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  1. Re:Oh look, Protesters.. on DoT Proposes Mandating Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications · · Score: 1

    This conclusion you have is because you're paranoid.

    Paranoia is the new sanity.

  2. Re:Flip the switch on Fermilab Begins Testing Holographic Universe Theory · · Score: 1

    ...Assuming there is an observer....

    If there were an observer, the universe would have already collapsed into a classical universe.

    Don't look now, or the Sun will go out!
    --
    When you think the trick is happening, it's already been done.

  3. Re:Only 6 pairs? on Google Is Backing a New $300 Million High-Speed Internet Trans-Pacific Cable · · Score: 1

    It will be a Revelation to you once you comprehend its significance.

  4. Re:Free market economy on US Senator Blasts Microsoft's H-1B Push As It Lays 18,000 Off Workers · · Score: 1

    Change, yes, yes, let's have some change!

    with a little added hope?

    >>>Infinite loop detected

  5. Re:those damn locksmiths on How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business · · Score: 1

    You're giving a stranger the (new) keys to your house/car/other thing worth locking up, and you wonder why he might not be entirely legit?

    I have a nice bridge that would fit in your investment portfolio, and the number of a widowed Nigerian grandmother with an offer you can't pass up.
    --
    I want to be like Elon Musk if I grow up.

  6. Re:Mexico on Brownsville SpaceX Space Port Faces More Regulatory Hurdles · · Score: 1

    Subject to approval by Los Zetas?
    Could this be reverse DeLorean?
    Cocaine in space!
    What could go wrong?

  7. Fuel Cell on Group Demonstrates 3,000 Km Electric Car Battery · · Score: 1

    It's a non-refillable fuel cell.

    It burns/oxidizes aluminum to produce electricity and alumina ore.

    Someone talking about the manufacturing process says it uses up/gives off carbon and fluorine -- so maybe we can get teflon, too?
    --
    The truth is, you never do get old enough to know better - Joe Martin

  8. Re:Humor/snark aside, his description is apt! on FCC Website Hobbled By Comment Trolls Incited By Comedian John Oliver · · Score: 1

    Oh hell, he's up for sainthood.

    He's a Brit, so he can't be President, but head of the FCC, or Secretary of State in POTUS Boris Johnson's cabinet, oh yes.

    The British are coming, and it's better than 1812-1815.
    --
    BoJo tops O'bama - he understands the British Constitution, too.

  9. If snow covers the hydrant manhole on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    If snow covers the hydrant manhole, not to worry. If it's a real fire, it will melt the snow. If the fire isn't all that big, there are other solutions.

    Either way, the firemen can extinguish the flame with their large hoses.

    Not to be taken seriously. Several smoke eaters in the family, gone to fight the big one down below.
    --
    If it's not on fire, it's a software problem.

  10. sarcasm considered evil on US Secret Service Wants To Identify Snark · · Score: 1

    Just repurpose the evil bit [RFC 3514].

    I am sure Dijkstra RIP wouldn't mind my recycling his meme.
    --
    I am going to open up a sarcasm detector repair shop. The need is great.

  11. Quantity vs Quality on The Disappearing Universe · · Score: 1

    If there is a convenient nearby conservation law/premise/nightmare,
    we can assume/deduce/panic -- the few remaining terrors are getting much more terrifying.

    Nighty night, and pleasant dreams.
    --
    International Code of Signals - ZQ - Your signal has been received but not understood

  12. Gauge reading empty? on Strange New World Discovered: The "Mega Earth" · · Score: 1

    space is inflating.

    Or time is contracting.

    Did you set c to 1 and miss all the excitement?
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    The universe - it's made of mistakes all the way down - Scott Meyer

  13. Bad idea, oh yes. on Ask Slashdot: Taking a New Tack On Net Neutrality? · · Score: 1

    You are jumping into a pool full of sharks with lawyers.

    This attempt will likely bind your company to ridiculous constraints, with little if any profit, and really offend your occupants.

    Try to tell your bosses to focus on the things under your control to improve the life of your undergraduate customers. They might even remember you after they graduate. Perhaps even positively.

    Consider your clientel - young, tech savvy, maybe not as ethically limited as many might wish. Do your bosses really think they can't end-run around any deals to screw them for a few pennnies?
    --
    I've got a life. I just can't remember what directory it's in.

  14. Re: people ruin everything on The Sudden Policy Change In Truecrypt Explained · · Score: 1

    If you have ammunition, you can get food.

    Only if THERE IS FOOD.
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    The program isn't debugged until the last user is dead. Can I help you with your debugging? *cracks knuckles*

  15. Re:AC in last thread mentioned a warranty canary on The Sudden Policy Change In Truecrypt Explained · · Score: 1

    A canary that is *widely* known is kind of dangerous to know, if you know what we mean.

    There is No Simple Alternative.
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    I didn't really want to moderate anyway.

  16. Re:Not rocket surgery on Why Snowden Did Right · · Score: 1

    We are NOT a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic with democratically elected representatives.

    We are NOT a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic with DEMONICALLY SELECTED representatives OF THEIR CORPORATE MASTERS.

    FTFY
    --
    Hey, four boxes man, are we up to number four yet?

  17. Re:Spreadsheets as a software development platform on Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For Important Work · · Score: 1

    And why should the demons of the financial industry deserve mercy?

    It's past time to cull.
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    If we'd listened to all the people who said it couldn't be done there'd be no fusion power stations or cities on the moon.

  18. Re:A: Because it breaks the flow of a message on The Internet Is Now Part of the Crime Scene · · Score: 1

    A: Because it breaks the flow of a message

    Q: Why is starting a comment in the Subject: line incredibly irritating?

    Questioning your own answers?
    --
    Whenever you want information^Wdata on the net, just post a wrong question.

  19. Re:Do we really need new books? on Author Charles Stross: Is Amazon a Malignant Monopoly, Or Just Plain Evil? · · Score: 1

    Even more to the point, WAS Iain M Banks (16 February 1954 â" 9 June 2013), RIP.
    --
    "Empathise with stupidity, and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot." - Iain M. Banks

  20. More accomodating venue on US May Prevent Chinese Hackers From Attending Def Con, Black Hat · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the DefCon planners could move it to a more accomodating venue, like Antigua.

    But don't plan to sail back afterwards.
    --
    We're monsters. We all are. We're history's most average monsters. -- Ryan North

  21. "rabbit" stew on Should We Eat Invasive Species? · · Score: 1

    There is an old recipe for rabbit stew that begins --

    First, decide if what you have is a "rabbit"...

    I believe this has worked for chicken and goat.
    I doubt the rumors about mackerel and prawns.
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    MY FACE MY FACE oh god no NO NOOOO NT stop the angles are not real ZALG IS TO THE PONY HE COMES

  22. Re:Bah, we already said goodbye to CTRL-S years ag on Goodbye, Ctrl-S · · Score: 1

    Still works for me (cmd.exe window in MS Windows).
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    MY FACE MY FACE oh god no NO NOOOO NT stop the angles are not real ZALG IS TO THE PONY HE COMES

  23. Re:Corporate speak on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Go start your own country SOMEWHERE ELSE if you think you have all the answers! Quit trying to change mine!

    FTFY.
    --
    I have gone to look for myself, if I should return, before I get back, keep me here.

  24. It's lettuce, Jake on Fujitsu Is Growing Radiation-Free Lettuce In Japan's Fukushima Prefecture · · Score: 1

    It's lettuce. You know, greenish crunchy water.

    Made in a mothballed semiconductor factory Must not be much K in mothballs.

    Have they tested the lettuce for contamination by the kinds of toxic chemicals used in semi-conductor fabs?
    --
    Fruit or vegetable? If your mother forced you to eat it, it was a vegetable.

  25. Gray market on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 1

    Given open knowledge of NSA tampering with Cisco export kit, how does this affect the gray market in pre-owned kit originally destined for domestic US use?

    Is it booming, with all the not-Five Eyes wanting a copy to take apart?

    Is it in a slump because of fear of a free ride to Gitmo?

    And might this have any relation to Cisco's attempts to crack down on this market in the past?

    Just curious....
    --
    Are you embarrassed to be an American? If not, why not?