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  1. Re:One could, and one would be wrong on Nevada Approves Rules For Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 3, Informative

    Next you'll be saying that having an automatic starter doesn't improve driving performance! Obviously everyone was a better driver when they had to manually crank their engine to get it to start.

    Well it might have eliminated some of the extremes, oldies who need to be spoon-fed but drive an SUV with power steering on the freeway, and people who are so drunk that they fall over when they get out of the car (I saw this on one of those police stop videos, the guy couldn't stand. He must have crawled from the bar to his car and tried to drive home).

  2. Re:Title: An Honest Man or Honest Liar? on James Randi's Latest Debunking Operation · · Score: 3, Funny

    OP says title is "An Honest Man", but TFA says it is "An Honest Liar".

    Its a lie. Honestly.

  3. The same think happened to me at high school on School Sends Child's Lunch Home After Determining it Unhealthy · · Score: 1

    The same think happened to me at high school. The teacher could provide no evidence whatsoever that can of nut-brown ale was unhealthy.

  4. Re:Blegh on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 1

    I mean even the RIAA and MPAA isn't going to sue for sharing with your wife.

    Yet.

    But if you copy your DVD collection on divorce they as sure as hell will

  5. Re:Like everything lse in life, "it depends" on Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce? · · Score: 3, Informative

    WARNING: Many places have special laws concerning copyrights staying with the original author even if the material was created during a marriage (it does not become part of the "partnership" assets)! The question rarely came up in previous decades, so most divorce lawyers are totally clueless about this.

    In the UK its really complex. Generally individually held copyrights belong to the individual (though you may have to pay a proportion of the proceeds), but if held by a business they are split-able - even if the business is a sole proprietor. So if you run a computer business the work you did for that then the copyright could be split but if you developed something as a hobby you can't lose it.

  6. Apple lives up to its reputation on Apple Seeks Court Permission To Sue Kodak For Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    It wants to stick it to them up the arese when they are lying face down.

  7. Re:Ooh! Ooh! I want to try! on Against Online Surveillance? You Must Be 'For' Child Porn, Says Legislator · · Score: 1

    Alright, gimmie a second...

    "Against warrantless entry of your home? You must be abusing a child!" "Against public cameras tracking your every move? You must be planning to abduct a child!" "Against drug prohibition? You must want to give drugs to children!" "Against warrantless wire-tapping? You must be a Nazi

    Against the Nazi's. .. you must be a Je ... Oh wait!

    FTFY.

  8. I'd much rather stand with a child pornagrapher than a tyrant.

    If you could travel back to the time of Muhammad you could stand next to both.

  9. Re:Nice try... on Ask Slashdot: Smartest Way To Transfer an Old Domain/Site? · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Back in early 95 I registered a domain name and built a website for a hobby of mine"

    Nice try Mr. Goatse. We're not falling for this one again.

    anal stretching was his hobby, you insensitive clod.

  10. Why blame Apple? on Amazon Blocks Video Streaming On BlackBerry Tablet, Blames Apple · · Score: 0

    How have they got anything to do with it. is this just a case of Homophobia?

  11. I was going to contradict - how wrong I was! on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 1

    Whomever chose the music library is definitely showing racially-preferential tendencies.

    Your comment educated me. I was about to point out that there were not any black composers, but decided to check. how wrong I was. Listen to this beautiful composition as an example.

  12. Well, it worked in a clockwork orange on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we could extend this to a treatment for offenders.....

  13. Re:Call me crazy, but I digress. on Why Microsoft Developers Need a Style Guide · · Score: 1

    "Focusing on style before functionality detracts the overall effectiveness of a program." "Let's just say, I would never hire you. Functionality should be completely mapped out before you even sit down to code." So you're saying that you wouldn't hire me based on the "counterargument" that functionality should indeed come first, which is what I said to begin with. Reasoning like that only comes from someone who happens to be a complete retard. You speak briefly of management and years of experience, yet fail to even begin your post in a cohesive, non-contradictory manner.

    I wouldn't work for him. Years ago I worked for a manager who asked you to do specific things based on his understanding of what the company wanted (and he wouldn't give you the full picture), then when it turned out to be wrong berate you for doing what he said. Sounds a lot like this guy. Never again.

  14. Re:It's simple really... 2 rules, 2 things to avoi on Why Microsoft Developers Need a Style Guide · · Score: 2

    2) Software is a servant, not an equal or a master.

    Can we talk about this, Dave?

  15. I guess my ebonics version of clippy is out then on Why Microsoft Developers Need a Style Guide · · Score: 1

    I guess my ebonics version of clippy is out then:

    "Hey bro, youse seems to be trying to slap some bitchin' screed"

  16. Re:A second just Justice.... Please on Journalist Arrested For Tweet Deported to Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    As far as I know, most western countries have a policy that states "If a man will be executed upon being sent to a country, you are not allowed to send this man to the country, nor are you allowed to deport him to a country that may deport him to the country in question", or something similar. Disregard the lack of Lawyer shargon, but instead: Why was this rule not followed?

    And Muslim countries have a policy that states "lets kill as many non-Muslims, Muslims who don't take us seriously, and Muslims of the wrong sect as w can without bringing serious repercussions. What do you expect when you follow the ideal of a paedophile warlord.

  17. Re:A merciful god on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 4

    "Kashgari faces the death penalty in Saudi Arabia." In the name of Allah, the merciful, the compassionate - funny how that works. If you don't get what I'm saying go thumb through the Quaran.

    Yes Allah the compassionate and Merciful, who selected a pedophile (Piss be upon him) war lord as his prophet, and taught "Kill the infidels wherever you find them".

  18. Re:how is that an insult? on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 2

    Somehow this is an insult to Mohammed? Wha? Makes no sense whatsoever. And Interpol should be saved for big stuff anyway, not doctrinal differences. Whoever authorized the arrest needs some remedial training.

    Muslims always take offence at the slightest things. Remember the south park episode. The religion regards hate and anger as a desirable godly state, and many Muslims achieve this all day long.

  19. Re:Much of the world has "illegal speech" on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 1

    and if nobody bought their oil, the saudis would be kicking rocks.

    No, they'd still be kicking non Muslims, Ahmadiyya Muslims, and women.

  20. Re:Much of the world has "illegal speech" on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 1

    Very politically correct, but remember that though you might be fined for holocaust denial in Germany, or imprisoned if you didn't recant and repeated it, these guys are asking for a death sentence despite the guy recanting and apologising.

  21. Re:Title on Bad Guys Use Open Source, Too · · Score: 1

    Their grammar's great, too.

    Not quite - they forgot the apostrophe in Guy's

  22. Re:Just Might Take Them Up On It on Google Offering Cash For Your Cache · · Score: 1

    Well, given what they could assimilate on most users, they know who you are, where you live, your medical problems, your political leanings, and your sexual orientation. I think that would give pause to anyone who is, or would ever like to be, employed.

    While I don't envision them doing anything evil with that data, I can most certainly envision it being possible.

    That's why I always use your name and address when I sign up for anything online.

  23. I'm shocked on Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password · · Score: 0

    You mean he could count .

  24. Re:Why? on No More SSL Revocation Checking For Chrome · · Score: 1

    Guessing you have no idea what it takes to keep a server running 24/7. There are thousands of things that can go wrong and bring down a server from simple errors or bugs to Denial-of-service attacks.

    Well people running other services (Internet trunks, DNS, many webistes) manage it. Granted it costs money, but I think this validates Google's action; either it should work and be used or don't bother

  25. Re:Going down in flames on Ask Slashdot: Making JavaScript Tolerable For a Dyed-in-the-Wool C/C++/Java Guy? · · Score: 1

    JavaScript advocates usually toss out something about "lambda functions" or "closures" at this point. Well, it turns out that they can both be implemented very easily using the proper class support that both Java and C++ offer. Nevertheless, C++11 currently offers some syntactic sugar to make lambda functions easier to work with, and Java 8 will likely support an even easier lambda syntax, as well.

    Actually lambda functions are difficult to implement in C++ (you need to use varargs hacks) and cannot be done without reflection in Java (assuming that you mean applying to normal functions and you don't mean just defining your own parameter list types).