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  1. Re:Peaking at 22 on Brain Decline Begins At Age 27 · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested in seeing how people who have researching jobs do on these tests, or how well 27-and-older students score compare to students younger than 27. I certainly know a fair share of the "27-and-older" category in the computer science degree program here.

  2. Re:And What of the Others? on EU Could Force Bundling Firefox With Windows · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I can see it now.

    Which web browser would you like to install?

    [x] Internet Explorer (Recommended)
    [ ] Firefox
    [ ] Chrome
    [ ] Opera
    etc.

    Or even worse...

    Choose your installation type:

    [x] Standard (Recommended)
    [ ] Custom (For advanced users only)

    Most people would choose the standard option. Either because it's automatically selected, or because it says recommended, or because custom sounds scary, or simply because the user just wants to get a web browser and just hits "Next".

  3. Uh...Oops. on Blizzard Beefs up World of Warcraft's Recruit-a-Friend · · Score: 1

    And I JUST had my brother sign up for WoW last Thursday...Should've waited a week.

  4. Re:I didn't know Obama was supporting this on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    Then this was the wrong issue to demonstrate that.

  5. Re:Congratulations! on Claimed Proof of Riemann Hypothesis · · Score: 1

    Actually, if he really did successfully prove this, not only does this make him a rich man, but it has huge effects on prime number distribution (if I recall correctly) and related cryptography. I'm not an expert on the subject (Very far from it. I'm a CS major, not a Math major.) but this is what I remember hearing about it. If I'm wrong, please correct me.

  6. Re:I'll adopt Scarlett Johansson on Adopt-a-Star To Fund Research · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, SOME stars are large enough to have planets orbiting around them...

  7. Re:Definition of the kilogram? on Roundest Object In the World Created · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but that's a kibigram. Don't worry, it's easy to confuse them.

  8. Re:Of course this assumes that when you filled it on Your Online Profile Actually Tells a Lot About You · · Score: 1

    Or maybe you just prefer meeting gurls in real life, as opposed to some vague flirtation online that could easily have been with someone lying about their details.

    "Details" meaning "Gender"?

  9. Re:Time to Get Rid of The Gates Borg Icon on Fresh Air For Windows? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or you could just put an image of a monkey up there...

  10. Rise and Shine, Mr. Freeman...Rise and shine. on The Fight To End Aging Gains Legitimacy, Funding · · Score: 0

    Now that immortality is in our reach, an alien species will shut down our reproductive systems, and a random, silent scientist will save us!

  11. Re:mortality rate on Lack of Sunlight Could Lead To Early Death · · Score: 0
    Yes. It leads to zombies, which must be then killed.

    For every 10 people born, 10 die, and 2 and a half have to be killed again.

  12. Re:Oh come on! on New Grads Shun IT Jobs As "Boring" · · Score: 0

    Would that be "+1 Bitter" or "-1 Bitter"?

  13. Re:Idea on MySpace's Melting Makes Murdoch Mad · · Score: 0

    Sadly, someone will actually think this is a good idea.

  14. Re:FYI: An exiton is just an imaginary particle. on Light-Emitting Particles Yield Faster Computing · · Score: 1, Funny

    So...Adding more LEDs to a computer make it faster?

  15. Re:Taking a picture of a laser beam and using flas on Fastest-Ever Flashgun Captures Image of Light Wave · · Score: 0

    This is a pulse of a laser, not a continuous wave. The video in the article explains it better than I could.

  16. Re:S[cp]ammer alert? on Wikipedia's Content Ripped Off More Egregiously Than Usual · · Score: 0

    Wait for the ad revenues to roll in.

  17. Re:Ungrateful Lucas? on Imperial Storm Troopers Skirmish in Latest IP Battle · · Score: 0

    Nothing in the newer 3 movies was there anything as memorable as Stormtroopers. Am I wrong?? I don't know...I'm pretty sure Jar-Jar was pretty memorable. In a bad way.
  18. Re:It has begun... on Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks · · Score: 0

    All in all, though, an installer that offers the option of installing irrelevant software (like installers that offer "google toolbar" or "Safari" or "superduper spywareinstaller") should have that option unselected as default. What reason do creators have for doing this, though? "I have an idea: A way tech unsavvy people WON'T contribute to our profits!" When it IS selected by default, many computer-impaired folk will install "Superduper spywareprogram"...exactly what the makers want them to do.
  19. Re:WoW is better than I thought then on Blizzard Sues Creator of WoW Bot · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Can you imagine the outcry that would happen when people started getting lives? There, fixed it for you.
  20. Re:ratio on The Wrath of the Apple Tribe · · Score: 0

    One is bad, the other is God. Yes, but which is which?
  21. Re:This just in... on Wikileaks Airs Scientology Black Ops · · Score: 0

    Don't you mean Microsoft-brand Chinese eMeters?

  22. Re:I didn't even HAVE the goggles and kept seeing. on Cyber-Goggles Record and Identify Every Object You See · · Score: 0
    Your search - Girls that will date me - did not match any object in proximity.

    Suggestions:

    * Make sure object is in proximity
    * Stop posting on Slashdot
    * Move out of your parent's basement
    * Take off google-goggles so you don't look like such a dork

    Did you mean: Boys that will date me ?

  23. Re:MacBook on Large Sheets of Carbon Nanotubes Produced · · Score: 0

    Apple has found a new way to keep us from reaching the innards of an iPod...

  24. Theory on New Science Standards Approved in Florida · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think that word means what you think it means (from a scientific standpoint)

  25. Re:Excessive? on Australia's Geekiest Man · · Score: 0

    It's kind of difficult to steal an implant. It's much, much easier to steal a possession on a hand or around the neck.