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  1. ERROR: your browser is too old to run JS/Linux. on Boot Linux In Your Browser · · Score: 1

    Opera 11.10
    I mean, too crap would be truthful. Too old is incorrect.

  2. Re:How about: Don't need cellphones/wifi in school on GSM Association Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In School · · Score: 1

    Public transport is part of our world too, but I'm not suggesting that kids should be free to take the bus during math class.

  3. Prior art! on This Robot Needs a Hug · · Score: 1
  4. Re:Matching products on MasterCard Transactions To Be Mined For CO2 Data · · Score: 2

    You can get even more gains If you assume that every passenger not taking the bus uses a helicopter to go to school.

  5. Re:And this is a surprise? on Win 7's Malware Infection Rate Climbs, XP's Falls · · Score: 1

    Why would people bring their functional uninfected PCs to your shop?

  6. Re:Non-story on TwitPic Will Sell Your Photos, But No Cash For You · · Score: 2

    If they had partnered with the EFF he'd come out and say it. Not naming the organizations means that he isn't comfortable, or allowed, to tell users which organizations are involved. This reeks of shady dealings.

  7. Re:ebook gold rush on Developer Blames Apple For Ruining eBook Business · · Score: 1

    The people who got rich from the gold rush weren't the prospectors, but those selling goods to the prospectors. Plus ça change...

  8. Re:subtitles? on 24 Rooms in 344sq Feet · · Score: 2

    Until 1999 Hong Kong was British territory. Give it 200 years and they will all talk like rednecks.

  9. From TFA: on A Sticky Touch Screen Lets You Feel the Buttons · · Score: 1

    "Instead of embedding lots of transducers across the surface of the panel the system tracks the figure position and simply turns the vibration on and off. "

    Bye bye multitouch?

  10. Re:The Slashdot system seems to work pretty well on Ask Slashdot: Going Beyond Comment Threads? · · Score: 1

    Ayn Rand or Mother Theresa, I always get those two mixed up.

  11. Re:There should be... on Confusion Surrounds UK Cookie Guidelines · · Score: 1, Funny

    And as per usual, only in the UK they find it "confusing."

  12. Re:Really necessary? on One-Way Sound Walls Proven Possible · · Score: 1

    Awesome! Then I wouldn't have to work on a saturday!

  13. Re:Great... on Star Wars MMO Estimated To Cost $100M · · Score: 1

    What about his brothers? You didn't think about his brothers did you?

  14. Re:15c on Hewlett Packard's Cult Calculator Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    stupidly arrogant (if such a thing exists...)

    I'd go as far as saying that stupidity is a prerequisite for arrogance.

  15. Re:15c on Hewlett Packard's Cult Calculator Turns 30 · · Score: 1

    To be fair, gold is measured in troy ounces, which are slightly more massive (roughly 31 grams vs 28 grams) than US imperial ounces but your point still stands.

  16. Re:My brain... on Real Life Farmville · · Score: 1

    I for one would find that very educational. In Germany they did just that.

  17. Re:Liability Regulation on FAA Wants Your Opinion On Commercial Space Rules · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's time to take down that Ayn Rand poster from your bedroom wall.

  18. Re:Truecrypt on 'Motherlode' of Data Seized At Bin Laden Compound · · Score: 1

    You know you've read too many Tom Clancy novels when...

  19. Re:Awesome Streetview Tagged Photo on Osama's Hideout Gets 3 Out of 5 Stars on Google Maps · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's not an edit but an artifact caused by the hellmouth in his basement.

  20. Re:Bullying. on European Commission Paints Itself Into ACTA Corner · · Score: 1

    Making entertainment too expensive doesn't put lives at risk. With medicine it does.
    Who is more evil now?

  21. Re:How long till on Voyager Set To Enter Interstellar Space · · Score: 1

    Yeah but think how impressive your 4 digit UID will be by that time.

  22. Re:How long till on Voyager Set To Enter Interstellar Space · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Google's OCR on Google Docs' OCR Quality Tested · · Score: 1

    Or you could learn French if much of the literature in your field of interest is in that language. It isn't that hard if you're not interested in fluency. You also have gained a valuable skill.

    Hey, it's more useful than either Elvish or Klingon.

  24. Re:Really? on The iPad's Progenitor — 123 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    This is indeed nothing like an iPad. This had functional stylus input.

  25. Re:Don't worry, they'll find us on Allen Telescope Array Shut Down · · Score: 1

    That's why we need to find them before they find us.