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  1. Re:"Tin Foil Hats" is not PC on Company Aims To Launch Spacecraft On Beams of Microwaves · · Score: 1

    Cain y'all jus' slow it dayown a piece? Sounz lahk y'all one o' them Hindoos, words comin' out ya pie-hole sa fas'.

  2. "Tin Foil Hats" is not PC on Company Aims To Launch Spacecraft On Beams of Microwaves · · Score: 4, Funny

    The correct phrase is "Lightweight Metal Headwear", and the community are "LMH Aficionados".

  3. Re:Indeed on New Unicode Bug Discovered For Common Japanese Character "No" · · Score: 1

    Sum of some, sometimes
    Somersaults sagaciously
    In the summertime

  4. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) on Pawn Storm Group Makes Trend Micro IP Address a C&C Server · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  5. Shiny Drone Fleet on Macon-Bibb County Government Wants $5.7 Million Drone Fleet For Emergencies · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shiny drone fleet
    Oh Confederate meat
    Your Civil War beards
    Go down in defeat
    Burma Shave

  6. Re:But we don't want... on Rich and American? Australia Wants You · · Score: 1

    So, you'll take all of the coked-out Hollywood detritus? Please?

  7. Re:Yeah, blame the parents on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 1

    Well, it's "blatantly obvious to even the most casual observer" that if your daughter's choices don't fit The Narrative, it's because you're a H8er, or something.

  8. Re:Please Stop. Enough. on CSTA: Google Surveying Educators On Unconscious Biases of Students, Parents · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apparently you're oblivious to the political power that can be generated via a simple accusation.

  9. Re:This could be interesting on New Letters Added To the Genetic Alphabet · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't protest this, but I will say that I expect mostly subtle--with occasional fabulous--disasters.
    It's all fun and games until the Trolloc army comes through, spreading the sort of affection that would make a locust swarm seem a mere inconvenience.

  10. Re:Webassembly means... on WebAssembly and the Future of JavaScript · · Score: 1

    Real programmers use webbinary: wwwmmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwwmwmwmwmw

  11. Re:"Harbinger of Failure" = Hipsters? on Researchers Study "Harbingers of Failure," Consumers Who Habitually Pick Losers · · Score: 2

    In defense of hipsters, if your microculture is so vulnerable to a hipster dweeb infestation, maybe it was ready to go? Hipsters, in that sense, are the flies in the cultural ecosystem.

  12. Re:"Harbinger of Failure" = Hipsters? on Researchers Study "Harbingers of Failure," Consumers Who Habitually Pick Losers · · Score: 1

    "Hipsters are the leading edge, and HoFsters are the trailing edge, of the adoption curve," he said, reaching for his MS-DOS boot disk. . .

  13. Re:What? on Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use? · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Systemd is a relatively useful inferior process," said Emacs.

  14. Re:U2 reviews Edge on Microsoft Edge, HTML5, and DRM · · Score: 2

    This is /.
    At least he didn't say: "I follow the link in Lynx, but it no worky-worky,"

  15. U2 reviews Edge on Microsoft Edge, HTML5, and DRM · · Score: 0

    Vocal by David "The Edge" Evans => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lbiS1fris.

  16. Re:Lawrence would not survive today on Frank Herbert's Dune, 50 Years On · · Score: 1

    Things are completely different today in so many ways.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9dHL7GA1nk

  17. Re:Lawrence on Frank Herbert's Dune, 50 Years On · · Score: 1

    "Lawrence would, I assure you, get along swimmingly," said Tony Blair.

  18. Preening Progressive Prius Pricks on Why Electric Vehicles Aren't More Popular · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Preening Progressive Prius pricks
    Verbally hurl stones & sticks
    But my old diesel's paid & plucky
    Does the job while economy sucky

    Guess they'll have to pass a law
    Prying key from cold, dead paw
    Don't need green overlords smug
    Bossing about as the fascist thug

  19. Re:Someone Will Die Reading Slashdot on Someone Will Die Playing a Game In Virtual Reality · · Score: 1
  20. Re:Demographics on FB Reveals Woeful Diversity Numbers · · Score: 1

    See, there you go applying rationality to a problem again.
    I take the existence of this story to mean that Zuckerberg's campaign contributions aren't meeting Her Majesty's expectations.
    Or am I being too cynical?

  21. Re:Tell me... on Amazon Is Only Going To Pay Authors When Each Page Is Read · · Score: 1

    If the model sucks, then Amazon 'should' be faced with competition.
    At least, that was the capitalist answer. We're still at least superficially capitalist, right?

  22. Re:Timmy! on Schneier: China and Russia Almost Definitely Have the Snowden Docs · · Score: 3, Funny

    I saw Almost Definitely open for Conditional Probability and Nearly Pregnant on AmbiguityPalooza'MMmmm. . . .

  23. Fiber Cuts on FBI Investigating Series of Fiber Cuts In San Francisco Bay Area · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fiber cuts?
    Listen, putz:
    Keep it smooth,
    Or door she shuts.
    Burma Shave

  24. TFA on How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market · · Score: 1

    That means that anyone can look at, use, or modify the designs of the hugely expensive computers that big companies use to run their operations — all for free.

    The idea of using XML as a hardware platform seemed a paint huffer's delight.
    "But. . .human readable," said Huffer.

  25. Re:Even Check Norris ? on Past a Certain Critical Temperature, the Universe Will Be Destroyed · · Score: 1

    You were expecting Richard Simmons?