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  1. Almost Live! on How Did Bill Nye Become the Science Guy? · · Score: 0

    I remember watching Bill on that shows.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...!

  2. Re:Proteccionism on Visual Effects Artists Use MPAA's Own Words Against It · · Score: 0

    What do you mean? Are not the Aussies farmers getting hurt?

  3. Re:assuming too much on Why Your Online Impersonation of a 16-year Old Girl Won't Last Long · · Score: 0

    Hey they are women in this state. Try the other Washington DC/Mordor.

  4. Freedom is not free on Edward Snowden's Lawyer Claims Harassment From Heathrow Border Agent · · Score: 0

    you have to kill it.

  5. Re:disabilites? on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Improve My Memory For Study? · · Score: 0

    Yes get yourself tested for learning disabilities. It does help knowing, but do not go through the university for the testing. Also getting a BS/BA does not mean it will get you a job.

  6. Re:call them on Ask Slashdot: Getting an Uncooperative Website To Delete One's Account? · · Score: 0

    It should be marked Insightful.

  7. Re:Loadstone on Enormous Tunneling Machine 'Bertha' Blocked By 'The Object' · · Score: 0

    Yes I did sleep through Science class. I guess you did not take nethack 101 either noob.

  8. Loadstone on Enormous Tunneling Machine 'Bertha' Blocked By 'The Object' · · Score: 0

    A loadstone is an undesirable gem to have on your person. It is extremely heavy and normally generated cursed, meaning you cannot drop it or place it into a container. You can get rid of it if you lift its curse somehow, e. g. by scroll, spell, holy water, or dipping it into a fountain. Prayer can work under certain circumstances; having a cursed loadstone counts as a minor trouble. You also can have it stolen by a nymph. The spell of stone to flesh will dispose of it. You can wield a loadstone, but you cannot uncurse it with a scroll of enchant weapon.

    http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Loadstone

  9. Re:I KNEW IT! on Want To Fight Allergies? Get a Dirty Dog · · Score: 0

    Is that you Little Jake?

    I did not know my dogs have a /. account. Now I need to talk to them about internet safety.

  10. Re:How is this news? on Surviving the Internet On Low Speed DSL · · Score: 0

    you forgot to add profit to the bottom of your post.

  11. Re:A decade long product cycle sounds good to me on Moore's Law Blowout Sale Is Ending, Says Broadcom CTO · · Score: 0

    My server got upgraded! I did not know I had one. What my IP address and login information?

    I am fine with my feature phone thank you very much.

  12. Re:This is why on Property Managers Use DNA To Sniff Out Dog Poop Offenders · · Score: 0

    Hey that what my dogs do. I feel sorry for any cat coming into my yard.

  13. Re:Let me guess on How Munich Abandoned Microsoft for Open Source · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points. :-)

  14. hp 10c on Ask Slashdot: Cheap Second Calculators For Tests? · · Score: 1

    it might be old then you.

  15. Re:How safe? on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 0

    You can take "technically" out of that sentence - bikes have the same right to the roads as cars do (except in certain specific situations).

    Whenever I see a bicyclist say those words, he almost never follows them with "and the same responsibilities to obey the law". It's always in the context that bicyclists want to be treated by drivers as the law says they must, but them following the vehicular laws isn't important.

    You say "*BANG*, I've got a car driving 2 feet behind me" during a commute to work on city streets. So? There's a car two feet behind that car, and another one two feet behind him. It's called "rush hour", or in some smaller town, "rush minute". Part of commuting and quite legal.

    Not true, you could be ticketed for reckless driving. Following to close.

    You in particular may be very fastidious in obeying traffic signals and rules of the road, but since almost none of the riders I come across in this town bother with such trivialities it is impossible not to paint the entire riding population with the same brush.
    In fact, to keep from killing many of your compatriots, it is necessary to assume they are going to ignore the law. A bike approaching the street you are on from a side street with a stop sign? Assume he isn't going to, assume he's going to actually speed up to challenge you for the right of way, and then he's going to either lay over in a sharp turn or side-step into the crosswalk to try to invoke the pedestrian in a crosswalk laws on you.

    Yes I wish they would not do that

    Sorry, but that's real world experience.

  16. Just how is the guy going to fit between the legs with the steering wheel where he needs to be?

    I think it is a guy problem not man enough to fit there.

  17. Re:Grande with a shot of poop on Researchers Discover Way To Spot Crappy Coffee · · Score: 0

    The digestive tract is supposedly much better at extracting the bean from its husk than the usual cooking method and gives a purer flavour.

    cf. Wikipedia

    So if I want better coffee, I need to eat some coffee beans?

    I really do not like where this is going.

  18. It happened in New York? on Pre-Dawn Wireless Emergency Alert Wakes Up NYC · · Score: 1

    I thought it was the city that never sleeps.

  19. washington DC on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 0

    Mordor

    Oh that one word.

  20. Chain the laptop to your desk on Ask Slashdot: Good Tracking Solutions For Linux Laptop? · · Score: 0

    Chain the laptop to your desk, then no worries about a stolen laptop. Well they might steal the desk then.

  21. Re:Text, but why? on Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Store Data In Hard Copy? · · Score: 0

    Maybe I missed something: Why encrypt the hard drive if I'm going to tape the password to it?

    The whole point of using a hardcopy is to avoid a number of problems with digital copies, the biggest of which is that harddisks, flash memory, and optical discs all suffer in terms of data longevity. They can also be damaged relatively easily, and, as someone mentioned above, data and hardware formats go obsolete and may be practically inaccessible in relatively short order.

    Do you realize the size for the fire safe vault you will need compared to a hard drive filled with plain text documents? I think you could hire someone forever to make sure you have a digital copy on a hard drive somewhere.

  22. Re:Verizon sucks on Mount Everest Gets 4G Connectivity · · Score: 0

    I think you need to move.

  23. Re: If it makes you sleep well at night.... on How Old Is the Average Country? · · Score: 0

    You English have all the fun with your history.

  24. Re:Too Bright on The Average Movie Theater Has Hundreds of Screens · · Score: 0

    In small towns they do not have ushers? I would think that giving the pager to the usher in a small town would not be a problem. I am sure there can be something worked out if somebody needs to get ahold of you.

  25. Re:Too Bright on The Average Movie Theater Has Hundreds of Screens · · Score: 0

    In small towns they do not have ushers? I would think that giving the pager to the usher in a small town would not be a problem. I am sure there can be something worked out if somebody needs to get ahold of you.