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  1. Re:What's up with the ' on Slashdot Asks: Notes For Next Hallowe'en? · · Score: 1

    All I need to know is where to buy the sharpened stakes for the the bear pit that's going in front of my door!

  2. Re:Is preparation a problem on Feds Have a Plan For Catastrophic Solar Flares (digitaljournal.com) · · Score: 1

    So the basic personal preparation is to practice banging rocks together :D

  3. Re:Absurd on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    The truth is probably more to do with the Senate Oversight Committee debating the existence of the Junkyard

  4. Elliptic Curve on Fewer IPsec Connections At Risk From Weak Diffie-Hellman (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought Diffie Hellman relied on elliptic curves rather than huge prime numbers. Please correct me if I'm wrong

  5. Carlsberg aren't internet providers but if they were........

  6. Re:Still not interested on How Tesla's Autopilot and Google's Car Are Entirely Different Animals (robohub.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    *Summon car from parking space*

    *Drive like maniac to destination*

    *Let car find it's own damned parking space*

    *Summon car from parking space*

    *Drive like maniac home*

    *Let car find it's own damned parking space*

    rinse and repeat

  7. Re:Always entertaining when salesmen try to talk t on Oracle Bakes Security Into New Chips (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    I was just impressed with 4bits = 24 what is this quantum?

  8. Am I the only one who thinks their logo is reminiscent of the Playboy Logo?

  9. Re:spent much of 2014 attempting to acquire on Alabama Man Sold a Priceless Apollo-Era Lunar Rover Protoype For Scrap Metal (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    NASA spent much of 2014 attempting to acquire the priceless artifact for display in a museum

    Sounds like they didn't try too hard if they couldn't compete with a scrap yard.

    The senate oversight committee is probably still deciding whether to approve NASA's first bid

  10. Re:Call Me Simple But on Physicists Uncover Novel Phase of Matter (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    How condensating of you :)

  11. Re:30 miles up ..at 19,000 km/hr... Saturn Descend on Cassini Probe Will Dive Through Enceladus's Water Jets (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    It's the only way NASA could give it a jet wash

  12. Re:Organic compounds in space on Comet Lovejoy Giving Away Alcohol (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    Given the amount of alcohol noted int the article I think the party started with a bang :)

  13. Re:These folks know nothing of science. on Does Government Science Funding Drive Innovation? (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Graphene is a good example any such innovation is normally ignored until someone who understands the scientific principals and can research them further does it. I as I'm sure millions of other physics students in school drew a line in pencil and then measured it's resistance (Even noting how incredibly low the resistance was), however, it took a university professor to do the same thing and have a eureka moment and now look where we are.

  14. They should come to London on Not Just Paris: Community Activists Target Data Centers (datacenterfrontier.com) · · Score: 1

    Our government would happily accept their bribe

  15. There's an app for that on Apple Tells US Judge It's 'Impossible' To Break Through Locks On New iPhones (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    So Apple are saying they can't hack your phone. But they'll still let you install apps that give your data away for free hmmmmm

  16. Re:if you can't protect it, don't collect it on UK's Largest Online Pharmacy Sold Patients' Personal Data To Fraudsters (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    This is just another part of the great NHS sell off.

  17. We didn't lock the door because we didn't think anyone would try the knob? Hope somebody's head rolled for this incompetence!

  18. Re:"Whatever", indeed. on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    Just replace "Billionaires" with "Women" and "Money" with sex.

  19. Re:Nonsense on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    Someone else who is also a billionaire – they don't want anything from you!

    Anyone who claims that has no understanding of the psychology of the majority of billionaires. See Carly Fiorina and her 'good friend' Steve Jobs for an example. If you're a billionaire, then other billionaires are the ones that have the most of what you value and therefore the best targets. Stealing from the poor is far more effort - you need to steal from loads of them.

    And that's the governments job :)

  20. What a pile of absolute tosh on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    All of my multimillionaire friends are just tight as fuck and wont lend money to anyone. They will condescendingly refuse to let you pay your share for a taxi ride/meal. Other than that they are just like the rest of my friends only better dressed (normally)

  21. Re:No one is surprised on How Is the NSA Breaking So Much Crypto? (freedom-to-tinker.com) · · Score: 1

    This is all pretty academic as the Quantum Computer Juggernaut is almost here.

  22. Re:Media Center on Windows 10 Upgrades Are Being Forced On Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    If I could find a suitable alternative to Windows Media Center, I'd switch as well. I'm afraid I'll be one of those who switches, reluctantly, on the last day.

    Have you tried crape paper and a comb?

  23. Re:Took the bait. on Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Has it learned to do 419 scams in upper case yet though?

  24. Re:Not about the ruling class on UK MPs Hold Emergency Debate After Court Makes It Legal For GCHQ To Spy On Them (westerndailypress.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is probably the real reason VIP pedophile rings have been covered up for years in the UK Government. Simply because GCHQ didn't want to lose their trump card!

  25. Re:Dumbing down culture on Video Game Music Is Saving the Symphony Orchestra (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on which snob you're talking to