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  1. Re:Grub? on Free Software Foundation Campaigning To Stop UEFI SecureBoot · · Score: 1

    What would be impressive is for a bunch of like-minded engineers to get together and offer an FSF computer.
    I'm an FSF member, and I think RMS has contributed invaluably to humanity.
    Upping the game from here would be offering a positive alternative choice to Mr. Softy, rather than the negative "we think you're a bully" campaign.
    Sure, I think Mr. Softy's bully record has been documented well enough; this is not some pro-Redmond troll.
    Nevertheless, one wonders when ideas such as OLPC can go for a more broad consumer market, and if not, why not.

  2. Re:FIFTY on Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Could Mean Missing the Next Hurricane Sandy · · Score: 4, Informative

    Your attention is drawn to http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts
    The 1980 calculation means has us closer to 10%, which bespeaks the pain at the grocery checkout far more accurately than the current Ministry of Truth offerings.

  3. Give us more, the hard way, or Zimbabwe Ben Bernanke and his magic printing press can do it Quantitatively Easy way.
    As we own you in either case, your choice is pro forma.

  4. Re:North Korea on Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Could Mean Missing the Next Hurricane Sandy · · Score: 1

    No way, man. NASA is going to help some Middle Eastern countries totally bury the Norks in dignity.

  5. In Soviet Russia on Want a Job At Google? Better Know Microsoft Office! · · Score: 1

    KGB Office sucks in people like YOU for interviews which, were they slightly more extreme, would resemble timeshare sales pitches.

  6. Day By Day on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? · · Score: 1, Troll

    Christ Muir is teh man! http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/

  7. Re:If you don't need X Window, it could even small on Running a Linux Live KDE Desktop In 210MB · · Score: 1

    Or anything other than emacs, for that matter.

  8. Re:A real shame on EFF Looks At How Blasphemy Laws Have Stifled Speech in 2012 · · Score: 1

    One person's scumbag is another person's multi-platinum recording "artist".

  9. Re:I don't think it should be blasphemy on EFF Looks At How Blasphemy Laws Have Stifled Speech in 2012 · · Score: 2

    You're only making it worse for yourself!

  10. Zombie Christmas! on How the Brain Organizes Everything We See · · Score: 0

    Brains, brains, brains!

  11. Re:Solution: on DARPA Wants Wireless Devices That Can Blast Through the Noise · · Score: 1

    Is she for hire? I'm envisioning a Kickstarter project, unleashing M-i-L on Harry Reid, who ends up looking like a Ramirez cartoon.

  12. Re:Solution: on DARPA Wants Wireless Devices That Can Blast Through the Noise · · Score: 0

    Can she punch a budget through the Senate?

  13. Re:Not as clever as it sounds on ElcomSoft Tool Cracks BitLocker, PGP, TrueCrypt In Real-Time · · Score: 1

    Naked & Petrified. . .Natalie Portman. . .it's all NP complete, get it?

  14. Re:Not as clever as it sounds on ElcomSoft Tool Cracks BitLocker, PGP, TrueCrypt In Real-Time · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, expected a pagan ritual involving Cthulhu; Natalie Portman, naked and petrified and covered in hot grits; and a traveling salesman walk of all your base.

  15. Likely to do as well as Bush's EO on Obama Releases National Strategy For Information Sharing · · Score: 1

    The 911 Commission had a few bullet points about "sharing", and an executive order followed.
    What's crucial to understand about large bureaucracies is that they are not incentivized to share information, rather, to talk about the sharing of information as it had occurred.
    Fortunately, as soon as he's got Gun Control sorted, Joe Biden can set about fixing this. Because nobody does it better than Uncle Choo-Choo.

  16. Re:I'll look into it on Most Kickstarter Projects Fail To Deliver On Time · · Score: 1

    Given that we know about your little indiscretion down in Cabo, you might want to be more flexible on the pricing.--HRC

  17. Re:I'll look into it on Most Kickstarter Projects Fail To Deliver On Time · · Score: 1

    Sweet. What about my concussion? --HRC

  18. Re:I'll look into it on Most Kickstarter Projects Fail To Deliver On Time · · Score: 0

    I need to know in advance that your findings will exonerate me. --HRC

  19. Literal idiom interpretation considered harmful on School Shooting Prompts Legislation To Study Violent Video Games · · Score: 2

    Legislation passes, researchers arm themselves to the teeth, accidentally snuff themselves during oral hygiene operations.

  20. Re:Why perl? on Perl Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    Mostly perl's emphasis on sports: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PerlGolf

  21. Re:What's with the camel? on Perl Turns 25 · · Score: 2
  22. Re:Python, please on Perl Turns 25 · · Score: 2

    if __name__=="__main__",
    you'll get your turn, Guido.

  23. Re:If COBOL is still around ... on Perl Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. . .Visual Basic. . .PHP. . .

  24. Re:Instagram Bubble on Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice · · Score: 2

    Your Hitchhiker's Guide reference is appreciated, Mr. Pesce.

  25. Instagram Bubble on Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instagram bubble
    Like your photos are stubble
    That they'll just whisk away
    And save you the trouble.
    Burma Shave