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  1. Proof against a Hellfire missile? on Volvo Promises 'Death-Proof' Cars By 2020 (extremetech.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Leaders of ISIL and Al-Qaeda would be interested

  2. CVN on Biofuels Will Power Navy's Next Deployment (sandiegouniontribune.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    and the carrier will be powered by organically grown uranium

  3. Most powerful ever detected on Distant Supernova Is the Most Powerful Ever Detected (osu.edu) · · Score: -1

    by humans

    alien civilisations may be war ahead of us

  4. Iceland is a pretty green place though. on Grisly Find Suggests Humans Inhabited Arctic 45,000 Years Ago (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    Thats because it has so much geothermal energy, you don't need to burn any fossil fuels, or nuclear or even wind turbines that might kill birds...

  5. Re:Oh yeah! on Seagate Adopts Helium For a 10TB HDD (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If we are talking about car tires rhen they don't need the lightest inert gas. Argon would do the job and its not as rare (on earth) as He

  6. Re:minimum wage and 29 hours a week max for lot's on Open Salaries: the Good, the Bad and the Awkward (yahoo.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    We had to work 29 hours a day and pay for permission to come to work...

  7. support sending Trump into space. on Space Entrepreneur Opines Donald Trump Could Do an Inspirational Space Program (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    on the B Ark

  8. Re: Major Tom will be giving the eulogy on David Bowie Dies At Age 69 (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    How about Chris Hadfield then?

  9. Re:(Re)?Dear Slashdot on Forbes Asks Readers To Disable Adblock, Serves Up Malvertising (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    time to remind people to wear appropriate headgear, With 30 below zero windchill your ears can get red in no time
    Lets see how the Cold Avenger Expedition balaclava goes.

  10. Marine Reserve on Massive Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    We could use a reserve force of Marines to invade Syria and fight ISIL

  11. Re:Walking Skyrocket? on Emergency Room Visits From Distracted Walking Skyrocket (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    In a number of countries, New Years Eve is a time for letting off fireworks. I am sure there will be some injuries and burns

    and the firdt thing I thought of when I read the headline was the great panjandrum

  12. Re:First "Is this planet earth" legitimate questio on Astronaut Tim Peake Calls the Wrong Number From Space (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "Are you sure the ISS has a single phone line?"

    The ISS doesn't have a phone 'line'

  13. Has anybody found on NASA and China's Yutu Rover Are Still Making Discoveries On the Moon (examiner.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    A Monolith

  14. native advertising on FTC Issues New Rules for Native Advertising on the Internet (blockadblock.com) · · Score: 2

    What tribes are involved?

  15. Re: cultural artifact how? on Nicolas Cage To Return Rare Stolen Dinosaur Skull To Mongolia (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    "They're like Ayers Rock."

    How come Ayers Rock isn't called by the Aboriginal name?

  16. Light travels faster than sound on Can Electric Signals In Earth's Atmosphere Predict Earthquakes? (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    so the electric signal of the quake will get to you faster than even the p-wave

    that would give birds time to fly up into the air, and people time to get into a doorway, but probably not enough time to get out of a really tall building
     

  17. I think its gonna be a long long time on Should a Mars Colony Be Independent? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    and all the science I don't understand

  18. Re:And this week, he will on Why President Obama Was Held Back a Year Before Starting Code School (quora.com) · · Score: 1

    "go to see the new Star Wars film, after which we will be told that he is fully qualified to fly the Millenium Falcon"\

    At least as qualified as Peter Mayhew and Harrison Ford

  19. How about teaching some of the Republicans on Why President Obama Was Held Back a Year Before Starting Code School (quora.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    what the internet actually is

  20. YMMV on NY Attorney General Wants Public To Report Broadband Speeds (reuters.com) · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Speeds vary depending on where you're getting data from

  21. Re:Hero? on Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There used to be a Hero Parade in Auckland, NZ
    It was to celebrate gays, lesbians and transgender
    I don't think Ada Lovelace qualified for that, since she was Babbage's mistress, and presumably straight

  22. State-Sponsored attacks? on Twitter Users Warned About Being Targeted By State-Sponsored Attacks (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    so which states are sponsoring these attacks? I know that if I was living in one of those states I would be contacting the governor and my local state representative and senator about the waste of taxpayers money. They should be spending the surplus on roads and bridges (or giving us tax refunds if they were Republican s)

  23. Headline on AT&T Building Massive Fiber Network That Barely Exists (techdirt.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Building Massive Fiber Network That Barely Exists "

    Thats why thyre building it, becausr it doesn't exist (yet)

    Or did I miss something?

  24. Re:can someone please explain for me on Germany Fires Up Bizarre New Fusion Reactor (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    "how do you say "D'oh!" in German?"

    Deuterium Hydroxide, also known as 'slightly heavy water'

  25. The best place for (optical) telescopes on How the Thirty Meter Telescope Ruling Will Impact Future Astronomy Projects (forbes.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    is not inside the atmosphere