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  1. Google Intertubes Exploder 6 (TM) is tightly integrated with your Andoid operating system. Attempting to uninstall it will void your warranty, the screen will get scratched, the phone will prank call your Aunt, the battery will burst into flames, and you will get a bad case of athlete's foot.

  2. Future headline on U2 and Apple Collaborate On 'Non-Piratable, Interactive Format For Music' · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple engineers unable to plug Bono's analog hole.

  3. Pointy haired boss syndrome on Ask Slashdot: How To Avoid Becoming a Complacent Software Developer? · · Score: 1

    Nuke it from orbit (quit and find a more promising job.) Its the only way to be sure (escape the cubicle before the concrete hardens.)

  4. John Romero is going to make you his on John Romero On Reinventing the Shooter · · Score: 1

    Notch.

  5. Can't drive in 99 percent of the country. on Hidden Obstacles For Google's Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Would you buy a self-driving car that couldn't drive itself in 99 percent of the country? Or that knew nearly nothing about parking, couldn't be taken out in snow or heavy rain, and would drive straight over a gaping pothole?"

    Google is just trying to accurately mimic the real driving population.

  6. "...can translate to slower gaming performance" on Intel's Haswell-E Desktop CPU Debuts With Eight Cores, DDR4 Memory · · Score: 1

    for non-multithreaded games?

  7. Privatize sewage too. on How Big Telecom Smothers Municipal Broadband · · Score: 1

    Think of the profits from monthly "bowel data caps".

  8. Finally. on Death Valley's Sailing Stones Caught In the Act · · Score: 1

    Irrefutable evidence that wind and water have the capability to move bits of earth. I am going to copyright a term for this mechanism: "Erosion" (TM).

    JK. I think the footage is neato.

  9. Cure your shortsightedness on Eye Problems From Space Affect At Least 21 NASA Astronauts · · Score: 1

    without surgery!

  10. Fusion gnomes on If Fusion Is the Answer, We Need To Do It Quickly · · Score: 1

    Step 1: Collect hydrogen
    Step 2: ?
    Step 3: Profit!

  11. Wanted: Manager on Ballmer Leaves Microsoft Board · · Score: 2

    Requirements: Can use a standing desk.

  12. Who on Ballmer Leaves Microsoft Board · · Score: 1

    will find--fill his chair?

  13. Same company. Same bill. Same wire. on Broadband Subscribers Eclipsing Cable TV Subscribers · · Score: 1

    Different protocol.

    Comcast is the new Ford circa 1930, you can have any color Model T as long as its black.

  14. For walkability... on Figuring Out Where To Live Using Math · · Score: 4, Informative

    Every European city >> every U.S. city. Especially if mass transit factors into walkability.

    You could extend this to every global city, with possible exceptions of SF and Manhattan if you are a multi-millionaire or rent protected.

  15. Efficiency tip on Ask Slashdot: What Recliner For a Software Developer? · · Score: 2

    Throw the food directly in the toilet. Cut out the middle man.

  16. Re: Can we get over this already? on Where are the Flying Cars? (Video; Part One of Two) · · Score: 1

    Won't someone PLEASE think of the robots?!

  17. Re:Good riddance on Google Spots Explicit Images of a Child In Man's Email, Tips Off Police · · Score: 1

    4) Pass comprehensive electronic privacy legislation.

  18. "They altered the film permit. on Unesco Probing Star Wars Filming In Ireland · · Score: 1

    Pray they do not alter it again."

    We also would have accepted:
    "Aren't you a little short to be a storm petrel?"
    "The more UNESCO tightens their grip, the more film crews will slip through their fingers."
    "That's no island."
    "As if a billion puffins cried out in terror, and were silenced."

  19. Re:Good... on Unesco Probing Star Wars Filming In Ireland · · Score: 1

    Finally, a single malt no one would touch.

  20. Re:Today I Learnt that... on Unesco Probing Star Wars Filming In Ireland · · Score: 1

    (Score:6, Funny)

  21. Will we need licenses... on UK To Allow Driverless Cars By January · · Score: 1

    to not operate a vehicle?

    We also would have accepted:

    "So that's why I've seen so many student driver cars on the road with nobody in the driver seat."

  22. French dialog boxes on Switching From Microsoft Office To LibreOffice Saves Toulouse 1 Million Euros · · Score: 1

    Do you want to save the changes to your document before surrendering?

  23. Intercom: "You are now free to get the fuck off mah plane."

    We also would have accepted:

    Intercom: "You are not free to tweet about our customer service."

  24. Mac OS X Yosemite on Mac OS X Yosemite Beta Opens · · Score: 4, Funny

    National parks are selling commercial naming rights?

  25. "advertising is what powers the internet" on Dealing With 'Advertising Pollution' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No. The internet was implemented by the federal government, funded by citizen taxes, and later extended as part of the communications infrastructure. The internet was not invented to serve businesses, it was invented to serve the citizens.

    For those who voluntarily go to ad laden websites, you can't regulate self harm.