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  1. Let's give this a shot on Hotmail No Longer Accepts Long Passwords, Shortens Them For You · · Score: 3, Funny

    hunte

  2. Re:Wow... on Largest Moon Rock Ever Auctioned Expected To Sell For $380,000 · · Score: 1

    It's "Moon rock! Oh wow."

    "California Lady..."

    "Corn, chicken, green peppers, chilis, *sigh* onions..."

  3. Re:Smiling foold facial recognition? on No Smiles At NJ Motor Vehicle Commission · · Score: 1

    "Call me...Anonymous Coward!"

  4. Re:No smiles in Ohio on No Smiles At NJ Motor Vehicle Commission · · Score: 1

    Or the right T-Shirt for the occasion.

  5. Re:Psychoacoustics and perceptual coding on Neil Young Pushes Pono, Says Piracy Is the New Radio · · Score: 1

    Young was the first person I encountered mentioning the issue of digital audio losing much of the actual bandwidth of the recording being made, I give him props for bringing this matter to light, back in the 80s when people were so gung ho over the crisp coldness digital brought. He used the term "audio dark ages" and spoke of people in the future wondering what the music of that era actually sounded like; hyperbole to be sure, but it was definitely thought provoking to a layman.

    I also remember another article about Neil where his soundman spoke of his uncanny ability to detect very slight subtle changes in his amps' sound, how he could pick up on miniscule drops in voltage affecting the resulting tone, suggesting that he does have a keen ear for minutiae of these sorts.

  6. Re:Ok guys, this is how we're gonna party on Slashdot Turns 15, What Are You Doing Later? · · Score: 1

    WTF are Dice content standards violations? Wrong type of plastic?

  7. Re:Well, naturally... on Switching Tasks Changes Worker Bee DNA · · Score: 1

    Ford's in his flivver. All's well with the world.

  8. Re:Obligatory Onion articles on Roomba Celebrates 10 Years of Cleaning Up After You · · Score: 1

    Missed one, from their radio service: Roomba Continues Gathering Evidence Against Human Captor

  9. Re:But... on Cameras To Watch Cameras In Maryland · · Score: 1

    Pics or it didn't happen.

  10. Re:We must destroy this bacteria. on Around 200,000 Tons of Deep Water Horizon Oil and Gas Consumed By Bacteria · · Score: 1

    This. Do you want the bacteria to win?

  11. Re:Better rescue the coke machine on Mt. Fuji May Be Close To Erupting · · Score: 1
  12. Room-Temperature Masers on After 60 Years, a Room-Temperature Maser · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Mounted to frickin' lark's heads.

    [/pinky in mouth]

  13. Re:Bird Shoah on Mexico Kills 8 Million Chickens To Contain H7N3 Virus · · Score: 1

    Mod this +5 bawkkkkkkkk.

  14. Re:Smiling? on Giant Mech Robots From Japan · · Score: 4, Funny

    When you're smiling
    When you're smiling
    Your enemies get mowed down

    When you're laughing
    Oh, when you're laughing
    Bullets riddle the entire town

  15. Re:"Discuss" on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    And it's "suck on this."

    "Who do you think you are?"

    "What gives you the right?"

  16. Re:Stop wasting helium! on Bad Weather Brings Down Lawn Chair Balloonists · · Score: 1

    I laughed out loud when I noticed the original poster has been modded Flamebait. How many levels is that true on?

  17. Re:Just another day in Oregon on Bad Weather Brings Down Lawn Chair Balloonists · · Score: 1

    Or a Skoal chewing pickup driving redneck, to give the sparsely populated other half of the state its due. I can see these guys being brought down by .303 fire on their next outing.

  18. Re:Bzzzzzzzt on Bad Weather Brings Down Lawn Chair Balloonists · · Score: 1

    These were really extreme squalls, pretty atypical for eastern Oregon like you say. I grew up there and know about how it's usually just windy and dry. We're expecting T-storms today here in the Willamette Valley so something's afoot; these guys perhaps just picked the wrong day. Or year; even round here the sun usually puts in a permanent appearance for a few months starting in July. Guess it's the price we pay for not being baked alive like the rest of the country.

  19. Bzzzzzzzt on Bad Weather Brings Down Lawn Chair Balloonists · · Score: 1

    Last time I was through that part of the state there was really violent storms here and there, power was out in Sisters, some guy got struck by lightning near John Day...not the brightest idea, going aloft during electrical storm season.

  20. Re:No on Is It Time To End Our Love Affair With the QWERTY Keyboard? · · Score: 1

    A better layout would cut down on teh proliferation of spelling errors.

  21. Re:Um, Lewis and Clark? on Thomas Jefferson: Scientist, Inventor, Gadgeteer · · Score: 1

    It's interesting how Jefferson wanted them to seek out animals known only from fossils, like the woolly mammoth and giant ground sloth. He assumed there must still be living examples, for some reason; I think it was part of the intellectual mindset of the time.

  22. Re:The Rolling Paper Chase on Thomas Jefferson: Scientist, Inventor, Gadgeteer · · Score: 1

    You logged onto this site with a mind full of mush, and left, baked out of your skull.

  23. Re:People still fall for it on Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria · · Score: 1

    You are correct, sir.

  24. Street numbers on Why 'Nigerian Scammers' Say They're From Nigeria · · Score: 1

    Found a note taped to my house yesterday, offering to paint my house number on the sidewalk - which, as we all know, is very helpful for aiding EMTs, etc. Just $20 cash, or write a check to 'Tony Reed.' %10 discount for senior citizens. I showed this to a worker at City Hall, who recommended I report it to the police via non-emergency line, of course; who wouldn't think this is just a bald-faced scam? Not even imaginative. Maybe I'd pay 20 cents. The City employee pointed out the other obvious fact that they'd need a permit. But apparently some think this sort of work is on the level: Painting Address Numbers on Curbs | Neville's Financial Blog Boggles the mind. Perhaps it's the novelty of the idea?

  25. Re:Darwin in action. on Black Death Discovered In Oregon · · Score: 1

    And let's also not forget--let's not forget, Edlll, that keeping wildlife, a non-amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that isn't legal either.