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  1. Re:everything leads us to our doom on New Book Argues Silicon Valley Will Lead Us to Our Doom (sandiegouniontribune.com) · · Score: 1

    Shadows and dust...and products.

  2. Re: I can say, for the past 60+ crowd... on Ask Slashdot: Are Interactive Computing Devices Addictive? · · Score: 1

    isn't the internet porn for lumber support?

  3. Re:Nothing like nostalgia! on It's the 40th Anniversary of Radio Shack's TRS-80 (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    cassette drive...

  4. Re:Could have been *much* worse. on Aurora Enthusiasts Discover A Strange New Light In The Sky And Named It Steve (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Too erudite.

    Lighty McLightface.

  5. If you don't understand why they won in 2016, you're not going to understand why you lost in 2018.

  6. Re:So forgetting a password on Child Porn Suspect Jailed Indefinitely For Refusing To Decrypt Hard Drives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...and yet Hastert only gets 15 months.

  7. new market for Camelbak on Flying Jet-Powered Hoverboard Now a Reality (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    you had me at "backpack full of kerosene-grade fuel "

  8. Apparently, religion is like pornography. You can't define it, but you know it when you see it...

  9. Re:I wonder how they do that on Software Bug in F-35 Radar Causes Mid-Flight System Reboot · · Score: 1

    Dammit, now that's funny.

  10. Re:"Appears" Insincere? on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    On the Department of Education front, I'd add that they've done a fine job of crafting crypto-Christian schools using the charter route.

  11. Re: Visual vs wall of code on Drag-and-Drop "CS" Tutorials: the Emperor's New Code? · · Score: 2

    unless you learn SNOBOL

  12. Re:How big is this problem? on Utah Bill Would Require IT Workers To Report Child Porn (ksl.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe we should require them to report that they are not reporting it.

  13. Re: Marc who...? on Marc Andreessen Describes Vision of 'Ambient Computing' (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    props on the catastrophic misspelling

  14. You're going to get the pat down anyway on TSA Body Scanner Opt-out No Longer Guaranteed (slashgear.com) · · Score: 1

    The machines false like crazy. I got pat downs coming and going, as it falsed on a number of locations including the groin, of course.

  15. Re:Climate Change on Cold Fusion and the Reputation Trap (aeon.co) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No, wait until the sky falls then blame the scientists for not being able to convince you before it was too late.

  16. Re:Climate Change on Cold Fusion and the Reputation Trap (aeon.co) · · Score: 1

    most of them claim to be "not a scientist, but..."

    I think it starts there.

  17. Re:Litigious Much on "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed Seeking $15 Million In Damages · · Score: 1

    ...and yet nothing was needed to start god. curious that.

  18. Re:If you don't like the textbooks, on Texas Narrowly Rejects Allowing Academics To Fact-Check Public School Textbooks (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is what your parents said.

  19. Re:Straw man alert on Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    I've always found it amusing that outsourcing consultants instruct companies to never outsource their core competency. And the first thing they outsource is Customer Service.

  20. Easy test on Maybe You Don't Need 8 Hours of Sleep After All (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Throw out your alarm clock. You'll quickly discover how much sleep you need.

    Added benefit, you'll go to bed earlier and watch less TV/interwebs.

  21. Re:Let's enable women on Fullstack Launches Coding School For Women (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "everybody has the right to succeed"

    Success is not a right.

  22. Re: Nothing is stopping women on Fullstack Launches Coding School For Women (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "technically writing"

    priceless

  23. Re:Screenshot brings back memories! on The History of City-Building Games (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Same here. Model I, 4K RAM, cassette drive.

  24. Re:#YouAreCows on The #NoEstimates Debate: An Unbiased Look At Origins, Arguments, and Leaders · · Score: 1

    #Moo

  25. Re:Sorry, but Apple still deserves most of the cre on The Long Reach of Windows 95 · · Score: 3, Informative

    ...and bullshit...

    http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2010/06/102660634-05-04-acc.pdf