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  1. Re:Yay! Democrats! on Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-mail Without Warrants · · Score: 1

    Last I remember, it was a Republic[an] President

    Welcome to the Woooorld of Tomorrooow!

    P.S. What type of mattress do you use, Mr. Van Winkle?

  2. Re:A little bit of history repeating... on Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-mail Without Warrants · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The first step was the destruction of history classes. Anyone under 30 doesn't understand why losing little freedoms is so dangerous.

  3. Re:Reality on Senate Bill Rewrite Lets Feds Read Your E-mail Without Warrants · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because it is non trivial to set up. People of average intelligence get confused with key exchanges, signing, etc.

  4. Re:Whose Data Is It? on One Musician's Demand From Pandora: Mandatory Analytics · · Score: 2

    Another question is what is the data? I don't listen to any satellite or internet radio stations so I could be wrong, but I suspect that in the case of internet radio you can get the number of feeds and their location but that's about it. Is there any listener data that can be collected by satellite? How can that data be used to help artists market themselves better?

    Users of Pandora sign up for the service, which allows them to create their own "stations" which are randomly generated groups of songs determined to be similar to the seed song or seed genre. For each individual song played, users can skip, thumbs up, or thumbs down (which also skips, but reduces the likelihood of replay). That's way more data than the old radio model with snail mail surveys.

  5. Microsoft outlook on Ask Slashdot: What Video Games Keep You From Using Linux? · · Score: 1

    Toughest game ever. We play it at work as a team building exercise. Can you make that work on Linux please?

  6. Re:So Sad on Young Students Hiding Academic Talent To Avoid Bullying · · Score: 1

    I thought "everyone wins!" these days in elementary school. Has that finally changed again?

  7. Re:How long does it take to get a cert? on Facebook Switching To HTTPS By Default · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They've had a cert (and an https only option) for years. They apparently finally have the computing power to make it default ( it's not free to encrypt every little transaction, and their pages auto update).

  8. Re:But how does it sound? on GIF Becomes Word of the Year 2012 · · Score: 1

    I suppose that makes answers to password security questions easier.

  9. Re:And also... on GIF Becomes Word of the Year 2012 · · Score: 2

    I don't think acronyms work like that, otherwise NASA and PETA would sound totally different than they are currently pronounced. (Nehsah instead of Nasah, Pehtah instead of peetah) Not to mention fubar (fuhbar?).

  10. Re:Sounds improbable on Dutch Cold Case Murder Solved After 8000 People Gave Their DNA · · Score: 1

    Because tourists can't buy lighters? There's something fishy about this fishing.

  11. Re:Interesting cultural bias issue on You Can't Say That On the Internet · · Score: 1

    Because about the only pictures of women that are universally acceptable would have everyone in burqas.

    And in cultures where burqas are the norm, any picture of the human form could be idolatry. On the other end of the scale, there's the (fictional) Ferrengi culture which would find burqas to be the pinnacle of obscenity.

  12. Re:I knew that on Reading and Calculating With Your Unconscious · · Score: 1

    Looks like someone has been using their unconscious mind to peruse /. Bravo.

  13. Re:The GOP is very divided. on GOP Study Committee Director Disowns Brief Attacking Current IP Law · · Score: 1

    Obama and Romney's foreign policy were so similar it sounded like the same person talking. Why the hell people voted for the man who not only continued, but extended, everything that made Bush suck eggs is a mystery. Obama deported more immigrants than Bush did in 8 years. He kills American citizens with drones, signs the NDAA, closes everything up tighter than a drum (way to go "open and transparent" government), and gets Ambassadors and ex-Seals killed in Libya because there's something more than a stupid fucking "video" at work here.Yet Obama ran on "we've got work to do... let me finish"... when he made it WORSE. Talk about irony.... (I'll get modded troll for this because I mentioned the drone attacks, and it appears people on Slashdot are against giving Constitutional protections to citizens if they agree with some nebulous terrorist organization. They're for legalizing pot, but not making sure individual liberty is protected... and constitutionally enumerated rights are not raped by the very government that is supposed to uphold the Constitution.... not rape it and piss on it.

    Due to the first and second amendment, if it's legitimate governmental rape, the country has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.

  14. Re:Analog watches make dandy detonation timers. on Man Arrested At Oakland Airport For Ornate Watch · · Score: 1

    And what do you need a timer for if you're planning on blowing yourself up, anyway? Set it for 120 seconds so you can announce your nefarious soliloquy giving 007 time to defuse or jettison the bomb?

  15. VisualEditor? on How Can Wikipedia's Visual Editor Top Other Word Processors? · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the long name for vi. Why don't they consider emacs?

  16. Re:And nothing of value was lost on Hostess To Close; No More Twinkies · · Score: 1

    FYI: Honey Boo Boo is on TV because she is unusual.

  17. Re:WTF!?!?!? on Hostess To Close; No More Twinkies · · Score: 1

    Because they actually go bad a few weeks after purchase.

  18. i.e. she spent a lot of money.

  19. Re:They waited this long because? on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Resources == salaries. Do you pay two IT guys or an engineer/scientist?

  20. But money has no value except for trade or capital. You can't eat it, you can't marry it, you can't swim in it. I suppose you could use paper money for insulation, but you'd be better off buying real insulation. They've got to spend it or lend it at some point.

  21. Re:Recording avialability on Salt Lake City Police To Wear Camera Glasses · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, you are stupid. You're ego just demands

    Priceless.

  22. Re:Samsung's accusations on Samsung Accuses Foreman Hogan of Misrepresentation · · Score: 2

    They also allege [arstechnica.com] that Hogan has an old grunge against Samsung

    He also smells like teen spirit.

  23. Re:If there was a Bad at Math Map... on Secession Petitions Flood White House Website · · Score: 1

    You just demonstrated why. Make it minorly annoying and few will bother.

  24. Re:Anybody remember that episode of South Park... on Little Miss Sunshine Screenwriter Gets Nod For Star Wars: Episode VII · · Score: 1

    Han Solo: "What are we doing here, Mr. Lucas?"
    "Happiest place on Earth, Han. You're about to make me very happy."
    Nameless Secretary: "George Lucas and Han Solo to see you sir."
    Robert Iger: "So, George, what are the ground rules here? I mean who goes first?"
    "Oh no, you go right ahead, Bob. I just like to watch now."
    Solo: "Wait, watch what?"

  25. Re:Mega Conz on Mega Finds New Home, Dotcom Says · · Score: 1

    Ha! He's reserving that for a Viagra spam business.