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  1. Re:Polish... on Why the World Only Has Two Words For Tea (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    and "atabreh" is Reverse Polish.

    I'll hand in my HP-35 and leave now.

  2. Which taste better, the males or the females?
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    I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

  3. Re: Too bad they don't aim... on India Aims To Put One Million Electric Vehicles On the Road By Mid-2019 (indiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    history started when the white men showed up

    and started writing it down with recording technology, that is,

    pen + paper.+ writen language

  4. Re:Enrique Peña Nieto on Mexico's Strongest Quake in Century Strikes Off Southern Coast (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not just write the "n+~" the old-fashioned way as "nn"?

    And we could revert to writing "th" as ... ...where did that thorn key get to?
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    Does the Peter Principle apply to God? That would explain sooo much.

  5. It's a... on Michigan Will Build 25 Self-Driving Trolleys In 2017 (observer.com) · · Score: 1

    ...TRAM.
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    The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

  6. in the end we're just pissing in the wind.

    Don't you mean pissing INTO the wind?
    If you are pissing downwind, you're doing the skit wrong.
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    It is not every question that deserves an answer. -- Publilius Syrus

  7. Re:It's not just the about $$$ on Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers of Dutch Hosting Provider (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    The thing is, it turns out that you can't just delegate all responsibility and get good results.

    Just to be a little bit pedantic, you can delegate authority, but you cannot actually delegate responsibility.
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    What would Loki do?

  8. Ah, but how to monetize it?
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    Human language is brilliantly imprecise. It's a feature not a bug. A really big feature.

  9. Gutenberg.org is your friend on As Print Surges, Ebook Sales Plunge Nearly 20% (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Gutenberg.org gathers, scans, proof-reads, and publishes books that they believe to be out of copyright or otherwise in the public domain. They currently list 26 titles by W. Somerset Maugham of the 54,000 titles they offer -

    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/126?sort_order=release_date
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    It is better to stand and fight. If you run, youâ(TM)ll only die tired. â" Viking saying

  10. Re:I Have No Trouble Making Accurate and Precise.. on Ask Slashdot: Are Accurate Software Development Time Predictions a Myth? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Speed, Quality, Low Price

    Laconic version - Good, Fast, Cheap - pick two

    Revised version - Good, Fast, Cheap - pick one if you feel lucky
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    Pray you will never have occasion to be a hero.

  11. Only one word on Air Force Converts F-16 Jets Into Wingman Drones (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Every hacker once knew? on Ask Slashdot: What Are Some Things That Every Hacker Once Knew? (ibiblio.org) · · Score: 1

    2000 cards/box, with a diagonal stripe across the top of them.

    six boxes, six different coloured stripes.

    down the stairs.

    My little program was a six box job.

    The operators loved me

    well, probably not.

  13. Re:Stop apologizing, start titillating on Scientists Successfully Decode the Genome of Quinoa (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    selective breeding and direct genetic modification end up with the exact same result,

    Let me know when you have successfully cross-bred a tomato with a fish.

    And tell us all about it, especially "who did what to whom".

  14. And now we reach the top of the food chain; the human.

    ...top of the food chain; the WORM...

    FTFY

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    Vegans produce more methane than omnivores do...
    Vegans CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING!

  15. Re:1997 Movie was awful on Will The New 'Starship Troopers' Reboot Stay Faithful To The Book? (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    And there was the 6 part anime OVA "Uchuu no Senshi" [Starship Troopers]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(OVA)

    which leads up to a romantic conclusion, with Johnny Rico declaring (confessing) his love for [I forget who].

    Not very much like the book, either.
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    Sign in a restaurant in Cyprus: âoeWe have no Wi-Fi. Talk to each other.â

  16. Would you 3D print a car? on NSA Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Come on, guys. It's just copyright infringement, and he hadn't even distributed.
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    I am serious sometimes but I'm not very good at it.

  17. It takes power to run a random number generator to produce these CV2 codes.
    And a clock to tell when to do the next one. What kind of battery is in the card? And how do you recharge it?

    Current chip & pin cards can draw power from the reader. CV2 is mostly useful for online or telephone transactions, where there is no external power supply for the card.
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    I believe a man should follow his dreams ... at a safe distance -- Joe Martin

  18. In your Pic Tac Toe game, first player can always win. Play in the center first, then if you have no immediate winning move, keep the board symmetrical.

    Posted here to contact nuckfuts, since his original post is archived.
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    It is not every question that deserves an answer. -- Publilius Syrus

  19. Heat death of literature? on MIT Invented A Camera That Can Read Closed Books (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    This is a new way to cook the books.
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    I believe a man should follow his dreams ... at a safe distance -- Joe Martin

  20. Social skills in MSFT on Microsoft Hopes To Hire More Coders With Autism (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Project meetings, are they still a thing?
    If so, this could make them more lively,
    or, more likely, kill then off.
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    I wish I could participate in American Democracy, but I can't afford it.

  21. Re:Or... on Second Irregularly Dimming Star Found (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Interstellar travel does not demand high speed, just long life and patience.

    More important: is it blue-shifted?
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    The Internet. Where science goes to die.

  22. when June made the first of

    The probe is named "Juno", as in Mrs Jove. You know, Jupiter's first wife.
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    Cheap, Fast, Good -- you have selected "None of the Above"?

  23. Re:Wrong lessons on Hackers Stole Over 43 Million Last.fm Accounts In 2012 Breach (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It is OK to use the same password at different sites.
    Just use different usernames.

    And for sites that insist on email addresses instead,
    well that's what mailinator is for.
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    Cheap, Fast, Good -- you have selected "None of the Above"?

  24. Despite the extended wooshing sound, I would like to suggest that gutenberg.org is your friend, sailor:

    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2147

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    Cheap, Fast, Good -- you have selected "None of the Above"?

  25. They'd make a billion dollars a year!

    And it would take 19 years to recover the purchase cost.
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    All men having power ought to be mistrusted -- James Madison