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  1. Re:Why the fuss? on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    The latter scenario is the plot of "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

  2. COBOL is forever on 3 Open Source Projects For Modern COBOL Development (opensource.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Dante's inferno is cold on Let's Not Go To Mars · · Score: 1

    Dante's hell was cold, with Satan frozen in the very center, so Mars may be more comparable to the medieval understanding.

  4. Re:Wow, so much effort on NASA Delays Orion's First Manned Flight Until 2023 · · Score: 1
  5. Meta-delay unavoidable, please delay discussion on NASA Delays Orion's First Manned Flight Until 2023 · · Score: 1

    ... is now slated to take place in 2023, rather than the previously hoped-for 2010...
    We regret to inform you that the delay announcement has been delayed as well.

  6. Durability on Cleaning Up Botnets Takes Years, May Never Be Completed · · Score: 1

    I'm really impressed that so many modern computers are lasting so long and that so many people are using them. Use it up, make it do, or do without is a good policy for things that aren't mission critical

  7. Re:Comparison to NIF on Japanese Scientists Fire the Most Powerful Laser On the Planet · · Score: 1

    This was supposed to be 2 kJ are much less than 2 MJ and 2 PW are larger than 500 TW

  8. Re:Comparison to NIF on Japanese Scientists Fire the Most Powerful Laser On the Planet · · Score: 1

    I welcome advice about how to include less than and greater than signs in a post.

  9. Comparison to NIF on Japanese Scientists Fire the Most Powerful Laser On the Planet · · Score: 1

    As many have pointed out 2 kJ 500 TW (goal power output of NIF) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  10. But Google Code? on Google Tests Code Repository Service · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It closed and now they are reinventing it? http://www.theverge.com/2015/3...

  11. Re:For all the idiots on Vulnerabilities Found (and Sought) In More Command-Line Tools · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would interpret the AC as not being sarcastic. Updating on any open source operating system has been much, much easier and much more timely than any part of windows for me, but that's just my experience. Not to say that everything is easier in linux, but updates have always been timely, and it doesn't flip out and use all my ram. Bash auto-updated before the slashdot story hit my newsfeed.

  12. Re:Citation please... on Scanning Embryos For Super-Intelligent Kids Is On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    If you are referring to scientific articles, try keeping track of the digital object identifier. That is permanent, regardless of the stupid website changes. Using dx.doi.org allows you to look it up throughout the foreseeable future

  13. Obscure ones on Goodbye, World? 5 Languages That Might Not Be Long For This World · · Score: 1

    It will not be anything I know how to name. It will be the obscure ones that most people on /. haven't heard of.

  14. Re:Algebra on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Oh, to have mod points! We could always go back to Attic numerals

  15. Algebra on ISIS Bans Math and Social Studies For Children · · Score: 1

    Guess it's time to rename Algebra (al-jebr in Arabic) since they don't seem to want to be associated with that anymore.

  16. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    FYI, that is called a Michigan left: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...

  17. Re:Confusing summary - here's my version on $10 Bet Brings Researchers Closer to Industrial Scale Graphene Production · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points to give any of the above.

  18. Identity theft monitoring on Home Depot Confirms Breach of Its Payment Systems · · Score: 1

    If I'm already receiving monitoring from another database breach, is there a way to enqueue this monitoring so it goes in effect after that year lapses? Signs of bad systems...

  19. This is why I stick with reliable sites on Homestar Runner To Return Soon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ones that always are up to date and maintain the same functionality, like http://zombo.com/

  20. Re:Monty Python Reference on Monty Python To Bid Farewell In a Simulcast Show · · Score: 1

    Your references are out of control.

    May I suggest BibTex for that?

  21. Re:In related news ... on Rover Curiosity Discovers Australia-Shaped Rock On Mars · · Score: 1

    Yes. Next test of google's speed: "flurtle wurtle jurtle turtle." Maybe we could get everyone to learn arbitrary subjects by spreading rumors about a code hidden in Euclid's elements that successfully predicts all major aspects of traditional geometry. Incidentally, it is normally spelled "naan"

  22. Games on linux? on Ask Slashdot: Best Linux Game For Young Kids? · · Score: 1

    I thought linux was the game. I mean, it took me two weeks to unlock wifi on my laptop when I first installed linux a few years ago. Then, bluetooth keyboard failure attacked, and I had to use tank, nuke, and heal (read driver manuals, sudo mv new drivers in place, and drink coffee). Did I win or lose?

  23. Cost on NASA Testing Supersonic X-51A Jet Tomorrow · · Score: 5, Interesting
  24. Re:Who watches on TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property · · Score: 1

    "Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt"; or, translated: "When catapults are outlawed, only outlaws will have catapults"