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  1. Re:Awesome software on Desura Game Distribution Service Releases On Linux · · Score: 4, Informative

    RPM (Fedora) friendly too. I bought Project Zomboid, which later put it on Desura. It installed no problem, and also ran no problem, which I wasn't expecting.

  2. Well... on Recreating a Mysterious, 2,100-Year-Old Clock · · Score: 2

    Because you can. Obviously.

  3. Re:some legitimate technical questions on CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" · · Score: 1

    You put a whole new system image onto the phone, so I can't imagine it would still be there. If it was in /system, it's not afterwards.

  4. Re:Not finished on Minecraft Is Finished · · Score: 2

    It may be arbitrary, but the users on my server will bug me until I update, which I won't do, because the bukkit team will have to fix all those "arbitrary" bugs. No minecraft release is ever arbitrary.

  5. Re:Possibly not on Mexican Cartel Beheads Another Blogger · · Score: 1

    The person murdered was not a moderator for (or affiliated with) the site, as many seem to report. Neuveo tweeted "Negative, is not our partner the person executed, but no doubt this attempt to silence the voices of Nuevo Laredo." At least that's what google translate says. An employee of the site was killed in September, but this appears to not be affiliated, and only some sort of scapegoat to disseminate the message to others who inform on Zetas.

  6. Intruiged on Asus Unveils Quad-Core Transformer Prime Tablet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    When the first one came out, it was the only tablet that piqued my interest. I like the idea of a dual use, "dockable," tablet since I don't imagine I'd use a tablet much longer after the novelty wore off. Asus has really done something great with this incarnation too, it looks like.

  7. Re:Obviously. on Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They were popular enough to win 2 seats in Sweden's parliament. The SSU (Swedish Social Democratic Youth League) are still allowed to attend the event, and they support the decriminalization of non-commercial file sharing, so I don't buy the political exclusion claim. Most likely it was pressure from the big Corp. attendees.

  8. Re:What? on Oxford Professor Taken To Task For Linking Internet Use To Autism · · Score: 1

    Exactly, thank you. I didn't write that, but I do agree with Ben Goldacre. He's saying if she feels that she has such strong evidence, why doesn't she publish it and put it to peer-review. He, and I, suspect that she has no evidence and resorts to name-calling for her critics.

    The summary was more unclear than what I wrote. I replaced the first "I" with [Ben Goldacre of The Guardian] so you could at least tell who the "I" was.

  9. Re:Just the First Confession on Minor Quakes In the UK Likely Caused By Fracking · · Score: 1

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/drilling-down-documents-7.html#document/p1/a27935
    A 1987 EPA study in WV. "the residual fracturing fluid migrated into (the resident's) water well."
    "A spokesperson for the EPA would not directly address the apparent contradiction but said in an email that the agency is now reviewing the 1987 report and that 'the agency has identified several circumstances where contamination of wells is alleged to have occurred and is reviewing those cases in depth.'"

    That 2004 EPA "study" was done with negotiations with gas companies. " fluids migrated unpredictably -- through different rock layers, and to greater distances than previously thought -- in as many as half the cases studied in the United States."

    I have very little faith in the EPA after Bush/Cheney gutted it to be their personal sockpuppet.

  10. Re:One small victory for a man.. on Censored Religious Debate Video Released After Public Outrage · · Score: 0

    I stopped reading at "irregardless."

  11. Re:There may be more than is apparent here. on Theologian Attempts Censorship After Losing Public Debate · · Score: 1

    I'm just speculating here

    I can do that too. Maybe he did a ritual sacrifice to Satan, and didn't want it showing up online.
    The point is, he reneged on an agreement. If he doesn't want something he said to surface, he should think twice about speaking in public.

  12. As a victim of theft on How To Rob a Bank: One Social Engineer's Story · · Score: 3, Insightful

    by the banks, I'm ok with the role reversal.

  13. If that doesn't put it in perspective on The 147 Corporations Controlling Most of the Global Economy · · Score: 1

    This should:
    "In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.

    So a powerful 1% owns 40% of the global wealth...

  14. Appealing to wrong people on Is Online Property Real? Lawyer Says Sort-Of · · Score: 2

    If you lose a virtual item to "virtual theft" you appeal to the people running that game, not the police. There are no virtual police, and likewise, the virtual police can not come into the real world and arrest people for trolling.

  15. Re:Negative reviews are not slander. on High Court Rules In Favor of Top Gear Over Tesla Remarks · · Score: 1

    Have you seen Top Gear? It's not a car review show. They get fast cars, new cars, whatever, and race them around their track, let the Stig race them, then they do some silly challenges, like make tanks out of lorries. I've said this whenever these issues come up, if anyone is basing their car purchases off of watching Top Gear, they need their heads examined. They do present things in an informative manner, but it's an entertainment show. Take it all with a grain of salt, and remember it's entertainment.

  16. Re:Fuckin-A ! on EU Court Rules Against Stem Cell Patents For Research · · Score: 1

    All they need to do is ban patenting genes next.

  17. They can have one day a year on California Declares Today "Steve Jobs Day" · · Score: 1

    As long as the other 364.25 days are Steve Jobs free days.

  18. Re:turn it off on Congressmen Worried About Amazon Silk Privacy Issues · · Score: 1

    Or buy another kindle. Or any other e-reader. I fail to see that this is an issue, when they tell consumers they can use Amazon's pre-caching, or not use it. I think I agree with another comment about the sales tax fight. Someone's making a stink about nothing for some leverage later.

  19. I look forward on IRS Auditing Google · · Score: 1

    To seeing GE, Apple, Oracle, IBM all audited.

    I don't know what would be worse, if this gets modded as funny or insightful.

  20. Re:So? on OpenOffice Is Dying (And IBM Won't Help) · · Score: 1

    Yes. I like the changes LO implemented. And if I recall, Oo also reads/writes ppt. files.

  21. Re:NoScript on Microsoft Says IE9 Blocks More Malware Than Chrome · · Score: 1

    It's such a pain in the ass to use. All I do is click the pyramid and authorize locations....
    MS shill is back.

  22. Re:HBO "Superheroes" documentary on these guys on Real Life Super Hero Arrested · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They may not be do-nothing cynics, but the last thing we need is deluded people with "martial arts training" running around macing people.

  23. Re:That's my big issue with them on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    1. Corporate oligarchy is out of hand at the expense of individuals, in terms of rights and income (and by income I mean lack of jobs, and even handed taxing). Bank of America just laid 30,000 people, 2 of which were execs, yet give CEO Brian T. Moynihan a $9.05 million bonus for doing a stellar job on his first year. If it was so stellar, why did they have to fire 10% of their workforce? IBM gets a tax incentive to create domestic jobs, yet moves those "new" jobs out of the country. Why do I not get to offshore my income and pay no taxes on it, yet large corps. get to manipulate the tax system and be taxed little, or nothing at all, like Apple does with Apple Cayman. I, personally, think corps get too much, and give too little to society. I'm not asking for handouts, I just want some job security. (Full disclosure, I am a biologist, so not involved in the bank firings.)

    2. Create attention for the above issues, and create some public discourse about it, then figure out what to do about it. I would say this has worked, because it went on for weeks until anyone even notice it, and now it's actually in news circulation, and on /. The solution part will take a bit longer, because there are a lot of grievances, but the main idea being that individuals are getting the short end of the stick, in comparison to the top 1% and large corps.

    Do you seriously think the civil rights movement from day one had a timeline, and specific goals? It takes time to formulate those things, get smart active people on board, and to act for change. It doesn't happen overnight, and your post sums up why most people won't get this movement. They want a leader so they can just stand in the group and not take initiative to act on their own. What is preventing you from getting involved and letting people know what you think should change, because if you're waiting for a group to come forward with something that will match what you support, I don't think you'll be doing much at all. Right now it's collecting "members" so to speak, and I think collecting what is bothering most people, and then they'll get to the solution stage. Without the attention, no one would know about it. Apparently all it took was seeing three women getting pepper sprayed in the face.

  24. Well on German Government's Malware Analyzed · · Score: 0

    You want competant surveillance too? Sheesh, so demanding.
    I'll go ahead and throw out the "if you've got nothing to hide" out there too, and see how this gets modded.

  25. Possibly just a bad idea on Big Brother Calls 'Shotgun' In Illinois · · Score: 1
    I'm all for pointing out glaring privacy issues, but this sort of sounds like someone had an idea for generating tolls based on occupants, and completely didn't think about the obvious issue with invasion of privacy. I would just hope it's never implemented.

    [...] detecting and counting the passengers of the vehicle by means of the evaluation unit of the onboard unit; and in the onboard unit, calculating a toll as a function of the number of passengers