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  1. Re:more NOS and less lense flare on "Star Trek 3" To Be Helmed By "Fast & Furious" Franchise Director Justin Lin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even more blessed is the mind who can spell correctly.

  2. Re:So there is clothing... on RFID-Blocking Blazer and Jeans Could Stop Wireless Identity Theft · · Score: 1

    So you don't think there are people who shoplift out of designer stores to resell?

  3. Re:The biggest problem is fluid dynamics. on NASA Tests Feasibility of 3D Printing on the Moon and Other Planets · · Score: 1

    Biggest problem is getting someone to haul the equipment over to the moon.

    Of course not! We'll just print the printer when we get there!

    Oh, wait...

  4. Re:dropped that fool and the systemd it rode in on on Fedora 21 Released · · Score: 1

    And what is your point? Any file that is not written to the hard disk will be currupted on power loss. And, in case you didn't noticed, all files on a computer are binary.

    And a human brain can make some sense out of a corrupted text logfile that no program ever could.

  5. Re:These are real engineers, you Ruby weenies. on Orion Capsule Safely Recovered, Complete With 12-Year-Old Computer Guts · · Score: 1

    Pretty soon even the guy who drives a train is going to want to be called an engineer.

    Only in the US. We call that guy an "Engine Driver", a "Train Driver" or even a "Motorman".

    The engineer is the guy who builds trains.

  6. Re:Justice on EU Court Rules Embedding YouTube Videos Is Not Copyright Infringement · · Score: 1

    You'd have 10000 pages on how to eat a peanut legally if that were so.

    You haven't read much EU legislation, have you?

    I wouldn't be surprised if such a document didn't already exist, and no, I am not joking.

  7. Re:Missing Information on Ask Slashdot: Remote Support For Disconnected, Computer-Illiterate Relatives · · Score: 1

    Not such a funny idea. It could be somewhere like this place. This is truly remote, with only a ship every three months or so to bring supplies. NO airstrip, not on the slopes of a dormant volcano.

  8. Re:Intel on Ask Slashdot: Linux-Friendly Desktop x86 Motherboard Manufacturers? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Funny that. I'm typing this on a D2700MUD with an Nvidia PCI GT620 card in it - at 1920x1080.

    Just because they are not easy to find doesn't mean they don't exist.

  9. Chromium 37? on Chromium 37 Launches With Major Security Fixes, 64-bit Windows Support · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was a story about an isotope...

  10. Re:Great idea on Gmail Recognizes Addresses Containing Non-Latin Characters · · Score: 2

    Hit the 'Reply-To' button, naturally.

    - After adding the user to your Address book.

  11. Re:This explains why republicans push coal on Why Morgan Stanley Is Betting That Tesla Will Kill Your Power Company · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, they are not planning to run any industry at night? Or during the monsoon season?

  12. Re:How does this work exactly? on New Display Technology Corrects For Vision Defects · · Score: 1

    Yep. I have different degrees of long-sightedness in each eye plus varying amounts of astigmatism. How is a gadget like this going to show each eye what it needs?

    Since I'm already wearing glasses to drive with, my eyes would have to adapt again to view whatever this gadget is displaying. They're already doing that without spending money on the gadget. FAIL.

  13. Re:How surprising... not on There's No Wind Chill On Mars · · Score: 1

    Mars' atmosphere is about 1.5 % of Earth's atmospheric density. It's around 20 mBar, or eight times too thin for sustaining life even if it was pure dioxygen. For all practical purposes it's near-vacuum. And vacuum makes for a very good thermal insulator.

    Well, yes, but then the thin atmosphere doesn't interfere as much with radiative effects. If this were not so, Mars would be hot because of the continuous radiation input from the Sun, retained by the rock.

  14. Re:Classic joke.. on Microsoft Demos Real-Time Translation Over Skype · · Score: 2

    Dunno. Couldn't be bothered to count.

  15. Re:u can rite any way u want on Is Germany Raising a Generation of Illiterates? · · Score: 1

    English is a mish-mash of other languages, which also gives it more words than other languages. Its spelling and pronunciation are non-standard because most of those borrowed words retain part or all of their spelling or pronunciation from their native language. You even get words which retain spelling from their original language, but whose pronunciation gets shifted to a phonetic reading using rules from another language (e.g. niche = nitch instead of neesh).

    In the US, maybe. In the UK, niche is pronounced the French way, ie neesh.

  16. Re:Who? on Full-Disclosure Security List Suspended Indefinitely · · Score: 3, Funny

    Snoden,

    I believe this was a result of your efforts,
    And now Insiders are attacking the lists,
    Amoung many other things - I have seen, heard and witnessed many IT 9-to-5ers, Unlike thy,
    Whom are all whining now, about NSA hacking, Infiltrations, Etc. Its happening 10 fold.
    Tell the world the truth before Anonymous is forced to: That you are still working with the NSA and you are a giant psyop.

    Not a haiku!

  17. Re:and also... on A New Car UI · · Score: 1

    But you know what? I can TALK to my iPad. Writing's on the wall, vehicle makers. Speech is it, period, end of story, get on that, dammit.

    You have obviously never driven any distance in a noisy vehicle.

    And don't give me that crap about modern cars being quiet inside. Modern cars are a small percentage of the vehicles on the road. Try a van, a truck, a bus, a semi - how are you going to make yourself heard over all that noise?

  18. Re:Relation to Debt Crisis? on EU Commission: Corruption Across EU Costs €120 Billion · · Score: 1

    "Welfare states have huge benefits."

    I see what you did there!

  19. Re:Relation to Debt Crisis? on EU Commission: Corruption Across EU Costs €120 Billion · · Score: 1

    Nationalized assets != Socialism.

    Socialism can be other things than just appropriating the means of production.

    Similarly, dictatorships might nationalize assets but won't be socialist, even if they may claim to be.

  20. Re: me too on Linus Torvalds Gives 'Thumbs Up' To Nvidia For Nouveau Contributions · · Score: 2

    -- running XBMCbuntu on AT5IONT-I since forever

    ...which has an nvidia GPU. Your point?

  21. Re:Just need some relays on Mars One Studying How To Maintain Communications With Mars 24/7 · · Score: 1

    Already been thought of, seventy years ago!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Equilateral

  22. Re:Why is "forgetting" such a problem apparently? on Ask Slashdot: How To Protect Your Passwords From Amnesia? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "All I have to remember is a poem".

    This won't necessarily work if you have amnesia! Poem? What do I need a poem for? And all that stem/prefix/append process, if you have amnesia, what's that all about?

    If your passwords, and your password generating method, are kept solely inside your head, then that is a single point of failure. Fall off a bike and it may be gone. For ever. The point is to be able to somehow reconstruct your passwords if you can't remember!

  23. Re:Simple answer... on Ask Slashdot: State of the Art In DIY Security Systems? · · Score: 1

    What do insurance companies say about guard dogs, by the way?

    "The insurance for your guard dog will cost more than the insurance for your house."

  24. Re:confusion? on UK Introduces Warrantless Detention · · Score: 1

    If it is supposed to counter listening in with spy antennas and drones, then it must be quite big.

    It is designed to prevent the establishement of camps by protesters, like the one which appeared at Greenham Common when the cruise missiles were based there. The camps can become distinctly unsanitary.

  25. Re:Taking another bold step ... on Bursting the Filter Bubble · · Score: 1

    That worked well for the lemmings, didn't it?