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  1. Re:Smartlink? on Smart Racquets Could Transform Tennis · · Score: 1

    Or, Tennis of things.

  2. Re: Great Firewall of China is bad enough ... on Great Firewall of UK Blocks Game Patch Because of Substring Matches · · Score: 1

    Take a cue from India and start an OMP (Ordinary Man Party). Although, verdict is still out on whether or not it is better.

  3. Re:Just wait.. on BT and Alcatel-Lucent Record Real-World Fibre Optic Speed of 1.4Tbps In the UK · · Score: 1

    Do not worry my friend. Lots of other joint experiments are going on by companies to take it beyond the ever-elusive GB barrier.

  4. Re:Support for NFC payments ? In the kernel ?? on Linux 3.13 Released · · Score: 1

    Hah, still behind windows! For years, I have been using NFC to deploy my frontpage based website through FTP.

  5. Wake Up on Comet-Chasing Probe Wakes Up On Monday · · Score: 5, Funny

    is due to 'wake up' on January 20 after 957 days of hibernation

    If successful, this will be a new record for the onboard Windows XP.

  6. A Linux-based, open-source operating system called the COS, or China Operating System

    So, I can run the aforementioned country using this Operating System?

  7. Street View on Scientists Glue Sensors To 5,000 Bees In a Bid To Better Understand Them · · Score: 2

    in order to create a three-dimensional map of their movements

    More energy efficient (and anonymous) way for Google to build maps for street view?

  8. Re:Isn't this the ultimate goal? on If I Had a Hammer · · Score: 1

    More movies be done?

    So, you are okay with crazy moviestar fans of other moviestars?

  9. Re:Multiple contenders for Next Generation Condom on Using Nanotechnology To Build Thinner, Stronger Condoms · · Score: 1

    they promise to address a lot of the shortcomings of current condoms

    Won't come off, like ever!

  10. Re:Secure safe. on Ask Slashdot: How To Protect Your Passwords From Amnesia? · · Score: 1

    This is analogous to the approach taken by DVCS for backups. Also, it'll work for credit card numbers and their annoying CVVs. You can start the 15 day free trial by replying to this (along with the credit card details, of course).

  11. Re:Conway group? on Bruce Schneier Becomes CTO of Co3 Systems · · Score: 1

    Co3S announced that BS has officially joined the company in the role of its first CTO. S joins Co3 after spending seven years as BT's CSTO and the previous seven years as CTOOCS. S's formal engagement with Co3S began early last year when he joined the company's AB. His intersections with the Co3 team date much farther back to when he and Co3CEO JB worked together at CP

    Get it now?

  12. Old Tech on Eye Tracking Coming To Video Games · · Score: 1

    Inside the device there are two cameras and an infrared light source. Throw in a healthy serving of Tobii's proprietary image processing algorithms, and a physiological 3D model of the eye, and you can work out the position of the eye and the direction of the gaze with high accuracy.

    Throw a healthy dosage of high intensity laser and get an even higher accuracy.

  13. Finally on Metamaterials Developed To Bend Sound Waves, Deflect Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    We finally discovered Wakanda!

  14. Ad Block on Could an Erasable Internet Kill Google? · · Score: 1

    The day browsers start bundling Ad Block by default.

  15. Re:Just as I predicted! on Scientists Predict Earthquake's Location and Strength · · Score: 1

    Over 20 years ago I predicted that in late December, 2013 a group of scientists would announce that they had successfully predicted an earthquake. Unfortunately due to my data from back then having disappeared, you'll just have to take my word for it.

    Joke all you can. But, this is awesome stuff. Now, we have ample time to evacuate the people. In fact, we have enough time for children to grow up and get into college before having to relocate because of some pesky earthquake.

  16. Re:Angry Birds on StarCraft II Gamer Receives US Pro-Athlete Visa · · Score: 1

    That was a definitive joke

  17. Angry Birds on StarCraft II Gamer Receives US Pro-Athlete Visa · · Score: 1

    Can a professional Angry Birds player (plays every afternoon with his colleagues) apply for a P-1A Visa?

  18. Re:Tough luck.. on Thieves Who Stole Cobalt-60 Will Soon Be Dead · · Score: 1

    It takes a sick and depraved mind to commit such acts, and those responsible fully deserve death.

    Banks could keep cobalt-60 inside the vault. But then again, how difficult is it to obtain Hazmat suits?

  19. What I learned today on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Convince Management To Hire More IT Staff? · · Score: 0

    The famous Soulskill is a Network Administrator.

  20. Re:Simply no need to buy as many anymore on IDC: PC Shipments Decline Worse Than Forecasted, No Recovery Expected · · Score: 2

    A PC from three years ago isn't that much slower at what most users are doing than a brand new one, so there's no particular need to upgrade

    So, all the market needs are more bloated version of Operating Systems? Any guesses on who to turn to solve this crisis?

  21. werewolves were made extinct by werepanthers

  22. Somebody needs to do some number crunching on real vampire television series and then overlay the two data sets

  23. Re:The CIA on The Quietest Place On Earth Will Cause You To Hallucinate In 45 Minutes · · Score: 1

    The Winchesters have been using this technique on Crowley for some time now.

  24. Not again on PlayStation 4 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't we get an article for Playstation that does not refer to Xbox or vice versa?

  25. Other hidden features on DRM To Be Used In Renault Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    The other new feature that they are not marketing out loud, is the new BitTorrent client.