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  1. Re:fr!st on Magnetic Levitation Detects Proteins, Could Diagnose Disease · · Score: 1

    uhhhh.... whoosh? can i get an xkcd for this guy?

    http://xkcd.com/526/

    amen!

  2. Re:fr!st on Magnetic Levitation Detects Proteins, Could Diagnose Disease · · Score: 3, Funny

    2.0 version will allow you to share the measurement on facebook

  3. fr!st on Magnetic Levitation Detects Proteins, Could Diagnose Disease · · Score: 0

    filing patent now for version that uses standard measurement on the ruler instead of metric.

  4. Re:Why walk the isles at all? on Kinect Grocery Cart Follows Shoppers Around the Store · · Score: 1

    have each one accompanied by a tag-along camera-equipped rc helicopt **cough**cough** i mean UAV that i can play with and maybe occassionally use to actually compare products the cart is getting. i can't hit on that hot chick stuck in the deli with me if i have to constantly go through an automated menu system for what to do when the store is out of my stuff. also, can we make that deli dimly lit?

  5. Re:it's a mole! on LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating · · Score: 1, Interesting

    like forming secret organizations whose goal is to overthrow the government, and killing your neighbors because they are loyal to said government. wait, this isn't the 18th century, better just do what you're told.

  6. Re:Hey wait a sec on LulzSec Leader Sabu Unmasked, Arrested and Caught Collaborating · · Score: 2

    the universe is conspiring to keep us stuck to this planet using an insidious technique we call "gravity." we have no proof of this. gravitons are still theoretical. relativity is still theoretical. but it's my opinion that we'll continue to be stuck to this planet for the foreseeable future. because there's a conspiracy. i hear a whoosh

  7. Re:Visionaries see into the future, not the presen on Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post · · Score: 0

    right, i'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that in 2002, 3 things happened: ipod became compatible with windows (the reigning market share of computers) without clunky workarounds, the prices were dropped by $100, and newer versions came out with dramatically bigger storage. in 2004, the sale of digital music put onto ipods was dominated by real's harmony platform. that's why apple made that ipod update to block their music files -- so it wouldn't be able to compete with itunes.

    but someone else seems to think it was the marketers, and their magical mastery of the cult of cool: http://www.besttechie.net/2008/03/01/the-ipod-success-thank-the-marketing-department/

  8. Re:Visionaries see into the future, not the presen on Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post · · Score: 1

    the ipod was the main apple success. it was the first thing they put out that took market share. i got my first ipod (80G 5th gen) not for itunes -- in fact i was eagerly looking at other programs like copypod to manage the content on it right off the bat. i got it because it was an mp3 player with video, and relatively small, and it was in my face way more than other products (they call that market share). almost got a zune, but... idk it just never reached me. it wasn't itunes, and no fucking way was it the itunes store of 2003. more people were stealing music in 2003, and few of them wanted to deal with the mess of itunes, itunes store, or the limitations itunes placed on your ipod content.

    and no, they are implying he was smug because techies who don't consider what the average person of moronic intelligence wants are simply smug. techies mustn't ever have perspectives of their own hovering above the average moronic intelligence because that's just rude (like harrison bergeron rude, wtf). also, when they put out reviews, it must be dumbed down for the average moronic intelligence, even if the audience for the review is a techie one. apple never claimed their products were for people who prefer thinking. it's quite obvious they depend on people who prefer to feel their way through a logical problem. one look at their mouse designs is all you need to figure that one out.

  9. Re:Did anyone else think... on World's First Biodegradable Joint Implant Grows New Joints · · Score: 1

    the same people worry about pineapples falling from trees.

  10. Re:HAROLD AND UMAR GO TO GET NEW IMPLANTS on World's First Biodegradable Joint Implant Grows New Joints · · Score: 1

    suicidal maniacs? really?

  11. Re:Issue for me is pattern recognition. on Computer Programmers Only the 5th Most Sleep Deprived Profession · · Score: 1

    i would agree, except that no one mentioned the noise being LOUD. that's probably why it's a special case to them, it's NORMAL noises that wake them up, the kinds of noises that don't wake up the rest of us. and i don't believe you are either any kind of medical expert nor equipped to make diagnoses to people you've never seen or talked to in person. even if the person were to take your advice and "fix" themselves by your prescription, i don't know why they would come back to you for discussion. your bedside manner is more atrocious than the person's sleep hygiene. also, would love to know how the "wet spot" contributes to a good night's sleep. you did mention fucking as an approved activity under sleep hygiene.

    you should take a cue from Snoop Dogg: "Fucked her on the flo', so I wouldn't mess up my bed ..."

    now that's hygiene.

  12. Re:Why... on Oxygen Found Around Saturn's Moon Dione · · Score: 1

    oxygen is actually harmful, but our body chemistry is fit to exploit small amounts without killing us very quickly. also, the very earliest, most primitive forms of life on this planet found oxygen very poisonous. http://www.allmovie.com/movie/earth-story-oxygen-the-poison-gas-v196928

  13. everyone is lying on The eBook Backlash · · Score: 1

    i have it on good authority that nobody reads anymore. "reading" is a lie you tell other people to make yourself sound smart or evidence you point to when you need to backup that other crazy lie you just made up. "i read it somewhere, honest!" ebooks simply provide the convenience of not owning a physical book to take valuable space away from your video game/movie collection (which is enormous because you know you have to make physical backups of all that pirated crap or you'll lose it all someday). you don't really read, you play ps3 and world of warcraft and you watch movie after movie after tv show after tv show. you think if you saw A Prayer For Owen Meany that you can say you read it. john irving? was he the director? "reading" means turning subtitles on in Heavy Rain. in reality, everything is TL;DR. in fact, if you claim to have read any article on slashdot you're just a pedant looking down your nose at another "reader" who barely recognized a few familiar word-shapes in the summary. "i read it somewhere -- in TFA -- honest!"

  14. Re:more laws on Smartphones More Dangerous Than Alcohol, When Driving · · Score: 1

    haven't you seen the movie In Time? you're supposed to die, so the rich can stay rich. your_time == their_money. so hurry up and die because you're wasting their money.

  15. FYI to the OP on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 1

    BTW, you don't need AOL to connect to the internet. we all got rid of dial-up a long time ago, and almost everyone uses broadband now. i'm assuming you're not in a 3rd world country because news of FF10 hasn't been censored for you. and because your post would have timed out long before it reached these servers. you'll miss that techy-glitchy sounding noise your old modem makes, but after a couple days you won't even notice it's gone. also, 640k is no longer enough.

  16. Re:Why the anxiety? on Ask Slashdot: Life After Firefox 3.6.x? · · Score: 1

    your argument makes no sense at all. lamborghini's cost somewhere around USD$400,000. a new, loaded lexus runs about $80,000. i can't afford either, but an $80,000 lamborghini is CHEAP. i don't care who you are or where you live.

  17. Re:Big Brother is speaking on Speech-Jamming Gun Silences From 30 Meters · · Score: 1

    line up here to get whooshed

  18. Re:Too much root is not a good thing on Torvalds Calls OpenSUSE Security 'Too Intrusive' · · Score: 1

    cmon windows user, leave the mac user alone, he's suffering enough as it is. there's no recycle bin, it's called "Trash." you don't delete, you "Move To Trash." i'm surprised it's not called "Gentrify" or something equally/appropriately stupid. and no, he can just put a folder on his desktop (called Applications if he wants) and place all the dmgs there (exes to you).

    here's a nickel, kid http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/240803829_9212773615_o.png

  19. Re:The cloud runs Linux. on Microsoft's Azure Cloud Suffers Major Downtime · · Score: 1

    but do you run 24/7/366, that's the question here =P

  20. Re:the only drug? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    sorry... it was implied. i also didn't mention drunken aunts, auncles, grandparents, foster care parents, kidnappers, ... pediatricians... who am i leaving out?

  21. Re:Tragedy on Advertisers Co-Opting The Lorax With Half-Truths About Conservation · · Score: 1

    patenting and copyrighting iTrib, for the adult market. oh it's furry alright.

  22. Re:the only drug? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    would like to add that alcohol is not responsible for every car accident-related death, either.

  23. Re:the only drug? on France's Bold Drunk-Driving Legislation - Every Car To Carry a Breathalyzer · · Score: 1

    agreed. but the lack of inhibition that alcohol provides, (and the anger tendency it brings out in some people -- we all know a "belligerent drunk" friend or relative) increases the frequency of these kinds of abuse. http://www.livestrong.com/article/154423-spousal-or-child-abuse-caused-by-alcohol/

  24. Re:100 years on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 1

    i always wondered why i couldn't sue God for the acts He commits that destroy my property. if i can't serve Him a subpoena then they should come up with a different phrase to handle "Shit Happens" situations.

  25. Re:Profit & Lies on YouTube Identifies Birdsong As Copyrighted Music · · Score: 1

    give me a rifle, i'll join whatever libertarian militia intends to blow these fuckers' heads off. when's the next meeting?