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  1. Re:Go back .... on NSF Report Flawed; Americans Do Not Believe Astrology Is Scientific · · Score: 1

    However, those from the continent of North America (whether Canada, the U.S.A., or Mexico) would be North Americans. Those from the continent of South America would be known as South Americans. Those on the isthmus would be Central Americans.

  2. Re:Go back .... on NSF Report Flawed; Americans Do Not Believe Astrology Is Scientific · · Score: 1

    With some exceptions, the nationality derives from the last part of the country's full name, not from the continent their country is on (Australia excepted of course). Just as a few examples, we have:

    Peoples' Republic of China - Chinese
    Estados Unidos Mexicanos - Mexican
    (Although an archaic designation) Dominion of Canada - Canadian
    State of Japan - Japanese
    Federated Republic of Brazil - Brazilian
    United States of America - American

    As far as I can recall, there is only one nation with "of America" as part of its name.

  3. Re:A new challenger appears... on 'CandySwipe' Crushed: When Game Development Turns Nasty · · Score: 1

    Hasbro should fight King's "trademark" with Candy Land. That game has been around well before King even existed.

    They really should, especially considering there was an officially released Candy Land video game.

  4. Re: So..... on FBI: $10,000 Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At an Aircraft · · Score: 1

    You forgot the part about how cars can just stop. Airplanes cannot. Well not until they hit the ground, which also probably counts more as "blowing the fuck up" than just stopping.

    So much for air brakes then, eh? :D

  5. Put all of them in the same airplane and point a laser at it.

    Wouldn't the laser just bounce off the underside of the plane and no one inside would notice?

  6. No Holy Grail, Buuuuuuuuttttt... on DARPA Seeks the Holy Grail of Search Engines · · Score: 1

    If they can't find the Holy Grail of search engines, I can direct them to this alternative that is just a Grail Shaped Beacon of a search tool instead...

  7. Re:Obligatory on Scientists Solve Mystery of World-Traveling Plant · · Score: 1

    How long ago did the bottle gourd we know today evolve into its present form? Could it have made it to what would later become the Americas before Pangaea broke up?

  8. Re:Car analogy time on New Type of Star Can Emerge From Inside Black Holes, Say Cosmologists · · Score: 1

    Car analogy time:
    I have gotten rid of vehicles that sucked less than the Slashdot beta. Seriously even that '85 Bronco II where everything was rusty, none of the body panels matched, and that had bad compression on the #5 cylinder sucked less than beta.slashdot.org.

    Bronco's never run well

    Not since 1994, anyway.

    Remember - if the glove doesn't fit, Slashdot Beta still sucks.

    And reaffirmed in 2014.

  9. Poor Widdle Despot on Major Internet Censorship Bill Passes In Turkey · · Score: 1

    FTFS:

    Turkey's all-powerful leader since 2003, is openly suspicious of the Internet

    Of course he is. The biggest buttfuck for any despot is open communication among his or her people. Great Spirit forbid your subjects confer among themselves without government snooping, and come to the conclusion that you are bad for their general well being and liberty. They may come together and fire your sorry ass (out of a cannon, if need be).

  10. Re:Great Firewall of China is bad enough ... on Great Firewall of UK Blocks Game Patch Because of Substring Matches · · Score: 1

    Because apparently if children see vaginas, penises, and female breasts, the whole fabric of British society will collapse.

    FTFY.

    Male breasts are usually considered OK.

    Tweaked a bit more to ward off any overly anal types pointing out that there are no male vaginas or female penises.

  11. Re:Living in the 80s on How Can Nintendo Recover? · · Score: 1

    Stop making shitty games based off of 80s IP.

    Now you've done it, Buzzard Bait! Prepare to joust!

  12. Re:Erm, the 3DS on How Can Nintendo Recover? · · Score: 1

    Zelda and Mario are still big with the kids.

    The only reason I don't a Wii-U for my kids is because through the Wii I found out that optical disks and kids don't mix. Every N64 game we have still works.

    I had to return a PSP Lego Star Wars game to Goodwill not too long ago. It would not load because despite the disc being fairly well protected in a plastic shell, some idiotic little ape still managed to scratch it up pretty bad before donating it.

    The the hell can someone manage to scratch up a PSP game to the point of being unusable?

  13. Re:Erm, the 3DS on How Can Nintendo Recover? · · Score: 1

    Cost definitely had something to do with it, but as one of the few people who used to have a Game Gear when I was in primary school (all my friends had Game Boys), the number one thing that sucked about the GG was the battery life.

    The Lynx, although an impressive bit of hardware for its time, also suffered the same problem. However, another factor that helped the monochrome Game Boy win out over the more advanced and colorful Lynx and Game Gear was the fact that the latter 2 really stretched the definition of "portable video game." Compared to the Game Boy, they were huge, too big really to be practical as portables.

  14. Re:The unseen enemy on Senator Dianne Feinstein: NSA Metadata Program Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    Please do the world a big favor, and kill yourself, spammer.

  15. Re:The unseen enemy on Senator Dianne Feinstein: NSA Metadata Program Here To Stay · · Score: 1

    It sounds to me like she is an enemy of the people who has violated her oath of office in regards to upholding the Constitution of the United States. As such, she should be removed from office and locked away, where she can do no more harm to We the People.

  16. Re:Interview ending question on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry. But if you want to continue this interview, you will have to pay for another five minutes.

  17. Re:Tame and lame on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Why didn't you come right out and tell him that when he first called and asked why he wasn't hired? :D

  18. Re:Interview ending question on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Do you have any weaknesses?

    Honesty.

    > I think honesty is good.

    I don't give a fuck what you think.

    Don't forget to whip out the slasher glove and kill the interviewer.

  19. Re:Interview ending question on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 2

    "-Name three of your strengths."

    1. Fear
    2. Surprise
    3. An almost fanatical devotion to the pope.

    As an interviewer, that answer would then result in me ad libbing the next question...which wouldn't really be a question.

    Ni! Ni!-Ni-Ni!

    Then see how you react.

  20. Re:Interview ending question on Blowing Up a Pointless Job Interview · · Score: 1

    Everything he says is a lie (Spock's Brain)

    BZZZT! I'm sorry. That is incorrect.

    The correct attribution is I, Mudd.

  21. Re:It's Alive... It's Alive on Stormy Alien Atmospheres May Spark Seeds of Life · · Score: 1

    That's "Fronkensteen".

    All I have to say to that is...

    Blücher!

  22. Re:There goes the Big Bang Theory on New Class of "Hypervelocity Stars" Discovered Escaping the Galaxy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I never believed in it, anyway.

    You probably don't believe in Monk, Night Court, or All In the Family either.

  23. To Quote Pinkie Pie on Ask Slashdot: How Long Will the Internet Remember Us? · · Score: 1

    The more embarrassing your activities are, the more likely it is that the Internet will remember you...

    ForEVER!!!

  24. Re:Zappa on Smaller Than Earth-Sized Exomoon Discovered? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "... mass of approximately half that of Earth"

    How many moon units would that be?

    Around 40. At least if you can assume the mass reported for Earth and the moon given on wikipedia. A simple division says the earth is 81.2797 "moon units".

    Okay. Then how many Franks or Dweezils does that translate to? Like, ohmahgawd!

  25. Re:Legality vs Enforceability on DoD Public Domain Archive To Be Privatized, Locked Up For 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Checks and balances was replaced with apathy on the part of the electorate; the greed and corruption blossomed from there.

    We can still take it back, but given the state of the elector.....oooo Kardashians!

    If only we had Bajorans to take care of that problem...