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  1. To say nothing of the fact that on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 2

    global warming will disrupt the economy, and people won't be able to afford internet or phone service

  2. 20 Neptune high stacks of books on World's Servers Process 9.57ZB of Data a Year · · Score: 1

    That would presumably cause a wobble in the sun's rotation, which could be detected at interstellar distances. We finnaly have a way of finding intelligent civilisations (even if they don't broadcast radio or TV signals.

  3. Re:Huh?? on Titan May Have Water Ocean Under the Surface · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I remember seeing a similar story a few weeks ago here...

  4. Re:Next target? on A New Human-Seeking Drone, Much Cheaper Than a Predator · · Score: 1

    That hunter killer was controlled by a Harkonnen agent sealed up in the basement. It did not have an on board computer (computers were outlawed by the Butlerian Jihad)

  5. Re:winter? summer? on Signs of Dark Matter From Minnesota Mine · · Score: 2

    For those of you that live in the southern hemisphere and don't have such seasons, winter is when it is cold. In Minnesota it can cool down to below 240K

    (Yes I am aware that Antarctica has winter, but nobody lives there apart from penguins)

  6. Just wondering on Star Wars MMO Estimated To Cost $100M · · Score: 1

    How much of this 'cost' is Lucas getting in licensing fees?

  7. Re:1,000 megawatt fusion reactor on Former Senator Wants to Mine The Moon · · Score: 1

    It was a nuclear waste dump on the moon that exploded and blew the moon out of orbit (and out of the solar system, past other planets on a regular basis etc.

    (Gerry Andersons Space 1999)

  8. 30 days hath september, April... on Leaked Doc May Have Forced US To Speed Up Bin Laden Raid · · Score: 5, Funny

    "they planned to raid Osama's hideout on April 31"

    I am sure that would have been a surprise for Osama - nobody expects to be raided on April 31

  9. Blackjack team? on MIT Blackjack King Takes SMTP Public · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do they go around casinos with concealed computers counting the cards and winning more than the house would like?

  10. Re:Pi r round on Blue Gene/P Reaches Sixty-Trillionth of Pi Squared · · Score: 1

    Back in the land where I was born we had 'meat pies'. They weren't square exactly, more like rectangular with rounded corners.
    (No Apple Computer (TM) had nothing to do with it.)

    I only ever bothered memorizing 10 digits of Pi since that was the number of digits calculators had (back in '74 - it was an HP35

  11. Re:How does a spacecraft on a trajectory dock? on NASA Looking To Build 'Gas' Stations In Space · · Score: 1

    You buy a docking computer, and it plays Blue Danube while it guides you in to the rotating landing bay.

  12. Solution on Allen Telescope Array Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Some film studio could buy it up and use it for making a movie about a message from ET's

  13. I think its gonna be a long long time on SpaceX Aims To Put Man On Mars In 10-20 Years · · Score: 1

    Mars ain't the kind of place to raise you kids...

  14. Re:Gold goes to... on Countries Ranked In Terms of Internet Freedom · · Score: 0

    Its on the east end of the Baltic sea, along with Latvia and Lithuania. It was part of the USSR for a while.

    I know they dont teach world geography in US schools.

    I have never met anyone from Estonia, but I did know an old lady from Latvia.

  15. Most powerful accelerator on CERN, LHC Sets New Luminosity World Record · · Score: 1

    So where is the most powerful brake when you need it?

  16. Obvious counter action on Google Loses Bedrock Suit, All Linux May Infringe · · Score: 1

    Google should just buy Hanna-Barbara and get the rights to Bedrock (and Fred and Wilma and Barney etc. The would also have the patents for Fire, the Wheel and using Dinosaurs as tools...

  17. Lets see on Why Has Blu-ray Failed To Catch Hold? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The viewing experience is only marginally different unless you are watching on a big hi-def screen.
    The movies cost more
    the players cost more
    and what is the point of rereleasing old movies on Blu-Ray - like theres gonna be more shades of black and white?

  18. It is set on Ask Slashdot: Where Is the Universal Gesture Navigation Set? · · Score: 1

    on some other planet.

  19. Refugees don't come labeled on What Happened To the Climate Refugees? · · Score: 1

    There are many refugees in the world. Some of them have moved because of economic conditions (which may be caused by climate change) or civil wars (which may be also influenced by weather - remember that one of the causes of the French revolution was the bad weather caused by an Icelandic volcano eruption (the year without a summer.

    And nobody knows how many illegals there are in the USA...

  20. And the secret was... on MoD's Error Leaks Secrets of UK Nuclear Submarine · · Score: 1

    The Conqueror fired first.

  21. 1 bit should be enough on Are 625 Pixels Enough To Identify Sex? · · Score: 1

    0 = female
    1 = male

  22. Re:regauarding e books on E-Book Sales Have Tripled In the Last Year · · Score: 1

    So where do you get your E-Books from then?

  23. Re:Species 404? on New Dinosaur Species Is a Missing Link · · Score: 1

    Thats OK, this is slashdot - nobody is going to click on it to RTFA anyway.

  24. And in other predictions on Facebook To Be 'Biggest Bank' By 2015 · · Score: 1

    The increase in clouds (from cloud computing) will cool down the planet and we will have a new ice age.

  25. Senate? on Senator Wants to Tax Internet Shopping · · Score: 1

    IWNBITUSA (I was not born in the US of A) but to my knowledge tax legislation has to be passed through the House of Representatives first.

    I don't think this law could get through the current (republican) congress.