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  1. Re:Microsoft controls compoter booting on UEFI Secure Boot Pre-Bootloader Rewritten To Boot All Linux Versions · · Score: 1

    crazy frog - booting Windows 8

  2. Re:The Lens Flare!!! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    Nah, with the likes of Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Boba Fett already taken, this time around Lens Flare is an actual character name.

  3. Preupgrade on Fedora 18 Installer: Counterintuitive and Confusing? · · Score: 1

    Presumably the bad installer has no impact when upgrading in place. Any field reports from those running preupgrade on F17?

  4. So Now It's Even Cheaper... on Canada's Supreme Court Tosses Viagra Patent For Vagueness · · Score: 1

    to "stand on guard for thee".

  5. Re:So what? on 802.11ad Will Knock Your Socks Off, Says Interop Panel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not sure why this is modded funny. 60 GHz is license-free because oxygen is opaque at that frequency.

  6. Re:Pat and Slackware on Slackware 14.0 Arrives · · Score: 3, Funny

    My primary system at home for the last sixteen years: Slackware.

    All that and a /. id in the 2 millions. Presumably Slackware just got internet support.

  7. A Hero Falls on Woz Applying For Australian Citizenship Because of the NBN · · Score: 1

    Woz was a great engineer, and has always had his eccentric side, but this is borderline kooky. Acquiring citizenship is not like changing cellular carriers, even if you are rich or famous. And while NBN may be a laudable notion, has he considered the internet censorship that may well hamper its use?

  8. Re:No no no on Swiss Railway: Apple's Using Its Clock Design Without Permission · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it's locked, won't even roam abroad.

  9. Endeavour Not Endeavor on Space Shuttle Endeavor Lands In Los Angeles After Final Flight · · Score: 2

    It's named after a British sea ship, so British spelling applies, as reflected on the actual craft.

  10. Re:Solution on Photo Reveals UK Plan: "Assange To Be Arrested Under All Circumstances" · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, Ecuador starts rotating through their London embassy a gaggle of diplomats that look alarmingly similar to Julian Assange.

  11. Re:Wait a second there hypocritical one.. on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    I'm not stating evolution of species is not possible mind you, but that we have no proof so need treat the theories for what they are.

    Here you go.

  12. Re:Another perspective on Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests · · Score: 1

    It depends on what the people want, since this is a democracy.

    You seem to have forgotten that having a constitution means some issues are foundational and are not decided by popular vote. You can't just vote to limit someone's speech, arbitrarily throw somebody in jail, or bring religion into the government.

  13. Re:impossibly obscure, personal cultural refences on Curiosity's Latest High-Res Photo Looks Like Earth · · Score: 3, Funny

    No kidding. However, like many Slashdot stories, it does remind us that "Everyone's laughing, and riding, and cornholing except Buster."

  14. Re:Best place to catch up on the arrival on Curiosity Lands On Mars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That simulation is very cool. Would be even better if it actually showed units the JPL folks are using instead of miles.

  15. Idiomatics on Meat the Food of the Future · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hungry? Get some grub.

  16. Also seen elsewhere on Microsoft Apologizes For Inserting Naughty Phrase Into Linux Kernel · · Score: 1
    • 0xB00B1E5
    • 0xBEDABABE
  17. Re:C - The language of Patriots on What's To Love About C? · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess that means we work at a higher-level here with "O Can ADA".

  18. Re:Brilliant casting! on Ashton Kutcher To Play Steve Jobs In Upcoming Film · · Score: 1

    Get a douchebag to play a douchebag! Genius!

    Insanely great!

  19. Re:Come on on RIAA Chief Whines That SOPA Opponents Were "Unfair" · · Score: 1

    but culture can't survive in the long term if its creators don't get rewarded for their work

    Evidence?

  20. Nice Pic on World's Worst PR Guy Gives His Side · · Score: 2

    Just looked up recalcitrant in the dictionary, there was a little picture of this grinning douchebag in shades and a bandana.

  21. Bizarro World on The Real Job Threat · · Score: 1

    First we hear Jobs was gonna kill Android. Now Androids are gonna kill jobs.

  22. Re:Dishonest as fuck on Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users · · Score: 2

    I've seen powerdrills with less spin.

    Well that's a boring analogy.

  23. Interesting Etymology on Deep-Sea Squid Mate and Run · · Score: 1

    It turns out that the male squid also squawks "call you tomorrow" during his drive-by shooting. Of course male squids never do. The revenge of the jilted female squid involves hacking the male's limbs off and deep-frying them while mockingly repeating "call ya' 'morrow". This is why we call it calimari.

  24. Power != Energy on Tapping Subway Trains For Energy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    requires a jolt of three to four megawatts of power for 30 seconds to get up to cruising speed — that's enough energy to power 1,300 average U.S. homes.

    The corrected sentence is much less impressive: "— that's enough energy to power 1,300 average U.S. homes for 30 seconds."

  25. Salty Sand on Google Is Grooming Chrome As a Game Platform · · Score: 5, Funny

    sandboxed native client (NaCl)

    In other words, a saltbox.