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  1. typical /. Elon's Musk worship: on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    There goes Ellsworth Toohey ragging on Howard Roarke again. What a surprise!

  2. Re:What about LEGO? LEGO vs. Sandbox! Fight! on Marines Put Microsoft Kinect To Work For 3D Mapping · · Score: 2

    Military Grade LEGO

    They' called caltrops.
    Of course, if we're buying them on a military contract, they cost 20x as much as the civilian version.

  3. kids these days... on Bash To Require Further Patching, As More Shellshock Holes Found · · Score: 2

    never had problems like this with CCP.

  4. protecting Auntie Beeb's pie... on Piracy Police Chief Calls For State Interference To Stop Internet "Anarchy" · · Score: 2

    Anglicize (Andy Taylor + Barney Fife) = Andy Fyfe ?
    Except more like the guy that insisted on flipping the switch to shutdown the illegal phantasm containment system in Ghostbusters.

  5. desalinization on South Australia Hits 33% Renewal Energy Target 6 Years Early · · Score: 2

    If they have excess unused capacity, they should use it to desalinate seawater, turn Austrailailaila into a garden of eden.

  6. talk about a perfect set-up! on Octopus-Inspired Robot Matches Real Octopus For Speed · · Score: 1

    The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as

    "a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man."

    I'll leave the ultimate zinger for somebody else...

  7. Think Bent? on Users Report Warping of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus · · Score: 2

    Apple : Get Bent

  8. I'm not political... on US Strikes ISIL Targets In Syria · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm just sitting here waiting to watch the archduke drive by.

  9. still need a warrent for a landline? on Before Using StingRays, Police Must Sign NDA With FBI · · Score: 2

    In the late 20th century, you could tell the drug dealers because they carried one-way pagers.
    In 21st century, you'll be able to tell the drug dealers because they all carry one-way pagers.

  10. Will it burn? on Ancient Campfires Led To the Rise of Storytelling · · Score: 1, Funny

    Also the scientific method of formulating a hypothesis and performing an experiment to test it.

  11. ya'll a bunch of lazy slobs! on Nvidia Sinks Moon Landing Hoax Using Virtual Light · · Score: -1

    I can't help but notice that Wikipedia STILL doesn't have a list of people Neil Armstrong has punched.

  12. bald-faced blue-planet invader propeganda on Update: Mangalyaan's Main Engine Test Fired, Maven In Orbit · · Score: 1

    I won't believe it until I read the official statement from K'breel, leader of the council.

  13. Re:So Alice kills Trolls and Zombies on Alice Is Killing Trolls But Patent Lawyers Will Strike Back · · Score: 2

    If some guy named Bob plays a part in getting Citizens United overturned, you have proof that you are a character if a poorly-written novel.

  14. Re:Simple set of pipelined utilties! on Torvalds: No Opinion On Systemd · · Score: 4, Funny

    hokey philosophies and ancient pipelines are no match for a modern java GUI IDE

    -- Han Slowmo, Unix Wars, episode IV

  15. Romanes eunt domus on NSW Police Named as FinFisher Spyware Users · · Score: 1

    In all fairness, the Romes did get those guys to relinquish power, it just usually it was sort of a bumpy transition. :-p

  16. let's get Swiftian on their asses! on AT&T Proposes Net Neutrality Compromise · · Score: 1

    here's my counter-offer :
    Internet is FREE (as in beer and as in born) and you jugheads pay US for the privilege of presenting advertisements for our consideration.

  17. "PC load jibs?!! WTF DOES THAT MEAN?!!" on Canon Printer Hacked To Run Doom Video Game · · Score: 1

    No, John. You are the DDoS zombies.

  18. I find your troll verbose on Comcast Allegedly Asking Customers to Stop Using Tor · · Score: 2
    The canonical troll for all 21st century privacy stories is:

    If you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide.

    -- some glib goddamned fascist, probably Benjamin Franklin

  19. oh noes on Turning the Tables On "Phone Tech Support" Scammers · · Score: 1

    Your computer has performed an illegal operation

    You owe a civil fine of $150, please to be sending to me C/O the Prince of Nigeria or I will have to be sending the police to your house.

  20. I am shocked, SHOCKED, to find gambling here.... on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    everybody knows that in a banana republic the cops are all corrupt and will rip you off.
    Just ask John McAfee.
    Why are the Canadians surprised by this fact?

  21. what a lazy jerk on Accused Ottawa Cyberbully Facing 181 Charges Apologizes · · Score: 4, Funny

    pheh! what a piker, you mean to tell me me didn't convert a bulldozer into an improvised tank, rampage across town and knock down city hall?![1]
    Hell, he couldn't even bother enough to steal a tank.[2]


    [1,2] Both of these things actually happened. And they weren't even in Florida. Look it up.

  22. you forgot Poland on Microsoft Paid NFL $400 Million To Use Surface, But Announcers Call Them iPads · · Score: 1

    trademark abuse like this makes me want to abuse heroin

  23. Prison Planet / panoptonomnomnomicon on Ask Slashdot: What Smartwatch Apps Could You See Yourself Using? · · Score: 1

    We already have this functionality, we just don't like to publicize it.

  24. when someone asks you if you're a god... on Report: Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Studio For $2bn+ · · Score: 1

    If you get that kind of cash you can do anything you're able to imagine. Anything.

    You SERIOUSLY underestimate my imagination Junior.
    Hell, if you can build a laser big enough to carve "Chairface Chippendale is a doodoohead" on the moon, you're just starting to get warm.

  25. I R Pharaoh! on Report: Microsoft To Buy Minecraft Studio For $2bn+ · · Score: 1

    pshaw, personal space programs are so 00's!
    The new hotness is life extension research and personal immortality.