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  1. Hillary. ;)

  2. Re:WTF? on Los Angeles Flirts With Pre-Crime (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. This isn't pre-crime, this is un-crime.

  3. Re:culture dependent on How Autonomous Cars' Safety Features Clash With Normal Driving · · Score: 1

    "When holidaying in Texas..."

    Umm... As an American can I just say that your travel agent sucks?

  4. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Really? Oops.

  5. Re:LOL on How Intel and Micron May Finally Kill the Hard Disk Drive · · Score: 2

    Sadly the ram air intake at the front of the structure does little for aerodynamics. There is too much damping material (soup meat) in the chamber to pass through cleanly to the exhaust port. Additionally, the locomotive openings are often shaped in such a way to create lift at higher velocities, thus reducing overall stability.

  6. Re:You can pry my Droid4 from my cold, dead hands on Lots Of People Really Want Slideout-Keyboard Phones: Where Are They? · · Score: 1

    It's a Droid. It'll be cold and dead in your fingers long before the reverse is true. (former Droid 1 & 3 owner, and while I did love the keyboards I couldn't keep those things alive for more than two years)

  7. Re:Weakest US President ever on Satellite Images Show Russians Shelling Ukraine · · Score: 1

    OK. You've got a beef with Obama and the current Administration. I have some issues too. That said, pretend that, for some reason you became President, what YOU would do in each of the situations that you mention. We'll wait...

  8. Re:It's not a black and white decision on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    What I've not seen here is any mention of the concept of the vehicles communicating with each other. Isn't it conceivable that the vehicles involved could "talk it out" and identify the least harmful course of action (within whatever capabilities they have remaining to them (in the event of prior impact, mechanical failure, etc...))?

  9. Re:Ethnographic field notes on Ask Slashdot: Professional Journaling/Notes Software? · · Score: 1

    To further this one bit - the batteries on my spiral notebook have NEVER died and extra pens are easy to carry and or find (read steal - if no other option presents itself) when needed.

    ANECDOTE: I've got notebooks from 15+ years ago in a filing cabinet. Will they ever be useful to me? Likely not - but at least my kids will understand why I'm crazy if they bother to look through them. That said, having the last year or so's notes readily at hand can be a huge win - especially if you work on longer running projects or programs. Or, heaven help you, you have to maintain legacy products where each relevant detail is painfully pried from an unyielding source.

  10. Re:we'll be greeted as liberators on Lies Programmers Tell Themselves · · Score: 1

    See also: Gone

  11. Re:Some women are _very_ bad on Men And Women Think Women Are Bad At Basic Math · · Score: 1

    My ex-girlfriend was once helped through a math problem by her teacher, and they figured out that the solution was the half of x, so the teacher told her to write that down.

    She wrote down '/'.

    Heh - that's funny. Clearly the answer was '\'.

  12. Re:Intriguing ... on Google Is Building a Chrome App-Based IDE · · Score: 1

    I've seen two Chromebooks in the wild - they were not running Google's OS.

  13. Re:Where is the USA headed? on Where Does America's Fear Come From? · · Score: 1

    But we will we still have American Idol?

  14. Re:It's a good start but not enough. on Elementary School Bans Students From Touching Each Other · · Score: 1

    Did you end up with her panties in your pocket?

  15. Re:sensational headline on Brazil Admits To Spying On US Diplomats After Blasting NSA Surveillance · · Score: 1

    I understand that it is Willie Nelson who prefers to meet pot.

  16. Re: NOT posted as AC. on TSA Union Calls For Armed Guards At Every Checkpoint · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sounds like we need to unionize - maybe we can get protection from their employers also...

  17. Re:Best of both worlds on FAA To Allow Use of Most Electronic Devices Throughout Flights · · Score: 1

    Dude, if you can't survive an hour in your own brain...maybe the electronic crap is part of the problem.

  18. Re:Wow, harsh. on Edward Snowden's New Job: Tech Support · · Score: 1

    Seriously. Gitmo sounds better.

  19. Re:Why is SSN secret? on Experian Sold Social Security Numbers To ID Theft Service · · Score: 1

    Don't we need SS#v6 by now anyway?

  20. Re:choice doesn't *require* bad defaults on Is Choice a Problem For Android? · · Score: 1

    Hope it wasn't Goatse...

  21. Re:I dunno, maybe the debt default... on Ask Slashdot: Why Isn't There More Public Outrage About NSA Revelations? · · Score: 1

    "... news is that we'll all be eating grass."

    Mmmmmm... Brownies...

  22. Re:Because Apple on Irish Government May Close Apple's Biggest Tax Loophole · · Score: 1

    " ...but we grill Apple because..."

    ...because grilled Apple's taste good?

  23. Re:Why do I need to be protected from pornography? on Books With "Questionable Content" Being Deleted From ebookstores In Sweeping Ban · · Score: 1

    As an American, I typically think it's pretty awesome. Unless it's a "There's something about Mary" situation...

  24. Re:New Season of Big Bang Theory on Scientific American In Blog Removal Controversy · · Score: 1

    Uh ohhh....

  25. Re:Does it matter? on US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test · · Score: 1

    Yes yes... but what have we done lately?