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  1. Re:There I fixed it for you... on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 2

    Or, alternatively, the author of the article has a similar ethical obligation that the readers reach the same conclusion as the author.

  2. Re:Bullshit. Pure. Simple. Bullshit. on How Responsible Are App Developers For Decisions Their Users Make? · · Score: 1

    But if it doesn't work, everyone can go down a bunch of rabbit holes and it takes years to figure out that they've been chasing the wrong approaches all along.

    1. Come up with a thousand approaches to a problem
    2. Crowdsource incorrect approaches
    3. Simultaneously discover 999 things that don't work
    4. Success!
  3. Re: Politicians on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 1

    Not sure if that's better or worse than coming down with Bieber fever.

  4. Re:Navy? Warships? on New Magnesium-Alloy Foam From NYU's Nikhil Gupta Floats On Water · · Score: 1

    Just curious, but: If you liked the grill, and did the homework, why didn't you just -- you know -- fix it? For free, even?

    And give up the opportunity to set the grill itself on fire and watch it burn even underwater?

  5. Re:Politicians on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 1

    Or maybe after genocidal leaders/serial killers/mass murderers. It's not like their reputation would suffer much more.

  6. Re: You are quoting losers, so yeah. on Psychologist: Porn and Video Game Addiction Are Leading To 'Masculinity Crisis' · · Score: 1

    Date an interesting woman, Get an interesting woman.

    Too much work. Can't I just clone an interesting woman?

  7. You could make it about you on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 1

    Thinking way outside the cubicle, one non STEM-based possibility is something where people value and pay for your personal presence or involvement in the product or service; e.g., the entertainment industry. Not sure how much this can provide by way of a livelihood, though.

  8. Re:Barber or Masseuse on Ask Slashdot: Moving To an Offshore-Proof Career? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or start your own theme park. With blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the park! Ahhh, screw the whole thing.

  9. Re:No thank you on Critics Say It's Time To Close La Guardia Airport · · Score: 0

    If you're Daddy Warbucks ... I can see why you might want La Guardia to freshen up its tophat stand and add a new monocle dispenser.

    You're thinking too exclusively -- it's not just for the 1%.

  10. LaGuardia or Manhattan? on Critics Say It's Time To Close La Guardia Airport · · Score: 1

    which has been likened to an experience "in a third world country," won't solve its fundamental problems. "It can't easily expand," says Haikalis. "Its two runways and four terminals are surrounded on three sides by water, making landing difficult and hazardous. Parking is a nightmare."

    So, perfectly suited to New York City itself?

  11. Two things I know about Moldova on 28-Year-Old Businessman Accused of Stealing $1 Billion From Moldova · · Score: 2
    1. They're a poor country.
    2. They're home to Simpals, a group of animation companies.
  12. For one brief shining moment ... on China Takes Its Already Strict Internet Regulations One Step Further · · Score: 1

    I misread 'Internet' as 'environmental'.

    We can dream, right?

  13. Re:The 30 and 40-somethings wrote the code... on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 2

    He said "Wow Dad, you had computers!".

    Well duh! How else would were you going to let them know you wanted extra stegosaurus meat on your pizza delivery, or email your friends when you wanted to get together to play stickball? Seriously, kids nowadays.

  14. Please think of the children! on My High School CS Homework Is the Centerfold · · Score: 1

    One could argue that this doesn't belong in any educational setting.

  15. Re:I had that picture in my course some years ago on My High School CS Homework Is the Centerfold · · Score: 1

    Michaelangelo's David has his cock out.

    A perfect substitute. "Ok, students, now that your architecture and design documents are complete, it's time to code out with ..."

  16. Re:Not properly dishonest on How One Tweet Wiped $8bn Off Twitter's Value · · Score: 1

    After-hours trading means they can take action on it that day (and typically do), nowadays.

  17. Ronald Reagan had the solution on How To Increase the Number of Female Engineers · · Score: 1

    In his great wisdom as a leader, he was able to solve a similarly tricky issue.

  18. Re:How you drive: on The Engineer's Lament -- Prioritizing Car Safety Issues · · Score: 4, Funny

    If someone has a BAC of 1.0, they're probably dead, so I'd be very surprised to see them driving...

    You must not have cable. It's a new spinoff, 'The Drunk Driving Dead'.

  19. Re:well then it's a bad contract on ESPN Sues Verizon To Stop New Sports-Free TV Bundles · · Score: 1

    You 'expressed' it yourself -- buy just one share of Planet Kajigger and you can complain during their shareholder meetings.

  20. Entirely unfair on Irish Legislator Proposes Law That Would Make Annoying People Online a Crime · · Score: 1

    This is discrimination, pure, simple, and fresh-squeezed.

  21. Trojan-like problems haunt Groupon on Groupon Refuses To Pay Security Expert Who Found Serious XSS Site Bugs · · Score: 1

    Apparently this isn't their only issue in attempting to prevent infections.

  22. Re:The antivaxers will ignore this... on Study Confirms No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism · · Score: 1

    He's right. Man-boobs or GTFO.

  23. Re:What did they do before Stingrays? on Baltimore Police Used Stingrays For Phone Tracking Over 25,000 Times · · Score: 1

    Posted by Soulskill on Monday April 20, 2015 @09:11PM
    from the i-don't-remember-that-episode-of-The-Wire dept.

    I think the editor beat them to it.

  24. It's a trap! on George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires · · Score: 1

    Script: The Next Hope
    Prologue: In a nearby star system, the local senate is embroiled in discussions over a housing and property dispute. Little does anyone know that more sinister elements are afoot...

  25. Re:That's great news! on Cornell Study: For STEM Tenure Track, Women Twice As Likely To Be Hired As Men · · Score: 1

    That's a terrible analogy. An accurate one is two runners - one with a red shirt, the other with a green one. Since red is an energizing, aggressive color, the green shirt must obviously be better because they wore a shirt that relaxed them. Right?

    The red shirt must be a better runner because they were looking at the relaxing green shirt. Who pays attention to their own shirt color during a race?