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  1. Re:Good News is... on Parasite Correlated With World Cup Success · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Still less boring than baseball.

    Cricket. Now that's a dull sport! In the words of Robin Williams, "It's like baseball on Mandrax." At least baseball doesn't go for FIVE WHOLE DAYS with no result.

  2. Re:We have to! on World Cup Prediction Failures · · Score: 1

    I'm reality - And so is my wife!

  3. Re:The software is key. on Cisco To Challenge iPad With Cius 'Business Tablet' · · Score: 1

    Your post elicited three "whoosh-worthy" reponses.


    Well played, sir!

  4. Re:Most likely scenarios on SanDisk WORM SD Card Can Store Data For 100 Years · · Score: 1

    Have you *seen* the kids on my lawn? That stupid future is getting here real fast.

    You're lucky, the present is getting stupid here real fast.

  5. Re:ThinkGeek should have known better ... on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 3, Funny

    The moral of the story is that lawyers always get confused, so you have to always write all text in legalese.

    Close, but the true moral of the story is that you are herewith obligated, under statutes pertinent to your jurisdiction, to retain the services of a qualified legal professional, registered in your jurisdiction to prepare, submit, review, approve, publish and otherwise process all documents using terminology carefully worded to minimize any risk of exposure to further recrimination or liability. (at $85 per word or $1500 per hr charged in 6 minutes blocks, whichever is greater)

    sign, here, here, and here and initial here


    ...and here

  6. Re:How about Tetris? on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tetris is a great idea ! However, I propose the following controls:
    Turn signals: Move piece left and right
    Flash high beam: Rotate piece
    Honk horn: Drop piece

    Yes, that would help drivers relax in a stressful traffic jam! Traffic tetris - Brilliant!

  7. Re:Example on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 1

    Won't work. I can't see the license plate on my own car while I am driving

    Here's one way that targeted advertising could work. Camera-bearing cellphones are cheap enough - include a little cellphone-type device in the license plate. Now you can take a photo of the car behind me, read its license and target the ad to that car's owner. The beauty of this system is that you can also use the cellphone to work out which billboard I am nearest and target me via the billboard.

    What's that? What are you saying? PRY-VASSI? I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't know what you mean!

  8. Re:Sounds like people need to fix thier names on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 1

    The rest of you can look it up when you get home!

  9. Re:Sounds like people need to fix thier names on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bo3b? Presumably, the 3 is silent because he wants to point out how individual he is (ironically, by rehashing a joke made over 50 years ago.)

    From Tom Lehrer's introduction to "We will all go together when we go":

    I am reminded at this point of a fellow I used to know whose name was Henry, only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it H-E-N-3-R-Y. The 3 was silent, you see.

  10. Re:You're doing it wrong on How Sperm Whales Offset Their Carbon Footprint · · Score: 1

    People without the option to flush --->Oo<--- People with the ability to read slashdot.

    Note the size of the intersection.

  11. Re:Survived? on Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's too late for Keith - he's already dead.
    He actually died in 1992, but no-one had the heart to tell him.

  12. Re:Why punish the users? on AT&T Leaks Emails Addresses of 114,000 iPad Users · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised nobody else has commented how offensive it is that the group that found the leak published the email addresses. By all means publish the fact of the breach, get pie on AT&T's face, but why punish the users? That's just mean.

    Dude, they call themselves Goatse! With that in mind, I'm sure you can think of something more offensive than "sharing" a few thousand email addresses. Besides, I can imagine what might happen if the addresses were not leaked - ATT would invoke the "no harm, no foul" clause. This way, you can be sure they will be penalised for it.

  13. Re:Goatse Security on AT&T Leaks Emails Addresses of 114,000 iPad Users · · Score: 1

    Who is in charge of that? Ben Dover?

    Close - it's a partnership with Phillip McAvity.

  14. Re:Of course it is. on Rumor of Betelgeuse's Death Greatly Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    Sie gefailen Deutsch, Arschmutze.

    Dich auch, dick!

  15. Re:Impressive on Smokescreen, a JavaScript-Based Flash Player · · Score: 2, Funny

    First, infographics isn't a new term, it's a been around since the early 1990s, at least.

    Since the early 1990s? That's like, ancient! Did they even have English back then?

  16. Re:Here's a better idea on Bangladesh Blocks Facebook Over Muhammad Cartoons · · Score: 2, Informative

    As you are a Muslim familiar with the Qur'an, please tell us about the principle of al Taqiyya and why, in the face of that principle, any non-Muslim should believe anything a Muslim says about his (or her) faith.

    For the benefit of other non-Muslims like myself, al Taqiyya is the principle under which a Muslim may lie (conceal or disguise ideas, beliefs, opinions and strategies) in order to protect himself or the Islamic faith. That's right folks, even the most devout of Muslims may exhibit behaviour which is otherwise considered sinful, as long as it is done under the all-encompassing cloak of al Taqiyya.

    Or have I misunderstood al Taqiyya? And if I your answer is yes, how do I know you are not invoking al Taqiyya in your answer?

  17. Re:I am the very model of a modern Cyber General on Military Appoints General To Direct Cyber Warfare · · Score: 1

    Considering the "possibly recognizable tune" to which "The Elements" is sung, yes. Yes, I do mean The Major General's song from The Pirates of Penzance.

    I also accept the failure of my joke.

  18. Re:I am the very model of a modern Cyber General on Military Appoints General To Direct Cyber Warfare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try singing it to the tune of Tom Lehrer's "The Elements".

  19. Re:smells like dissent on YouTube Blocked In Pakistan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Infidel pig! May all your camels suffer from flatulence and halitosis!

    1. How would you know?
    2. Why would you care?
  20. X-roach 3D, anyone? on Using Augmented Reality To Treat Cockroach Phobia · · Score: 1

    'nuff said.

  21. Re:Simple fix on Your Computer Or iPad Could Be Disrupting Sleep · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And if you get married, you get to have sex all the time!

    Spoken like an unmarried man!

  22. Meh on Stanford Robot Car Capable of Slide Parking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'll get the car into the tight spot - call me when the car can autonomously find a parking spot.

  23. Re:Not so fast . . . on Possible Breakthrough In Hydrogen Energy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, what? The pond scum is not the lawyer?

  24. Re:I hear that a file is better... on Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver · · Score: 1

    No, the fault appears to be in your pun detector.

  25. Re:Universal Solution! on Convert a SIM To a MicroSIM, With a Meat Cleaver · · Score: 1

    As an added benefit, you get the government paying all your bills for the next 25 years to life!