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  1. Reality TV on Technology's Legacy: the 'Loser Edit' Awaits Us All · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is the biggest oxymoron there is. Verry little on tv is real and so-called 'reality TV' is among the most fake.
    News doesn't fare too much better.

  2. Re: I have no problem explaining this on Mysterious Siberian Crater Is Just One of Many · · Score: 2

    I guess I'm not having chilli for dinner tonight.

  3. Re: Just on Can the Guitar Games Market Be Resurrected? · · Score: 1

    s/rocks/birds/

  4. Re: I'm holding out for Accordion Hero on Can the Guitar Games Market Be Resurrected? · · Score: 2

    How do you become a bagpipe hero?
    You stop playing.

  5. Re: If you hate Change so much...... on Users Decry New Icon Look In Windows 10 · · Score: 2

    I would say Windows 8 looks like it was designed in a Communist country but even the North Koreans have sence enough to copy Mac OSX.

  6. Re: minority report? on US Govt and Private Sector Developing "Precrime" System Against Cyber-Attacks · · Score: 1

    That's probably how they did it until some politicians ran on a 'Tough on pre-crime' platform.

  7. Re: Cause I'm a rock star! on Attention, Rockstar Developers: Get a Talent Agent · · Score: 1

    To be a Rock Star trash your hotel room becuse you found brown M&Ms in the vending machine...
    (yes, I do know the story behind the 'M&M Clause' in Van Halen's contracts. )

  8. Re:Not very effective. on Pakistanis Must Provide Fingerprints Or Give Up Cellphone · · Score: 5, Funny

    'Cause stealing someone else's cell phone and using it would be totally Inconceivable! / I don't think that word means what you think it means.

    Vizzini to girlfriend: "You're Pregnant? Inconceivable!
    Girlfriend: I don't think that word means what you think it means.

  9. Re:Only used it when they paid me on Google Teams Up With 3 Wireless Carriers To Combat Apple Pay · · Score: 1

    On my S5, the sweet spot is actually in the middle of the phone horizontally across middle of NFC reader

    And it is probably in a position that will move when your phone changes orientation, which it will inevitably do multiple times while you are trying to make a purchase.

  10. Re: Legality on Ars: SSL-Busting Code That Threatened Lenovo Users Found In a Dozen More Apps · · Score: 4, Funny

    Careful. That pony could be a Trojan Horse. Albeit a small one.

  11. Re: Or just damage cars on Also Hackable: Drive-Through Car Washes · · Score: 1

    Yes but free car washes could motivate the owners to change the damn default passwords! Not like something trivial like stealing the credit card numbers of everyone who gets a car wash.

  12. Re: Santa Claus on The Science of a Bottomless Pit · · Score: 1

    Santa Claus is a Time Lord or at least has Time Lord technology. His sleigh transcends time and space. His bag is bigger on the inside. And of course there is his age. He has to at least be hundreds of years old.

  13. Re:you can buy yellowcake on Amazon on 1950s Toy That Included Actual Uranium Ore Goes On Display At Museum · · Score: 1

    I bullshit you not.

    Pfft. I can get it at my local grocery store. And the Duncan Hines mix is on sale for $1 off when you buy a can of frosting with it!
    (And if you don't think that is dangerous you haven't experienced my cooking...)

  14. Re: Apples and oranges on Federal Study: Marijuana Use Doesn't Increase Auto Crash Rates · · Score: 1

    Hey, that's happened to me and I've never smoked pot.

  15. Re: this is how that old book started on Mysterious Martian Plumes Discovered By Amateur Astronomers · · Score: 1

    Actually it's Spaceballs II: The Search for More Money.

  16. Re: UX on Ask Slashdot: Are General Engineering Skills Undervalued In Web Development? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go into management.

  17. Re: Found the perfect way on Researcher Developing Tattoo Removal Cream · · Score: 1

    In many cases alcohol is involved. Particularly with the more unfortunate ones.

  18. Re:There, you have your answer! on FBI Can't Find Its Drone Privacy Reports · · Score: 2

    The original question was if they did any privacy assessment report of the impact of using drones. I think by saying that they can't find any such report, the answer seems pretty obvious....

    I think they should look where they found the IRS emails...

  19. I always keep on The Mathematical Case For Buying a Powerball Ticket · · Score: 5, Funny

    An unchecked lottery ticket in my wallet. That way i am both potentially broke and wealthy at the same time.

  20. Re:New research find's water wet on Your Java Code Is Mostly Fluff, New Research Finds · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yes, but the point is silly anyway.

    The notion that everything that isn't core functionality is "fluff", gives the impression that it is non-essential.

    Let's say I have a weather application that reports meteorological data for a specific zipcode. Let's say that I have a super slick user interface, and I display animated weather graphics in HD.

    Fluff?

    Not at all. A spartan application which displayed a bunch of plaintext data might have zero downloads. Sexy, eye candy might equate to 20 million downloads.

    Which raises the question: What is the actual point of this app? Is it to display weather information?

    No. The point of this app is to get downloaded.

    So what's "core" again?

    No, the point of the app is to display adds to the user.

  21. Re:So which kind of solar is it? on Apple Invests $848 Million Into Solar Farm · · Score: 1

    The Apple iSolar panel will have a brushed aluminum back, rounded bevel and will do everything but generate solar power.

    Samsung will a better, cheaper solar panel and will immediately be sued by Apple.

  22. Re:Cars will be next on Smartphone Theft Drops After Spread of Kill Switches · · Score: 1

    My prediction, and not exactly a stretch to predict: Cars will be next.

    Already here. Cars can be disabled by OnStar or similar services.
    Problem is by the time OnStar can disable you car it has already been stripped and the parts sent to who knows where..

  23. Re:Cereal Killers on US Gov't To Withdraw Food Warnings About Dietary Cholesterol · · Score: 2

    Just make sure that your diet contains all of the four main food groups: Salt, sugar, fat and caffeine.

    You forgot alcohol.

  24. Re: Come on... on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 1

    I hear more scientifically sound arguments feom anti-vaxers.

  25. Re: Audiophile market on $10K Ethernet Cable Claims Audio Fidelity, If You're Stupid Enough To Buy It · · Score: 1

    That's it. I'm going to take cheap D-Link switches, Gold plate everything, and charge a million bucks for my audiophile quality network gear.