User: Megahard

Leagues smaller

On: Molecular Clusters That Can Retain Charge Could Revolutionize Computer Memory

I do not think that word means what you think it means.

New Jersey

On: Boo! The House Majority PAC Is Watching You

"We'll be checking the voting records. It would be a real shame if you didn't vote. We would need to visit you personally."

Homeless planets

On: Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless

It's true, just saw one on the corner. Had a cardboard sign, "Will orbit for $$$".

65,000 people in the dessert

On: An Algorithm to End the Lines for Ice at Burning Man

Now that's a good time.

That's great, but

On: It's an Internet-Connected Wheelchair (Video)

Can the wheelchair control a helicopter? Potential supervillain market.

So Alice kills Trolls and Zombies

On: Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back

I'm impressed.

Thrown from the vehicle

On: The First Person Ever To Die In a Tesla Is a Guy Who Stole One

So, assuming he wasn't already dead, technically he didn't die in the Tesla.

Re:Can they start regulating back-seat driving, to

On: US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles

Yes, it takes you on the Road to Perdition.

Not what I was thinking

On: Tiniest Linux COM Yet?

Who else pictured Linux running inside a MS-DOS program?

The Stone Age

On: What Was the Greatest Age For Indie Games?

Plenty of rocks, sticks and pebbles for everyone's game.

I'm moving to Montana

On: Is Montana the Next Big Data Hub?

Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.

Grosseteste

On: 13th Century Multiverse Theory Unearthed

He must have had big balls to propose his theories.

Google called

On: Identity Dominance: the US Military's Biometric War In Afghanistan

They want their business model back.

Re:IIIum?

On: Lytro Illum Light-Field Camera Lets You Refocus Pictures Later

1lium

Re:Curbstone?

On: German Wikipedia Has Problems With Paid Editing — and Threats of Violence

To put someones mouth on the curb and stamp on their head.

http://www.urbandictionary.com...

Maybe Sony added content to their video

On: Blender Foundation Video Taken Down On YouTube For Copyright Violation

They could have added a rootkit.

Re:Sure, but...

On: How Many People Does It Take To Colonize Another Star System?

Already proposed by Kurt Vonnegut : The Big Space F***

Not surprising

On: Why US Gov't Retirement Involves a Hole in the Ground Near Pittsburgh

My wife worked 30+ years for two different government agencies. Getting OPM to figure out her pension correctly was a nightmare.

No

On: Ask Slashdot: Will Older Programmers Always Have a Harder Time Getting a Job?

Not when 2038 approaches.

O'Data

On: OASIS Approves OData 4.0 Standards For an Open, Programmable Web

An Irish android? How appropriate!

He huge

On: Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits In Frustration With Bureaucracy

If true he could get another job where there's no paperwork.

Software patent density

On: Apple Demands $40 Per Samsung Phone For 5 Software Patents

So how many LOC are in a smartphone? (I know, some are hardware patents, but let's assume almost all are software). Does every class/method/function get a patent?

Re:Works for me, Comcast Internet .

On: Crowdsourcing Confirms: Websites Inaccessible on Comcast

I have Comcast in Richmond, CA and can confirm the submitter's results:

> nslookup - 8.8.8.8
Default Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8

> www.021yy.org
Non-authoritative answer:
Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8

Name: www.021yy.org
Addresses: 116.251.210.33
                    116.251.210.33
                    116.251.210.33
                    116.251.210.33
                    116.251.210.33
                    116.251.210.33

> exit
> nslookup - 75.75.75.75
Default Server: cdns01.comcast.net
Address: 75.75.75.75

> www.021yy.org
*** cdns01.comcast.net can't find www.021yy.org: Server failed
Server: cdns01.comcast.net
Address: 75.75.75.75

Irony

On: 'Write the Docs' is a Conference for People Who Write Software Docs (Video)

Is a conference for writing documentation advertised with a video.

Maybe they learned

On: Iran's Hacking of US Navy 'Extensive,' Repairs Took $10M and 4 Months

By studying Stuxnet.