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  1. But my tablet has a stylus! on Using Tablets Becoming Popular Bathroom Activity · · Score: 1

    I will not, will not point and click
    I will not, will not use my ...

  2. Who was asking for it? on The GIMP Now Has a Working Single-Window Mode · · Score: 1

    I know, must be the same person who goes full screen on
    EVERYTHING, even though he has a 24" screen to begin with. GIMP
    makers can stop right there and call it a one-off, heck even
    sell this on street corners, make it a really rare copy that you
    can't even download on TOR.

    Oooh, coffee's ready!

  3. You all ARE missing the point on South Korean Scientists Create Glowing Dog · · Score: 1

    Corporate sponsorships. Yep, ads on animals, e.g. flashing on green sea turtles. And a talking chimp.

    The late Michael Crichton already wrote about it in Next.

  4. Re:Decent idea. on Massive Solar Tower Planned For Arizona · · Score: 1

    It's a big structure in a hostile environment

    I heard it was because of their harsh immigration laws...

  5. Surely they should have thought of everything! on A Linux Distro From the US Department of Defense · · Score: 1

    But can it run America's Army?

  6. But these are bots! How do you threaten them? on Climate Scientists Ask For Help Fighting Somali Pirates · · Score: 1

    "Oooh, a Somali pirate! I'm scared now! Oh sure, the scientists will pay whatever you ask them! Here, take my leg! Please! So I can be a peg leg like you! Let's see what your Mom has to say about that!"

  7. Re:Underwater on Ask Slashdot: How To Safely Saw Up Motherboards? · · Score: 1

    Underwater? I'd bet the sharks will absolutely hate hate the racket the saw will make, underwater. And the peril itself would probably merit another slashdot discussion.

    But hey, with the suit and all at least it won't be the motherboard nor its waterborne particles that kills him.

  8. Re:you know they're out there... on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 1

    That way, you aren't subjected to the godawful din made by the cooling fans, let alone the whine from spinning disks. /Me re-spins this and comes up with:

    The longer cables are much quieter too!

  9. Re:Invisible? on Massive Botnet "Indestructible," Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    Er, what is a 'Windows Install Disk'?

    Nowadays, I guess the closest thing would be the restore disk or partition from the factory.

  10. Re:I get that space is big and all... on ISS Nearly Clobbered By Space Debris · · Score: 1

    You left out one other critical item:

    -None of the astronauts were carrying their insurance cards in their wallets when they left earth.

  11. Re:I stopped using a mouse in 1998... on One Week: No Mouse, Just Keyboard · · Score: 1

    Damn, they removed the built-in USB hub on the newer model -- a dealbreaker for me. Will get the older one either on ebay or something, even if 'pre-owned'.

  12. Look at it this way on Capcom Announces Unreplayable Game · · Score: 1

    The game storyline can only be a tragedy. Though you might end up saving the world (or an alien world), you must sacrifice yourself and it's the only endgame possible. Unless the game happens to be Kobayashi Maru, and your name is James Tiberius Kirk.

    It's like when I was younger and I tried playing DOOM without dying, all the way through, all my waking hours, in ultraviolent skill level.

  13. Re:Released too soon! on Ars Technica Review Slams Duke Nukem Forever · · Score: 1

    More time??

    Don't you realize how long it took to make this game? And it's called Duke Nukem Forever, not Duke Nukem Forever and a Day!

    But it's too late now, isn't it?

  14. Re:Minimalist trend on Mozilla Labs Introduces the Webian Shell · · Score: 1

    They must think we use cell phones to browse or something, full time...

  15. But does it have the MOST essential STICKER!? on Samsung Launches Exynos-Based Origen Dev Board · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...with kernel 3.0.0 inside! OMG Poniez!!!

  16. Re:When new numbers meant new features on Linus Renames 2.6.40 Kernel To Linux 3.0, Announces Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    For the rest of us that barely know, MP above does not mean "multiplayer".

    Though I would kill them 'Flesh-Eating Bats with Fangs' with my trusty ol' boomstick!

  17. Don't use this to prove God doesn't exist on BBC Site Uses Cookies To Inform Visitors of Anti-Cookie Law · · Score: 2

    nt

  18. Gentlemen,please stop criticizing. It's NOT idiocy on Skype Crashes and Burns In Worldwide Outage · · Score: 1

    He had noble intentions. He posts for a certain breed of slashdotters...the junkies...the ones that demand an update, a new item every 20 minutes, no matter how trivial or mundane, no matter if the connection to science or technology is only a thin line...

    He posts for us...US! I tell you. So leave him alone, and let him stand proud, for what he has done is all for the greater good. So that we can move on, with the rest of our lives, our needs having been met. Until we re-unite with our beloved slashdot, in ...about 19:20, give or take.

  19. Re:No surprises here on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 1

    Ah but then the idiot is evolving, ever resistant to these warnings. And *you* never expected to see 'idiot' and 'evolving' in the same sentence, now, did you?

  20. Re:Crowd source? on Final Attempts To Contact Mars Spirit Rover Fail · · Score: 1

    What about FedEx? Give em some slack; don't overnight it.

  21. Would you trust Google? on Cooperative Cars Battle It Out In Holland · · Score: 1

    would you trust wifi to drive your car

    I believe there is an Audi concept car that does, if I remember correctly, by using google. The car gets data about weather conditions, not to mention road and traffic conditions from google. If your car veers into the opposite lane, the steering will be adjusted to bring you back to your lane. I believe it was a concept car, and was being test driven by Car and Driver or Motor trend, one of those magazines. I remember reading about the driver trying out that particular stunt, but not on a busy roadway, of course.

  22. Re:Sorry to sound apologetic... on Google Founders' Jets Caught On WSJ's Radar · · Score: 2

    I don't remember signing the same kind of policy, yet Larry and Sergey haven't been flying with me, so I suppose it's in effect somehow.

  23. Re:Unnecessarily complex? on How Today's Tech Alienates the Elderly · · Score: 1

    Or, in my case, I thought, well I *like* the sound of this alarm, do I need a different WAV or another chime.wav file with a futuristic sound to it?

  24. Re:Finding people... on Ask Slashdot: What To Do When the Rapture Comes? · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the boom box with the ominous music on it, so that when you ask the question, hit play thus:

    Where is YOUR GOD NOW!?

    Dum dum DUUUUUUM!!

  25. And the good news is... on Neuromancer Movie Deal Moving Forward · · Score: 1

    The producers are in talks with John Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal for the lead role. (Gotcha!)

    But how can the filmmakers make the ninja deadly serious when we even have turtles made in their image?