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  1. Re:How is this not win/win on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Their clear intent was to allow only the firearms of their day.

    That works for me. Everyone going into the Republican National Convention should be allowed to bring one 18th century naval cannon, specifically, a carronade with 18lb shot.

    It would be the most-watched political convention in history.

  2. Re: How is this not win/win on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's put natural selection back to work!

    There's nothing natural about this selection process.

  3. MRA on Unmanned Cargo Ship Reaches ISS On Resupply Mission (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The feminists have really gone too far now. They've even unmanned the space ship that resupplies the ISS.

  4. Re:How is this not win/win on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the right to bear arms is granted by God, I believe the attendees at the 2016 should definitely be allowed to carry any weapon of their choosing. Also, explosives and chemical and biological weapons.

  5. Re:How is this not win/win on 33,000 Sign Online Petition Promoting Guns At Republican Convention (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't see anyone claiming Hillary is literally going to be Hitler.

    No, they just call Hillary a "founding member of ISIS":

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/24/...

    And that, my friend, is someone who ran for the Republican nomination for president not very long ago.

  6. Re:Does it include the main features of Slashdot? on Messaging Giant Line Becomes a Phone Carrier in Japan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, Line won't support Slashdot, since being a Japanese service, it requires Unicode support.

  7. Re:We need more air. on FAA Predicts 7 Million Drones By 2020 (timeslive.co.za) · · Score: 1

    Well, if you registered yourself [federalregister.gov] like you were supposed to do then you clicked on a form that said you would not fly under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

    This is why I'm voting Trump 2016. He'll wipe out all these liberty-killing regulations so drunk drone-flying can be great again.

    However, if you were stupid enough to video your behavior and post it on social media

    You read my mind.

  8. Re:drones vs r/c helicopters on FAA Predicts 7 Million Drones By 2020 (timeslive.co.za) · · Score: 1

    Reminder drones don't have pilots

    Thanks for spoiling the fun, Dad.

  9. Re:My bucket list on FAA Predicts 7 Million Drones By 2020 (timeslive.co.za) · · Score: 1

    One of the things that's on my bucket list is to install an AI (when they become sufficiently advanced, maybe a few more years) into a drone and release it and see what it does.

    If Microsoft's recent experience with Tay is any indication, your drone will return to you within 24 hours, covered in swastikas and tweeting "Fuck me, daddy" and rap lyrics.

  10. Re:We need more air. on FAA Predicts 7 Million Drones By 2020 (timeslive.co.za) · · Score: 1

    Every drone pilet needs to supply his or her own air for their air space

    Serious question: If I'm drunk on my ass and flying my drone, am I breaking a law? I only ask because I've got a new drone, and I've been sipping slivovitz since about 2pm.

    Am I a danger to others?

  11. Re: Err... on Atari Vault Hits Steam, Play 100 Classic Games On PC (slashgear.com) · · Score: 0

    I tried to load up an old copy of Pong and my paddle had worn down so much it looked like Ryugyong Hotel.

    I have a similar problem from loading Pornhub.

  12. Re: W. VA Coal miners on India Aims To Become 100% Electric Vehicle Nation By 2030 (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    I sit in a cubicle for 40hrs/week, and supossedly excessive sitting is the new smoking.

    Or not.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

  13. Re:W. VA Coal miners on India Aims To Become 100% Electric Vehicle Nation By 2030 (ndtv.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyway, they should go and get retrained and get into a field that has a future. Riiiiggght?!

    At least a future that doesn't involve mesothelioma.

  14. Re:Podcasts aren't much of a future on Slashdot Asks: Should NPR Stop Promoting Its Own Podcasts and NPR One App On Air? (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    As in that about 98% of all radio stations are owned and operated by basically two for profit companies?

    It's not that high, but I get your point. Still, the remaining stations aren't going anywhere. Lots of Americans get in their cars for a few hours a day, and Sirius and streaming aren't really as popular as all that because people don't like to pay data rates or subscriptions to hear radio. In a lot of exurbia and rural US, the NPR station is the only real independent alternative, and they are the most listened to stations in those regions. Even in dark red states that would decry NPR's supposed liberal bias.

    Plus, local sports teams are all over the radio. In Chicago, one could hear the Sox, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks and local college teams for free on terrestrial radio. You can even hear Cubs games, though I'm not sure why you'd want to.

    Here in Hartford, I listened to a Wolf Pack game just last night. ESPN radio has been playing the entire NCAA tournament on terrestrial radio. That's a lot of programming and there is still great resistance to having it move over to subscription and streaming services.

    I definitely agree about the consolidation in the industry though. It's been terrible. But it will be a good long while before local FMs shut down, because they're still great ways to reach people. And of course, NPR is an important national resource.

  15. Re:Hillary and Bill also, so what's the point on Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I love your comment. At the same time you accuse Trump of being harsh to women, you point out that he is profoundly ugly, and suggest that his soul is just as ugly as his face.

    Well, I never claimed to have high character.

    Well, then how come he has had so many very good looking women in his life?

    Everybody has to make a living.

    Only fools are kind to women more than occasionally.

    You're alone, aren't you?

  16. Re:Not a sham, just not quite there. on Apple's Night Shift May Have Zero Effect On Sleep (macworld.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yep. f.lux is definitely a winner. And when I'm paying attention when the display changes from day to night, it reminds me that the sun has just set and allows me to pause for a second to note the passage. It reminds me that there are other things to do in life and not to lose track of time.

  17. Re:Speaking of whistleblowers on Former Bush Official Lawrence Wilkerson Says Snowden Has Done a 'Service' (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    I pray. I believe the Scriptures. For me to pursue public office, while leaning heavily on the appeal of my faith, while having skeletons such as this is just too much. I'm far from a perfect man, I battle with my sinful nature, but there are things that even I just won't abide. Either a man's faith determines his walk in this world or he is a fraud.

    I'm curious, does this mean you wouldn't vote for Ted Cruz if the allegations prove true?

    And would you even considering voting for a man of even lower character like Donald Trump, who admitted to committing adultery against his previous wife with his current wife? Who admitted lust for his own daughter?

    Or will you support the man that even nature itself endorses?

    http://www.politico.com/video/...

  18. Does Rowlett, Tx not have street signs?

    I'd be surprised if Rowlett, TX had indoor plumbing. They had street signs back in the '50s, but they been shot up so bad by drunk teenagers that they're no longer legible.

    On the plus side, I bet it's easy to get meth down there.

  19. Re:Speaking of whistleblowers on Former Bush Official Lawrence Wilkerson Says Snowden Has Done a 'Service' (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think politicians really care too much about the criminal justice system.

    You are correct, generally, but they tend to care a little more when they're in the process of running for office.

    Though really, in this year's GOP political climate, getting thrown in jail might actually make them more popular. It did wonders for 50-Cent and Adolph Hitler, after all. Maybe Ted Cruz is looking for a little street cred.

  20. Re:Boards Need To Be Torn Down on Starboard Launches Proxy Fight To Remove Entire Yahoo Board (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Of course, the US legal profession has a massive ethical conflict of interest with respect to recognizing the 9th Amendment, so nothing can come of this. The business world is unethical because the lawyers are unethical.

    'Cept all those lawyers are working for someone else. They're all being paid by someone else.

  21. Re:Speaking of whistleblowers on Former Bush Official Lawrence Wilkerson Says Snowden Has Done a 'Service' (salon.com) · · Score: 0

    So? That seems like a problem between Ted and Heidi.

    Except for the part about their donating half a million dollars to the Fiorina campaign as hush money. That's a problem between Ted and the criminal justice system.

    Read the story.

  22. Speaking of whistleblowers on Former Bush Official Lawrence Wilkerson Says Snowden Has Done a 'Service' (salon.com) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It sounds like Ted Cruz has had his whistle blown by at least five women not named, "Heidi".

    http://www.conservativeoutfitt...

    http://www.thepoliticalinsider...

    http://www.nationalenquirer.co...

  23. Re:Hillary and Bill also, so what's the point on Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, you've linked to Huffington Post and In These Times.

    Are you claiming that Trump didn't make the quotes in those articles?

  24. Re:Hillary and Bill also, so what's the point on Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Let's go with the assumption posited so frequently by the press that Donald Trump called women Bimbos and Pigs. He never said 'All women are bimbos and pigs'. He said 'Rosie O'Donnel is a pig' and 'Megyn Kelly is a bimbo'.

    Before he said any of those things, there was already a long list of ugly things he'd said about women.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

    People who speak in women this way have low character. They are nothing more than accessories to him. Hell, his wife gets her minks the same way minks get minks. It's all about appearance to him, and like everything else regarding Trump, that's shallow.

    Forget for a moment that Trump himself is a profoundly ugly person. He's orange, with a bad combover and a neck that looks like it's filled with 2 gallons of vanilla milkshake. As my sainted grandma used to say, "You can see his soul in his face".

    http://inthesetimes.com/images...

  25. Trump creeps me out a bit. I generally agree with him philosophically but I think his demeanor is a bit to harsh for the lilly livered pansies the american people have become. After this however, I will be hard for me to support anybody else.

    Because he posed for a picture with displaced workers?

    You might want to know that Trump has posed for a lot of pictures with a lot of different people. If you're gonna base your support on that, you might want to take a look:

    http://a.abcnews.go.com/images...