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  1. I got a discount on Microsoft and Google Challenge US Government Gag Orders · · Score: 1

    on my stay in Room 101.

  2. Re:Programming them is quite easy. on Will Robots Replace Rent-a-Cops? · · Score: 1, Funny

    So, basically an upgrade to Planned Parenthood?

  3. Re:Well, here on Romanian Science In Freefall · · Score: 1

    I don't think you need a presidential pardon for a stupid thing you did in college.

    Nor did I assert such. Rephrasing: if the voters are sufficiently untroubled to cast their ballot for you at election time, that more or less counts as a pardon.

  4. Well, here on Romanian Science In Freefall · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Look at our Vice President. I guess winning the election is tantamount to a pardon.

  5. Jay Carney is all: on Scientists Create 'Fastest Man-Made Spinning Object' · · Score: 4, Funny

    "You guys ain't even seen angular velocity until you've seen my press conference work."

  6. Re:I'm a believer. on Linux 3.11-rc7 Release Celebrates 22 Years of Linux · · Score: 1

    One of the Lieutenants gets promoted to HMFIC.

  7. Re:Why catch-up? on Microsoft Needs a Catch-Up Artist · · Score: 1

    For ketchup, they should get John Kerry. Given that MS is jacked up, and Kerry himself is a total jack-up artist, the resulting double negative will certainly have Redmond conquering the market, STAT.
    For OS/2 applications.

  8. Gotta get RMS as CEO on Steve Ballmer's Big-Time Error: Not Resigning Years Ago · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which 'splodes first: RMS, or MS?

  9. Re:Oblig Blackadder quote on German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk · · Score: 2

    Only if you're ordering three shots at a bar in an Inglourious Basterds reference.

  10. Re:heh on Single Developer Responsible For Over 47k Apps In BlackBerry World · · Score: 1

    In the same sense that a BSOD used to "save" Windows.

  11. I, for one. . . on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: -1, Troll

    . . .blame fasting.
    If Michael Hastings hadn't been fasting so much down that street, he wouldn't have gone up in an obese fireball, now would he?
    Prosecution rests.

  12. Re:Anyone else.. on Uncle Sam Finally Wants To Hear From Us On Digital Copyright Law? · · Score: 1

    Why root out? Feed the lat/long to a drone.
    That bureaucrat will totally bury the target in regulations.

  13. Re:But, now they're watching you on Germany: Bitcoin Is "Private Money" · · Score: 1

    You can do whatever you want, so long as you're contributing to the campaigns of the powerful.
    Call it the "Aristocracy of Pull" Tax.

  14. NAND, or Exclusive NOR? on Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB & 1TB TLC NAND Drives Tested · · Score: 1

    The argument went on for about half an hour in EE lab, before the teacher came along and announced: "Yes."

  15. Re:copypasta on Why Computers Still Don't Understand People · · Score: 2

    What's the opposite of artificial intelligence? "Natural ignorance."

  16. Re:Does It Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us ? on The Next Frontier of Consumer Exploitation By Corporations · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Declaring it is one thing. Defining such is another.

  17. Re:Does It Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us ? on The Next Frontier of Consumer Exploitation By Corporations · · Score: 1

    consumers vulnerable to making decisions that go against their self-interest

    And the remedy is. . .more regulation?
    No, the remedy is to train people never to make a hasty decision. Rather, consult with your family & community of faith on whether it's a good call.

  18. First the came for the poly dudes on Feds Target Instructors of Polygraph-Beating Methods · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But I was not a poly dude, so I was all: 'Meh'.
    Then they came for the yoga instructors, since relaxation is where it's at, and I was kinda: 'Urf?'
    Then they came for my surf board.

  19. Isn't it kind of Dada? on Twitter Buzz As an Election Predictor · · Score: 2

    That is only useful as long as no one bothered to notice this point consciously?

  20. Re:One Note? on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Med-School Note-Taking? · · Score: 1

    Emacs is indifferent to whether the user brings a terminal or a graphical desktop to the party. Was that your question?
    Other than that, usage boils down mostly to the tab key. So beautifully simple.

  21. Re:One Note? on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Med-School Note-Taking? · · Score: 1

    In defense of One Note, its format is XML.

  22. Re:One Note? on Ask Slashdot: Best Software For Med-School Note-Taking? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Emacs. Org mode. Long after One Note goes the way of Bob, Emacs will chug on.

  23. Three-position switch? on Hacking Lightbulbs To Cause a Sustained Blackout · · Score: 1

    On, controllable, off?

  24. Wasn't a bug: it was a feature on Losing the War Data For Iraq and Afghanistan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The units brought their own network gear and staff, and it all departed at each RIP/TOA.
    Much harder to track down and prosecute anyone there for much of anything, for reasons of justice, or to slake our emerging lust for kangaroo courts.

  25. Free speech and beard on Aussie Public Servant Criticises Gov't On Twitter, Gets Sacked · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Free speech and beard
    Both must be feared
    The will of the few
    Owns what you do
    Burma Shave