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  1. Re:It's all simulations! on Single-Atom Layer of Tin May Be a New Wonder Conductor · · Score: 2

    It's all simulations!

    Little early to be getting metaphysical.

  2. Re:I call bull on Single-Atom Layer of Tin May Be a New Wonder Conductor · · Score: 0

    quench

    That always sounds like a sexual fetish to me.

  3. Re:Useless on DARPA's Atlas Walking Over Randomness · · Score: 1

    How utterly useless.

    It's better than any bipedal robot you've ever developed.

  4. Re:Don't miss the Peter Davison special... on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Including cameo appearances by Peter Jackson and Ian McKellen (~13:00)...

    Seems to be quite a family affair too - Sean Pertwee in the opening scene, Michael Troughton as one of the Dalek operators, Peter Davison's daughter (and son-in-law) and Colin Baker's family.

  5. Re:Don't miss the Peter Davison special... on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    A reply in lieu of mod points. Peter Davison has proved himself to be a comedy genius.

  6. Re:What's the name of it?? on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    The Day of the Doctor.

  7. Another poorly-thought out Slashdot story title on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Happy 50th Doctor Who

    50th what? When you're discussing a show where one of the main features is the regular re-casting of the lead actor, and said actors are referred to by their ordinal numbers... just sayin'.

  8. Re:Night of the Doctor mini prequel on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    #drwho

    Yeeeaaah no.

  9. Re:*** SOMEWHAT SPOILERISH *** on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Holy crap, I wasn't expecting the Curator!

    I knew something was up, but... well, spoilers, but: blub.

  10. Re:Watched on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    If you go around calling it "Dr Who" and not capitalising "Doctor," you may find your ideas getting short shrift ;)

  11. Re:Too retro on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dr. Who, Star [Wars|Gate|Dreck]. Too retro. I'm old enough to remember when they all started. They had their day. They need to disappear into history.

    You know, you can just stop watching something if you don't like it.

    Are we going to have to put up with that whole series as movies?

    Unless you're going to be dragged into the cinema against your will and clamped into the chair with your eyelids propped up a la Clockwork Orange, no, you're not going to have to put up with it.

    They had their day. They need to disappear into history.

    Your opinion doesn't trump everyone else's. Sorry.

  12. Re:conspiracy! on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    See if you can find the book "Who Killed Kennedy" for the truth. About a lot of things.

    You'll note there's no question mark in the title...

  13. Re:They sold out a long time ago on Mozilla's 2012 Annual Report: 90% of Revenue Came From Google · · Score: 1

    Only one I've found since blocking third-party cookies (though I may not have connected other issues to it). Google need to take a lot of the blame for not making it fail gracefully. You'd click to comment, it'd ask you to update to Google+ or something, and then the next box would just stay blank.

  14. Re:They sold out a long time ago on Mozilla's 2012 Annual Report: 90% of Revenue Came From Google · · Score: 1

    Which makes it a problem with cookies.

  15. Re:Ha! on Users Identified Through Typing, Mouse Movements · · Score: 1

    You're my wife now, Dave.

  16. Re:Make it easy? on Tor Now Comes In a Box · · Score: 1

    Have you installed TOR on a winders box recently?

    You don't even have to install it (for web browsing at least).

    https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

  17. Re:Ha! on Users Identified Through Typing, Mouse Movements · · Score: 2

    Dave's not here man.

  18. Re:So? Will anyone use it? on Putting the Wolfram Language (and Mathematica) On Every Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    Yet another language I, whose opinion can be safely extrapolated to the entire of humanity, don't need...

    FTFY.

  19. Re:Silly to assume on Mars Rock Older Than Thought · · Score: 2

    What makes you so sure that "time" is the same on Mars as it is on Earth?

    What makes you think they might not be?

  20. Re:Is there wireless signal above 10,000 feet? on FCC To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes · · Score: 1

    Actually it probably goes from plane to third party to cell tower - that would be simpler than the third-party handling the call.

  21. Re:I see $$$ signs! on FCC To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes · · Score: 1

    they can't charge you for an incoming call.

    Oh ya think?

  22. Woah, dude on Mars Rock Older Than Thought · · Score: 0

    Mars Rock Older Than Thought

    That's nothing. I've got underpants that are older than time.

  23. Re:Is there wireless signal above 10,000 feet? on FCC To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes · · Score: 1

    So I don't see how even any special equipment in planes can work with such low signal levels.

    The article seems to suggest communication will be through a third party, not direct to cell towers (and not to cell towers at all, if you're calling a fixed line).

  24. Re:What? on FCC To Consider Cellphone Use On Planes · · Score: 1

    there was absolutely no noise at all.

    Then your mic is broken. Duh.

  25. Re:one small problem on Ask Slashdot: How Reproducible Is Arithmetic In the Cloud? · · Score: 1

    Grrr.. yep; one bit would only cover cases like 0.789789789...

    With only one bit, how would you know it's not 0.78907890... or 0.7890078900...?