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  1. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I could be wrong, but I think it may be illegal for someone in D.C. to own such guns, so he likely didn't want to take that chance on making a bit o' cash.

  2. Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 5, Funny

    He obviously was buying the TV so that he could hoist it a few stories above the ground and kill whatever poor sucker stood under it when it drops. Amazon just knew him so well from his previous purchases that he'd rather just have a rifle!

  3. Linux Mint is the new Ubuntu on Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally I find Linux Mint to be the best one, as I prefer my desktop to be more similar to traditional desktop Gnome 2/Windows. Also its very fast and doesn't seem bloated.

  4. Dam Baby, Dam! on Human Water Use Accounts For 42% of Recent Sea Level Rise · · Score: 2

    So we just need more dams to fix this right, time to put those beavers to work!

  5. Is this one going to be LTS? on LinuxMint13 RC Is Available For Testing · · Score: 1

    Anyone know if this version will be a Long Term Support version?

  6. Re:US, nobody gives a shit on Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits a New Low With 2012 Report · · Score: 1

    Its pretty naive to think all americans only like the pop artists listened to on cd's, there's quite the local and social scene I'd imagine in just about every major city similar to how it is in my city on the east coast. Sounds like someone's been fed some BS propaganda.

  7. Re:Cafeteria on Apple Planning To Build Private Restaurant · · Score: 1

    No joke, even IBM has had them on site for decades

  8. Re:Suddenly Slashdot Readers are Sheep? on North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger · · Score: 2, Funny

    if someone dies from taking this unlicensed person's advice, who pays the health bills? That's right, the taxpayer!

  9. Re:Circular reasoning? on Egg-laying, Not Environment, May Explain the Size and Downfall of Dinosaurs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The small dinosaurs probably got eaten, so the thought would be that the bigger dinosaurs live long enough to breed and they would beget bigger dino's as well else they would die, and so on. Circle of life would be the circular reasoning you're thinking of.

  10. Re:Sexy? on MacBook Pro Fragrance Created · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course it would, the fresh chinese factory worker smell really does a number on the olfactory!

  11. Fantasy themed content only? on The Liberated Pixel Cup: a Game Making Contest From the CC, FSF, and OpenGameArt · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if all submitted art must be fantasy/steampunk based (as they comment in their blog post as their "base theme"), or if thats just their own contribution and others are free to submit whatever themed content they want?

  12. Re:Let this be a message to the unpatriotic on Waterboarding Whistleblower Indicted Under Espionage Act · · Score: 1

    Yes, you're right, if someone waterboarded me to tell me where their GI Joe toy was hidden then I would certainly tell them. But the analogy doesn't work on adults when concerning matter they consider so important they it would take more than a pink belly, and I'm guessing rarely can the information revealed from torture be instantly verified. Oh, also they have training to desensitize them from torture, so if they think they can tell a lie just to get them off the hook for a while, then they might just do that too. So yeah good luck on getting a real person to tell you where his real life GI Joe buddies are hidden.

  13. Re:LOL! American Freedom! on MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA · · Score: 1

    The freedom to pirate their stuff despite their lame attempts to control it all is the priceless part.

  14. Re:It's all about an unimpinged right to choose on The Politics of the F.D.A. · · Score: 1

    We will always have the right to eat whatever loaded calorie crap we want (I know I love my taco bell burrito despite it being so many calories), but if just 5% of people will choose to consume less after seeing the whopping calorie count of a tub of buttery popcorn that can be a ton of money saved by our government trying to cover people who don't may not have healthcare and ultimately are a drain on the taxes we all pay.

  15. History Channel did it on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 2

    "The Universe" documentary series had an episode on "Space Wars". Pretty interesting actually, and its up on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvVmPJ-HYE Space dogfights in particular were pretty crazy in that video, it mostly centered around combat that moved so fast only robots would be able to perform these maneuvers.

  16. Re:Need open-source antimalware too on Bad Guys Use Open Source, Too · · Score: 1

    I'm sure they use commercial software too. Like windows.

  17. Re:Thank god we still have Radio Shack on The Gradual Death of the Brick and Mortar Tech Store · · Score: 1

    Lowe's hardware and Home Depot have fridges, washers and dryers aplenty, the only thing left is TVs really

  18. Re:Wow on PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Thing is, there's a difference between the expected maturity of a representative of a company to not behave like someone trying to win an argument on the internet. The complaint that was made was a valid one and shouldn't have been dismissed as one belonging to a child. I think if the argument went any further that guy from the company would have brought out a Nazi comparison at some point.

  19. Re:Sucks to be you! on How Do I Get Back a Passion For Programming? · · Score: 1

    Looking for a new job is free (minus time of course). I actually landed a new job this year about 6 months ago and I had been actively (but not exhaustively) searching since January.

  20. Re:"Titan"? on Jaguar Supercomputer Being Upgraded To Regain Fastest Cluster Crown · · Score: 1

    WOPR would be just as good. The only thing that concerns me about the name Titan is what happens when they need another name some years from now to indicate its even faster. Maybe they can go on to Gargantuan and then Colossus, but I think after that they're out of names to get bigger with!

  21. Re:Simply? on Review: Captain America · · Score: 4, Informative

    I concur, the movie wasn't great at all. You know its pretty bad when they use a montage for the first real action set that the Captain is in. And not a good montage in the least.

  22. Re:Supplements to improve memory on Internet Use Found To Affect Memory · · Score: 2

    Pretty sure you were just sold snake oil, you know like those multivitamins that claim to increase your penis size...

  23. Re:Conspiracy! on The Science Behind Fanboyism · · Score: 2

    Cool Ranch is for panzy momma's boys. Fiery Habanero is the Dorito for men.

  24. Re:I jumped ship. on Netflix Deflects Rage Over Price Increase · · Score: 1

    I'm of the opposite reaction here, and I plan on sticking with Netflix despite this. Over a year ago I cut off my DirecTV service as I was paying $85 a month, this being 2 years after the $30 a month introductory cost. So now all I get is the free over the air stuff and Netflix and a $5 a month increase isn't going to change that. People need some perspective here because at least Netflix is announcing it rather than sneakily increasing your bill over the months like DirectTV and Time Warner.

  25. Re:This was from some B movie? any have a name? on Don't Fly If You Just Had Surgery! · · Score: 1

    I think they put the bomb in the kid posthumously in an attempt to bomb the people who would be recovering the body.