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  1. Re:When will people finally realize on Google Accused of Racketeering. Lawsuit Claims 'Pattern' Of Trade Secret Thefts (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a company not to be fucking trusted. I'm so done with Google - moved to Bing, Firefox, and any other replacement I can find.

    Your first mistake was ever trusting anyone with the last name, "Inc."

    Don't believe - not for a minute - that there is any corporation on earth that can be trusted. Late-stage capitalism requires evilness. It's simply part of their equation and should be part of yours.

  2. Re: Personal phone, wasn't used often on White House Chief of Staff's Phone Was Reportedly Hacked Months Ago (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just curious - do you dream about Trump? Maybe you should send him a love poem.

    Listen, I'm contractually obligated to post between 5 and 10 "Look at what an idiot Trump is" Slashdot comments per day or I don't get my check from George Soros. A brother has to make a living, you know?

    On the plus side, it's the easiest money I've ever made.

  3. Re:Personal phone, wasn't used often on White House Chief of Staff's Phone Was Reportedly Hacked Months Ago (reuters.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The President will be flying to Puerto Rico tomorrow to view the devastation, ...

    Nope: Here are Trump comments from the same day.
    1) He said "two hurricanes" hit Puerto Rico - FALSE
    2) He said Maria was a "Category 5 hurricane" - FALSE
    3) He said there were winds "over 200mph" - FALSE

    And, he didn't get anywhere near the "devastation".

    Oh, and he also didn't know the difference between the Coast Guard and the US Air Force.

    TRUMP: Thank you very much. I don't have to mention the Marines. Where is Gen. Kelly? Boy, is he watching. Gen. Kelly is a four-star. Not a bad general. You don't get any better than Gen. Kelly. On behalf of the Marines, they have done some job, general. Can we also mention Army and can we also mention some people that I really got to know and respect even more in Texas, and that's the Coast Guard. What a job the Coast Guard has done throughout this thing. What a job the Coast Guard has done throughout this whole — [inaudible] They would go right into the middle of it. I want to thank the Coast Guard.

    They are special people. A lot of people got to see the real Coast Guard in this trouble. In Texas was incredible for what they did. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. We would like to say something on behalf of your men and women.

    UNIDENTIFIED: I'm representing the Air Force.

    TRUMP: I know that.

  4. Re:Personal phone, wasn't used often on White House Chief of Staff's Phone Was Reportedly Hacked Months Ago (reuters.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "A White House spokesman said..."

    Really? Shall we go down the list of other things "a White House spokesman said"?

    1) President Trump has full confidence in James Comey
    2) President Trump has full confidence in General Michael Flynn
    2a) President Trump has full confidence in Sean Spicer
    3) President Trump has full confidence in Reince Priebus
    4) President Trump has full confidence in Steve Bannon
    5) President Trump has full confidence in Secretary Tom Price
    6) President Trump has never spoken to Russians
    7) President Trump was not planning to build a hotel in Moscow
    8) Frederick Douglass is doing a great job
    9) President Trump is the only thing separating the United States from chaos (this one just today)
    10) President Trump is not golfing, he's taking meetings (before the photos of him golfing leaked out)

    Shall I go on?

    You really want to come here and use something a "White House spokesman said" and pretend it is evidence of anything other than the opposite of the truth? Seriously. Before you quote a "White House spokesman" as evidence, maybe you should give us a date in the past eight months when a "White House spokesman" has not told a lie. Seriously. just one date - one - where there was not a lie from the White House, and I will rule your absurd claim as admissible.

  5. sorry, couldn't help myself on Facebook Removed References To Russia From Fake-News Report (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, references remove you.

  6. Re:Or you could just... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I keep seeing this. And yet, millions of people with guns have never killed or threatened to kill people.

    And what percentage of mass murderers in the US were gun owners?

    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

  7. Re:Or you could just... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Guns are also used for target shooting and hunting, but the most honorable use is killing tyrants.

    When was the last time guns were used in the US for "killing tyrants"?

  8. Re:Holy crap... on RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    I am old. I remember ICQ and all the rest, too. Fuck, now I need some 18 year old scotch to help me forget.

    At your age, you probably shouldn't be drinking.

  9. Re: AIM still exists?? on RIP AIM: AOL Instant Messenger Dies in December (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0

    I put a bump stock on my fleshlight. You can take it away when you wrest it from my cold, dead hands.

  10. One for every occasion on US Jobs Dropped By 33,000 In September, Likely Due To Storms (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Let's get in the wayback machine and go back to May 4, 2012.

    https://twitter.com/realDonald...

    You will notice that in this tweet, Donald Trump is complaining about a labor force participation rate of 64.3%, and that there should be 300,000 new jobs per month.

    Last month, the labor force participation rate was 63.1% and the economy lost 33,000 jobs.

    Before you say, "but, hurricanes!", let me remind you that before last month, there were 83 consecutive months of job growth in the US. The longest uninterrupted period in US history. There was a little storm called "Sandy" that hit the Northeast in October of 2012...and we still had job growth. The labor participation rate was higher then, too.

  11. Re:Storms? on US Jobs Dropped By 33,000 In September, Likely Due To Storms (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Yet the actual scientists who study hurricanes and forecasted last year that this years hurricanes would be worse than recent norms say it the warming is caused by El Nino not global warming.

    You better check that again. Wrong ocean.

  12. Yay! on Three-Quarters of All Honey On Earth Has Pesticides In It (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear pesticides are rich in antioxidants.

  13. Re:Saw one of these the other day! on Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service To Rival FedEx, UPS (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they been doing this for a while now. I've had deliveries by Amazon drivers in both Houston and here on California's Central Coast. They're much nicer than the FedEX drivers, too. The Amazon guys will give you a call or text or follow simple written instructions about where to deliver my stuff. FedEX just throws it on the front porch.

  14. Re:Or you could just... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Sometimes to save lives and liberty

    Are you saying that occasionally the tree of liberty has to be watered with the blood of hundreds of civilians at a country music concert?

  15. Re:Or you could just... on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    and semi's, trucks, airplanes, pressure cookers.. there's plenty of ways to kill people.

    See, the difference is that those things you mention have uses beyond killing people or the threat of killing people.

  16. Re:For one simple reason... on Nearly 4 Million People In US Still Subscribe To Netflix DVDs By Mail (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Same here. I like the big back catalog, foreign films, animation, etc, many of which are not available via streaming.

  17. Slow down, scientists on Scientists Race To Create Synthetic Blood in the Wake of Mass Tragedies (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure I see how racing is going to help them create synthetic blood. Shouldn't they be doing research instead?

  18. minority opinion on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is still great. Happy birthday, and congratulations on finally implementing unicode.

  19. Re:Change the law, make it about money on US Congress Investigates Patent 'Gifts' That Evade Inter Partes Review (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Of course, once we have a taste for blood like that; its only a matter of days before we apply the same rules to other perceived injustices, and bad-think according to the people in power.

    Nah. The funny thing about "slippery slopes" is that they almost never happen. The whole idea of the slippery slope is a canard that's been propagated by people in power to make people afraid of changing the status quo.

    I'm just saying, we should start treating some criminal CEOs the way a black man at a traffic stop is treated. Watch how fast things change.

  20. Re:Change the law, make it about money on US Congress Investigates Patent 'Gifts' That Evade Inter Partes Review (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Allow unlimited patents.

    No. Absolutely not.

    A more elegant solution would be to make an example of any CEO whose company has abused patent or tax law. It would be bloody for a while, but you'd be surprised how fast the rest will fall in line.

  21. Who is going to win the Peace Prize this year? I'm voting for BeauHD

    Whoever wins the Nobel Peace Prize this year, I can guarantee that it won't be the one guy you think should win the Nobel Peace Prize. Anyway, he's busy tossing store-brand paper towels to people who've been through a hurricane and couldn't make it to the ceremony.

  22. I could see where this could be useful. Just last week, I went to the Thai massage parlor and the girl asked me if I wanted "the works". When I said yes, they gave me a mop and bucket and told me to start in the lobby.

  23. Re:What happens in 15-20 years? on Dawn of Solar Age Declared as PV Beats All Other Forms of Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Producing energy since September 1969,

    Nuclear plants are magical. Hell, Fukushima's been closed since 2011 and it's still producing energy in the form of radiation.

    http://www.pnas.org/content/ea...

  24. What if my preferred breakfast is glazed donuts?

    You need some protein with that. I recommend a boilermaker with a pickled egg on the side.

  25. Re:Serious question on Missouri Considers Hyperloop Route Between St. Louis and Kansas City (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There's a nice Amtrak train that goes from STL to KC. You can get work done, or relax during the ride and be fresh for your "business" in the other city. Costs $30, which is less than the gas to make the drive.

    There will never be a Hyperloop from STL to KC. They can't even afford to educate kids in Missouri, how they going to build a Hyperloop?