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  1. Re:Who? on Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Hey! I'm a "Bible thumper" developer! But if I were making a Jesus Linux it would be at the distribution level and people could choose to install it or not.

  2. Re:I fried a bot on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Most Awesome Hardware Hack? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I did the same thing at a Halloween party at church. I was using 2 force feedback driving wheels playing Daytona USA networked on the Nebula2 emulator. My daughter plugged the wrong power supply into the driving wheel and tons of thick white smoke came out of it. It didn't work at all. We laid hands on it and prayed and it worked for the entire night and still works to this day!

  3. Arcade joysticks on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your Most Awesome Hardware Hack? · · Score: 1

    Way back in the day, I soldered some Happ Controls arcade joysticks and buttons to some PC gamepads. This was when there were less than 80 games in MAME.

  4. Re:what's the problem? on $50 Fire Tablet With High-capacity SDXC Slot Doesn't See E-books On the SD Card · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Sorry. All Fire products are off my list until Amazon starts selling Chromecast and AppleTV again.

  5. Re:White males can't be discriminated on American IT Workers Increasingly Alleging Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Religion too. If they don't hire you because you are a Christian (is Christian still 50%+ in America?), it's still discrimination.

  6. Radical Atheist Targets Christians on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    I just wanted to point out that this was a case of a radical Atheist targeting Christians specifically. I point this out because Atheists are fond of saying that only "religious nut-jobs" go around killing people, but in reality every group has a crazy person.

    http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/oregon-gunman-singled-out-christians-during-rampage/

  7. Re:So? on How Someone Acquired the Google.com Domain Name For a Single Minute · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ever been to http://nissan.com/?

  8. Re: hey, CBS doesn't promote Fox, either on Amazon To Cease Sale of Apple TV and Chromecast · · Score: 1

    I disagree. I have actually seen ads for one chain of networks on another chain of networks. If they pay enough, they will take the ad.

  9. Re:apple pay and paypal versus samsung pay on Will 'Chip and Pin' Credit Card Technology Really Increase Security? (Video) · · Score: 2

    CVS told me they have to do it for HIPAA reasons in their pharmacy.

  10. Re:Non-issue - back to work on Nerves Rattled By Highly Suspicious Windows Update Delivered Worldwide · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Or Microsoft covering for a government install that was caught.

  11. Re:Doors on Tesla Unveils the Model X · · Score: 1

    Exactly. You have 2 trunks in a Tesla.

  12. Re:So when are they making something we can AFFORD on Tesla Unveils the Model X · · Score: 1

    Mercedes just did that with the CLA. And I bought one.

  13. Re:Misleading Summary on Carly Fiorina: I Supplied HP Servers For NSA Snooping · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You watch too much TV.

  14. Re:Big Surprise on Carly Fiorina: I Supplied HP Servers For NSA Snooping · · Score: 1, Funny

    NSA: I need to look at anyone's email I want without a warrant.

    Obama: What? Absolutely not, that's a huge invasion of privacy I was elected to stop!!

    NSA: We have irrefutable proof that you were born in Kenya, not Hawai'i.

    Obama: Snoop away!

  15. Re:Big Surprise on Carly Fiorina: I Supplied HP Servers For NSA Snooping · · Score: 1

    I have come to believe this as well.

  16. Re:In my school, *all* the smart kids were overloo on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 1

    We had MGM (which was great and obviously created by intelligent people) and GATE (which was horrible and manipulative, herding around smart kids like cattle to improve test scores at the worst high schools). Guess which one still exists?

  17. Re:Hated it too. 35 years, STILL surrounded by mor on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 1

    It IS Slashdot. Do you think idiots would find Slashdot interesting?

  18. Re:Flipped Classrooms on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My daughter's current Geometry teacher thinks "flipped" classroom is great. His definition:

    • First 25 minutes, help kids with last night's homework.
    • Next 10 minutes, rush through prewritten lesson on board and scream, "Get it?! Any questions?!" in a way that nobody would dare ask a question.
    • Next 25 minutes, help kids with tonight's homework. Neglect to get to all of them because there isn't time.

    My daughter is teaching herself Geometry because she's "smart" and "doesn't need help" so she can never get his attention. So I end up teaching her Geometry at night because he's the worst teacher she's ever had.

  19. Re:Flipped Classrooms on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 2

    And then you get a C because Dumb and Dumber didn't do any work at all.

  20. Re:Flipped Classrooms on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 1

    Exactly. I have never regretted an honest one-sentence answer to "How are you?" It allows me to offer sympathy or empathy without tons of time. Knowing someone understands or cares helps. The problem is the 20-minute answer where you unload every problem you've had for the last 5 years. I don't have time for that.

  21. Re: Social media on When Schools Overlook Introverts · · Score: 0

    Real friends turn you in for murder. Sorry, I'm not letting you destroy more lives no matter how good of a "friend" you are.

  22. Re:Any ideas about Microsoft management? on How To Clean the Cruft Left By a Windows 10 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Funny. PrivacyBadger seems to be blocking those Google domains for me automatically...

  23. Re:Cleaning cruft isn't the answer... on How To Clean the Cruft Left By a Windows 10 Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Except when they don't. I upgraded all my machines from 7 to 10 and all of them run faster and better with no problems.

    If you understood how the Windows 10 upgrade actually works, you would see that this is already what they do during the upgrade.

  24. Re:Easiest way to do this. on How To Clean the Cruft Left By a Windows 10 Upgrade · · Score: 2

    Make your kids guest users. Then they can't install any programs without asking you.

  25. Building one vehicle worldwide would be a huge cost savings to the automakers. They should negotiate and reach a compromise. Oh, wait, that's probably what they are doing right now.