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  1. This makes it official ... on Islamic State "Laptop of Doom" Hints At Plots Including Bubonic Plague · · Score: 1

    ... Islamic State is a literal plague on humanity.

  2. Statistics? on Statistics Losing Ground To CS, Losing Image Among Students · · Score: 1

    There's an app for that!

  3. So, is this ... on NRC Analyst Calls To Close Diablo Canyon, CA's Last Remaining Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    ... fission frisson or just another energy sector meltdown?

  4. Re:Please, don't tell them ... on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 1

    Then again, it may simply reflect an act of defiance toward an assignment that was unwelcome.

  5. Re:Please, don't tell them ... on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 2

    Isn't that what they call "Sharia Law"?

  6. Re:Please, don't tell them ... on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 1

    I was afraid of that. So, how do you get pixie dust off your hands?

  7. Please, don't tell them ... on South Carolina Student Arrested For "Killing Pet Dinosaur" · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ... but I strangled my neighbor's unicorn, last night.

  8. Fusion: Meeting Earth's energy needs ... on If Fusion Is the Answer, We Need To Do It Quickly · · Score: 1

    ... for 4 billion years. Why switch now?

  9. Dare I ask ... on Researchers Discover New Plant "Language" · · Score: 1

    ... if this means strangleweed fills the plant world's niche that, in our world, is filled by the NSA?

  10. On the surface ... on Vint Cerf on Why Programmers Don't Join the ACM · · Score: 1

    ... this would appear to be a call for the ACM to adopt a more open model. And how could that be bad? [Respond on the form provided on the next page.]

  11. Re:Another high point is achieved ... on New Toyota Helps You Yell At the Kids · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which is precisely why I advocate the use of shock collars. The rest of this stuff is just sissy nonsense.

  12. Another high point is achieved ... on New Toyota Helps You Yell At the Kids · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... in the art of modern parenting. Finally, the American standard of social discourse, "I'm right because I'm yelling louder", can be brought to the homey confines of the minivan and ingrained on the little darlings early on.

  13. If you haven't seen this ... on Autonomous Trucking · · Score: 1
  14. Yes, but only two words are needed ... on Study: People Would Rather Be Shocked Than Be Alone With Their Thoughts · · Score: 1

    ... to flip the result entirely: padded recliner.

  15. He's the friend of a friend ... on Court Allowed NSA To Spy On All But 4 Countries · · Score: 1

    ... but is he your friend?

  16. May we call this ... on Julian Assange Plans Modeling Debut At London Fashion Show · · Score: 1

    ... the "Zoolander" gambit?

  17. Getting in should be easy on Google Is Offering Free Coding Lessons To Women and Minorities · · Score: 1

    If you're a man, just claim you have one "disabled" chromosome. You're golden.

  18. I suppose it would be out of the question ... on CDC: 1 In 10 Adult Deaths In US Caused By Excessive Drinking · · Score: 2

    ... to raise a glass in honor of the departed?

  19. Wildcards are used on other OSes, as well. on Exploiting Wildcards On Linux/Unix · · Score: 1

    This would seem a problem with universal implications, and one that largely depends on local access by the malefactor.

  20. Don't feel too alone, Perl fans ... on Perl Is Undead · · Score: 1

    ... at about that same time JavaScript was declared to be on its last legs, (Java applets were going to bury it), and COBOL was declared moribund over 40 years ago. Meanwhile, every proclaimed "natural language" phenomenon has proven too cumbersome for actual production.

  21. Re:Ask a Lawyer on Ask Slashdot: How To Bequeath Sensitive Information? · · Score: 1

    Of course, you'd first need to find a lawyer you could trust. That's a task Sisyphus might quail at.

  22. The time is right! on Canadian Court Orders Google To Remove Websites From Its Global Index · · Score: 2

    Look for "Team Canada, World (Thought) Police" at a theater, (oh, sorry, "theatre"), near you!

  23. Irrespective of the Comics Code ... on Recommendations For Classic Superhero Comic Collections? · · Score: 1

    ... some of the best work in illustrated fiction can be found in the early "Conan the Barbarian" comics, penned by Barry Smith. Additionally, the earlier editions of Heavy Metal magazine, and its forebearer, Metal Hurlant, rank as some of the best such art and writing to ever meet a sheet of paper.

  24. So, are their "best laid plans" ... on Lose Sleep, Fail To Form Memory · · Score: 1

    ... formed in the dreams of mice? And, if mice dream, do they dream of flying?

  25. Ghouls gots art? on Ear Grown From Van Gogh DNA On Display · · Score: 1

    As the man actually said, "When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." This would be such a case.