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  1. Re:Meanwhile ,the Army ... on How The Navy Tried To Turn Sharks into Torpedos (undark.org) · · Score: 1
  2. Re:I Know Where The 22,000 Went! on Hostess Saves Twinkies By Automating, Fires 94% Of Their Workforce (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    But really, 22,000 humans making Twinkies and Ding Dongs is a major waste of humanity.
    I'm sure many of them can find jobs making hand crafted artisanal baked goods for upscale markets.
    This is what America is about - overpriced goodies for the affluent.

  3. Why this is news for nerds on RIP Prince, A Legendary Musician With A Complicated Internet History (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    http://www.latimes.com/enterta...

    Quote:

    "After the Trayvon Martin verdict I was talking to Prince and he said, 'You know, every time people see a young black man wearing a hoodie, they think, he's a thug. But if they see a young white guy wearing a hoodie they think, oh that might be Mark Zuckerberg. That might be a dot-com billionaire.'"

    "I said, 'Well, yeah, Prince that's true but that's because of racism.' And he said, 'No, it's because we have not produced enough black Mark Zuckerbergs. That's on us. That's on us. To deal with what we're not doing to get our young people prepared to be a part of this new information economy.'"

  4. Please put this in perspective on Japan's $273 Million Satellite Has Broken Up Into 'Multiple Pieces' (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1

    A $273 million research satellite was dashed into pieces, resulting in a financial disaster

    A major studio (Disney) spends $307 on "John Carter", another major financial disaster.

    We spend more making bad movies about space travel than we spend on actual research.

    At least the Japanese can try again with an improved version of their satellite, while Disney will never be able to turn something like "John Carter" into a successful movie.

  5. Re:Not a surprising request but unreasonable on Disney Asking Employees To Help Fund Copyright Lobbying (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "Disney, who clearly don't seem to care about their employees" has led to employees using the nickname "mauschwitz" to describe their employer. Yes, Disney's reputation is that bad.

  6. My definition of financial bubble on Ask Slashdot: Time To Get Into Crypto-currency? If So, Which? · · Score: 1

    I used to define a financial bubble as when the guy in the cubicle next to you brags about how much he made in his investments. When that started to happen, I knew the market was ready for a correction.

    Now my definition is "When Slashdot starts offering investment advice"

    To answer the OP, "Sell every crypto currency you have right now"

  7. Re:Typo, should have read.. on Study Finds Sleep Deprivation Increases Compulsive Facebook Usage (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Study finds compulsive use of methamphetamine leads to sleep deprivation

  8. Re: What no Cthulhu reference? on The Story Behind National Reconnaissance Office's Octopus Logo (muckrock.com) · · Score: 1

    ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

  9. Re:You get what you deserve for using comcast. on Comcast's Xfinity Home Security Flaw Leaves Doors Open (rapid7.com) · · Score: 1

    BTW, the presentation at BlackHat about serious flaws in ADT's security was pulled due to legal pressure from vendors: Two more talks pulled from Black Hat hacking conference

    The paper, however, may be found here

  10. Re:Schooling, perhaps? on Poverty Stunts IQ In the US But Not In Other Developed Countries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And you don't know that the other countries mentioned also have a unionized teaching workforce? Australia , Germany , and Sweden all have active teacher's unions.

    Your right wing anti union propaganda does not hold up when researching the actual conditions in educationally high ranking nations. The rest of the world does not follow what you believe.

  11. Quick, enroll him in a team sport for his own good!

  12. Almost as good as "signs your child is a Goth" on UK's National Crime Agency Publishes Crazy Cyber-Crime Warning Signs (oomlout.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    from the "Landover Baptist Church" (hint for the oblivious: this is not a real church): .....

    23-Misbehaves at school.
    24-Misbehaves at home.
    25-Eats goth-related foods. Count Dracula cereal is an example of
    this.
    26-Drinks blood or expresses an interest in drinking blood. (Vampires
    believe this is how to attain Satan. This act is very dangerous and
    should be stopped immediately.)
    27-Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources.
    (Ask your local church for proper programs that your child may watch.)
    28-Plays videos games that contains violence or are of a role-playing
    nature.
    29-Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the
    computer.
    30-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music.
    31-Dances to music in a provocative or sexual manner.
    32-Expresses an interest in sex.
    33-Masturbates.
    34-Is homosexual and/or bisexual.
    35-Pursues dangerous cult religions. Such include: Satanism,
    Scientology, Philosophy, Paganism, Wicca, Hinduism and Buddhism.
    36-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various
    phrases: "I'm so gothic, I'm dead", "woe is me", "I'm a goth".
    37-Claims to be a goth.

    Oh wait a second. The UK list is supposed to be serious!!!

  13. Francis Crick may have done the same thing on LSD Microdosing Gaining Popularity For Silicon Valley Professionals (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    There is some evidence that he was taking small doses of LSD for this purpose when he helped uncover the double helix structure of DNA: NY Times and Reddit discussion

  14. Re:consider silver colloids . . . on A Post-Antibiotic Future Is Looming (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    and as a side effect, you can join the Blue Man group without having to wear any body paint

  15. Labor will be automated and people driven out of work until the price of labor (wages, salaries and benefits) is less than the price of additional automation.
    Automation only causes unemployment in the short run.

    Once people get used to working for less and adopt a lower standard of living, employment will go back up.

    The minimum compensation necessary to maintain existence is an absolute floor. This minimum represents a life so miserable most first world citizens would find it unacceptable. Between that floor and current wage levels is a lot of room

  16. So they have a robot that plays golf? on Even the CEO's Job Is Susceptible To Automation, McKinsey Report Says (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    And makes small talk in the country club locker room with other execs?

  17. Re:Workplace fascism on Huge Survey Shows Correlation Between Autistic Traits and STEM Jobs (cam.ac.uk) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just think how great it would be for corporations if they could convince people that suffering is a desirable trait?

    Been done already. Worked fine for almost 2,000 years. It's called "Roman Catholicism".

  18. Prior Art for this on Making Your Graphing Calculator a Musical Instrument · · Score: 1

    Pocket Calculator

    Kraftwerk

    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
    I am adding and subtracting
    I'm controlling and composing
    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
    I am adding and subtracting
    I'm controlling and composing
    By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody
    By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody
    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator
    I'm the operator with my pocket calculator

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=MobpPTVobOk

  19. They are violating prior art on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 0
  20. Re:Unauthorized teardown on Apple Bans iFixit Repair App From App Store After Apple TV Teardown · · Score: 1

    Especially since Steve & Steve got their start building and selling blue boxes to bypass telco billing. "Think Different" applies only to them not to anyone who follows them.

    They get to push the margins, nobody else can.

  21. Re:Science and Christianity are NOT compatible on Scientists Have Spotted the Signs of Flowing Water On Mars · · Score: 2

    You would never accept a new vaccine because someone had a vision in a dream and then woke up and wrote down the formula.

    Seemed to work for the structure of benzene

  22. It appears to be brine, very salty water on Scientists Have Spotted the Signs of Flowing Water On Mars · · Score: 1

    We could send cucumbers to Mars and manufacture pickles

    Like a movie once suggested: The Pickle

  23. Re:McAfee vs. Trump on John McAfee Pondering Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    G. Gordon Liddy and Timothy Leary used to have debates (http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-12/entertainment/ca-3542_1_timothy-leary)

    I'm sure McAfee can match Leary for consumption of mind altering substances.

  24. "WHY castration of males is better for the animals and the humans who work with them"

    I always wondered why cowboys sing soprano