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  1. Re: Diebold and Harris on In a Blow To E-Voting Critics, Brazil Suspends Use of All Paper Ballots (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    He merely supplied the dots, and let you connect them. If you don't like the resulting picture, that's hardly his fault.

  2. You have an awfully low id...

    *says nothing*

  3. Re:Huh? on Should Apple Let Competitors Use FaceTime? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    When she was 6 years old, my daughter was able to figure out how to use Skype to ring me at 3AM all by herself.

  4. Re:Oh look, Bob Ferguson is campaigning again on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    No, law + warfare. See the Wikipedia entry.

  5. Re:Oh look, Bob Ferguson is campaigning again on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    There's something new to learn every day, I guess.

    Still pretty damn obscure, if you ask me.

  6. Re:How about the floor? on Emirates Planes Could Be Going Windowless (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    You would enjoy the observation deck of the Fernsehturm, no doubt.

  7. Re:Well that's just depressing on Emirates Planes Could Be Going Windowless (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    You are my hero.

  8. Re:Someone should rename Git on Microsoft Addresses Pressure From Developer Community, Promises To Rename GVFS · · Score: 1

    In proper (Hillbilly) English, it's a verb meaning "acquire", "fetch", "receive".

  9. Re:"Thanks to Slashdot coverage"? on Microsoft Addresses Pressure From Developer Community, Promises To Rename GVFS · · Score: 2

    Lo, how the mighty have fallen. :-(

  10. Re:That's how it works. on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I thought that most programming/scripting languages/APIs had unescape() or decode() sorts of functions for handling just this type of issue...?

  11. Re:Holy Moly! This is some seriously creepy sh*t! on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    IPO, not ICO? What good are they, then?

  12. Re:Not as disgusting as Hillary, Destroyer of Worl on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    Don't you have an election somewhere that you're supposed to be fixing?

  13. Re:Holy Moly! This is some seriously creepy sh*t! on Zip Slip Vulnerability Affects Thousands of Projects (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or you could simply not decompress archives as root?

  14. Re: Just sad that Obama didn't do that on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you really saying that you're not responsible for everything your attorney does? And how about your manicurist?

  15. Re:Paid political ads should NEVER be anonymous on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    False equivalences all the way down.

  16. Re:Paid political ads should NEVER be anonymous on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You are not at all clever.

  17. Re:Oh look, Bob Ferguson is campaigning again on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, can you try that again in English? Thanks!

  18. Re:Oh look, Bob Ferguson is campaigning again on Washington Sues Facebook, Google For Failure To Disclose Political Ad Spending (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What bearing has this on the veracity of the allegations made in the lawsuit? None whatsoever? Thanks for playing!

  19. Re:I Could't Say on PC Software Piracy Decreases Worldwide, But Remains Rampant (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    And I am not sure how one would pirate Linux...

    I content myself with drawing a little skull & crossbones on the DVD after I've burnt the installer image to it.

  20. Re:Because people aren't rational on 'Carbon Bubble' Could Spark Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's the theory, isn't it.

  21. Re:Something seems wrong here... on 'Carbon Bubble' Could Spark Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Lower prices for a product tend to yield less income for the producers of that product. And when that product's responsible for 90% or more of your country's income...

    C'mon, this is not exactly rocket science we're needing to do here.

  22. Re:Because people aren't rational on 'Carbon Bubble' Could Spark Global Financial Crisis, Study Warns (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe the aforementioned countries' rulers should spend some of their petrodollars on something other than super-yachts and building decorative islands at which to moor them?

  23. Re:Who really cares about dolby anymore? on Dolby Looking To Monopolize Consumer Audio By Restricting Its Codec (audioholics.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since there's no -1, You're a Self-Important Ass moderation...

  24. Re:the US Tax system is corrupt and broken on Richard Stallman Asks: Should Big Tech Be Taxed For Hurting Society? (stallman.org) · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, you've just invented the progressive "flat" income tax. Where shall we mail your Certificate of Achievement?