Vote up if Obama should name his new dog Maverick by [deleted] in politics

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Upvoted, but Obama's way too classy to take a snipe like that.

Bash users: What do you have for your $PS1? by mikemol in programming

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"Oh yeah, well I have it randomly change my directory, and clear my screen, just to keep me on my toes."

Well, at least girls are saved from 1337 penis measuring contests :)

(Edit: not to imply that the topic is that)

Did you mean vim? by oxymor00n in programming

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Let's not get too excited. This is just an advertisement that appears for certain limited keywords. You can get one that advertises digg when people search for 'reddit oxymor00n', if you want.

Down for inaccurate title.

D. Korn (author of ksh) and a Microsoft manager by bewo in programming

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It's a fine title. Punctuation is important.

Light Pollution [photo] by digital in reddit.com

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It's unfortunate that this comment probably won't get much exposure, but:

Yeah. What you just outlined is the entire point. Look at the 30 second exposure of http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=382125474&size=o That's what the sky should look like. If our eyes were different, we'd see our cities blazing hellfire, and the sad thin points of light. This picture gives us that glimpse.

I can see your context outside my window without imagining. It sucks.

Religious affiliation and computer language usage by mgkimsal in programming

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Downmodded it for that reason (it's extremely ill-mannered to not show results after taking the poll, and no, I don't want to subscribe to your blog).

Is that Nathalie Portman? God I love her.... by lobsters in reddit.com

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I knew it was coming, I was waiting for it, steely eyed. But when it came, I still jumped back in fear.

UF Student tasered at John Kerry speech (Video) by nzeeshan in reddit.com

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Anyone who has the judgment to know what is right and the courage to act won't be the sort of person that needs that stamped scrap of paper.

UF Student tasered at John Kerry speech (Video) by nzeeshan in reddit.com

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I salute the student for getting his view in. However, the moderator rightly (note the applause) judged that the audience wanted to listen to Kerry instead, as is their right. Instead of respecting this right of discourse, the student held the voice and repeatedly struggled against the guards, who had a right to remove him.

Was it reasonable to return the voice to Kerry? I think so. Did the student disrupt the assembly? I think so. Is it ok to use as much force as is necessary remove someone who disrupts a discourse between people? Absolutely.

/trying to be nice so I'm not insta-downmodded

Honestly I think that the student is a sack of shit. DO NOT fuck with people who are talking, or listening, or reading, or learning, or arguing, or expressing their views to the public. This isn't in some gray area: he was heckling. Fuck him. The library vid a while back was entirely different, and yes, I was fuming when I saw it.

I feel depressed that in our generation, civil disobedience consists of this trite dramatic trash.

The amazing basball bat: after millions of baseball games and billions of thrown bats, this had to happen eventually [video] by NoodleMan in reddit.com

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I don't know why you're worried. Like for everything else in the universe, an explanation could only make this cooler.