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  1. yup, and antifa ARE the fascists

    Only a fascist would believe that.

  2. Escalating is dangerous. Antifa made a big mistake.

    I hate to spoil the movie for you, but the fascists always lose.

  3. Re:real world on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 5, Funny

    DUP, you fat idiot.

    So, it's the Judean People's Front and not the People's Front of Judea?

    Got it.

  4. circular file on No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? (lifehacker.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    First, you can head here to leave your public comment and if you're getting these voicemails, you can file a complaint with the FCC here.

    It's adorable that you think a complaint to Trump's FCC is going to have any effect.

  5. Re:real world on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the same way you rarely find European politicians who proudly lead religious ceremonies to win support and try to argue that gay marriage is an existential threat to civilisation, because that's just not going to go down here.

    You may have heard of the UDP. They're forming a coalition with the Tories as we speak.

  6. Re:real world on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    Theresa May is a typical (though extremist) European Christian "Democrat"

    "Tories are Democrats!"

  7. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There's even a website

    There's also a website that says the Earth is 6000 years old.

    http://creation.com/

    The buildings on the site you linked to are all quite beautiful. One is even a Corbusier

    Here's what brutalism looks like:

    http://www.houstonpress.com/ne...

  8. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Ugly raw concrete blocks; a variant of modernism. Explicitly designed not to appeal to human comfort or scale.

    If you want to see brutalist architecture in the US, you have to go to Houston. You won't see brutalism in Chicago or any of the civilized cities.

  9. the second regular folks brought it and they ran like frenchmen.

    Regular folks...

    https://www.portlandoregon.gov...

  10. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Um... you do realize Democratic party as we know it only came into existence in the 1850's?

    Actually, it was 1828. And the Democratic Party is the oldest voter-based political party in the world.

    And the Republican Party as we know it didn't come into existence until 1858 (I would say 1960 is more like it), so you don't get to pretend that they had anything to do with the White House, The US Capital Building, or the Rotunda at UofV.

    Central Park in NYC was built just before the Civil War. I dunno what the political makeup of NYC at that time was, but since NY was a free state I would tend to think they were Republican

    And you would be completely wrong. The mayor of New York when Central Park was built was Fernando Wood, a Democrat.

    Griffith Park in LA was built in the 1890's, most likely not by Democrats

    Wrong again. The land for Griffith Park was donated in the 1890s, but the iconic buildings (Greek Theater, Griffith Observatory, etc) were built during the term of Mayor John C. Porter, a Democrat.

    But I'll give you a chance to keep playing: Can you name three iconic, beautiful, human-scale urban buildings that were built by Republicans?

  11. When are Berkeley Antifa being charged?

    Did Antifa kill someone in Berkeley?

  12. So a state can take away the death penalty for murder, and there's no death penalty for murder. But if someone murders for RACISM, then the feds can come in overrule the state?

    First of all, Kansas has the death penalty.

    Second, if you don't like the Feds prosecuting this as a capital case, you need to talk to the Trump Justice Department. They're the ones who brought the case.

    That's a little bit odd, right?

    Why don't you tell us what you find "odd" about it?

  13. Re:Objectionable Content? on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I think that trademarks need to be revisited. Its too much art to be denied the public domain.

    So, you believe that after a certain amount of time, Apple's trademark should be free for use by any computer manufacturer?

  14. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    If you want "to live in a city with beautiful, functional buildings that respect human scale, that has sidewalks and bike lanes and parks and a nice chunk of water with public access" pick a small-to-mid-size, sleepy American town.

    It sounds like your argument is that if you want to live in a beautiful city, don't live in a city.

    You've never been to Chicago, have you? And do you even know what "brutalist architecture" is, or did you see the word "brutal" in it and assume it was brutal?

    I can believe you vote Republican. I assume you believe the buildings with your current President's name splashed on them are examples of beautiful architecture.

  15. Re:Objectionable Content? on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Copyright is NOT supposed to be used to remove works from the public. It is exactly opposite of its express purpose, to feed the Public Domain.

    When Pepe become public domain, then it can be used for an app. But beware, there is also trademark involved. Trademarks do not become public domain.

  16. Re:Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    But please be aware that some of the nicest and most iconic features in our major cities were built decades or centuries ago when the cities weren't completely saturated with Democrat voters.

    Give three examples, please.

  17. Re:Objectionable Content? on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't understand the difference between copyright and trademark, or you're playing stupid to make a point.

    Pepe is covered by both copyright and trademark. The first is automatic and requires no application and the second requires an application.

    Either one is enough to prevent anyone from using Pepe in an app without permission.

  18. Beauty is good. Function is good. on The Hidden Ways That Architecture Affects How You Feel (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're going to live in a city, find one with beautiful, functional buildings that respect human scale, that has sidewalks and bike lanes and parks and a nice chunk of water with public access.

    This probably means you'll have to live in a city run by Democrats, but you'll adjust.

  19. Re:Misread on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    I first read this as peepee banned.

    Except in Russian hotels.

  20. Re:Objectionable Content? on Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a cartoon frog, for chrissake.

    It's a cartoon frog whose copyright is owned by its creator. If he doesn't want it used in an app, it doesn't get used.

  21. Re:Best Documentaries on What Are Some Documentaries and TV Shows That You Recommend To Others? · · Score: 1

    It is publicly available and has been since 1991.

    I first saw it in 1981. It was still banned at the time.

  22. Re:Not so fast on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 1

    I think he was going even deeper in that you can specify a viola plays this set of notes, that creates a different set of harmonics than a cello, saxophone, or tuba. By simulating the viola you can compress the sound down to a small set of notes rather than a sound byte that includes all the harmonics. The harmonics are still there, but they are hidden inside the simulator, which would be why the Sloot compression engine was so large. It was an orchestra of different instruments for both sound an picture, that could be given simple instructions that created great complexity.

    Even better, thanks.

  23. It's not often that you admit that your whole purpose in life is to promulgate shitstains.

    I was not a Trump supporter.

  24. Re:Not so fast on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your View On Sloot Compression? (youtube.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep, an entire orchestra can play of a few pages of dead wood. Voila problem solved.

    Sheet music as a form of compressed script is a very lovely image. Repeat signs, first and second endings, D.C. al fine are all ways to put more music on fewer pages. I have to give it to you, that's nice, and I plan to use it.

  25. Surely we don't need pilots.

    And don't call me Shirley.