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  1. Dolphins are jerks! on Dolphins Can Sleep One-half of Their Brain At a Time Say Researchers · · Score: 1

    And this explains how they have so much time to be jerks; although I could be thinking of porpoises.

  2. i thought xorg buried x a long time ago on X11 7.7 Released, Brings Multi-Touch Input · · Score: 1

    i thought xorg buried x a long time ago. x is the cat with 11 lives. rimshot.

  3. The green alternative... on Ask Slashdot: How To Feed Africa? · · Score: 1

    it is much more environmentally friendly to let them starve to death rather than use "harmful" fertilizers and pesticides that improve crop yields.

  4. DNA from Africa not found in Africans? on Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations · · Score: 1

    the mind fairly boggles.

    lol

  5. so long minidsic, too bad sony invented you on Sony Announces End For MiniDisc Walkman · · Score: 1

    seriously if sony had jumped on dvd type discs and had mp3 compatibility earlier I don't think the ipod would have taken over so quickly.

  6. great for thin clients on A $25 PC On a USB Stick · · Score: 3, Interesting

    lose the webcam and add a nic. then tape that thing to the back of a monitor, boom, thin client.

  7. Re:morons on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    you would be surprised, if you use it everyday it is not that hard. I have met carpenters who can work with fractions like that with less thought than it takes to breath.

  8. six words on Why Does the US Cling To Imperial Measurements? · · Score: 1

    what the fvck is a kilometer?

  9. reminds of an entrance exam i took on Could You Pass Harvard's Entrance Exam From 1869? · · Score: 1

    reminds me an entrance exam i took to try to get into some private high school. the common theme being that they expected me to already know the material they were going to teach me over the next four years.

  10. Krugman did it... on NYT Paywall Cost $40 Million: How? · · Score: 1

    here is an itemized breakdown of costs

    $39,999,900.00 -- Fees paid to Paul Krugman to bless the project with his noble prize winning "You have to spend more money than you have, to make money" theories.

    $100.00 -- Fee paid to developer to slap something together the night before launch

  11. We pursue that which retreats from us on Mars Rover Down? Spirit Stays Silent · · Score: 1

    clearly spirit has just watched the tao of steve one too many times.

  12. Iphone users snowballing? on Apple Removes Gay Cure App From App Store · · Score: 1

    Never! nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.

    also how could an iphone app cure the gay and why couldn't the company have made an app that cures cancer?

  13. Re:You can't own propery, maaannnnnn. on Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are 'Stalin's Dream' · · Score: 1

    there was supposed to be a link to this http://xkcd.com/378/ hilarious xkcd comic in my first post. it was supposed to be a ploy to get modded higher up. oh well

  14. You can't own propery, maaannnnnn. on Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are 'Stalin's Dream' · · Score: 2

    There is nothing wrong with open source as a concept, but calling someone who wants to keep their code to themselves evil is ludicrous. If I spend months and months slaving over hot butterfly brains, no one can tell me what to do with the fruits of my labor. The world is certainly a better place thanks to Torvalds et al, but they had no moral obligation to give away their work.

  15. boiler room on Ask Slashdot: Worst Computer Scene In TV or Movies? · · Score: 1

    the feds tell the main character to back up his entire c: drive to floppy. they show him doing it and it all fits onto one 3.5" floppy. that must have been one super high density floppy disk.

  16. so maybe ford wasn't lying to that kid. on Hacking a Car With Music · · Score: 1

    a few weeks back there was this story of a kid who was told by ford that he had infected his parent's car stereo with a virus by playing a pirated mp3 through his ipod.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/fj04r/reddit_the_dealership_told_me_that_pirated_music/

    apparently there was a kernel of truth in that mechanic's bullsht.

  17. Up Yours Debane on Debian Is the Most Important Linux · · Score: 1

    I have never liked Debian, for whatever reason it always rubbed the wrong way. Slackware on the other hand rubs me the right way.

  18. If you think you may be psychic... on Journal Article On Precognition Sparks Outrage · · Score: 1

    maybe you are.

    Harness your unique abilities and take advantage of the many Federal benefits available for psychic citizens.

    Would you like to know more ?

  19. my cynical response: hire pedos on TSA Pats Down 3-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    I mean they know how to touch children and convince them to say nothing.

    seriously though why don't they employ the oh so effective method of profiling. There is a reason the fbi uses "profilers" to help with investigations. even if it is only a 18-35 year old males profile, that would cover most of the terrorists. a 40 year old woman with 2.6666666667 children in tow is probably not going to blow up a plane, while a 22 year old man with a one way ticket, paid in cash, deserves a second glance at the very least.

  20. Thank you military industrial complex on US Army Develops Tooth Cleaning Gum · · Score: 1

    first the internet and now tooth cleaning gum. is there nothing you can't do?

  21. But can they look up? on Dogs Can Be Pessimistic · · Score: 1

    that is the real question.

  22. if you didn't pay, you're not a customer. on ZoneAlarm Employs Scare Tactics Against Its Users · · Score: 1

    "Check Point's customers have inundated the ZoneAlarm forums with complaints."

    How can you complain about something you got for free. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth and all that.

    If you don't like it, don't use it.

  23. oh, how convenient... on Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang · · Score: 1

    a theory about god that doesn't require looking through a telescope. get back to work!

  24. old /. story about numbers stations. on UVB-76 Broadcasts New Voice Message · · Score: 3, Informative

    following my nose around wikipedia I found a link to this /. article from 11 years ago.

    http://slashdot.org/it/99/09/16/0055245.shtml

  25. pot == kettle on US Students Struggle With Understanding of the 'Equal' Sign · · Score: 1

    it is funny that this study comes from a school where there aren't 7 people who can count to 3 so they have 21 guns salutes with 21 people.

    mwahahahaha