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  1. First on DARPA Wants Atlas Robot To Go Wireless · · Score: 1

    You need a power source

  2. Re:Data about where and how people drive? on Google Thinks the Insurance Industry May Be Ripe For Disruption · · Score: 1

    If people drive with their cellphones off (or in their tinfoil purse) then Google won't know where they drive

    OTOH they should give them a lower premium because they are not driving with their cellphones on, so won't be distracted by texting or answering the phone.

  3. I thought on The Most Popular Passwords Are Still "123456" and "password" · · Score: 1

    I thought the most popular password was just {enter}

  4. Re:confusing headline. on Serious Fraud Office Drop Investigation Into Autonomy Accounting · · Score: 1

    Whereas entertainers are investigated by The Humourous Fraud Office

  5. Re: "15 to 20 per cent higher risk of death on Regular Exercise Not Enough To Make Up For Sitting All Day · · Score: 2

    "But over the same time period, people who sit all day long are more likely to die sooner -- no matter what it's from.

    The implication being that sitting all day seems to help whatever is already killing you do it faster."

    So the people who sit all day have increased their risk of being hit by a large asteroid, but such an impact is going to wipe out the rest of us as well, therefore we need to get those people up and moving or we are all going to die!

  6. Re:A Boom in Civilization on Sid Meier's New Game Is About Starships · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought our galaxy was only about 100,000 LY across
    Wikipedia says 100,000 to 120,000

    But maybe Samsung will come out with a bigger one

  7. Re:A Boom in Civilization on Sid Meier's New Game Is About Starships · · Score: 1

    While it is unlikely that 2 different races would meet with similar levels of technology (at least similar enough to have a war rather than a massacre) Its more likely that humans could end up fighting other humans. Think of Star Wars )rebels trying to break away from the Empire)
    And habitable planets seem rare enough to fight over so far.

  8. Crazy on Andy Wolber Explores Online Word Processors' ODF Support · · Score: 2

    WTF is the point of an online word processor?

    Every smartphone has enough CPU power and memory to run a WP onboard, the only thing they haven't got is a big enough display and a keyboard, and having thte program online isn't going to fix that.

    Maybe there is a point in having your document stored in 'the cloud' (unless you want privacy)

  9. Re: First world problems on Google To Test Build-It-Yourself Ara Smartphones In Puerto Rico · · Score: 1

    They are all third world countries, because they are on the third planet out from the sun.

    When we colonize Mars we can have some fourth world countries.

  10. Re:But on Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support For Windows 7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As in all the recent ones suck...

  11. But on Microsoft Ends Mainstream Support For Windows 7 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Some people are even now upgrading to Win 7

    I wouldn't touch 8.x with a 3 metre resident of Warsaw

  12. Re:I'll tell you the most important characteristic on Education Debate: Which Is More Important - Grit, Or Intelligence? · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a quote from one of the Airplane movies

  13. Bolt on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show · · Score: 4, Funny

    So will you need a special washer to clean it?

  14. "The" black box ? on AirAsia QZ8501 Black Box Found · · Score: 4, Informative

    I thought there were 2 of them

    Flight Data recorder (records all the instrument readings and control inputs from the pilot)
    Cockpit Voice recorder (rocords the voices of the pilot and copilot saying "shit"

    Generally the first one is the most important source of information.

  15. Real 3D or on 3D Cameras Are About To Go Mainstream · · Score: 1

    do you have to wear silly glasses

    Remember the old Viewmaster slides from 45 or mor years ago?

  16. Re:2000s on The Mystery of Glenn Seaborg's Missing Plutonium: Solved · · Score: 1

    But of course the 21st century didn't start until Jan 1, 2001
    (there was no year zero)

  17. Spanish Guitar on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    and introducing acoustic guitar
    Plus
    Tubular Bells

    Yep, its been over 40 years since Mike Oldfield released his first album

  18. I discover new music on Radio, Not YouTube, Is Still King of Music Discovery · · Score: 1

    I discover new (age) musicon the music channel "Soundscapes"

  19. 5 , 4,We are go for Main engine start, 3 on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    A space shuttle liftoff
    And before that a Saturn V liftoff

  20. Re:We need footage of the escalation... on LAPD Orders Body Cams That Will Start Recording When Police Use Tasers · · Score: 1

    Yeah, police cams should be on all the time, but if there is no incident during the shift the whole thing can be erased.
    The ploice union may not like it, but the union rep would have to be advised when the tape is subpoenaed

  21. Volunteers needed on SpaceX Rocket Launch Succeeds, But Landing Test Doesn't · · Score: 1

    For the first manned landings

  22. So don't throw away your tickets yet on Virgin Galactic Test Flights To Restart This Year · · Score: 1

    They might still get tourists into space before the end of the century

  23. IETF on HTTP/2 - the IETF Is Phoning It In · · Score: -1

    Internet Explorer Task Force?

    Fortunately I havent used IE for donkey's years.

    Or is it Islamic Extremists Terrorize France

    And I guess that HTTP/2 is some half arsed web protocol

  24. MI5 chief seeks new powers on MI5 Chief Seeks New Powers After Paris Magazine Attack · · Score: 1

    By all means - expose him to really high does of gamma radiation and see what kind of superpower(s) he gets

    Well it worked for the Fantastic 4 and the incredible hulk

  25. Paralyzed rats on New Implant Lets Paralyzed Rats Walk Again · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never mind them walking, how about getting them to pass some legislation, approve some nominees, and attend to the country'e debts.

    Oh wait, you don't mean the ones in Washington