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  1. Clearly on Why It's Almost Impossible To Teach a Robot To Do Your Laundry · · Score: 1

    We must wait for the Chinese Laundry Bot

  2. Re:Arctic or Antarctic? on New Data Indicates Arctic-Ocean Sized Body of Water on Ancient Mars · · Score: 1

    Oh crap! Are we going to start getting bombarded by donation requests from the American Capricorn Society now?

  3. Solution is already in the works on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When the planet is bombarded with comets as part of the terra forming effort, a judicious selection of impact angles will easily speed the rotation to a nominal 24 hour rate

  4. Re:What a biased assumption that prevents reason on Machine Intelligence and Religion · · Score: 1

    More like delusional in my experience

  5. Re:Wait so like.... whaaaaat? on Machine Intelligence and Religion · · Score: 1

    i.e. drones?

  6. I predict on Scientists In China Predict Pentagonal Graphene · · Score: 2

    A graphene technology writing instrument

  7. Re:FAA could only *limit* US launched rockets on FAA Could Extend Property Rights On the Moon Through Regulation · · Score: 1

    I believe the 'Moon' in question rarely ends up 'a few million miles away'.

  8. I really need to remember to use my "HUMOR" hashtag

  9. Seriously? What are the chances a thief is going to stand next to the menu board to see what yesterday's dinner special was?

  10. I tried reading the article on The Quantum Experiment That Simulates a Time Machine · · Score: 2

    but kept up back at the beginning

  11. Re:Dyson Sphere? on The Search For Starivores, Intelligent Life That Could Eat the Sun · · Score: 1

    Sucky humor

  12. It's about time on HOA Orders TARDIS Removed From In Front of Parrish Home · · Score: 2

    bada boom

  13. Re:Dyson Sphere? on The Search For Starivores, Intelligent Life That Could Eat the Sun · · Score: 1

    I would submit that engulfing an object and consuming the energy inherent in that object, at whatever rate, is tantamount to eating.

  14. Dyson Sphere? on The Search For Starivores, Intelligent Life That Could Eat the Sun · · Score: 1

    Would this not fit the description of a star eater?

  15. Re:42 minutes on Why We're Not Going To See Sub-orbital Airliners · · Score: 1

    OK Folks. Please review your physics 1 text. All will be revealed. Gravity provides the impetus - same transit time (ignoring frictions) between any 2 points.

  16. 42 minutes on Why We're Not Going To See Sub-orbital Airliners · · Score: 1

    Give me a straight tunnel between any two points and I can get you there in 42 minutes for practically no fuel cost.

  17. Re:Two things on Ask Slashdot: What Should We Do About the DDoS Problem? · · Score: 2

    Wrong target. Hunt down and kill the people that run the botnets. Publicly. Grotesquely.

  18. What's the Big Deal? on Ask Slashdot: Best Wireless LED Light Setup for 2015? · · Score: 2

    Just tell the damn gnomes to do it or you'll kick them out.

  19. Announcing a Kickstarter Project on Tesla About To Start Battery-Swap Pilot Program · · Score: 2

    Be the first to contribute to the latest Tesla accessory project - The Tag-a-Long battery trailer/camper. It extends your mileage 4 fold, while providing a comfortable living environment when stranded alongside the road.

  20. Re:I see a problem here on Tesla About To Start Battery-Swap Pilot Program · · Score: 1

    Wow! Really? What a great idea!

  21. I see a problem here on Tesla About To Start Battery-Swap Pilot Program · · Score: 2

    What happens when one of the little cells gets put in with the pointy part the wrong way? I mean, like, there must be a zillion in each car! Chances are good someone will goof it up, especially in the dark at night. And are all the AAA guys going to keep a bunch next to their gas can?

  22. In Other News on A New Law For Superconductors · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    A researcher has identified a new social law that describes exactly the probability of getting lucky, which only relies on 17 variables, each of which needs only be adjusted for each pairing of two individuals.

  23. I smell a Kickstarter on James Watson's Nobel Prize Goes On Auction This Week · · Score: 5, Interesting

    To buy the medal and give it to Rosalind's heirs

  24. I hope on Ask Slashdot: Making a 'Wife Friendly' Gaming PC? · · Score: 4, Funny

    you have a good prenup

  25. Re:You're Never an Idiot on Ask Slashdot: Objective C Vs. Swift For a New iOS Developer? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Homeopathy is not something, it is nothing.