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  1. Re:In an unrelated story, on Security Researchers Threatened With US Cybercrime Laws · · Score: 1

    I was thinking that sounded like these mayors are the result of interbreeding between Vogons and Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts.

  2. Re:An odd idea. on Security Researchers Threatened With US Cybercrime Laws · · Score: 1

    From what I understand the primary way they can prosecute under the CFAA is a device is being used other then the manner in which it is intended.

    If that device was a general purpose computer, then any task it is capable of performing can in no sensible way be classed as a use in a manner for which said general purpose computer was not intended.

  3. Re:OK, Whatever... on Security Researchers Threatened With US Cybercrime Laws · · Score: 1

    Let me put it another way. If you tell a homeowner that their front door lock is unusually vulnerable to being picked, first of all they should sock you in the face for trying to pick their lock (before they call the police), and second you should not go publishing that information if they choose to not fix it.

    Who says you actually tried to pick their lock. There is a decent chance that your house has the same make and model of lock that theirs does, and when you accidentally locked yourself out, you discovered how easy that particular lock was to pick. Wouldn't warning them about the risk be the right thing to do?

  4. Re:But... on UK Ballistics Scientists: 3D-Printed Guns Are 'of No Use To Anyone' · · Score: 1

    But we're always being told the criminals will grab the guns and use them against us.

    So this is a win.

    They will eventually, unless we can find a way to vote the entire lot out of office and start fresh with a team that does not involve either side of "The Party."

  5. Re:Good... on Microsoft Doesn't Have Plans For a Dedicated Handheld Gaming Device · · Score: 2

    Good, the hand held gaming console is dead...

    If that is the case, then why praytell have used Game Boy systems (from the Pocket to the Advance SP) been consistent sellers for me on Amazon the past few months, with prices ranging anywhere from $24.95 for a clear Game Boy Pocket to $64.95 for an Onyx Black Game Boy Advance SP?

    In fact, the only handheld I have left in my Amazon store is a black DS Lite.

  6. Re:A drop in the bucket. on California City Considers Restarting Desalination Plant To Fight Drought · · Score: 1

    That's easy to fix : put water meters at every house and make people pay per-gallon. You'll see people fixing their plumbing the day right after they receive the first bill

    WUT?

    Apartments and (some) condos likely pay water as part of their rent/HOA, but pretty much everyone else in this country pays a water bill.

    And then there are those of us who do not fall into either of those groups, and have a well instead.

  7. Re:It depends on the hat you're wearing on Drone Camera Tornado Coverage Raises Press Freedom Questions · · Score: 1

    If you recall, Lincoln was shot a theater

    No, I don't recall! How old do you think I am?!

    I have no idea, but you look like a million.

  8. Re:All Your Constitutional Rights are Belong to US on DOJ Complains About Getting a Warrant To Search Mobile Phones · · Score: 1

    It's time for an Article 5 Constitutional Convention: http://www.foavc.org/

    Wouldn't it be easier to blow-up the Senate and Congress? "Hi my name is Martha Washington. "

    The ones who could do that won't come anywhere near Earth until country-western music is eradicated here. That causes them to experience spontaneous cerebral detonation. (Ack-ackackack!)

  9. Watch Out for PETA on Bill Gates & Twitter Founders Put "Meatless" Meat To the Test · · Score: 4, Funny

    Prepare to be targeted by an angry mob from PETA...

    The other PETA, that is... People Eating Tasty Animals.

  10. Re:Experiment yourself on Crows Complete Basic Aesop's Fable Task · · Score: 1

    Could it be an issue of brain size to body mass instead of brain size alone?

  11. Re:Sure, let's lose the unsavoury stuff. on UK Government Wants "Unsavory" Web Content To Be Removed · · Score: 2

    Great, now I want some black pudding.

    We are out of those. However, we can provide plenty of ochre jellies or gray oozes instead. Please roll a save vs. psychic crush.

  12. Re:the most common animals were dire wolves on Ice Age Fossils Found During Los Angeles Subway Exploration · · Score: 2

    Not exactly. It was a Hollywolf sign, actually.

  13. The Three Approved Memes on First Study of the Evolution of Memes On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I just want to remind everyone who has aspirations of being a memer, to remember to use only the three approved safe poses: Peace Sign, Bunny Ears, or Fake Weiner.

  14. Re:Selling assult weapons on Facebook Wants To Block Illegal Gun Sales · · Score: 1

    Obligatory Full Metal Jacket link.

    But, didn't that chant have a second part as well? I thought it was something like "This one's for women. This one's for tanks. This one shoots bullets. This one shoots blanks."

  15. Re: How can the situation be improved? on Why Is US Broadband So Slow? · · Score: 1

    If hell has the fastest internet on the realm.... then you can have heaven for yourself.....(also all hot girls are dirty ones so you only get Madre Teresa there)

    Did you not get the memo? Due to a clerical error, she ain't there.

  16. Re:Using their own logic... on UAE Clerics' Fatwa Forbids Muslims From Traveling To Mars · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but do you still get the virgins????

    Yes, you do. However, they are not the virgins you would be expecting, that is unless you were expecting 300 pound Cheeto-fingered neckbeards.

  17. Epic Facepalm Time on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 1

    All I have to say (for now at least) is that these fuckers have earned the Epic Facepalm.

  18. Re: Some scientists see the end Permian as a lesso on Scientists Study Permian Mass Extinction Event As Lesson For 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Wha? You are a fan of Smurfette with silicon implants?

  19. Re:Class action on Chevron Gives Residents Near Fracking Explosion Free Pizza · · Score: 1

    Surely the lawyers can at least get breadsticks and beer?

  20. Re:DF? on Chevron Gives Residents Near Fracking Explosion Free Pizza · · Score: 1

    Mmmmm... Ham...

  21. Re:DF? on Chevron Gives Residents Near Fracking Explosion Free Pizza · · Score: 1

    You killed my brother, but since you gave me free pizza and soda pop I'll let it go this time.

    Surely I'm not the only one who thought of the Lorax upon seeing the headline?

    "Now I'm offended by this. But I'm gonna eat it!"

    Unfortunately, I could not find a suitable YouTube clip of that little quickie to link here.

  22. Re:What the on Chevron Gives Residents Near Fracking Explosion Free Pizza · · Score: 1

    See, guys! Fracking isn't a bad thing at all!

    Well, that's a load of felgercarb. Muffit? Sic 'em!

  23. 2 Regulars For Me on Ask Slashdot: What Games Are You Playing? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Currently, I am splitting my gaming time between EverQuest Next Landmark Alpha and Guild Wars 2 (still trying to recruit for the Skrittsburg Foreign Legion, because... Shinies!)

  24. Re:oblig on Fake Pub Studies Drinking Habits · · Score: 1

    some drink to remember, some drink to forget.
    in that order.

    Oh, captain! Please bring me my wine.

    (Okay, probably not the reference that was being made, but that is what came to mind.)

  25. How About Pi? on A Mathematical Proof Too Long To Check · · Score: 1

    Okay, so the proof in the article may be too lengthy to accurately check, so why not work with something simpler.

    For that, I present the proof that Pi R Square is incorrect.

    1: Write down on a piece of paper the commonly used 3 digit shortened approximation of Pi: 3.14
    2: Hold that paper up in front of a mirror.
    3: Note that in reverse, the characters 3.14 now look like PIE.
    4: Pie is typically round, therefore since Pie is round, PI.E is 3.14 backwards, and 3.14 is the common shortened value of Pi, then Pi R round, not square.