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  1. Re:So What on Hawking Warns Strong AI Could Threaten Humanity · · Score: 2

    I tried to get funding for my artificial stupidity project, but so far without success. It seems there is ample natural stupidity already...

    I once worked on a Virtual Reality project until I realized that there wasn't anything great enough about reality to justify making more of it.

  2. Re:Can Iowa handle a circus that large? on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 0

    If the democrats actually picked Biden I might even consider voting Republican.

    Biden might be the best choice. That is if the greatest threat to America was insomnia.

  3. Re:Won't happen on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Considering US Presidential Run · · Score: 1

    She's a second rate, female Mitt Romney with the business acumen of George W. Bush. She'll get into the primaries, get ripped to shreds and probably run off crying about sexism because her track record will make the Republican base convulse at even thought of her winning the nomination.

    That's an insult to second rate female Mitt Romneys and GW Bushes.
    I would love to see her in a debate with Hillary Clinton. I can't stand Hillary but I would be sitting with a bowl of popcorn enjoying ever minute watching her rip Carly to shreds. She would probably still complain about sexism though.

  4. Re: Alright, let's get the references out of the w on Microsoft Rolls Out Robot Security Guards · · Score: 1

    When they figure out how to make them run on doughnuts they can work as regular police officers.

  5. Re: Let me be the first to say... on Microsoft Rolls Out Robot Security Guards · · Score: 1

    They look like they need something.... Perhaps they should bolt a toilet plunger and an egg beater to them.

  6. Re: Yawn ... on Microsoft Azure Outage Across the Globe · · Score: 1

    Clown computing didn't seem to fit as well now that Balmer is gone..

  7. Re:The New Magic on Machine Learning Used To Predict Military Suicides · · Score: 1

    But - he did it on a computer. That's special. And I'll bet the computer was connected to the Internet. That's even more special.

    Up next - they'll get a Facebook page.

    On a mobile device. Soon to be connected to 'The Internet of things'.

  8. Re: Which VPN solution were they using? on US Postal Service Suspends Telecommuting Following Massive Breach · · Score: 1

    And massive bandwidth. Up to multiple terabytes in a single packet.

  9. Re: One has to expect this will be caught up with. on Australian Post Office Opens Mail Forwarding Warehouse In the USA · · Score: 1

    Yes. I bought a set of Michellins and they were good for about 60,000 miles but the cheaper brand only lasted for 40,000.

  10. Re: LAMP on Physicists Identify Possible New Particle Behind Dark Matter · · Score: 1

    WISA - Windows, IIS , SQL Server, ASP.NET

  11. Re: Drake equation on Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless · · Score: 1

    s/contract/contact/ damn autocorrect.

  12. Re: Drake equation on Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless · · Score: 1

    I always thought that the greatest argument in favour of intelligent life existing in the universe is that none have tried to contract us.

  13. Re: Underground as rare as hens teeth on Car Thieves and Insurers Vote On Keyless Car Security · · Score: 1

    Usually the key fob has to be within about 3 feet of the door being opened and then you must press a button on the door handle.

  14. Re: If you tax the rich, they'll leave on Steve Ballmer Gets Billion-Dollar Tax Write-Off For Being Basketball Baron · · Score: 1

    Yes it is a struggle. You know with the economy like it is when I traded my year old Mercedes S-Class a new one was just too expensive so I had to settle for an M-Class. Now everybody at the country club us going to laugh at me when the Rolls and the Bentley are both in the shop...

  15. Re:Necessary Ebola reference on Study: New Jersey e-Vote Experiment After Sandy a Disaster · · Score: 1

    You can add FL to that list too, thanks to Governor Skeletor.

    You mean the bad guy from 'He Man and the Masters of the Universe' is the governor of Florida now?

  16. Re:The saddest part is..... on Secretive Funding Fuels Ongoing Net Neutrality Astroturfing Controversy · · Score: 2

    There are lots of people that genuinely oppose big government, but nobody likes Comcast. If given a choice, the people would prevent Comcast from having fast lanes, and unleash the rancor and krakken upon them simultaneously.

    This is part of the problem of the Net Neutrality debate. There are no 'Fast lanes'. There is only what we have now and pothole-ridden dirt roads.

  17. Re: Please Microsoft... on The Classic Control Panel In Windows May Be Gone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try fixing them in the veterinary sense...

  18. Re: PowerPoint on a Server? on Windows 0-Day Exploited In Ongoing Attacks · · Score: 1

    Ciitrix server serving Office to remote users
    Sharepoint addon for searching and indexing Office files.
    I'm sure there are others this is just what I thought up in 30 seconds.

  19. Re: Only for root users on Windows 0-Day Exploited In Ongoing Attacks · · Score: 1

    Some do, however I've seen a few that are incapable of finding their head let alone placing a hat on it. Generally these are still stuck developing on VB6 rather than the vastly improved .NET versions (and are still whining about it after all these years...)

  20. Re:Politics on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 1

    As soon as any government appoints a Czar, you know that they know bad things are going to happen.

    Usually: * The person has little actual power * They are allocated minimal resources * Decisions come from the people above * Blame falls upon the Czar's shoulders * Appointing a Czar makes it look like you're doing something, even though you don't actually have to know what you're doing * Almost inevitably the Czar resigns or is fired later for being ineffective - because they were never actually there to do anything or even empowered to do anything

    When you see a Czar being appointed you should immediately think, "they know the outcome here has a high probability of being very damaging politically, likely because they either don't have the answers and they know it, or the answers they have point to a very unpopular outcome".

    That's not being cynical, it's just reality.

    Just look at what happened to the last Czar they appointed in Russia...
    (I think there's a 'In Soviet Russia' joke in there somewhere, but I'm not going to say it.)

  21. Re:Politics on Ebola Does Not Require an "Ebola Czar," Nor Calling Up the National Guard · · Score: 1

    This is not about solving problems but about power.

    You just summed up the Democratic party.

    He also just summed up the Republican Party.

    No, just politics in general, regardless of party or political system.

  22. Re:In unrelated news on 32 Cities Want To Challenge Big Telecom, Build Their Own Gigabit Networks · · Score: 1

    ATT, Comcast and Verizon just expanded fiber coverage to the same 32 cities with low introductory rates that will skyrocket once the new local competition is dealt with.

    FIFY

  23. Re:Most hated character flaw on Security Company Tries To Hide Flaws By Threatening Infringement Suit · · Score: 1

    There is nothing wrong with cold coffee. Warm beer on the other hand should be considered a crime against humanity.

    That's It! Time to go to WAR with England!

  24. Re: Or gamblers are masochists. on Brain Patterns Give Clues To Why Some People Just Keep Gambling · · Score: 1

    I lost the powerball. But I'm only out two bucks so no big deal.

  25. Re: Treasures on New Music Discovered In Donkey Kong For Arcade · · Score: 3, Funny

    Have you ever *heard* Yoko Ono's "music"? I have, and yes. It can be classified as a weapon. Or at least an implement of torture.