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  1. Tip for New Yorkers on Fantasy Sports Sites Ordered To Stop Taking Bets In New York State (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    Get a PO Box in New Jersey

  2. Re:Russian Lebensraum on Finland Releases National Emoji Collection (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Did the Rooskies ever return the land they took from Finland before WWII?

    Did you know that WWII started in September 1939? The "Winter War" took place in 1940

    I know some people on slashdot think that WWII started Dec 7, 1941

  3. What about Log tables on When Slide Rules Were Like Cellphones (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I was in high school in the early 70's

    We spent way more time using 4 digit log (and trig) tables than slide rules

  4. Re:Keep in mind on Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity (sagepub.com) · · Score: 1

    "products and services that improve the quality of life of for everybody--not just for the beneift of the 99%."

    Are you sure you've got that the right way round?

    The 1% seem to be doing pretty well in the technological revolution

  5. " they cut off the power and they become a dead lift, impossible to carry."

    And of course nobody can carry a 40 pound dead weight.

  6. Re:Damn it! on EPA Finds More VW Cheating Software, Including In a Porsche (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there a diesel class at Le Mans?

  7. This is Slashdot

    Or are we talking vi vs EMACS

  8. Won't they just float away on the wind?

    Or are they tied down like that radar blimp that broke free over the east coast the other day.

  9. Re:Selective Breeding on Evolution Can Occur Much Faster Than Previously Thought (ox.ac.uk) · · Score: 1

    When did chickens get to the Americas then?

  10. There weren't any nuclear missile silos in Okinawa

  11. Re:Fermi and probabilities on Only 8% of the Universe's Habitable Worlds Have Formed So Far (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Independence Day is hardly proof that we are an intelligent species

  12. Re:$22,000 / year is the 1% on Wealth Therapy Tackles Woes of the Rich · · Score: 1

    "Specifically, 99% of people live on less than $22,000 per year."

    I guess that must be a worldwide figure or something.

    I saw one Money site that said you have to have household income of around $400,000 to be in the top 1% (at least in the USA)

  13. and I think its gonna be a long long time on Space-Time: Scott Kelly Breaks Time-Aloft Record For US Astronauts (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Is he paid hourly or just salary?

    He should get paid more than someone who just does "my job 5 days a week"

    and thats a LOT of money

  14. Re:I have a better name for this. on DARPA's ICARUS Program To Develop Self-Destructing Air Delivery Vehicles (darpa.mil) · · Score: 1

    Where the US military wants to keep using land mines is in Korea, and the Korean war is not over.

  15. would you buy a pet from China on Chinese Company To Sell Genetically Modified Micro Pigs as Pets (abc.net.au) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    that might have swine flu

  16. Question on Firefox Support For NPAPI Plugins Ends Next Year (mozilla.org) · · Score: 0

    What is NPAPI ?
    and does this have anything to do with the add=ons and plug=ins specific to Firefox and Seamonkey
    SAome of which break every time they put out a new version of FF

    I hear version 42 is out soon - any HHGTG easter eggs in it?

  17. Do Fruit Flies on Scientists Control a Fly's Heartbeat With a Laser (ieee.org) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    get coverage under ObamaCare?

  18. Re:Okay, so 5G isn't 5G on World's First 5G Field Trial Delivers Speeds of 3.6Gbps Using Sub-6GHz · · Score: 2

    I always thought that G stood for 9.8 metres per second squared
    (32 feet per second squared for the metricaly challenged

  19. Cpmplex gravitation on How Analog Tide Predictors Changed Human History (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    " it's driven by gravity between the moon and earth and there's a lot more to it."

    I'm pretty sure the gravity of the Sun has something to do with it as well.

  20. "If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion." - George Bernard Shaw

  21. Re:Dashboards on Porsche Chooses Apple Over Google Because Google Wants Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    "a volume adjustment for road noise, "

    Thats cool. Is there a mute button as well?

    One thing hybrid cars need is a volume control for engine noise.

  22. 1M Digital on NY Times Passes 1M Digital Subscribers · · Score: 1

    So thats 1048576 in decimal

  23. Icehouse on An Ice House Design Concept For Mars Bets Long On Liquid Water · · Score: 1

    Icehouse was an Australian band in the 80's, known for the hit single 'Great Southern Land'

  24. High end hybrids on This is not F1 (or NASCAR): High-End Hybrids Race In Texas · · Score: 1

    You can't get any more 'high end' than an F1 car, and 160 horsepower comes from the electric motor

    Its Socji next weekend, will Vladimir the Great be handing out the prize to Hamilton, Rosberg, or Vettel

  25. Re:Coca Cola on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    Mountain Dew Throwback

    Unfortunately its only in cans