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  1. Re:It doesn't matter if we want a "connected home" on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 2

    To anyone currently building or planning to build a house: have a faraday cage built-in into the walls, floors and roof. That includes the windows. It's going to be a pain in the short term to not have wi-fi in your house, but in a decade or two you'll be glad you did.

  2. Re:Wat on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 2

    When you're out of milk, is your Google Glass half-full or half-empty?

  3. Re:This is what happens on The Nightmare On Connected Home Street · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just tried to apply for a job where they required 6 years of experience in Swift.

  4. Re:And since they're based in Québec on Amaya Gaming Buys PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker For $4.9 Billion · · Score: 1

    "Poke Her" :p

  5. Re:___ on Expedia To Accept Bitcoin · · Score: 1

    WTF is a "Bitcoiin" anyway?

  6. Re:No problemo on Study: Deforestation Depletes Fish Stocks · · Score: 1
  7. No problemo on Study: Deforestation Depletes Fish Stocks · · Score: 2

    It's estimated that freshwater fishes make up more than 6% of the world's annual animal protein supplies for humans...

    We'll switch to plant protein supplies, thus solving the problem once and for all.

  8. Re:Resolution on OpenXcom 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    We've upped the resolution, now UP YOURS!

  9. Re:I never heard of FeedFliks on Netflix Shutters Its Public API · · Score: 1

    I guess I'll wait until Web 81.3, I have a few hours to kill anyway.

  10. Re:Never trust a corporation on Netflix Shutters Its Public API · · Score: 2

    You have to build it yourself. That's the only way to be sure.

  11. And since they're based in Québec on Amaya Gaming Buys PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker For $4.9 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    The OLF will force them to rename the websites "PousserDuBoutDuDoigtElleÉtoiles" and "PleinInclinéPousserDuBoutDuDoigtElle".

  12. Re:Not original on Saurabh Narain and His Homemade Lego-Based Rubik's Cube Solver (Video) · · Score: 1

    I'm not saying I'm not impressed, I'm saying I'm a lot less impressed.

  13. Re:Not original on Saurabh Narain and His Homemade Lego-Based Rubik's Cube Solver (Video) · · Score: 1

    If he only modified an existing design, I'm a lot less impressed.

  14. Re:Sigh on European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating · · Score: 1

    Aren't we supposed to call embedded software "firmware"? You're grasping at straws here, anyway. It's a physical button that's part of the drive, talking to a controller that's also part of the drive.

  15. Re:I thought I was going crazy on European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating · · Score: 1

    After six hours of use, my long pin would be burning hot too.

  16. Re:Sigh on European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating · · Score: 1

    Disconnect data cable from CD/DVD drive. Power up PC. Press eject button. It works.

  17. Re:Sigh on European iPhone Chargers Prone To Overheating · · Score: 2

    Tell your average granny or joe sixpack off the street to go take a paperclip to that stupid little hole an they will look at you like you've got a second head.

    I know how that feels.

    signed,
    Zaphod Beeblebrox.

  18. Re:Captain something or other on NVIDIA Is Better For Closed-Source Linux GPU Drivers, AMD Wins For Open-Source · · Score: 1

    Captain America?

  19. Re:Do they accept on US To Auction 29,656 Bitcoins Seized From Silk Road · · Score: 1

    The only people who are literally too stupid to live are the people who can't remember how to breathe.

  20. Re:But can it run Modern(tm) apps? on Samsung Debuts Thin Galaxy Tab S With Super AMOLED 2560X1600 Display · · Score: 1

    And i know because I am a certified MS expert in this field.

    Somebody mod this guy funny.

  21. Re:samsung hardware is good, software is terrible on Samsung Debuts Thin Galaxy Tab S With Super AMOLED 2560X1600 Display · · Score: 2

    The best hardware in the world is useless without software.

    If the software sucks, the hardware doesn't matter.

  22. Re:Fuck taxis on California Regulators Tell Ride-Shares No Airport Runs · · Score: 1

    Funniest possible reply, sorry you didn't get any mod points.

  23. IPS? on Japanese Stem Cell Debacle Could Bring Down Entire Center · · Score: 1

    Come on guys, it's the best type of display we have right now, don't shut down their research!

  24. Fuck taxis on California Regulators Tell Ride-Shares No Airport Runs · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want to be able to call an Amazon quadcopter to carry me to my destination.

  25. Re:So, hrm... They'll work with most devices, then on Starbuck's Wireless Charging Stations Won't Work With Most Devices · · Score: 1

    The new Duracell smartphone, I'm guessing?