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  1. Re:No, not worse than the old boss on White House Pressuring Registrars To Block Sites · · Score: 1

    If you were worried about vice-presidents, you should have looked at Obama's.

  2. Re:Change we can believe in on White House Pressuring Registrars To Block Sites · · Score: 1

    It started when Obama fired the CEO of GM.

  3. Story summary bias on White House Pressuring Registrars To Block Sites · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Doesn't it seem wrong for the US gov't to be pushing private companies to censor the internet without due process?"

    If Bush had been president, this headline would have read: "Doesn't it seem wrong for the Bush Whitehouse to be pushing private companies to censor the internet without due process?" But the Slashdot editors voted for Obama, so they can't make him look bad, even if they disagree with him

  4. That's 200 more apps than they had! on RIM Doesn't Want 200 Fart Apps · · Score: 1

    They shouldn't turn it down, then they could advertise that they have 10,200 apps!

  5. Re:Accelerometers in phones? on Could Anti-Texting Laws Make Roads More Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    "Sense vehicular motion (including vibration) and shut down the texting function while in motion."

    Better yet, sense texting and shut down vehicular motion

  6. Re:d3ac0n - The Stupidity Is Sickening on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1

    "The uniform shout of the Iranian nation is forever 'Death to Israel.'" --Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

  7. Re:What about Perl? on 1K JavaScript Madness · · Score: 1

    That's a good point.

    Note to self: When hiring Perl programmers, look for heavy drinkers.

  8. What about Perl? on 1K JavaScript Madness · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It just hit me--think of all the stuff you could do in a Perl program that would fit into one tweet?

  9. Re:Don't worry on Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Troll? Didn't you see the news story? Obama said "We can absorb a terrorist attack." http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/22/130040247/obama-says-we-can-absorb-a-terrorist-attack-your-thoughts

  10. Don't worry on Fifty Meter Asteroid Might Hit Earth In 2098 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't worry, President Obama says we can absorb the impact

  11. tech-savvy on Obama Highlights IPv6 Issue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    tech-savvy != good leadership

  12. Re:NAT on Obama Highlights IPv6 Issue · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are quite a few "peers" I don't want connecting to my network.

  13. Re:So on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 1

    What exactly is it about Palin that you don't like?

  14. Re:Good news on Methane Survey Reveals Mars Is Far From 'Dead' · · Score: 1

    Why? What does "complex life off-Earth" imply?

  15. Taking the i away on Apple, Startup Go To Trial Over 'Pod' Trademark · · Score: 1

    So if someone makes a product called "Video Phone" will Apple sue? After all, they have a trademark on "iPhone". What about "Video Tunes"?

  16. Re:So on Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Are you sure? Seems like a continuation of the old.

  17. How did it malfunction? on Former Military Personnel Claim Aliens Are Monitoring Our Nukes · · Score: 1

    "several nuclear missiles simultaneously and inexplicably malfunctioned"

    Wouldn't a malfunction mean that it didn't explode? Wouldn't that mean someone was trying to fire it? :-)

  18. Re:Interesting, yet pointless on Twitter Closes Hole After Attack Hits Up To 500K Users · · Score: 1

    "Really,I know a lot of people seem to be using twitter, but I just don't get it. Am I too old?"

    I used to think the same thing until I started playing with it. It's all about who you follow. For instance, I follow Weird Al and every couple of days he posts something funny. And it's also how I found out about a Ustream Q&A that he was doing one day. Back in 2008, I was following Leo Laporte, but instead of tech posts, I was getting commentary on the US presidential elections. So I unfollowed him. It's all about finding people who post things that interest you and then following them.

  19. Re:Wild Animals Should Stay In the Wild on Opossums Overrun Brooklyn, Fail To Eliminate Rats · · Score: 1

    The Islamorada Restaurants located inside Bass Pro Shops serve alligator as an appetizer.

  20. Hope it's not... on Intel Wants To Charge $50 To Unlock Your CPU's Full Capabilities · · Score: 1

    ...protected using HDCP encryption!

  21. early origins on Looking Back At OS X's Origins · · Score: 1

    I imagine it started out something like this:

    #include nextstep.h

    int main(argc, char *argv[])
    { //TODO: Insert OS here
    }

  22. Re:What the article doesn't mention on Looking Back At OS X's Origins · · Score: 1

    Steve is just making you realize how important color is by taking it away.

  23. size of a breakfast cereal prize on Turning Your Home Wiring Into a Giant Antenna · · Score: 1

    For "node-sized," think "size of a breakfast cereal prize."

    Is that a European or African cereal prize?

  24. In related news... on UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    UK ISPs To Pass 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs To Customers

  25. Re:its a valid point on Will Android Flavors Spoil the Platform? · · Score: 1

    "a few weeks after you buy a 'smartphone' some other model makes yours a POS"

    That happens with all computer hardware