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  1. Why the fuss? on Fox News Ties 'Flame' Malware To Angry Birds · · Score: 1

    It's a comedy site, mashing random shit together into implausible narratives is exactly what they're supposed to be doing. This is no different to what The Onion or Cracked do and I don't see the bile getting thrown at those corners of the intertubes. The only thing objectionable here is the quality. It's not hilarious but not terrible. Keep trying guys and girls!

  2. Re:News! Defence sec. says spend money on defence! on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    Actually, a defence secretary arguing for defence is pretty fucking rare. Normally they like to start completely pointless wars which achieve nothing.

  3. News? on All Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior, Say Two US Congressmen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Two liars lied. Big fucking deal.

  4. Re:Early reviews on Star Wars Uncut Project Complete · · Score: 3, Funny

    I realize you were joking, but to be honest, it's a really cool idea that produced something completely and totally unwatchable.

    So it's art!

  5. DESTROY THE SCUM on Megaupload.com Shut Down, Founder Charged With Piracy · · Score: 1

    The scum that carried out these crimes need to be destroyed; they have destroyed so much for so long. A strategy is needed to remove the FBI once and for all!

  6. Re:The lesser of two evils on Victory For Irish File Sharers Dashed By Government Report · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Fuck ALL evils!

  7. Re:What is with the UK and all this surveillance a on UK Police Test 'Temporarily Blinding' LASER · · Score: 1
    Odd that the list is deliberately left incomplete:

    Note: the following does not include killings by police in Northern Ireland

    you'd think that an encyclopaedia would at least try to be comprehensive.

  8. Re:Maybe this is just me on Are You Better At Math Than a 4th (or 10th) Grader? · · Score: 2

    I used a calculator once because it's too early in the morning to do division. In general though, a calculator won't make much difference to the results of a maths test; it makes working out numbers less laborious but it's no help unless you know what calculations you wanted to do anyway.

  9. Re:Um, there are lots of these on A Job Fair For Jobs In India — In California · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a sign of economic growth in India that recruiting from the US is now a possibility. A couple of decades ago there weren't many jobs out there that would be attractive to Americans.

  10. Re:here's one argument: on Oxford Professor Taken To Task For Linking Internet Use To Autism · · Score: 1

    Here's one argument:

    The critical review you get by publishing in mass media is more complete and honest than what you get in a peer reviewed scientific publication. Why publish in a scientific journal just to say you did it? The peer review and publishing process has ceased to be intellectually valuable and completely fails to separate lies from truth.

    Here's one counterargument:

    Writing and publishing a paper (in a journal or even just sticking it on your website) allows for the inclusion of a lot more information than a newspaper article. Measurements, statistics, methods used etc all form part of a scientific paper but are either summarised (and simplified) or omitted in the newspaper version.

  11. Re:They have to on Apple Threatens Bistro Over "AppleADay" Name · · Score: 1

    Third, as is pointed out every time an incident like this occurs, trademark owners have to take no chances and must enforce perceived violations or risk losing their right to it.

    This does not give them a right to be arseholes though. You can still enforce every perceived violation without shitting on some random cafe; you just have to look at their logo and perceive that it isn't a violation to do so.

  12. Re:Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Why do people assume that the christians are the ones always behind these kind of fascist actions?

    Assume? Who do you think would vote for a party named Christian Democrat? Who do you think would see that name and NOT hear alarm bells in their head? (Hint: it isn't Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Hindus or Cthulhu Cultists). Also, remember that in fascist Italy and fascist Spain and a number of other scum regimes in recent European history the influence of a certain organisation from Rome was very much present. Why wouldn't it be believable to think that those ideas could lead to authoritarianism again?

    The rest of your post concerns US politics of which I don't know much. However, may I suggest you learn some words. Start with "right" and "far right", move on to "communism" and "fascism", and finally figure out "liberal". Your writing will be a lot easier to read if the positions described actually match up to the terminology.

  13. Re:Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 0

    Further research reveals that he is in the Christian Democrat party. This explains both why he is crazy and what sort of crazies voted for him.

  14. Fuck you Italy on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 2

    Would someone from Italy like to explain why you voted this authoritarian cunt into the EU. Go on! I'd love to hear it!

  15. Re:To be honest, I'm not against this. on Sony Bringing PSN Pass To All First-Party Games · · Score: 1

    It just makes sense from their point of view and also to some others out there who are looking at it objectively.

    Guess who's point of view I have!

    Seriously; the moaning about (and now charging for) the second hand games market like it's some sort of non-legit activity is a pretty big anti-consumer move on Sony's (and other publisher's) part.

  16. Re:Insider trading on Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Where have you been for the last 5 years?? Anything that helps banks to make money is a fantastic idea!!! The banks must always be profitable!!

  17. Re:There are no accidents on Russian Space Agency Determines Cause of Soyuz Crash · · Score: 2

    They're learning capitalism and it sounds like they're good at it. Who knew?

  18. Re:The Real Question Is ... on Facebook Testing Translate Feature For Comments? · · Score: 1

    That's easy! The "politician" language is incapable of expressing any ideas; the correct translation is a silence (or maybe a "duuuh" if you really need a sound).

  19. Re:Containment on Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel Using Sunlight · · Score: 1

    If all else fails you could stick some carbon onto it. Then you've got something we know how to deal with.

  20. Re:You've got to be kidding... on GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon · · Score: 1

    IANAL either, but I would expect that GameStop owns the games until they sell them, and can do with them as they wish, given that the games are their property. What they are obligated to do or not to do contractually with the game maker may be a different story.

    Would messing with the contents of the game box affect their ability to claim that it's "new"? I genuinely don't know but my expectation of buying a new product would be that it is the product the manufacturer shipped out, no changes, no wear and tear (well, transport bumps), no missing pieces etc. Taking stuff out the box and selling as new is dodgy in my opinion but I don't know the legal stuff here.

  21. Re:Google+ on Google Adds Games To Google+ · · Score: 1

    The trick is to block gamers, not individual games. There's usually a small group of people who play these things and let them spam indiscriminately.

  22. Fashion on What Today's Coders Don't Know and Why It Matters · · Score: 3, Informative

    So your particular skillset has fallen out of vogue for a while; it happens. If this stuff is useful, it'll come back. For instance, a lot of the hardware related skills mentioned are still around, they're just considered to be a specialisation these days, in most situations it's safe to assume that the hardware either performs within spec or that the lower layer (OS etc) is dealing with any irregularities.

  23. Countersue on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With the Business Software Alliance? · · Score: 1

    Find some dirt on the BSA and chase them with it. You already have a false accusation letter which will cost you money to deal with maybe you could hound them for those costs until you find something bigger to take them on with. And remember, discovery is your friend, use it on anything and everything, it'll make them squirm.

  24. Probably going to good isps on Tens of Thousands Flee From BT and Virgin · · Score: 1

    Cant say much about virgin but BT are far too expensive. Their unlimited broadband is £20-30 a month. What's worse is the fact that they wont even sell that expensive broadband unless you also get phone service which costs an extra £10 a month regardless of if you use it.

  25. Re:Thomas Friedman = moron on Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors · · Score: 1

    Presumably registering a party is just paperwork? Hardly seems like an insurmountable hurdle. A greater concern should be getting funding and recruiting members, figuring out what this party is going to offer and how to promote those ideas is the real challenge here.