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  1. Re:WTF on Placebos Are Getting More Effective · · Score: 1

    "Language evolves" is not the same as "Uneducated dipshits get to set standards".

    Does it mean educated dipshits get to set the standard? Just asking.

  2. IP-based economy on The "Copyright Black Hole" Swallowing Our Culture · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The bizaro legal system is a natural consequence of our economic policy to promote IP-based economy.

  3. Re:You're going to embarass yourself on Samsung System Tailors Ads To Its Audience · · Score: 1

    Not everyone works with advertising people, but have you not worked with people in marketing? They are not embarrassed easily. Consider the nature of the profession.

  4. Similarly on iPod Fee Proposed For Canada · · Score: 0

    They should recognize the blood and sweats and, well, that's enough, we don't want to know more, do we, anyway, all that stuff put into posting the brilliantly important stories and blindingly insightful comments, not to mention side-busting jokes, to bring about slashdot. Story "editors" and comment posters should be recognized and compensated properly, and slashdot corpo overlord can take a small cut.

  5. Re:slow news day? on Has the WebOS Finally Arrived? · · Score: 2, Informative

    That'd require actual work, and nobody wants that.

  6. Jeez on Has the WebOS Finally Arrived? · · Score: 2

    Some like 80% of posts here are gossipy bullshit nowadays. How am I supposed to get distracted enough so that I can get back to work?

  7. Re:REALLY? on ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms · · Score: 1

    You're asking crazies why they are acting crazy.

  8. Re:Hmmm... on Mach 6 Test Aircraft Set For Trials · · Score: 1

    Engines reaching desired speed without disintegrating....thats a GOOD feature to have.

    Kids these days. Back in my days ... never mind.

  9. Hey! on Appropriate Interviewing For a Worldwide Search? · · Score: 1

    Small dev shop interviwing internationally due to CEO mandate ... yeah, how do we know the submitter isn't lying? We need to test the submitters.

  10. Re:Really good ideas... on New Zealander Invents Segway Alternative · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Pretty good gizmo except for a fatal flaw - me in my car. MUAHAHAHAH!!!

  11. Re:The Palantir Tool is a Double-Edged Sword on How a Team of Geeks Cracked the Spy Trade · · Score: 1

    ... ordinary people like Slashdotters ...

    Interesting sequence of words there. Wonder what it means.

  12. Re:Analogy on "Overwhelming" Evidence For Magnetic Monopoles · · Score: 1

    Not to mention it's (Maxwell's equations) one of the most elegant bits in physics.

    Of course, physics isn't blinded by some irrelevant math beauty in the face of contrary evidence like those economists (cough *String* cough *something*). :-)

  13. Re:Monopoles are not illegal on "Overwhelming" Evidence For Magnetic Monopoles · · Score: 2, Funny

    Those "extend" pills don't work. Never mind how I know.

    Use condom.

  14. SLA on Hosting Data-Transfer Quotas Are Fading Out · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd guess the lack of SLA renders it meaningless.

  15. Re:Company names on Slow Oracle Merger Leads To Outflow of Sun Projects, Coders · · Score: 1

    Would be a good business if you really were an oracle, eh.

  16. Company names on Slow Oracle Merger Leads To Outflow of Sun Projects, Coders · · Score: 1

    Oracle predicted that the sun will shine on. Maybe the oracle is a quack.

  17. Re:Article title seems stupid to me on All Humans Are Mutants, Say Scientists · · Score: 1

    Ah! The spirit of the usenet lives on!

  18. The way on Japan Plans $21B Space Power Plant · · Score: 1

    Send down energy from the orbit without cable... I wonder if there is a way to be sure...

    Damn, I wish this wasn't Japan. My apology.

  19. Re:Nano this! on Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" · · Score: 1

    My bad. It's about 150nm, not 3-4nm - I took "6 millionth" as 1/6e6, not as the correct 6/1e6.

  20. Re:Six millionths of an inch on Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, reading is fundamental, I guess. I'll let myself out now.

  21. Re:Six millionths of an inch on Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" · · Score: 1

    How did you get that? "six millionths of an inch" is about 4nm.

  22. Re:Nano this! on Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, "About six millionths of an inch in diameter" is about 3-4 nm, so at least this one actually is in the nano scale.

  23. Re:Ventilation holes? on Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage · · Score: 1

    That's why you shouldn't label the holes with "bullet goes here".

    Seriously, though, would ventilation holes diffuse shock wave? If so, can its size, number, and distribution be modulated to prevent shock wave while still providing impact protection?

  24. Ventilation holes? on Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the helmet is designed with numerous ventilation holes it can diffuse the shock wave?

  25. Re:Batman and Porky Pig on Disney Buys Marvel For $4B · · Score: 1

    I notice the popularity of Animanics among some people. I found it to be ADD annoyance from hell, and that was when was, well, less old. Anyway, what's the appeal to those who like/d it?