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  1. old story on Large Corporations Displacing Aging IT Workers With H-1B Visa Workers · · Score: 0

    typical NPR. last millennium story.

  2. Hire out on Ask Slashdot: I Just Need... Marketing? · · Score: 1

    Since this is your first time dealing with marketing, hire out. 1. if you don't like them, fire them, and recalculate. 2. if you do like what they do, now you know what to look for in a partner. 3. if you develop another product, you'll know that marketing should be involved before prototypes.

  3. find God and power down on CERN's LHC Powers Down For Two Years · · Score: 2

    or that's what the LHC *wants* CERN to believe.

  4. Re:Don't Care on Pepsi To Release New Breakfast Mountain Dew · · Score: 2

    Surge? Bring Back JOLT. "All the sugar and twice the caffeine."

  5. sure. another USPS holiday on Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday? · · Score: 0

    they need another day off. teachers, too. what fun!

  6. it's only YouTube on Egyptian Court Wants To Block YouTube For a Month · · Score: 1

    Egypt does this kind of thing periodically. the Suez Canal, for instance. Sturm und Drang.

  7. so the NRO actually found them on Astronomers Want To Hunt Down Earth's Mini-Moons · · Score: 1

    the weapons of mass destruction! the mini-moons...what a concept! now NASA gets a peek.

  8. or...maybe a power failure on Wolfram Alpha Number-Crunches the Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    wooops!

  9. contradiction of analysis on Wolfram Alpha Number-Crunches the Super Bowl · · Score: 1

    " a stray gust of wind at a crucial moment—could alter the dynamics"...in the NO SuperDome?

  10. Alternative uses was the question on San Diego Drops Red-Light Cameras · · Score: 1

    None is the answer. The technology has moved on to drones.

  11. Great for Grandma on Cooking Up the Connected Kitchen · · Score: 1

    anecdote: i saw a father/son duo at a scrap metal yard, and they were unloading an old stove. we started talking so here's the story..... Grandma was leaving the oven/stove on. the situation was deemed too dangerous by her relatives. initially, the plan was to leave her without the appliance, until the grandson gave them the idea of connectivity. now they can control Grandma's stove with a smartphone. Profit! (but pricey)

  12. 3D fun on Public Domain Prosthetic Hand · · Score: 5, Insightful

    3D printing has the potential to be the "next thing". just like computers, the internet,etc. practical/fun/dangerous/all that. this example is heart-warming. now, if we could just intercept or delay DRM and other censorship possibilites.

  13. Star Trek-style mission on Interviews: Ask James Randi About Investigating the Truth · · Score: 1

    "debunk psychic nonsense, disprove paranormal fakers, and squash claims of pseudoscience in order to bring the truth to the forefront." question: in this quest, who has been your Commander Pike, Spock, etc. We of the /. would grok the analogy. hey! someone had to ask!

  14. he watched Glee on Jonathan Coulton Song Used By Glee Without Permission · · Score: 0

    he did. watched Glee.

  15. luggage loser on Ask Slashdot: Anti-Theft Devices For Luggage? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    this is what works for me: hideously ugly and decrepit luggage. Since 1992. Never failed once.

  16. done that on Meet "Ophelia," Dell's Plan To Reinvent Itself · · Score: 1

    works for Hulu and such. pain to learn/install, but it's cheap enuf.

  17. dude caught dude died on After Aaron Swartz's Death, the Focus Now Falls On the Prosecutors · · Score: 1

    old story. Biblical.

  18. Re:Summary was pleasant, TFA was garbage. on NASA Faces Rough Road In 2013 · · Score: 1

    In Space, No One Can Vote.

  19. peas on Ask Slashdot: What Is Your New Years Eve Tradition? · · Score: 1

    collard greens and peas. we do that for good luck. it has worked. so far.

  20. Re:Stupid fucking name. on Researcher Warns That Military Must Prepare For "Mutant" Future · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Isn't this great? on West Antarctica Warming Faster Than Thought · · Score: 1

    hey...it happened in Vietnam. consult your agent.

  22. Re:aliens! on West Antarctica Warming Faster Than Thought · · Score: 1

    maybe ET has this Reality Show thing figured out. essentially the Redneck Request: Hey Y'all, Watch This.

  23. Re:I call BS on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    Muhammad Ali said the (human) hand is a fragile birdcage of bones. i'll take his word for it.

  24. fish eat birds....yawwn on Catfish Strands Itself To Kill Pigeons · · Score: 2

    bass eat ducklings. bluefish eat seagulls. sharks eat whatever.

  25. Re:Pythons are so incredibly awesome. on Money Python: Florida Contest Offers Rewards In 2013 Everglades Python Hunt · · Score: 3, Funny

    weighs more than you? you are not from Florida.