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  1. Worst pandemic of all on Gates: Large Epidemics Need a More Agile Response · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Windows. Solve that (AKA Linux bug #1) and the world will be a better place.

  2. I'm not looking forward to.... on New Molecular 3D Printer Can Create Billions of Compounds · · Score: 1

    ....changing the cartridge in an HP molecular printer, just because the zinc ran out.

  3. Re:Funny thing... on Listen To a Microsoft Support Scam As It Happened · · Score: 1

    TeamViewer runs great on Linux too. I'm waiting for the next scammer to call when I have an hour to kill. Hopefully I'll be on my laptop so I can take it into the small room in my house, so I can give him an earful of my business while he does his.

  4. Laws don't apply on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 1

    ...to anyone at or above the General Petraeus level.

    So, the next Clinton administration will be just as transparent as the Obama administration.

  5. Re:Mass Effect 4 on Time-Lapse of Pluto and Charon Produced By New Horizons · · Score: 1

    It'll be fine once you thaw it out. At least that's what my wife says.

  6. Re:Always revert to XFCE on Xfce Getting a New Version Soon · · Score: 1

    Mint 17.1 cleaned up all the screwups in Ccinnamon for me.

  7. Re:Can't eat what you don't grow on Free-As-In-Beer Electricity In Greece? · · Score: 1

    Less than 2 more years of Obama left.

  8. Re:thank god for the poor states on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 1

    I was vaccinated at birth, and was so traumatized I didn't talk for two years.

  9. Re:let's not beat around the bush on Massive Layoff Underway At IBM · · Score: 1

    Soon you'll be able to buy IBM PC's again, to go with your RCA TV and Xerox tablet. Or Stromberg-Carlson, Bell&Howell, Kodak...

  10. Re:Focus on K-12, stop funding college on Study Predicts 9% Drop In Salaries of New CS Grads This Year · · Score: 1

    How did a Republican get in here?

  11. Re: Good on Study Predicts 9% Drop In Salaries of New CS Grads This Year · · Score: 1

    So much for the law of supply and demand.

  12. Thank you Don Quixote! on One Man's Quest To Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake · · Score: 1

    When you're done, can you rid the world of "alot"?

  13. Re:Fraudulent herbal supplements? on Major Retailers Accused of Selling Fraudulent Herbal Supplements · · Score: 1

    In New York, we expect that.

  14. Re:Fraudulent herbal supplements? on Major Retailers Accused of Selling Fraudulent Herbal Supplements · · Score: 1

    You mean politics?

  15. Too long an acronym: on Systemd Getting UEFI Boot Loader · · Score: 1

    GNU/Linux/SystemD

  16. Re:lol. Most Pi projects fit a 20Mhz, 1024 byte MC on New Multi-Core Raspberry Pi 2 Launches · · Score: 1

    Aren't you running any antimalware?

  17. So who won? on The NFL Wants You To Think These Things Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    And where can I watch the ads?

  18. Microsoft is their own enemy on How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Bad software, sold by monopoly, had to be vulnerable to *nix. Macs are for "dummies". PCs with Linux are cheaper, work like Macs, and if you get the right distro installed by a geek, are great for "dummies". So MS is reduced to giving away their OS for free to keep their market share. Google's has a negative price (subsidizes Chromebooks) so they get your eyeballs.

  19. Re:Shows the immaturity of the political system on Safety Review Finds Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site Was Technically Sound · · Score: 1

    I've been to the Aleutians and Yucca Mountain, and no, you don't want to try to get it to the Aleutians. There's volcanoes and earthquakes there, and the sea is just mean. the wind doesn't blow, it sucks.

    Yucca is the perfect place, and the NTS has already been nuked to shit. The problem is completely political.

  20. Pick the new Microsoft motto on Microsoft To Invest In Rogue Android Startup Cyanogen · · Score: 1

    "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."
    Monkey See, Monkey Do."
    "Embrace, extend, extinguish."

  21. Re:Oh please please please please.... on Microsoft To Invest In Rogue Android Startup Cyanogen · · Score: 1

    Damn, and me without mod points...!

  22. Never mind this climate change stuff on Most Americans Support Government Action On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    We need to encourage energy efficiency to increase National Security. That's the way to sell it to red-blooded 'Merican patriots. Bonus: less wars to fight.

  23. Re:The year of Linux? on FSF-Endorsed Libreboot X200 Laptop Comes With Intel's AMT Removed · · Score: 1

    Which America were you referring to? 1776?

  24. Wel, we still have plenty of ATMs.... on Why ATM Bombs May Be Coming Soon To the United States · · Score: 1

    ...that run Windows instead of Linux. So they won't have to resort to explosives for a while.

  25. ...has a free in(tra)net, why can't we?

    Tempting. I have a bunch of 25 dB antennas in the garage.