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  1. Would not want that responsibility, thank you on NASA Offers Bounty For Improved Asteroid Detection Algorithms · · Score: 1

    So I created this algorithm for NASA, and ummm, I guess I missed a decimal point somewhere cause it didn't pick up this big asteroid heading towards us.
    Anyway... probably want to spend some time with your loved ones today. I'm going to go empty a liquor store myself.

  2. I reject your reality and substitute my own.... on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Outed By Newsweek · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is Satoshi Nakamoto:
    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9rqm...

    and his friend. They create crypto-currencies and attend raves.

  3. Re:Change is good on Steve Ballmer Blew Up At the Microsoft Board Before Retiring · · Score: 2
    Eeeeehhhhhhh.... that doesn't really apply. IBM had to change, typewriters and Mainframes were going the way of the dinosaur.
    I don't see Windows doing that, actually worse, things that Microsoft hope would go extinct aren't (ie. XP).
    Now Microsoft already has some forays into hardware but they just aren't that terribly profitable.

    While the Xbox One and Xbox 360 sold 3.9 million and 3.5 million units respectively, gross margins for the Devices & Consumer Hardware division were down 46% to $0.4 billion. Total Surface revenue doubled to $0.89 billion (probably selling around 1 million Surface tablets), but costs also spiked to $0.93 billion (probably due to marketing and slim margins on the Surface tablets).(http://www.extremetech.com/computing/175350-microsoft-delivers-record-revenue-profits-due-to-strong-xbox-windows-phone-and-commercial-sales)

    Wow, $0.89 bil for the Surface that's amazing and .... oh... wait....

    Commercial Licensing (Windows, SQL Server, Hyper-V) revenue grew 7% to $11 billion.

    Yeah software is still the main cash cow and it's going to stay that way unless people, I dunno, everyone suddenly switches to Linux or something?

  4. It's not fair on Child Porn Arrest For Cameron Aide Who Helped Plan UK Net Filters · · Score: 2

    This guy was controlling the internet for an entire country, and when I added Porn Expert to *my* resume, I didn't even get a call back.

  5. Re:only $4 million for 6% weight reduction on Walmart Unveils Turbine-Powered WAVE Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    The female narrator for the video is the pronunciation spatula for calling the micro-turbine a micro-"turban".

  6. Interesting hiring prejudice? on How Jan Koum Steered WhatsApp Into $16B Facebook Deal · · Score: 1

    > Another reader points out the interesting fact that "Acton — himself a former Apple engineer — applied for jobs at both Twitter and Facebook way before WhatsApp > became a wildly popular mobile app. Both times he was rejected." Maybe because Acton is 42.

  7. Re: The day before Fukashima happened on Why Improbable Things Really Aren't · · Score: 1

    What would really be funny is if two days later you got an F on the paper because the teacher didn't feel enough evidence existed to prove your point.

  8. Star Trek Badges on NSF Report Flawed; Americans Do Not Believe Astrology Is Scientific · · Score: 2

    Friend of mine use to get these Fan boy catalogs for Star Trek/Star Wars trinkets. (ie. Stuff people made in their basement)
    One of the ads was for "Official Star Trek Badges". Engineering, Command, Medical, Security, and Astrology.... and it took us 10 mins to explain to him.

  9. I'm fixing my albatross on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Do If You're Given a Broken Project? · · Score: 1

    From the ground up, a total re-write, IN MY GLORIOUS IMAGE! Ahem, it does run faster and the code is a lot cleaner looking.

  10. Re:It might be an unpopular opinion... on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Oliver North got a light sentence and than the ACLU helped clear him of even that.

  11. That old book has nothing on my discovery. on Voynich Manuscript May Have Originated In the New World · · Score: 1

    I bought my house several years ago. At the time the basement had a lot of garbage in it but I was lazy and just left it lying there in the rafters. It wasn't until several years later I actually rented a dumpster and started cleaning. In amongst the old license plates, ancient signer sewing machine, and sheets of plate glass... I found it. A 12"x"12' piece of ancient looking wood. Dark grey in colour and very worn, like it had been sanded down. It was engraved with runic symbols or what I assume to be runes. But that's not the odd thing about it, because in complete darkness, the symbols glow a dark green. Now it could be bioluminescent bacteria or even radium, since that was popular at one time to paint things with radium at one time, but they glow none the less. Now the symbols I've researched and some people have suggested they are actually Freemason alphabet characters. One possible source of the wooden plank would be Oak Island. Oak island has long be associated with the Masonic order. I suppose that would also explain the salty musk the board has. Anyway... I'll take some pictures and post them at some point.

  12. Re:The hard part on Building an Open Source Nest · · Score: 1

    I'm worried of the ULC.

  13. Re:The man was not shot for texting on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 2

    There used to be tons of stories of elderly men being beaten to death in Florida all the time, usually for the cash in their wallets. Doesn't happen anymore when they started shooting back.

    Not sure why you hate elderly people so much. Maybe you are one of the people who likes to beat them to death for a couple of dollars.

    http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Orlando-Florida.html .... I think the law(s) you are talking about are Castle Doctrine (signed into law 2005).
    And what you've said is completely wrong of course since the number of murders and robberies went up with Castle Doctrine.
    My guess is you're either a gun seller or you're a lunatic that is planning a school shooting.
    Now... Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about... your mother.

  14. Re:The man was not shot for texting on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1

    > People who think concealed carry should be gotten rid of just makes them targets for violent crime.
    So people go around shooting people that support gun control? Ohhhhh America! HA HA HA HA *shakes head*

  15. Article with pictures of the people involved: on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ex-police-officer-curtis-reeves-shoots-dead-chad-oulson-texting-cinema-1432197
    This way you can decide guilt and innocence based solely on physical appearance like Reddit does.

  16. So by Algorithms.... on Weapons Systems That Kill According To Algorithms Are Coming. What To Do? · · Score: 1

    they mean skin-tone?

  17. Re:Typo? on BlackBerry Sues iPhone Keyboard Maker Typo · · Score: 1

    They should make an IPhone case that turns it in to an N-Gage next. Then change name of company to FuglyCase

  18. Re:XKCD FTW on Researchers Develop "Narrative Authentication" System · · Score: 2

    How dare you question the humor and wisdom of stick men AC!

  19. Re:Wonder why NSA didn't go to Fox network first ? on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: 1

    They were busy blaming Obama for burning their muffins (They followed the recipe!) and helping Murdock find a new child-bride.

  20. Re:A direct quote... on Cybercrime Marketplace Mastermind Faces 18 Years In Prison · · Score: 1

    You deserve more funny points. I have none and now is not a good time.

  21. Re:Maybe the Patent Office will notice on JPMorgan Files Patent Application On 'Bitcoin Killer' · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't trust her with a bowl of cheese grits though.

  22. Re:That's great! on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 1

    Sorry, my sarcasm sounded in earnest. I should of used a ;) at the end.

  23. Re:Too many? on Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off · · Score: 1

    I now support the RIAA.

  24. Re:It's a doomed race against time on Get Ready For a Streaming Music Die-Off · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When someone comments something inflammatory or stupid I check their logs. http://slashdot.org/~glrotate He's a career troll.
    Where as I just have the occasional bad day or I'm emo for some reason.

  25. That's great! on New Education Performance Data Published: Asia Dominates · · Score: 0

    Now China can cut some of it's educational funds in the city and divert them to more impoverished regions in the country.