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  1. Re:Why? on CSS To Get Support For Trigonometry Functions (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    More importantly, if you have sine, you can easily incorporates circles into your layout.

    x^2 + y^2 = r^2 is enough for circles without trig.

  2. Was it intentional or occidental?

  3. Low scoring on Bees Can Solve Math Problems With Addition and Subtraction · · Score: 1

    I think I'm being generous if I score this study B+

  4. That's very good.

    Extra points for saying "coined this term".

  5. Re: C# Killed Java on Ask Slashdot: How Dead Is Java? (jaxenter.com) · · Score: 2

    Literally everything that you said in that post is wrong. In terms of being very similar to Java, here are a few differences:

    C# has signed and unsigned primitive types (Java has only signed)

    char is an unsigned integer primitive in Java, range 0 to 65535

  6. Adding astronaut feces would be a good test. It's what colonists would probably have to rely on.

     

    You mean:

    It's what colonists would probably have to rely on.

    colon-ists

  7. Nice ad for 23andme - not sure what else it is.

    The only DNA I want to be reading about is Douglas Adams.

    Which would give us 42andme - much better.

  8. Re:Didn't we just learn that on Rare Amiga Bought on eBay For $2,500 (eurogamer.net) · · Score: 1

    Very good, but we both know that was an Amoega.

  9. Editorial issues... on 24 Amazon Workers Sent To Hospital After Robot Accidentally Unleashes Bear Spray · · Score: 3, Funny

    "an automated machine accidentally punctured a 9-ounce bear repellent can, releasing concentrated Capsaican,"

    1. 1. Does this product only repel 9-ounce bears?
    2. 2. What is "Capsaican"? Is it Capsaicin, but in a can?
  10. Circular logic? on Measurement Shows the Electron's Stubborn Roundness (scientificamerican.com) · · Score: 1

    The conclusion is that, within the margin of error of the measurement, the electron remains a perfect sphere. This implies that supersymmetric theories keep running out of corners to hide, that another nail is driven into their coffin, and that string theory looks less and less compelling.

    Ever heard of a ball of string?

    (Probably a rounding error anyway)

  11. Re:6th Sense on Gut-Brain Connection Could Lead To a 'New Sense' (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Plot twist:
    YOU are actually a loaf!

    *SPOILER*
    I thought I was aloaf, but it turns out I was brown bread all along.

  12. 6th Sense on Gut-Brain Connection Could Lead To a 'New Sense' (newatlas.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    He says it "brings legitimacy to [the] idea of the 'gut feeling' as a sixth sense."

    Gut 6th sense? I see bread, people.

  13. Re:RPN 4 LIFE!!! on This is the Story of the 1970s Great Calculator Race (twitter.com) · · Score: 1

    Think about that. 3-0-0 meager bytes.

    That's like 3-0-7-2-0-0 kielur bytes!

  14. If the answer to both questions is 'yes', the bug will be patched in a security update, but if the answer to both is 'no', the vulnerability will be considered for the next version or release of the affected product or feature.

    What if it's 1 yes and 1 no?

  15. Sounds like this editor is incompatible with DNA.

    Probably the old End Of Line issue, so...

    1. Edit with CRISPR-Cas9
    2. dos2unix
    3. Profit

  16. Nobody... on Facebook Inches Toward More Transparency and Accountability (eff.org) · · Score: 1

    Broken down into six overarching categories -- violence and criminal behavior, safety, objectionable content, integrity and authenticity, respecting intellectual property, and content-related requests

    Six categories, or perhaps eight, if, you mess, with Oxford, commas.

    "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our six categories are..."

  17. Precisely!

  18. Most powerful... 13? on The Next Falcon Heavy Will Carry the Most Powerful Atomic Clock Ever Launched (space.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to thirteen. Look, right across the board, thirteen, thirteen, thirteen and...

    Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most clocks go up to twelve?

    Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.

    Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's timelier? Is it any timelier?

    Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one timelier, isn't it? It's not twelve. You see, most blokes, you know, will be timing at twelve. You're on twelve here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on twelve on your craft. Where can you go from there? Where?

    Marty DiBergi: I don't know.

    Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the event horizon, you know what we do?

    Marty DiBergi: Put it up to thirteen.

    Nigel Tufnel: Thirteen. Exactly. One timelier.

    Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make twelve timelier and make twelve be the top number and make that a little timelier?

    Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to thirteen.

  19. Re:The Answer is Unique Titles on Nintendo Switch Outsells Wii U In 10 Months (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Good luck with your decision - this could be literally make or break.

  20. Re:Halfway milestone already reached! on Microbes May Help Astronauts Transform Human Waste Into Food (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    That idea makes my stomach churn.

  21. Marketing crap on Microbes May Help Astronauts Transform Human Waste Into Food (phys.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    This will obviously by marketed as Soylent Brown.

    (Spoiler: it's poople!)

  22. Re:Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? on IBM Raises the Bar with a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes.

    And No.

    At the same time.

  23. Re:Get the AI to write comments on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you say that?

  24. Disc drive on Terry Pratchett's Hard Drive Destroyed By Steamroller (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Title: Disc-whirrled
    Sub-title: Erasing Steam(roller)

  25. Re:Now what about support for unsigned values for on Modularity Finally Approved For Java 9 (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    char is unsigned, works for me.

    Java Language Specification

    4.2. Primitive Types and Values

    The integral types are byte, short, int, and long, whose values are 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit and 64-bit signed two's-complement integers, respectively, and char, whose values are 16-bit unsigned integers [representing UTF-16 code units (Â3.1).]