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  1. Re:Zuckerberg is so full of shit. on Zuckerberg's Side of 'The Social Network' · · Score: 1

    He built it because he wanted to make money.

    Take a look at the current Slashdot poll: most folks would like to travel back in time to invest in something.

    So Zuckerberg has good company, even among Slashdot folks. Pretty sad, actually.

  2. Re:The Greeks on President Obama To Appear On Mythbusters · · Score: 1

    - probably, but you can count on this: if UN existed at that time, they would have banned any of this 'Sun Blotting or Reflecting'.

    And Archimedes would have answered, "You can kiss my shiny metal ass!", and then would have fried them.

    My guess is that he used Greek Fire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_fire

    Now why can't someone figure out how that was made .. . . and send me the recipe . . .

  3. Re:Developers on Why Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    Because Microsoft has a proven track record for Developers Developers Developers!

    Hmmm .... not sure if I understand this expression. Is it something like the "Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo" thingie? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

    Developers develop developers?

  4. Re:Bad headline on Pirated Software Could Bring Down Predator Drones · · Score: 1

    a former bat boy for the Boston Red Sox

    Darn, and I was hoping to see Bat Boy slugging it out with the Predator's henchmen in their 45 degrees shifted lair, with lot of comic pop-ups saying, "Pow!", "Whack!" and "Sock!"

    I'm not really sure that pissing off the CIA is such a grand idea. Back in the 70's, they were ordered not to operate in the USA. But after 9/11, fuck knows what they can do. SEAL Team 6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Naval_Special_Warfare_Development_Group is allowed to operate on US soil.

    At any rate, not the folks that you want on your enemies list . . .

  5. A good cocktail on The Rise and Fall of America's Jet-Powered Car · · Score: 1

    gasoline, diesel, kerosene, jet fuel, peanut oil, alcohol, tequila, or perfume

    Do you get a lemon or lime with that?

    ... and some salt?

  6. My Dad told me this on Putting the Squeeze On Broadband Copper Robbers · · Score: 1

    As he was building up a wireless network in Indonesia. He told be, if they put copper up, someone would steal it.

    On the other hand, he worked for RCA in New Jersey. The location put up a chained linked fence. And that got stolen.

    Who the hell steals a fence? Ok, his name is Tony . . . .

  7. The Three Stooges on Unspoofable Device Identity Using Flash Memory · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spoofing means to make a parody of or mis-represent.

    I guess I'm too old, but for me, spoofing meant The Three Stooges : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Stooges

    If they were alive today, they'd be connecting water mains to your Internet tubes, so you would get a splash in your face, when you pull the cable on your DSL.

    Then you would hear, "Oh a wise guy eh? Nyuk, nyuk nyuk!"

  8. On the other hand on Apple's Long Road To $300 · · Score: 5, Funny

    'If you had purchased $10,000 of Apple stock the same month that Jobs again began leading the company, your shares would be worth $554,000 today. Not a bad return on the investment.'"

    However, if you bought Apple stock, you probably bought about $600,000 in Apple products: iPhones, iPads, iTunes iThinkpads . . . etc.

    So you are down 56,000 on the deal

  9. University of Woolloomooloo on IBM Australia Announces New Global Research Development Lab · · Score: 1

    And all the professors are named "Bruce". Otherwise, it would lead to confusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruces'_Philosophers_Song

  10. Soylent Green? on Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains · · Score: 0, Troll

    Instead of burying people, we should eat them. That should solve this problem. The local vicar might have some qualms about this, but, hey, show me where it says in the Bible, that "humans should not eat humans". Well, maybe the bit about, "Thou shall not covert your neighbor's wife's leg . . . lightly braised in an onion sauce."

    And for the badgers? Tough luck, let them eat bark.

  11. Re:First things first on Carnivorous Swamp Beast Discovered In Madagascar · · Score: 1

    what does it taste like?

    It probably tastes, like whatever it ate.

  12. Just ask Congress ... on Can We Travel To That Exciting New Exoplanet? · · Score: 1

    ... they can't even agree on what they want NASA to do in our own little space area. Traveling to Gliese 581g will depend on the current party holding office, and whether Gliese 581g constituents make it a "Red" or a "Blue" planet.

    So the question will not be about technology, but politics.

  13. A crack in the world? on West Virginia Is Geothermically Active · · Score: 1

    You mean, like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_in_the_World ?

    Well, at least Hollywood in the 60's believed that scientists with nukes could do it.

  14. 43-Man Squamish? on The Binary Code In Canada's Gov-Gen Coat of Arms · · Score: 1

    Has anybody checked if this means anything in Swxwú7mesh (Squamish)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E1%B8%B5wx%CC%B1w%C3%BA7mesh

    Now if it had been 43 bits, instead of 33, that would have been a total giveaway that it is a reference to 43-Man Squamish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43-Man_Squamish

  15. Re:most people still don't understand electricity on Rube Goldberg and the Electrification of America · · Score: 2, Informative

    There could be real 'magic' performed, with things shining and flying and moving and doing some other work, even moving the dead carcasses of animals!

    Thomas Edison tried the electrocuted animal thing back during the War of Currents, when he and Tesla were in a huff about whether AC or DC was better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

    Apparently, the folks back then were not terribly impressed. Maybe the ancient Romans would have gotten their rocks off at seeing an elephant being electrocuted.

    O tempora o mores!

  16. Re:Mod me off-topic, but... on 66% of All Windows Users Still Use Windows XP · · Score: 1

    Seriously, what gives with the Slashdot front-page? Articles regularly appear (in this case, the one about the NY tech highschool sponsored by IBM) that, when you click, give a "nothing to see here" error.

    Maybe graduates from the IBM tech high school are managing the Slashdot front-page . .. ?

  17. Monty Python's giant penguin on Paleontologists Unearth Giant Fossilized Penguin · · Score: 1

    Didn't I see this on a Monty Python episode? Except, the penguin was more like 50 feet high . . .

  18. "I shit the bed" on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gas turbines are powerful for their weight, but not exactly economical in fuel use.

    A friend of mine was a tank commander in the US army. He complained about the reliability of the gas turbine engines in the M1 Abrams tanks. When they break down, oil gets into the turbine, and spews itself around.

    Over the radio, when your tank breaks down, you say, "I shit the bed."

    On the other hand, he was really impressed with the German Leopard tank. It just uses a turbo diesel engine, so it is not so sexy, but seems to get the job done.

  19. Re:where on the periodic table? on IBM Demos Single-Atom DRAM · · Score: 1

    . . . and don't forget, meat choppers: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV2154.html . . . for . . . ?

  20. If people are tossing their votes away . . . on Swedes Cast Write-In Votes for SQL Injection, Donald Duck · · Score: 1

    . . . it really says a lot about the quality of the "serious" candidates. As in, none of them are worth voting for anyway, so why not vote for a joke candidate?

  21. No crap on a car windshield? on First Human-Powered Ornithopter · · Score: 4, Funny

    In order to win the Ornithopter X-Prize, you need to flap and stay in the air long enough to drop your pants, and take a crap on a car windshield.

    Now that would really prove that man can build a machine that enables man to emulate bird behavior.

  22. Re:Why PARC's Fault? on Xerox PARC Celebrates 40th Anniversary · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "PARC has often been criticized for its past failures to capitalize on some of its greatest inventions"

    As opposed to SCO, who tried to capitalize on the greatest inventions of others.

  23. Maybe it just works by overclocking? on Deleting Certain Gene Makes Mice Smarter · · Score: 1

    And maybe the gene is there to limit the mouse brain from burning out too fast? It would be interesting to see if there were any differences in how long both groups live.

  24. Re:Infrastructure investments on Afghan Government Turns To Iran For Internet · · Score: 1

    If there's money to be made, the global conglomerates will make it.

    So Halliburton will become Agfhanistans ISP . . .

  25. Re:WTH? on Honda's Exoskeletons Help You Walk Like Asimo · · Score: 1

    Maybe it has an optional vibrator feature? The Walk & Wank model?