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  1. Re:Damn corporate web blocker! on 520-Million-Year-Old Arthropod May Have Had the First Modern Brain · · Score: 2, Funny

    You didnt miss much. Just some conclusions about the evolution of insects:

    I could have got that watching the conservative party conference

  2. The most hacked database on earth on US and EU Clash Over Whois Data · · Score: 1

    Do we really want it holding CC details when best practices are not to store them unless you are the bank involved in the transaction!!

  3. Re:Based on experience on A Day in Your Life, Fifteen Years From Now · · Score: 1

    and I'll have kids.

    Be careful what you wish for

  4. Re:I am a blue collar coder on The Case For the Blue Collar Coder · · Score: 1

    Whilst unemployed in 1994 I was turned down by a number of firms because I didn't have a degree. Some firms have just been like that for ever :(

  5. Re:As a tech guy get used to it on Replacing Windows 8's Missing Start Menu · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some of us have clients who use Vista so we don't really have a choice :(

  6. Cross it with cludo on Learning HTML Through a Board Game · · Score: 2

    and you'll have another use for the body tag :)

  7. I am a blue collar coder on The Case For the Blue Collar Coder · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Been in the business for over 20 years now. The only issue I have makes getting jobs difficult as too many companies wont touch you without a degree.

    BTW The closest my school had to Computer Science was a couple of Commodore Pets and a maths teacher who thought all that was involved with CS was logic. Ah well where there's a geek there's a way :)

  8. Sounds like on Stolen Maple Syrup Found and Returned To Strategic Reserve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone came to a sticky end :)

  9. Re:Stupid on Television Network Embeds Android Device In Magazine Ads · · Score: 1
    Is Apple paying for Mod points or something???

    How in the planet of fuck did this get modded up?

  10. Re:anonymous coward? on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1
  11. The Logo? on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1

    Who's idea was the logo (An apple with a bite out of it) and is it as has been rumoured a reference to the death of Alan Turing?

  12. Doubt if something awful was really involved on Glenn Beck Reports CIA Plot Between Embassy Killing and Something Awful · · Score: 1

    But if you think anyone who works at an embassy isn't a spy then you are the Moron

  13. Re:I just tried to do this on my Blackberrry on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    Wow this gets moded down? Its Adams again on the same topic!!

  14. Re:I just tried to do this on my Blackberrry on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 5, Insightful
    To quote the bard

    A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely fool-proof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

    — Douglas Adams

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

  15. Re:Makes sense? on Even Windows 8 Users Prefer Windows 7 · · Score: 2
    Because no mater what ALM you use decisions to publish are always in the hands of someone who knows F*** all about anything and is receiving advice from the wrong people who are all scared of him!!!

    BTW it's pretty much impossible to release a piece of software that has no bugs

  16. It's not that bad on Even Windows 8 Users Prefer Windows 7 · · Score: 1
    It just needs to get rid of the Metr... I mean Modern interface if you don't have a touch sensitive screen or at least give us the option of using a traditional menu interface. Just give us a revert to desktop & start menu and I'll be happy. On the other hand they've also trimmed quite a bit of fat and at some things it's a shed load faster.

    /2penceworth

  17. Please tell me on California Legalizes Self Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    RoboTaxi drivers conversation will have a volume contol!!!

  18. Re:The Land of Fruits and Nuts on California Legalizes Self Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    Why do Luddites chose to come to Slashdot?

    If they come anywhere it'll be here where the meat is :)

    /ripley

  19. Re:Android is a patent minefield on Will Apple Vs Samsung Verdict Be Overturned? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If its Android that appears to be breaching patents surely they should be suing the Android/Google collective.

  20. What trick? on Your Moral Compass Is Reversible · · Score: 1

    You are forbidden to mod up this post!

  21. Re:Hacking? on The Man Who Hacked the Bank of France · · Score: 1

    No, it is not lock-picking

    But it still is unlawful entry (depending on the circumstances).

    Actually depends on the jurisdiction for example here in the UK it's not a crime as long as no damage is done. Look up squatters rights if you don't believe me.

  22. Re:He's going international next. on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 1

    Yup

  23. Re:Hypocrites on MakerBot Going Closed Source? · · Score: 2

    If signed up to Kickstarter for this I'd be after a refund about now.

  24. Bit not a Qubit on Researchers Create Silicon-Based Quantum Bit · · Score: 4, Informative

    All this demonstrates is the ability to store 1 bit of information at the atomic level not a Qubit which can be in multiple states at once due to quantum entanglement. This is like heralding the dawn of the computer age by promoting a mechanical calculator.

  25. What if they can't find me?? on Nestle's GPS Tracking Candy Campaign · · Score: 1

    What do I win if they can't find me? I mean I'm pretty good at hide & seek you know!