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  1. This is an invasion of my privacy on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 0

    So after having a retinal scan, finger prints taken, walking through the scanner, and probably having a pat down, taking my keys out of my pocket, and walking through the scanner again they want to do something unreasonable...... weigh me!

  2. Re:My thoughts - wtf is Kali Linux? on Kali Linux 2.0 Released · · Score: 1

    That was a coy description.

    About the Kali Linux Distribution

    Kali Linux is an open source project that is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a provider of world-class information security training and penetration testing services. In addition to Kali Linux, Offensive Security also maintains the Exploit Database and the free online course, Metasploit Unleashed.

    That was a coy description.
    About the Kali Linux Distribution
    They used it in a power station
    And suffered 'lectrocution

  3. Re:better wait on Broken Windows 10 Update Causes Reboot Loops For Some Users · · Score: 4, Funny

    thats why I am still waiting three months before installin ... let them go through all the frustrating hassles for me

    My computer will be on the 130,000 th reboot by then you insensitive clod

  4. Re:What about VP9? on Cisco Developing Royalty Free Video Codec: Thor · · Score: 1

    I agree, of course we don't know how open google would be to collaboration. Also, I wonder what ever happened to dirac? Is that now a lame duck project?

  5. Nothing new on 'Privacy Visor' Can Fool Face-Recognition Cameras · · Score: 1

    The terrorists have been doing this for ages

  6. Re:Silly bogans... on Many Australians Forced To Pay For "Unbreakable" Cryptolocker Ransomware · · Score: 1

    The real risk are the Drop Bears. Suicidal little buggers. Gotten worse since they figured out how to make explosives.

    The drop bears have become Muslims?

  7. I volunteer to com round and remove local host for them. They just need to sign something saying that they understand the consequences

  8. I can see this going disastrously wrong on Ford's New Smart Headlights For Tracking Objects At Night · · Score: 1

    Imagine you are coming up to a point in the road where the road bends to the left. However this is mostly obscured by bushes, ans something, maybe a drainage ditch looks a bit like a road bending to the right. Usually you will sense that something's not quite right, slow down and see what happens. Now imagine that the car's headlights illuminate the false road, leaving the real route in relative darkness. Also imagine that hundreds of hours of driving had conditioned to believe that the car would illuminate your path. It could end in disaster.

  9. Bad news on Gun-Firing Drone Raises Some Eyebrows · · Score: 0

    I know what Muslims will be thinking as soon as they read ths

  10. I think it may be a while on Does Elon Musk's Hyperloop Make More Sense On Mars? · · Score: 1

    I think it may be a while before Mars has a commuter problem.

  11. I thought so on Taking the Lawyers Out of the Loop · · Score: 1

    "If they reach a resolution, they can print up divorce papers that are then reviewed by an attorney to make sure neither side is giving away too much before they are filed in court."

    There has to be some reason for the lawyers to add on a huge fee

  12. I think rather than guiding on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 1

    I think rather than guiding encouragement in areas where kids show ability and interest are better. Would you really be doing anyone a favour if you guided someone into a career that looks as though it will be increasingly outsourced, not be well compensated except at higher levels, and require long hours if they didn't have a keen interest and enjoyment in the area?

  13. Re:Why does Star Wars still use Kung Fu fighting? on J.J. Abrams On "Star Wars" Cast's Racial and Sexual Diversity · · Score: 2

    Why does Star Wars still use Kung Fu fighting?

    Man, those cats were fast as lightning.

  14. Re: This is particularly concerning on ICANN's Plan To End Commercial Website Anonymity Creates Real Problems · · Score: 1

    It is not a minority. A poll shows that 1.5 million Muslims on the UK support the Islamic state. That works out at 55%, a majority.

    you are quite right. Dave420 is a notorious pot-head who doesn't realise that what he calls "Islamist" is the mainstream teaching of Islam.

  15. This is particularly concerning on ICANN's Plan To End Commercial Website Anonymity Creates Real Problems · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is particularly concerning for organisations who speak the truth about Islam. The "religion of peace" has a habit of violence towards those who expose it's true nature.

  16. Re:Colour me suprised on Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely · · Score: 5, Funny

    What you do/experience when you are young (smoking, drinking to much, too little sleep, bad excercise, bad housing ... etc. ) comes back to haunt you.

    Not always. Jeanne Calment was once asked what the secret of her long life was and she said that she thought that cutting down her smoking at the age of 96 had a lot to do with it.

  17. Re:Generally? You don't. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Find Jobs That Offer Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    The same thing applies in an office environment, only instead of one wife you now have 50 colleagues who want help with this and that (often not work related), or just want to chat about the weather...

    It's a lot easier to tell someone at work to go away because you are busy, and there is a clear escalation path if they don't. Just to be clear I am not saying that everyone has difficulty working from home, there were times in my life when it would have been easy - just that not everyone can work as well from home. Obviously as well there are some jobs that need physical presence.

  18. Re:Generally? You don't. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Find Jobs That Offer Working From Home? · · Score: 1

    This is a problem with you - you have not established clear boundaries with your wife. My wife works from home and I know to leave her alone. She informs me of which calls are important so I take the dogs and keep them in the bedroom with me so that they are quiet if the doorbell rings, etc. Since I work from home too but I'm more flexible I make lunch at the time she agreed to have it (according to her outlook calendar for the day). I only start complaining when I see it's 7pm and she's still working... or when she allows herself only 10 minutes for lunch, but I know she won't change. But tell me - why doesn't your wife work? That way she'd leave you alone.

    I've suggested working to her a number of times. When the kids were younger it made sense for her to stay at home - before they started school the day care costs would have been more than her salary, but she could work during the school day now.

    I have to say though that apart from when I try to work at home she looks after the house and the kids well, has a meal ready for me when I get home and is always attentive - which is nice.

  19. Re:Generally? You don't. on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Find Jobs That Offer Working From Home? · · Score: 5, Informative

    (5) Not everybody is more productive when working from home as there may be more distractions at home than at work. Walking the dog, doing the washing up, etc. Troubleshooting certain problems is (far) easier locally than remotely.

    Too true. We can work from home occasionally, but my wife hasn't got the idea that working from home is working. It's very nice to be offered cups of tea occasionally, but being asked if you want anything every five minutes - oh and can I come to get something heavy out of the cupboard, empty the bin, see how cute our dog looks as he's gone to sleep leaning in a corner and so on ... I only work from home if I'm snowed in or something as I really do get a lot less done.

  20. You realise that as soon as they have this on Brazilian Evangelicals Set Up a "Sin Free" Version of Facebook · · Score: 1

    Brazilian Evangelicals Set Up a "Sin Free" Version of Facebook

    You realise that as soon as they have this they will be able to cast the first stone.....

  21. I can see that as being every bit as successful on Brazilian Evangelicals Set Up a "Sin Free" Version of Facebook · · Score: 1

    I can see that as being every bit as successful as conservapedia

  22. If Germans think Greece's actions unreasonable on Greece Rejects EU Terms · · Score: 2

    If the Germans think that Greece's actions are unreasonable, perhaps they should look at their own history and see how they reacted to demands for huge repayments.

  23. You could always point it to a blogging service on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Way To Hold Onto Your Domain? · · Score: 2

    A blogging service like blogger or wordpress will let you use your domain on a blog they host. They keep security patches up to date and you just update content if and when you feel like it.

  24. Re:More reason on Cameron Asserts UK Gov't Will Leave No "Safe Space" For Private Communications · · Score: 1

    There's NO reason to put anything in the UK. It is the worst country in the western world.

    It's not much to brag about but Greece is probably worse

  25. Re:SMS is for Luddites. on Google Hangouts and SMS Integration: A Mess, For Now · · Score: 1

    There are a few occasions when I have used SMS. In remote locations, no data connection and intermittent signal that drops a call every couple of seconds it can be useful.