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  1. Re:The next few minutes? on A New Algorithm Could Protect Ships From 'Rogue Waves' (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Great they have invented a you're Fucked warning.

  2. I'm sure the Boeing YAL-1 is suitably equipped to deal with the criminals pointing lasers at aircraft.

  3. Re:Boat-Bomb Bait on There's a Wind Turbine On the Horizon With Blades the Size of Trump Tower · · Score: 1

    New adventure sport Sling a rope and Ride the turbine

  4. Re:How badly coded are Windows applications? on Possible Reason Behind Version Hop to Windows 10: Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Yep it solves the was it a fly shit or a decimal problem!

  5. Re:Houston ... on Some Core I7 5960X + X99 Motherboards Mysteriously Burning Up · · Score: 4, Funny

    It looks like we are venting somthing

  6. Re:Proves point on 2 Galileo Satellites Launched To Wrong Orbit · · Score: 1

    The crazy russians have a hair trigger on nukes pointed at the US!

  7. Re:Is it real or a Real Doll? on IBM Creates Custom-Made Brain-Like Chip · · Score: 1

    real dolls with minor amounts of brains could help solve the navys join the navey, feel a man problem! Ie preventing rampant homosexuality during long missions

  8. Re:Express elevators on "Going Up" At 45 Mph: Hitachi To Deliver World's Fastest Elevator · · Score: 1

    And when someone hits the emergency stop or the power fails at full speed...

  9. sounds safe on MIT Designs Tsunami Proof Floating Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    Just take Ocean ranger and add reactor...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...

  10. They have a point on Ask Slashdot: System Administrator Vs Change Advisory Board · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a software developer I have multiple times had a development box screwed over by an IT department pushing unneeded drivers and patches that cause problems. I say prove they are good or needed before you waste other peoples time. If you just want to push any random patch that comes along then you should be forced to resolve all issues without the traditional reinstall the machine.

  11. Re:Information = Wealth = Power on Google Looked Into Space Elevator, Hoverboards, and Teleportation · · Score: 2

    you missed Using their massive data collection and sifting abilities spot interesting ideas and trends and be first to patent them and than bill / sue anyone who uses the patents

  12. Re:see where your taxes go on IRS Misses XP Deadline, Pays Microsoft Millions For Patches · · Score: 1

    So you would be all for body cavity searches of all employees at beginning and end of shift as a security enhancement then? After all they could be hiding a cellphone.

  13. Re:Medical doctor on Ask Slashdot: Are You Apocalypse-Useful? · · Score: 1

    The first soldering irons were not electric. Just metal heated in a fire.

  14. Re:not fast on Linux 3.15 Will Suspend & Resume Much Faster · · Score: 1

    Or just bricks the machine

  15. Re:Please don't go there on An Engineer's Eureka Moment With a GM Flaw · · Score: 1

    Killed In Action? Kaput Inside Afternoon?

  16. Re:Wait a moment on Classified X-37B Space Plane Breaks Space Longevity Record · · Score: 1

    Bullshit! Buran was unmaned on its first flight. the only thing new is the longer duration

  17. Re:Tesla Model S vs 200,000 fires in gas-powered c on Tesla Model S Gets Titanium Underbody Shield, Aluminum Deflector Plates · · Score: 1

    How many Porsche 911 GT3s have been involved in fires?

  18. Re:Bill Gates - changing people's lifes for the be on Solar-Powered Toilet Torches Waste For Public Health · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No he's just doing a Alfred nobel, trying to make up for his fuckups! cough windows cough

  19. Re:Typical government stupidity on Mars Rover Opportunity Faces New Threat: Budget Ax · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Still only a tiny fraction of what the government spends blowing up civilians in other countries.

  20. Re:Hmmm... on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    What is the average $/LoC of data stolen from a media organisation?

  21. Re: Check small airports on China Deploys Satellites In Search For Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight · · Score: 1

    They need some time to collect all their drone remains mixed in with the 777 remains before anyone else finds the 777

  22. In other news on Facebook To Pay City $200K-a-Year For a Neighborhood Cop · · Score: 1

    The incidence of Google users and staff being brutally manhandled by 'police' in Menlo Park has dramatically increased.

  23. Re:guns don't kill people on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    stack overflows kill people.

    Stack overflows don't kill people, sudden deceleration does!

  24. Re:I know what users could do! on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    Not if its an engine driven pump

  25. Re:Outrageous on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the numerous on board oxygen generators that could be misused.