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  1. ALL ABOARD... on SEC Warns Famous Crypto-currency Backers (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The Crazy Train!

    Destination Bubbleland followed by a devastating financial crash!

  2. Is staring at a pile of six of them. on Fewer Than 1 in 100,000 New Surface Devices Go Wrong, Microsoft Says (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Think they mean 1 in 100,000 DOESN'T have a problem.

  3. I hear it has a good buzz from the users.

  4. Is smiling somewhere.

  5. Return of the Screen Saver!

  6. So where do they out source their Tech Support to? ;)

  7. Read the Weasel Words on San Francisco Just Took a Huge Step Toward Internet Utopia (wired.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "to PLEDGE to connect all of its homes and businesses to a fiber optic network."

    Which means about as much as Unicorn power.

    It will all be twisted apart in the next big quake when San Francisco is again reduced to rubble anyway. Bad place to build a city.

  8. More like marked as Spam and deleted after I block the senders Domain.

  9. Re:hoping for Marvin... on Sony Reportedly Announcing New Robot Dog Next Month (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    K9 please.

  10. Re:I wouldn't want a SONY one, but... on Sony Reportedly Announcing New Robot Dog Next Month (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if it has a Stainless Steel finish.

  11. Eye Sight, Destroyed. on 42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com) · · Score: 2

    Ruining their eyes before they are even 10!

    There is a reason for the nearsightedness epidemic and it is mobile internet devices like tablets and cell phones.

    In Seoul 96.5% of 19-year-old men are short-sighted.

    The US is approaching that number.

  12. "Who controls the past controls the future..."
    “War is peace..."

  13. Suffer less in cold weather? on Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Fat is an insulator, what polar bears and arctic seals have.

    Don't they mean suffer in HOT weather?

  14. Silver and Gold. on Bitcoin Nears $6,000 For the First Time (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't burn and don't disappear when the power goes out.

  15. I WANT distance from Amazon!

    I WANT a barrier against impulse buys!

  16. Venusville on Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Your Local Planets and Moons (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    For reasons...

  17. The US and presumably EVERY country have people that war game unlikely scenarios just to have a plan available.

    How likely is it that the US would need to invade the UK? But there IS a plan for that.

    Makes sense to have plans for computer attack scenarios AND to harden against them before that scenario happens.

  18. Arnold Schwarzenegger VS a Giant Octopus!

  19. Relies on it a lot! on Real Moviegoers Don't Care About Rotten Tomatoes · · Score: 1

    If 30 critics out 40 hate something that is a BIG clue!

  20. Stand-up philosopher. on Google and Facebook Failed Us (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?

    Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.

    Dole Office Clerk: What?

    Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.

    Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a *bullshit* artist!

    Comicus: *Grumble*...

    Dole Office Clerk: Did you bullshit last week?

    Comicus: No.

    Dole Office Clerk: Did you *try* to bullshit last week?

    Comicus: Yes!

  21. And this time, WE MEAN IT!

  22. So when is the Furby going to be resurrected as a digital assistant? How about Teddyruxpin?

  23. Microsoft needs to make up its damn mind about this.

    We support several flavors of Lync and are transitioning to Skype for Business and NOW they are going to change it again?

  24. Bee Gee Pee? on Move Over Connected Cows, the Internet of Bees Is Here (cityam.com) · · Score: 2

    Presumably they use BGP.

  25. Gentlemen this means the Extinction of all Ethanol on Earth!