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  1. We are not amused on Leaked Document Shows Europe Would Fight UK Plans To Block Porn · · Score: 1

    Someone should gently remind the prime minister that the Victorian era is over.

  2. Re:Williams WASP X-Jet on The Hoverboard Flies Closer To Reality · · Score: 1

    Wow. We had our flying car - graceful, compact, long range, in 1974, and we collectively said 'meh'?!

  3. Send robots, not meat. on NASA Announces the 3D Printed Habitat Challenge For Moon and Mars Bases · · Score: 1

    Actual science bang for your buck. Unless the motivation is "humans on Mars because we can!" Which is cool, just don't call it science.

  4. Click feel is low priority for me on Mechanical 'Clicky' Keyboards Still Have Followers (Video) · · Score: 1

    1) Wireless is a must.
    2) Split is a must.

  5. The Six Million Dollar Turtle on Turtle Receives First-Ever 3D Printed Titanium Jaw Implant of Its Kind · · Score: 2

    We can rebuild him. Better, stronger, not quite as slow as most turtles.

  6. Re:Sometimes folks dont realize how lucky .... on Harry Shearer Walks Away From "The Simpsons," and $14 Million · · Score: 1

    after what like 26 years I think maybe he has the right to do something different.

    I would trade about 15-20 years over the duration of his performing Mr. Burns for a couple more creations on the level of Derek Smalls.

  7. Re:Almonds, rice, and alfalfa drink 80% of rainfal on California Gets Past the Yuck Factor With "Toilet To Tap" Water Recycling · · Score: 1

    Umm, price water the same for everyone. Problem solved.

  8. Almonds, rice, and alfalfa drink 80% of rainfall on California Gets Past the Yuck Factor With "Toilet To Tap" Water Recycling · · Score: 1

    and humans drink recycled sewage water.

    Stop big Ag subsidies and archaic water rights.

  9. Privacy on Electron Microscopes Close To Imaging Individual Atoms · · Score: 1

    The technique is not scalable because you have to obtain permission from each atom to use their image.

  10. Re:$5k??? Really, NASA? on NASA Will Award You $5,000 For Your Finest Mars City Idea · · Score: 1

    worth a *HECK* of a lot more than just $5K....

    Don't be greedy, that's half the NASA budget for 2015.

  11. Re:"The Ego" on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 1

    Wrong. The standard unit of ego is the microtrump. A full trump is way too big for any practical use. That would be like expressing the power of your lawnmower motor as 1.2e-34 solar outputs.

    Microtrumps are useful in many applied fields, but we still need a system of universal standard political SI (Superego International) units that can be used across all disciplines.

    Ego force: Newt (Gingrich).
    Bribing torque: Newt-meter.
    Energy: Election votes
    Power: Election votes per second
    Power density: Election votes per second per district
    Density of states: Electorate distribution
    Density of electorate: Red states

  12. The only constant is change. on How Silicon Valley Got That Way -- and Why It Will Continue To Rule · · Score: 1

    The article makes no argument to support its assertion that silicon valley will continue be a unique technology center. In fact, the article does make several compelling observations and cites trends that would portend just the opposite--a diaspora of tech development.

    The specific SV boom from 1960-1990 was a concatenation of unique events. There is nothing unique to the geography that will keep tech in SV. California has the best combination of weather and recreation in the U.S. (IMO), but that's not going to keep the rest of the world from catching up in the areas that created SV: knowledge workforce, capital, and willingness to take a risk.

  13. PLoS on Scientists Have Paper On Gender Bias Rejected Because They're Both Women · · Score: 4, Funny

    First mistake was submitting to the Playboy Lounge of Scientists.

  14. You know, I have one simple request. on Second Ever Super-rare Pocket Shark Discovered · · Score: 0

    And that is to have lasers with frickin' sharks attached on top. Is that to much to ask?

  15. Re:Poisonous Fecal Cocktail? on Ancient Megadrought Entombed Dodos In Poisonous Fecal Cocktail · · Score: 1

    Does the bartender...uh...'prepare' it right in front of you?

  16. Re:Kickstarter on Crowdfunded Android Console Ouya Reportedly Seeking Buyout · · Score: 1

    Recently it seems more Kickstarters end in fiasco/resentment than success.

  17. Your startups intrigue me. on Random Generator Parodies Vapid Startup Websites · · Score: 1

    Where do I send my check?

  18. Re:Aw yeaaah, bitches! This is MC Mayer, yo! on Yahoo Called Its Layoffs a "Remix." Don't Do That. · · Score: 1

    We juss gettin' dis corporate remix started, y'all. Lemme bring out mah cronies, homies. 50 cent ain't got nuttin' on these 1 percenters. Give it up for Dr. Downsize and Lady Off. Yeah...both down with OPP! Foshizzle my nepotizzle.

    We remixin' all night. My posse is packin' pink slips and escorts off da premizez. Any clockpuncher here past midnight is half off...da payroll.

  19. NIMBY. on George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires · · Score: 1

    YIYBY.

    Well played, Lucas.

  20. Less on Ask Slashdot: What Features Would You Like In a Search Engine? · · Score: 1

    evil.

  21. How do they explain on LAUSD OKs Girls-Only STEM School, Plans Boys-Only English Language Arts School · · Score: 1

    to the girls and boys why they have been separated?

  22. Re:Creating the New Soviet Man on LAUSD OKs Girls-Only STEM School, Plans Boys-Only English Language Arts School · · Score: 1

    Among bureaucratic institutions, school boards are uncannily consistent in choosing the worst of several policy directions. Fortunately their decisions are not important or anything.

  23. Re:Nooooooo! Not Bill Paxton! on Jack Thompson Will Be Featured In BBC Film 'Grand Theft Auto' · · Score: 1

    Unsavory, villainous, disreputable roles (e.g. Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) are highly coveted by serious actors and the results are often gripping, fascinating, illuminating and entertaining. Heroes are boring.

  24. Re: and the death of its owner on Chinese Ninebot Buys US Rival Segway · · Score: 2

    The Segway was framed.

  25. You could say on Chinese Ninebot Buys US Rival Segway · · Score: 1

    Company valuation went over a cliff.

    Too soon?