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  1. Re: The elections are not "next week". It's tomorr on Researcher Who Reported E-voting Vulnerability Targeted By Police Raid in Argentina · · Score: 1

    If you work in my org, the first day of the week is Thursday.

  2. Re:E-Voting is for cows. on Researcher Who Reported E-voting Vulnerability Targeted By Police Raid in Argentina · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sorry, for this article, it needs to be "Todos de Uds. son vacas. Vacas dicen mú. MÚÚÚÚÚ! MÚÚÚÚÚ! Mú dicen las vacas. UDS. SON VACAS!!"

  3. Re:Not kill the messenger ... on Researcher Who Reported E-voting Vulnerability Targeted By Police Raid in Argentina · · Score: 1

    In a region with a history of actual political assassinations and disappearances, I'd be quite concerned about a possible followup visit. But I guess that's just me.

  4. Re:Not kill the messenger ... on Researcher Who Reported E-voting Vulnerability Targeted By Police Raid in Argentina · · Score: 1

    Do you often ask rhetorical questions? :D

    (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

  5. Re:All just anti-socialist fear mongering on Researcher Who Reported E-voting Vulnerability Targeted By Police Raid in Argentina · · Score: 1

    Thanks for sharing. Don't spend the 50 centavos all in one place.

  6. Re: Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the kind words, Sir|Ma'am|Flipper.

  7. Re:Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 2

    She had a choice between (a) defending the client assigned to her and (b) incurring the wrath of the court for failing to obey its lawful order. (b) could have meant gaol time and/or disbarment.

    Apparently you think its Ok for someone to keep their job/career at the cost of someone else getting raped.

    You'd imply that Clinton's defence of her client caused the rape to occur? That's pretty silly.

  8. Re: Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've decided to blow off the downmod I just gave you in order to explain something to you:

    1. Clinton was appointed by the court to defend an accused rapist.

    2. She asked to be excused from the case, presumably because she knew or at least strongly suspected the defendant had actually committed the offence.

    3. The judge would not let her off the case.

    ExecSummary: Hillary Clinton was *ordered* by the State to act to the best of her ability in the interest of the defendant. And this is exactly what she appears to have done. You may or may not like her or her politics, but in this case *she did the job which she was legally and ethically bound to perform*. If you cannot understand why she did so, then you've never any business ever voting in a US election or especially ever serving on a jury in a US criminal trial.

  9. Re:What is the actual point of this? on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 1

    "The good news is, the school bully can steal your lunch money only once today."

  10. Re:Uh, no on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 1

    Oh, well, that makes it perfectly okay, then. *eyeroll*

  11. Re:if that's true, on Windows 10 Shares Your Wi-Fi Password With Contacts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't live in a basement. But I am concerned about being held liable for what others do with my connection.

  12. Re: Could they take over a whole state? on How Uber Takes Over a City · · Score: 1

    You must not ever have been to Chicago.

  13. Re: Uber isn't stupid on How Uber Takes Over a City · · Score: 1

    The patterning comes from young children not challenging their parents' misbehavior, for genetic fear of being left to starve on a hillside.

    That is one of the silliest things I've read in quite some time. Unless you were going for Funny, in which case it's not. Thanks!

  14. Re:Because WOMEN on Pass the Doritos, Scientists Develop Computer Game Targeted At Healthy Choices · · Score: 0

    You've never experienced the touch of a woman other than your mother, have you?

  15. Re:We have 5.. on Chromecast Update Bringing Grief For Many Users · · Score: 5, Funny

    It has become a running joke at the office. They are buggy, shitty, and mostly sitting in drawers.

    Whether or not you approve of the über-casual dress code, that's still not a very nice thing to say about your co-workers.

  16. Re:No way on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 1

    The guys at MS are professional engineers--they may have different philosophies or coding styles or project priorities than you do, but they're not slowing things down in order to make you buy the next product.

    That's right--they're professionals who are coding what they get told to code.

    And you might not like MS, but they haven't been a disreputable company for decades.

    I must have missed that. My Bing-fu is a bit weak at the moment--perhaps you can post a link to a news article or something showing me when they started being reputable?

  17. Re: Hate to be that guy, but Linux on Ask Slashdot: Are Post-Install Windows Slowdowns Inevitable? · · Score: 2

    ProTip: If you didn't spend so much time trying to show us what a small-minded jerk you're capable of being, and actually paid attention to what you're responding to, you'd look a lot less stupid.

  18. Re:Sincere forgiveness on Are We Too Quick To Act On Social Media Outrage? · · Score: 1

    You are not Hammurabi, and you do not get to choose who lives and who dies. I hope.

  19. Re:sigh... on The Vicious Circle That Is Sending Rents Spiraling Higher · · Score: 1

    Would you care for some sauce to go with that chip on your shoulder? Geeez.

  20. Re:sigh... on The Vicious Circle That Is Sending Rents Spiraling Higher · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It wasn't common knowledge to me, and I do care.

    It is considered proper--even courteous--to supply citations when making a claim, and not to get in a snit when someone asks you for them in a nice way.

    Thanks for the links, they make interesting reading.

  21. Re:In Sweden,,, on Who Owns Your Overtime? · · Score: 1

    Guess I'm not a "usual" Swedish worker, then, because I don't get any O/T. But I do get 30 days paid vacation instead of 25, which suits me fine.

  22. Re:Sounds about right. on 1 In 3 Data Center Servers Is a Zombie · · Score: 1

    "Decease" usually implies that the subject didn't survive.

  23. Re: bloatware on Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8.0.0 · · Score: 1

    Tagalog and Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia aren't "most languages". :)

    That being said, I should have thought of the latter myself.

  24. Re:bloatware on Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8.0.0 · · Score: 2

    Most languages can be written with English characters (ie. plain latin).

    Name a language written with Latin characters (other than English) that does not use any special characters or diacritical marks whatsoever.

    (Even English requires extensions to the Latin character set. which originally had no "U", "J", or "W". )

  25. Re:Actually it doesn't matter on IMAX Tries To Censor Ars Technica Over SteamVR Comparison · · Score: 2

    It is being diluted by being used as a generic reference to large-screen movies.

    You keep making this assertion but you have yet to prove it.