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  1. Dear Rene on Key Letter By Descartes Found After 170 Years · · Score: 1

    Astrology works OK, but I have found that music is the best way to snag a babe. Go grab yourself a Spanish guitar and you can't go wrong.

    Yours always,
    Marin

  2. Dear Marin on Key Letter By Descartes Found After 170 Years · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still can't get laid at the local bars, maybe I should stop talking about Math.
    Perhaps astrology might work better. Do you have any good charts?

    Thanx,
    Rene

  3. 100 million lines of code on 70 processors? on NHTSA Has No Software Engineers To Analyze Toyota · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would be more interested in the process of how
    Toyota develops/maintains code. Do they rewrite code for every car?
    When they reuse code, how do they retest assertions?
    How do they do code verification?
    What is their culture when coding problems interfere w/deadlines ?
    Is there a whole crap load of unused code in there because
    they are scared shitless to remove it ?

    etc.

  4. Were Linux, and we do what we want! on Linux Foundation Announces 2010 "We're Linux" Video Contest · · Score: 1

    with apologies to the "Red Riding Quartet"

  5. Their mission statement.... on UCLA Profs Banned From Posting Course Videos · · Score: 2, Informative

    "The mission of AIME (pronounced “aim”) is to promote fair and appropriate use of the media and equipment delivering information in a rapidly changing world."

  6. Re:How is it made? on Super Strong Metal Foam Discovered · · Score: 2, Funny

    Think China, lots of guys, lots of straws.

  7. surprising? hardly on Scientists Postulate Extinct Hominid With 150 IQ · · Score: 1

    Brainy guys don't get the girls and therefore don't proliferate.

  8. They need to modify the story on Camels Gone Wild · · Score: 1

    ... They are copying movies, copying music, breaking DMCA, pirating Windows ....

    And you could be sure there would be no camels left in the area after
    about 30 minutes.

  9. I wonder how much time & money on MS Finds Security Flaw In Google Chrome Frame · · Score: 1

    I wonder how much time & money they invested in finding a google bug than their own software?
    My guess is more than the entire budget allowed for IE6.

  10. Re:open source means vulnerabilities found and fix on Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close · · Score: 1

    Secret to those who find them and don't post their results. Secret to those who have access to source control and leave....

  11. open source means vulnerabilities found and fixed on Firefox Most Vulnerable Browser, Safari Close · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many secret unfixed vulnerabilities in IE?

  12. Perhaps they need a "discovery order" on HTC Dragging Feet On GPL Source Release For "Hero" Phone · · Score: 1

    I am sure someone would come up with it then.

  13. only 2 more years of unimaginable profit on Analyst Predicts Android Overtaking iPhone In 2012 · · Score: 1

    drat!

  14. "Risk Assessment" not "Risk Aversion" on Risk Aversion At Odds With Manned Space Exploration · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Risk Aversion" is meaningless, we all want to minimize risk.
    What you really want is accurate "Risk Assessment" so that a "good" astronaut can say
    "sorry, that's too risky for me"

    And........ Only report the successful missions, since the American public, in general,
    is incapable of wrapping their collective heads around the concept of "Risk Assessment".

  15. Don't *put* your data on it. on Company Laptop, My Data — Can They Co-exist? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use online web stuff.

  16. Just name them all "dave" on Suitable Naming Conventions For Workstations? · · Score: 1

    So easy...

  17. Re:No pattern in base 10 on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    In addition, if you are using an irrational number as the "base" (mind opened yet?), then the pattern
    might actually repeat and or be finite.

  18. Re:No pattern in base 10 on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 1

    Uh, sorry to dump on you but if you paid attention to "tongue in cheek" 101, you might have a clue.

  19. no pattern? on Pi Calculated To Record 2.5 Trillion Digits · · Score: 0

    Perhaps using the wrong base for digit representation.

    What if you used base "e" ? :)

  20. or perhaps use comments on slashdot on Twitter Used To Control Botnet Machines · · Score: 1

    anytime someone says "Cowboy Neal" do something bad to microsoft

  21. Stealing your employee's personal data on Why Should I Trust My Network Administrator? · · Score: 1

    Would be foremost in my mind.

    i.e. sniffing network

  22. Ask a lawyer how much they charge for phone calls on Working Off the Clock, How Much Is Too Much? · · Score: 1

    $10 a minute is a "steal"

  23. those poor chickens with boneless breasts on Scientists Create Artificial Bones From Wood · · Score: 5, Funny

    They now have hope

  24. I thought this was old news on Nicotine Improves Brain Function In Schizophrenics · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Many schizophrenics are chain smokers, because for many of them,
    the demons hold their tongue for the duration of the cig, and a few minutes after

  25. Why does ad-block have to be on a browser on Will Mainstream Media Embrace Adblockers? · · Score: 4, Informative

    why not put ad-block on the router itself, you could then enable it for a whole organization.