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  1. Re:sorry on Dogs Trained To Sniff Out Ovarian Cancer · · Score: 0

    We should train those dogs to vote, and use them to replace Congress, too.
    I'll bet the dogs are about as literate, and will read the legislation with equal effect.

  2. Re:So you need to get over your alcohol addiction. on The Science of 12-Step Programs · · Score: 1

    Until you get into some new ride where they put some kind of tire pressure gadget in the hub that's gone all sideways on you.
    Bluetooth. It's the new ball bearing.

  3. Re:So you need to get over your alcohol addiction. on The Science of 12-Step Programs · · Score: 2

    And so there were random data losses back in the days of the dishwasher-sized storage unit with the huge, removable platters.
    As long as the scope of inquiry was the data system itself, the cause was mysterious. Random.
    Then, somebody was working late when the cleaning crew came in, sporting a huge, unshielded vacuum cleaner.
    Moral of the story: keep a weather eye on the guy trying to limit the scope of inquiry.

  4. Re:So you need to get over your alcohol addiction. on The Science of 12-Step Programs · · Score: 1

    "We would not have evolved such a strong propensity" is, itself, a powerful faith-claim.

  5. Re:So you need to get over your alcohol addiction. on The Science of 12-Step Programs · · Score: 1

    It cannot make sense until we have re-established purely materialistic explanations for every phenomenon.
    This is a crucial aspect of achieving a fully deterministic, freewill-free model for human behavior.
    Only then can humans become fungible with sheep in the eyes of SkyNet.
    The eugenics applications alone of this effort are staggering.

  6. What nukes me on Crunching the Numbers On Shared Cellphone Contracts · · Score: 1

    No company, irrespective of industry, seems to think that they can do well just giving you a simple bill.
    Why isn't a straightforward "pay this, get that" a winning business model?

  7. Re:Hope and Change on Obama on Surveillance: "We Can and Must Be More Transparent" · · Score: 2

    So, after the first act of molestation, anything goes? How about an even-handed review of both of these knuckleheads?

  8. Re:I don't believe it on Obama on Surveillance: "We Can and Must Be More Transparent" · · Score: 1

    Well, you only form the [NSFW] 73% majority.
    As long as the richer 27% still have faith, you're beat.

  9. Re:Hmm on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 1

    Well, that certainly was the propaganda line.

  10. Re:Hmm on NSA Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins · · Score: 2

    And let's not forget to thank Obama for sparing us an administration led by a tee-totaling, speed-limit-driving, impeccably mannered father of five.
    The U.S. just isn't ready for that kind of calm.

  11. Re:xp still works on China Has a Massive Windows XP Problem · · Score: 1

    I'd like to offer a third-order thanks. After all, what is /. without snotty recursion?

  12. Laptop shops on The Open Source Laptop and the Golden Age of Open Hardware · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Laptop shops
    And shaving stops
    Could yet save us all
    Until the day that
    Some bureaucrat
    Pours cologne on the stall.
    Burma Shave

  13. 3D printing shall not have arrived on MIT Students Release Code To 3D-Print High Security Keys · · Score: 1, Troll

    Until somebody offends the G8. Vladimir Putin subsequently has him bound to a rock, where each day an eagle is sent to feed on his liver, which is re-printed and re-installed each day, almost like an old Windows version.
    OR
    . . .is bound to the same rock, and subjected to Barack Obama speeches in an infinite loop.

    Unclear which is worse.

  14. Re:And... on Shuttleworth Answers FSF Call for Free Software Drivers on Edge · · Score: 1

    I don't dispute your point.

  15. Re: And... on Shuttleworth Answers FSF Call for Free Software Drivers on Edge · · Score: 1

    Perhaps. Yet I'll note that all three immediate replies to GP were from black helecopter pilots who didn't take the time to log in. :-)

  16. Re:And... on Shuttleworth Answers FSF Call for Free Software Drivers on Edge · · Score: 1

    As long as you trust the compiler and all of the code that went through it.

  17. One must admit on Cab Hailing Service Uber Collected Just $9M of Fares During 15 Months In Boston · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Using an app makes metadata collection much easier for marketers and the NSA.

  18. Re:Troll much, slashdot? on Using Java In Low Latency Environments · · Score: 1

    And really, until code developed in either reaches the stage of being re-done as an Emacs major mode, how seriously can it be taken?

  19. Re:Alright then. Carry On. on Surveillance Story Turns Into a Warning About Employer Monitoring · · Score: 1

    Except for the part where the taxes go up to pay for all the abuse. Oh, well: cost of doing business, I suppose.

  20. Re:I don't know, has he? on With Microsoft Office on Android, Has Linus Torvalds Won? · · Score: 1

    Indeed, and I live in an area with the traffic to bolster your point.

  21. Re:FlyDrive would be a better name on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    Or, Drive ß for the Germans.

  22. Re:It's not the programmers making the decisions on Remember the Computer Science Past Or Be Condemned To Repeat It? · · Score: 1

    We must continue to make the wheel rounder until it is ground down to a sub-atomic vanishing point.

  23. Code review on Remember the Computer Science Past Or Be Condemned To Repeat It? · · Score: 2
    1. Carriage returns slow down your code execution.
    2. Use variables to break your code into manageable chunks.
    3. Stop with excessive whitespace already. Sheesh.
  24. Re:Praise Legacy Data on How Outdated Data Distorts Doctors' Pay · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Then talk to them after ObamaCare is fully inserted, and they lack any/good health insurance AND lack whatever cash they had!

  25. Praise Legacy Data on How Outdated Data Distorts Doctors' Pay · · Score: 1, Funny

    Praise legacy data
    Sad, racist H8ah
    Or sweep it from chin
    For cleanshaven win!
    Burma Shave