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  1. Re:An IM service for 19 Billion.... on Who's On WhatsApp, and Why? · · Score: 1

    Whether this will break even for Facebook or not is a given. It wont. [...] The math doesn't add up.

    And yet Facebook apparently disagrees. I'd suggest that they probably did a lot more math than you did before shelling out.

  2. Re:ambitious? on Japanese Firm Proposes Microwave-Linked Solar Plant On the Moon · · Score: 1

    After the oil runs out, there won't be any money. Details here. Warning -- it's a harrowing read.

    Yup. Things predicted on blogs always happen.

  3. A terrible "summary" linking to a poor "article" on Nostalgic For the ZX Spectrum? Soon You Can Play With a New One · · Score: 1

    There is a very interesting project underway to recreate the ZX Spectrum and more.

    No, there isn't. Certainly not "more" - I don't know where that's come from.

    This is the link you're looking for. The one that tells you that, actually, what's been kickstarted is a bluetooth keyboard in the style of a ZX spectrum.

    Speaking of that link, though, what's with the shitty JPEG details page? Don't we has text on the internets now?

  4. Re:And why not the QL instead? on Nostalgic For the ZX Spectrum? Soon You Can Play With a New One · · Score: 1

    Because more people remember ZXs.

  5. Re:Today, in /.'s Fake User Question on Slashdot Asks: Do You Label Your Tech Gear, and If So, How? · · Score: 1

    Dumber than asking a stupid question is not asking it.

  6. Re:Forget Jobs on Steve Jobs To Appear On US Postage Stamp · · Score: 1

    So, another six months at this rate.

  7. Can we even do one-way trip yet? on UAE Clerics' Fatwa Forbids Muslims From Traveling To Mars · · Score: 1

    At the moment, there is no technology available that would allow for a return trip from Mars

    Is there even technology available for the one-way trip yet?

  8. Re:I'd love to tell you, but... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 1

    Security through obscurity?

    Security plus obscurity.

    Has this site taught you nothing?!? :)

    It's taught me that the bar for +5 Funny is pre-tty low.

  9. Re:Live in a cave on Stack Overflow Could Explain Toyota Vehicles' Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

    That close enough to what you were thinking of?

  10. I'd love to tell you, but... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Manage Your Passwords? · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...that would be a security risk.

  11. Re:Broken link on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    Stupid site admins not understanding how the internet is supposed to work...

    Copy/paste the URL into a fresh tab and it loads fine.

  12. Re:The obvious question on Jolla Announces Sailfish OS 1.0 · · Score: 1

    If you're an adult and can't deal with choices in life something is seriously wrong with you.

    Sorry numbnuts, but humans aren't the mythical perfectly rational beings that you seem to think you are.

  13. Re:They still have not caught a single terrorist. on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 0

    Since 9/11 the fear is less about what fear will fear to the fear and more about what fear will fear fear fear fear.

    Feared that fear you.

  14. Re:They still have not caught a single terrorist. on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, airports... uh...

    Nevermind.

  15. Re:It goes both way on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    Hell, find me a bird.

    An avian that vocalises, or are you just a lonely cockney?

  16. Re:Cat got your brain? on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    because they learn to mimic our facial expressions with fair accuracy.

    Mimic? Do they even have enough facial muscles to do that?

    I did hear, however, that they can interpret our facial expressions better than most chimps.

  17. Re:Proof dogs talk: on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Proof dogs talk: on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    Squirrel!

  19. Re:Dogs are best on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    Because cats domesticted us.

  20. I miss RISC OS menus on Ubuntu 14.04 Brings Back Menus In Application Windows · · Score: 1

    Acorn mice had a dedicated middle button for bringing up menus wherever you were in a window.

    The other thing I really miss is being able to use the right button ("Adjust") to select a menu option and keep the menu open. I've never seen this in any other OS (not that I've seen many).

  21. Re:They still have not caught a single terrorist. on TSA: Confiscating Aluminum Foil and Watching Out For Solar Powered Bombs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why doesn't he just suicide-bomb the TSA line? Wouldn't that cause enough terror?

  22. Re:Cognitive dissonance on Drive-by Android Malware Exploits Unpatchable Vulnerability · · Score: 2

    It's very horribly written.

    The vulnerability exists in the WebView interface a malicious website can utilize it to gain a remote shell

    Missing some punctuation, or something.

    Vulnerable devices are any device that is running a version earlier than 4.2

    That's a pretty poorly written sentence. "Android versions prior to 4.2 are vulnerable" would have been much better.

    The vulnerability is in Android itself rather than the proprietary GMS application platform

    What does GMS stand for?

  23. ZOMG! Bitcoin and Amazon Coins are differents!!!1! on Amazon Coins and How the Definition of 'Crypto-Currency' Is Getting Too Loose · · Score: 1

    ZOMG! Bitcoin and Amazon Coins are differents!!!1!

    Yes, yes they are.

    Amazon Coins and How the Definition of 'Crypto-Currency' Is Getting Too Loose

    Is it? Who's calling Amazon Coins a crypto-currency? Is it "no-one"?

  24. Re:I've got it... on Another Possible Voynich Breakthrough · · Score: 2

    Since it was medieval times, I think a typo slipped in:

    "How to Seduce Women and Add Itches to Your Penis"

  25. Re:Wilhelm Roentgen Would be Proud on Supernova Secrets Seen In X-Rays · · Score: 1

    There is no universal consensus for a definition distinguishing between X-rays and gamma rays.