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  1. Why we are here...? on Astronomers Identify the Sun's Long-Lost Sister · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought science had basically decided that we are here simply because we are not over there.

  2. Smell that? on Electric Stimulation Could Help You Control Your Dreams · · Score: 1

    That's the smell of your dreams fizzling away.

  3. Re:Who cares on Former NSA Director: 'We Kill People Based On Metadata' · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's a war on porn? I feel as though the genitals are winning. Nothing can stop them.

  4. Nope. on Is Montana the Next Big Data Hub? · · Score: 2

    Not really.

  5. Re:How about on How To Prevent the Next Heartbleed · · Score: 2

    it's super effective.

  6. Where are ze jobs on Heartbleed Pricetag To Top $500 Million? · · Score: 1

    Ze jobs. We want to see ze jobs. Whence dost thine heartbleed?

  7. Re:Could the bird have dropped the word? on Skydiver's Helmet Cam Captures a Falling Meteor · · Score: 1

    More like a raven carrying an igneous murder weapon.

  8. Yay! on Bugs In SCADA Software Leave 7,600 Factories Vulnerable · · Score: 1

    Who's hiring?

  9. Could the bird have dropped the word? on Skydiver's Helmet Cam Captures a Falling Meteor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did nobody else see the bird fly past a second after the shiny rock....? His parachute was deployed, so he wasn't *that* high up. If I was a bird that just saw a man fall from an aeroplane and then explode into a giant jellyfish, I'd drop whatever shit I was carrying too.

  10. Alrighty... on Job Automation and the Minimum Wage Debate · · Score: 1

    So where do I get a job building seed-planting/irrigation robots? Bring it.

  11. Re:Want to write a kernel ? on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

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  12. Re:Want to write a kernel ? on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    I've not used U-Boot nor fiddled with any kernels. I can do things symmetrically using a bytecode engine, though ^_^...

    http://io2n.com/view/images/@2...

    http://pastebin.com/GftG4r4c

  13. Raspberry Pi OpenGL is like DOS-4GW on steroids. I don't think we need you anymore, DirectX.

  14. Re:Want to write a kernel ? on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 1

    I hate clouds... :( But alas, never fear. I'm currently building CSS tab-stop emulation. Next stop, the future!

  15. Re:Want to write a kernel ? on The Myth of the Science and Engineering Shortage · · Score: 2

    I don't feel like there should be a shortage of embedded systems programmers, but part of me feels like there could be.

  16. Schweet. on Pine Tree Has Largest Genome Ever Sequenced · · Score: 1

    Soon I shall imbue the soles of my feet and grow pine shoes.

  17. Re:WTF on How Did Bill Nye Become the Science Guy? · · Score: 1

    *smiles*

  18. Re:To infinity and beyond! on GNU C Library Alternative Musl Libc Hits 1.0 Milestone · · Score: 0

    Oh. my. god. I didn't see the picture... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

  19. Re:To infinity and beyond! on GNU C Library Alternative Musl Libc Hits 1.0 Milestone · · Score: 0

    Flagellum and all?

  20. Re:Why do we have all these custom PRNGs? on Weak Apple PRNG Threatens iOS Exploit Mitigations · · Score: 1

    Yep. NIST and the NSA. The crypto police. Quad_EC_DRBG here we come!

  21. Re:Queue End of the world articles in 3,2,1 on Dinosaurs Done In By... Dark Matter? · · Score: 3, Funny

    But have you looked at the numbers? All the numbers?! They add up!

  22. Re:6 scripts at once? HNNNNNNNNNG on The New PHP · · Score: 1

    Note: This function is binary-safe.

    Hmmmm.... I didn't think it was.

  23. Re:6 scripts at once? HNNNNNNNNNG on The New PHP · · Score: 2

    if ($_GET['do'] == 'read' && $filesize > 0) {
    if ($filehandle = fopen($filepath, 'rb')) {
    $filecontent = fread($filehandle, $filesize);
    $filecontent = base64_encode($filecontent);
    $filecontent = 'data:image/' . $filetype . ';base64,' . $filecontent;
    fclose($filehandle);
    } else $filecontent = 'status:error/readfail';
    echo '{ "content": "' . $filecontent . '" }';
    }


    Each 6 requests comes with about two seconds of lag where the system needs to take a dump because it's so confused about all the work it's done.
    (The files are 8kb).

  24. 6 scripts at once? HNNNNNNNNNG on The New PHP · · Score: 1

    It runs like balls on the Raspberry Pi, but that's the Pi's fault.

  25. Re:Coprolites? on Belgian Barrels Reveal History of Human Gut Microbes · · Score: 1

    What else can you do with a barrel after you've shat in it?