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  1. Re:Yay on A Better Thought-Controlled Computer Cursor · · Score: 1

    Stephen Hawking is probably jumping up and down for joy now.

    Errr, wait....

    According to the article, he's just not thinking hard enough.

  2. Re:Yes! on A Better Thought-Controlled Computer Cursor · · Score: 1

    Be careful; it appears that thinking in Russian is a gateway to talking to empty chairs.

  3. All of them on Ask Slashdot: Which International Online Music Stores Are Legit? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All of them are legit for certain values of 'legit', 'international', 'music', 'benefit', and 'artist'.

    In other news, we have always been at war with Eastasia.

    Seriously, if you find a store that meets ALL of those criteria, anywhere, it'll be the first. I think the only way to do that is to find a copy of the music anywhere you want, then throw a buck or ten to whomever you decide is the artist. In the case of a RIAA (or local equivalent) band, there's a good chance that the actual artist is not the official artist of record.

  4. Re:Civet IP? on Coffee and Intellectual Property · · Score: 1

    So, basically the same process by which Cmdr. Taco made a website, with Timothy taking the role of the civet?

  5. Re:Freedom is not granted by the administration on How Free Speech Died On Campus · · Score: 1

    The administration owns the property, and can use the police to remove students they don't want there.

    So we'll march day and night,
    By the big cooling tower,
    They have the plant,
    But we have the power.

  6. Re:Freedom is not granted by the administration on How Free Speech Died On Campus · · Score: 1

    You do it, and then you stand by it, damn the consequences. That's how it was done in the sixties, and there was collateral damage at first.

    But that would require them to leave their moms' basements or dorm rooms.

    Kids today seriously need to read some King or Thoreau. Civil disobedience sometimes means dealing with the consequences.

    Alone.

  7. As I approach 40 on It's Hard For Techies Over 40 To Stay Relevant, Says SAP Lab Director · · Score: 1

    As I approach 40, I find that valuable work time winds up being wasted chasing yoots off of my lawn.

  8. Re:Servers on New Malware Variant Uses Google Docs As a Proxy To Phone Home · · Score: 1

    And we all know the murderous rage that powers McAfee.

    With a side order of illicit drugs. Tasty, tasty roofies... (although given that the article I read said he was experimenting with rectal ingestion, not necessarily tasty...)

  9. Re:Have they announced the Three Stooges game pack on Just In Time for the Holidays, Nintendo Wii U Gets Its US Release · · Score: 2

    Oh, a wise guy...

  10. Re:Steam? on Valve's Big Picture Could Be a Linux Game Console · · Score: 1

    And you felt the need to shout that out for everyone to hear?

    Sure. That's what the internet is for. For me to voice my opinion on stuff. What, you thought it was only about you?

    That would make both of you wrong, when clearly the Internet is all about me. And porn. Which is redundant.

  11. Re:Home taping is killing music on In Mississippi: 15-Year Jail Sentence For Selling Pirated Movies and Music · · Score: 1

    so it's really 10,506 counts of murder.

    One man's murder is another man's mercy killing or assisted suicide.

  12. Re:3 strikes and he's out on In Mississippi: 15-Year Jail Sentence For Selling Pirated Movies and Music · · Score: 1

    'Black' determined, of course, by the paper bag test. Gotta make sure they get in the 'browns' who might be passing.

  13. Re:It's a sad sign of the times on Tapping Shale Reserves, US Would Become World's Top Oil Producer By 2017 · · Score: 1

    Because oil has a hell of a lot more uses than just fuel. Something has to grease the wheels.

    The squashed remains of the 47% should do nicely. Isn't that how the Egyptians greased the skids while building the pyramids? As it was, so ever will it be.

  14. Re:CSI: Belize on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 1

    . Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for
                        a pulse?"
                A: "No."
                Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
                A: "No."
                Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
                A: "No."
                Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
                        began the autopsy?"
                A: "No."
                Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
                A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
                Q: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
                A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing
                        law somewhere."

  15. Re:Dig even deeper.. on $200,000 Judgement Against Google In Mokbel Shots Case · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Mr Trkulja had incorrectly filled out a form for reporting offensive material by not including the URL of the content to which he objected."

    Hello, Google? Yes, you know that image, I want it taken down as it defames me. Just do it and don't ask me these frivolous questions

    He probably expected them to Google it on Bing or something.

  16. Re:2005 called on PSP Emulator For Android Released · · Score: 1

    No paper cuts either.

  17. Re:Paging Mr Hill and Mr Gibbons on NASA Pondering L2 Outpost, Return To Moon · · Score: 1

    They gotta lot of nice girls there.

  18. Re:So what? on Microsoft Surface Touch Cover 'Splits Within Days' · · Score: 2

    I bet the only people who get this problem are the same people who fold paperback books completely back on themselves when they read them.

    Those people deserve everything they get. Especially if they do it to library books.

  19. Re:Retire at 20 on Should a Teenage Entrepreneur Sell Out To Facebook? · · Score: 1

    Yeah...we call them stupid.

    Get $5Million clear....invest it in a non-agressive manner, which could still get you like %5 interest annually.

    As long as you don't buy leer jets...you could live easily on about $250K a year pretty readily.....

    I know I could.

    But after the leer jet, I think I'll buy me a football team.

  20. Re:Unless you have rabbits. on Ask Slashdot: Extreme Cable Management? · · Score: 1

    You really don't want to be electrocuting rabbits. They are best stewed or braised.

    Argh! What's he doing! Stupid fat hobbit. You ruins it!

    /golfclap

  21. Re:Maybe on A Piezoelectric Pacemaker That Is Powered By Your Heartbeat · · Score: 1

    I investigated the issue back in September. IIRC, about 1/3 of all pacemakers in the US include a defibrillator function.

  22. Re:Did you ever wonder why on Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees · · Score: 1

    Because it is a good news story? It interests people?

    There is no conspiracy, if anything the media is making it look like a far closer race than it is. Again because that makes for a good story.

    And good stories sell ads. And political ads demand top rates. (If they are to the groups not officially controlled by the candidates, which form the bulk of the ad buys)

  23. Re:Did the cop got fired? on Supreme Court Hearing Case On Drug-Sniffing Dog "Fishing Expeditions" · · Score: 1

    I actually love dog -- I mean dogs -- but I was kidding. I know on /. it is sometimes hard to tell. Although on Halloween I was tempted to extend the joke and point out that police officer is very tasty as well, especially if turned into delicious Eastern NC style barbecue...

    rgb

    Mmmm. Long pork FTW. Got any good recipes?

  24. As good as lie detectors? on Supreme Court Hearing Case On Drug-Sniffing Dog "Fishing Expeditions" · · Score: 0

    Aren't drug sniffing dogs just about as reliable and scientific as lie detectors? With nothing other than the 'trained' officer's 'informed' opinion about whether the dog found something?

    Seems legit.

  25. Re:WTF were they even doing at sea? on Sandy Sinks HMS Bounty, Knocks Off Gawker Websites · · Score: 1

    If this is what you are talking about, it doesn't look to me like it wound up in the street.