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  1. The best thing about graphene-based products is that we'll be able to power them with cold-fusion.

  2. OS/2 2.0 was the shit. I used to have my phone number in my usenet signature, and once got a call from John Soyring, the guy in charge of the OS/2 program, to thank me after I posted a glowing review of it.

  3. Re:Oh,sure! on Tesla Relied On Too Many Robots To Build the Model 3, Elon Musk Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    That one was mostly hand built in England. Which makes the poor quality entirely understandable.

  4. Re:Won't make an impact on Nations Agree To Ban Fishing in Arctic Ocean For At Least 16 Years (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dead surprised to see the US on that list. No doubt they'll change their mind once they realize they can make a quick buck at the expense of the planet.

  5. Re:Old. on Slashdot's 20th Anniversary: History of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    Get off my lawn.

  6. Re:Well, wait a minute... on Apple's Ultra Accessory Connector Dashes Any Hopes of a USB-C iPhone (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Missed it by *that* much.

  7. Steve would be so proud. on iPhone 7 To Start at 32GB Storage, Says WSJ (time.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's inspiring to see that Apple can still Think Different, and radically reinvent its products generation over generation. Who could have predicted such a groundbreaking development?

  8. Re:Who won? on Comcast Will Let Netflix Onto Its X1 Platform · · Score: 2

    Both, neither, pick one. It's not a win for net neutrality though.

    Netflix: "Comcast is preferring their own services over others! Net neutrality, net neutrality!!"
    Comcast: "Alright, let's cut a deal."
    Netflix: "Comcast is preferring their own services and ours! All is right with the world! Screw you, video streaming startups!"

  9. Know your customers on Dell Designing Developer Oriented Laptop · · Score: 3, Funny

    We want to find ways to make the developer experience as powerful and simple as possible [...] extremely stylish

    Failed, right out of the gate.

  10. Editorialize much? on Tesla Will Discontinue the Roadster · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Summary is just some guy's half-assed opinion, and has nothing to do with the article.

  11. Re:lol on An Entirely New Class of Aircraft Arrives · · Score: 1

    It can "hover" into a building? Do you know how the threshold between "Hey we're just outside the window" and "oh now we're 2ft above the 3rd floor" and "yeah now our exhaust has nowhere to go" works?

    I think they're referring to scaling the design down to micro-UAV size.

  12. Re:This plane has four mechanically-linked turbine on An Entirely New Class of Aircraft Arrives · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's an entirely different kind of flying. .

  13. Re:Video on An Entirely New Class of Aircraft Arrives · · Score: 2

    Parachutes are great when you're at altitude. If things fail near the ground (which they usually do, as it's when the aircraft is under the most stress), then you'll just end up with a brick with a silk streamer behind it.

  14. Military use trumps all on 4G Broadband May Jam GPS · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would stress too much about this. Anything that has even a remote chance of interfering with the US military's use of GPS is never going to be deployed. Period.

  15. Re:also includes DRM ? on Intel To Integrate DirectX 11 In Ivy Bridge Chips · · Score: 1

    It can't encumber anything that presently exists.

    In concept, that's not true. If they implemented audio or video fingerprinting at the hardware level, they could make existing (unencumbered!) media unplayable.

  16. Re:Nuclear energy on One Giant Cargo Ship Pollutes As Much As 50M Cars · · Score: 1

    How is the waste dealt with in an aircraft carrier.

    The waste processing method is less relevant than the fact that the material is constantly surrounded by over 5,000 military personnel and armament capable of destroying a nation.

  17. Re:Discrete *wink* *wink* sound card? on Do You Really Need a Discrete Sound Card? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder how complex your algorithms would have to be to determine if the sounds produced are of gunshots or female moans.

    They should give the Turing award to anyone that can produce an algorithm that can tell the difference between porn and women's tennis.

  18. Re:A nice idea in theory, but... on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    My thoughts exactly. How many times have you had to fiddle with the contacts of a battery compartment to get something working? This is going to be prone to the same sort of issues, only instead of the failure mode being simply loss of contact, you can end up with cases where the wrong terminal connects, causing a short -- and potentially a fire.

  19. Re:Altavista on New Google Search Index 50% Fresher With Caffeine · · Score: 1

    Quoted search phrases work perfectly on Google. Can you give a counterexample?

  20. Re:Bigger scam for 1-eyed viewers on The Movie Studios' Big 3D Scam · · Score: 1

    I've got two eyes, but one is sufficiently weak that my brain never learned stereoscopic vision. 3D movies for me amount to having to wear uncomfortable dorky glasses.

    Oh, and also watching an image that is half as bright as a normal movie. Was that normal, or the result of my seeing the movie in a lousy theater? Is this just an acknowledged drawback to the technology, or are they supposed to be projecting at double the brightness to compensate?

  21. Re:What's with the nationalism on CES, Reporter Breaks "Unbreakable" Mobile Phone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not as if we wouldn't have known anyway: his first reaction is to apologize profusely.

  22. Not now, but 10 years ago on Home Phone System That Syncs To Computer? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Cordless Phone System

    You might be able to find one on EBay...

  23. Re:Time to move up on AMD Radeon HD 5870 Adds DX11, Multi-Monitor Gaming · · Score: 1

    I've been using a 16x12 21" CRT for around 12 years. I've also been using /. longer, so I win (lose?). :)

    My monitor is dying now, and that HP was on my short list. Do you do any gaming with it? I'm a bit worried about lag.

  24. Re:I think that on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    If Smith -> Smiths, then why do you assume Jones -> Jones instead of Jones -> Joneses? That's what I meant about "official pluralizing rules". There aren't any, so your assumption is invalid.

  25. Re:I think that on iPhone 3.1 Update Disables Tethering · · Score: 1

    I'll remember that the next time I invite all the Smith over to dinner.