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  1. Do not use squirrel bones on Lego Mindstorms Used To Make Artificial Bones · · Score: 1

    & I am deadly serious about this. It causes great problems; it's complicated. Do not send squirrel bones. Thank you.

  2. Is this a test? on FBI Warns Congress of Terrorist Hacking · · Score: 1

    How do we know it's not YOU funding the attacks?

  3. That's not how science works on The Mercedes-Benz 'Cloaking Device' · · Score: 1

    The car has no emissions but you're still paying for the resources that go into the fuel cells (manufacture, transportation) plus the efficiency of the fuel cells themselves which isn't much more efficient than diesel, which in the end makes absolutely no sense on a giant fucking luxury executive car (but would on the other hand for, say, a sports car or subcompact). Long story short: get the diesel model & pour SVO into it if you're going to be picky, but save the beta-stage energy storage mediums for the real cars, not the fucking land-ships.

  4. So it turns out staring at the sun is BAD for you on The eBook Backlash · · Score: 1

    ...contrary to popular belief that it extends your chi 3-fold. Seriously, who EVER thought reading on an LCD was a good idea? Maybe, MAYBE on a monochrome 1-bit one cause the contrast would be through the roof, but there's a reason e-readers use e-ink.

  5. Not the secret service? on Man Convicted For Helping Thousands Steal Internet Access · · Score: 1

    How come Kevin Mitnick gets helicopter fucking triangulation but this guy gets a slap on the wrist?

  6. Too young on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 2

    You're like the pedophile of browser users man-- Real men use Mosaic! None of this fancy newfangled javascript bullshit.

  7. Multiple ones on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Distro For Linux Lessons? · · Score: 1

    I'd go with Ubuntu but make them do the hard shit, then make them install & use Gentoo for a month

  8. The bank left the combination to their safe out on Linode Exploit Caused Theft of Thousands of Bitcoins · · Score: 2

    Let's write a news article about it

  9. one fucking gripe on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 1 Released · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why would you redo ALL OF THE FUCKING SHORTCUT KEY COMBOS Fuck what is this Auschwitz!?

  10. Someone please change the description on Seti Live Website To Crowdsource the Search For Alien Life · · Score: 1

    Nothing is unique compared to its '90s counterpart except the name...

  11. That's a terrible idea & here's why on US Wants Natural Gas As Major Auto Fuel Option · · Score: 1

    CNG has the energy density of an old man farting into the intake manifold, whereas LPG (outside the US at least) half the price of gasoline & 3/4th as dense as gasoline. Still, why would you want this shit when biodiesel is right fucking there...

  12. Most of that time on Users Spend More Time On Myspace Than Google+ · · Score: 2

    Was spent loading 200 5-minute GIFs & 12 youtube embeds all autoplaying at the same time

  13. Re:Don't worry on Push Email Suspended On iPhones In Germany · · Score: 0

    Oh sorry I was in ireland for that bit, the news literally flew right past us.

  14. Don't worry on Push Email Suspended On iPhones In Germany · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Once the German (parliament?) sees how software patents can have a direct impact on their lives they'll scrap the lot of them. That, or blame der juden...is Germany still doing that bit?

  15. Ironically a big plus for diesels on Cars Emit More Black Carbon Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Diesels, which until biodiesel came along, had giant clouds of smoke out the tail pipe until the heat plugs / engine warmed up-- mostly sulfur but still I'm sure there was a good chunk of carbon in there. Now I honestly can't even find non-biodiesel in my city (then again I haven't looked, diesel sedans are like non-existent in California) & the exhaust goes through what looks like a rube goldberg machine of exhaust filtration & (on biodiesel) often comes out cleaner than gasoline exhaust.

  16. Report to google on The Dark Side of Digital Distribution · · Score: 1

    If enough people complain, I'm Google'll fine SOME reason the game broke the EULA, pull the app & refund the customers.

  17. Buy a loom on Ask Slashdot: Best Mobile Phone Solution With No Data Plan? · · Score: 1

    ...then destroy it. Next you'll need to devise a system of abacus' & smoke signals.

  18. You really shouldn't be settling for anything below a high-end netbook or a low-end thinkpad.

  19. Come on on Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers · · Score: 1

    Next you'll be executing 'terrorists' for farting in proximity of a flag.

  20. Re:Is this really a thing? on Leaky Cellphone Nets Can Give Attackers Your Location · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If you're HIDING you wouldn't be using [your own, non-prepaid] cellphone AT ALL. Mitnick was once chased by a helicopter [pre-GSM] because of this mistake.

  21. Is this really a thing? on Leaky Cellphone Nets Can Give Attackers Your Location · · Score: 1

    Isn't GSM geolocation limited to an accuracy of 500m?

  22. Java PERFORMANCE? on Book Review: Java Performance · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sounds like an oxymoron to me...

  23. Input from the industry: on Are UK Police Hacking File-Sharers' Computers? · · Score: 1

    Give the impression you're going to come into their homes & cut their dicks off.

  24. You're avoiding the obvious here on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    ALL of the crap you buy is made by slave labour in one form or another. Clothes, coffee, chocolate, hell even VW used der juden before the allied liberation / pastoralization of West Germany...

  25. My favorite part on UK Law Enforcement Starts Seizing Music Blogs · · Score: 1

    My browser is 'Desktop' & my OS is 'UNIX'. My user agent explicitly lists 'chrome' & 'linux x86_64'.