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  1. I'm going on a diet on Taiwan Develops Face-Recognition Vending Machine · · Score: 2

    Damn thing kept offering me only Lil' Debbie snacks.

  2. Re:100% lethal on Airborne Prions Prove Lethal In Mouse Studies · · Score: 3, Funny

    You just described Jerry Springer

  3. 100% lethal on Airborne Prions Prove Lethal In Mouse Studies · · Score: 1

    Isn't everything 100% lethal provided something else doesn't kill you first?

  4. Re:Look at the bright side on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    Sorry mate, but it doesn't taste like much of anything ever. It's like saying liver is tasty, but only with bacon and onions. Liver is crap, tofu is crap, so would you like to supersize your bugs?

  5. Look at the bright side on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1, Funny

    At least they taste better than tofu.

  6. Viewpoint of an American expat on Congresswoman and Staff Gunned Down · · Score: 2

    Something really rotten has evolved in the last 16 years of American politics. It started with the character assassination of Bill Clinton, followed by the character assassination of George W. Bush, and over that period of time the shouting across the divide between left and right has exploded, spilling out into hateful slogans on the backs of cars and in store windows. The problem appears to be that a geographic majority feels disenfranchised by a numeric majority, and they appear not to mind destroying a political process that represents to them the destroyer of their way of life. I believe it can be likened to a man who becomes irrational when his wife leaves him: it degrades into an ugly scene where nobody wins.

    Anger is a poison that runs its course and can't really be treated. Every crackpot who puts his opinion on the back of his car incites another crackpot to do the same, and by this time it's no longer free speech, but rather the people being held hostage by free speech. Good luck with your country guys. I hope it works out for you.

  7. Re:It depends on Should Dolphins Be Treated As Non-Human Persons? · · Score: 1

    Are they cute?

  8. Re:wow on Running Your Own Ghost Investigation? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well the true skeptic will doubt the disbelievers too.

  9. TL;DR version on Windows 7 Trumps Vista By Reaching 20% Share · · Score: 5, Informative

    20% of the computers currently in use were shipped with Windows 7.

  10. A professor has the power on Should Colleges Ban Classroom Laptop Use? · · Score: 1

    Structure the lecture such that there are no downloadable notes, and that if you're not present and madly scribbling you fall hopelessly behind. My Operating Systems Pragmatics class back in prehistory (Dr Clevenger, if you're still alive, that was the most fun I've ever paid for) would qualify. Any lecture that you can sleep through frankly is time and money wasted.

  11. Obvious answer on Does Typing Speed Really Matter For Programmers? · · Score: 1

    Take the project you're on, and do the maths on your source base. The project I'm on has been under an ongoing onslaught of development for 3 years, and the group is clocking about .3 wpm. I do agree that different situations will want a different array of complementary skills in the development group, but if a 10-year developer walks in with a CV and references, the last thing I'm going to do is give him a typing test.

  12. How to tell you're a nut job on Michael Moore Posts Julian Assange's Bail · · Score: 1

    Michael Moore agrees with your message and your methods.

  13. Re:Some Questions on EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees · · Score: 1

    You might want to rethink what you use for news sources. Next thing you know you'll be predicting earthquakes in Turkey.

  14. Re:Everyone has skeletons. on Corporations Hiring Hooky Hunters · · Score: 1

    > Most people don't have the privilege of just deciding to have more money. Of course they do. They choose to spend their last dime, and I can prove it (courtesy of Andrew Tobias). Look down the street. There's a chap getting by on 10% less salary than you do. If he can do it, so can you. And if you put that 10% into interest bearing accounts, you'll be independently wealthy in 40 years tops (so start in your 20's for best effect).

  15. Re:Some People on A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy · · Score: 1

    All your link tells me is that nobody has had the stones to try it on an American flight since.

  16. Re:Next step.. on Graduate Students Being Warned Away From Leaked Cables · · Score: 1

    Executing a few for treason should do the trick.

  17. Re:The "enhanced" procedures are useless on TSA Saw My Junk, Missed Razor Blades, Says Adam Savage · · Score: 1

    "Well he looked like a terrorist to me..."

  18. I believe on Life Found In Deepest Layer of Earth's Crust · · Score: 1

    I believe, that in our lifetime, evidence of life is going to be found on one of the planets of our solar system, and that we will have confirmation that 'life' is prevalent throughout the universe.

  19. How to change their tune on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    One commercial airliner spiralling into the ocean, or worse, into a civilian target, will pop them into line quick-smart, and won't hear about their violated rights again to the end of their self-centred days.

  20. Not our fault on Lizard Previously Unknown To Science Found On Vietnam Menu · · Score: 1

    Would be easier to capture specimens if the locals would stop catching them all for food and medicine.

  21. On this menu on Lizard Previously Unknown To Science Found On Vietnam Menu · · Score: 1

    Mystery meat

  22. Very neat demonstration on Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart · · Score: 1

    Here's my question: Can the same principle be used to drive something similar upwind?

  23. Re:Mythbusters on Going Faster Than the Wind In a Wind-Powered Cart · · Score: 1

    Not sure, but it would be hard to top the stupidity of thinking that frozen chickens should have the same impact as thawed ones when ploughing them through glass.

  24. Recipe protection on Cook's Magazine Claims Web Is Public Domain · · Score: 1

    The anarchist in me says that recipe authors should allowed to submit their processes to the trademark office.

  25. Wow on Hard-to-Read Fonts Improve Learning · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd assumed Asians were better students because of cultural differences; never figured it was because of kanji etc.