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  1. Re:What? Why discriminate? on 'We the People' Petition To Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status · · Score: 1

    Reformed Jedi-ism watches IV-VI,II, III, and the Clone Wars series. Orthodox Jedi-ism watches laserdisc or VHS IV, only. Gnostic Jedi-ism watches only the Star Wars Christmas Special as a way to know the mind of Lucas. The movies are irrelevant to a Gnostic Jedi.

  2. Re:Zoloft is a 1000 times worse on Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    There is money in cheap things if they can be made cheaply enough and sold in high enough volume (having an advocate helps there).

  3. Re:7 people who hold the keys to the internet on U.S. Gov't Grapples With Clash Between Privacy, Security · · Score: 1

    I smell a summer blockbuster action movie!

  4. Re: Must example set of him on Florida Teen Charged With Felony Hacking For Changing Desktop Wallpaper · · Score: 1

    Note the summary says "teachers' last names", so even worse, these might be the default passwords assigned to them by the sysadmin.

  5. Re:Strictly speaking... on The Last Time Oceans Got This Acidic This Fast, 96% of Marine Life Went Extinct · · Score: 1

    blathering about how irresponsible we are in the developed world when we flush the toilet after every use instead of once a day.

    Thrice every use for low-flow toilets. Also, I've taken to pre-hand-washing some of my clothes since the "high efficiency" washing machine doesn't agitate properly, so I use more water than a standard washing machine in the process.

  6. Re:So. on Apple Leaves Chinese CNNIC Root In OS X and iOS Trusted Stores · · Score: 1

    How do I remove this CA from my macbook?

    You can remove the Macbook from California, but you can never remove the California from the Macbook.

  7. Re:hmmm...apostrophe in the middle attack.... on Mozilla Rolls Back Firefox 37's Opportunistic Encryption Over Security Issue · · Score: 1

    hmmm.... ... it's means it is....

    "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." -Clinton

  8. Re: I do not understand on Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet" · · Score: 1

    Next you'll be telling me that Pluto isn't a planet. I go by what I was taught: Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, Antarctica. Going by connected landmasses, and ignoring artificial separators like Panama and Suez canals, it should be four: America, Eurafriaisa, Australia, and Antarctica. But Australia the nation still uses the name for Australia the continent. Doesn't get my blood boiling.

  9. Re: I do not understand on Sen. Feinstein Says Anarchist Cookbook Should Be "Removed From the Internet" · · Score: 1

    There is no continent named "America". Americans are North American. Central Americans are North American. South Americans are South American. All of these people are from the Americas, but not America. To answer your question: Australia. Even the European Union works better for your example, despite not being a nation.

  10. Re:bah on Ask Slashdot: What Makes a Good Work Environment For Developers and IT? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Give me an office with a door, and coworkers who understand that a closed door means "do not disturb unless it's an emergency". I can't count the number of times that someone has distracted me from thought experiments just to ask my progress on the task that I'm thinking about. Almost every developer or IT person would benefit from an office with a door, no matter how small or how far underground.

  11. Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? on TrueCrypt Audit: No NSA Backdoors · · Score: 1

    To loop the onion bagel, you'll need four dimensions. So, want time travel? Throw more auditors at the problem.

  12. Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? on TrueCrypt Audit: No NSA Backdoors · · Score: 1

    You use a side loop to audit the first loop, etc. until you have a tube, then loop the tube. It'll be a torus like a donut or a bagel. To audit the audit-bagel, you'll need concentric layers of more audit-bagels like an onion. Mmmmm... Onion Bagel.

  13. Smarter isn't the same as knowledgeable on Google 'Makes People Think They Are Smarter Than They Are' · · Score: 1

    One involves the use of information, and the capacity to learn quickly, the other involves the recall of information. Einstein was smart. Billy Quizboy is knowledgeable. Search engines let everyone be Billy Quizboys. Applying that recalled knowledge correctly (especially in new ways) is what separates a smart Billy Quizboy from the pack.

  14. To see what happens... on NASA-ESA Project Will Shoot an Asteroid To See What Happens · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why am I imagining "hey, y'all, watch this!"?

  15. Re:The Job Title doesn't matter.... on IT Jobs With the Best (and Worst) ROI · · Score: 1

    "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
    This is a reason/excuse for pay reduction.
    "Those who can't teach, manage. Those who can't manage, administrate."
    And these two jobs have sudden pay raises over those who "can do"

  16. Mouse portions on What Makes the Perfect Gaming Mouse? · · Score: 1

    Mouse portions of energy drinks and doritos.

  17. Re:Bloody Hell! on Russian Official Proposes Road That Could Connect London To NYC · · Score: 1

    The cosmetics themselves, or from recycled cosmetic bottles filled with vodka?

  18. Re:it could have been an accident on Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident · · Score: 4, Funny

    its rare that a person feints while in a seated position, its far more common while standing.

    Only because it's hard to advance or retreat from a seated position. I bet there's an example in a Three Musketeers movie though. Allez!

  19. Re:It works both ways on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    Lake Geneva Convention. I'll let you google the rest (like why it's being held in Indianapolis Indiana, when Lake Geneva is in Wisconsin).

  20. Re:Sealed system on Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server In a Crawlspace? · · Score: 2

    What about one of the new fancy sealed and helium filled HDDs?

  21. You'll get bugs on Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server In a Crawlspace? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If it's warm and the crawl space isn't, it will draw bugs like the dickens. Maybe research those blue light LEDs and see if they really kill arthropods as well as they claim. Then you'll have mice. If the humidity doesn't kill the machine, all the mouse urine will.

  22. Re:Know what's worse? Cleartext. on Researchers Find Same RSA Encryption Key Used 28,000 Times · · Score: 1

    he pulled an app off a public website, got it running on my computer in minutes and before we were done with dinner he had my wifi password

    Presumably something you had recently typed and was in memory, had stored in a file, or had typed while the program was running. Your friend showed you a magic trick. "Look over here at my right hand while it does something awesome. Now look in my left hand to see what my right hand did!" It was his left hand all along.

  23. Re:America, the Police State. on How Police Fight To Keep Use of Stingrays Secret · · Score: 0

    This month we found out they lock people up in secret detention facilities in Chicago, in America, without booking them, no Miranda rights, no access to a lawyer, such that no one but the police even knows where these people disappear to for days or weeks on end. This isn't Gitmo, this is happening in the USA.

    You've been modded up to 3 at this point, but I really need a citation on this one. I'm lazy in my news gathering, and I've not heard of this at all.

  24. Re: Whey your son* demands* a conversation with Ba on "Hello Barbie" Listens To Children Via Cloud · · Score: 1

    Or, maybe, the child could have a conversation with her toy and use her imagination to have the toy reply. Why does everything need to be preset and electronically prepared for our kids so that they don't need to use their imaginations to play?

    IMAGINATION BAD!
    If children learned to use their imaginations, then they will be adults with imaginations and won't be as easily swayed to do our bidding.

  25. Re: End copyright and all kinds of IP protection t on $7.4 Million Blurred Lines Verdict Likely To Alter Music Business · · Score: 1

    That sounds like you're trying to steal bread from the mouths of lawyers' children.