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  1. Cue: Steve Martin on ORNL Restores US Capability To Produce Plutonium-238 (ornl.gov) · · Score: 1

    "Let's splurge. Bring us some fresh Plutonium-238, the freshest you've got - this year's - no more of this old stuff"

  2. Re:Could you tell us who the Google partners are? on Report: Google Partners With Ford To Make Self-Driving Cars (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    If they wanna do long-distance testing, they're gonna need something other than a Ford....

  3. 37 lives were lost ... on 12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested In Texas After Bringing a Power Bag To School (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    ... of lawyers in the resulting stampede, looking to represent him in court.

    Nothing of value was lost.

  4. Gotta wonder ... on China Launches Dark Matter Space Probe (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    If they think that finding and understanding dark matter is what China hopes will make them a military power greater than the US

  5. Re:We're left with "particularly troubling" on LifeLock Agrees To Pay $100 Million Fine In Settlement With FTC (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Probably when they make it impossible for any of the company leaders to sock away any of the money they made, and then add the fines ON TOP of that. So what if the company has to pay $100mil; if the higher-ups who masterminded and carried out the scheme get to keep their hidden bank accounts, houses, cars, and live the life of a 1%er, there's no dis-incentive to do it again.

  6. Cheap Chinese routers for everybody!

  7. Nuclear carrier on As Sea Levels Rise, Are Coastal Nuclear Plants Ready? (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Build a nuclear carrier around it, add dirt and build houses on "flight deck" - and viola - floating city!
    And no hassle from the nuclear power NIMBYs.

  8. You know that I think I can give these people .... a monorail!

  9. Re:Look on the bright side on 1 in 3 Patients Will Have Their Healthcare Records Compromised (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll get to them in the next 2 years.,

  10. Re:no no no, its not programmer, its DEVELOPER on UK's National Crime Agency Publishes Crazy Cyber-Crime Warning Signs (oomlout.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    "Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to program..."

  11. Flash, or something like it.... on Ask Slashdot: How Will You Be Programming In a Decade? (cheney.net) · · Score: 1

    ... will have come back into vogue again.

  12. Are they absolutely nuts??? on Scientists Working To Extend Lifespan of Pets (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    We have enough problems with pet over-population as it is!! Strays living for 30 years, even more cats killing birds, dog packs forming ... this is a terrible idea.
    Try having them born reversibly sterile, first. Then, owners who want to have pups/kits, can have the sterility reversed.

  13. Everything but the phone functions on Cellphones Really Are Not As Good As They Were 10 Years Ago At Making Calls (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The camera, the screen, the case materials, siri ... seems like everything except the telephone functions is what's people seem more concerned with, nowadays. So, if it isn't as much of a marketing advantage, why would mfrs pay as much attention to phone quality, when they could spend money and hype the features that sell the phones?

  14. It's honorable to be a whistle-blower on Greenwald: Why the CIA Is Smearing Edward Snowden After Paris Attacks (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as you don't blow the whistle on the gub'ment.

    "They never snitch on themselves, but they want you to snitch on YOU"
    -Immortal Technique

  15. Re:Brick and Mortar stuff is dying on How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Are Losing Their Meaning (time.com) · · Score: 1

    Just wait til American retailers try to push and American Single Day

  16. Re:This is why ISIS wins on Turkey Downs Allegedly Intruding Russian Fighter Near Syria Border (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Hopefully, the US will have learned from its past mistakes, turning their back on allies (the way they're using the Kurds, currently) to have it cost them $billions and American lives. So, hopefully, they wont turn their backs on the Kurds to please their Turkish NATO allies.

  17. I'd say that it isn't a problem. on Can Full-Time Tech Workers Survive the Gig Economy? (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Finding, vetting, and hiring freelancers take up so much time and effort, not to mention cultural fit, getting them up to speed with the business and code quality and how it fits with the rest of the code-base, that I couldn't see most of the organizations that I've worked for, doing it to any appreciable amount.
    And as far as telecommuting freelancers to get a cost savings, I've seen companies turning more wary of workers telecommuting

  18. Re:give me back physical buttons on my car radio on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    Who turns down bass, old man!

  19. Physical keyboards back in cell phones on Ask Slashdot: What Single Change Would You Make To a Tech Product? · · Score: 1

    Virtual keyboards suck, especially for non alpha-numeric characters!!!

  20. The advice still holds true: on NASA Orders SpaceX Crew Mission To International Space Station (nasa.gov) · · Score: 4, Funny

    if it floats, flies or f*cks ... rent.

  21. The search begins .... on ISIS's Hunt For a Bogus Superweapon · · Score: 1

    Don't they know that they must first exhume the body of Cobra Commander??

  22. Next year, I nominate.... on The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 Is an Emoji (oxforddictionaries.com) · · Score: 1

    ... the extended middle finger, which has been in use long before the emoji and much more often. (and was my first reaction to this announcement)

  23. Re:Growing pains for a young company on Consumer Reports Withdraws Its Tesla Model S Recommendation (consumerreports.org) · · Score: 1

    I always wondered how muc audio equipment I could put into a tesla before I seriously started affecting battery life.

  24. I only care about the VR 2 feet in front of my face.
    Let me sit down and give me helicopter foot pedals to spin the view around me.

  25. Patriot Act, UK on UK Gov't Plans To Push "Emergency" Surveillance Laws · · Score: 1

    ... or sounds a whole hell of a lot like it...