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  1. Re:Rain on Building a Better Bike Helmet Out of Paper · · Score: 1

    I actually thought about that. However, there are very few cost effective methods of waterproofing paper that work

    Tetrapacks seem to work quite well at keeping liquids in for a reasonable cost. If it can keep liquid in, it can surely keep liquid out too.

  2. What test? on Tech's Gender and Race Gap Starts In High School · · Score: 4, Informative

    exam data shows...

    18 percent of the students who took the exam ...

    some states where not a single member of one of these groups took the test last year ...

    etc., etc. if you're wondering what the hell test is being talked about, you'll need to check the actual article to find it's the Advanced Placement computer science exam.

  3. Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults on Multivitamin Researchers Say 'Case Is Closed' As Studies Find No Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    "yeah, and those that don't get a balanced diet?"

    ...would be better off spending the money on a proper diet instead of buying vitamin supplements.

  4. Re:Technically it is not a ship... on World's Largest Ship Floated For the First Time · · Score: 1


    World's biggest raft?

    World's biggest pontoon?

  5. Re:I wasn't born yesterday on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 2

    You know, some of us remember driving cars that didn't have airbags, antilock brakes, traction control, rear view cameras, auto felch, auto transmission, etc.

    Some of us remember, but there would be even more of us to remember if cars back then had had those safety features... well, except the auto felch maybe..

  6. Ford Recalls 140,000 Escapes on With Burning Teslas In the News Ford Recalls Almost 140,000 Escapes · · Score: 1


    Ford recalls 140,000 escapes

    Conveniently forgets about the 200,000 that didn't escape...

    .

  7. Finding veins easily? on New Smart Glasses Allow Nurses To See Veins Through Skin · · Score: 1

    Why not just call it Junkie-Vision?

  8. Re:Yest another reason on Facebook Patented Making NSA Data Handoffs Easier · · Score: 1

    to avoid F***book.

    FISABook?

  9. Re:Economics on Desert Farming Experiment Yields Good Initial Results · · Score: 1

    The Netherlands has a large area of greenhouses to produce tomatoes and peppers (and a lot more).

    The trouble with greenhouse-grown produce from the Netherlands is that the taste of the vegetables are a pale imitation of what they should taste like.For instance, Dutch tomatoes are watery and bland compared to garden grown tomatoes. Maybe it's because they are picked too green so locally growing could help?

  10. The article says cosmonauts with USB stick... on International Space Station Infected With Malware Carried By Russian Astronauts · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I say Hiller and Levinson with an Apple Macintosh Powerbook 5300!

  11. Re:Hint on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 5, Insightful
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates#United_States

    Best to make sure you actually have the criminal...

  12. Re:Protip on The Boss Is Remotely Monitoring Blue-Collar Workers · · Score: 1

    Last time I use the toilet at work then...

  13. Re:Typo? on Security Researchers Want To Fully Audit Truecrypt · · Score: 3, Funny
    Surely this is proof that copy-paste has been backdoored.

    Between the copy action and the paste action, the NSA was able to get in, read the copied text, parse it and then subtly alter it in order to cause confusion and distrust among us. We must act now!

    I found an apt quotation from Edmund Burke we should all take to heart regarding acting against the NSA. I'll copy it here:

    "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do something."

  14. Re:Great way to lose customers on Grocery Store "Smart Shelves" Will Identify Customers, Show Targeted Ads · · Score: 2

    Can you imagine where this will go? Shelf notices that you're overweight and you picked up a candy bar? Screen says, "Are you sure you want to buy that?" This will work great until someone puts a sticker over the sensor bar.

    I can't see the stores limiting their profits sales by trying to dissuade customers from purchasing.

    More likely, if the sensor sees you're overweight, when you pick up a candy bar a voice will say " Go on, take five! Take ten! Take them all! You know you want to!"

  15. Re:Tired of this nonsense on Books With "Questionable Content" Being Deleted From ebookstores In Sweeping Ban · · Score: 2, Insightful

    To make it worse there's this pseudo fanatical craze to get rid of nudity with a passion but violence? not so much. somehow nudity is worse...reminds me of the MPAA rating system. Sure you can show blood, but the naked human body? are you out of your mind?!

    In the US, maybe. In a lot of European countries, at least, there is a more relaxed approach to nudity and a greater abhorrence to depictions of violence.

  16. Re:References? on Could IBM's Watson Put Google In Jeopardy? · · Score: 1

    In celsius 0 or negative means watch out for ice 100 means the tea is ready. What else do you need to know?

  17. Re:This reminds me of... on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    There needs to be a word for this: eliminating functionality in the name of creating a "new" way of doing things.

    phukuomorphic

  18. Re:Link broken? on Come Try Out Slashdot's New Design (In Beta) · · Score: 1

    That's also why I can re-size my browser window to choose the line length I'm most comfortable with...

  19. Selective scanning on Google's Scanning of Gmail To Deliver Ads May Violate Federal Wiretap Laws · · Score: 1

    If Google restricted their scanning to just emails that have been sent from the acocunt then they would be scanning only emails thast the user has given their consent to have scanned.

  20. Re:God of the Gaps on Why Are Some Hell-Bent On Teaching Intelligent Design? · · Score: 2

    If Jesus died to atone for my sins he should have waited... I still have loads more left to commit!

  21. Re: on Sexist Presentations At Startup Competition Prompt TechCrunch Apology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, women need a dickstare app for balance.
    By all accounts, the whole audience was staring at two of them...

  22. Re:The simulator on Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment · · Score: 1

    Documentation can be found here: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/physics/research/quantum/qcloud/materials/ Check the menus on the left for other related information and the menus on the right to register to use the real thing :)

  23. Microsoft did settle at 2.25% on Jury Finds Google Guilty of Standards-Essential Patents Abuse Against MS · · Score: 1

    ... the $14 million is what Motorola owed for the money lost per XBox ;-)

  24. Re:come on, this IS the 21st century! on US States Banned From Exporting Trash To China Are Drowning In Plastic · · Score: 1

    Why don't plastic containers have a barcode or other easily machine-readable marking to indicate what type of plastic they are. Then they could be easily sorted automatically and the few unmarked plastics get shunted aside for manual sorting.

  25. Re:Same in Mexico. on Schneier Has Something Good To Say About Airport Security · · Score: 1

    One of the delegates, Nabil Shaath, who was Palestinian foreign minister at the time, said: "President Bush said to all of us: 'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did." Mr Bush went on: "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it."