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  1. Isn't Titanium Oxide on New Paint Based On Titanium Nanoparticles Creates Self-Cleaning Surfaces · · Score: 0

    The primary pigment in white paint?

  2. Re:Lift the gag order first... on House Republicans Roll Out Legislation To Overturn New Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is no gag order. The Republicans on the FCC committee have refused to file the correct paperwork to allow this go forward. Pretty sleazy, but the Republicans have become pros at that.

  3. Re:This whole thing is a disaster waiting to happe on Mars One: Final 100 Candidates Selected · · Score: 1

    I can pretty much say we're all guaranteed to die. Might as well accomplish something along the way.

  4. The Terminal Man on Mood-Altering Wearable Thync Releases First Brain Test Data · · Score: 1

    sums up one of the potential dangers of this technology.

    "Gerhard shows his findings to Ross, who realizes that the seizures are getting more frequent. She explains that Benson is learning to initiate seizures involuntarily because the result of these seizures is a shock of pleasure, which leads to him having more frequent seizures. Ross checks on Benson, and discovers that, due to the clerical error of the nurses not having been able to read McPherson's signature, Benson has not been receiving his Thorazine. She then finds out that Benson, using the black wig and disguising himself as an orderly, has evaded the police officer assigned to guard him and escaped from the hospital."

  5. longjmp() on Empirical Study On How C Devs Use Goto In Practice Says "Not Harmful" · · Score: 5, Funny

    is far more entertaining than a mere goto.

  6. Re:The alternative on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1

    Rob Pike and I came to the conclusion that you can get too concise in a language. The example was APL.

  7. Re:Like UNIX before it, Crunchbang is irrelevant on CrunchBang Linux Halts Development · · Score: 2

    UNIX RTR is still used to place most of your phone calls. It ain't dead yet. There are still a lot of Fortune 500's running the majority of their operation on AIX, Solaris, or even HP/UX.

  8. Re:Thieves from Asia can file your tax return on TurboTax Halts E-filing of State Tax Returns Because of Potential Fraud · · Score: 1

    Back in the "Good Old Days" Social Security cards were clearly marked as "DO NOT USE FOR IDENTIFICATION"

    Sadly, when Emperor Reagan was elected, we forgot all that.

    Prior to that, it was illegal to use your SSN for identification, outside of the military.

    I think it was the military who pioneered the use of an SSN as an ID.

  9. Re:Regulation Strikes again on Farmers Struggling With High-Tech Farm Equipment · · Score: 2

    "1980: General Motors implements a proprietary interface and protocol for testing of the Engine Control Module (ECM) on the vehicle assembly line. The 'assembly line diagnostic link' (ALDL) protocol communicates at 160 bit/s Implemented on California vehicles for the 1980 model year, and the rest of the United States in 1981. The only available function for the owner is "Blinky Codes" that transmit the Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) with the blinking pattern of the "Check Engine" (MIL) light."

  10. In related news on Dish Network Violated Do-Not-Call 57 Million Times · · Score: 4, Funny

    US deficit problem SOLVED!

  11. Can't be saved, can't be forwarded. on Your High School Wants You To Install Snapchat · · Score: 1

    Currently in alpha for iPhone only,

    https://sly.cr/

    Have fun!

  12. I'd be upset, but... on Radio Shack Reported To Be Ready for Bankruptcy Filing · · Score: 0

    I have a MicroCenter and a Fry's nearby.

  13. Oh please! on Beware Headlines Saying Chocolate Is Good For You · · Score: 1

    Are you suggesting that we let a bunch of pinko commie academics decide what to study with public money instead? By using funding from the Mars Corporation, research is channeled into what is important to more of us. Lets be honest, far more of our lives revolve around chocolate than they do the tse tse fly of of Northen Tanzania.

  14. So they're admitting... on South Korean Activist To Drop "The Interview" In North Korea Using Balloons · · Score: 4, Funny

    that this movie is a bomb?

  15. Re:NTPd is a mess that needs to be replaced on Apple Pushes First Automated OS X Security Update · · Score: 1

    Which is why PHK just released ntimed.

  16. Imagine what they think of a Lisp text on Amazon "Suppresses" Book With Too Many Hyphens · · Score: 1

    Sorry, too many parens.

  17. Cover Art! on Vinyl Record Pressing Plants Struggle To Keep Up With Demand · · Score: 1

    No other format offers the canvas that an LP cover does. Some of the best albums I own were selected because I liked the art, even if I did not know the band. Of course there were duds, but I did get introduced to some great music I might have missed otherwise.

  18. I think Julian is starting to crack on Julian Assange Trying To Raise Nearly $200k For a Statue of Himself · · Score: 1

    How long has he been holed up in that embassy? I know I would be losing it by now.

  19. Obviously, this is witchcraft on 18th Century Law Dredged Up To Force Decryption of Devices · · Score: 1

    The State has the right to compel the company to break its evil spell.

  20. Isn't there a rule about this yet? on Security Experts Believe the Internet of Things Will Be Used To Kill Someone · · Score: 1

    Anything you can name, will eventually be used to kill someone.

  21. Doing for America on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What she did for HP.

    Be afraid, very afraid!

  22. Re:Ross Perot is awesome! on How the World's First Computer Was Rescued From the Scrap Heap · · Score: 2

    If it wasn't for Perot, Bush I would have probably been elected.

  23. Remember: These are the same people... on Harvard Scientists Say It's Time To Start Thinking About Engineering the Climate · · Score: 1

    who gave us the Harvard MBA.

    That hasn't worked out so well.

  24. Re:Sci Fi Really Ages Quickly on Battlestar Galactica Creator Glen A. Larson Dead At 77 · · Score: 3

    And hopefully, there will never be anything like it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  25. They pulled this stunt before on AT&T To "Pause" Gigabit Internet Rollout Until Net Neutrality Is Settled · · Score: 1

    With Project Lightspeed ( aka their DLS rollout ). I say call them on their bluff.