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  1. Re:It has to be said... on CmdrTaco Watches Atlantis Liftoff · · Score: 1

    Maybe. I joked about the tearing-up comment of his but I can still get that way watching Sagan in Cosmos. Guess seeing a launch is something to erase from my bucket list.

  2. Re:It has to be said... on CmdrTaco Watches Atlantis Liftoff · · Score: 0

    It's an editorial of sorts.

    As someone who has never seen a live launch, it was pretty interesting.

  3. Re:I've never been to a launch :( on CmdrTaco Watches Atlantis Liftoff · · Score: 0, Troll

    ps: crybaby fag!

  4. I've never been to a launch :( on CmdrTaco Watches Atlantis Liftoff · · Score: 1


    I actually teared up, but I'm pretty sure nobody noticed me wiping my eyes with my shirt.

    Yet you posted that here so we can make fun of you. This is why I love slashdot: the dedication of the editorial staff to trolling.

  5. Re:and the open apps don't have 30% cut + $99 year on New SMS Trojan Found In Android Markets · · Score: 1

    No, but the ones that do have a lot of developers making a lot of money...

  6. "dropbox" is generic. on Dropbox Releases Revised TOS · · Score: 1


    Oh please, we had "dropboxes" on an Appletalk network around 1990.

    On a Mac SE/30 server each user had public folders and folders labelled "$USERS's Dropbox". They were effectively write-only for all but the owner. The 'dropbox' term is something I adopted from an employer before that and I'm sure we weren't the only places to use the term.

  7. Re:Intense training? on The View From the Ground At an Indian Call Center · · Score: 1, Funny


    asinine corporate playbooks

    This story isn't about RIM.

  8. Re:Microsoft Research on Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone · · Score: 1


    It's just one guy in his basement.

    Mom? But you died in 1982...

  9. Re:Microsoft Research on Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone · · Score: 4, Informative


    You, Microsoft has a huge legal division expert in the following subjects

    - Barratry
    - Intimidation
    - Patent trolling

    ftfy

  10. Re:MS-Brain Tumor v1.01 on Microsoft's Hottest New Profit Center: Android · · Score: 1

    lol, man I wish I had mod points... :)

  11. Re:ironically it's not far from the truth... on Hijacked Fox News Twitter Account Falsely Claims Obama Shot Dead · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    Teh Terr'sts hate our freedomz!!11```

  12. Re:The obvious question on World's Best Chess Engine Outlawed and Disqualified · · Score: 0

    They aren't buried that deep, even the manpages in OSX have BSDisms everywhere.

  13. Re:Hope they call it 3M on Mathematics Museum To Open In Manhattan · · Score: 1


    Calling it MoMa is a smart idea. It means they can use the same letterhead for the times they have to communicate in Ebonics.

  14. Re:Fun with math on Mathematics Museum To Open In Manhattan · · Score: 1


    Yeah, JFK's speeches were cool but this isn't the place for them.

  15. Re:Entrance fee on Mathematics Museum To Open In Manhattan · · Score: 1

    In the olden days (Apple ][), "$" was hex.

  16. Re:We don't have the "Internet" in Canada on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? · · Score: 1

    We have a 3G iPad with the $15 Rogers plan. It's worked very well and we've never come close to hitting the limit as we're usually on wifi.

  17. Re:We don't have the "Internet" in Canada on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? · · Score: 1


    I'm in Winnipeg, don't tell me about the cold! :)

  18. Re:We don't have the "Internet" in Canada on Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? · · Score: 1


    I guess you got in your TARDIS and visited August 13 to post this, EH?

  19. Re:Well, Duh. on Cancer Cluster Possibly Found Among TSA Workers · · Score: 3, Informative


    These are TSA people you're talking about.

    If they were given radiation dose badges, the retards would get loaded on malt liquor and have races to see who's badge changes first in the scanners.

  20. Re:For great justice on New Top Tier Science Journal Announced · · Score: 3, Funny


    Allowing anonymous comments should help this journal achieve the "top tier" status the owners want. Look at what it's done for slashdot!

  21. Re:I found... on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1

    Portable devices have progressed far further in 3 years than desktop machines, though 1995 may have been a stretch... :)

  22. Re:I found... on Apple Has Stopped iOS Downgrading · · Score: 1

    News Flash: new operating systems can require more beefy hardware. Try installing Win7 on a machine "Designed for Windows 95" and see how it goes...

  23. Re:Cautious optimism! on +Pool Would Let New Yorkers Go River Swimming · · Score: 1


    Coming from a pool owner: most of those chemicals are all actually legit in the maintenance of a pool.
    - Chlorine kills algae
    - Bromine is used mostly in hot tubs and spas I think, I've never used it in our pool but see it for sale at the pool/spa/hot tub supplier.
    - Cyanuric Acid is stabilizer for the chlorine. It helps prevent sunlight from neutralizing the chlorine. "Stabilized Chlorine" has the acid included in the granules or pucks.
    - Sodium Bisulphate is an acid used to bring down high pH levels. Commonly called "pH down" by the manufacturers.
    - Sodium Carbonate raised pH levels. Commonly called "pH up" by the manufactureres.

    That all said, I don't recall reading about dangerous subluxations on the MSDS...

  24. Re:The real issue: on The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi · · Score: 1


    Generally fine. All the cues are there, on a video screen it's just weird.
    Maybe I have a kiss of Aspergers...

  25. Re:The real issue: on The History of the Videophone In Sci-Fi · · Score: 1


    We have a regular IT Managers' teleconference which we call in to with the option to go video. Even with a nice Cisco (nee Tandberg) VC system and 60" display, I go over the phone.

    That way I can eat my lunch, play on my phone, scratch myself, etc. Video calls make me way too self conscious about what I'm doing and concentration is lost.