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  1. Thank spaghetti monster they are finding the vote! Don’t let those pigs hide it any longer. Find the vote! Find the vote!

  2. Re:yeah right on Prepare For Even More Volatile Weather in 2017 (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Haven't been any hurricanes in 10 years? I'm guessing you live in Iowa; hence you didn't see any hurricanes. You are aware that the strongest hurricanes ever observed in the Pacific have been forming regularly? Just because the US hasn't seen a catastrophe doesn't mean "there haven't been any hurricanes for 10 years." This has nothing to do with "politically correct shit." It has to do with science. Don't take my word for it... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  3. Companion Cube on Boston Dynamics' Next-Gen ATLAS Sheds the Tether (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone else want to watch it pick up Companion Cubes? There was so much potential that was better than Marks-A-Lot "10 LBS" on the boxes... And yeah, scary incredible. I'm not sure if I should congratulate or curse Boston Dynamics for this "advancement."

  4. Ossified community on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot? · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I don't mean this in a bad way; as soon as you try some great tinkering you will have killed off what is left of the original slashdot. If you dream of attracting new members and new soaring metrics, well, what we think won't matter. If you don't want to run this into the ground then why fix what might not be broken? At least someone sold the property and got paid for it... as for some dream of crazy traffic numbers... perhaps that ship has sailed. News for nerds, stuff that matters.... why not just keep that comin'

  5. Place policy experts? on Who Will Pay For a Commercial Space Station After the End of the ISS? · · Score: 1

    Seriously? Place policy experts?? That's quite an autocorrect from space policy... (not even worth bemoaning the lack of effort...)

  6. Like a punch to the gut on Rupert Murdoch Buys National Geographic Magazine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I grew up combing through my dad's huge collection of issues, reading and discussing the articles with my dad and pouring over the incredible maps that came with many issues. National Geographic atlases, in particular The Earth and Man, were a dear part of my childhood. That I am a geography teacher today is directly related to my love of maps and the world around me. And now I have to mourn the passing of a loved and respected pillar of learning. Climate change denial and preppers are all that await now.

  7. Bayoudegradeable on Some Biodegradable Plastics Don't Live Up To Their Claims · · Score: 1

    Just drop it in a bayou! That's what bayoudegradeable is. (needless to say I love this topic) Many folks in south Louisiana throw washing machines, boat parts and engines, enemies, etc in the bayou in hopes it will degrade. Would work for these plastics, too! However, I am not seriously suggesting that this junk get dumped in our bayous.... just a funny way to tout my userID.

  8. Re:In the name of Allah ! on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 1

    And how many Americans were killed by AMERICANS last year? How many murders were 100% red-blood Amuricans killing.... other Amuricans!? Terrorists kill so few Americans it is almost impossible to chart. But Americans killing each other? Wait... that means that more CHRISTIANS killed Americans than all other groups combined. It seems to me in America we best be scared of Christian Americans!!

  9. Re:Chinese that speak English on What Language Will the World Speak In 2115? · · Score: 1

    (The exception is Japan, of course. But Japan is Japan. They're not going to be speaking English any time soon, elite or not).

    Is this said from experience? As a former conversational English teacher in Japan I would like to point out that 10,000+ native English speakers/teachers would beg to differ. English is required starting in Japanese middle school and in many schools it is beginning in Kindergarten. How are the Japanese not learning English exactly? What language do you think Japanese pharmaceutical presentations are made in when they attend global conferences? I wonder why all highway signs in Japan have English translations as well? (ok, so almost all) Note how much English appears in advertising. Or what about the thousands upon thousands of loan words that have entered Japanese from English. Nah. No English going on there; let's just through around random statements....

  10. Re:That's that then on Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Maker Mojang For $2.5 Billion · · Score: 1

    In your nerd rage you seem to have decided to say "see ya" to a lowercase e and spelling. Mind your passions, mate. or.... down with MINCRAFT!

  11. 6 year old testimonial on Slashdot Asks: Cheap But Reasonable Telescopes for Kids? · · Score: 2

    my daughter (now seven) began using a 4.5" dob last winter. A member of the astronomy group that I belong to was pretty blown away that she could easily find the Orion Nebula on her own. She loves scanning the sky on her own and has stumbled across a few Messier objects this way. It's on the ground so it's almost immune to being knocked over. It's a fairly solid tube, so if it's knocked over it likely won't be a big deal. It has no moving parts, it's the perfect height for her, it's easy to move and the general 'point and shoot' nature makes it very easy to use. No batteries, no electronics, no alignment needed. (I collimate it once in a while and that takes all of 5 minutes) Also, the set up is ridiculously easy. I see her outgrowing this one day. There's a 12" truss dob waiting for her when she does.

  12. Best move ever on Would Scottish Independence Mean the End of UK's Nuclear Arsenal? · · Score: 1

    Riding the UK of Arsenal would be the best thing to happen! Think of all the Gooners they could clear out.

  13. Re:Is it is? on Google Fiber Is Officially Making Its Way To Portland · · Score: 2, Informative

    "making it is way" would sound better, agreed.

  14. Soon be eradicated? on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 2

    Sadly, this affliction is rampant in the USA. Happily, it is a dwindling number, and perhaps will soon be eradicated.

    I wish you were right. I wish it was a dwindling problem, soon to be eradicated. I want to believe that. However, conservative Christians (which should make heads explode with paradox) aren't going away anytime soon. I think you are right that most Boomers that hold these beliefs will be departing in the next decade or so. But they have grandchildren, many of whom listen. I have been teaching middle school geography for ten years. This year was the very first time I had 2 sets of parents question my teaching of the Big Bang as they didn't believe it. I teach at a private school with intensely involved parents so this was not an issue of some parents just happen to start paying attention. While not a strong example, it does lead me to believe that the idea that Young Earth/ID types are fading away is simply not true.

  15. The Law on LA Police Officers Suspected of Tampering With Their Monitoring Systems · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ha. Please find me someone with more contempt and disdain for the law than.... law enforcement! Shocked they would be breaking rules. What's next?

  16. Cockulus on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 1

    From Oculus to Cockulus courtesy of Suckerburg...

  17. Re: Grab the popcorn! on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 1

    +10 funny needed. This so exceeds +5 funny... and sad at the same because it is true. All dreams of VR are gone. Let's now call it the Cockulus head set....

  18. I got ya Turkey right here! on Major Internet Censorship Bill Passes In Turkey · · Score: 1

    I think they meant to brand Slashdot Beta a 'menace'...

  19. Fond memories on IBM's PC Junior Turns 30, Too · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dot matrix printer, Wizardry, Ultima IV (I think?), MicroLeague Baseball, Flight Simulator. A 12 year old that didn't know better sure enjoyed his PCJr

  20. Chickens before they hatch? on Comet-Chasing Probe Wakes Up On Monday · · Score: 2

    Saying a probe wakes up on Monday assumes no glitches. Wouldn't it be best to say "should/expected to/might" wake up Monday?

  21. Re:TLDR, Boston, nano-condoms on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hence I rarely use them?? Ahem, this is slashdot... THAT is why you rarely use them....

  22. good god where are mod points when needed. "Real zombie movies" is among the better laughs I have had lately!

  23. Speed of dark energy on One In Five Sun-Like Stars May Have an Earth-Like Planet · · Score: 1

    What is the speed of dark energy? To go on and on about the speed of light, because we can see it seems to assume that we know something about the speed of dark energy. Assuming we know even one thing about dark energy seems a bit bold. I can only imagine our current fixation on c will sound like the ether to future physicists. Give us a few centuries and perhaps we'll be zipping around nicely (assuming we don't nucularize ourselves first)

  24. FREEDOM FISH! on Japan Refused To Help NSA Tap Asia's Internet · · Score: 2

    Fine, you won't help us. Well screw you! We'll just call sushi Freedom Fish and to hell with you.

  25. Re:20 year lifespan on NYC's 250,000 Street Lights To Be Replaced With LEDs By 2017 · · Score: 1

    be nice : )