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  1. Better be gluten free on Twitter To Introduce Curated Information Stream · · Score: 1

    Farm to table artseian hand curates tweets or I'm not interested.

  2. Slashdot on You'll Totally Believe Why These Startups Failed · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot - news for nerds, "got bought by dice.com"

  3. Re: Patent? on Swiss Launch of Apple Watch Hit By Patent Issue · · Score: 1

    The rte link suggests a trademark

    https://www.rts.ch/info/econom...

  4. gosh that would never happen here on Hundreds Expelled, Many Arrested, For Cheating In India's School Exams · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Only those funny foreigners cheat. Never happens here in the US...

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...

  5. Let's all say it together on Martian Canyons May Have Been Carved By Wind · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.

  6. Re:Patent Grammar Too on One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake · · Score: 1

    Manual of Patent Examining Practice section 2111.03 Transitional phrases

    http://www.uspto.gov/web/offic...

  7. a really big net on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 1

    Like the old fashioned barrage balloons? or is that too simple?

  8. Nothing of value lost? on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    I mean seriously, was anyone actually going to watch this other than Seth Rogen's mom?

  9. I'm not saying it's aliens on Mysterious Martian Gouges Carved By Sand-surfing Dry Ice · · Score: 2

    ...but aliens!

  10. Lesson from the past on Tesla Wants Texas Auto Sales Regulations Loosened · · Score: 1

    I recall way back in the mists of time car manufacturers in the UK sellimg kits of parts to avoid the high sales tax on cars.

    I'm sure Elon could come up with a similar work around. Wheels sold separately.

  11. Re: Weaksauce on Australia Elaborates On a New Drift Model To Find MH370 · · Score: 2

    Given huge numbers of mothballed aircraft sitting in the desert in AZ why do you need a grand conspiracy to use a commercial airliner full of people?

  12. hunter2 on Passwords: Too Much and Not Enough · · Score: 1

    Quick someone mention the horse password thingy

  13. worthless on Iceland Stands Down On Travel Alert: From Orange To Red and Back Again · · Score: 1

    it just says "volcano insurance" over and over again

  14. London Taxis on Chinese-Built Cars Are Coming To the US Next Year · · Score: 4, Informative

    Just fyi, Geely makes the current iteration of the famous London Black Taxi Cab.

  15. Easier to get rid of the windows? on $10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide · · Score: 1

    It's just a source of structural weakness in the airframe anyway. Just get rid of the windows and replace with cameras.

  16. Re:The gillette razor/iPod problem on I Want a Kindle Killer · · Score: 1

    *ding*

    The device is not what is important. Seamless integration with a content store is the reason ipods and kindles took off. To compete you need to either license all the content yourself or use someone else's store. this is a very high barrier to entry.

  17. Or properly fund the police force on Driverless Cars Could Cripple Law Enforcement Budgets · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know through taxes.

    While you're at it how about properly funding schools through taxes rather than bake sales. Actually there are a lot of things that could benefit just by being properly funded by taxes.

  18. Re:Who has the biggest Koch? on Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs · · Score: 1

    But the joke doesn't work if I use someone elses' name.

  19. Who has the biggest Koch? on Lessig Launches a Super PAC To End All Super PACs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not sure people realize how much money is needed.

  20. I got a letter from President Carter on Jimmy Carter: Snowden Disclosures Are 'Good For Americans To Know' · · Score: 1

    They'd done a sloppy job of resealing the envelope after steaming it open. Back to wax seals I guess.

  21. Re:Mercury next, please on Egg-free Flu Vaccines Provide Faster Pandemic Response · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has already been removed from single dose vials since around 2001.

  22. Googlebomb Cameron on Great Firewall of UK Blocks Game Patch Because of Substring Matches · · Score: 3, Funny

    Associate it with something "naughty" (ala Santorum) and demand it be added to the filter for the sake of the children and voila slowly but surely Cameron will be filtered out of UK life.

  23. Re:Have some time to help nuke JP Morgan on this? on JPMorgan Files Patent Application On 'Bitcoin Killer' · · Score: 1

    Of course he doesn't know what he is talking about, very few who have commented so far appear to know anything about patents. This is nothing new or suprising for slashdot.

  24. Re:RIP Bill Cosby on Nelson Mandela Dead At 95 · · Score: 1

    Idris Elba actually.

  25. Re: You may think it troll, flame bait, etc, but.. on Lawsuits Seek To Turn Chimpanzees Into Legal Persons · · Score: 1

    Rubbish. The Jewish view of marriage is pretty much just as a legal contract with some added fluff. There is even exchange of consideration. It would be better the other way round religion should keep its nose out of marriage.