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  1. other possibilities on Apple's Electric Car Project To Be Led By Bob Mansfield (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Nelson ‘Bighead’ Bighetti might be available...

  2. Re:This actually makes perfect sense. on Scientists Find Traces of Sea Plankton On ISS Surface · · Score: 1

    And the universe says "thanks for all the fish"

    If plankton was taken to the ISS via an updraft and it's viable (survived the delta V of impact). It would seem likely that impacts with passing objects that are above escape velocity could also occur. If that's true, plankton might be found all over the solar system.

  3. Re:NFX DVD replace Cable and TV for me on Netflix Reduces Physical-Disc Processing, Keeps Prices the Same · · Score: 1

    Romeo loves Juliet ... Who writes this crap anyhow?

  4. Re:Hiding shady practices on Police Departments Using Car Tracking Database Sworn To Secrecy · · Score: 1

    Virgina's Attorney General is of the opinion is that using cameras to collect plate information is not legal unless its directly related to a criminal case. Apparently that hasn't affected the practice too much.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

  5. computer, enhance ... on SpaceX Looking For Help With "Landing" Video · · Score: 2

    try "computer, enhance ..."

  6. Re:Dimensional analysis... on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    kW/hour is ... how you get billed

  7. Re:Capitalism. on Snowden Publishes "A Manifesto For the Truth" · · Score: 1

    So, tax 'em, and deny them any representation?

  8. Re:clearly I don't understand something... on Seagate's Shingled Magnetic Recording Tech Boosts HDD Capacities to 5TB and Up · · Score: 1

    rewriting data compromises data on the next track, which needs to be read/written, which compromises...
    So you need to rewrite the whole damn 5TB disk?

    "higher bit densities come with a penalty"
    That sounds like an understatement.

    You're gonna want to get rid of all that DRAM you've got then ...

  9. a little hard, and risky on Oracle Discontinues Free Java Time Zone Updates · · Score: 1

    I wonder if this is related to the problem BBC found with providing a time-zone accurate data to global users.

    http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/06/06/012207/bbc-clock-inaccurate---100-days-to-fix

    There might be some risk associated with providing a time service accurate everywhere, when you can't possibly know how the users depend on it ...

  10. What will they do instead? on Rice Professor Predicts Humans Out of Work In 30 Years · · Score: 1

    Uh ... sit at Starbucks with their laptops?

  11. Re:not just software.. my wetware is confused too on Baseball Software Can't Score What Jean Segura Did Friday · · Score: 2

    Segura's on first.

  12. no DirectX 12 on AMD Says There Will Be No DirectX 12 — Ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it only goes to 11

  13. Circuit Cellar magazine on Ask Slashdot: Good Books and Tools For a Software/Hardware Hobbyist? · · Score: 1

    Looking at the ads alone will give you a ton of ideas ...

  14. your daughter's webcam on Ask Slashdot: Skype Setup For Toddler's Room? · · Score: 1

    So, you WANT your daughter to have a webcam in her room that callers control? A lot of parents seem to be going in the other direction ...

  15. IP address is people? on Database and IP Records Tie Election Fraud To Canada's Ruling Conservatives · · Score: 1

    Wait a minute - I thought we were all agreed that an IP address is not a person ...

    http://torrentfreak.com/judge-an-ip-address-doesnt-identify-a-person-120503/

  16. Re:Finally! on Key Test For Skylon Spaceplane Engine Technology · · Score: 1

    Fireball XL5, baby!

  17. What would Donald Knuth do... on Are Programmers Ruining the Design of eBooks? · · Score: 1

    If I recall TeX lore correctly, Knuth took a sidetrack to develop a system that would render his books the way he wanted the material to be presented. Today, you can't read his books on an e-reader ... unless you find that giant PDF with rendered graphics of every page.

    E-readers will be mature when Knuth will sell you his books in e-reader form.

  18. Re:Had to be asked. on Faster Algorithm for Sphere Packing Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not dumb, but can you provide an example using pancakes?

  19. overclocking on Some Newegg Customers Received Fake Intel Core i7s · · Score: 1

    Any word on how well they overclock?

  20. pig travel on H1N1 Appears To Be Transmittable From Human To Pig · · Score: 1

    Maybe that's why you don't see pigs on planes ...

  21. the disk whisperer ... on Why Not To Shout At Your Disk Array · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dub this guy the disk whisperer ...

  22. Re:EASY! on What If Yoda Ran IBM? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yoda dies????>

  23. who invented the tubes? on "Series of Tubes" Metaphor Implemented · · Score: 1

    Someday Sen Stevens will brag about inventing the tubes, and we'll still make fun ...

  24. turn-about on Politicians Have Poor Grasp of Technology? · · Score: 1

    ... it may be that some geeks understanding of the subtleties and nuances of politics is just as simple minded as some politicians understanding of tehnology.

  25. bacteria vs. gorilla on The World's Strongest Glue · · Score: 1

    Bacteria glue - stronger than Gorilla glue??? That's not right!