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  1. Re:Scientists hate Microsoft Office on Physics Forum At Fermilab Bans Powerpoint · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Office isn't designed for top-tier academia. So physicists using (La)TeX are in fact using the right tool for the job :)

  2. Re:If you don't like it.... on Jewish School Removes Evolution Questions From Exams · · Score: 1

    What's makes that difference from 17 years, 364 days of age to 18 years of age so magical that it changes the rules completely 180 degrees?

    Nothing. But the line has to be drawn somewhere.

  3. The UK can beat that on Judge Says You Can Warn Others About Speed Traps · · Score: 1

    We call them 'safety' cameras. Pity they're more likely to be 'slam-on-the-brakes-at-the-last-minute-and-cause-a-shunt' cameras.

  4. Re:Common sense? In MY judiciary? on Judge Says You Can Warn Others About Speed Traps · · Score: 1

    The problem is that turning your lights entirely off typically shuts off your break lights as well

    That's one seriously fucked up wiring system you have there.

  5. re: NO on Weird Asteroid Itokawa Has a Dual Personality · · Score: 1

    There's no un-beta link

    I must be imagining the big 'Slashdot Classic' link at the bottom of every page then.

  6. Devil's avocado on Adobe Flash Remote Code Execution Flaw Exploited In the Wild · · Score: 1

    Just keep in mind Flash is a target due to its ubiquity. The same applies to (desktop) Windows, IE and Android. That's not to say these products are without flaw. After all, they're software - of course they have flaws. It's just there's far more people looking for these flaws than in, say, OSX.

  7. HP is well onto the course IBM was 25 years ago, shoot yourself in the foot, and repeat

    Someone should show them the AA12, its the perfect weapon for this

    I thought we were supposed to use C++ for this.

    If you did, you'd spawn a million copies of yourself, and shoot them all in the foot. Medical assistance would prove impossible as you wouldn't be able to distinguish between the genuine copies, and those that simply point and say 'That's me, over there'.

  8. Re:Best of luck, John on John Carmack Left id Software Because He Couldn't Do VR Work There · · Score: 1

    which is like VR without a helmet

    Yup. I see this poor judgement all the time. People want to feel the freedom of the wind blowing through their silky hair or something. We call them "organ doners."

    I know - only this morning I was overtaken by a sofa on my way to work :P

  9. Re:Office 365 on Satya Nadella Named Microsoft CEO · · Score: 1

    So what's wrong with Office 365?

    Because storing your private/confidential information in a cloud is a stupid idea, because you don't really have control over your data.

    If only you had some form of local storage, maybe something round and inflexible that spins at high speed, then you could store your data outside the cloud.

  10. Re:NOOOOOOOOO on Satya Nadella Named Microsoft CEO · · Score: 1

    I'm trying to think a India's business, or cultural contrabutions to humanity in general; in the last 3,500 years

    There's the decimal system, which is used by at least 6* people.

    *This estimate might be off by a factor of 1,000,000,000.

  11. Re:Range anxiety isn't really rational on Tesla Touts Cross-Country Trip, Aims For World Record · · Score: 1

    The Roadster was based on the Lotus Elise. A car that's not shipped for 18 years. The supply of Elise shells ran out.

    The Elise is still very much in production, and it's not the shells Tesla used, but the chassis.

  12. Re:Makes Sense on Researchers Try To "Close the Nutrient Cycle" Through Better Waste Recycling · · Score: 1

    Your contribution is small. Does a bear piss in the forest?

    Only if they haven't installed a lav under the stairs.

  13. Re:THERE WILL BE NO IWATCH on Apple Reportedly Testing Inductive, Solar and Motion Charging For Its Smartwatch · · Score: 2

    Nobody wears watches nowadays.

    Instead they wear a small clock attached to a strap wrapped around their wrist.

  14. Re:The exact goals, duration and budget... on ARM Researching Novel Chip Memory · · Score: 2

    And in a later episode, he actually had one.

  15. Re:Privacy Risks on Rome Police Use Twitter To Battle Illegal Parking · · Score: 1

    He can't help it - he has torsonic polarity syndrome.

  16. Re:The exact goals, duration and budget... on ARM Researching Novel Chip Memory · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the Finglonger :)

  17. Re:It only appears to move to Linux advocates on LibreOffice 4.2 Busts Out GPU Mantle Support and Corporate IT Integration · · Score: 1
  18. Re:It only appears to move to Linux advocates on LibreOffice 4.2 Busts Out GPU Mantle Support and Corporate IT Integration · · Score: 1

    It works for other OSes too:

    Linux was never meant for servers, phones or tablets either... An android desktop is likely to be just as lacklustre but that doesn't mean it won't be successful.

    Note: Quoted part does not represent my opinion of Linux.

  19. Re:But it is horribly wrong anyway. on Stephen Hawking: 'There Are No Black Holes' · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Ob frosty on Cameron's IP Advisor: Throw Persistent Copyright Infringers In Jail · · Score: 1

    Not at all - seems I should have finished that post before actually posting.

  21. Re:Ob frosty on Cameron's IP Advisor: Throw Persistent Copyright Infringers In Jail · · Score: 1

    Do you really think I was talking about Kim Dotcom?

  22. Re:Jailhouse lawyer. on Microsoft Reports Record Revenue · · Score: 1

    Hence why I didn't call him a shill.

    Who do you think you're kidding?

    Anyone who's completely unable to appreciate subtlety and nuance, like you.

  23. Re:If it makes you feel better, go for it. on Microsoft Reports Record Revenue · · Score: 1

    Calling the poster a shill is the easy way out

    Hence why I didn't call him a shill.

  24. Re:So more enthalpy=more life? on A Thermodynamics Theory of the Origins of Life · · Score: 1

    For all we know about Venus, it could be a soup of unfamiliar life

    Absolutely, though what form that would take...