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  1. Re:This triggers my WW3 theories. on Glitches: United Airlines Grounds All Flights, NYSE Suspends Trading · · Score: 1

    If FaceBook and Twitter went down, productivity would increase...

  2. Modt healthcare workers work while sick on Most Doctors Work While Sick, Despite Knowing It's Bad For Patients · · Score: 2

    Since there isn't enough staff to cover your absence.

    I'm not feeling the best tonight myself
    But there are only 4 aides and 2 nurses listed on the online schedule and another one of the PM crew working half the NOC shift
    full staff for nights is 1 nurses and 7 aides or 1 nurse and 8 aides

  3. Just wondering on Seahorse Tails Could Inspire New Generation of Robots · · Score: 1

    Why do robots need tails anyway?

  4. Re:Southern hemisphere... on Russian Progress Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station · · Score: 1

    or as the Rocket Man himself said:
      It's July but it's cold as Christmas In the middle of the year.

  5. Its obvious on Scientists Look For Patterns In North Carolina Shark Attacks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its shark week

  6. Biggest tech mistake on Ask Slashdot: How Much Did Your Biggest Tech Mistake Cost? · · Score: 0

    In 1985 I bought a "Fat" Mac for NZ$10K
    (The kiwi $ was worth about 44cents US at the time)

  7. New Chicago? That was a planet featured at the beginning of "The Mote in God's Eye" (Niven/Pournelle)

  8. Re:It's not fair! on First Human Colonies Should Be Among Venus' Clouds · · Score: 2

    "men [are] from Mars and women from Venusâ"and that each gender is acclimated to its own planet[...]"

    and relationship books are from Uranus

  9. See with what equipment on What If You Could See Asteroids In the Night Sky? · · Score: 1

    If we can see an asteroid with the naked eye it might be time to duck.
    Its almost certainly too late to call B ruce Willis

  10. Re:That's nuthin on Pass the Doritos, Scientists Develop Computer Game Targeted At Healthy Choices · · Score: 1

    "I typically gain 20 lbs over the winter, then lose it over the summer"

    I spose it depends where you live.

    " plus rain and crappy weather."

    Here it doesn't rain in the winter, its too cold for that.
    I'd much rather be outside in the winter time, with a temperature of below 255K than in the summer when its above 300 and 100% humidity

  11. Re:Demographics on FB Reveals Woeful Diversity Numbers · · Score: 1

    Back when I was in school, parent=teacher meetings were always in the evenings so that both parents could attend. Of course this was long. long ago (early seventies), in a country 8000 miles away

  12. Re:Because titan has ice, pluto isn't even a plane on Why Didn't Voyager Visit Pluto? · · Score: 1

    Back at the time of Voyager, Pluto was a planet

  13. Re:Yawn all around. on The Physics of Lexus's Hoverboard · · Score: 1

    Yeah, 40 years ago they thought all (passenger) railways would be maglev with linear induction motors doing over 500Km/hr and replace aircraft for medium distance... This is basically the same sort of technology. Of course we really need room temp superconductors first...

  14. Social Media Outage on Are We Too Quick To Act On Social Media Outrage? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't use either Twitter or Facebook so would not be worried if eithere or both of them went down

  15. highly more cable on Lenovo Could Remake the ThinkPad X300 With Current Technologies · · Score: 3, Funny

    "have lead to Lenovo ThinkPads that are lighter, much faster, and highly more cable"

    I would've thought modern Lenovo's would be highly more WiFi than cable

  16. Alexa on Amazon Opens Up Echo's Alexa To Developers · · Score: 1

    That name sounds Russian - are we sure this isn't recording stuff for the KGB?

    (Of course for national security we wouldn't mind if it was just sending info to the NSA/FBI/CIA)

  17. Uber on Anti-Uber Taxi Protest Blocks Access To Airports In France · · Score: 1

    I guess the name Uber would upset the French, after all they get to hear deutschland über alles everytime the Germans invade...

  18. Of course not on Elon Musk Probably Won't Be the First Martian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ray Walston

  19. cool on Samsung Cripples Windows Update To Prevent Incompatible Drivers · · Score: 2

    Disabling windows update - at least automatically - is a good idea.

    It kept installing that reminder about Windows 10 coming soon.

    I don't want Windows 10 - I hear it disables some critical software (Solitaire)

  20. Allstate unit on Your Next Allstate Inspector Might Be a Drone · · Score: 2

    Will it use the codename "Snake Doctor"

  21. :TANSTAAFL on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 2

    its There Ain't no such thing as a free lunch

  22. 5G as accelerating at 19.0303 metres per second per second

  23. Ithought on Unicode Consortium Releases Unicode 8.0.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That slashdot didn't support unicode

  24. Better system on US Airlines Say Smaller Carry-Ons Are Not In the Cards · · Score: 1

    Instead of charging extra per bag, ihey should charge on the total weight (of passenger, carry on and checked bags)
    since its the wieght that is the main cost for the modern airliner.

  25. Si instead of outsourcing to India, AMD outsources to Indians living on a couple of islands in the middle of the Pacific.