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  1. Re:Someone cavity searched 10,000 pigeons? on China Worried About Terrorist Pigeons · · Score: 1

    Nah. It's cool. We get to keep whatever we find.

  2. It's like an app on The $1,200 DIY Gunsmithing Machine · · Score: 1

    for cheap chinese CNC mill/drills. Snore. I wonder if the people who are going to be up in .... (arms?) over this know that a CNC mill makes pretty much anything and these dangerous items are in their very own communities! The horroR!

  3. Place money where mouth is on The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    50k hours you say? And you would like me to adopt this new tech? Make that the warranty term for free replacement and I'll pony up to the bar. Otherwise... beat $0.59 incandescents on cost per thousand hours. Go right ahead and include the cost of electricity in your calculations.

  4. Re:Odd name on Rosetta Hunts For Comet Touch Down Site For Philae Lander · · Score: 2

    It would have been funnier if they called it the Philae Landerer

  5. Re:Send in the drones! on Russian Military Forces Have Now Invaded Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Im not 100% clear why we wouldnt want to get involved here, if ever there were a time to get involved.

    Perhaps our president could just make some bold statement about a line that must not be crossed, daring Putin to step over it. I'm sure he wouldn't dare!

  6. Re:The death of leniency on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They are also less likely to charge you with a bullshit charge they "discovered" having stopped you on sketchy grounds in the first place.

  7. Re:The US slides back to the caves on Limiting the Teaching of the Scientific Process In Ohio · · Score: 1

    Adding an additional data point - Jesus's woodcrafting tools measured in cubits so it's not that either. In fact his penis was said to be several millicubits long.

  8. Aside from all the other reasons stated... on The Evolution of Diet · · Score: 1

    Exactly what percentage of people who die before the age of 25 have developed high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, or cardiovascular disease even today? That is a middle-aged problem set even in a world where we eat shit sitting in front of the TV every damn day for 35 years.

  9. Wow. Now if only.... on Systems That Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone Users Go Around the Globe · · Score: 2

    I just could have that super-spy technology be responsible for one long running phone conversation that did not contain the following: "Hello? Are you still there? Crap. Gone again."

  10. What about all those people who need a kidney? on New Nail Polish Alerts Wearers To Date Rape Drugs · · Score: 2

    Do you people have any idea what this will do to my organ harvesting business?

  11. The Dewey Decimal System on Why the Public Library Beats Amazon · · Score: 2

    Suck it Bezos!

  12. I'd be interested in the module alone as a kit on Android Motorcycle Helmet/HUD Gains Funding · · Score: 1

    Helmets take damage, expire, and have a wide range of cost vs features that make it ridiculous to me to buy a helmet from a gadget company and I have more than one for different applications. I would happily plunk down reasonable money for a nicely prepped DIY kit to install their (IMO very useful) gadget in my current helmet though. Or, send my helmet to them for modification if it were a particularly difficult thing to do well. Better yet - spend some engineering time to make it easily transferable to any helmet.

  13. Re:Pro-Evolutionists have devolved on Study: Dinosaurs "Shrank" Regularly To Become Birds · · Score: 1

    Reading through the comments and following the debate, it is clear that evolution may be an incorrect theory

    I read thru the comments but didn't see any debate, nor was it clear to me what made it clear to you that Evolution was an incorrect theory. Could you please present the case where magic is the root of all things as I am sure you are juuuust busting at the seams to do because I totally want to believe in magic. Thanks! (special thanks if your solution involves hottie chicks with wings)

  14. The appearance of being busy on If You're Always Working, You're Never Working Well · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People learn what works. Secretly producing all of your required output in 5 hours then adding some extra on top of it - then going fishing for four days is a recipe for dismissal. Productivity measurement equates to attendance and attitude and workers have adapted by creating a steady stream of noise. You show up at the meetings, respond to email and participate in discussions. You smile. You go all-in any time of day for some trivial shit that you could have let go except demonstrate activity. You are a value to the team. It does not matter that you haven't actually accomplished anything meaningful.

  15. Re:Why does this make me think of... on It's Not a Car, It's a Self-Balancing Electric Motorcycle (Video) · · Score: 1

    I don't know whether to agree with you or ask if that was your best "Jordy".

  16. Why does this make me think of... on It's Not a Car, It's a Self-Balancing Electric Motorcycle (Video) · · Score: 0

    Mr Garrison?

  17. Toyota solves US infrastructure problems! on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 1

    No need to fix those pesky decaying roads and bridges... just hover smoothly over them!

  18. If I had mod points you would have mod points! on $10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide · · Score: 0

    Fear mongering does not need to be rational, this is citizen training so that they hear and see how rewarding it can be to turn in people for cash.

    +1

  19. FLAPS! on The Brakes That Stop a 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC · · Score: 2

    Why aren't they using analog flaps to gradually increase drag? At 1000mph you will decelerate pretty quickly by just not applying thrust. Other aircraft can slow down pretty well using them and they don't have the friction of maintaining contact with the ground to help. Bonus for using the same flaps to increase downforce as they open so the mechanical brakes will work better or just deploy a dragster chute once you get below the operating envelope.

  20. Batteries? BAH. on Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric? · · Score: 1

    What we really need is some seriously big, efficient capacitors.

  21. We should use the moon as a hazardous waste dump on Thorium: The Wonder Fuel That Wasn't · · Score: 1

    That would "incentivise" our space exploration objectives!

  22. Smithsonian on Ask Slashdot: What Good Print Media Is Left? · · Score: 1

    It's always got good stuff and lasts two visits to the throne room.

  23. Re:The Economist on Ask Slashdot: What Good Print Media Is Left? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's also not so easy to put a revision on history when it's in physical copy to be referred to whenever needed. When all your historical documents are digital... how long before it's really possible to claim "Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia"? That would be doubleplus ungood.

  24. Huh. Who knew... on Mathematicians Use Mossberg 500 Pump-Action Shotgun To Calculate Pi · · Score: 2

    We have only been using shotguns for fractions.

  25. Send the Immortals on How Many People Does It Take To Colonize Another Star System? · · Score: 1

    We should combine this thought exercise with the recent article about the theoretical possibility that we will become physically immortal in the foreseeable future. No reason to half-ass nonsense thought exercises. High comedy... to have a few generations of people born and dying on a starship only to hail the call to dock with another ship one day delivering the GREAT news that someone discovered a faster way to travel.