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  1. Re:Stop calling them clickbait on Facebook Cleans Up News Feed By Reducing Click-Bait Headlines · · Score: 1

    That's not a catchy enough title unfortunately

  2. Just change the wheels on Wheel Damage Adding Up Quickly For Mars Rover Curiosity · · Score: 2

    Simply build a wheel changing robot and launch it to Mars.

  3. bad idea on Algorithm Challenge: Burning Man Vehicle Exodus · · Score: 2

    Not being American I have no idea how your license plates work but it seems to me the idea mentioned in the article is dependant on there being an equal amount of cars in each group. What happens if there are 10 times as many people with cars whose plate ends with a 'T' than those that end with a 'U'

  4. Experiments not needed on Experiment Shows Traffic 'Shock Waves' Cause Jams · · Score: 1

    Who needs an experiment to prove this. I get stuck in jams every bloody day because of this effect

  5. Lazy Kids ! on Gen Y Tech Savvy, But Not Interested in a Career · · Score: 5, Funny

    good. If this bears out then those of us out of college can charge more and more to keep everything running.

  6. Re:Mirror here ... on DNA-rainbow, A New Vision of Human Chromosomes · · Score: 1

    They're pretty underwhelming alright !

  7. Re:the problem with sequels... on Sequels We'd All Like To See · · Score: 1
    sometimes it's the nostalgic effect of playing it on the old systems that make it better than what the game really is.
    Unfortunately for me that would mean spending approx. 25% of my time rewinding and fast forwarding the tape drive on my Amstrad 464. Thank god for emulators.
  8. Oops on Slashdot Posting Bug Infuriates Haggard Admins · · Score: 2, Funny

    As Nelson Muntz would say "HA HA"

  9. Damned liars ! on Moore's Law For Razor Blades? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    God I hate razor blade ads. Why do Gilette et al always use an actor who's clearly been clean shaven before they do the shot where he pulls the blade from his ear to his chin in one fell swoop. It's hardly a ringing endorsement of their product if they won't show someone with a day or two's worth of stubble doing the same thing.

    Here's my favourite parody of the gilette ads:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd6BjAj9Zag

  10. more delays. how surprising. on European PS3 Launch Delayed to 2007 · · Score: 1

    I have no intention of buying a console (my PC does me just fine) but after reading this there's no way I'd ever hand over my money to Sony. They just can't seem to do a single thing right.

  11. Personal responsibility R.I.P on Teen Sues MySpace Over Sexual Assault · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It is with a great deal of sadness that we announce the death of personal responsibility.
    Personal responsibility is survived by common sense.

    Responsibility
    begining of time -- 2006
    R.I.P

  12. Re:Simpson's reference on The 3 Billion Dollar Typo · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The first thing that came into my head when I read that story this morning was Nelson Muntz going HA-HA.

  13. A bit of perspective on BudNet Tracks Your Suds · · Score: 1

    I don't think we need to get out the tin foil hats just yet. To me this just seems like a bog standard data warehouse app like any supermarket chain would have. I mean, it's not as if a budweiser employee stands behind the counter and records your personal details everytime you buy a sixpack.

  14. Re:November 2004? on Nokia Admits N-Gage Sales Below Expectations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I actually think it'll be the other way around. A friend of mine owns one and it is so awkward to use as a phone that it's only real use is as a console.

  15. Re:Breeding Resistance on Sonic-powered Mosquito Larvae Eliminator · · Score: 1

    I'm no biologist but I doubt that mosquitos could evolve to defeat a mechanical device. I mean, it's one thing if you introduce a poison to attack the cells but how would the cell evolve to stop a soundwave ?

  16. and in 2 weeks time..... on Caffeine vs Type II Diabetes · · Score: 1

    ...there'll probably be even newer research which shows that caffeine is likely to double your chances of type II diabetes

  17. so what on More Media Consolidation Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    If everybody stopped watching the idiot box then the big media companies wouldn't have the cash to buy everybody out.

  18. Problems with gateway pc's on Do Manufacturers Adequately Support Their Products? · · Score: 1

    Every person I know that has ever bought a gateway pc has had something go wrong with it within a month. My friend had to have his cdrom drive replaced, a neighbour had to have a modem replaced & I had to have the motherboard replaced. Funnily, after that there have never been any problems with the pc's