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  1. battery life. on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For You To Buy a Smartwatch? · · Score: 1

    my last watch went 14 years on one battery, my current watch is about 3 years old.

  2. the up side... on Prisoners Freed After Cops Struggle With New Records Software · · Score: 1

    15 years ago this story would have been about how some buffoon had released prisoners because they put a tick in the radio button that said "not a prisoner."

  3. spacex 2014 is... on SpaceX Falcon 9R Vertical Take-Off and Landing Test Flight · · Score: 1

    like apple circa 1978.

  4. the ethanol tax wasn't enough? on 2 US Senators Propose 12-Cent Gas Tax Increase · · Score: 1

    that's like 30-40 per gallon

  5. We have Bunnie. Gather one million dollars... on Code Spaces Hosting Shutting Down After Attacker Deletes All Data · · Score: 1

    This is a bummer, man.

  6. "diversity" is illegal on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that hiring based on race, gender, and etc. is illegal.

  7. what's your high score?

  8. The militarization of police is distressing, but.. on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 1

    The politicians in dc are still a greater threat to freedom.

  9. Include incompetence in the charges on NSF Researcher Suspended For Mining Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    This the scientific equivalent of a heisman quarterback stealing $25 of crab legs from the grocery store.

  10. now that's what I call an intelligent design. on Study: Male Facial Development Evolved To Take Punches · · Score: 1

    TroLLOLOlllloLOlLololOol!!!!

  11. third party developers rejoice. on Microsoft Won't Bring Back the Start Menu Until 2015 · · Score: 0

    all those companies selling alternative start menus can continue making money.

  12. is it a right? on Thousands of Europeans Petition For Their 'Right To Be Forgotten' · · Score: 1

    the remembered have no control over the rememberers remembering.

  13. does mcafee av still suck? on McAfee Grabbed Data Without Paying, Says Open Source Vulnerability Database · · Score: 1

    if this makes the crappy antivirus that is bundled on your parents computer a little less crappy, can you really complain?

  14. the function of society on Death Wish Meets GPS: iPhone Theft Victims Confronting Perps · · Score: 1

    of course the cops are saying don't do anything. if people realized that they are capable of taking care of themselves the "proper authorities" will have a harder time forcing people to buy a product they may or may not need, or take their weapons, or surveil their every move.

  15. the ability to put up other people's worthless ass kids is a calling and if it's not your calling you're going to do a shit job and the kids will continue to be worthless. there, their, and they're!

  16. It's genetics on Study Finds US Is an Oligarchy, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    Considering every president, except Van Buren, is/was related to evil king john; is anyone surprised?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

  17. Re:we know this.... on Study Rules Out Global Warming Being a Natural Fluctuation With 99% Certainty · · Score: 1

    earth2 has that hot chick and that guy that kinda looks like joey from Friends

  18. they have been doing it in math on Google: Teach Girls Coding, Get $2,500; Teach Boys, Get $0 · · Score: 2

    schools have been focusing on girls and math for the better part of 50 years. so this makes perfect sense, you encourage teachers to teach programming to the students that get the most attention from their math teachers.

  19. Re:I had deaf friends. on How Cochlear Implants Are Being Blamed For Killing Deaf Culture · · Score: 4, Insightful

    it takes a village.

    to create wheels squeaky enough to get money handouts.

  20. damn your rat traps! on How Cochlear Implants Are Being Blamed For Killing Deaf Culture · · Score: 1

    you have killed plague culture.

  21. leet name generator on What's In a Username? the Power of Gamer Tags · · Score: 1
  22. that's not how you do it... on ZunZuneo: USAID Funded 'Cuban Twitter' To Undermine Communist Regime · · Score: 1

    If you want to end communism in cuba put a mcdonalds and a walmart in havana and wait about a month.

  23. Re:But can it on Bunnie Huang's Novena Open Source Laptop Launches Via Crowd Supply · · Score: 1

    I think NT 4 had an arm build.

  24. so long javascript on OKCupid Warns Off Mozilla Firefox Users Over Gay Rights · · Score: 2

    It's funny how they are principled enough to boycott the company he is steering, but not principled enough to stop using the thing that he is credited with inventing.

  25. Am I missing something? on School Tricks Pupils Into Installing a Root CA · · Score: 1

    "our only method of communicating to the outside world is over their network"

    Do you live in the middle ages? If convicts can get cellphones into prison, I'm sure you have access to one. Also there is always ip over semaphore.

    http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc...