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  1. Re:How about a new SF series then? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    Exactly this. I still don't know why they haven't brought her back yet.

  2. VM on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 5, Funny

    And my virtual machines say, "Shut your pie hole, Chandrasekher."

  3. "Struggling students" huh? on How Facial Analysis Software Could Help Struggling Students · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nice try NSA...

  4. Mutually exclusive on US Senators: NSA Lies In Fact Sheets · · Score: 1

    ...and that it is possible to aggressively pursue terrorists without compromising the constitutional rights of ordinary Americans.
    Achieving this goal depends not just on secret courts and secret congressional hearings,

    These last two statements are in direct opposition to one another. They are mutually exclusive. Pick one. And by pick one I mean the former.

  5. Re:Done us all a favor on Wikileaks Aiding Snowden - Chinese Social Media Divided - Relations Strained · · Score: 1

    Tell that to Julian Assange.

  6. Re:Israel sponsers the UK's ultra right-wing on 2 Men Accused of Trying To Make X-Ray Weapon · · Score: 1

    Hmm, that's an awful lot of accusations without citations.

  7. You know guys, if you want these things you're probably going to have to stop slashing NASA's fucking budget every year.

  8. Re:Backfire? on Verizon Accused of Intentionally Slowing Netflix Video Streaming · · Score: 2

    But Redbox has a streaming service now.

    Note: Redbox's streaming service is not called Redtube. Also, don't google that at work.

  9. Re:Just one thing on Cisco and iRobot Create Sheldonbot-Like Telepresence System · · Score: 1

    Peapod.com
    You're welcome.

  10. Re:That is very energy dense on New All-Solid Sulfur Based Battery Outperforms Lithium Ion · · Score: 1

    I use a 30 amp-hour 12 volt battery when camping, it's about 20 pounds (for fans, lights, bug zapper, , phone charger, electric blanket, inverter for laptop, etc).

    "Camping" /fingerquotes

  11. Editors, bang up job. on American Targeted By Digital Spy Tool Sold To Foreign Governments · · Score: 4, Funny

    Came here wondering how an American woman got sold to a foreign government. Great job as always, editors.

  12. Re:Content moving to apps more of an impediment on EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM In HTML5 · · Score: 1

    It seems that they are so afraid that people might pay to download an unencumbered version and then pirate it, they'd rather they can't buy it at all (so they definitely pirate it!).

    I like my Game of Thrones videos like I like my soldiers. Unsullied.

  13. Pretty good so far on Linux Mint 15 'Olivia' Is Out · · Score: 1

    Replaced my 13 with 15 RC a few days ago. The new file manager is pretty nice. Right click to run with higher privileges pops open a new file browser window with a big red bar letting you know so you don't walk away and end up screwing something up when you get back. Also shows a small bar graph under each mounted partition so you can get a good idea how much space you have left at a glance. "Disk Utility" is replaced/merged with "Storage Device Manager" so I can just go to one place for all my partition renaming, automounting, and SMART options now, which seems to have gotten rid of a glitch that would always try to read my first two drives (sda, sdb) as identical drives for some reason. As of yesterday I still had a glitch with automounting my old Mint 13 partition at bootup but it mounts fine if I instead click on it in the file manager after booting. Mounts all the NTFS partitions with no problems. New applets organization makes it much easier to install applets without futzing with the terminal (This is important for newbies and out of the box experience.) but getting some of them to actually WORK after installation is another story. Having issues with the weather applet at the moment. In previous versions I also had issues with my firefox tabs locking up randomly, seemingly caused by a new song coming on the media player and the popup going over the tab button. Minimizing/maximizing the browser made it return to normal for a while. This glitch seems to have been fixed as well. Backed up and recopied one of my VM's to the new OS and it seemed to have spasms and refuse to shut the VM down but after a few cycles of update, force close, install guest additions, force close, startup again it went back to working order.

  14. Re:I sense a great disturbance in the web... on FDA To Decide Fate of Triclosan, Commonly Used In Antibacterial Soaps · · Score: 1

    I get mine here. Method brand at Target and a few other stores. Otherwise, yes it's in the minority.
    http://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=method&category=0|All|matchallpartial|all+categories&lnk=snav_sbox_method

  15. Re:Citations? They need to be sued heavily on Florida DOT Cuts Yellow Light Delay Ignoring Federal Guidelines, Citations Soar · · Score: 1

    Here in Chicago, I noticed when I went to other cities they had the timers. I thought that was a great idea. We slowly started seeing them in Chicago and noticed much less issues at intersections and I even felt more relaxed while driving because of it. Then after they started putting up red light cameras I started seeing black frames put around the walk/do not walk signs blocking the count down timers from being seen. Typical bullshit corruption to generate revenue.

  16. Re:Good! on NTSB Recommends Lower Drunk Driving Threshold Nationwide: 0.05 BAC · · Score: 1

    I've been saying for years that we should raise the driving age to 21, and lower the drinking age to 14. That way you have a chance to learn to drink in a supervised setting with adults who (theoretically) know how to drink safely, and you have a chance to get all the stupid "hey guys, check this out!" stories out of your system before you're ever allowed near the wheel of a car.

    I know it isn't like this in every state but in Illinois and Wisconsin you can legally drink under 21 when supervised by a parent or guardian (basically "family setting"). You just can't order it or buy it. The two states have different variations on the law pertaining to where you can do that. Last I checked in Wisconsin you can drink in a bar just not order the drinks and not sit AT the physical bar. You have to be at a table and the guardian must bring the drinks to you. In Illinois you can't do that, basically has to be at a home.

    Disclaimer: Not a lawyer, just have relatives who tend or own bars or are in law enforcement.

  17. Re:so what? on Has Supercomputing Hit a Brick Wall? · · Score: 1

    Why do we need an Exaflop machine?

    If you build it, they will come.
    "640K ought to be enough for anyone." etc.

  18. Really? Blue? on Windows Blue Is Officially Windows 8.1, Free For Existing Users · · Score: 1

    Like, as in Windows Blue Screen Of Death? Is this a not-so-inside joke?

  19. Re:GM tried that on N. Carolina May Ban Tesla Sales To Prevent "Unfair Competition" · · Score: 1

    And is currently called Scion. (at least it was when I bought mine.)

  20. Re:Going to Hell in a (brightly lit) Handbasket on Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting · · Score: 1

    We could simply rename the enzyme.

    Hey, it worked for Rapeseed oil: when they cultivated it, they renamed it Canola oil.

    Rename Luciferase to Canada-eh's?

  21. Re:My house, my rules on Israel Airport Security Allowed To Read Tourists' Email · · Score: 1

    Being able to leave, coincidentally, is another nice feature of our system. If I want to travel abroad, I don't have to SNEAK AWAY.

    Try to buy a plane ticket to Cuba.

  22. Re:Since my comment is in the other less-popular p on Cause of LED Efficiency Droop Finally Revealed · · Score: 1

    I'll bet right now you'd rather experiment with electrons than with sex.

    Why not both?

  23. Photos on Huge Explosion at Texas Fertilizer Plant · · Score: 1
  24. Guess what else? on Low Levels of Toxic Gas Found To Encourage Plant Growth · · Score: 1

    You know what else is a toxic gas that encourages growth at low levels? Oxygen.

  25. Caution on Firing a Laser Into Your Brain Could Help Beat a Drug Addiction · · Score: 1

    Do not look into laser with remaining brain.