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  1. Re:People prefer "normal" calls on Why Video Calling Is a Wasted Feature In the UK · · Score: 1

    ... Eat pizza at absolutely every meal, whether lunch, dinner, breakfast - and you'd get sick of it too.

    And there goes your credibility. ;)

  2. Re:bad quote on Microsoft's New Attempt To Dominate Robotics · · Score: 2, Funny

    To be fair, it takes a lot of memory to store one level of undo.

  3. Re:Stereotypes much? on Wal-Mart, Amazon Battle For Online Retail's Future · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excuse me, I believe those middle America shoppers are called Real Americans. People these days.

  4. Re:I thought it said... on Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sleep · · Score: 0, Troll

    .... genetic mutation for less sheep. That could cause problems in alabama...

    I misread your quote as "less sleep", not "less sheep", and decided you must have been implying that the incest in Alabama causes more of these mutations. Isn't it great that Alabama has so much to offer in this department?

  5. Re:Surprise Surprise. on The Pirate Bay Is Being Sued Again · · Score: 1

    Shut the fuck up, Donny!

  6. Re:So... on Cats "Exploit" Humans By Purring · · Score: 1

    Indeed, a friend of mine who works as an EMT once mentioned that a common phenomenon EMTs encounter when discovering a human corpse that has been left alone with their pets for any sizable amount of time is that the cats will literally eat their owner's face.

    Keep that in mind the next time your cat is rubbing up against you. It's just waiting. :(

  7. Wireless? on Best Mouse For Programming? · · Score: 1

    The mouse was invented for throwing at other programmers. That's why they have wires. So you don't have to get up to retrieve it.

  8. Re:NEAT on Experimental Video Game Evolves Its Own Content · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It has also been used for various other things. My girlfriend is actually a part of that research group (EPLEX - http://eplex.cs.ucf.edu/) ... It has been used for all kinds of things. Everywhere from evolving complex pictures to music generation to our future overlords: hyper evolved zombie dancers.

  9. Ah, yes. on Judge Tentatively Dismisses Case Against Lori Drew · · Score: 0

    Lori, we go way back.

  10. Re:No way with regards to Invasion on The Internet Helps Iran Silence Activists · · Score: 1

    Did he discontinue the threatening nature of the previous administrations because we can't currently kick their ass, or did he change it because he believes diplomacy is often times more effective than being a international bully?

  11. Oh Come On on Fake News Scam Sites Advertising On Real News Sites · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fox has to get traffic somehow.

  12. Re:I'll be the first never to say... on Microsoft Bing Search Launches Early Preview · · Score: 1

    I think your signature makes that statement have more meaning than you want.

  13. Re:Solution to the problem on Bitterness To Be Classified As a Mental Illness · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I've experienced a sense of extreme bitterness in my life. That feeling is very much accompanied by a sense of helplessness. Some recover and some do not recover.

    It is, however, disingenuous to suggest that some people are just being whiny. Don't fool yourself. These people aren't happy being this way. They are miserable. They're probably depressed. Severely depressed. If you have ever been truly depressed you know these feelings well. They can ruin your life if you don't get help.

    Being overly bitter is indicative of something. That person believes beyond a shadow of a doubt that they got screwed on the dice roll in life. If classifying extreme bitterness helps medical professionals make better decisions in how to help people in that situation, I applaud it.

  14. Re:Mostly just for cars on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 1

    This is actually a common misconception. I stand 6'7" and I drive a Honda Civic. The secret? I bought a coupe. The seat goes way back.

    I also have driven literally 6 hours without getting up from that seat without knee cramps, which is something I get often.

    It's very, very difficult to justify vehicle size based on physical stature.

  15. Re:bit late on 13,000 Volunteer To Put Personal Genomes Online · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... Results 1 - 20 of about 286,000

    I decided to verify your research.

    Results 1 - 20 of about 298,000

    OH MY GOD THEY'RE MULTIPL-*CONNECTION LOST*

  16. Re:So what on IE8 Released As Critical Update For XP · · Score: 1

    Is there any chance someone else would use your computer ever?

  17. Emotional Distress on Worst Working Conditions You Had To Write Code In? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Trying to code while under severe emotional distress is the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

  18. Re:MSFT Icon is stale. on Major League Baseball Dumps Silverlight For Flash · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Since you're being off-topic, I'll make the situation worse and ask a question that has been plaguing me for a while now.

    Is referring to companies by their stock symbol some new trend, or do people who frequently do that actually trade stocks a significant amount and have a reason to feel more comfortable with "MSFT" than "Microsoft"?

    Is it just shorter?

  19. Useful! on Twitter On Scala · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Twitter using new-and-fancy programming languages has a way of load testing them for all of us.

    I'm not sure I'd have the balls to take a 5 year old development platform/framework and drop it into something that sees so much traffic. Hopefully they share their experiences in some form.

  20. Be Careful on Largest High-Tech Tornado Chase Set To Begin · · Score: 1

    Gotta watch out for the bad guy tornado chasers in the black SUVs.

  21. Re:who cares? on Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod · · Score: 0, Troll

    While I realize it's important to discuss all aspects of international diplomacy, it's slightly ridiculous to compare this blunder with that of the Bush administration's illustrious catalog of them.

    I'd rather be known as the nation of inept gift givers than the nation of torturers, violators of international law, war mongers and science haters.

    We can certainly discuss the things Obama has done wrong (and there are plenty), but it's a fucking order of magnitude below that of the Bush administration's.

  22. Hey now. on Yeast-Powered Fuel Cell Feeds On Human Blood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Legitimate news? We need to keep this site as useless as possible today. You're not helping.

  23. Oops. on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    This is a disaster.

  24. Damn. on Interview With the Author of "Mastering Cat" · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was hoping for a manual to help me read the icanhascheezburger comments.

  25. The Web on April 1st on Online Banking Customers Migrating To Lynx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Makes me want to delete my web browser.