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  1. Investigative Journalism? on News Content As a Resource, Not a Final Product · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If news is always a resource, and we expect to get it for free now that the distribution method is relatively free, how will we, as a community, pay for investigative journalism? Surely we can agree that news is significantly more valuable when there is someone who makes the effort to dig it up rather than waiting for it to land on their desks. I am willing to allow all the news about Brad and Angelina to be left to bloggers who just do it for kicks, but what about covered up scandals and government conspiracies (ie- NSA Wiretapping Program, Secret CIA Prisons, Torture)? I would really rather have some competing news outlets paying people to investigate things like that.

  2. What? No Pie Charts? on How GNOME and KDE Spend Their Money · · Score: 2, Funny

    TFA has no charts or graphics. Is this why the summery has no real info beyond the link?

  3. Outrage! on EA Comes Under Fire for Shady PR Stunts · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why, its horrible that they are sending out money, and hot babes, and... wait, where can I sign up?

  4. Re:Viruses don't live on Creating a Quantum Superposition of Living Things · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Parent is correct: Biological viruses are like complex SQL injections that cause the host software to send out copies of the injection code. However, they are not executable on their own.

  5. Re:None at all. on Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · · Score: 1

    Absolutely. Its not like I missed a / in a tag somewhere.

  6. None at all. on Apple Rejects Nine Inch Nails iPhone App · · Score: 1

    "If Nine Inch Nails is having problems with censorship and approval what kind of problems are you having with the iPhone app approval process?"

    None at all.

    Why? Because I don't develop for the iPhone. Because I don't have an iPhone. I *think* OP is trying to troll, or start a debate, or seem insightful. Or something.

    Also: a twitter entry does not, by itself, constitute a TFA

  7. Well, I guess this proves it. on US Military Issuing iPod Touches To Soldiers · · Score: 1

    Apple is evil after all.

    I wonder if you can get these apps from the appstore?

  8. One Day... on Exploring the Current State of Beta Testing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One Day, Beta Testing will be out of Beta.

  9. In next weeks news.... on Sophisticated Balloons Could Help Steer Spacecraft · · Score: 3, Funny

    North Korea is developing long range "Communications Darts". These are not in any way intended for use as weapons.

  10. Twitter on Organized Online, Students Storm Gov't. Buildings In Moldova · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tomorrows CNN: "According to Twits from the Moldovian front...."

    Maybe after this, twitting will sound a little less stupid.

    Maybe.

  11. Re:Critical of officials? on Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department · · Score: 1

    And seizing of communications equipment when people are using it to document the action of police.

  12. Critical of officials? on Phoenix Police Seize PCs of a Blogger Critical of the Department · · Score: 1

    Phoenix? Minneapolis? It looks like its really all the same.

  13. Re:Hackers. on Gmail Marks Five Years In Beta · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is from Jurassic Park. I know this!

  14. Monolith on Jupiter's Great Red Spot Is Shrinking · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a related story, NASA has announced the first manned mission to Jupiter, the purpose of which is to examine a large rectangular black object sitting in synchronous orbit above the storm.

  15. Re:Cat & Mouse. on Hulu Munging HTML With JS To Protect Content · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is modded as funny, but it is rather insightful. The people who make business decisions (or what they think are business decisions) don't necessarily understand the things they are messing with. In this case, they obfuscate because they are worried about people pirating content.

    Honestly? Hulu is a great service (if you live in the US) but its not a high priority target for piracy. Why go to the effort of ripping a stream with ads in it when the torrent is already out?

  16. But ..... on Rackable Buying SGI Assets For $25M? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .....does it run linux?

    In all seriousness, what are the implications of this?

  17. Right! on New Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because US government officials ALWAYS make good technical decisions. Because the placement of officials is NEVER based on politics rather than skill.

    Maybe we could legislate some openness instead.

  18. Re:NEWS: Slashdot gets Federal Content Bailout on Microsoft Asks Fed For Bailout · · Score: 1

    When asked to justify his Moderation Bonus, kdawdson stated to congress "You see, the internet isn't just a series of tubes that you can climb over. Its more like a car: Its going really fast, no one wants to fill the tank, and no one pays attention to the hood until there is a flame war."
    Congressman Don Young of Alaska was heard to reply "The wheels on the internet go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the internet go round and round all night long."

  19. NEWS: Slashdot gets Federal Content Bailout on Microsoft Asks Fed For Bailout · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a press release on Wednesday, Mr. Taco, the head of the online news site Slashdot, announced that the website had run out of stories.

    In a twitter based inquiry to take place tomorrow. congressmen are expected to ask Mr. Taco if he drove his own Internets to Washington DC.

    An anonymous source within the White House quoted President Obama as saying that "Things are tough. They may have to make do with LOLcats for a while."

  20. Re:Mom was right. on Instant Messaging Vulnerable To New Smiley Attacks · · Score: 2, Funny

    So is herpes. A coincidence? I think not.

  21. SO... on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    Do I get an Achievement for this?

  22. Hold on, I'm expecting a fax.... on Ladies and Gentlemen, the Electronic Toilet · · Score: 1

    Seriously, are we THAT dependent? I mean, no offense, but I dont feel a need to have a remote control to wipe my ass. There is really no need. Now, I am not saying tech has no place in the bathroom, I would love a waterproof laptop so I could access /. while in the bath. But really. Soon they will have a fad of how many features your toleit has. Will the seat vibrate when I get a IM? Will It warm up when I get a phone call?

  23. Re:It's a start on Ever-Happy Mouse Sheds Light on Depression · · Score: 1

    The experiment was on MICE, not Emus OR Goats. But seriusly, have you read Brave New World? Who wants some Soma?

  24. Re:Inaccurate blurb. on Visualizing Ethernet Speed · · Score: 1

    It's worse than that! "In the blink of an eye, you can transfer" I can't see when I am blinking!

  25. So... Logically on Visualizing Ethernet Speed · · Score: 2, Funny

    My eithernet is the same speed as my eyes. My eyes can see my eithernet. My Eyes can see a duck. Therefor, if my eithernet weighs the same as a duck, its a witch!