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  1. Re:One of the plaintiffs is PBS. on New Content-Delivery Tech Should Be Presumed Illegal, Says Former Copyright Boss · · Score: 1

    Gawd. You are correct. It is right there on the title page of the PDF brief. What a pisser!

  2. Re:Article has it Right on What Should Start-Ups Do With the Brilliant Jerk? · · Score: 1

    I regard "collaboration" as antithetical to "blustering". A blustering individual probably wants his or her way all of the time, and blusters through any negotiation (which is a component of collaboration). Thus, I think the utility of the blustering developer is limited. He or she has trouble working with others fairly.

    As you imply at the beginning, you need to keep such people on projects in which the side-effects of their blustering are contained.

  3. Re:Which is the scary part? on Malicious PhpMyAdmin Served From SourceForge Mirror · · Score: 1

    That's a good comment. Why post as AC?

  4. A simpler alternative to phpMyAdmin on Malicious PhpMyAdmin Served From SourceForge Mirror · · Score: 1

    As an alternative, one can use phpMiniAdmin. Way smaller, with fewer places to hide malicious code. Also, being less complicated than phpMyAdmin, it is easier to get it running.

  5. Re:Must preserve bacon! on Global Bacon Shortage 'Unavoidable' · · Score: 1

    Gah! That would only preserve the inside of the bacon, and would create bacon-scented helium!

    Hey,wait, that's cool.

  6. Must preserve bacon! on Global Bacon Shortage 'Unavoidable' · · Score: 1

    We must preserve the bacon supply! I propose that we pack it inside large containers of helium, to preserve freshness.

  7. Re:$85K is a lot of money? on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    Maybe that meant $85k "plus" another $100k for cost-of-living in the Bay Area.

  8. Re:Reminder on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lorena Bobbitt, is that you?

  9. Location, location, location on US Doctors Back Circumcision · · Score: 1

    "Perhaps the most powerful evidence in favour of circumcision comes from randomized controlled trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda."

    Nope...I don't see "USA" in there. I'll pass.

  10. Re:So which field of engineering on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 1

    Thus did Sauron create the orcs from the elves, via his cruel arts.

  11. Yeah. You'd think they would have an ongoing schedule of therapy for the screeners, available continuously while they hold the job.

  12. Re:Seguro Popular -- it's not universal on Near-universal Mexican Healthcare Coverage Results From Science-informed Changes · · Score: 1

    ...we're living next to a nation with an entirely predatory health-care system...

    Those darn Greenlanders!

  13. I predict a protest... on eBay Bans the Sale of Spells and Magic Items · · Score: 2
  14. Re::facepalm: on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    Hey, on a bit of a tangent:

    Did you get a look at the consoles being used in mission control at JPL? Yes, they were using Apple laptops. But it also looked like they were being used in enclosures that consisted of the husks of old-tech mission-control terminals. Like JPL had just gutted the interior electronics and put the laptops on the resulting desk-and-enclosure.

    Can any JPL folks comment?

  15. Re:gritn (guy raised in the north) on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    There's a lot we don't know and kids enjoy comparing what was known to be true in my teenage years with what we know now.

    Whaddayamean? If we had kept using asbestos all these years, I'd have had a flying car by now!

  16. Microsoft Turd on Bill Gates Wants To Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    Nuff said.

  17. Re:My conclusion: No to financial transaction tax! on This Is What Wall Street's Terrifying Robot Invasion Looks Like · · Score: 1

    "Any trade orders that arrive within each timeslice would be executed in a random order, so as to defeat any advantage the high-frequency traders would get by being fast."

    Frikkin' cool! (As long as the randomization does not get circumvented.)

  18. Re:When Egypt or Libya does it, it's bad, of cours on Executive Order Grants US Gov't New Powers Over Communication Systems · · Score: 1

    What constitutes an emergency to trigger this takeover....emp? China cyber attack? Bad election returns?

    Too many pirated copies of "Snow White".

  19. A whistle? on FTC To Revisit Robocall Menace · · Score: 1

    Nah, that's harsh and much less effective than this horror..

  20. Re:Bullshit on Space Tourist Trips To the Moon May Fly On Recycled Spaceships · · Score: 1

    You know,for 20 x $150M, you could probably fake the trip pretty well.

  21. While you're on that recycled ship... on Space Tourist Trips To the Moon May Fly On Recycled Spaceships · · Score: 1

    ...Eat recycled food! It's good for you, and it's good for the environment!

  22. Re:what are the entertainment options like? on Ask Bas Lansdorp About Going to Mars, One Way · · Score: 1

    In all seriousness, I expect that you (or I) might eventually choose to cut ourselves with something sharp, repeatedly.

  23. Re:I think a countersuit is definitely in order on FunnyJunk Sues the Oatmeal Over TM and "Incitement To Cyber-Vandalism" · · Score: 1

    The IHOP serves oatmeal? I thought they were all about pancakes.

  24. Re:The S in scientist stands for... on CERN: Neutrinos Respect Cosmic Speed Limit · · Score: 1

    Or even this one.

  25. Re:I'd ditch the hull design first thing. on Engineer Thinks We Could Build a Real Starship Enterprise In 20 Years · · Score: 1

    And use old tennis players as the crew. I wonder if Bjorn Borg is available?