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  1. Re:Coal has downtime as well on Researchers Claim Wind Turbine Energy Payback In Less Than a Year · · Score: 1

    And that assumes the wind is blowing there too.

    It very likely is.

  2. Just a question. Is there anyone out there younger than around 40 who uses VIM because of their own choice?

    I'm 45 now but I picked Vim because I liked it about 8 years ago.

  3. Re:Uh, sure.. on Ask Slashdot: Correlation Between Text Editor and Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    Does anyone do any kind of development for apple without using xcode? I've never even heard of another editor in common use on apple.

    All the cool kids use Sublime Text these days.

  4. Re:sure you want to go with 'undead' ? on Perl Is Undead · · Score: 1

    What about "Perl thinks it's going for a walk"?

  5. Re:OCA on Judge Orders DOJ To Turn Over FISA Surveillance Documents · · Score: 1

    Because not enough people are doing it.

    Plenty people voted third party in the UK last time around. See where that got them.

  6. Re:Embedded on Linux May Succeed Windows XP As OS of Choice For ATMs · · Score: 1

    I wonder what happens if I key in the following into these ATMs:

    "Permission denied"

  7. Re:it's a dupe. on CIA Accused: Sen. Feinstein Sees Torture Probe Meddling · · Score: 1

    (unless you were rather ignorant and didn't read through the covenants of the property you moved to/purchased (alas, I cannot erect an oil derrick on my property which was the major takeaway of reading through all of the paperwork when closing on my house (an no HOA!!! (which I already knew))

    ERROR: missing close paren

  8. Re:finally on Another Possible Voynich Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Replying to undo moderation. Nothing to see here etc.

  9. Re:So, god does exist . . . on Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation? · · Score: 1

    The Demiurg is really just a BOFH.

  10. Re: Fuck Beta! on QuakeNet: Government-Sponsored Attacks On IRC Networks · · Score: 1

    If only the /. readership was this dedicated to causes that actually mattered.

  11. Re:Why? on Slashdot Tries Something New; Audience Responds! · · Score: 1

    In oter words: as per usual, the "If it ain't broke..." comments are wrong?

  12. Re:In Soviet Russia on Soviet Union Spent $1 Billion On "Psychotronic" Arms Race With the US · · Score: 1

    I'm a sculptor, you insensitive clod.

  13. Re:Why subsidize? on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 1

    A nice description! Bizarre that liberals are the conservatives. Having a hard time getting my head around that.

    They are in most places on Earth.

  14. Re:SR-71 needed replacing on Skunk Works Reveals Proposed SR-71 Successor: the Hypersonic SR-72 · · Score: 1

    I assume that a plane flying Mach 6 would turn a human pilot into chunky salsa with any kind of maneuvering.

    As long as you don't crash, it's okay.

  15. Re:My New Car on Ubuntu Touch On a Nexus 7: "Almost Awesome" · · Score: 1

    I've been using Linux and Windows varients professionally for over twenty years. I'm sorry to have to say it but Linux distros never really get past that functional prototype feeling. The mix of bleeding edge, inconsistent design, playing catch-up with commercial apps and "if you don't like it, fix it yourself" never fails to slightly disappoint.

    But fortunately, a lot has happened since 1998.

  16. Re:headline on Yeti Bears Up Under Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    It's called a pun.

    No, no...not a pun...What's that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards?

  17. Re:All the observed data is perfectly normal on Newly Discovered Meltwater Streams Flow Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet · · Score: 1

    What land is there in the Arctic?

    This bit, for instance.

  18. Re:accidental lie by omission. on Facebook Building a Company Town · · Score: 1

    You could argue that minimum wage workers today make so little money that after they spend on necessities, they have no savings. Are they slaves, too?

    Yes.

  19. Re:NOPE on Asian Giant Hornets Kill 42 People In China, Injure Over 1,500 · · Score: 1

    Check out this Tarantula Hawk Wasp:

    Oh my, she's beautiful!

  20. Re:Tor compromised on Silk Road Shut Down, Founder Arrested, $3.6 Million Worth of Bitcoin Seized · · Score: 1

    Dude, I can't even get ovaltine where I live.

  21. Re:revenge on Middle-Click Paste? Not For Long · · Score: 1

    Here's hoping you don't remove the shutdown button.

  22. Mark III Beast on Emotional Attachment To Robots Could Affect Battlefield Outcome · · Score: 1

    Oblig. The Soul Of The Mark III Beast" by Terrel Miedaner.

  23. Re:they'll be fine on Getting Afghanistan Online · · Score: 1

    Prior to 1950 we had a fucking world war.

  24. Re:And Nothing of Value Was Lost on Getting Afghanistan Online · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of the country is illiterate, so how will they find the educational broadcasts?

    I dunno, maybe literate folks will help them out?

  25. Re: Kind of reminds me of a story... on British TV Show 'Blackout' Triggers Online LOLs · · Score: 1

    How about pointed sticks?