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  1. Re:Hate has overcome the love on Why We Love Firefox, and Why We Hate It · · Score: 1

    Firefox has a number of small features that I miss intensely when trying Chrome.

    For instance, if someone types a url into slashdot without "A HREFing" it. This happens a lot (e.g. http://www.getfirefox.com/ ). In Firefox, just select it and right-click, and you'll be able to open it in a new tab. In Chrome, you have to copy then paste to the url bar after opening up a new tab - small problem, but it's annoying not having this feature.

    I also found Chrome slower. I'm not sure if it's because they have a section that includes games - seriously, Angry Birds on Chrome on my very modern PC tended to stutter like anything.

    And, as other people have mentioned, the Awesome bar. I love it. I love being about to type "sl", [Down], [Enter] and get to Slashdot, or "y", [Down], [Enter] to get to YouTube. Any I didn't have to go to any effort to get this set up. It feels like a massive step back to go to what Chrome's kludge.

  2. Re:Shenanigans on Google+ Account Suspended? You Won't Find Out Why · · Score: 1

    But the "Are they perfect?" (etc.) reminds me of what's worse, a gunshot wound in the hip, thigh, or shoulder.

    Thigh would be best to be shot at, shoulder probably worst.

  3. Re:Shenanigans on Google+ Account Suspended? You Won't Find Out Why · · Score: 1

    Thigh.

  4. Re:Rules on EA Sues Zynga For Copying Sims Game · · Score: 3

    Hey look guys. I'm planning a party in Auckland NZ tonight, and the three of you (parent, GP, and GGP) sound like great fun, I hope you can all come.

    If you can't I'll probably cancel, because it's not going to be the same without your awesome debating skills.

  5. Re:So... on Today, Everybody's a Fact Checker · · Score: 1

    Everybody's a fact checker. Except of course for the Slashdot editors - they don't waste time with such minutiae.

  6. Re:Fluoridation on Study Finds Human Teeth are as Tough as Shark Teeth · · Score: 1

    I had fissure sealants as a teenager. I asked my dentist about whether I needed new ones, she said there was no that much evidence about them.

  7. Re:insurance advice on XRL Hexapod Robot Gets a Tail, Learns To Use It · · Score: 1, Funny

    What about the people who have to clean up your body? What about how your wife would feel knowing that you did this.

    If you're not a troll, and you're depressed, then things will get better. They always do.
    If you're in debt, do what rich people do and declare yourself bankrupt.
    Why you pick the name zizzlezazzledazzle?

  8. Re:If you don't have javascript, you're a bot? on Company Claims 80% of Facebook Ad Clicks Are From Bots · · Score: 1

    This meme isn't doing too well is it? Just keep trying.

  9. Re:Last I checked, the LOTR movies were amazing... on Peter Jackson Announces Third Hobbit Movie · · Score: 1

    I fell asleep during these movies.

  10. Fool... on Peter Jackson Announces Third Hobbit Movie · · Score: 1

    He should turn it into 9 movies and make three times the amount of money.

  11. Re:And the unions are pissed... on Khan Academy: the Teachers Strike Back · · Score: 1

    But see, this cannot happen in the "free" market: choosing more pay vs more free time is not in fact an available option to you because the employers always prefer employees who pick the "more pay" branch of the alternative.

    No they don't. Employers might very well chose someone who'll work for less and get more time off. I only work 4 days/week at my job - and it's worth the 20% paycut. If I my boss wanted me to work more hours permanently I'd say no - but he likes his employees having another day off because it helps a hell of a lot to reduce workplace stress.

  12. Re:Just like a slashdot poll on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    How to fix this reply problem:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKxcnKeMTos

  13. Re:Youtube comments are a terrible cesspool on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    So because you don't see the value in any youtube comments you think that others shouldn't be allowed to comment anonymously? How about just not reading them?

    Often comments are funny, rarely they are helpful.

    If you're looking for a tutorial for something (a level in a game, setting up at TV) you're often have comments that point out the problems the videos missed. This is incredibly helpful. But I might not feel like commenting about how to replace the orifices in your RealDoll, give home remedies for genital warts, or express my attraction in a nice pair of feet if my real name is associated with it.

  14. Re:subtle... on Google Wants You to Use Your Real Name on YouTube · · Score: 1

    I know right. I come to Slashdot to read the articles carefully picked and edited by the likes of Timothy and Soulskill, but they always have about 100-300 comments! Maybe Slashdot should turn off commenting too.

  15. Re:Google What? on Why You Shouldn't Write Off Google+ Just Yet · · Score: 2

    I got that same dialog box this morning. It pissed me off how we weren't allowed to comment on why we declined, other that the few choices they gave. I am still able to comment though.

    I only joined Google+ to get the unlimited photo storage (for resolutions lower than 2048px) in Picasa. I have zero people added, am in zero circles, and turned off all the crap default posts they provide if you leave your account empty.

  16. Re:OO vs real life on Software Emulates Organism's Entire Lifespan · · Score: 1

    I understand because it was OO, it was difficult (but not impossible) to write in C.

  17. Re:Slashdot incredibly tone deaf for posting this on Movie Review: The Dark Knight Rises · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Mate. Look up your Asperger's handbook about proper ways to deal with this situation.

    Most "neurotypicals", as you call them, realise that this review is badly timed and shows insensitivity. Sure, it may not make logical sense to those with no emotional intuition, but the air needs to be cleaned about this piece of shit killer before discussing the movie. Especially as it's only been one day.

  18. Re:Go for french cuisine the next time on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Maybe he's not an elitist douchebag? (Although that crap he said about learning "Parisian French" sort of destroys that argument.)

  19. Re:What I don't understand ... why just not leave? on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    Fast food is great from time to time. Why fucking wait and pay more at a proper restaurant?

  20. Re:What I don't understand ... why just not leave? on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    What's your problem with McDonalds?

    Anyone who has ever seen Pulp Fiction knows that you must go to a McDonalds in Paris to see what the Big Mac is called.

  21. Re:LOTR dense on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    But unfortunately that gravity has some strange effects on time.

  22. Thank you for the watermark. on Earth, Night Glow, Aurora and Atmosphere (Video) · · Score: 1

    I had no idea I was on Slashdot.

    But I guess the watermark is important, because the filming couldn't have happened without Slashdot.

  23. Re:High Framerate + CGI = extra fake on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 2

    The trick is to record everything in 1080p, apply a 4 pixel Gaussian blur, then add some noise and JPEG artefacts. Then no-one can see your actors have makeup on and the set is made of painted fibreglass.

  24. Re:in 3..2..1 on Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus · · Score: 1

    What the hell?

    What tabloids have you been reading? Whatever drug you're on, your paranoid delusions seem to be worsening.

    Smallpox is eradicated. How many people do you know who have had smallpox? How many people have you read about?

  25. Re:in 3..2..1 on Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus · · Score: 2

    So what? You'd force them to get it?

    He's talking about a hypothetical person. People are dying and suffering around the world all the time, I don't see you bursting into tears right now. You seem to have prejacked in anticipation of calling someone Ayn Rand. You're a pious hypocrite.