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  1. Re:Hold on just one second! on Dutch Utility Plans Massive Wind Farm Island In North Sea (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    How did they solve the Don Quixote problem? ;)

    Ooh, I know this one! By tilting the windmills, right?

  2. Some people have argued (especially most of the movie journalists) that the Midichlorian thing ruined the "Force" concept. They said that it took away the mystisism and the whole magic. This is not the case! These people and I'm sure most people in general didn't understand what the Midichlorians were all about. The magic and the mystic setting of the Force has not been diminished one bit. The whole issue has actually been brought to a more detailed level that makes us understand how the whole thing works. Lets continue...

    Dude, you need to get laid.

  3. Re:I'm looking for a good alternative to Slashdot. on How Climate Change Deniers Rise To the Top in Google Searches (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    I'm looking for a good alternative to Slashdot.

    Bye, Felicia. If you want, I'll write you a letter of recommendation.

  4. Re: Hah! I get it... on Trump's Website Is Coded With a Broken Server Error Message That Blames Obama (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Did you just pull that stat out your ass?

    No, he's exactly right about Donald Trump spending 1 in 4 days of his presidency on the golf course. As of the time I'm writing this, Donald Trump has been in office 343 days, 3 hours, and 59 minutes (not that I'm counting). During that time, he has golfed or visited a golf course (to eat in the club) 85 days. We know this because we have a comprehensive list of the presidential visits to golf courses. Notice that of the 85 golf course visits, all but one have been to Trump-branded properties, meaning he gets to wet his beak in some of the expense of that travel.

    http://trumpgolfcount.com/disp...

    Now, 85 goes into 343 approximately 4.035294117647059 times, which means that Trump has been to a golf course a little over 1 in 4 days, which makes him the golfingest president since William Howard Taft, who coincidentally was also a big, fat SOB.

    This is especially interesting considering Trump's many (23) promises during the campaign that "I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf,"

    https://www.salon.com/2017/12/...

  5. Re:Slashdot racists will be out in force on Russia Lost a $45 Million Satellite Because 'They Didn't Get the Coordinates Right' (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    These articles are probably what it's like to attend a KKK meeting if the KKK hated Russians.

    Except the KKK loves the Russians. It's the Jews, blacks and Catholics the KKK hates.

    But other than that, and the fact that it's completely wrong, it's a very good comparison.

    And we know something the KKK loves:

    http://fortune.com/2016/11/02/...

  6. And the rocket had some precious cargo on board: "18 smaller satellites belonging to scientific, research and commercial companies from Russia, Norway, Sweden, the U.S., Japan, Canada and Germany,"

    I'm wondering, if you pay Russia to launch a satellite for you and they fuck it up, do you get a refund? I hope those countries kept their receipts.

  7. Re:Sorry, not sorry on Apple Apologizes For iPhone Slowdown Drama, Will Offer $29 Battery Replacements (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Maybe Apple started slowing down phones with diminished batteries because they realized that their customers, on average, prefer a phone that lasts 20 hours with diminished performance

    So why not say that to customers? Why not make it a setting so customers can decide whether they want their phones slowed down? Why not make it a setting and give customers a choice? Remember, the fact that Apple was slowing down older devices was only revealed after an independent study proved it. That's what it took, to make Apple admit what they had done.

    One should always assume a corporation is complete corporate assholes until there is ample evidence to the contrary. If someone buys a product, the owner has something of a right to know when the company that made that product is remotely slowing down their device.

  8. Sorry, not sorry on Apple Apologizes For iPhone Slowdown Drama, Will Offer $29 Battery Replacements (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    These are my favorite types of corporate apologies:

    "We at Apple want to apologize to any of our snowflake consumers who misunderstood our intent to force them into our new models. We did not mean to offend these little pricks who expect our products to work more than a couple of years. Now send us some money and we'll totally fix the problem we created."

  9. Re:healthy on Leaving the House Linked To Longevity in Older Adults (yahoo.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I leave the house every day. I walk to the liquor store on the corner for pork rinds, flavored vodka, cigarettes and scratch-off tickets. I guess this study means I'll live forever.

  10. Re: What's with Slashdot's "nazi" obsession lately on Where Did WikiLeaks' $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go? (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as you don't count the Las Vegas shooting. Paddock had antifa related material in his room.

    His bump stocks all had Pepe stickers on them.

  11. Re:What's with Slashdot's "nazi" obsession lately? on Where Did WikiLeaks' $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go? (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 2

    The good news is that the imaginary armies of killer Nazis roaming your neighborhoods don't actually exist. The bad news is that violent leftist thugs actually do form groups specifically to go out and hurt people

    Americans killed by Nazis in 2017:

    Heather Heyer
    Taliesin Namkai Meche
    Ricky Best
    Richard Collins III
    Timothy Caughman
    Srinivas Kuchibhotla
    Buckley Kuhn-Fricker
    Scott Fricker

    Americans killed by anti-fascists: 0

  12. Re:What's with Slashdot's "nazi" obsession lately? on Where Did WikiLeaks' $25 Million Bitcoin Fortune Go? (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Between this submission and this other submission [slashdot.org] that's currently on the front page, the word "nazi" appears 8 times!

    Do you know how many times "linux" appears on the front page right now? Zero!

    That's because linux users aren't as likely to kill anyone, and they're much less fun to punch.

    Also, Windows Vista is the nazi's OS of choice.

  13. Re: This is getting ridiculous on FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    Is that a microaggression?

    In this context, "micro" aggression is quite appropriate.

  14. Re: This is getting ridiculous on FBI Software For Analyzing Fingerprints Contains Russian-Made Code, Whistleblowers Say (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 0

    and I have a trans friend, so I am not a biggie.

    I talked to your trans friend, and she confirms that you are not a biggie.

  15. The Last Man on Earth to Speak His Language on The Last Man on Earth To Speak His Language (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    And with his dying breath, he whispered one word..."covfefe".

  16. Re:"Hello, ladies..." on If Dogs Can Smell Cancer, Why Don't They Screen People? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe my dog's just providing free ass cancer-screening services to every dog in the dog park. Yeah, I like that idea better.

  17. "Hello, ladies..." on If Dogs Can Smell Cancer, Why Don't They Screen People? (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If dogs are cancer-smelling machines, then every single dog in my local dog park must have cancer of the ass.

  18. Re:A good thing on The Last Man on Earth To Speak His Language (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    You know why they speak Spanish in most of South America right?

    Yeah, everybody knows why they speak Spanish in most of South America. It's because the Spanish brutalized most of the continent for the better part of three centuries.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    http://www.mesacc.edu/~thoqh49...

  19. Re:Said... on Obama Warns Against Irresponsible Social Media Use (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    ...One of the most divisive Presidents in US history famous for his identity politics and class-warfare and attacks on political/ideological opponents using agencies of the Federal government like the IRS.

    And still the most admired man in the US.

    http://news.gallup.com/poll/22...

  20. It depends on which nuclear reactor you're standing next to.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  21. Re:Oh, stop on Net Neutrality Complaints Rise Amid FCC Repeal (axios.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Cable, Dish, DSL.

    Only 9% of Americans have three or more choices for broadband. So, statistically speaking, you're probably lying.

    https://arstechnica.com/inform...

  22. Re:Oh, stop on Net Neutrality Complaints Rise Amid FCC Repeal (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    but I do have 3-4 local broadband options

    Name them.

  23. Re:Oh, stop on Net Neutrality Complaints Rise Amid FCC Repeal (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What did Net Neutrality have to do with broadband competition?

    https://www.wired.com/story/he...

  24. Oh, stop on Net Neutrality Complaints Rise Amid FCC Repeal (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll take what internet Comcast gives you, and you'll like it. Don't pretend you have a voice (or a choice) in these matters.

  25. Re:Yes, but that's not the issue. on The Majority of Americans Prefer To Be Greeted With 'Merry Christmas' Over 'Happy Holidays', a Poll Finds · · Score: 1

    Jews killed Jesus

    It was Jew on Jew crime.