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  1. Re:Let's play BREAK THE INTERNET! on Google News Removes Belgian Newspaper · · Score: 1

    I think the summary is incorrect. They seem to be objecting google.com caching pages, not news.google.com at all. news.google.com does not cache sites and also does not display ads. It's a BS argument in the end because they could simply use robots.txt. Google is correct here, they are just being screwed by some silly belgian court. It is a web standard that search engines can keep a copy of a site if robots.txt does not tell them not to.

  2. Re:Dirty Cities?! on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    vastly less than where you live

    Where I live? I think you have mistaken me for someone you actually know. In the 2000 census the population of the town I live in was 1,790. I don't believe anyone has been murdered there in at least the 20 years I've been there.

  3. Re:To really put things in perspective.. on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You speak as though 3/4 of an acre is a large lot. It's a decent sized yard at best. 1 acre is the smallest lot I'll even consider when looking at houses. It's a luxury of living in the large nation that we do. We don't have to be crowded into small spaces in dirty cities. We can choose to live in comfort and have some space for kids to enjoy, and to build shit on.

  4. Re:For an individual device on Measuring the Energy You Use? · · Score: 1

    This is the only response needed to this askslashdot article. Maybe the submitter should try google next time.

  5. Re:Dang kids today.... on Consumer Electronics Causing 'Death of Childhood'? · · Score: 1

    Get off my lawn!

  6. Re:Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex on The Physics of Superheroes · · Score: 2, Informative

    Lois could never have superman's baby. Do you think her fallopian tubes could handle his sperm ? I guarantee he blows a load like a shotgun right through her back. What about her womb ? You think it's strong enough to carry his child ? Sure. Why not ? He's an alien, for christ's sake ! His kryptonian biological makeup is enhanced by earth's yellow sun. If lois gets a tan, the kid could kick right through her stomach. Only someone like wonder woman has a strong-enough uterus to carry his kid. Only way he could bang regular chicks is with a kryptonite condom, but that would kill him.

  7. Calm down kids on Facebook Changes Provoke Uproar Among Users · · Score: 2, Informative

    All you kids take this shit too seriously. It's just a website. So is that stupid myspace crap. People are always updating their profiles and shit as if anybody else cares about your profile. The extent of this crap when I was in school was a damn IM profile that said some dumb quotes or something and maybe a link or two to some websites. Now you guys go make these unsightly websites and add your 'friends' to your list and crap. Call me a troll but you people need to get a life outside of the Internet. Those people are not your friends. If you don't want people to know something about you DON'T PUT IT ON THE INTERNET. It's that god damned simple.

  8. Bumper Sticker on Pluto Making a Comeback · · Score: 1
  9. Re:How many... on The Light Bulb That Can Change the World · · Score: 1

    Have you Meta Moderated recently?

  10. Re:Not much to do with advertising on Target Advertising Used to Censor NY Times Article · · Score: 1

    Exactly! I read the summary twice trying to figure out what the hell it meant and then resorted to reading the article. All that happened is: The New York Times made it so that people in Britain couldn't read a certain article. Big deal, they resolve your IP before showing you the article. The crap about targeted advertising is completely irrelevant, what they did was trivial. While their actions may be significant, the method of implementing these actions is not.

  11. Re:Automatic + Open = Garbage in? on New Auto-Seeding Torrent Server Released · · Score: 4, Informative

    Who said other users are going to be able to upload files to share? I think allowing all users to add files would be something that you would have to specifically set up in your own configuration if you wanted it. This is just an easier way for a user to share files on their own website using a torrent.

  12. I guess on New Auto-Seeding Torrent Server Released · · Score: 1

    I guess this might be good for people who want to distribute legal products through a torrent. I've used bit torrent, but only for leeching. It just doesn't seem like enough people are setting up their own torrent servers to make this software that worth while.

  13. Re:Great... on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    Haha, no it's a gun safe. I'm not really paranoid, but it'll be good once I have kids anyways to keep them out until they're old enough to know what they're doing. Plus it is kind of nice to be able to keep the guns and other valuables safe just in case.

  14. Re:Perfect for Slashdot on Harvard Phd Vs. About.com over Gaming · · Score: 1

    "It's not feasible for game raters to play games in depth." Why not? Does the MPAA not watch films in depth? I don't think they would come up short with job applications of people who want to play games in depth to determine content.

  15. Re:Great... on 11-year-old Proves Locks Not So Secure · · Score: 1

    My safe weighs 600 pounds and is bolted to a concrete slab. It'll take some serious effort to get it out of there.

  16. Re:Stupid? on P2P Defendant Destroys Evidence, Case Defaults · · Score: 1

    I'm curious about this design. I don't know much about degaussing rings, but if I'm not mistaken they typically need electricity to function don't they? So in this case as long as the PC wasn't plugged in when they were removing the drive, the rings would have no effect. Or is this something set up so that when you flip a switch it wipes the drives? I would like to see what this setup looks like. If it's effective I think it would make a good Slashdot article.

  17. err on Are NDA 'Prior Inventions' Clauses Safe to Sign? · · Score: 1

    Find: NDA Replace: Non-disclosure agreement Find and Replace Complete. It seems that the only posts I make lately are the ones bitching about misuse of acronyms. They should be defined at least once at the beginning of the summary before using them. This is common sense, please abide by it.

  18. Make him eat it on How Do You Punish a 16-year-old Spammer? · · Score: 1

    Make him eat 5 cans of S.P.A.M. everyday for a year.

  19. Re:Why would IBM... on IBM to Buy ISS for $1.3 Billion · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's because the submitter was an idiot and didn't use the phrase "Internet Security Systems" in the summary or title.

  20. Slashdot tagging on Weird Al Says 'Don't Download This Song' · · Score: 1

    Notice the tag 'weird'. I think Slashdot should strip spaces instead of just cutting off the tag from the space on. I'm assuming a lot of people tried putting in 'weird al'. -1 Offtopic...

  21. Re:Noooooooo!!! on Zelda on the Wii To Include Sword Swinging · · Score: 1

    What's WW?

  22. Re:My Arm on Zelda on the Wii To Include Sword Swinging · · Score: 1

    What the hell are these people training for?

  23. Re:retained a lawyer? on Execs at AOL Approved Release of Private Data? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe it's not about getting fired. Maybe he's afraid of lawsuits coming his way if he is primarily blamed for authorizing the release of data.

  24. Re:49 people + 180 days = proof?? on First Phase of AIDS Vaccine Trials Successful · · Score: 1

    Are you saying people shouldn't have sex while going to school? I don't know about you, but getting laid while in school was great! And people do stupid shit when their young. It's such a dangerous disease; it should be vaccinated against when possible. Abstinence is not a realistic option. You can recommend it to students, but you cannot expect them to take it seriously. sex is too much fun!

  25. ipod this ipod that on Microsoft Zune MP3 Player Interface Revealed · · Score: 1

    A giant comparison to the iPod. That's great if you actually have an iPod. I don't. I've never even seen the interface in action on an iPod. Please all I want to know is if it is good.