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  1. Re:SD Freeway isn't the problem on Elon Musk Hates 405 Freeway Traffic, Pays Money To Speed Construction · · Score: 1

    Perhaps I'm a candidate for a "woosh", but I-270 between Washington DC and Gaithersburg is 6 lanes, and it gets backed up every day during rush hour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_270_(Maryland)

  2. Re:not motivated by money? on Mark Zuckerberg, In It To Change the World? · · Score: 1

    I thought he wanted one meeeeeeeeeeellion dollars? ::puts pinky to cheek::

  3. Re:Send another robot maybe? on NASA Concedes Defeat In Effort To Free Spirit Rover · · Score: 3, Funny

    Computerized Knowledge-worker. Done and done.

  4. Re:Easy but far too simple solution on Adobe Security Chief Defends JavaScript Support · · Score: 2, Funny

    Shhhh....you'll give them ideas!

  5. Re:Don't bother on Replacements For Adobe Creative Suite 3 Apps? · · Score: 1

    That could be because Adobe support is required to replicate a bug before they are allowed to even enter it into their bug report system. If they can't replicate it on their own test environment, the bug report goes into the circular file.

    Not saying this is a good idea or practice, just saying this is my experience with Adobe.

  6. Re:slip your hand? on Nintendo Working On Football Controller · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tell that to Diego Maradona.

  7. The most interesting tech startup... on Is the Federal Government the Most Interesting Tech Startup For 2009? · · Score: 5, Funny
    • They have software processes so convoluted, you need GPS navigation to make sense of them
    • They spend money on failing projects like it's going out of style
    • They once had a well managed project, just to see what it felt like

    Quite simply, the Federal Government is....The Most Interesting Tech Startup in the World!

  8. Re:Bring it on! on Monkey Island To Return · · Score: 1

    You're as ugly as a monkey in a negligee!

  9. Guess you can't read Slashdot on the iPhone then on iTunes Prohibits Terrorism · · Score: 1
  10. Re:It is the cost on What Has Fox Got Against Its Own Sci-Fi Shows? · · Score: 1

    On the other hand 30 minutes of Happy Days and 30 minutes of Mork and Mindy would cost the network a total of $250,000. But it would bring in 2.5 million.

    So do the math. Decent sci-fi show 1 dollar out for every dollar in. Cheap but good rated comedy gives us 2.25 dollars out for every dollar in.

    Isn't that supposed to be 9 dollars out for every dollar in? (2,500,000 - 250,000) / 250,000

  11. Re:Expert naval tactics on Superguns Helped Defeat the Spanish Armada · · Score: 1

    DC isn't great, either.

    New coworker coming from Hawaii: "Man, the traffic here is nothing compared to Hawaii."

    Me: "Just wait"

    Next day...

    Coworker: "I was on the beltway and I saw someone brandishing a bat at another driver!"

  12. Re:Three options on How To Keep Rats From Eating My Cables? · · Score: 1

    My personal preference for keeping rats out of my barn/hay is the rat snake. They don't chew on cables and unlike a cat, they hunt out rats nests. A good rat snake(s) will eat most if not all of the litters and that can do more to get rid of your population than anything else.

    Plus, you get the enjoyment of seeing the havoc the snake will cause if it slithers out onto the sales floor.

  13. Re:IPV4 addresses are NOT running out on IPv6 Adoption Up 300 Percent Over 2 Years · · Score: 1

    and, as a nice side effect, making it possible for me to assign a public-facing IP address and DNS entry for every toaster in my house.

    How many toasters do you own? How many do you need?

  14. Finally.... on Linux Kernel Booting On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    This is the year of Linux on the iPhone!

  15. Re:rm -rf / on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    Hey, I'll have to try th

  16. Mojave? on Windows 7 Beta Screenshots Leaked · · Score: 1

    "Overall, the screenshots show a distinctly Vista-like interface..."
    Anyone else thinking that Windows 7 is another Mojave?

  17. Tnew? on Browser Extension Defeats Internet Eavesdropping · · Score: 1

    Can we tag this one tnew please? :-)

  18. Re:Not much details... on MIT Team Working On a $12 Apple (II) Desktop · · Score: 1

    All TFA says that it is loosly based on the Apple II. So what does that mean? Have the same CPU? Same OS? Same amount of RAM? Looks like the Apple II?

    Will it run Lemonade Stand?

  19. Re:I would be willing to do this on Test Selling "Last Mile" Fiber to Homeowners Under Way in Canada · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which ditch did the ditchwitch witch if the ditchwitch did witch ditch?

  20. Re:Best Tech Scam on There's a Sucker Converted Every Minute · · Score: 1

    My other favorite is the speaker scam, which someone tried to pull on me about two weeks ago (I hadn't heard of these for years). It's not really a tech scam, just your basic grift that happens to involve technology: an "installer" got an extra set of speakers/surround sound system/plasma TV accidentally loaded in his van for a big install job.

    This happened to me, too, out in the middle of nowhere in North Carolina at a gas station.

    Man in a white van asks me to roll down my window:

    White van man: Hey, buddy, got a kinda odd question for ya!
    Me: Shoot.
    WVM: Do you want a brand new home the-a-ter system? They loaded an extra one on my truck!
    Me: ::rolls up window and drives off quickly::

  21. Re:I think it's funny on Netflix Changes Its Mind, Will Keep Profiles Feature · · Score: 1

    (cue Chris Rock jokes)

    Netflix: We're keeping profiles!
    Chris Rock: What you want, a cookie?

  22. Re:House of Lords Rap on UK's House of Lords Speaks To Voters Via YouTube, Blogs · · Score: 1

    Could I get a transcript or something? I speak American and I couldn't understand a word they were saying.