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  1. Re:Firearms Rights on Oxford City Council Mandates CCTV Cameras In Taxies by 2015 · · Score: 1

    I've yet to hear of a police officer assaulting a citizen who has offered no resistance at all, ESPECIALLY during the Occupy protests, although I have seen quite a few videos of the fine upstanding Occupy protesters trying to provoke an altercation.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bologna#Anthony_Bologna

  2. Re:the secret is on Rise of the Ping Pong Robots · · Score: 1

    If there existed any use at all for a robot hopping on a pogo stick they would have developed it further. I remember the robot you mention and I also remember thinking why would anyone want that.

    With appropriate materials and engineering, such a robot could be used to clear land mines, with the benefit that it could continue operating without intervention after detonating a mine and landing pogo-stick down.

  3. 1 more word: on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    1 word: OPERA

    1 more word: WINFREY

    Off-topic factoid relevant to your nick: During WWII, USSR recruited a disproportionate number of female snipers, as it was determined that a number of characteristics attributed to women were conducive to sniping; e.g., patience, concentration, vision, hearing, etc.

  4. Re:Please stop.... on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    I have Firefox set up to purge all cookies on exit, except for a long list of whitelisted sites. I'd like Firefox stop trashing my permissions.sqlite file from time to time, deleting all these settings. (Seemed to happen on the 6 -> 7 upgrade, and again on 7 -> 8.)

    Try making it read-only or modifying write permissions or backing it up via script/.bat whenever Firefox is executed.

  5. Re:Please stop.... on Firefox 9.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    Firefox 3.6.24 just came out. Try it; it's good.

  6. Re:No one will report any of this in Mexico on Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger · · Score: 1

    Why the fuck do you still live there?

    PBS Frontline recently documented DHS/ICE's mandate under the Obama administration to deport no less than 400,000 immigrants per year, a goal that they've been achieving.

    https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6761993/Frontline.US.S30E02.Lost.in.Detention.HDTV.XviD-FQM

  7. Re:Obligatory XKCD on DARPA Wants To Get Rid of Password Protection · · Score: 1

    [I] don't know how to calculate it with bits of entropy [...]

    You calculate the base2 logarithm of your set; for example, mixed-case alphanumeric characters yield log2(62) ~5.954196 bits of entropy per character.

  8. Re:please read IBM and the Holocaust on Hamburg To Fine Facebook Over Facial Recognition Feature · · Score: 1

    Blaming IBM for the holocaust [...]

    That's a strawman; nobody's "blaming IBM for the holocaust."

  9. Re:Excuses on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    you reap what you sow

    If you sowed that cocksucker's fetid corpse in your field, you'd likely reap some fungicide-resistant carcinogenic slime-mold, plus a couple Monsanto C&D Fun Packs in your mailbox.

  10. Re:Sexual arroused on No Charges For Child-Whipping Judge Caught On YouTube · · Score: 1

    ...believe it or not, even a straight, non-sadism mother can "educate" her child with a belt.

    Sure, and a mother can also "educate" her child with a straight-razor or a strap-on dildo; none of these three items are used against children by responsible, informed, caring parents. However, they all teach the same tried and true lessons: "See, I'm a shitty parent with antiquated 'ideas' about parenting passed through generations of victims-turned-violators. Today, you'll learn that the world is a vicious and ugly place, there's nowhere to run; no one to run to. Our first lesson: How fear, intimidation, abuse, and the shared experience of family violence make us a 'good' and 'normal' family."

    Unfortunately, few formerly abused parents want to give up their chance at bat... or fist, or whatever the fuck you sick assholes' weapons of choice are. If you strike a child, for both of your sake, please seek treatment. Wide-spread does not mean beneficial, healthy, or normal.

  11. Re:Why is this shit on Slashdot? on Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? · · Score: 1

    It's not "News for Nerds", and it sure as fuck doesn't matter to anyone except a tiny number of competitive eaters about which there is no reason to give a shit.

    We're discussing practical biochemistry. If that bores/offends you, why'd you read past the headline?

  12. Re:LD50? on Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? · · Score: 1

    Even if the capsaicin didn't kill them outright, they'll probably be begging for death to relieve the burning.

    That's why Tony Baloney carries a service pistol and billy club.

  13. Re:Cookies cannot "unlawfully intercept" anything on Facebook Sued For Violating Wiretap Laws · · Score: 1

    It's a bit odd to willingly hand someone something and then complain later about it.

    Sure, just like those people that willingly handed $65 gigabucks to Bernard Madoff and then complained about it later... Say, what ever became of Mr. Madoff?

  14. Re:Better you say? on Hacking the Nissan Leaf EV · · Score: 1

    Well played, Mr. Wumpus... Well played. ;o)

  15. Re:Better you say? on Hacking the Nissan Leaf EV · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are women in the world that will possibly fuck you because you have a Rolex.

    If a woman is fucking you because of your Rolex, you're probably getting fucked in more ways than one.

  16. Re:Two Certainties on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 1

    Maybe they are "an item"?

    Whatever they have together, it used to be DeNiro in DiCaprio's place. Since DeNiro hasn't partnered with another director, I'm guessing Scorsese makes and breaks these Scorsese+ItalianAmericanMaleLead relationships.

  17. Re:Two Certainties on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 1

    If Scorsese's directing, DiCaprio's leading.
    If DiCaprio's leading, Scorsese's directing.

    I'm replying to myself to clarify that I don't believe Scorsese and DiCaprio shall work together on every project... But a biopic on historic figure Alan Turing? C'mon, that's right up their alley.

  18. Re:Two Certainties on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 2

    ...and how does this bijection account for the fact that Christopher Nolan directed Inception?

    Exception that proves the rule.

  19. Two Certainties on Leonardo DiCaprio To Play Alan Turing? · · Score: 2

    If Scorsese's directing, DiCaprio's leading.
    If DiCaprio's leading, Scorsese's directing.

  20. Re:Why are archivists worried? on Soon, No More Film Movie Cameras · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Dollar store solutions. on OccupySF IT Admins Using Pedal Power For Protest · · Score: 3, Funny

    Most expensive of all however would be th[e] impou[n]d fees. If you park on Market they'll tow your car in minutes even if there isn't a demonstration going on.

    Just use one of those Smart cars... Kinda hard to tow a vehicle that's been tossed up in a tree or hidden in a porta-potty.

  22. Re:True RNG on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Old Webcams? · · Score: 1

    Can you tell me what the hell you are talking about? It sounds really cool, but I don't know what search terms to put into Google to start researching it :)

    Try "americium" and "webcam."

  23. Re:An amazing AI app: on Look Ma, I'm Getting Arrested! · · Score: 1

    Mod poster insightful.

    Oops! Somebody smiled/laughed; poster no longer qualifies for karma.

  24. Re:I'm in denver and know ophthalmologists on Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision? · · Score: 1

    However, I'm wondering if you couldn't build a DIY spectrophotometer [...]

    Of course he couldn't. Anyone could not do X, simply by not attempting to do X. =)

  25. Re:First step (or post) on Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision? · · Score: 1

    More like this; TIA.