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  1. Where are the Blood Boy comments? on Anti-Aging Start-Up Is Charging Thousands of Dollars for Teen Blood (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised to see over 100 comments, and not yet find a single Blood Boy comment.

  2. Jay Z is the worst music to listen to, says me.

    FIFY

  3. Re:Indicative of General Attitudes on Fewer Grants For Young Researchers Causing Brain Drain In Academia · · Score: 2

    the problem with this stupid reply is it presupposes everyone from every generation is the same. The point of this article is that even this generations best and brightest aren't getting by in a way that will ensure they end up at the top of the system when they are ready to retire.

    ...and you're presupposing that the generation's best and brightest are these scientists. In my (personal) experience, the smartest people I know (both intrinsically and academically) opted to go into the private sector, not stay in academia and work for grants & peanuts.

  4. Re:Why the negative headlines? on Third-Generation Apple TV Lands With a Thud · · Score: 1

    On Slashdot, the Editors don't Edit... they approve postings.

  5. Re:Not so great on Twitter Buys Moxie Marlinspike's Crypto Startup · · Score: 1

    This is equivalent to me making a website / forum kind of thing, supporting it, building the community and then selling it to VA Linux w/o care for my supporters, or users.

    Fixed it for you...

  6. Re:So basically, they're reinventing the Saturn V? on NASA Unveils Design for New Space Launch System · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And for only $30 billion, and with 50,000 kg LESS lift capacity than it had in 1969.

    To quote Neil deGrasse Tyson, "Apollo in 1969. Shuttle in 1981. Nothing in 2011. Our space program would look awesome to anyone living backwards thru time."

  7. The sad part is... on Suggesting Innovative Uses For Retired Space Shuttles · · Score: 4, Insightful

    none of them are witty or clever.

    The ideas are lame, and the photoshops are particularly bad.

    Too bad, it could've been funny if some thought was put into it.

  8. Re:Cue Bush Derangement Syndrome on George W. Bush Live From Facebook · · Score: 1

    It's the "invisible hand of the free market" that is stealing the cash out of your pocket, while you're watching Dancing with the Stars.

    The whole concept of the "invisible hand" is a joke. People act in their own best interest, not in the interests of anyone else.

  9. Re:Tell it to the plastic clown on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 1

    Sure, but in the modern world, it's a uniform for business professionals.

  10. Re:Tell it to the plastic clown on Uniforms For the Help Desk? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    yeah, maybe someone should ask why management isn't wearing department specific garments that say "management" on them.

    What do you think a tie actually is?

  11. Re:Paaaleeese on Rotten Office Fridge Cleanup Sends 7 To Hospital · · Score: 1
    1. You go into the bathroom and get paper towels and water.
    2. Go back to the spot of the 'incident'.
    3. Lower yourself towards the floor, and while using appropriate pressure, apply the wet towels on the 'incident',removing the bodily fluids from the floor.

    Seriously dude, you don't need half a gallon of acetic acid and hip waders. You just need to take responsibility for what you and your family do, and sometimes that involves cleaning up your own mess.

  12. Re:Paaaleeese on Rotten Office Fridge Cleanup Sends 7 To Hospital · · Score: 1

    I would think this funny but my son puked while walking into a store, so we do the responsible thing and make sure the store knows the mess is there.

    Wouldn't the responsible thing have been to clean it yourself?

  13. Re:Vista ... rocks? on Microsoft's "Mojave Experiment" Teaser Site Goes Live · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vista is like Chili and Whiskey. It might seem good when it's on the tongue, but your ass will be sore in the morning.

    You do know that you're supposed to drink whiskey, right?

  14. Re:This is why you select a specific port.... on Beating Comcast's Sandvine On Linux With Iptables · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Although, I've never had this issue and am not a Comcast customer...

    I'd assume that the RST coming from Comcast would probably have a different TTL than a legitimate RST.. As a matter of fact, all the RST coming from Comcast would probably have the same TTL.

    Anyone looked into this?

  15. Premier? on Pidgin Controversy Triggers Fork · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Pidgin, the premier multi-protocol instant messaging clientâ¦

    Premier? Seriously?

    I LOL'd

  16. Re:Fantasy on Specs For the New KITT · · Score: 1

    Of course, it isn't American so I'll no doubt get modded down by y'all.....

    Surely, you're kidding.
    Mazda is owned by Ford.

    Then again, so is Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo.

  17. Re:Amazon needs to add easy sorting on Amazon MP3 Vs. iTunes Music Store · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If I search for "Oasis", there's no easy to way to separate the albums titled that from the artist."

    Amazon would be doing you a favor if they returned results to another artist.

  18. Re:Alternate Carriers on Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans · · Score: 1

    Interesting, since the Nano was introduced in September 2005.

  19. Re:So? on Google's New Lobbying Power in Washington · · Score: 1

    Sergey Brin is an expert on Chinese Censorship?

    No, he is a man with a whole lot of money to be made by limiting Chinese Censorship.

    There's democracy and there's tyrrany of the majority; expertise needs to matter.
    You left out what we have here, which is governance by corporate interests. Google is as much an expert at these topics as the RIAA/MPAA is at Intellectual Property rights. The only difference here is that Google is doubleplus good, while RIAA/MPAA is doubleplus bad. Both organizations are working to have the government institute policies that directly benefit them.

    I understand that the US Congress is bought and paid for by unions, lobbyists, and corporate interests. My point is that it sucks, and just because it's Google makes it no better.

  20. Re:So? on Google's New Lobbying Power in Washington · · Score: 2, Informative
    Or are his opinions about net neutrality and Chinese Internet censorship no more important than yours when congress discusses them?

    No actually, they are no more important. The only difference is that he has more to gain or lose (financially) than I do.

  21. Re:Science is timeless, isn't it? on TV's "Mr. Wizard," Don Herbert, Dies At 89 · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's You Can't Do That on Television. I'll leave out the remark about your memory.

  22. similar studies? on Modern Medicine Might Have Saved Lincoln · · Score: 4, Interesting

    do they have similar presentations at conferences, like how the civil war would have ended if the south had stealth bombers... and how Hannibal would have done if he had a fleet of Hummers with 50cal BMGs?

  23. Re:eTRADE requires IE to access account on Why are Websites Still Forcing People to Use IE? · · Score: 2, Informative

    That isn't true.

    I've opened two eTrade accounts using Safari.

    Maybe your problem isn't IE, it's Windows.

  24. Re:Article has poor focus on Is A Bad Attitude Damaging The IT Profession? · · Score: -1, Troll

    25 years old and still in college?

    You'd think they would have just given up by now.

  25. Re:Duh on Memories of a Media Card · · Score: 1

    damn dude. Look at his sig...
    Aych tea tea pea colon slash slash dot dot org slash
    he's missing a slash....

    you've been wooshed, even when it was pointed out to you...
    To be http://slashdot.org/ it would need to be
    Aych tea tea pea colon slash slash slash dot dot org slash