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  1. Re:Degrees are vital for the legacies. on Hiring Based on Skills Instead of College Degrees is Vital for the Future, IBM CEO Says (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    made John The Great sign Magna Carta

    John "The Great"? Hardly. He was known as "John Lackland", because he lost so much land to the French!

  2. Honestly, way to waste more paper!

  3. The last person the state of California officially put to death was over 10 years ago.

    Over 10 years ago? How civilized!

  4. Re:Blue Screen of Antimatter containment failure on According To Star Trek: Discovery, Starfleet Still Runs Microsoft Windows (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Cannot convert matter to anti-matter. It is already in use by another object."

    Meh.

  5. Re: Why does BTC win this one? on Bitcoin Splits in Two Amid Feud (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    "Being in possession of an offensive wife"

  6. Re:Meaningless dribble on Google Fights Bay Area Housing Prices With Pre-Fab Housing (siliconvalley.com) · · Score: 1

    This is meaningless dribble

    "drivel", though I like your thinking!

  7. Re:whose fraud??? on Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited, Rules A New Zealand Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, it's from the comic strip "The Wizard of Id" some time in the 60s

  8. Re:another dick head, where do they come from on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Sheesh. Have a lovely weekend, yourself!
    I don't think there's any need to call me a dick head - have we met?

  9. Re:Next up dead on 3D TV Is Dead (cnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I watched the golf on a friend's 3D TV and the experience was pretty awful.
    I don't know what I expected, but with the glasses on it just seemed to be layers of 2D, rather similar to an episode of Captain Pugwash...

    .

  10. And homeopathy? :-)

  11. Re:This is interesting on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm curious though, why a lefty wanted to do so?

    "Leaving the EU would undoubtedly weaken the ability of British, European and even US imperialists to dominate the globe, thus taking our struggle for socialism one small step forward"
     

    Official CPGB position

  12. For g*d's sake pick one and let us know!

    Signed
    A Concerned Londoner

    .

  13. Iain M Banks - Surface Detail

  14. Dilution lessens the problem of many toxins

    Homeopathy disagrees :-)

  15. Re:I will believe it when a PILOT says that on US Air Force Declares F-35A Ready For Combat (defensenews.com) · · Score: 1

    some 90% of the production was exported in deals you could smell from a mile upwind.

    As documented by Bob Calvert!

  16. Re:You've got to appreciate the irony... on Yahoo Ordered to Show How It Recovered 'Deleted' Emails (pcmag.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if police illegally break into a house and find evidence a crime have been committed there the evidence is still real

    I wish there was a "-1 Too Young To Have Thought Things Through" mod...

  17. Re:People don't need supersonic anymore... on Superjet Technology Nears Reality After Successful Australia Test (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    But they move the curtain

    They also reconfigure the seats so that in a 3 person bank the middle seat is empty, don't they?

  18. Re:Diapers on Amazon To Sell Its Own Private-Label Groceries (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    You should use cloth diapers instead of disposable diapers.

    Yeah, lots of new parents have that aim, until reality hits... Plus disposable diapers cause far less nappy rash...

  19. Re:Even a broken clock is right twice a day on Swarm AI Correctly Predicts Kentucky Derby Superfecta, Turns $20 Into $11,000 (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Even a broken clock is right twice a day

    Unless it's slow by a minute, then it's wrong all day.

    That's why the phrase is "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day", at least it is where I live

  20. Re: My favorite Minsky story on Marvin Minsky, Pioneer In Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1
  21. We've got an FBI that's having trouble recruiting new agents because it turns out the applicants are all honest on their FBI applications when asked if they ever smoked pot?

    Anecdotally, (UK) government agencies don't care if you say you've taken drugs. They care about whether you take them now, or whether you're lying and open yourself up to blackmail.

  22. Re:This isn't news on The Popular Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine That Science Says Doesn't Work (forbes.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it will go a long way to reducing the amount of organized crime in this and other countries that make their profits off the back of illegal drug sales

    These crime gangs will just look for some other large profit activity. If drugs were legalised, do you think they'd all re-train as accountants?

  23. Re:Cultural? on Volkswagen Boss Blames Software Engineers For Scandal (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It did in the building industry

    [snip]For 16 years the Consulting Association compiled a secret database on thousands of construction workers[/snip]

  24. Re:The US needs a serious spanking on EU May Forbid the Transfer of Personal Data To the US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    companies like Facebook may have to choose between doing business in the US or in Europe.

    Win Win for Europeans!

  25. Re:really... on Carbon Dating Shows Koran May Predate Muhammad · · Score: 5, Funny

    First real proper reason for using "Anonymous Coward" I've seen on /.