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  1. Since you can't fight it, use the copy's as a badge of honor. In your app, in help or the about, or splash page, proudly display a list of the other apps that have copied your features. than add something like "Why go with the clones, go with the original.."

  2. "CEO Todd Westby is clearly trying to head off misunderstandings and paranoia by saying that they contain "no GPS tracking at all" -- because again, it's comparable to an office keycard here"
    This is the marketing spin coming from security companies or the government in hacker movies, books, and video games, where the hacker ties everything together and can trace anyone. Watchdogs for instance.

  3. If it plugs into the wall.. on Ask Slashdot: What Are The Lesser-Known Roles Of The IT Department? · · Score: 1

    If it plugs into the wall I support it.

    One of the oldest truths in IT. Welcome to the fold my son.

  4. The animals should be thanking us! on The Sixth Mass Extinction Will Hit The Biggest Animals The Hardest, Says Stanford Study (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If "Larger animals face a greater risk of disappearing than smaller animals" and "In a sense, we're driving evolution toward smaller individuals", then they should be thanking us for preparing them to survive the mass extinction!

  5. Speakers on Vinyl Record Pressing Plants Struggle To Keep Up With Demand · · Score: 1

    Everyone rushes to the explanation of the DAC, skipping right past the analog signal converter found in every sound system. The speakers themselves. Sure the DAC rounds it all out, but then anything left (if any) is then pushed through a magnet and cone that then turns the recording into sound waves. Sound WAVES not sound STEPS.

  6. Great little film on Old School Sci-fi Short Starring Keir Dullea Utilizes Classic Effects · · Score: 2

    I think this film was designed to make you want to go dig out your copy of 2001 and watch it. And in that, it succeeded.

    Being a 21%er I did get to enjoy the film.

  7. Hide & die anyway, or opt out? on The Simultaneous Rise and Decline of Battlefield · · Score: 1

    Duck around the corner. Then thud thud thud, you are dead anyway. And this is the "fixed" code. This article suggests another fix; don't buy the game. I just hope this new fix works better than the prior ones. LOL.

  8. Oh No on Netflix Pondering Peer-to-Peer Technology For Streaming Video · · Score: 1

    Yet another answer for "Why is my hard drive going constantly?"

  9. Siegel is of course right on Why Robots Will Not Be Smarter Than Humans By 2029 · · Score: 2

    Siegel is of course right because he can predict the effect of unexpected future inventions, and Kurzweil cannot. Oh wait...

  10. Anime Powers on Wi-Fi Signals Allow Gesture Recognition All Through the Home · · Score: 1

    So, all of those fancy gestures they make in anime to make their powers work is just them communicating with their weapons on a wi-fi network?

  11. Re:It's hard to believe on IRS Admits Targeting Conservative Groups During 2012 Election · · Score: 0

    True, because most Democrats not liberal. They are fascists.

    --
    Ze poisonous fish will kill you faster zan a bullet.

  12. Who am I supposed to believe? on Leaked Heartland Institute Documents Reveal Opposition To Science · · Score: 0

    1) Some scientists believe there in NO Global warming.
    2) Most scientists believe Global Warming is happening.
    3) Among those, probably most believe that Man contributes to this warming.
    4) Among those, even fewer believe than Man contributes a lot to global warming.
    5) Many of that group believe Mans contribution is going to result in a catastrophe.

    What I hear from these groups is:
    1) The science is not completed. We need further study.
    2) The science is not completed. We need further study.
    3) The science is not completed. We need further study.
    4) The science is not completed. We need further study. Start to become concerned and consider radical changes.
    5) The science is complete. Panic. The other scientists are hacks, don't believe them. Radical changes NOW!

    Who am I supposed to believe here?

  13. Hollywood was right all these years? on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    All of the future cars in shows from the Jetsons to Bladerunner have made some cool "futuristic" sound. I always thought it was silly. I was wrong. Because apparently, in the future, cars will be required to made "futuristic" sounds.. Who would have guessed?

  14. Geniouse on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 0

    Who are the ad wizards that came up with this idea?

  15. Re:Great and fair on Dutch Government To Tax Drivers Based On Car Use · · Score: 0

    Your bicycle, feet, and mass transit use the roads. AFAIK no mass transit system in America, and only a few in the world, makes a profit. So my tax dollars are subsidizing your ride on said mass transit. Kinda break even I would say, you pay for my car usage of the road, I pay for your bus.

  16. Re:all wrong questions on Dutch Government To Tax Drivers Based On Car Use · · Score: 0

    Seriously, the same folks that worry so about Orwellian 1984 style government have brought us the Nanny State. Fools can't even see that it is the same thing, and they created it. They sit here today supporting it, while in the same breath bemoaning that the conservatives want to control our lives. And since we obviously don't want that, vote for our Nanny State.

    HELLO!

  17. Re:What if? on What If Tim Berners-Lee Had Patented the Web? · · Score: 0

    Thanks for your understanding. It was an exercise in What If? Not statement of how things are. Some people can't take a joke.

  18. What if? on What If Tim Berners-Lee Had Patented the Web? · · Score: 0

    What if evey sci-fi concept was used as prior art? I bet most of the patents would never get issued.

    What if?

  19. Re:Finally! on 'Electronic Skin' Grafts Gadgets To Body · · Score: 0

    +1

  20. Some games pursue reality but others do not on The Case For Surrealism In Games · · Score: 0

    Not all games are pursuing reality. Just look at games like "Cat God vs Sun King" and "Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet". They don't even try for a realistic name. The author mentions several different games, especially the Alice game as examples of the type he thinks are better than ultra-realistic games. As long as games like this exist, there is balance in the realism of games. And no need to panic.

  21. Re:Welcome to the libertarian viewpoint. on SETI Finds Funds For the Allen Telescope Array (For Now) · · Score: 1

    A great point. Because taxation is nothing but forced crowdsourcing. And inefficient croudsourcing at that, because the government only ever spends a small percentage of the take on projects.

  22. Re:Downgrading doesn't really matter on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 0

    Wow, you have downgraded to just plain silly. I can't answer nonsense, so I will not try. My points are made, whether or not you comprehended them.

    Enjoy Life...

  23. Re:Downgrading doesn't really matter on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 0

    LOL. Nope, didn't just learn about that sad argument tactic. My reply is a statement of truth well understood by many for a long time, using appropriate verbiage for this discourse. And another LOL to you for continuing to make @bonch's point.

    And like I said, if you insist that I am Anony, I can't stop you. But you would still be wrong. It IS quite amusing that you can conceive of no other truth than that. In my experience, that usually means the accuser is guilty of the accused behavior.

    Anonymous Coward much?

  24. Re:Downgrading doesn't really matter on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 0

    It matters that it is considered an insult, no matter how derived. And since it is a gross reference to a sex act, it is not polite, despite how it may have come to be.

    Therefore, being used as an insult, it is childish. However it was created. When insults rather than content are used in political discussions, the natural assumption is that the insulter has no content. When people use childish insults in adult discussions, they deserve to be called on it. Whatever the history of said insult.

    P.S. Funny how you keep using my AV name when replying to others. On this point somebody else without a login/coward is making supportive statements, but that does not make them me. You can think they are if you wish, but you would be wrong. As you can see, I am perfectly capable of replying with my own login.

  25. Re:Downgrading doesn't really matter on United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating · · Score: 0

    Gee thanks. We ALL know what it means. You seemed to have missed the part about it being a juvenile insult. Comprehend much? Oh, that's right, too busy attacking (and hence making @bonch's point).