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  1. Re:Not 1609 kilometers... on Cities' Heat Can Affect Temperatures 1000+ Miles Away · · Score: 1

    you can't do an exact convert and add false precision to the statement...

    Evidently you can.

  2. Re:More context provided in the extended clip. on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 1

    And then Benedict Arnold discovered his love of Doctor Who, and the rest is history.

  3. Re:H.265 will gain traction in video conferencing on ITU Approves H.264 Video Standard Successor H.265 · · Score: 2

    I also think that H.265 could find its way to satellite TV broadcasting, because its lower bandwidth requirements for 720p/1080i resolution video means they can add in more channels per satellite.

    You might be waiting a while. We're still stuck with MPEG2 for our SD channels, over DVB-T and DVB-S.

  4. Re:Lorentz invariance on Purported Relativity Paradox Resolved · · Score: 1

    Einstein's theory of special relativity

  5. Re:They turned Woz into a loser on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 1

    That'll teach him for not dying first.

  6. Re:Historicaly accurate on Steve Jobs Movie Clip Historically Inaccurate, Says Woz · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Don't forget how he changed cars every six months (same model, different car) so he never had to have a licence plate and could park in disabled bays with impunity.

  7. Re:Argh! on BitTorrent Launches Dropbox Alternative · · Score: 1

    You should go to Jamaica and become a limbo dancer.

    (or do I need to explain that joke as well?)

  8. Re:Scam! The truth is out. on Secret UK Uranium Components Plant Closed Over Safety Fears · · Score: 1

    A bit over-literal, perhaps?

  9. Re:Grammar? on Opportunity Begins 10th Year on Mars · · Score: 1

    It's "milestone Thursday." Like "jello Tuesday."

  10. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    That was pivotal to Sourcecode. If you haven't seen it, you should--it is actually a quite brilliant contribution to the sci-fi genre.

    That movie annoyed me. No-one seemed to give a crap about the guy Jake Gyllenhal leapt into (it was pretty Quantum Leap-y) who is now for all intensive porpoises dead. It was otherwise okay though.

  11. Re:No more time travel! on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 1

    You can play it for comedy, eg one of the better time travel scenes is in the Bill and Ted movie where they and the bad guy keep going back to trump each other's move.

    My favourite bit is that Ted (or is it Bill? Keanu Reeves) introduces Rufus as Rufus to his younger self. Rufus never gives his name.

  12. Re:Last message from the Opportunity rover on Opportunity Begins 10th Year on Mars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So you've got time to come to Slashdot and write a hundred words of Mars Rover internal monologue, but you're too awesome to read a webcomic?

  13. Re:Why Dinosaurs? on Interviews: Ask What You Will of Paleontologist Jack Horner · · Score: 4, Funny

    Paleontologist Jack Horner

    There's a clue there.

  14. Re:What about contacts graph? on Google Pushing Back On Law Enforcement Requests For Access To Gmail Accounts · · Score: 1

    Now, in each letter, the from address and the to address are open in the public.

    Is a from address mandatory in the US?

  15. Re:Really!? on EFF Moves To Nix Trademark On "Gaymer" · · Score: 4, Funny

    An appropriate moment from the Simpsons:

    "We're here! We're queer! Get used to it!"
    Lisa: "We are used to it. You do this every year."

  16. What I hate about drop-down menus on The Mobile App Design Tail Wags the Desktop Software Design Dog · · Score: 1

    What I hate about drop-down menus (on Windows, at least, it's presuambly doable on some Linux distro) is that you can't click an option and keep the menu open. If you've got four options to tick three levels down, it gets dull quick.

  17. Re:Their conclusion, my conclusion. on Male Scientists More Prone To Misconduct · · Score: 1

    But that does seem a pretty small sample size to be drawing such conclusions, to be fair.

  18. Re:Their conclusion, my conclusion. on Male Scientists More Prone To Misconduct · · Score: 4, Informative

    The number of women in that group was one-third of what one would expect based on female representation in the life sciences

    So, no.

  19. Re:/. to review their grammar practises! on Mega Defends Its Security Practices · · Score: 1

    How is "security practices" a case of a noun modifying a verb? If the word "security" wasn't there, "practices" is clearly a noun, so why does it suddenly become a verb when you stick "security" in front of it?

    Let's ask Google:

    +"security practises" About 10,200 results
    +"security practices" About 1,070,000 results

  20. Re:Who is "Ryan?" on To Open Source Obama's Get-Out-the-Vote Code Or Not? · · Score: 1
    I didn't get that far. I got stuck trying to parse this bit:

    The political folks want to keep the get out the vote code closed source

  21. Re:Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone on MIT Warned of a JSTOR Death Sentence Due To Swartz · · Score: 1

    Did he deserve to die, or are you happy with 50 years jail?

    What do those questions have to do with the GP's post?

  22. Re:Ah! on Why Ray Kurzweil's Google Project May Be Doomed To Fail · · Score: 2, Funny

    (That'll teach me to post to Slashdot when I'm sorting out my Mingus!)

    Stop doing that or it'll fall off.

  23. Who's "Microsoft Will"? on Will Microsoft Sell Off Its Entertainment Division? · · Score: 1

    Will Microsoft Will Sell Off Its Entertainment Division?

    C'mooooooon, ffs.

  24. Re:Cable Only Being Used For Downstream Traffic on Cuba Turns On Submarine Internet Cable · · Score: 1

    Well duh. For that you'd need two tubes^H^H^H^H^Hcables.

  25. Re:I have an idea on Intel To Help Stephen Hawking Communicate Faster · · Score: 1

    As does ignorance to the informed.