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  1. Re:daily mail? seriously? on Man Accused of Selling Golf Ball Finders As Bomb Detectors · · Score: 2

    It is a tabloid.

    Barely.

  2. Re:Donglegate? Really? on Will Donglegate Affect Your Decision To Attend PyCon? · · Score: 5, Funny

    s/Submit/Preview/;

  3. Re: Card to Card payments on MasterCard Forcing PayPal To Pay Higher Fees · · Score: 2

    All the notes are the same size - unlike every other currency I've handled there's no easy way to tell them apart without being able to see them.

    I'm curious, how do blind Americans cope? Here in the UK the notes grow larger as denomination increases.

    As an aside, I think we have better portraits too: rather than previous prime ministers we have the likes of humanitarians, naturalists, composers (albeit overrated IMO), philosophers and engineers. The queen is on all of them, naturally, but having her face on things is pretty much half of all she does.

  4. Re:They don't get it on Bitcoin To Be Regulated Under US Money Laundering Laws · · Score: 1

    No shit, nobody has made the claim that Amazon accepts Bitcoin.

    Oh?

  5. Re:Hmmm.... on WHSmith Putting DRM In EBooks Without Permission From the Authors · · Score: 1

    I don't think this is an error.

    Plural or not "where" is not the correct word to use; it should be "were/are" if it was written in the British fashion.

  6. Re:Netcraft confirms: on New Advance In 3D TV Technology · · Score: 1

    On a more practical note:
    "Thou canst not kill that which doth not live, but you can blast it into kibble."
    Quake user manual.

  7. Re:Longevity. on Voyager 1 Officially Exits Our Solar System · · Score: 1

    Many people confuse Chuck Norris with Vin Diesel.

  8. Re:life-long updates on Ask Slashdot: What Is a Reasonable Way To Deter Piracy? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hear hear. You get vastly more with the carrot than an easily-circumvented stick.

  9. Re:Revisionist on Could Twitter Have Stopped the Media's Rush To War In Iraq Ten Years Ago? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Iraq war was not an unpopular idea at the time. It became unpopular in hindsight.

    There are a few million people who would disagree with you.

  10. Re:What's the definition of "leaving the system"? on Voyager 1 Officially Exits Our Solar System · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm no astronomer, but I think what you call the "sphere of influence" is properly termed the "Hill sphere". It does raise an interesting question all the same: which star will be the next one that Voyager ends up being attracted to?

  11. Re:The noise will be unacceptable on Golf Channel Testing Out New Octo-copter Drone To Film Golfers This Weekend · · Score: 1

    Kind of a loud, droning noise...

    Which is why golf commentary is usually done in a studio far, far away from the game.

  12. Re:first on Roadkill Forcing Cliff Swallows To Evolve · · Score: 1

    In other words, while the early bird gets the worm it's the second mouse that gets the cheese?

  13. It's a VR helmet. on Oculus Rift Loses Doom 3 BFG Edition From Launch Package, But Gains TF2 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just in case anyone else was wondering.

  14. Re:Hope it's going in the new Mac Pro on Next-Gen Intel Chip Brings Big Gains For Floating-Point Apps · · Score: 1

    If your experimental labs are anything like our workshops you'll probably find them running a few ancient Win95/DOS tools that don't take kindly to being cooped up in a VM without direct access to hardware. As I think back, though, I do recall a lonely old G3 being used as a data logger.

  15. Re:Mars chose Austerity over Life on Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life · · Score: 1

    Well done for getting it. I'm glad at least one person did.

  16. Re:Better off enforcing an EA boycott on Is It Time To Enforce a Gamers' Bill of Rights? · · Score: 1

    I'd prefer having no reviews over astroturfed ones.

  17. Re:Mars chose Austerity over Life on Ancient Mars Could Have Supported Life · · Score: 0

    So Mars evolved republicans...

    Commies, surely.

  18. Re:So-called on Scientists Grow Replacement Human Teeth In Mouse Kidneys · · Score: 1

    So-called "bio-teeth" ...as opposed to WHAT?

    Porcelain?

  19. Re:Can't wait. on Ferrari Unveils World's Fastest (and Most Expensive) Hybrid · · Score: 1

    You think people buy Ferraris because they're in a hurry? The point is to drive it oneself. You know, for fun.

  20. Re:Gas mileage on Ferrari Unveils World's Fastest (and Most Expensive) Hybrid · · Score: 0

    When it comes to the cost of fuelling a Ferrari, if you have to ask you can't afford it.

  21. Re:"Aimed at our collectors.." on Ferrari Unveils World's Fastest (and Most Expensive) Hybrid · · Score: 1

    Collectors

    Who are they kidding? This might as well be a one-off for Jay Leno.

  22. Re:That's his right on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 2

    Seems more like a grab for free advertising to me. hint hint

  23. Re:NO. on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    It's not just a checkbox; without automatic updates one has to re-set the clock manually twice a year.

  24. Re:Relative Time on Ancient Flood Channels Cut Deep Into Mars · · Score: 0

    Am I missing something, how can you say 500 million years and then call this relatively recent?

    Go talk to a geologist.

  25. It's the bonus that concerns me on Moon Mining Race Under Way · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A second-placed team stands to win $5m for completing the same mission, with bonus prizes for travelling more than 5km, finding water and discovering any traces of man's past on the moon, such as the Apollo site.

    Wouldn't it be best to leave the Apollo landing site - even the footprints - alone for posterity?