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  1. Re:LOL on How the Internet Became a Closed Shop · · Score: 1

    Sad time? alt.tastless vs. rec.pets.cats? And when AOL users got on IRC... that was so much fun.

  2. And this has worked how? on How We'll Get To 54.5 Mpg By 2025 · · Score: 1

    Iraq, Libya, "Demand that your puppet states sell you oil really cheaply"...Never happened. Proxy war vs. China, particularly in northern Africa sure, but the whole "cheap oil" thing is bogus. Where is the "cheap oil"?????

  3. Re:So noone on EPB Fiber tried there test then. on The Fastest ISPs In the US · · Score: 1

    Chattanooga's EPB is the bomb. High bandwidth, low latency. Sneaky "little" local power provider has been stringing dark fiber for more than a decade. Symmetrical, and usually faster than what you're paying for. When they first started I was paying for the 20mbps, and I was getting more like 45mbps. Maybe living close to ornl.gov helps ;)

  4. And cue Alex Jones... on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    ...in three, two, one.. It'll be on http://www.infowars.com/ within a few hours. Shame the blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut.... (take that "nut " pun, invert it, and well never mind). We need to thaw Ian Flemming's brain and ask it...

  5. Somtow Sucharitkul on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    The Inquestor Trilogy. John C. Wright 20 years ago.

  6. Re:John C Wright on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    Yes. Read it now. Please...

  7. Re:Harlan Ellison on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    LOL! Bastard threatened to file charges against me once - I was legitimately passed out in a stairway and he tripped on me dammit.

  8. Re:Connie Willis on Ask Slashdot: Most Underappreciated Sci-Fi Writer? · · Score: 1

    Travel back in time, realize the Black Death sucks, well no shit. Sorry, IMHO "Doomsday Book" was an annoying read.

  9. Re:The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies on Facebook Abstainers Could Be Labeled Suspicious · · Score: 2

    And this is new how? alt.tasteless vs. rec.pets.cats? alt.fan.karl-malden.nose? Please - nothing new here. Mere distractions to keep us from sending postcards to Craig Shergold. He needs our support...

  10. WTF... on Obama's Portrait of Cyberwar Isn't Complete Hyperbole · · Score: 1

    Why the fuck is serious infrastructure wired to the 'net at all? Complete batshit insanity.

  11. Re:Best way to defeat a turing test on Chatbot Eugene Wins Biggest Turing Test Ever · · Score: 1

    Nah, you don't get shot until "Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother." Just sayin.

  12. Re:When I make Taco breathe hard... on Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling · · Score: 1

    Nope, I haven't seen pickups driving 500 miles on a tank either.

    My 10 year old Ford will, but it does have a 30 gallon tank. Sucks to fill it up...

  13. Re:Oh, the Horseshit You Will Print! on Predicting Life 100 Years From Now · · Score: 1

    So basically "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans...

  14. My hovercraft is full of eels.

  15. Re:Erm... on German Photog Wants to Shoot Buildings Excluded From Street View · · Score: 1

    I -could- go look at people's homes in Japan, that doesn't mean I will

    Well that sounds fun - thank you for the idea.... er, their eyes are bigger in anime...

  16. Re:which is better on Possible Breakthrough In Hydrogen Energy · · Score: 1

    ...so why not live within our means and try to find sustainable solutions to expand those means?

    Convince China, India, and the US to all do that... all at the same time.

  17. Read the classics on How To Teach a Healthy Dose of Skepticism? · · Score: 1
    I highly recommend Charles Fort's The Book of the Damned for a start. Throw in a bit of Twain and Bierce for seasoning.

    Richard Feynman (of course) for the main course. You can't open that safe... you can't look at that A-bomb blast... you shouldn't drop that O-ring in a glass of icewater...

  18. Bad design on Stonehenge As a Royal Family's Burial Site · · Score: 1

    It was supposed to read: "This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here"...

  19. It's a simple fucking Darwin (with a sadness)... on Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo · · Score: 1

    Intoxicated (or just plain stupid) boys taunt tiger. Tiger responds, doing what taunted tigers do. Unfortunately the tiger dies.

  20. Re:Common carrier on Comcast Confirmed as Discriminating Against FileSharing Traffic · · Score: 1

    Also, their cable, their rules, don't like it, ditch Comcast.
    I'd love to. Unfortunately (for me) I don't have any other options other than Comcast or a 56K dialup via the local Podunk telco. Admittedly I choose to live in pretty much the middle of nowhere and Comcast is my only option for any sort of reliable 'net access.


    Given, that's what I get for living where I choose. That's my fault. Er, well, exept for the fact that Comcast will sue anybody that attempts to challenge their monopoly and provide alternative sources for network access.

    Local Power Board wants to run fiber to my door, Comcast sues because it's "unfair" to them.

    I would attempt to back up my position, but I've spent 4+ hours today futzing with their dain bramageg tech support people. (Please insert a generic clueless/MCSE/Comcast/microsoft/whatever) barb here. I am now disgruntled. They are fuckwads.

  21. Re:Huh. Better get to work! on New Theory Explains Periodic Mass Extinctions · · Score: 1
    One nuclear bomb can't make Earth uninhabitable.

    Damn, it depends a lot on the bomb.
    Nuclear war: Earth uninhabitable.

    Insert This: One Nuclear Bomb.

  22. Re:THAT certainly scared me! on Your Own Mini-Stalker · · Score: 1
    You really should pay a bit more attention to Yvanhoe's words... I'll quote them again:

    You're carrying a microphone that is made in order to transmit voice wirelessly, you probably have it on in your pocket, at voice reach during all of your private conversation and you rely on a non-disclosed, neither third-party-approved proprietary software running on proprietary hardware to prevent it from spying on you.

    Add in the fact that you have (for the most part) no clue about the network protocols that make your magical device function.

    Fortunately there are checks and balances and all sorts of...

    This section is classified as UltraViolet - please report to the nearest Cultural Integration Center in order to download the ringtones approved by The Computer. Trust The Computer.

    ...that insure thats the NSA^H^H^H Computer is your friend.

  23. No... on Shuttle Atlantis Launched Without Incident · · Score: 1
    People used to care about important moments.

    People would think and a grab dream and wish.

    Sometimes it worked.

    Dream and take.

  24. Loony times... on Airships to Patrol Venezuela's Skies · · Score: 1

    Elmer Fud: It's Black Helicopter season!
    Daffy Duck: It's Blimp season!
    Elmer Fud: It's Black Helicopter season!
    Daffy Duck: It's Blimp season!
    Elmer Fud: It's Blimp season!
    Daffy Duck: It's Black Helicopter season!

    Elmer Fud: My name is Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, I am a dictator. I own a masion and a yacht... and a blimp.

  25. Re:Stationary lander makes no sense on One Year Until Phoenix Mars Mission Launch · · Score: 1
    Nasa is such a lost cause right now. Anytime they say anything, it is "we dont have enough money".

    And a huge chunk of NASA's budget is spent on pork bullshit. They don't have the fucking money, period. And if you believe the "moon then mars" crap our president spewed recently then you are a complete fucktard. Wait for your hydrogen powered flying car and we'll talk...