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  1. Re:Die! on Oracle Removes Java Signatures, Breaking Webstart · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Python seems to think it isn't true.

    Java assumes everyone is a bad programmer.

  2. Re:Importance of Hydrogen on Storing Hydrogen At Room Temperature · · Score: 1

    why bother? If all cars and trucks used something other than oil, then there is much much more oil available to planes, and at a much cheaper cost. Is that a perfect solution? No. But it's a great start. Besides, I'd wager that the amount of pollution put out by cars owned by the parts of civilization that can afford to migrate to a newer electric car is less than the amount of pollution put out by jets.

    So I say let's focus on one thing at a time.

  3. Re:When Mitt Romney asks, "Why punish success?"... on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: 1

    So you agree with me then?

  4. Re:No, it's correct. on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: 1

    I think you're saying, that since my paycheque was taxed at source, then I have to pay a sales tax for the pizza, that I'm getting double taxed.

    But I don't think most people would agree that this is a double tax. If you want a double tax, try this:

    In Quebec, we pay provincial sales tax ontop of the federal sales tax. Total = (subtotal * 0.5) * 0.7. Now that is a double tax.

    But what you're saying is Total = myBankAccount - ((paycheque * incomeTax) + (costOfPIzza * salesTax))

    which isn't quite the same thing.

  5. Re:When Mitt Romney asks, "Why punish success?"... on Feds Call Full-Tilt Poker a 'Global Ponzi Scheme' · · Score: 1

    Correlation is not causation.

    If apple threw away $50 billion dollars, the stocks would tumble, but because investors are pissed off, not because apple lost $50 billion. Investors are pissed off that apple lost $50 billion. Thus, the stock value tumbling, is indirectly related to Apple throwing away money.

  6. Re:Same space, different market? on Augmented Reality's Disruptive Potential · · Score: 1

    But what about regular virtual stores in shopping malls? You have Hardware Store Inc, but a virtual Hardware.Com exists inside the mall as well.

    Though, I fail to see anyone actually going to a mall, whipping out their phone, and look for stores. That seems much more tedious than say, going to the paper map.

  7. Re:I can solve the problem for half the population on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    the way israelis do security is very effective.

    They manage crowds much better than any american airport. Yes, let's put 1000 people into a small confined space so we can check them for bombs. Sounds like a good plan..

  8. Re:I can solve the problem for half the population on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    When you hire a cab to drive you around, you need money, thus it's a privilege. If it was a right, then you wouldn't have to pay for it beyond what you already pay in taxes.

  9. Wrong problem to solve on Anti-Rootkit Security Beyond the OS · · Score: 2

    Considering the vast majority of attacks relies on human stupidity, why don't we try to solve that problem first. Security should be part of the educational package in high schools. How to be secure with your digital life.

    But rather than call it security, just call it safety. Kids have to be taught how to be safe in all sorts of situations, computers shouldn't be any different.

  10. Re:50km? on FCC To Test Opening White Spaces Up To Public · · Score: 1

    do we care?

  11. Re:Guiwhat? on Sixteen Years Later: GNU Still Needs An Extension Language · · Score: 1

    I thought this was the whole point of Lua.

  12. Re:Pointless on Chinese Researchers Propose Asteroid Deflection Mission · · Score: 1

    uh....

    PAPER BEATS ROCK. Where were you when you were a kid?

  13. Good on Hackers Get Their Own Scoreboard and Rankings · · Score: 1

    I'd rather it be for karma then for lulz

  14. Re:It depends on contracts on Music Copyright War Looming · · Score: 1

    This is true. Except recording contracts are setup to force the artist to repay the costs of production, so presumably, they are not works for hire since ultimately, the artist paid for the production of the workand thus "self-financed"

  15. Re:Why Cheeto-stained? on The Science Behind Fanboyism · · Score: 1

    Sorry, cool ranch, cheeseburger, and onion rings & ketchup flavours are clearly the superior brands of flavour. Any comments to the contrary will only further demonstrate your complete ignorance on the subject.

  16. Re:I hate flash. on Adobe Released 64-bit Flash For Linux · · Score: 3, Funny

    you mean he gimps them.

  17. Re:Commercial databases on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    1. InnoDB
    2. fair enouogh
    3. not a requirement
    4. so?

  18. Re:BFT on Thunderbird Unseats Evolution In Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 1

    Ultimately, what would be great, is some sort of "application store" where users can pick and chose which software they want to install after installing the OS. I mean, having a default setup that works out of the box is fine and all, but where is the choice? What if the defaults don't satisfy what I want? I'm guessing with all the complaining about default functionality, it's obvious that Ubuntu has no way of giving users choice, and the concept of a "app store", even if it's full of nothing but free alternatives, would make Ubuntu much better.

    So I'm guessing that if you install Ubuntu, there is no way to switch to KDE without fully re installing the OS to use KDE (Kubuntu)?

  19. Re:News Corp org structure on News Corp. Subsidiary Under Fire For Hacking Dead Girl's Voicemail · · Score: 1

    no, no one else but you, because you're confusing the exposition of information with the deletion/tampering of information. In fact, when Wikileaks started editing the information they released, people on Slashdot clearly developed a change of heart towards them, realizing that they became just as biased as the journalists they derided.

  20. Re:Well, guess what Samsung on Samsung Withdraws Counter-Suit Against Apple · · Score: 1

    motherfucker
    not galaxy S, Nexus S

  21. Re:Well, guess what Samsung on Samsung Withdraws Counter-Suit Against Apple · · Score: 1

    I have a Galaxy S

    wtf is Kies? It didn't come with my galaxy s
    And whats wrong with anything else? Battery life on the S is far superior than the N1, and beyond that, the S is pretty much the same as the N1 give or take a few gimmicks. *shrug*

  22. Re:TSA = Federal Government on Time To Close the Security Theater · · Score: 3, Insightful

    replaced with what?

    democracy has turned into picking the less of two evils

  23. I really don't understand the debate on Video Game Free Speech Ruling Aftermath · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with movie-style ratings for video games?

  24. Re:Because firefox is shit? on Where Is Firefox OS? · · Score: 1

    Which country and where in that country? January in Australia is fairly different than January in Canada, and January in Canada is fairly different depending which side of the country you're on.

  25. Re:What's the iPad experience? on Galaxy Tab 10.1 Judged 'No Match For iPad' · · Score: 1

    tablet + bluetooth keyboard == netbook with touchscreen

    Which really means that whatever line is inbetween a tablet and a netbook is fairly blurry.