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  1. We have a winner on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    All this will result in is more arrests.

    Read as: even more money to the prison industry. Church-based law re-purposed for corporate lucre. Bonus: the poorest and ethnic minorites will be trapped by this dragnet while UMC whites slip through the holes via Dr. Drew style rehab BS.

  2. Useful Idiots on US Government Monitoring Associated Press Phone Records · · Score: 0

    You apparently also misunderstand the Tea Party - they oppose higher taxes and increasing spending...

    ...and are totally controlled and underwritten by scumbags like the Koch Brothers. This is why the IRS was investigating them; shame they don't have the courage of their convictions to say it loud and plainly.

  3. Pending on Spoiler Alert: Smart Kids Become Successful Adults · · Score: 1

    My very personal experiment is still pending any tangible proof of success.

    In a related 'duh' study: public education can be rather shit - even in low student count, rural settings.

  4. Raw Egg on Space Station Crew Prepare For Emergency Spacewalk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just pop the radiator cap and drop in a raw egg; that'll stop the leak. For awhile. But hurry up and dump this lemon on an unsuspecting buyer, quick.

  5. Won't someone think of the children on Biometric Database Plans Hidden In Immigration Bill · · Score: 1

    ...that want to use a fake ID to go out and get hammered? It's our God-given right as American citizens!

  6. Duh on DoD Descends On DEFCAD · · Score: 1

    This is a zip gun not some wonder weapon. How the hell is this a defense article?

    Because it's undetectible with standard scanners if you leave out the near-pointless metal (fig leaf) pellet.

    That does leave the issue of the metal cartridge casing, but I'm sure these loyal patriots are working on that issue as well.

  7. Patches on Peppers Seem To Protect Against Parkinson's · · Score: 1

    I wonder if low-dosage nicotine patches might have some merit for those with a familial propensity.

  8. Use the right words on Microsoft's Most Profitable Mobile Operating System: Android · · Score: 1

    Blackmail for instance.

    Brinksmanship would be another.

  9. Buried Lede on Tool Reveals iPad and iPhone User Locations · · Score: 1
  10. Nor on US DOJ Say They Don't Need Warrants For E-Mail, Chats · · Score: 1

    Steenking badges.

  11. Re:Start School Later on Sleep Deprivation Lowers School Achievement In Children · · Score: 1

    Prioritizing learning over sports would thus lead to improved learning.

    "Heh, heh, heh. Oh, wait; you were serious! Let me laugh even louder. HEH, HEH, HEH."

  12. Oblig on 80FFTs Per Second To Detect Whistles (and Switch On Lights) · · Score: 1

    /reads article, whistles appreciatively.

    /power goes out

  13. Ye olde Troll on Help the OED Find a Lost Book · · Score: 0

    This might be one of the world's oldest examples of book trolling!


    ...other than every religion's grand accomplishments, of course.

  14. Galactic Emperor Executive Order #1 on Cylance Hacks Google Office Building Management System · · Score: 1

    No infrastructure or military systems whatsoever on the pulic Internet, period.

    Punishment: Vivisection.

  15. Fine print on Microsoft Prepares Rethink On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    "Start Menu only available thru business-class volume licensing."

  16. Hell hath no fury on Syria Falls Off the Internet Again · · Score: 2

    like The Onion scorned.

  17. Perfect on CenturyLink's Nationwide Outage Affects Millions · · Score: 1

    CenturyLink is the company that will be providing the Defense Department with the equivalent of Internet2.

    Sleep Tight!

  18. Re:and all the children are above average on 450 Million Lines of Code Can't Be Wrong: How Open Source Stacks Up · · Score: 1

    What is this third kind of software that is neither open source nor proprietary which is bringing down the average industry standard for software quality?

    Anything featuring the words SCADA or Nuclear Reactor.

  19. US Religious Caveat on Box With Hidden Camera Travels Through the Mail · · Score: 1

    Make sure the package does not have 'Atheist' writtten on it: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/26/boxes-sealed-with-atheist-tape.html

  20. Imagine on Device Can Extract DNA With Full Genetic Data In Minutes · · Score: 1

    "Imagine..."

    having no privacy.

    and no health insurance.

  21. I can never remember on Intel Details Silvermont Microarchitecture For Next-Gen Atoms · · Score: 0

    Is 'Tick' when the add more DRM and 'Tock' when they add the backdoors for the state security organs, or is it the other way around?

  22. TANSTAAFL on The Body's "Fountain of Youth" Could Lie In the Brain · · Score: 2

    I'm all for living longer (as long as that time is worth living), but it would also guarantee nearly 100% of folk will encounter cancer (especially men), which probably won't help much with health care costs.

    And as harsh as it sounds, I don't think we want a bumper crop of folk living an extra 20 or 30 years with severe senility issues.

  23. TPMS on Why Your New Car's Technology Is Four Years Old · · Score: 1

    TPMS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_pressure_monitoring_system is now standard in the US.

    I have to wonder if it's related to the trend of Tire Gigantism at least in the US market. My 1996 car has 14" tires and the top-shelf tire brands no longer offer anything in this size. It seems like the average tire is now 17" for cars and 19" for SUVs. Can you imagine a soccer mom changing a 19" or larger tire?

    I pointed this trend out to someone and they asked me why it happened. I still have no answer.

  24. Next stop, Utopia on YouTube To Offer Subscription Service This Week · · Score: 1

    At this (rental) rate, in twenty years it will be explicitly illegal to own any type of media.

  25. How smart? on The Smart Grid Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    "All the interfaces and controls from the power plants down to your thermostat have been rationalised to use the same username (admin) and password (password) to save unparalleled amounts of time and money to be passed along as executive bonuses".

    "Now, that's PHB-level smart!"