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  1. reality check time on Marijuana Legalized In Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC · · Score: 1

    Oh good, now the percentage of stay at home parasites who are too lazy to get a job can spend their free government money on marijuana instead of food for their kids and use getting high as escapism to "solve" all their problems all while giving themselves lung cancer. That'll be great for jobs and the economy and healthcare costs.

  2. here's an analogy on Physicists Resurrect an Old, Strange Dark Matter Theory · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh look, a floating object in the sky. Logically, it must be:
    1. a UFO driven by aliens
    2. one of the millions of things we have flying around in the air these days

    Oh look, all matter with light bouncing off it doesn't account for all the gravity we experience. It must be: 1. magical made up matter that hasn't been proven to exist
    2. regular matter without light or other radiation bouncing off of it in a detectable amount.

    Aren't scientists supposed to be smart? Then again, what gets hour long specials and their own show on the History Channel: people using sticks to move large blocks to build the pyramids or aliens building the pyramids. More Ancient Aliens right after the break!

  3. Re:Butterfly? on Revitalizing Medical Imaging With Ultrasound-On-a-Chip · · Score: 1

    Sooo it might hijack your brain to mine bitcoins. Big deal :P

  4. not really on Too Many Kids Quit Science Because They Don't Think They're Smart · · Score: 1

    I think most kids are smart enough to realize that if they specialize in math there's absolutely zero jobs available and in science it's incredibly unlikely that they'll get a job. If they do, they'll definitely have to move to take the job. You specialize in IT, you go wherever you want.

  5. damn on Some Virgin Galactic Customers Demand Money Back · · Score: 0

    Now how are we supposed to kill arrogant, money-wasting, stuck up rich people? You can't just wait for exotic uncooked meats to kill them. They have better healthcare than us!

  6. the only issue on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    People who have to fill 24 hours on a cable news channel make this too complicated. Obama's medical insurance BS cost every single last person money. Like a lot of money. Everyone is voting Republican as a retaliation or the Democrats are simply staying home. That is just about all there is to this election as far as hard numbers are concerned.

  7. clean up space on A Mysterious Piece of Russian Space Junk Does Maneuvers · · Score: 1

    I know! We should help clean up space junk by blowing it up and launching it out of orbit with a laser or catching it with a giant net or any of the other proposed junk cleanup methods. If they want to call it junk, that's the space equivalent of leaving it on the curb. Now it's public domain for the snatching!

  8. orly? on Facebook Wants You To Vote Tuesday · · Score: 1

    This just in: no voting drive EVER in the history of the universe has been neutral and unbiased.

  9. the magic rule on Facebook Sets Up Shop On Tor · · Score: 1

    The magic rule of anonymity on Tor is don't go to websites that will actively attempt to use code to find out who you are....oh and don't log in as your actual first and last name on the worst website for privacy on the entire internet. That's probably a rule too.

  10. well there goes NFL and NBA players on Colleges Face New 'Gainful Employment' Regulations For Student Loans · · Score: 1

    You can't prove someone will make it as an NFL or NBA player and they typically have a gigantic student loan if they weren't one of the lucky ones to get a full ride on an athletic scholarship.

  11. another theory on Physicists Identify Possible New Particle Behind Dark Matter · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think that dark matter is made of a yet to be discovered material called math-errorium. You'll never guess why it hasn't been discovered yet.

  12. something nice? on Ask Slashdot: Can You Say Something Nice About Systemd? · · Score: 2

    Something nice about it....okay, Windows 8.1 didn't implement it :-P

  13. Re:dark matter? on Most Planets In the Universe Are Homeless · · Score: 0

    Most astronomers lack the basic concept of object permanence that most babies have. If you can't see it because no light is shining on it, that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't exist. Similarly, if the ball rolls behind the couch, it has not vanished from existence.

    Juuuust kidding. They're not stupid, they're just liars who made up dark matter to pander for research grant money so they can keep their job since their useless degree won't get them one elsewhere.

  14. Re:Do any of us know how much we really use? on Hungary's Plans For Internet Tax On Hold After Protests · · Score: 1

    Last time I ran a bandwidth meter under heavy netflix usage, I have 200GB in one month. So I'd get taxed $124 for using netflix, lol. I wonder if the PM of Hungary even knows how computers work or how to send an e-mail. He seems like that level of idiot.

  15. Re:How did they ID the part? on Researchers Claim Metal "Patch" Found On Pacific Island Is From Amelia Earhart · · Score: 1

    Well, researchers just discovered that for the last 5 years, she's been hosting a show on CSPAN. She recently confirmed it to the two viewers on the latest episode. There were zero for all previous airings.

  16. Re:I Love the headline on Researchers Claim Metal "Patch" Found On Pacific Island Is From Amelia Earhart · · Score: 2

    Once you factor in the aliens, the fact that she was and undercover secret nazi, dark matter, quantum stuff, other dimensions, and the fact that the entire world is a simulation, it makes perfect sense.

  17. who cares? on Tim Cook: "I'm Proud To Be Gay" · · Score: 1

    I really don't care. When it he going to openly admit that he's running Apple into the ground and he's a know-nothing idiot who shouldn't be in charge of a company that size. THAT is what we're all waiting for.

  18. Re:travel restrictions != aid delivery restriction on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 1

    I heard NPR say word for word that a travel ban would make it logistically impossible to get supplies to those countries. Riiiight, because I usually take an entire medical tent as a carry on when I fly commercial to West Africa. You're right. It's idiotic.

  19. Re:They tried to raise prices 20% unnanounced on Cutting the Cord? Time Warner Loses 184,000 TV Subscribers In One Quarter · · Score: 1

    That ridiculous convert box pisses me off too. I have the Windows 7 DVR program that works great...over the air! I have a tuner that's digital capable but ohhhh wait, Time Warner encrypts their stupid digital channels. They legally have to give me a free box until late 2015 due to an FCC ruling relating to the "you can't force customers to buy a tuner" law. But who care?! The box uses an infrared-controlled internal tuner. My computer can't tell it to change the channel. That means my "DVR" is useless. If I want a functioning DVR, I have to rent one from them for like $400/yr or some BS like that.
    I cancelled cable and went with Netflix and Hulu.

  20. Re:screw scientists, heres the pundit forecast on Ebola Forecast: Scientists Release Updated Projections and Tracking Maps · · Score: 1

    You forgot the 24-7-365 task of find groups, find the craziest mother fucker in that group, put them on TV to make the group look like loonies.

  21. the other half on Apple Pay Competitor CurrentC Breached · · Score: 2

    "We take the security of our users' information extremely seriously, but in this particular case, you're all screwed!"

  22. perfectly reasonable 2nd policy on Pope Francis Declares Evolution and Big Bang Theory Are Right · · Score: 1

    Since it's basically proven that there are 9 dimensions and heavily theorized that the big bang was an intersection of other dimensions, the whole "7 days" creation thing actually is reasonable. There are more reasons to think time can speed up and slow down than there is to the contrary. If one dimension has an absolute, unchanging feature similar to time then the way matter experiences time in our universe could change without creation taking less than a "day" from the outside observer's point of view. Following that point, if the outside observer was God and he resided in an extra-dimensionary form past the first 4 we know then it makes perfect sense to state that all of creation too one day.

    Even if that's not accurate, it's just stupid to say that time and physics have always behaved exactly like we observe them to right now because...well no logical reason at all actually. It's more likely that they didn't always behave the same way.

  23. Re:Sabotage on Antares Rocket Explodes On Launch · · Score: 1

    It may have been that old nemesis, metric to english conversions.

  24. Re:Time to "stock up" from NewEgg ... on OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday · · Score: 2

    Platinum Micro is a huuuuuuge seller of licenses. They're 100% legit and I've personally bought properly sealed, english, OEM system builder editions from them. They're currently $89.98 in their ebay store. I hope they're stocking up because they're my new vendor if Systemax (aka Tiger Direct) and Newegg drop them. I think they might be one of MS's 5 US vendors for licenses though so they probably won't be allowed to sell past the deadline. Here's a link:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Micros...

  25. Re:Time to "stock up" from NewEgg ... on OEM Windows 7 License Sales End This Friday · · Score: 1

    So since I use a residential newegg account for my business (lol, better coupon codes), then will they stop selling that exact product to me as well? Because my shop's normal level of 5 has sunk to zero copies of Windows 7. I'd hate to hit up ebay for price gouged copies.