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  1. Ahhh that's why delivery was delayed on Google Gives 15,000 Raspberry Pis To UK Schools · · Score: 1

    I was wondering why there was such a wait for deliveries. Now we know, Google bought tens of thousands of them and distributed them to people who'll use them as door jams.

  2. The price of money is rigged? on The Biggest Financial Fraud of All Time · · Score: 1

    and their counterparts at other firms to rig the price of money

    OMG! Who would have imagined that the global banking system is anything but a collection of honest people working hard for the betterment of society??

  3. Now we can finally openly acknowledge it on J.J. Abrams To Direct Star Wars VII · · Score: 4, Funny

    Star Wars is lost

  4. What does CISCO stand for? on Cisco Exits the Consumer Market, Sells Linksys To Belkin · · Score: 3, Funny

    Choice of
    Investments
    Suck
    Causing
    Outrage

    Join in the fun!

  5. Where's the trust? on Privacy Advocates Demand Transparency From Skype · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why not just trust Microsoft?

    What could possibly go wrong?

  6. It's all because of Unity on Canonical Could Switch To Rolling Releases For Ubuntu 14.04 and Beyond · · Score: 0

    Canonical dropped a POS with Unity, lost over half of their user base and destroyed any credibility they have.

    Solution? Have a way to update all of the LTS's to remove the rubbish unilaterally and thoughtlessly forced upon those users who couldn't stand it.

    The problem isn't that Canonical can't undo the mistake they've made, the problem is that Canonical made that mistake in the first place. And here comes the next mistake, rolling releases. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion where everything that made the train great is slowly being crumpled under the weight of the impact.

  7. Re:Be careful on Canonical Could Switch To Rolling Releases For Ubuntu 14.04 and Beyond · · Score: 1

    If anything it migth strengthen the LTS.

    If it would strengthen the LTS, then why aren't Ubuntu users switching to the interrim releases instead of using the LTS?

  8. It's truly the end on Robot Serves Up 360 Hamburgers Per Hour · · Score: 4, Insightful

    .. of employment in America.

  9. Re:Wow! on Schmidt, Daughter Talk About North Korea Trip · · Score: 3, Funny

    the North Korean government should completely and radically change from a multi-generational dictatorship to a representative Democracy and Capitalistic System, with the intent of reunification with their southern brothers

    NK: We don't want a representative democracy
    US: What if we meet you half way?

  10. Re:Teething Problems on Kim Dotcom's Mega Claims 1 Million Users Within 24 Hours · · Score: 5, Funny

    Send an e-mail for password recovery: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov

  11. Re:hmm on Scientists Create New Gasoline Substitute Out of Plants · · Score: 2

    That sounds like a load of bullshit to me.
    - What would you be growing on the land to come to the 14% figure? Different plants have different yields for hectare along with differing growth periods.
    - What process of refinement was used for the estimate?
    - How was the total US energy 'budget' calculated? Note the word 'budget' not 'usage' .. which is indicative of an estimate, not a fact

    That '14%' is the most elaborate and outrageous guess I've ever seen quoted by a commentator.

    insightful :- characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.

    Regurgitating Exxon's 'scientific research' isn't perceptive, it's blind obedience.

  12. Re:Two questions on The World Remains Five Minutes From Midnight · · Score: 1

    We do not know for sure that ocean life is doomed because of increasing CO2 levels

    I often hesitate in using this term, but you .. good sir, are a DOOM DENIALIST!

  13. Hah! on Bushfire Threatens Major Telescope · · Score: 1

    Didn't see that coming did you?

  14. Re:Ok on Windows RT Jailbreak Tool Released · · Score: 1

    Nokia.

  15. Opportunity for talent? on GM CIO Says HP Hiring Probe "Not the Best Use Our Legal System" · · Score: 1

    I think talent will go where talent sees opportunity

    Which begs the question, where do the untalented people work? Obviously not for failing computer companies or near bankrupt automotive manufacturers.

  16. ARMless on Windows RT Jailbreak Tool Released · · Score: 5, Funny

    allow for the execution of unsigned ARM desktop applications

    Awesome! Quick, somebody write some applications!

  17. Deer deer me on World's First Linux Powered Rifle Announced · · Score: 1

    Finally .. a killer Linux portable

  18. Re:A bit late for this. on Why JavaScript Is the New Perl · · Score: 1

    It's 2013, and someone is discovering Javascript?

    Let's face facts and blame Perl, it's always worked in the past

  19. Re:People still print photos? on Can Fotobar Make Polaroid Relevant Again? · · Score: 1

    I don't think "printing photos" is a growth business

    That's why it's such a perfect fit for Polaroid.

  20. That's the difference between law and morality on Are Programmers Responsible For the Actions of Their Clients? · · Score: 1

    the legal question "Is the programmer responsible for what their client does with the software they write?"

    the moral question "Should the programmer have written the software?"

    Seriously, most of us work on rubbish that rips people off. The thin red line of 'legal' vs 'illegal' is just as much an abuse of law as what the government is doing. Don't want to get in trouble for writing dodgy software?

    .. stop writing it.

  21. Re:Good Guys With Guns? on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    the first amendment protects this newspaper

    I hear that the chief editor is carrying hundreds of copies in the front of her shirt.

  22. Re:Publish the guards names on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    The threats were printed on security company letterhead.

  23. Re:surely, you're joking on In the World of Big Stuff, the US Still Rules · · Score: 1

    we'll be looking to Made in Viet Nam, Made in Thailand, Made in North Korea, or Made in Kazahkstan with derision

    Why wait? We're already looking to 'Made in the USA' with derision.

  24. Re:Looks like fun, but... on Star Wars Fans Plan Full-Size Millennium Falcon Replica · · Score: 1

    My fully functional R2-D2 is sitting right behind me as I type this

    How did you get the holograms to work??

  25. Re:America was king in the 60s and 70s on Voyager 1, So Close To Interstellar Space That We Can Taste It! · · Score: 1

    The biggests mistake that America made was "free-trade" and dropping their tarifs and duties

    The degredation of fundamental education was clearly a far bigger mistake.