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  1. Re: Contra-Indicated. on Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months (vice.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Exxon shares probably went up already, Trump wants the CEO as Secretary of State

  2. Re:Let's get them good on David Pogue Calls Out 18 Sites For Failing His Space-Bar Scrolling Test (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    I must admit I didn't know what a pogue was, so I googled, and got a definition equating to REMF
    (Rear Echelon Moother-F***er)

  3. It makes sense on Why Apple Just Invested in Wind Turbines In China (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple has a ton of money
    Apples stuff is made in China
    Greenhouse gas emmissions are a global problem
    And Trump doesn't beieve in global warming, so why invest in the US?

  4. "In civilized countries you are not allowed items that endanger the public with no other function."

    Maybe ypu could post a list of these civilized countries
    Some of us who woke up amonth ago in a banana republic would like a better place to live

  5. Watches are doimg well on Apple, Which Doesn't Reveal Watch Sales Data, Says Watch Sales Are Great (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    We are in a blizzard watch right now

  6. so what? on BMW Traps A Car Thief By Remotely Locking His Doors (cnet.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't see why this is a story on Slashdot

  7. Does a robot take him to the bathroom? on Stephen Hawking: Automation and AI Is Going To Decimate Middle Class Jobs (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    and wipe his butt?

    (I work in eldrar care rather than the disabled, but the same skills are needd.

  8. Simple, ypu cut everything else by 40% too on Nestle Discovers 'Breakthrough' Method To Cut Sugar In Chocolate By 40% Without Affecting Taste (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except price which you increase

    ?????
    profit

  9. Re:Political Gamesmanship Of The Moment on Finland Set To Become First Country To Ban Coal Use For Energy (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    "Wind-turbine lubricants freeze at -1 deg C."

    So thats why theres no wind farms in North Dakota... Oh, wait...

  10. What else is it good for? on Finland Set To Become First Country To Ban Coal Use For Energy (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Guess what everyone is going to get in their Christmas stocking this year

  11. Downgraded threat on WHO: Zika No Longer a World Health Emergency (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Zika is mainly spread by mosquito isn't it?

    I am sure the blizzard we had yesterday took out all the remaining mosquitos around here.

  12. Sounds like a rock group

    Do the Knights include Sir Elton John, Sir Paul Macartney and Sir Rod Stewart?

    "We'll kill the fathead, coughed the knight, so stick around"

  13. Phantom 4 drone on DJI Unveils Phantom 4 Pro and Inspire 2 Drones (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    I think the AirForce had already turned some old F4 Phantom fighters into drones

  14. " it is almost impossible to get a stick on anything larger than a small 4 cylinder."

    Ever heard of sports cars? Its not just s european thing , my brother-in-law has a Mustang.

  15. Google Surface? on Google Surfaces Fake News About Election Results (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Did Google buy the way overpriced tablet line from Micro$oft?

  16. If /. was a British site I would assume the UK Govt health service, but its American, and the first thing that came up when I googled was National Honor Society
    Theres also quite a few schools using that TLA and the National Highway System

  17. Who cares,we are not going to live that long on Drinking a Can of Sugary Soda Every Day Can Boost a Person's Risk For Prediabetes, Study Finds (upi.com) · · Score: 2

    Most of us will die in the nuclear war and its aftermath

  18. Would you really want your cup of coffee delivered by drone?

  19. Re:too little, too late on Ubuntu Budgie Is Now An Official Ubuntu Flavor (softpedia.com) · · Score: 0

    I think Norway would be too cold for budgies.
    They might survive in Fjordland, or the (Marlborough) Sounds.

    In case you're wondering how a small bird like a budgie could cross the Tasman, well caged birds have been know to escape, and budgies are a popular pet in NZ.

  20. "our Winter comes in June"

    Australia doesn'nt have winter.
    The whole island is to far away from the South Pole

    OK, maybe Tassie might get some snow sometimes in the mountains

    In the southern Hemisphere you need to be about 45 degrees south or more to get winter, due to all that ocean moderating the temperature.

  21. "No, lets start with metric measurements."

    So do we speed up rotation of the earth, or move it further away from the sun
    (to get 100 days to the quarter)
    Metric time isn't as easy as length and mass.

  22. Headline on US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Obama criticizes Facebook of...

    Perhaps you mean criticizes FB for spreading fake stories

  23. Re:This is interesting on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    To use this drive, you have to have already left the planet (be in orbit)

    I think gravity (at the suface) is about 10 Newtons per Kg
    so you'd need 8.5 MW per Kg of spacecraft
    So 17 Gigawatts forsomething the size of a shuttle
    We'd need a fusion reactor to power it

  24. Re:Show me the Wikipedia entry for "Bradley Mannin on Wikipedia's Not as Biased as You Might Think, Say Harvard Researchers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    9
    Commander, Gunner, driver, and 6 infantry

  25. Re:Where's my $750K on Gawker Pays $750,000 To That Guy Who Didn't Invent Email (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    /me too
    where do I sign up?

    If every US citizen that didn't invent email gets $750,000 the economy would be booming.
    And if we all paid tax on it, that would make up for Trump not paying taxes for the last umpteen years