Comment Re:I wroted a book ma! (Score 1) 10
Hey man, don't be shy. Go ahead and pimp your book as well. I mean, there's no videos of cats or pictures of food here, so we're here for the words, right?
Comment Re:Bottom line (Score 1) 44
"Emails Show Cozy Government-Insurer Alliance, Expectation of Bailout."
How the fuck is that news?
How the fuck is that news?
Comment Re:The Free Market has the Technology Now (Score 1) 218
Why can't we have both?
Comment Re:LOL, "American Freedom"! (Score 1, Insightful) 135
The "Corporations iz peeple" conflict has lasted far longer than any of those wars you mentioned.
And I'd happily plunk down a slashdot sub on a bet saying it's cost more as well.
And I'd happily plunk down a slashdot sub on a bet saying it's cost more as well.
Comment McNulty (Score 1) 8
"What the fuck did I do?"
Comment Re:That's nothing (Score 2) 63
The circles of power are incestuous! News at 11!
Christ, is this really what passes for news on slashdot these days? "Appears"? Pull the other one!
Christ, is this really what passes for news on slashdot these days? "Appears"? Pull the other one!
Comment Re:10 bucks says it's being mined and recycled. (Score 1) 3
LOL no. Still much cheaper to turn oil into plastic, never mind trolling the ocean to scoop up detritus.
Comment You're not thinking big enough. (Score 1) 10
Step 1: Incorporate yourself.
Step 2: Find (or create) a religion that fits your lifestyle and use that pretext to do pretty much whatever you want.
Step 3: Profit!
Step 2: Find (or create) a religion that fits your lifestyle and use that pretext to do pretty much whatever you want.
Step 3: Profit!
Comment Re:Should be obvious (Score 1) 6
Eh, too small.
Journal Journal: http://xkcd.com/1386/ 6
I use mine as an ashtray. What do you guys do with yours?
Comment Re:Place yer bets (Score 1) 4
I just content myself with baiting conservatives. They're so divorced from reality these days, even the mildest proclamation of their future gets them frothing at the mouth.
Comment Re:Wow (Score 2) 136
Yeah, no. Speaking as a white male, I wouldn't give that shit up for all the money in the world.
You go on believing that being a guy makes you a second-class citizen, see how for that gets you.
You go on believing that being a guy makes you a second-class citizen, see how for that gets you.
Comment Re:Wow (Score 3, Insightful) 136
You're not lucky, you just have a broader range of human experience.
The sad truth is, all us humans are a little crazy (aka human). It's just only seen as a bad thing if you have a vagina.
The sad truth is, all us humans are a little crazy (aka human). It's just only seen as a bad thing if you have a vagina.
Journal Journal: Cantor 4
I forgot it was silly season. Mind you, it is the off-year one, the Winter Olympics to Superbowl Tuesday's buffet of awesomeness, so one really cares, including me.
Still, though, props to Brat for achieving trivia question notoriety. It's almost a shame his votes (should he actually make it to Congress) will be in line with his party waaaaaaaaaaay more often than not.
And congrats to the Democrats as well. Always nice when the other team commits an unforced error.
Comment Re:Hardware sampling rates (Score 1) 121
Yup. Spend enough time here and you'd swear the tech industry orbits Slashdot, and not the other way around.
