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  1. Bad link in summary on How Farming Reshaped Our Genomes · · Score: 1

    I can't get the "dark skin and blue eyes" link to work.

  2. This finally answers Yossarian's question! on Mystery of FBI Documents Posted To US Press In 1971 Solved · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"

  3. Re:Jesix on King James Programming · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Would not survive on Chicxulub Impact Might Have Spread Life-Bearing Rocks Through the Solar System · · Score: 1

    In that case, I hate to think what Noah Webster does.

  5. Re:Once the rocket is up, on GOCE Satellite Is Falling To Earth But Nobody Knows Where It Will Land · · Score: 1

    So this story should be "from the it's-not-my-dept."

  6. Re:Here's the real problem he has on Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll shoot your eye out.

  7. Re:ballsy move on Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet · · Score: 1

    So she might not appreciate the phrase "ballsy move" being applied to her?

  8. Re:What would Sun Tzu say about this situation on John Gilmore Analyzes NSA Obstruction of Crypto In IPSEC · · Score: 1

    Actually Johnson, as part of his Great Society policy.

  9. Re:Is are on Ohio State Introduces Massive Open Online Calculus · · Score: 2
  10. Re:Rename the disease and awareness will shoot up on Censorship Doesn't Just Stifle Speech — It Can Cause Disease To Spread · · Score: 1

    How about "Missus A"?

  11. Re:Guillotine on Neurologists Shine Light On Near-Death Experiences · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Don't care. on $375,000 Lab-Grown Beef Burger To Debut On Monday · · Score: 1

    Hm, you've just come up with a modest proposal...

  13. Re:Alright then. Carry On. on Surveillance Story Turns Into a Warning About Employer Monitoring · · Score: 1

    Haven't people heard of the standard police motto? (It's the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department, so it's what Hollywood puts on fictional police cars.)

  14. Re:1054 on Watch the Crab Nebula Expand Over a 13 Year Period · · Score: 1

    Yet, oh God, there were so many stars you could have used. What was the need to give these people to the fire, that the symbol of their passing might shine above the Great Schism?

  15. There are certainly Muslim creationists, such as Harun Yahya.

  16. Re:10,000 things on Wine 1.6 Released With 10,000 Changes · · Score: 1

    10,000 good deeds is buddhist.

    I had the idea from somewhere that Chinese uses "ten thousand" to mean "a large number", much as English uses "a thousand". Can anyone confirm or deny, especially native speakers?

  17. Re:Surprising on Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge Window · · Score: 1

    In the past, the summary has usually just mentioned "DRM" without specifying what it stood for. Someone was nearly always trolled, too. I was surprised to see Slashdot has finally started disambiguating the initialism.

  18. Re:Another "magic" storage tech. BS, as usual. on Data Storage That Could Outlast the Human Race · · Score: 1

    And Penguinisto's response means "I wish I had mod points".

  19. Unfortunately, the original paper is paywalled at Nature.

  20. Re:Mostly good except for electronics counterfeiti on Multiple Studies Show Used Electronics Exports To Third World Mostly Good · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, they don't just make up statistics; they insert alarmist and armageddonist factoids, too.

  21. Re:Going to Hell in a (brightly lit) Handbasket on Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Originally it was a nickname for the king of Babylon, one of Israel's enemies. But the passage was reinterpreted long afterward to refer to Satan.

  22. Re:Ob Pratchett on Why French Govt's Attempt to Censor Wikipedia Matters · · Score: 1

    A lie can make its way around the world before the truth can get its boots on.

    Nitpick: the quote is not from Pratchett, and probably isn't from Twain either.

  23. Re:Placebo effect on Interviews: James Randi Answers Your Questions · · Score: 3, Interesting
  24. Re:Science on Spaceport Development Picks Up Steam In Texas · · Score: 1
    The quote you're probably thinking of is this, from Anatole France's The Red Lily:

    The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

  25. Re:DRM?? on Lots of Changes for Intel Graphics Coming in Linux 3.9 · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Direct Rendering Manager", or "Direct Rendering Module".