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  1. Re:Ignorance out in full force again... on Minor Quakes In the UK Likely Caused By Fracking · · Score: 1

    the most toxic two chemicals making up about 0.1% of the hundreds of thousands of gallons of liquid sent down.

    So, what you're actually telling us is that these companies are injecting thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the earth and the ground water. That's not so reassuring...

  2. Speed up the posting system on Help Shape the Future of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I type - I hit preview - I wait - I wait - I wait - I wait - preview finally appears and then I can finally post it

  3. Re:One of many? on Vision Problems For Some Returning Astronauts · · Score: 1

    I wonder how many other minor 'afflictions' from space travel are ignored/explained away that we haven't heard about for the exact same fear of being grounded...

    Have you never seen the Quatermass Experiment? ;)

  4. Logic was not on the curriculum... on More Schools Go To 4-Day Week To Cut Costs · · Score: 1

    But other schools in the state show that kids haven't suffered with a shortened school week. The Deuel school district in eastern S.D. switched to a four-day week four years ago, saving more than $100,000 and leading to no slump in academic achievement. In fact, Deuel's superintendent Dean Christensen tells the Associated Press that their failure rate has declined because they've used the spare day for extra tutoring.

    We'll give them a day off school and instead use that day for tutoring.

    Isn't that like teaching?

    No, it's tutoring, not teaching!

    Where does the money for that come from?

    The money we saved closing the school for one day a week will pay for all the tutors...!

  5. News at 11: Fairy Tale Probably Not Based on Fact on Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story · · Score: 1

    Plus, rumours that pope may be head of a large religious organisation with catholic beliefs, and footage of an ursine-like animal defecating in a forested area - could this actually be a bear? More after the break... .

  6. From little acorns... on 13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough · · Score: 0

    (all the joke is in the subject line, nothing more to add here! Sorry!)

  7. Re:As surprising as security firms employ "cracker on Samsung Hires Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondik · · Score: 1

    Cracker? Hacker? Do you have an idea on what CyanogenMod actually is?

    I don't. Would be nice if the summary actually gave some background details. maybe, you know, an editor could like edit the summary and add some.

  8. Re:It's prison time on LulzSec Suspect Arrested By UK Police · · Score: 1

    Yeah, for just a few shekels a month you can store your valuable goods in my underground vault protected by this ten foot thick, time-locked steel door to which only you will have the key. Ooops! Sorry, seems somebody got in and stole your items. We never thought they would come in through that unlocked window at the back of the vault.

  9. Brief Summary - All You Need to Know on Carmack On the Wii U and PS Vita · · Score: 1

    "As well as... his [Carmack's] thoughts on the new console offerings revealed by Nintendo and Sony"

    GS: Have you had any chance to look at the Wii U at all?

    JC: ... No ...

    GS: Speaking of touch screens, did you get a chance to look at the PlayStation Vita at all?

    JC: No...

  10. Not just landlines on Draft Horses Used To Lay Fiber-Optic Cable · · Score: 1

    apparently he can lay cable under water too... http://www.burleson-arabians.com/images/scuba_diving_horse.jpg/

  11. Re:Would work at face value on Can Computers Be Used To Optimize the US Tax Code? · · Score: 4, Funny

    In fact, the more popular the item is, the more cash you'd get if you raise the taxes on it.

    Tomorrow's Headline: Computer Suggests Tax on Sex

  12. And 23.5 million other users... on Over 7.5 Million Facebook Users Are Under 13 · · Score: 1

    And 23.5 million other users appear to be cats!

  13. Re:As opposed to the armed forces.. on How WikiLeaks Gags Its Own Staff · · Score: 2

    The Armed Forces, where one takes an legally binding oath after volunteering, then volunteers again for the security clearance while taking another legally binding oath.

    Yep, just like the legally binding oath the president swears to and then seems to forget as soon as convenient...

    "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

  14. Only female staff wanted on Software Firm Looking To Hire Naked Coders · · Score: 1

    Check the online ads - they're only after female workers. I wonder if this falls foul of the sexual discrimination act?

  15. Re:aren't taxes paying for the increased cost? on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    rates are falling quite markedly - according to this link at least: http://www.quit.org.au/article.asp?ContentID=7240

  16. Re:aren't taxes paying for the increased cost? on Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax · · Score: 1

    "In 2007, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that the heath care costs associated with smoking were $10.28 per pack. (Lexington Herald Leader Nov 25, 2007). " Actual tax on a pack of cigarettes is closer to $1 per pack.

  17. Re:Replace their respective pages with a message on Yahoo! Liable In Italy For Searchable Content · · Score: 1

    Ha! The UK government has a less-than-impressive record with IT. They've spent billions on IT projects that have collapsed without any usable results. I don't see them having much luck getting something like google up and running. I expect other countries have similar poor records when it comes to costly IT failures.

  18. OMG! on Mobile Phone May Rot Your Bones · · Score: 1

    First time I read the title I thought it said "Mobile Phone May Rot Your Boner" I tend to carry my phone in the front pocket of my trousers, so it's no wonder that headline scared the crap outa me!

  19. Re:No paradoxes? on Large Hadron Collider is a Time Machine? · · Score: 1
    Wow! And all along I've been blaming the dog for the voices I heard telling me to kill! kill! kill!

    Now I know it was in fact Higgs singlet messages being sent from the future!

  20. But cna it play Fingerball? on Can You Beat a Computer At Rock-Paper-Scissors? · · Score: 1

    http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28522/finger-ball Nice rock-paper-scissors variant for American football fans...

  21. Re:TNG Commands ... on Talking To Computers? · · Score: 2

    Only in an American show would you have to specify HOT Earl Grey tea. After all, you wouldn't ask for "popsicle, lemon, cold"

  22. Re:size on Stardust Mission Makes First-Ever Return To Comet · · Score: 1

    How about Australian territories? Norfolk Island is roughly 35 sq km.Or in Europe, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland is around 36 sq km. Getting closer...aha - Pavani Lake, Georgia - 37 sq km. Surely a place we're all familiar with!

  23. Re:Bad things COULD happen. on Infertility Could Impede Human Space Colonization · · Score: 1

    My thoughts on how far we have come is this, my Grandfather was beaten by his dad for suggesting that man would go to the moon after reading some books, and those books where of course thrown out. And to show how far we have yet to go, my mate was beaten by his Grandfather for suggesting that man did go to the moon...

  24. 3DS gets Mario game. Also just in... on Super Mario Coming To the 3DS · · Score: 2, Informative

    Breaking news: 3DS gets Mario game. Also just in... Pope found to be head of quite large religious group. Bears seen defecating in forested areas.

  25. No money for licenses though on Low Budget Air Space Photography · · Score: 1

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