Why? I didn't say it couldn't be done.

  25. Re:It needs what??? on Almost 1 In 3 US Warplanes Is a Drone · · Score: 1

    Ya, my mistake. Thanks for calmly and coolly correcting me.