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  1. Re:Processed sugar is the problem on The Mathematics of Obesity · · Score: 1

    Thanks for your permission to drink beer instead of fruit juice. I much prefer it anyway.

  2. Re:Whaaaa???? on General Motors: "Facebook Ads Aren't Worth It" · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't have time for any of this. There's a Matlock marathon on!

  3. Re:Advising Caution on Photographers, You're Being Replaced By Software · · Score: 1

    Perhaps that was nervous laughter!

  4. Re:Prequel to ReturnToWolfenstein on Wolfenstein 3-D Celebrates 20 Years With Free Browser-Based Version · · Score: 1

    Spectre?

  5. Can't wait! on DVDs, Blu-Rays To Show 20-Second Unskippable Govt. Warnings · · Score: 1

    Anyone know where I can find a torrent of the govt. warning video? I can't wait to see it. I'd even settle for a cam. Anyone?

  6. Re:What's the percentage for Slashdoters? Seriousl on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    Why round the figure to 97% Why express it as a percentage at all?

  7. Re:What's the percentage for Slashdoters? Seriousl on Only 22% of California 8th Graders Pass National Science Test · · Score: 1

    Atheist here. Scored 31/32 on the religious one. Eeeeeeeasy! However, the Christian Science Monitor seems to have something of a mathematical problem saying 31/32 is 97%.

  8. Re:Invalid Patent on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1

    Well, Jimmy and the boys couldn't spell 'Lead'.

  9. Re:I would've went with accounting on Yahoo CEO Wrongly Claimed To Have Degree In Computer Science · · Score: 1

    Indeed. Of course he should have said 'what I would of went with'.

  10. Re:Monster High? on Ask Slashdot: Which Comic Books To Start My 3-Year-Old With? · · Score: 1

    Baby Einstein. What a load of shite.

  11. Re:Three minutes on British Ban Spikes Pirate Bay Traffic · · Score: 1

    Thanks Father Jack!

  12. Re:Here comes the complaning... on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    Very good point.

  13. Cold Case! on Oldest Intact Red Blood Cells Found on Iceman · · Score: 1

    But just you wait. We'll get the bastard that did this to Ötzi!

  14. Re:Black Market on How Online Black Markets Work · · Score: 1

    The word is 'drivel'.

  15. Re:Well that's okay on WW2 Vet Sent 300,000 Pirated DVDs To Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Something to do with coffee I expect.

  16. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 1

    TENET

  17. Re:Whoever is responsible for this article on Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief · · Score: 4, Funny

    He was joking around with the boys. A little too much wine and all that.

  18. Re:Sure thing on Sci-Fi Publisher Tor Ditches DRM For E-Books · · Score: 1

    Shadow Puppets was complete rubbish by any standards.

  19. Re:About Time on Sci-Fi Publisher Tor Ditches DRM For E-Books · · Score: 1

    Me!

  20. Re:Genetically Modified Hogs next? on Scientists Clone Sheep With 'Good' Fat · · Score: 1

    Try cooking pork in (Thai) fish sauce. That should work.

  21. Re:Genetically Modified Hogs next? on Scientists Clone Sheep With 'Good' Fat · · Score: 1

    Why not just cut out the middleman and eat the worms from the cow dung! Yum!

  22. Silly maybe but an example on RIP, Electric Amplifier Inventor Jim Marshall, 'Father of Loud' · · Score: 1

    Check this. Horrible recording. An unrehearsed jam. I'm not a hot shit guitar player but I still get a kick from listening to this: http://www.acetonestudio.com/ACEtoneAudio/OthersAudio/Rising%20Gorge%2012-9-05/PlanetMongoReEQ.mp3 (give it 35 seconds for the guitar to kick in!) Relevance: The Marshall amp in question (unfortunately I don't own it and not sure which model it is) can cut through drums bass and everything - and it is not just about loud - it's getting the tones and sounds through all of that 'noise'. I've played Fenders and they don't have it (for me anyway). I would love to own the amp this tune is played on but I have to make do with an old Line 6 that approximates those kinds of sounds. And it's not just the sounds. At the right levels I have found myself playing beyond my limited ability. This may be a feature of the intensity of the jam, but it is never the same with a different amp. I was at a rehearsal studio a couple of years ago - they had all of the boutique amps and none of them did it for me. A difference between turning it up and turning it on. That Marshall turns me on as a player. Nice work Mr. Marshall.

  23. Re:"Electric Amplifier Inventor" my fucking ass! on RIP, Electric Amplifier Inventor Jim Marshall, 'Father of Loud' · · Score: 1

    ? He adapted existing amp designs to make an amp that did something different than what was available at the time and I and many people think that was something better. But he didn't invent, did he? Maybe you are misunderstanding me. I love Marshall amps. He was an innovator and a very important one who deserves a huge amount of credit - and perhaps really actually got the satisfaction in his lifetime that people loved and revered his contributions - I hope he felt it.

  24. Re:"Electric Amplifier Inventor" my fucking ass! on RIP, Electric Amplifier Inventor Jim Marshall, 'Father of Loud' · · Score: 1

    He didn't invent anything. But his company made great amps. He did a good thing. He's dead now. RIP.

  25. Re:The "father of loud" on RIP, Electric Amplifier Inventor Jim Marshall, 'Father of Loud' · · Score: 1

    Scandalous!